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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cloverfield (2008) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cloverfield (2008) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008).
About the movie:
Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
Richard Ho
: one of Wizard magazines staff writers, appears as one of the reporters in front of the Baxter Building in a crowd sequence. Wizard is one of the most successful and popular magazines about the comics business.
b.
When the film was aired on NBC-TV in the USA on 6 January 1968, it became the highest rated film shown on television up to that time. The record held until
Love Story
overtook it on 1 October 1972.
c.
J.J. Abrams
has used the number 47 extensively on past projects. In
Alias
it played great importance as a page on Rambaldis manuscript, and as a recurring pointer to important motifs. It should come as no surprise that "Cloverfield" is the designation to the case of the images found on Area US-447. Also, in the scenes where theyre taking the stairs up to the top of the skyscrapers to save Beth, one of the floor numbers filmed is the 47th.
d.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
In the beginning of the movie, Beth, played by
Odette Annable
, talks about how she could see the footage Rob was taking on the internet. Yustman also starred in a movie called
Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape
, in which she plays a teacher whose career is ruined when a video of her winds up on the internet.
b.
Alex Proyas
was originally going to direct but pulled out of the project to work on
Dark City
.
c.
For the films 1998 theatrical re-release, Warner Brothers was considering editing the extended Scarecrow "If I Only Had A Brain" sequence into the movie (it was deleted from the film before its 1939 premiere) but ultimately decided not to.It is available as a supplemental feature on the Warner Bros Special Edition DVD of the film.
d.
Prior, director
Craig R. Baxley
had another project that dealt with an alien called "Man to Man" that was to be produced by
Joel Silver
, but it got canceled a a few days before filming.
Dolph Lundgren
had also been rumored to be attached.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
Jamie Foxx
actually played high school football.
b.
The rats used in the tunnel scene were specially-trained and colored with a dark, charcoal-like substance to give them the appearance of wild, dirty tunnel rats. The rats in the final shot were completely computer-generated.
c.
The movies poster was as #25 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
d.
Although there is no actual Ithaca University, the writers (
Todd Phillips
and Armstrong, Scot) both are alumni of Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY, and the movie is partly based on their time there.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
Ashlyn and Ashley listen to the song "Love Rollercoaster" in the tanning salon, which refers to the roller-coaster that should have killed them.
b.
All the main characters (and Jamie) have MySpace pages. The producers made these pages to advertise on MySpace. All the characters last logged into them on January 18, 2008. (1-18-08), the release date of the film.
c.
None of the cast are credited at the start of
Night of the Living Dead
. Perhaps because the film has no major stars whatsoever.
d.
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.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
This was the first live-action musical that Disney Studios produced. It was as heavily promoted as the studios other big films, but was a failure at the box office. It was one of the few Disney films never given a second run in the neighborhood theaters, or even re-released, as so many other Disney films were (it first appeared on television - in two one-hour segments telecast a week apart - only eight years after its original release. Eight years was usually the amount of time the Disney studios used to wait to re-release their films theatrically). Disney did not make another musical on this elaborate a scale until
Mary Poppins
, which became its most successful film during
Walt Disney
s lifetime.
b.
According to
Annie Pomeranz
- visual effects producer - puppets were used in the scene involving the "parasites" inside the tunnel but the scene turned out to be more interactive than originally thought and CGI animation was required. However,
Matt Reeves
- the director - states that the scenes with the puppets were too "goofy".
c.
Marlon Brando
would improvise several different lines while filming the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene such as asking
Rod Steiger
"Hows mom?" or "Do you think the Yankees are going to win it this year?". At one point director
Elia Kazan
said, "Buddy, cut the crap."
d.
In the Wookiee army scene, there are only 10 men in Wookiee suits. They were repositioned multiple times so the various shots could be combined with computer duplicated Wookiees.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
The final lines of this film provide the first usage of Holmes trademark phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson". The phrase does not appear in the writings of
Arthur Conan Doyle
.
b.
In the ending credits of the movie
Kal Penn
is listed twice. He is credited as Kal Penn playing Gogol and Kalpen Modi playing Nikhil.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #4272-4283.
d.
One of the promotional websites, Jamieandteddy.com (password "jllovesth"), shows videologs (vlogs) made by the title couple about their relationship (which turns sour). Jamie Lascano is only seen at the party unceremoniously unconscious on the couch, and Teddy Hanssen is nowhere to be found (although on 1-18-08.com, he is now identified as "missing"). The actors who play either of the two are not confirmed. Though it has been speculated that Jamie is played by
Blake Lively
, this is incorrect.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
As an inside joke, the black-and-white footage of Johnny Bartletts trial contains many cameos of crew members on the picture.
b.
According to
Neville Page
, creature designer - the monster is a baby in a new environment - "spooked" and looking for its mother.
c.
The original negative mysteriously disappeared over 20 years ago. The print used for the Blue-Underground DVD is from director
Ken Wiederhorn
s personal collection.
d.
Stephen Dorff
and
Elle Fanning
spent a lot of time together prior to the shoot in order to build the father-daughter relationship their characters have. For example, Dorff sometimes picked Fanning up after school.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
The water taxi Joan Wilder rides to meet Ira is named "The Orca," which is also the name of Quints boat in
Jaws
. Jaws director
Steven Spielberg
produced director
Robert Zemeckis
previous film,
Used Cars
. Zemeckis also co-wrote Spielbergs
1941
which features a "Jaws" parody.
b.
This was the second time in two years that the films distributor Lions Gate found itself in trouble with the MPAA over one of their films. In 1999, they had run afoul of the censors with
Dogma
which was deemed to be blasphemous.
c.
The first synchronized sound feature film to be distributed by United Artists.
d.
Eric Leven
- the visual effects supervisor - refers to the monster as "Clover".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
Malcolm McDowell
was so taken with the line "Time is the fire in which we burn" he had it engraved on the pocket watch he uses in the film.
b.
MSNBC host Keith Olbermann refers to FOX News host Glenn Beck as "Lonesome Rhodes" Beck after Andy Griffiths character in this movie.
c.
Final theatrical film of
Richard Crenna
.
d.
The crossfire sequence was shot in one night on the Warner Brothers New York Street lot in Burbank. The extras playing soldiers fired real blanks from their weapons for the first couple of takes until 10:00 pm, when noise ordinances forced them to use quiet flash bulb alternatives.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cloverfield (2008)?
a.
Due to budget restraints, only one horse could be hired per day, hence a different colored horse was filmed each day, with footage cleverly montaged and edited to create the battle scenes.
b.
Director/Co-Writer
George Miller
was given the rights to
Mad Max 2
and this one to get him to step aside as the director of
Contact
.
c.
Some footage in the film was shot by the actors.
d.
"It Never Entered My Mind," sung by Betty Garrett (I), was deleted from the movie. Miss Garretts vocal is not contained on the soundtrack CD from Sony.
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