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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dawn of the Dead (2004) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dawn of the Dead (2004) - 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: Dawn of the Dead (2004).
About the movie:
A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Later scenes with the cat were eliminated after it proved to be uncooperative in its first scene and even badly scratched Clare Kramer.
b.
Quinn K. Redeker
would sometimes sit in
Lon Chaney Jr.
s trailer while Chaney told him stories and anecdotes about his films. Chaney would often be making his specialty - homemade mustard - while doing so.
c.
The title of the movie comes from a famous
Mark Twain
quote; "truth is stranger than fiction, but this is because fiction is obliged to stick to probability; truth is not."
d.
Some of the trucks outside the mall are from the same company, B.P. Trucking, that loaned them to the production of the original 1978 film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly did an uncredited rewrite of the script.
b.
The commercial on the TV when it switches to the "special report" near the beginning of the film is a commercial for a Subaru WRX that
Zack Snyder
directed.
c.
Dustin Hoffman
expressed some disappointment with the film. He felt it wasnt yet ready to be released when it was. There were many more issues that needed to be addressed but they didnt have the time to cover them all. They had to deliver what they had for the release date, which he felt was an incomplete film.
d.
Initially, the studio considered a movie about the European fable, Reynard the Fox. However, due to
Walt Disney
s concern that Reynard was an unsuitable choice for a hero,
Ken Anderson
used many elements from it in Robin Hood. Particularly the animal counterparts (e.g. Robin Hood, like Reynard was a fox and The Sheriff, like Isengrin was a wolf.)
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
The first scene in the basement finishes when Michael burns the zombies with fuel from the gas station and CJs lighter. This is a reference to a similar scene in
George A. Romero
s
Night of the Living Dead
.
b.
Mel Lambert
, who played the harbor master, was a local businessman rather than an actor; he had a strong relationship with Native Americans throughout the area, and it was he who suggested
Will Sampson
for the role of Chief Bromden.
c.
From the opening of the film we find out that the parents were married on 8 January 1986. Nicholas Parker was 24 and Elizabeth James was 23. Elizabeths occupation is listed as artist, while Nicks is listed as Viticulturist.
d.
Jean Vander Pyl
, who plays Mrs. Feldspar, was the actress who voiced Wilma Flintstone in the original cartoon series,
The Flintstones
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
The cause of the dead returning to life is not completely explained in the film. On the back of the DVD box, it is said to be a virus.
b.
This film is on the American Humane Associations list of "unacceptable" films. Animal action was not monitored by the AHA. One horse drowned, another was crippled by tripwires, and several others were injured in a stampede sequence.
c.
All of Aldonzas songs were either slightly altered or cut. "Its All The Same" was presented complete but had a few of its lyrics rewritten by
Joe Darion
. The song "Aldonza" had two of its verses cut, so that the version heard in the film begins with the verse "For a lady has modest and maidenly airs . . . " The second verse of the deathbed reprise of "Dulcinea" was left out of the film, and the song "What Does He Want of Me", which Aldonza sings (in the stage version) after receiving Quixotes "missive", was completely omitted.
d.
Quentin Tarantino
: In the German propaganda film-within-a-film, "Nations Pride", directed by
Eli Roth
, Tarantino voices an American soldier, who says, "I implore you, we must destroy that tower!". A Tarantino dummy also appears as the first scalped German in the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
The name of
Ving Rhames
character, Kenneth, is an obvious nod to actor
Ken Foree
, who played a very similar role in the original
Dawn of the Dead
.
b.
Prior to the release of this movie, a fan had written to Screen Stories magazine, inquiring as to what movie
Dean Martin
would next be appearing in. The response was that one of the movies would be Korea - but there was no mention of Career. While the movie does have a brief character introduction set during the Korean War, Dean Martin never appeared in a movie called Korea.
c.
Denice Creach
s voice was dubbed by
Edwin Neal
s ex-wife.
d.
Very loosely based on the death of
Thomas H. Ince
aboard
William Randolph Hearst
s yacht, a topic dealt with in more realistic fashion in
The Cats Meow
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
One of the clothing stores in the mall is named "Gaylen Ross".
Gaylen Ross
played the part of Fran in the original
Dawn of the Dead
.
b.
Apart from as required by his Marine Corps uniform, Michael Corleone does not wear a hat until he becomes involved in the family business.
c.
Kevin Dunn
appeared as a doctor in an unused alternate ending where it was revealed that Dr. Block had been impregnated by the alien "dragonfly."
d.
Joan Pera
: The Spanish actor who has dubbed
Woody Allen
s voice in several Spanish and Catalan versions of his films for over twenty years appears in the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Bing Crosby
had wanted
Deanna Durbin
to costar in this picture and also in his next vehicle for Paramount,
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court
. Miss Durbin, about retire from the screen with the finish of her Universal contract on August 31, 1949, declined both offers from Bing.
b.
Whenever Jeremy and his father are alone together, Jeremy is usually in shadow while his father is framed in light.
c.
Sarah Polley was first choice to play Ana.
d.
The theme song was re-recorded by
Josie Cotton
and released on the CD Invasion Of The B-Girls..
Russ Meyer
threatened to sue Cotton if she put any of his title-songs on her CD, but died before he could follow through. Josie says that she didnt mean to steal from Meyer, but that she is a fan and it was meant as an homage to his work.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
A UK MTV Host, Alex Zane, is featured during the zombies rampage through the mall. After interviewing Zack Snyder he was invited to be in the film, thus as we see the zombies running past the camera once theyve entered the mall, he is clad in a bright white checkered shirt.
b.
Director
Roberta Findlay
says the savage rape of Leona (
Rhetta Hughes
) was inspired by a real life incident in the 60s wherein a lady named Kitty Genovese was raped for as much as 20 minutes or half an hour while tenants chose to remain apathetic to her plight.
c.
Susan Luckey
s first film project.
d.
The pistol used in the private jet towards the end is a Walther P99.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
Fighting Stars Magazine ranked the climactic fight between
Chuck Norris
and
Tadashi Yamashita
as #13 on their list of the 25 greatest fight scenes of all time.
b.
Julie does not say Rocks name.
c.
Remade in a modern setting as
Four Brothers
.
d.
For the scene where Ana stitches Kenneths wounds, the director hired a real nurse for the close-ups. She misunderstood the directors directions to go deeper and inadvertently punctured
Ving Rhames
skin and stitched the prosthesis to his arm. He didnt say anything until after the scene was done filming and the director thought the blood was merely "a really good effect".
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004)?
a.
The mall scenes of the film as well as the rooftop scenes were shot in the Thornhill Square Shopping Centre in Thornhill, Ontario and the rest of the scenes were shot in the Aileen-Willowbrook Neighborhood of Thornhill, and the Township of Caledon East, Ontario. The set for Ana and Louiss bedroom was constructed in a back room of the mall. The mall was defunct, which is the reason the production used it; the movie crew completely renovated the structure, and stocked it with fictitious stores after Starbucks Coffee and numerous other corporations refused to let their names be used (two exceptions to this are Roots and Panasonic). Most of the mall was demolished shortly after the film was shot. The highway in the overhead composite shot of Ana driving past the exploding gas station is HWY 50, one kilometer south of Bolton, Ontario. The Crossroads Mall is a small strip-mall at the intersection of HWY 9 and HWY 27 just north of Caledon East. The second converted mall shuttle (with the fire damage) was shipped out of Bolton in the summer of 2006.
b.
The was the last film for
Walter Brennan
, and the first, and to date the only, feature directing credit for Walter Brennans son,
Andy Brennan
.
c.
This comedy takes shots at the Amy Fisher headlines from 1992 and 93, the "Peoples Court" TV show, and ultra-conservative commentator
Rush Limbaugh
. Fisher, tagged by the press as "Long Island Lolita" after she shot the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco, was on trial at the time of this movies release. Note the character names: Lolita Fisher (the defendant), Grace VanMoanin (a tip of the hat to the character of Grace Van Owen from "L.A. Law"), make-believe "Citizens Court" host Doug Mary-Elizabeth-Ellen (after Doug Llewelyn on "Peoples Court"), and Rush Nimrod (after Rush Limbaugh), to name a few.
d.
The devil costume that
Anton LaVey
was falsely rumored to have worn in the impregnation scene was later re-used in the film
Asylum of Satan
. A small woman had difficulty fitting into the tiny suit.
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