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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Donnie Brasco (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Donnie Brasco (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Donnie Brasco (1997)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997).

About the movie: An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life to the expense of his regular one.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		One of the other names considered for Enter the Dragon was "Blood and Steel"
b.		Klatuu used the famous line, Klatuu Barada Nikto twice in the movie, at the beginning after he is shot by the military, to stop Gort from hurting them and then at the end of the movie when Klatuu touches the sphere and says Klatuu Barada Nikto to stop Gort, who now is in the form of the Nanobots, from destroying the world. Once he touches the sphere and says, Klatuu Barada Nikto, the nanobots all die.
c.		The Chisum Ranch house in this film is the exact house used in Big Jake, a John Wayne western made a year later. Note the scenery around the ranch.
d.		Leftys real name is Benjamin which, in Hebrew, means "son of the right hand".

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		Southwest General is a parody of General Hospital, even referencing the "Sally Armitage is Max Hedges!" storyline plot twist.
b.		The films version of "Lefty" Ruggiero is an amalgam of the real "Lefty" and the real "Sonny Black" Napolitano.
c.		The movie has the most number of visual special effect shots - around 2400. It surpasses the record set by Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, which has 2200 shots as well as the previous Lord of the Rings movies (FOTR has 560, TTT has 800, ROTK has 1488)
d.		Shawnee Smith originally turned the role of Amanda down. After it was offered to her a second time she watched the original short film by Leigh Whannell and James Wan and accepted the role.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		Much of the production design was inspired by artists from the 1930s, such as Hugh Ferriss, Raymond Loewy, and Norman Bel Geddes. Renderings of New York City by Ferriss were models for the art deco New York City seen in the film, and the Flying Fortress was designed after drawings of ocean liners imagined by Bel Geddes (note the ship-like qualities of the Fortress in the film). Many other objects and settings used the stream-line designs of Loewys works.
b.		Ex-cop and former Fox TV news reporter, Mike Sheehan appears as the desk sergeant in this film. Mr. Sheehan was arrested in March, 2009 for hitting a mounted policeman with his car. This was the same charge that Nicole Hurley, Jennifer Anistons character, was charged with.
c.		Ernie Fosselius, creator of the Star Wars spoof Hardware Wars, appears as the voices of the rancors keepers.
d.		When the project was in its first stages, Joe Pesci was the first and main choice for Nicky. But after the release of Goodfellas, the idea gradually faded.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		Bens comment to Adam about "dressing up like a robot" is a reference to Short Ends. in which Luke Reichley had a cameo appearance as the "So-Bot" in Travis Crowleys "Weedman" films.
b.		Bruce Beresford was chosen as the director before Clint Eastwood but wanted to make Francesca Johnson English. When this was not accepted by the studio he left.
c.		Adam Pascal cannot read sheet music, so the music director (Dan Bar-Hava) had to play a line of music for Adam to repeat. Adam is a quick learner with this method.
d.		The scene of Joe Pistone practicing on the FBIs firing range was inserted at the insistence of the studio, who wanted a shot of Johnny Depp firing a gun for the movies trailer.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		John Trent occupies cell number 9 at the asylum, and rents room number 9 at the Pickman Inn in Hobbs End.
b.		Richard Dreyfuss claimed that he found the film so harrowing when he first saw it that it caused him to vomit.
c.		Rob Zombie named his first heavy metal band, White Zombie, after this movie.
d.		The word fuck is used 185 times.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		When Donnie and Nicky are looking at the headline in the Newspaper about the boss getting killed, they are looking at the picture of mob boss Carmine Galante who was killed in back of a Brooklyn, N.Y. restaurant in 1979.
b.		DIRCAM(Spike Lee): talking to Harvey Keitel as he first arrives at the murder scene. He is sipping on a 40-ounce beer.
c.		The trailer for the film is stylistically identical for the trailer that Paul designs for the film within the film, which, in turn, is stylistically identical to the trailer for the Stanley Kubrick film, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
d.		The World Premiere was held at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. However, the public would not accept the killing of Jack Oakie at the end so a new ending keeping Oakie alive was filmed before national release.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		There is a heatedly disputed rumor that Sharon Tate appears unbilled at the party Rosemary gives for her "young" friends.
b.		During his escape from jail, Billy shouts out "Hello, Bob" before shooting Bob Ollinger, and "Goodbye, Bob" after killing him - the exact same dialogue that the real Billy the Kid used during the incident.
c.		Johnny Depp met with the actual Joseph D. Pistone a number of times to gain knowledge and expertise for the role. He also took gun firing lessons from the FBI.
d.		Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		In Joseph Pistones report, he lists Lefty, Lefty Guns, Lefty Two Guns, Half Cocked, and Horse Cock as false names for Benjamin Ruggiero (Pacino)
b.		In the "shake and brake" "wheelsucker" horse race scene, the cowboys were told to hold the horses back, as the director wanted the cyclists to beat them.
c.		Ed Horman and Joyce Horman ("Beth" in the film) worked very closely with Costa-Gavras, Lemmon, and Spacek throughout the films production. Costa-Gavras said that after Pinochet died (in December 2006), both he and Joyce Horman felt regret that the former Chilean dictator was not brought to justice.
d.		Began filming in 1974, production was shut down several times when they ran out of money, was finally released in 1987.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		The film opened the Venice Film Festival in 2000.
b.		This is the second film where Joe Pesci was considered for a role that eventually went to Bruno Kirby. The first was The Godfather: Part II, the role in question being that of the young Clemenza.
c.		Lon Chaney was claimed, by a few sources, to have taken over direction of several of the scenes he was in, allegedly including the famous unmasking scene.
d.		After the studio couldnt get Javier Bardem for the role Bretton James, Edward Norton, Martin Henderson, Simon Baker, Mark Wahlberg, Aaron Eckhart and James Franco were considered to play the role, but Josh Brolin was eventually cast.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donnie Brasco (1997)?
a.		Alfred Hitchcock: about 45 minutes in, mailing a letter at the village post office.
b.		The rights of the story was first bought by Ray Stark, back in the late 70s, with Jack Nicholson to star as Benjamin. Later, the film rights were bought by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall under the Amblin banner. When Kennedy and Marshall left to start their own production company, they also took the rights along and only started developing the movie in 1994. David Fincher admitted that he never read the source short story. He only read the 240-page script that Eric Roth wrote. His agent, who brought the script to Finchers attention was a former assistant of Stark. His resolve to make the film came evidently after the death of his father in 2002.
c.		This film initially had a hard time getting a theatrical release. After making a successful premiere in Norfolk, Virginia, the movie finally secured a wide release and proved to be a big financial hit.
d.		Joe Pesci was Mike Newell (I)s first choice for Nicky.

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