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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Chapter 27 (2007) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Chapter 27 (2007) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007).
About the movie:
A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
Jared Leto
gained 67 pounds for the role. At times he was confined to a wheelchair due to so much added weight.
b.
Director
Robert D. Siegel
has said that between takes in the strip club, while other members of cast and crew were enjoying the company of dancers, actor
Patton Oswalt
was watching episodes of
John Adams
on his iPod in a private room.
c.
The movies poster was as #17 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
d.
Writer and director
Kurt Wimmer
invented the martial arts style of gunfighting for this movie in his backyard.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
There are 26 chapters in "The Catcher in the Rye", the book
Mark David Chapman
was carrying when he was arrested immediately after the murder.
b.
In the scene where the three heroes escape the Phantoms crumbling lair (which involve the three characters running from a cave in) only
Susanna Foster
actually appeared in the scene, the two male stars were deemed too important to film such a risky scene and had stunt doubles.
c.
In the beginning of the movie when Jack Horner first notices Eddie, there are "stars" in the background.
d.
400 extras were meant to be filmed standing at Tony Starks press conference, but
Robert Downey Jr.
suggested they ought to sit down, as that would be more realistic and comfortable.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
Richard Kuss
improvised many of his lines.
b.
Much concern surrounded the portrayal of Laura Brown in the 2001 segment. Fearing that suitable makeup couldnt make
Julianne Moore
look elderly, and due to scheduling conflicts,
Betsy Blair
was cast to play the role of Old Laura. Scenes were filmed with
Meryl Streep
. However, director
Stephen Daldry
was so dissatisfied with the outcome that Moore was brought in much later in "old" make-up, to re-shoot scenes with Streep. It took 6 hours to apply Moores make-up for the scene.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 10, 1947 with
Dana Andrews
and
Jane Wyatt
reprising their film roles.
d.
Many of Chapmans lines in the movie reference or quote
J.D. Salinger
s The Catcher in the Rye.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
The jewelry store owner who gets robbed by Nickys boys is an actual Las Vegas jeweler. His line "I just got a shipment of diamonds from Israel" was not in the script.
b.
To add the weight needed to play Chapman,
Jared Leto
told
Jimmy Kimmel
he put pints of chocolate Haagen Dazs ice cream in the microwave so he could drink them - with olive oil and soy sauce added "to get me bloated even more".
c.
Producer
Neal H. Moritz
and director
Andy Tennant
are neighbors. One day they were chatting to each other over their fence when Moritz asked Tennant if he was working on anything at that moment. Tennant replied that he wasnt doing anything at the time. That was when Moritz realized that his neighbor would be the perfect choice to direct this screenplay.
d.
Hogues Castle was a real-life hotel which was acquired in Bishop, California. It was packed-up and transported along with its own furniture to its shooting location across the border in Nevada.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
Mike Myers
has revealed in interviews that the Austin Powers character was created based on a couple of instances involving his family. His father loved watching British comedies with actors like
Peter Sellers
and
Alec Guinness
, so Myers always wanted to play an English character in a comedy. He also said that one night after coming home from hockey practice, he started flirting with his wife in an English accent. His wife laughed and told him to write the routine down, so he could do it again. Writing the routine down led to this script.
b.
Jared Leto
who plays John Lennons Killer, Mark David Chapman, would go on to play the role of Nemo Nobody in the film
Mr. Nobody
Nemo was the nickname given to Mark David Chapman while attending summer camp at age 16.
c.
The film spent over a year in editing.
d.
The car that Jonathan Harker drives is a Hispano-Suiza.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
The fanfare which plays over the opening credits is in fact a recited version of a Latin translation of the dialogue from the play, as Titus is being welcomed back to Rome by Marcus. Composer
Elliot Goldenthal
had the text translated and then wrote it as an opera. It is sung by an all male choir of over 80 tenors, baritones and basses.
b.
We are told that
John Lennon
was living in the Manhattan building called The Dakota, where
Rosemarys Baby
was filmed in 1968 - directed by
Roman Polanski
, whose pregnant wife, the actress
Sharon Tate
, was murdered in 1969. The murderers were
Charles Manson
and his followers, who titled their death spree "Helter Skelter" after the 1968 song by
The Beatles
.
c.
Deke Thornton describes Gen. Mapache as "a killer for Huerta". He was referring to real-life Gen. Victoriano Huerta, who had overthrown and murdered Mexican President
Francisco I. Madero
in 1913, setting off a civil war. The Mexican town this film was shot in, Parras in Coahuila state, was Maderos birthplace.
d.
The first film that
Charles Chaplin
made in the UK after his exile from America, and his last leading role in a movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
In the film, Chapman buys a copy of
J.D. Salinger
s The Catcher in the Rye, signs it as Holden Caulfield and writes in it This is my statement. The real Chapman did so before killing John Lennon.
b.
When they arrive in Hollywood,
Anita Ekberg
is starring in a movie where she plays Napoleons lover. That same year, Ekberg was featured in
War and Peace
, another Paramount release, which included Napoleon as a character.
c.
"The Hollywood Reporter" on 17 February 1949 announced that this movies premiere in Washington D.C. was attended by the US Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
; the Air Force Chief of Staff; various officials and dignitaries as well as Vice President
Alben Barkley
.
d.
Paul Gross
auditioned for the part of Simon Bishop, but the director told him he was too "fine-featured" for the part.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
Albert Pyun
first thought of
Chuck Norris
the lead, but Cannon suggested him
Jean-Claude Van Damme
(who had just finished
Bloodsport
and was unknown at the time).
b.
The name of the actor who plays John Lennon, Mark Lindsay Chapman, is similar to that of Lennons killer,
Mark David Chapman
.
c.
At the movie premiere,
Josef Goebbels
introduces Frederick Zoller to Emil Jannings (played by
Hilmar Eichhorn
), whom Goebbels calls "the worlds greatest actor."
Emil Jannings
was a German-born star of silent movies. During the 1920s, he starred in several silent classics of German cinema directed by
F.W. Murnau
, including
The Last Laugh
and
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
. In 1927, Jannings moved to Hollywood to star in American movies. In 1928, he became the very first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor (and the first person to ever receive an Academy Award) for his work in
The Way of All Flesh
and
The Last Command
. But his Hollywood career ended when talkies came in, as Jannings thick German accent made him difficult to understand. Jannings returned to Germany, where he co-starred with
Marlene Dietrich
in
The Blue Angel
. During the Third Reich era, Jannings starred in numerous films intended to promote Nazism, including
Der Herrscher
,
Ohm Krüger
, and
Die Entlassung
. Minister of Propoaganda Joseph Goebbels named Jannings as "Artist of the State." (In "Inglourious Basterds," Goebbels has Jannings show Zoller the ring given for this award, which Goebbels calls "the highest artistic honor that I give.") After the war, Jannings film career was ended due to his association with the Nazis. He retired to a farm in Austria, where he died in 1950.
d.
The film deleted a musical number, "Mr. Monotony," in which
Judy Garland
wears the same costume she would immortalize two years later in
Summer Stock
in the number "Get Happy"; the costume was a mans tuxedo coat and hat. For years, there were rumors that "Get Happy" was cut from another film and inserted into
Summer Stock
. It is believed that this song being removed from "Easter Parade" is the origin of that rumor. An abbreviated version of the "Mr. Monotony" number was included in
Thats Entertainment! III
, and the complete number is included as an extra on the Warner Home Video
Easter Parade
DVD.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
Robert McWade, who plays the judge, also played the same role in the original version of this film titled
Ladies of the Jury
.
b.
Mark Chapmans meeting with little Sean Lennon and his nanny the day Chapman shot John Lennon was a real incident, though unlike the films portrayal of it, the meeting took place in the Dakota apartment building.
c.
The language spoken by the Jawas was created by recording speakers of the African Zulu language and electronically speeding it up. Greedos language is the Peruvian Indian language Quechua, played backwards. (
George Lucas
would later feature Peruvian Indians again in
Raiders of the Lost Ark
).
d.
The thick green book that Lalita opens at the Goa pool is by
Jane Austen
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Chapter 27 (2007)?
a.
Vivien Leigh
replaced
Jessica Tandy
as Blanche. This was actually the second time the two of them had shared a role. Leigh previously played Ophelia opposite her husband and director
Laurence Olivier
as Hamlet. Tandy played Ophelia in actor/director
John Gielgud
s production of Hamlet.
b.
The character of Paul is based on the photographer
Paul Goresh
, who photographed John Lennon signing an autograph for Mark Chapman.
c.
For the scene where
Richard Dreyfuss
appears to go weightless in his truck in his first encounter with flying saucers, his truck was put on a turntable and rotated 360 degrees.
d.
The DVD audio commentary reveals that the original title of the film was "Click," named after a French term for love at first sight. However, the production of an
Adam Sandler
film of the same name required a change.
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