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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995).
About the movie:
John McClane and a store owner must play a bomber's deadly game as they race around New York while trying to stop him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
David Lee Miller invited by the Vatican and the Pope to attend the historic "Meeting of the Artists with the Holy Father in the Sistine Chapel" in November 2009, as a result of the 4 Giffoni wins. The filmmakers were also invited by Pixar to screen the movie at their Emeryville, CA campus on Sept. 10, 2009.
b.
During the making of The Lord of the Rings trilogy,
Elijah Wood
and his fellow Hobbit actors all got commemorative tattoos of the epic production. Ironically, Woods is of the numeral 9.
c.
On the DVD commentary, screenwriter
Jonathan Hensleigh
says the idea for the films plot came to him when he imagined what would happen if one of his childhood friends, who was injured after Hensleigh threw a rock at him, decided to seek revenge on him as an adult.
d.
First English-language movie of
Irène Jacob
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
There is a quote from François-Marie Arouet better known by the pen name
Voltaire
, "If God didnt exist it, it would be necessary to invent him."
b.
An early script that was rejected was eventually used for
Speed 2: Cruise Control
. On the DVD commentary director
John McTiernan
mentions the rejected idea of "doing it on a boat."
c.
During the sequence where we are shown the "open source" developers that are monitored by NURV you can clearly see one of them wearing a red hat which looks exactly like the one that the company Red Hat uses as their logo. Red Hat is a GNU/Linux distribution.
d.
The original story concept came from Gordon and Lusmaria Grangers 20 years experience as a Real Estate Broker.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
Working title: "Greed".
b.
Kim Sanford
is dubbed.
c.
In the scene where Zeus (
Samuel L. Jackson
) is trying to get out of going with McClane (
Bruce Willis
) on the trip across the city, he Zeus gets up, exclaiming, "Im not jumping through hoops for some psycho! Thats a white man with white problems, you deal with him! Let me know when he crosses 110th street." The line "Across 110th Street" is a reference to the song of the same name that was played in the film
Jackie Brown
, which also starred Samuel L. Jackson.
d.
As a tribute to
Howard Hughes
, who inspired Iron Man, production was mainly based in the former Hughes Company soundstages in Playa Vista. The scene where the Iron Man Mark III armor was created was filmed in the area where Hughes assembled the H-4 Hercules airplane (better known as "The Spruce Goose").
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 22, 1949 with
Tony Martin
reprising his film role.
b.
The main theme for this movie is "When Johnny comes Marching Home," an Irish song made famous in America by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore aka
Louis Lambert
in 1863. This is the first Die Hard Movie where audiences got to see John McClane battling a terrorist in his home town (New York). The previous two movies had him battling terrorists in L.A. and Washington D.C., both of which were simply places he was visiting on holiday at the time.
c.
A Feb. 11, 1958 Los Angeles Times ad shows that this film was widely distributed on a double bill with Disneys
Old Yeller
.
d.
The only Vacation movie to not feature the
Lindsey Buckingham
song "Holiday Road" throughout the entire film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
Shot on a 19-day production schedule with an additional week allotted for
Judy Garland
s production numbers. Released a mere two months after production wrapped.
b.
The choice to shoot the film in Hong Kong was inspired by the classic film
Casablanca
. Indeed, director
Paul McGuigan
explains that in the thirties and forties, Casablanca was a den for scoundrels and the perfect place to hide as everyone could go there. To the makers of the film, Hong Kong was the 2000s equivalent to Casablanca.
c.
No re-shoots were required, a rarity for a movie as big as this.
d.
Sean Connery
was
John McTiernan
s very first choice for the role of Simon Gruber. He turned down the role, saying that he didnt want to play such a diabolical villain.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
Julian Glover
created the part of the Knight in the original stage production.
b.
Danny Cannon
was approached to direct but he was more interested in making
Judge Dredd
at the time.
c.
Eleven years after being mentioned in
Rope
as making an excellent villain,
James Mason
was finally cast by
Alfred Hitchcock
as such in
North by Northwest
.
d.
The entire film crew was six people.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
As the emergency escape pod crashes on Vogsphere, the sound made by it is the same as the plane from the end of In the Flesh the first track on
Pink Floyd
s The Wall.
Douglas Adams
was a personal friend of Pink Floyd and even played at one of their shows.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 13, 1943 with
Nelson Eddy
and
Susanna Foster
reprising their film roles.
c.
Some of the ship scenes were completed in the Sersen tank at 20th Century-Fox studios under the supervision of Fox visual effects supervisor
Fred Sersen
. The visual effects team worked on the boat props as well. The Sersen tank was used for a number of independent productions including
Walt Disney
s
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
.
d.
In the wake of the Oklahoma bombing, 20th Century Fox took out trade press ads defending their decision to continue with the imminent release of a film about a terrorist planting bombs in public places.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
The movie that Jake and Robin watch on the bed is
A Place in the Sun
.
b.
The plane crash sequence was filmed at Campbeltown Airport on the south west coast of Scotland. Mainly due to its remoteness and the runway is around 2.5 miles long. A number of local people were cast as extras for interior shots of the plane.
c.
The studio told screenwriter
Jonathan Hensleigh
to remove the scenes with McClane walking around Harlem wearing a sign that says, "I hate niggers." They allowed him to keep the scene when he threatened to take the script to another studio.
d.
The on-screen body count is 15; 16 including the dog.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
The star Ray calls "Evangeline" is in fact the planet Venus. Venus is known as the Roman goddess of love.
b.
Although
Bruce Willis
and
Samuel L. Jackson
had both appeared in
Loaded Weapon 1
and
Pulp Fiction
, this is the first movie where the two appear on-screen together.
c.
The role of Farrell was originally offered to
Robert Mitchum
, who turned it down because he didnt like the script. It was then offered to
Ronald Reagan
, who took it.
d.
According to Altman, the original setting was a New York airport.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)?
a.
In Greek mythology, Zeus was a god who summoned lightning and thunder. In this movie, Zeus Carver is an electrician.
b.
Paula Prentiss
film debut
c.
While on location for this project,
Dwight Yoakam
wrote the songs he used for the album "The Long Way Home".
d.
During shooting the film was given the working title of "Continuity" in order to better remind the cast and crew to be constantly looking out for any possible continuity errors. The project was jokingly nicknamed "Beantown" by core cast members to the directors chagrin, but the name eventually stuck.
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