Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dead Poets Society (1989) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dead Poets Society (1989) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989).

About the movie: English professor John Keating inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		Originally, Professor Keating was supposed to die of leukemia. But the director decided to have the story focus on the boys instead.
b.		While filming the music video scene, a pizza delivery arrived to the set so the crew would have dinner. Zack Abramowitz answered the door still wearing the blue dress. The delivery guy was very uncomfortable upon seeing Zack in a dress as well as the swanky light set up, and had no idea what was going on. Zack thanked the delivery guy with a smile and got right back to work.
c.		Credits on pressbook are different from screen credits in several respects. Credits noted by AFI follow pressbook credits, not actual screen credits.
d.		Midway through production the film ran out of money and DeMilles original backers pulled out. The production was saved when DeMille called in a personal favor from his friend A.P. Giannini, one of the founders of Bank of America. Gianninis $500,000 investment allowed the production to continue without stopping.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		Charlie Dalton has copied some lines from Abraham Cowleys poem "The Prophet" on the centerfold of Elaine Reynolds, Miss October 1959.
b.		Jake Gyllenhaal was convinced he had blown his audition, especially after several months had passed and he hadnt heard back from Sam Mendes. An impassioned message left on Mendess voicemail swung the decision in his favor.
c.		The film contains a number of subtle references to the James Barrie play and book. These include: * An elderly Tootles is one of the characters in the film, and is referred to as Wendys "first orphan". Tootles was one of the original Lost Boys. * In both the book/play and the film, Wendy greets Peter by calling him "Boy". * Granny Wendy recites a prayer-like speech as she leaves Maggie and Jack in the nursery, asking the lights to guard the sleeping babes. This is a direct quotation from the book. In the book Mrs. Darling says, "Night-lights are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children." (Chapter 2: The Shadow) * When Tinker Bell is first trying to get Peter to remember her, she says, "I drank poison for you!" This is a direct reference to the events in Chapter 13: Do You Believe in Fairies. * The invisible dinner sequence is inspired by the lines in the book: "The difference between (Peter) and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe, while to him make-believe and true were exactly the same thing. This sometimes troubled them, as when they had to make-believe that they had had their dinners." from Chapter 6: The Little House * After human-sized Tinkerbell kisses Peter, and he remembers he has to save his children, Tink says to him, "You silly ass, Go!" In the book, Tinkerbell repeatedly calls Peter a "silly ass". * Toward the end of the movie, Tootles says "Ive missed the adventure again, havent I, Peter?" This is in reference to the book, as it is mentioned that the reason Tootles was so humble was because, by some misfortune, he missed most of the adventures the Lost Boys participated in.
d.		The character of Jim the loanshark was originally scripted to run his criminal operation out of the back of a tobacco store in Asheville, NC. The role had to be recast when the actor playing Jim decided the character was so despicable that he couldnt even begin to think of how to portray him. The tobacco store location became unavailable and Jims office was changed to be a corner of the basement seen in a great deal of the rest of the film, with black sheets hung on the walls to create a "nebulous black space."

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		Liam Neeson had originally landed the leading role to be directed by Jeff Kanew, but lost it to Robin Williams when director Peter Weir came on board.
b.		Possibly the first American film to use a "Squib hit" on an actor (using an explosive under clothing with a blood pack to simulate a bullet hit).
c.		According to director Nimród Antal, the lower jaw attached to the mask of the Berzerker Predator is that of an alien from the Alien movie series.
d.		Buildings in the movie are named for makers of the movies that are being parodied. For example, John Hughes High School, "Anthony Michael Dining Hall" (Anthony Michael Hall), and "Harry Dean Stadium" (Harry Dean Stanton).

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		The part of John Keating was once intended for Dustin Hoffman.
b.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.		This film is based on a real life incident which happened July 26, 1938 in New York City. John W. Warde, 26 years of age, leaped seventeen floors to his death from the ledge outside a room in the Hotel Gotham.
d.		The airplane that Maddy Bowen boards at Colonel Coetzees camp is a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 (NATO designation "Candid"). It was mostly likely the Il-76TF, which is the civilian transport variant.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		Frequently shown to fraternity members during leadership seminars because of the striking similarities between the films plot and the historical events that led to the creation of fraternal organizations at universities in the United States 200 years ago.
b.		This movie was originally planned for Doris Day to star in. This is one of the few planned projects that Day vehemently refused to play. She did not feel she wished to portray the sordid aspects of Helen Morgan and it would be totally different from her screen image.
c.		Catherine Keener was cast in the role of Investigator Hal Slocumbs wife. Her one and only scene was cut from the final film. This deleted scene can be found on the special edition DVD of the film released in 2003 from MGM Home Entertainment.
d.		Set in Messina (Sicily) but filmed in Chianti (Toscana, central Italy).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) had lost the tip of his left middle finger in a farm accident when he was younger, so special prosthetic fingertips were made from a cast of his right middle finger. During shooting he decided to pull a prank on Peter Jackson. He cut the tip off the prosthetic finger and filled it with fake blood, then went up to Jackson and said "boss, I had an accident."
b.		Director Lee Unkrich voiced the Jack in the Box that yells "New toys!" to Andys toys when they arrive at SunnySide.
c.		When they built the Alexandria set at Anzio, a couple of construction workers were killed by an unexploded mine left over from World War II.
d.		Originally slated to be filmed at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, the project was moved to Delaware because it would have been too expensive to create fake snow on the campus grounds.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		Filmed at St. Andrews, a private boarding school in Delaware.
b.		Several names reflect the Shakespearean origin of the story. Biancas and Kats last name is Stratford (William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon). Patricks last name is Verona (birthplace of Petruchio, the corresponding character from the play). The high school is called Padua, which is the city in which the play is set. And the two girls names are Kat and Bianca (the names of the girls are Bianca and Kate in the play.)
c.		Julian McMahon also starred in the TV show Charmed. Coincidentally, in this show he was in love with a witch called Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) who also had the power of premonitions.
d.		All of the interior rooms of The Overlook Hotel were filmed at Elstree Studios in England, including The Colorado Lounge, where Jack does his typing. Because of the intense heat generated from the lighting used to recreate window sunlight (the room took 700,000 watts of light per window to make it look like a snowy day outside), the lounge set caught fire. Fortunately all of the scenes had been completed there, so the set was rebuilt with a higher ceiling, and the same area was eventually used by Steven Spielberg as the snake-filled Well of the Souls tomb in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		Director Peter Weir chose to shoot the film in chronological order to better capture the development of the relationships between the boys and their growing respect for Mr. Keating.
b.		Gisele Bündchen agreed to be in the movie only if she didnt play a model. Stanley Tucci was one of the last actors cast. Daniel Sunjata had originally read for Tuccis part, rather unenthusiastically since he had just finished playing a similar character, but then read the Holt part and asked if he could audition for it. Simon Baker auditioned by sending a video of himself, wearing the same self-designed green jacket he has on when he and Andrea meet for the first time.
c.		Cast lists records list Norman Willis (Edwards), but he was replaced by Russell Hopton. In addition, the following actors are also listed in records but did not appear in the film: Philip Sleeman (Convict), Harry Tyler (Convict), Monte Vandergrift (Candy Salesman), E. Allyn Warren (Night Watchman), Jules Cowles (Bartender), Richard Cramer (Dr. Wilson), Barbara Bedford (Mrs. LeClair) and Baldwin Cooke (Spectator).
d.		The movies Sunburn I> title was formed inside a pair of sunglasses in the pictures American movie poster.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		Being the first Predator movie they only show the thermal vision and infrared vision from the Predators point of view (in Predator 2 they introduce many other vision modes for the predator), but with good attention to details you can get hints that the Predator has different vision modes even in this movie; The Predator can obviously see and avoid the trip wires they hide everywhere in the forest (which would actually not be visible if the Predator only used thermal visions). The predator can also see if the soldiers are carrying any kind of weapons or knives and if they are unarmed, indicating the Predator has a different vision mode which makes him able to detect solid metal.
b.		It took 4 hours to put the 12-pound "face" on Ryan Reynolds. When Reynolds stepped outside in full fat make-up, a fan of his came up to him and asked if Ryan Reynolds was inside. He said yes and pretended he wasnt himself.
c.		One of the NASA officials in the movie is played by Gerry Griffin, who is a former NASA flight director. Griffin presided over the Apollo 12 mission and later became director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
d.		Peter Weir attended The Scots College, a private boys school in Sydney. The uniforms, discipline and overall feel of the school translated into many of the films scenes. In 1994 a stage production of the film, the first in the world authorized by Touchstone Pictures, was put on by the school. Peter Weir attended the opening night and spoke about the making of the film.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Poets Society (1989)?
a.		This was the first feature length film to use the Cinecolor two-color process.
b.		Loosely based on the experiences of private school students with Samuel Pickering, who is currently a Professor of English at the University of Connecticut.
c.		Although frequently listed as a Universal production, this movie was an independent production produced by Rupert Julian for Renowned Pictures. Julian licensed the distribution rights to Renowned, who in turn sold the rights to Universal Jewel for world-wide distribution. Julian was such a convincing Kaiser that he was asked to reprise the role in many subsequent films. The film was a blockbuster when it was released, and Universal spared no expense in advertising their megahit. Carl Laemmle pushed the film to the theater owners as hard as he sold it to the viewing public. "A whirlwind of Applause - A Landslide of Money," "Unparalleled Receipts," and "The Picture That Blocked Traffic on Broadway" were some of the headlines for ads run in trade publications in an attempt to get theater owners to book the picture. Sadly, prints of the film no longer survive, and this title is on the American Film Institutes list of the "Ten Most Wanted" lost films. The film was also known as THE KAISER. In 1919, a short parody of the film was released titled THE GEEZER OF BERLIN.
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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.

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