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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Don't Come Knocking (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Don't Come Knocking (2005) Quiz
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About the movie:
Howard Spence (
Sam Shepard
) has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Don't Come Knocking (2005)?
a.
The book of the nine gates, they say was written in 1666.
b.
According to
Shirley MacLaine
in her autobiography "My Lucky Stars," the idea for this film was hatched when
Bob Fosse
was hospitalized for a heart attack. MacLaine claims she was the one who gave Fosse the idea to do "a musical about his death" though she said Fosse seemed to not remember this later. Fosse did, however, offer her the role of Audrey Paris, she wrote.
c.
The picture of Skys mother is a photograph of
Sarah Polley
s own mother, the late actress
Diane Polley
. Diane, who died in 1990, was a huge fan of Sam Shepard (I). Shepard plays the father of Sarahs character in the film.
d.
Author
Khaled Hosseini
mentions in the commentary at 63:01 that the name on the door "Dr. Amani" is his homage to his medical school roommate. He mentions in the documentary "Words from the Kite Runner" also on the DVD that he, himself, was a practicing physician for eight and a half years before choosing to concentrate on writing after The Kite Runner book became successful.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Don't Come Knocking (2005)?
a.
The film was banned in Germany; French censors deleted scenes of natives being contracted unknowingly for 5 years of hard labor.
b.
The kennel at which Rowlf is working has several dogs in labeled cages. Two of the cages say "Jim" and "Frank", in honor of
Jim Henson
and
Frank Oz
.
c.
Stars James Brolin and Margot Kidder visited the real Amityville house as part of a publicity junket.
d.
Originally, Shepard wrote the character of Sky as part Native American, but because of Wenders desire to cast Sarah Polley, that aspect of the character was set aside. Both agreed that her being Native American was not essential to the character, and Wenders had wanted to work with Polley because hed been so impressed with her acting in past projects.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Don't Come Knocking (2005)?
a.
When Jenny Lerner is looking up "ELE" on the Internet, the ad banners on the right-hand side of the screen foreshadow the tidal wave at the end of the film: "The Wave of the Future", "Youve got some ocean coming", etc.
b.
According to the directors DVD commentary, the casinos in Elko were "too crummy" for shooting. The casino scene was shot instead in the Peppermill and Rainbow casinos at Wendover, Nevada.
c.
Episode titles: 1. The Oriental Death Punch. 2. The Mysterious Man. 3. The Spiders Web. 4. The Next Victim. 5. The Spectral Hand. 6. The Death Warrant. 7. The Marked Room. 8. High Finance. 9. A Stern Chase. 10. The Guarded Heart. 11. The Thought Machine. 12. The Sign of the Thumb. 13. Twixt Death and Dawn. 14. The Light Dawn. 15. The Living Death.
d.
Angels last name is Schaunard, the same name as the character from La Boheme that he is based on.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Don't Come Knocking (2005)?
a.
Sam Shepards son, Jesse, stood in for his father on the fast riding sequences. Shepard did some of his own riding, but he was not permitted to do more than a trot.
b.
The real Rudy did, in fact, record a quarterback sack in his brief appearance in the game.
c.
Filming lasted 138 days, with over 300 scenes shot on 200 locations and 72 sets constructed by production designer
Alex McDowell
.
d.
This film premiered at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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