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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Devil (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Devil (2010) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010).
About the movie:
A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
Samuel Goldwyn
originally bought the story to this movie for
Miriam Hopkins
. However, she was busy on other projects and Goldwyn then sold the story to Paramount.
b.
The inspiration for the film comes from the folktale "The Devils Meeting" in which the Devil roams the earth in human form torturing the living. The film also mentions the folktale.
c.
When
Erich von Stroheim
was first offered the part of the mad director, the character was called "Erich von Stroheim." Understandably upset at being asked to play himself as a homicidal maniac, Stroheim agreed to do the film only if the characters name were changed.
d.
The set for the Helms Deep battle scene was built on location in New Zealand over a period of seven months.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
Richard Branson
: The Virgin Airlines boss as a man at airport security. When British Airways showed the film on their airline, they blurred out the tail showing the Virgin Atlantic logo and cut Bransons cameo.
b.
This movie marks
Alan Hale
s third film appearance, in three different decades, as Little John. He had previously played the role in
Robin Hood
and
The Adventures of Robin Hood
.
c.
M. Night Shyamalan
admitted that Agatha Christie was an influence on the film, especially Christies 1939 novel And Then There Were None. They both share the same plot of a group of people with guilty pasts trapped in an isolated location and die off one by one. The final plot twist is also the same. The villain is among them, thought to have been killed off earlier in the story.
d.
Carice van Houten
actually played the character of Rogers wife Gretchen Ferris, but all her scenes were deleted and she does not appear in the final cut. The movie does provide dialogue that distills the story in the book, when Roger says they are getting divorced because "I was a bad husband and she was a worse wife".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
Ben Johnson
did all his own stunts.
b.
The original title was simply "Waterfront" until Columbia learned that there was a television series by that name.
c.
There is no mystical significance in the color of Mace Windus light saber.
Samuel L. Jackson
, after a jokey conversation with stunt coordinator
Nick Gillard
, asked
George Lucas
if he could have a purple light saber to match his favorite color, and
George Lucas
agreed. In an interview on UK TV, Jackson said he "thought it would be cool".
d.
The "annoying" elevator music that plays on a repeated loop is called "Dont Sit Under The Apple Tree".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
In the scene when Ronnie visits Kale at his home for the first time, director
D.J. Caruso
decided to add in the can of macadamia nuts at the last minute.
b.
Both of the two 1987 movies about a "family" of attractive vampires who lure a young man and make him into a half-vampire before he is eventually "cured" (
Near Dark
and
The Lost Boys
) feature a son of
Jason Miller
in their casts: Joshua John Miller is in Near Dark, and his half-brother Jason Patric is in The Lost Boys.
c.
In order to get the feel of what it would be like to work for real newspaper, Bogart hung out at the city room of the New York Daily News.
d.
Number 666 references: the building number is 333 (666/2), the elevator number is 6, and stops on floors 23 to 42 (2*3=6, 4+2=6), When the hockey match on TV turns on right after the elevator stops, the time of the match is 1:42, (4+2=6), the floor that Sara wants to go to is 42 (4+2=6), the floor that Ben needs to go to is 39 (9-3=6).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
Finished in 1988, not released in USA until 1991.
b.
The original Broadway production of "The Picnic" by
William Inge
opened on February 19, 1953 at the Music Box Theater, ran for 477 performances and won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1953.
c.
The end credits dont call any of the people trapped in the elevator by their names. Just their occupations or what they are, e.g. Older Woman.
d.
The single largest cost on the movie was for the rain effects throughout the first half of the film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
All five characters who get on the elevator have the color red in common: the Mechanics satchel, the Old Womans hair, the Young Womans nails, the insignia on the Guards uniform and the Salesmans tie are all red.
b.
There is one family at the end of the street who are never seen - the occupants of the house between Walter and Rumsfield. Their last name is Finnell, a reference to producer
Michael Finnell
, which is seen on the side of their Chevrolet Astro Van as "Finnell Plumbing". They also have a Buick sedan and presumably are visible at the end of the movie near Walters house after the explosion.
c.
The
David Lynch
documentary
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
follows Lynch through the process of creating Lost Highway.
d.
The Narrator and Marla are both in attendance at a Sickle-Cell Disease support group. Every other member is of an African or Latin racial background. This disease primarily infects people of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern or South Asian background, hence a further statement on their need to "crash" these meetings.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
In its first weekend of release in the United States it was able to gain back its entire production budget.
b.
Nicolas Cage
turned down the part of Neo because of family commitments. Other actors considered for the role included
Tom Cruise
and
Leonardo DiCaprio
.
c.
C. Aubrey Smith
was originally scheduled to play the part of Jolyon Forsyte, but the illness preceding his death prevented it.
d.
José Ferrer
won the 1947 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Cyrano de Bergerac" for his portrayal of the title role.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
To promote the movie,
M. Night Shyamalan
made a humorous parody video for the Internet taking the premise of the movie, but instead having it take place on an escalator.
b.
Actually made in 1982. Given a widely available direct to video release that year, despite not having an official theatrical release until 1986.
c.
Among the difficulties associated with filming in Scotland was the amount of rain that fell during the shoot. During the breaks in filming, helicopters delivered large bags of gravel to the set in order to prevent it from washing out. Many of the filmmakers were concerned as to how this would affect the look of the film, although director
Alfonso Cuarón
and cinematographer
Michael Seresin
insisted that it was the best look that they could have come up with.
d.
Tim Burton
pitched the idea of the film to Warner Brothers by showing them the Topps trading cards that inspired the screenplay.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
The character of Bree, played by
Stephi Lineburg
, is named after the directors younger sister.
b.
The Baine scenes were shot at Basque nightclub on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood. The club was severely damaged by a fire in mid-2008, and as of July 2009 has been completely demolished.
c.
M. Night Shyamalan
: [Philadelphia, PA] The film takes place in Philadelphia, and the detective is from the Philadelphia Police Department.
d.
The film was cut to 54 minutes for television release in the mid-50s and has only recently been restored to its original running time, thanks to the combined efforts of The Western Movie Channel, the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage and the University of California-Los Angeles.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Devil (2010)?
a.
Jamie Lee Curtis
,
Madonna
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Cameron Diaz
,
Jodie Foster
and
Michelle Pfeiffer
were considered for the role of Ginger.
Traci Lords
was seriously considered after an excellent audition.
Sean Young
turned down the role due to pregnancy.
Melanie Griffith
was almost cast, but
Sharon Stone
convinced director
Martin Scorsese
to give her the role.
b.
The first movie in The Night Chronicles trilogy, which involves the supernatural within modern urban society.
c.
Co-star Stephen McNally stayed away from most of the cast in order to maintain an antagonistic attitude towards them.
d.
The scene where Gromek is killed was written to show how difficult it really can be to kill a man.
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