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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cinderella Man (2005) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cinderella Man (2005) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005).
About the movie:
The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
After the films release many boxing analysts and even
Max Baer
s son,
Max Baer Jr.
decried the movie for its historical liberties taken with Max Baer. Specifically, that he had killed two men in the ring (he did kill one and an opponent hed KOd died a few weeks after their bout for reasons unrelated to the fight) and that he took pride in that fact. Max Baer Jr. has said that his father was always haunted by the memories of killing a man in the ring and that it played a prominent part in Max Baers eventual death from alcoholism.
b.
The music in the film was derived from the actual score transcripts used in the P.O.W camps which survived World War II.
c.
Director
Larry Cohen
started the film, was fired halfway through it and replaced by
William Tannen
.
d.
The shot of Matrix standing on the landing gear of the plane as it races down the runway was shot by constructing the wheel section of a plane and attaching it by hydraulics to the side of a camera truck.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
The final scene in the dining room between Calvin and Beth was originally shot with both
Donald Sutherland
and
Mary Tyler Moore
on location. However, during editing, Sutherland thought that he had Calvin crying too much, ruining the scene. So, he and director
Robert Redford
reshot his scenes on a partial set recreated to look like the dining room. Since Moore, who was doing theater work in New York, was unable to return for the reshoot, Redford read her lines off camera for Sutherland to respond to.
b.
Russell Crowe
dislocated his shoulder while training for the films boxing sequences, which delayed the filming two months.
c.
Boris Karloff
s first film.
d.
Writer
David Benioff
said in a BBC interview, "The first time I saw
Edward Norton
on set he pulled back his hair and showed me his widows peak. In the book, Monty Brogan has a widows peak, but I hadnt mentioned it in the script. But Edward so wanted to be in character that he wore a prosthetic widows peak for the entire shoot."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
The first feature film simultaneously released in both regular and IMAX theaters.
b.
Just prior to the films release,
Philip K. Dick
turned down a $400,000 offer to write the novelization of the movie. Instead, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was re-released under the name Blade Runner and with the movie poster as the cover.
c.
The movie, which cost around $90 million to make, did less well than expected, taking around $60 million at the US box office.
d.
Part of the movie was shot at Blenheim Palace, which is owned by the Duke Of Marlborough. He had a very small role in the movie as Fortinbras General.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
In the shot in which
Alfred Hitchcock
s cameo occurs, the music briefly changes to "Funeral March of a Marionette" by
Charles Gounod
, which is best known as the main theme for
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
.
b.
According to
Steve Kroft
during an interview with
Russell Crowe
on an episode of
60 Minutes
, the role of
Jimmy Braddock
is Crowes personal favorite.
c.
Katharine Hepburn
s swimming pool dive is the real thing. No doubles were used.
d.
The prop refrigerator for the hallucination scenes melted from the inside due to the light elements within.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
Madison Square Garden Bowl was located at 48th Street and Northern Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens. The bowl was torn down after World War II.
b.
The current residents of the apartment where Trejos death scene were filmed got curious after seeing the film and pulled up the carpet in the room Trejo was shot. To their surprise, they saw that residue of the theatrical blood still remained.
c.
Chris Deleo earns his living as a professional close-up magician. Both Kimberly Naughton and Zach Mandel work at a local magic shop. Kimberly Naughton has won several awards for her stage magic act. Eric DeCamps, who plays Mr. Klosterman, is an award winning stage and close-up magician.
d.
Four fictional websites were created for marketing the film including ones for The Huckabees Corporation, an official website for the films fictional chain store, and Jaffe & Jaffe, the existential detectives.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
The real
Jimmy Braddock
weighed 17 lbs at birth. He was one of 5 boys and 2 girls born to his Irish parents.
b.
This is
Anthony Hopkins
s first comic book film (
The Mask of Zorro
is debatable). He was previously offered the role of Alfred in
Batman Begins
.
c.
In the beginning of the movie after Lisa and Reuben are wed they fly to the St. Barts airport. The aircraft shown landing at the airport lands on the "displaced thresh-hold" and not on the actual area of the runway designated for landing. Displaced thresh-holds at airports are used for taxiing and allow more room for take off but are not available for aircraft to land on.
d.
Peter Cushing, who began his screen career in the old Hollywood of the late 1930s, makes his final appearance in an American production.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
The story
Jimmy Braddock
tells of his kids confusing the word "title" with the word "turtle" is true. A reporter asked Braddocks son
Howard Braddock
what he would do if his father brought home the title young Howard replied that hed "play with it. Pull it around on a string".
b.
By ancient tradition, the "traje de luces" can be of any color - although yellow is widely considered unlucky and rare - but the stockings must be pink. When
Tyrone Power
is wearing his white suit, his stockings are white - probably a costumers decision.
c.
Early in the film, during the strip club scenes, a photograph of
Samuel Fuller
(famously with a cigar) can be seen on the wall.
d.
In the previous Batman films, the Oscar winners played the villains. In this one, the Oscar winners are on the heroes side:
Michael Caine
as Alfred and
Morgan Freeman
as Lucius Fox.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
It is believed that a lot of the film was improvised. This is not true. While there was some improvisation, most of the dialogue in the film was scripted. The director hired a lot of newcomers and non-actors to mix in with the seasoned actors to give the feel of actual people who had a camera thrown in their face.
b.
Max Baer
, whos paternal grandfather was Jewish, boxed with a Star of David embroidered on his trunks. The star is visible on Baers red trunks throughout his fight with Braddock in the final fight scene.
c.
All the detectives in this movie drive BMW sport cars and SUVs.
d.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
was instructed to play Amy Archer in the same fast-talking, no-nonsense way as
Rosalind Russell
did in
His Girl Friday
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
Although original author
J.M. Barrie
is credited, this is the only major film version of "Peter Pan" which uses little of his original dialogue. (Even the live-action musical versions, as well as the 1924 silent film version, use much of Barries original dialogue.)
b.
Footage from the original 1939 production was used when Frank and Jesse go over a cliff on horseback into a river and when they crashed, on horseback, through a store window during the "Northfield Minnesota Raid."
c.
Russell Crowe
lost more than 50 pounds, weighing only 176 pounds for his role (compare to 228 pounds in
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
).
d.
Quentin Tarantino
owns one of the only 35mm copies of the film left in existence. He claims this is his favorite "comedy" of all time.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cinderella Man (2005)?
a.
One creature that was designed but cut from the final film was a Mosasaurus, a large, sea-dwelling reptile that would have been used in a scene where the Herd goes to a river to drink and encounters the Mosasaurus.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Won the Best Feature award at the 2006 Film Expo Texas.
d.
One of the boxers portrayed in the film was Frankie Campbell. Campbells real name was Frankie Camilli. His brother was Brooklyn Dodger all star first baseman
Dolph Camilli
.
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