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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Control (2007) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Control (2007) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Control (2007).
About the movie:
A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
Although it is not clearly visible, "Four Magic Moves to Winning Golf", by Joe Dante (senior) is on Billys nightstand.
Joe Dante
Junior said his father criticized him for not making the title more visible.
b.
Not only does
Steve Irwin
provide the voice for one of the elephant seals, but he was also originally cast to play an albatross that Mumble encounters as he crosses the ocean after the aliens. The albatross scene was cut from the final movie, but you can see it in the DVD extras. The scene was cut before animation was complete, so no actual animation existed until they were preparing the DVD for release. The director and the production crew felt that they needed to do something following Steve Irwins death, so they completed the scene and included in the DVD in remembrance of him.
c.
The original film had an entire cast of two. This remake has one extra character: playwright
Harold Pinter
, who does a cameo as a man on the television.
d.
The script for the film was written to be told in flashback. This was later changed by the director because he felt it was more emotional to follow Ians journey linearly.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
This is the only film in the series where
David Prowse
did the lightsaber fighting on his own; he was doubled in the sequels because he kept breaking the poles that stood in for the blades. This switch might explain why Vader pivots on his feet in this film, but not in the others.
b.
A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
c.
The black-and-white film was actually shot in color, then transferred to black and white because, according to the director, the black and white film "was so grainy it looked like Super-8 even in 35 millimeter."
d.
Richard Gere
took tap dance lessons for three months. His tap dance scene was shot in half a day.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
The film crew put flint in the skaters trucks so theyd spark when they would grind.
b.
After the exhausting filming of
Das Boot
German pop star
Herbert Grönemeyer
swore hed never act in a movie again. He made an exception for his good friend
Anton Corbijn
and appeared in this movie, though.
c.
The town in Trapped In Paradise had to appear virtually buried in snow so that the characters were "trapped" and couldnt leave. So filmmakers supplemented real snow with 75,000 pounds of custom-made, biodegradable potato flakes from Idaho.
d.
Gwyneth Paltrow
was pregnant with
Apple Martin
while filming.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
Although the characters name has changed,
Frank McHugh
plays the same part as he had in the original version titled "One Way Passage."
b.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
did an audition for the role of Violet.
c.
When
Joy Division
are about to make their first television appearance they are warned by
Tony Wilson
that he will cut them off if they swear at any point. He also tells them to trust him as he knows when you can and cant swear on TV. This is probably a nod to years later, when in real life Tony Wilson was suspended from his job at Granada for swearing into a microphone that he didnt realize was on.
d.
The car driven by Ridley Kraid is a 2006 Infiniti G35. The grill ornament was partially covered in black duct tape to disguise the cars manufacturer. The front Minnesota license plate was also removed, since the locale of the film is not explicitly mentioned.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
This was the biggest box office hit in 1966, earning slightly more than $6 million.
b.
According to
Yun-Fat Chow
, he wore contact lenses during his performance as Roshi in preparation for the (at the time announced) sequel, where his appearance would be bald and bespectacled, a more classic appearance of Roshi.
c.
The introduction that
Tony Wilson
gives the band as theyre about to perform on Granada television is almost word for word taken from the actual broadcast. The song they play in the film is "Transmission", when in actuality they performed "Shadowplay" on Granada. They did perform "Transmission" live on TV but it was on the BBC without an introduction by Wilson, but instead a toned-down version of the poem used to introduce them at a gig in the film.
d.
The writer, Paul Diamond, absolutely avers that the title was a tribute to Ray Bradburys Martian Chronicles"
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
Emily Blunt
was set to star as Black Widow but had to pull out due scheduling conflicts with her movie
Gullivers Travels
.
b.
The poem being recited before their first gig is "Evidently Chicken Town" by
John Cooper Clarke
.
c.
Frank Gorshin
s last live action movie.
d.
Writer
Jules Feiffer
originally pitched the concept to director
Mike Nichols
as a theatre project. After listening to Feiffers ideas, Nichols said, "I see it as a movie."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
According to the director, interior scenes of the house owned by the couple were shot in two different homes. This was necessary as they lost the rental of the home and were not done shooting.
b.
The ferries used for the ferry scene in which a boat of convicts and citizens are forced to detonate a bomb in the other boat, the ferries depicted are CGI models of the Molinary-class of Staten Island Ferry. The Staten Island Ferry, which is run by the New York Department of Transportation, offers a free 25-minute ride across New York harbor from St. George in Staten Island to South Ferry in Manhattan.
c.
An early story outline was written by
Richard Collins
and based on the book "Barriers Burned Away" by
Edward Payson Roe
, which was the story of the Chicago fire. However, legal records state that none of Roes novel was used in the final screenplay.
d.
James Anthony Pearson
, who plays
Bernard Sumner
, learned to play guitar in two months for his role in the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
The actors playing
Joy Division
learned how to play the songs themselves. So the scenes where the band is playing live is not from tape, but actually the actors playing live.
b.
Samson Raphaelson
considered Suspicion "in many ways my best screenplay."
c.
G.W. Bailey
makes his return as Harris.
d.
The shooting location for Moreaus mysterious uncharted island was actually Catalina.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
The part when Jessica and Vicky are reading the Spanish work and Jessica says, "Is this right, "go away, you stupid bird teacher, I had enough" was an inside joke from writer
Adam Herz
when he was in high school.
b.
Every person in Wonderland/Underland has a proper name. These names were invented for this movie, as in the books and most other movie versions, they are referred to only by descriptive titles. In this version the Hatters name is Tarrant Hightopp, The White Rabbit is McTwisp, The Dormouse is Malyumkin, The March Hare is Thackery, The Caterpillar is Absolem, The Chesire Cat is Chessur, The White Queen is Mirana Crimms, The Red Queen is Iracebeth Crimms, and the Knave of Hearts is Ilosovic Stayne. The size-changing potions are likewise named for the first time: The cake that makes Alice grow is called Upelkuchen, and the liquid that makes her shrink is called Pishalver.
c.
Charles Boyer
s often repeated, and parodied, line "Come with me to the Casbah" was in the trailers but was never actually said in the film. According to an article in Smithsonian Magazine (July 2007), the line came from an impersonation of Boyer by the cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, in
The Cats Bah
, an animated short."
d.
According to
Samantha Morton
, the director mortgaged his house to raise finance for the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Control (2007)?
a.
Orson Welles
narrated trailers for the film.
b.
The scene showing
Tony Wilson
talking to
Ian Curtis
in the empty Derby Hall in Bury after the April 1980 riot features a large equipment case on which the number "501" prominently appears. When Tony Wilson was buried in August, 2007, his coffin was marked with the number 501, the last number in the Factory Records catalog.
c.
The Marathon Car Rental scene is exactly one minute long from the time
Steve Martin
starts his tirade, to the time the attendant ends the scene. In that 60 seconds, the word "fucking" is used 18 times.
d.
Michelle Rodriguez
was originally set to play the lead when the film was announced in 2003.
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