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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Drag Me to Hell (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Drag Me to Hell (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009).
About the movie:
A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
The name of the commissioner on the film is "Loeb". However, this is NOT a reference to comic book writer
Jeph Loeb
, author of the graphic novels "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory", but rather simply the canonical name of the Gotham City police commissioner when Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham. This is shown in
Frank Miller
s Year One, which actually influenced both "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" and was published nearly a full decade before either of these.
b.
In the movie, Shaun San Dena (
Adriana Barraza
) mentions her late husband Sander, a reference to both
Sam Raimi
s older sibling, Sander Raimi, who died in a swimming accident at age fifteen while on a trip to Israel, and his oldest nephew, Sander Rubin.
c.
Shot over a period of 35 days.
d.
Steven Soderbergh
s instructions to composer
Cliff Martinez
were to channel
Brian Eno
, the ambient-music pioneer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
Unlike many films featuring an appearance by a tiger, the tiger who starred in in this film was fully grown. Two years later, this same cat made a brief appearance on "Star Trek", in the episode "Shore Leave".
b.
This film and
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
are both based on the same novel by
Gary Brandner
. Interestingly, "Howling IV: The Original Nightmare" actually represents the more faithful adaptation of the book than this film does.
c.
Conrad Brooks
, one of
Edward D. Wood Jr.
s regulars as an actor, is both a character (portrayed by
Brent Hinkley
) and an actor (playing the bartender in the scene where Wood meets
Orson Welles
).
d.
The script was written after
Sam Raimi
and
Ivan Raimi
completed
Army of Darkness
, but Sam pursued other projects before returning to this.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
Director
F. Hugh Herbert
started the film, but fell ill and was replaced by
Alvin Ganzer
.
b.
Sam Raimi
s friend
Bruce Campbell
, who appeared in some fashion in every other film Raimi directed, turned down a role because he was busy with his TV show
Burn Notice
.
c.
Mel Stewart
s final film.
d.
Richard Jordan
was second choice for Dr Jeffery Pelt, the national security adviser. The role was first offered to an Irish actor.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
The original VHS (and laserdisc) release of this movie (and
The Karate Kid, Part III
) was in letterbox, causing complaints to video stores prompting them to call RCA/Columbia to find out if there was a problem in the printing. To make matters worse, it was not letterboxed in the films original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, but rather letterboxed AND panned-and-scanned into a 1.66:1 frame. So viewers who liked full frame movies had to put up with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, and those who want films in their OAR had to deal with a picture that was cropped on the sides and panned-and-scanned in some shots. Neither type of viewer was satisfied with the original home video release. The DVD release in 1999 was the first time that the film was presented in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio on home video.
b.
Holds the record along with
It Happened One Night
(1935),
The Last Emperor
(1987) and
Gigi
(1958) of winning all the awards in every single category in which was nominated at the Academy Awards including best picture.
c.
Christian Bale
stated in an interview that during the interrogation scene,
Heath Ledger
wanted him to beat him as hard as he could to get the real feeling of what was required from the scene.
d.
Ellen Page
was cast as Christine, but dropped out to star in
Whip It
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
Most of the rogue characters are based on the key players of the 30-Day Pope conspiracy. Kenzig the banker was based on
Roberto Calvi
, managing director of the Bank of Milan who was found hanged in London in June 19, 1982. He was accused by Italian authorities of being involved in the disappearance of Vatican funds amounting to $1.25 billion. Lucchesi was based on
Giulio Andreotti
, an Italian politician and former Prime Minister. Gilday was based on Paul Marcinkus, a one-time director of the Vatican Bank and who has remained silent about the conspiracy.
b.
Sam Raimi
named
David Paymer
s character after his long time friend producer
James Jacks
.
c.
One version of the script contained a few scenes following the final confrontation between the detectives and John Doe. In one, Somerset is recovering in the hospital after being shot by Mills, and the captain delivers a letter to him from Mills which reads, "You were right. You were right about everything."
d.
The two figures seen walking along the beach during the opening credits are
Frances Dee
and
Darby Jones
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
One of the clips shown on TV, inside the ski lodge, is a Saturday Night Live sketch by
Eddie Murphy
. The classic skit has Murphy looking, singing and acting just like the legendary
James Brown
getting into his hot tub.
b.
When the villain Professor Rathe checks into the inn at the end of the credits, he signs the register "Moriarty" which is the name of Sherlock Holmes main nemesis in his adult years.
c.
Most of the actors portraying police officers in the film were actual police officers from the surrounding area. In fact, Charles W. Bennett, Jr., who played Bomb Squad Man, was an actual bomb technician at the time the film was made. He is now (1999) the chief of police in Lynchburg, Virginia.
d.
The license plate of Sylvia Ganushs car is 99951. When it is turned upside-down, it reads IS666.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
Producer
Steven J. Wolfe
s aunt makes a cameo as the nurse who leads the cast to Taras hospital room.
b.
Clay (
Justin Long
) can be seen using various products by Apple Inc. In real life, Long is a spokesperson for Apples "Im a Mac" advertising campaign.
c.
In a book about the making of the film, producer
David Giler
said that he came to the set one day to find out why filming was so far behind schedule and discovered that the entire cast and crew had been kept sitting around most of the day (on full salary) while director
Michael Sarne
photographed a cake... for eight hours. He was also told by cast and crewmembers that Sarne would go off in a corner and "think" for six to seven hours at a stretch, during which time shooting would come to a standstill. According to Giler, such antics were one of the reasons the film went so far over budget, and he and the other producers demanded that the studio fire him, but it was in Sarnes contract that he could not be fired until he turned in the first cut.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 11, 1937 with
Claudette Colbert
and
Fred MacMurray
reprising their film roles.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
Joseph Schildkraut
and
Gusti Huber
originated the roles of Anne Franks parents in the original 1955 Broadway production of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
Lou Jacobi
also appeared as Mr. Van Daan in the cast of the Broadway play.
b.
The movie begins with the 1980s Universal logo, which refers to when director
Sam Raimi
got started in the horror genre with the first two "Evil Dead" movies. After the credits, there is also the title card that says to take a tour of Universal Studios. This was also used in the 1980s in other Universal movies, such as
An American Werewolf in London
.
c.
The films opening weekend earned $5.96 million, the fifth lowest ever for any film playing at over 3,000 theatres.
d.
Cross is seen training boxers at the start of the movie. Morgan Freeman would train boxers on film again years later in
Million Dollar Baby
, the role that netted him an Oscar.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
In the fire fight scene after the bank robbery, Chris crouches at the rear of a car in order to change a magazine. The registration plate of this car reads 2LUP382 LUP in British Army terminology is Lying Up Position. 2LUP would reflect that this was the second Lying Up Position for Chris - his first being behind a green car.
b.
This would be the final film project for
Jerry Warren
.
c.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
d.
The name of the medium in the film, Ram Jas, is similar to
Ram Dass
, the name adopted by Harvard psychologist Richard Alpert when he became a new-age spiritual guru.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Drag Me to Hell (2009)?
a.
This six reel epic employed a cast of a thousand extras.
b.
Four ape suits were created and worn by
Rick Baker
and realistically depicted the appropriate musculature beneath the fur through a special undersuit with silicone-filled muscles. The hands of the costume used animatronic extensions, again controlled by operators off set, so as to give Kong appropriately gorilla-like long limbs.
c.
It was raining in every scene shot outdoors.
Zach Braff
described the weather as unusual in the DVD commentary saying in all of his years living in New Jersey he had never seen it rain so much in the month of May.
d.
Lalo Schifrin
s "The Exorcist Symphony" was never used (except for one trailer for
The Exorcist
), but it is heard over the films end credits.
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