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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dear DIEry (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dear DIEry (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009).
About the movie:
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
Some of the photos on the films poster were taken with a cell phone.
b.
This film,
Judgment at Nuremberg
and
A Child Is Waiting
_ are
Judy Garland
s only non-singing movies.
c.
There is some question about the authors of the song "Wherever You Are." Both the AFI Catalog and The Motion Picture Guide list them as
Charles Tobias
and
Cliff Friend
. However, published sheet music (Cinema Sheet Music, McFarland, 1991) indicate it was
Harry Ruby
and
Bert Kalmar
. Tobias and Friend did write a song called "Wherever You Are," but the lyrics are entirely different than those sung in this movie.
d.
Mitchs cabin was off Fire Road 13. 13 is the universal number signifying evil and bad luck.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
The shot of Timmy in his kitchen right before the killer attacks was re-shot because Chad Hylton was unhappy with the original. He felt it was sloppy and suspense-free, so they went back to their aunt and uncles house the following week to shoot the 360 degree zoom around Timmy.
b.
Seven Eleanor replicas were made for use in this movie. Five of them were totaled during stunt sequences.
Nicolas Cage
and
Jerry Bruckheimer
kept the remaining two. Cage regularly takes Eleanor out for joy rides while Bruckheimer is afraid of driving her.
c.
Universal Pictures released this film on a double feature with
Love Slaves of the Amazons
.
d.
The twin handguns Seraph uses in the coat check shootout are Browning BDM pistols.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
Features haunting music from
Hector Berlioz
"Symphonie Fantastique".
b.
The film does not have score. Songs from the Royalty Free Music album Dark, Dramatic and Angry were used.
c.
After the movie was released in French-speaking Canadian regions as "Woody and the Robots",
Woody Allen
inserted a clause in all of his subsequent contracts that his movies titles could not be changed by other parties.
d.
All of the fighter aircraft used (F-16 fighters; plus, F-21/C-2 Kfir fighters depicting enemy MiGs) are actually Israeli Air Force aircraft, repainted with the USAF symbol and a fictitious enemy symbol.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
Frank Marshall
: a tourist in the background in the airport scene at the beginning.
b.
Robert Shaw
was also in trouble with the IRS and had to flee the country once his scenes were completed.
c.
The outside scenes (all the volcanic/lava landscapes and the green lake) were shot in Lanzarote (one of the Canary Islands near Spain), at the Montañas del Fuego National Park. The rest was filmed at the Bavaria Film Studios, Munich Germany. A few of the sets are still part of their studio tour.
d.
The shot of Danas blood splattering on her bulletin board was shot 2 weeks after the rest of the scene. Chad Hylton felt that after the build of suspense, the audience would want to see some blood.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
According to
Robert Ludlum
s description of the sound, the assassin who killed Conklin used a 9mm Luger with a silencer attachment.
b.
Although
Karl Freund
is credited on screen as director of photography,
Hal Rosher
is listed for this job in all Hollywood Reporter production charts.
c.
The scene when the mean girls make fun of the geek was shot at two separate times. The girls lines were shot early in the day and the geeks reaction was filmed in the afternoon. It was the last day of school and the directors needed to finish the school scenes before summer vacation.
d.
Jeff Bridges
was at one point considered for the male lead.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
The Murders at Clover High, Crimson Campus, and Psychopathic Rampage were all considered for the title.
b.
The film Ricky and Jennifer are watching at the movie theater is Silent Night, Deadly Night.
c.
The words chanted during the "Duel of the Fates" are from
Robert Graves
poem "The White Goddess". "The White Goddess" is a translation of the original version, "Cad Goddeu" or "The Battle of Achren", an early Celtic work of great antiquity also known as "The Battle of the Trees," which was originally composed by Gwion and is found in the "Book of Taliesin", a Thirteenth Century Welsh manuscript .
John Williams
had the lines "Under the tongue root a fight most dread, and another raging, behind, in the head" translated into Sanskrit. The translation sung in the movie is as follows: "Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah Korah Rahtamah Yoodhah Korah Korah Syahdho Rahtahmah Daanyah Korah Keelah Daanyah Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah Korah Korah Matah Korah Rahtahmah Korah Daanyah Korah Rahtahmah Nyohah Keelah Korah Rahtahmah Syadho Keelah Korah Rahtahmah Korah"
d.
Bette Davis
marriage to William Grant Sherry was in the throes of breaking up while she was making the film. Her raspy voice in the film is largely due to the fact that she burst a blood vessel in her throat from screaming at her soon-to-be-ex-husband during one of their many rows. Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
liked the croaky quality so he didnt have Davis change it.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
Originally
Brad Pitt
was cast as Colin Sullivan, but later dropped out to work with
Alejandro González Iñárritu
in
Babel
. He continued to produce the film under his (and his then wife
Jennifer Aniston
s) production company, Plan B.
b.
The last animated Disney Classic to use line overlay, also called cel overlay, a technique used to make the backgrounds match the lines of the xeroxed objects in the film.
c.
The original killer was going to be the geek in school. His motive would have been to kill off everyone who had picked on him. Chad Hylton thought it was too cliché so he reworked the ending with his mother Kelly Hylton.
d.
The First film to be made by Rogue Pictures.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
Rumored to be a true story in the life of filmmaker Shane Stanley. However, his brief stint on the dark side happened 10 years before Gridiron Gang was produced as a feature film, not after as implied.
b.
None of the actors auditioned for their roles. The directors offered the roles to their close friends and family because of the films extremely low budget.
c.
Wes Anderson
: [Rolling Stones] Features "I Am Waiting".
d.
The filmmakers chose to show a postcard version of Paris in the movie, inspired by such films as
Madeline
,
Le ballon rouge
,
Jacques Tati
s films and
Ratatouille
. As such the film takes place in modern, but slightly anachronistic Paris.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
Jeanette MacDonald
s participation in
Nino Martini
s "Song of the Gondolier" musical number was cut from the US version before it was released, but may survive in the Spanish version of the film.
b.
Danas death scene was filmed out of sequence. The action scenes downstairs with the killer were filmed first and the shots of Dana in her room were filmed last. Alyssa Carey rubs off her lipstick and puts the tissue in her bra because at one point in the scene Dana had put on lipstick and Chad Hylton forgot she wasnt wearing lipstick later in the action sequence.
c.
Wendell B. Harris Jr.
set many of the scenes from Chameleon Street in his native Flint, Michigan. In the scene in the van where a large skyscraper can be seen in the background, that is the Genesee Towers building on S. Saginaw Street in downtown Flint.
d.
At one point in the story (set in New York), Oscar says "Getting a clear picture on Channel 2" is not his idea of a fun evening. For years through the mid- to late 70s and early 80s, this movie was a staple of WCBS Channel 2s "Late Show" movie in New York City.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dear DIEry (2009)?
a.
Brian Grip (David Keller) actually chopped off his own head. He was in the killers costume for the shot of Davids decapitation and hit the fake Davids head off.
b.
Jamie Layden quit his day job and volunteered to play the lead role of Clark Thomas.
c.
Jason Behr did not know how to play the guitar prior to this movie. A guitar consultant was brought in and Jason dedicated most of his free time during shooting to learn how to play four songs very well. According to director and writer Rebecca Cook, Dominic Monaghan didnt know how to play an instrument either.
d.
The poster artists were purportedly not shown the puppet nor any other artwork from the films production and concluded that the monster was a giant eagle or hawk. Thus, the creature in the posters looks nothing like the beast in the film.
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