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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Coraline (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Coraline (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009).
About the movie:
An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
The red lighthouse visible in one of the snow globes Coraline places on the shelf was modeled after Big Red, the lighthouse at the Holland State park in Holland, Michigan.
b.
At the New York Bar/Grill in the Park Hyatt hotel, one "Lost in Translation" theme drink called L.I.T. is available.
c.
Elizabeth Wilson
won the 1972 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Drama for "Sticks and Bones" for the role of Harriet.
d.
Sydneys, the beauty salon where the initial action takes place, was named after
Sydney Guilaroff
, the chief hairstylist at MGM from 1934 to the late 1970s. He was brought to MGM from New York at the request of
Joan Crawford
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
Dan Aykroyd
and
John Belushi
visited the Burbank set of Next Movie where Dan ended up directing the sequence where Chong urinates from the moving car window.
b.
The band
They Might Be Giants
wrote 10 songs for the movie, but a change in tone from a musical to more dark production meant that all but one was cut; a scene in which Coralines other father sings along with a piano features
John Linnell
s voice. The band has said they will release the other songs created for the movie in other projects, including albums.
c.
One of the movies main posters shows Jane and not the traditional Tarzan swinging on a jungle vine.
d.
The films tagline, In Marriage, No One Can Hear You Scream, is a play on the tagline for
Alien
, which was, In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
A sign in the head nurses office reads "Sister George". This is an allusion to one of
Robert Aldrich
s previous films, and one of his personal favorites,
The Killing of Sister George
.
b.
The "Detroit Zoo" snow globe featured in the film contains a model of The Horace Rackham Memorial Fountain, or the "Bear Fountain," sculpted by Corrado Parducci in 1939 as the centerpiece of the Detroit Zoos reflecting pool.
c.
The film was conceived in 1978, and intended to be produced sometime in 1980 or 1981, but the box office failure of
Heavens Gate
made studios wary of expensively ambitious historical dramas, so the idea was shelved.
d.
John McGiver
played the religious fanatic, Mr. ODaniel, with
Jon Voight
as Joe Buck, whod been led to believe that ODaniel is a bigtime pimp. McGiver had also played "Sen. Thomas Jordan" in
The Manchurian Candidate
. In the remake of that film 42 years later (
The Manchurian Candidate
), Voight played "Sen. Thomas Jordan".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
Stan Laurel
once remarked that
Richard Cramer
, seen here as the abusive foster father, had absolutely no sense of humor, and played everything straight. Stan used him when he needed a serious character who wouldnt try to get a laugh.
b.
Most of the guns used in the film were water pistols. However a few were real, borrowed from the towns police force. In a shot near the end of the film just after the Mariachi is pulled out of the yellow Ford van by Mocos henchmen there is a shot of Moco walking towards the camera. Behind him laying asleep on a bench is the cop who was meant to be on-set supervising the use of the weapons for that day.
c.
Ethel Merman
was a last-minute replacement for
Ruth Etting
.
d.
During a trapeze act in the Other World, Ms Spink and Ms Forcible quote from Shakespeares Hamlet.The words they speak are part of a speech that Hamlet gives to a pair of courtiers.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
The original sweater the design team had designed for Coralines father sported a big maize-and-blue University of Michigan logo. However producer
Bill Mechanic
decided to change the design in favor of his alma mater - Michigan State.
b.
In the first draft of
George Lucas
screenplay, the movie was to open with a huge montage sequence showing the end of various battles of the Clone Wars on seven different planets across the Galaxy. Each planet was to be distinctly different from the other and was described as "Bridge world", "Ring World", "Crystal world" and "Kelp world" amongst others. This idea evolved into the sequence where we see various Jedi dying at the hands of the Clones on different planets. Four planets made it into this montage: Mygeeto (Crystal world), Felucia, Saleucami and Cato Neimoidia (Ring World).
c.
Ryan Gosling
(Young Noah) wore brown eye contacts because
James Garner
(Old Noah) has brown eyes, and Gosling has blue.
d.
Neither director
Alan J. Pakula
and Redford were happy with screenwriter
William Goldman
s first draft. Woodward and Bernstein were not keen on it either; in fact Bernstein penned a draft himself with his wife
Nora Ephron
. Redford rejected this effort too, so he and Pakula held all-day sessions working on the script, interviewing editors and reporters throughout.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
Enid Saunders
character, Minnie Bannister (in one of the Smallville sequences), is a very obscure in-joke by
Richard Lester
. He had a long association with the cast members of the BBC radio show "The Goon Show." Minnie Bannister, voiced by
Spike Milligan
, was a recurring character.
b.
The confrontation between Saruman and Gandalf from the second book was filmed but was not included in the final cut for reasons of length and pacing. The scene is included on the DVD.
c.
The Ranft Bros. Moving Company that moves Coralines family into their home, are based on real-life brothers
Jerome Ranft
and
Joe Ranft
. Both brothers did work on
The Nightmare Before Christmas
with Director
Henry Selick
. The mover at the front door (who is given the $1.00 tip) is modeled after Joe Ranft.
d.
Jack Nicholson
s contract included a clause which allowed him to leave the shooting location to attend all Los Angeles Lakers basketball games.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
The first stop-motion animated feature to be shot entirely in 3-D.
b.
Spike originally said "Oh s*** what are we going to do now" in the theatrical release when he and Bumblebee realized that blowing up the moon didnt affect Unicron. "Oh s***" had been put in the theatrical release to guarantee a PG rating as G rated movies could not be played as often during the day as PG, PG-13 or R rated movies back then. The line however had been taken out of every VHS release until the Rhino re-release in 2000 and it was also restored in the 2000 Canadian dvd and the 2001 Rhino DVD released in the US.
c.
In the beginning of the film, Pons character escapes her wedding in a non-supercharged 1936 Cord Phaeton. The Indiana-made car, which cost about $3,700 was rare even when new and exotic enough to look like it belonged in the movie which begins set in France.
d.
In the movie,
Val Kilmer
(as
John Holmes
) wears a chain around his neck that holds a ring. The ring is was the actual wedding band that John Holmes gave his wife, Sharon, when they got married in 1965. Sharon loaned it to Val to give him good luck on the movie. When the movie was over, Sharon then gave the ring to
Dawn Schiller
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
The gun used by Gibson Rickenbacker (
Jean-Claude Van Damme
) are paintball guns, Tipman SMG-60s. This is important in the abandoned factory scene. Rickenbacker runs behind a dumpster and unscrews a 9 oz. CO2 bottle then, inserts another one to simulate "reloading" the weapon.
b.
Coraline has also been made into a stage musical, produced by MCC Theater in New York, with music and lyrics by
Stephin Merritt
of
The Magnetic Fields
.
c.
Shipped to some theaters with the codename Hidden from Earth.
d.
Wil Wheaton
once said that the only good thing about the movie was that his sister got a job on it.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
According to separate interviews with
Michael Caine
and
Christopher Reeve
, they had hesitations regarding the filming of the infamous "kissing" scene. Once they decided to go through with it they both consumed large amounts of alcohol in order to keep themselves calm and drunk enough that theyd do anything anyone asked them to do. Caine reportedly later regretted the scene and vowed to never film another homosexual sequence. To this day he never has.
b.
The babysitters death scene originally had her being electrocuted while taking a bath. The scene was used later in
Bride of Chucky
.
c.
In addition to the "Yes, We Have No Bananas" song,
Billy Wilder
also borrowed the climactic switcheroo from
Sabrina
right down to the hat and umbrella. Piffl goes to London instead of MacNamara, just as Linus Larrabee goes to Paris instead of David Larrabee.
d.
In Quebec, the French version features the voices of
Catherine Brunet
,
Geneviève Brouillette
and
Jean-Michel Anctil
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Coraline (2009)?
a.
Crispin Glover
s character, Stayne, has only one eye, symbolising his being a representation of the Jack of Hearts. (The Jack of Hearts and the Jack of Spades are often referred to as "One-Eyed Jack" since only one eye is visible on the card.)
b.
At one hour and forty minutes long, this is the longest stop-motion film to date.
c.
Casper Van Dien
(Johnny) broke a rib during a stunt involving jumping off a "tanker bug".
d.
During post-production,
Marlon Brando
claimed this film would be the biggest turkey of all time, but subsequently changed his mind, saying it would be "reasonable".
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