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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Echo (2008) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Echo (2008) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008).
About the movie:
The film follows, Darren, cold and calculating mob hitman, attempting to have a normal life with his unsuspecting girlfriend...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
"You cant leave Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower." At least twice, Kate misses seeing the tower, once as the car she is in passes the Trocadéro, and next when the lights go out at night, just right after she turns her head towards it. When she is leaving Paris, she sees it from the window of the train.
b.
Actor Jason Lee Boyson asked not to be informed about Theresas final makeup fx for the final scenes. Wanting a real emotional reaction, he asked director Mark Cantu to keep him in the dark about what the final appearance would look like. His reactions in the final scene are his genuine reactions to seeing actress Caitlin Williams in full make-up.
c.
The original title was apparently "Romance on the High Cs".
d.
Takes its title from the Bible - Elah was the valley where David met Goliath.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
The dialogue between Miles and Darren in the final scene is mostly improvised by Burger and Boyson. The scene had been written numerous times by Mark Cantu, then rewritten by Michael Cantu, Jennifer Ayala, and Michael Burger. However, the scene never quite came together on the page, so Burger asked to just improvise the scene, albeit with a set guideline in place for the scene. Once the guideline outlined the power shifts in the conversation and who was in control at exact moments, Cantu agreed to shoot the scene.
b.
When Elmer Fudd is chasing Bugs and Daffy through the museum, the music playing is from the piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition" by
Modest Mussorgsky
, a cycle of piano pieces describing a walk through an art gallery (by a man with a limp) and the different paintings he stops to look at.
c.
Renny Harlin
was originally slated to direct when
Howard McCain
was pitching the script to film studios some years back.
d.
Phyllis Davis
was originally considered for the role of Ilsa.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
The final scene between Miles and Darren in the warehouse was shot in one day, in roughly 4 hours.
b.
There were two different (usually uncredited) character actors named William OBrien -
William H. OBrien
and
William J. OBrien
- and they both appear in this film (uncredited) as gamblers.
c.
Milton Berle
placed ads in Hollywood trade papers seeking a Best Supporting Oscar nomination for playing himself.
d.
Before entering the Inventing Room, Willy Wonka gives an introductory speech in German, with an accent, but otherwise phonetically and grammatically correct. It goes "Meine Herrschaften, schenken Sie mir Ihre Aufmerksamkeit. Sie kommen jetzt in den interessantesten und gleichzeitig geheimsten Raum meiner Fabrik. Meine Damen und Herren: der Inventing Room". He even pronounces the german R correctly, and says Inventing Room with a proper german accent. The speech translates: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give me your attention. You now come into the most interesting room of my factory, the most secret room at the same time. Ladies and gentlemen: the Inventing Room."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
Producer
Jerry Wald
hoped to coax
Greta Garbo
out of retirement for this role. He was unsuccessful.
b.
The Heat Nightclub in San Antonio was used for three locations: Manellis Le Exotica conversation with Darren; Darrens phone call with Miles before the chase; and Theresas assault at the nightclub. All three sections were already constructed to appear as three different areas, so director Mark Cantu and production assistant Julie Cortez were able to talk the owners into utilizing the club three different times.
c.
When 2nd Lt. Henry Herrick
Marc Blucas
is fatally wounded and giving his final orders his pupils are small as he is looking up into the bright sky. When he dies they can be seen to fully dilate over the course of a few seconds, as would happen in real life.
d.
Final film of
Thomas Browne Henry
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
In Jan. 1976, Columbia distributed this film theatrically on a double bill with
White Line Fever
starring
Jan-Michael Vincent
.
b.
The masks used by the Angel of Mercy were a throwaway prop Jennifer Ayala had lying around. After Michael Burger and Jason Lee Boyson played around with them for a while, director Cantu decided they looked perfect and used them for key sequences in flashbacks.
c.
The hospital attack sequence took months for
Sam Raimi
and his storyboard artists to devise. It was the first part of principle photography to be shot.
d.
The film debut of
Jake Busey
, whos the son of co-star
Gary Busey
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
This Australian movie is most notable for its exciting Australian rock music score.
b.
There were plans to do a sequel which never materialized.
c.
The movie contains two vintage
Irving Berlin
songs written before his 1950 Broadway score. "The International Rag" (as
Ethel Merman
sings it, although the official title is "That International Rag") had been introduced by Mr. Berlin himself at the London Hippodrome in 1913.
Sophie Tucker
made the ditty famous via her vaudeville act. In the picture, just prior to delivering this number at the presentation ball, Ethel jokes with the orchestra leader (played by
Leon Belasco
) about this "hot" new tune from 40 years earlier.
Donald OConnor
s song-and-dance-solo, which had him tearing up a tavern -- "What Chance Have I With Love?" -- was first performed by
Victor Moore
in
Irving Berlin
s 1940 Broadway musical, "Louisiana Purchase." Although Mr. Moore would appear in Paramounts 1941 screen adaptation, his lament to love would not carry over to this film score.
d.
Darrens home in the film actually belonged to actor Jason Lee Boysons cousin, who was living in Cibolo, TX at the time.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
Gary Chang
provided additional music to the film because
Harold Faltermeyer
could not return to re-score the final reel of the film as it was constantly being edited.
b.
According to Alex Coxs autobiography,
Zander Schloss
was initially hired as a production assistant. He had asked to play the role of Kevin, Ottos nerdy friend. But the role first went to Chris Penn, who had asked Alex Cox several times for a role in the film, and initially asking to be cast as Sy. Cox already had a particular actor in mind for Sy and, after one day of filming with Penn in the role of Kevin, Cox felt his style was too comedic for the tone of movie. The part eventually went to Schloss.
c.
The home used for the Angel of Mercy in the film actually belongs to producer Jennifer Ayala. During remodeling of the home, she offered it as the location for Miles lair and was filmed in on three different days.
d.
A sprightly mock-gospel number, the 1945 Oscar-nominated "Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (music by
Harold Arlen
, lyrics by
Johnny Mercer
) was represented on the "Billboard" singles chart by a couple of second-place finishers: one 78 via Decca Records by
Bing Crosby
, teamed with
The Andrews Sisters
(who did not appear in the picture), plus another 78 on Capitol from singer-songwriter
Johnny Mercer
, supported by
The Pied Pipers
(who were not featured in the movie).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
Lana Wood
played young Debbie Edwards and
Natalie Wood
, who was Lanas older sister by eight years, played teenaged Debbie Edwards.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Co-writer Michael Cantu asked to write the first draft of the screenplay, which was radically different than the character arc discussed in story meetings with Burger, Ayala, and Mark Cantu.
d.
Eva Green
campaigned for the lead female role.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
A Turkish movie which was given an American bootleg title of Turkish Mr. Majestyk (aka Karpuzcu (1979)) was made and released about five years after this film.
b.
The chase through downtown San Antonio between Miles and Darren is actually filmed over the course of eight months. Some shots were accomplished while Michael Burger was in London; other shots were filmed while both actors were sick. Actor Jason Lee Boyson injured his ankle during a take; however, already fighting a stomach virus, he opted to continue filming til they were completely done for the day.
c.
Clifton Webb
s character in the film is named Victor Parmalee. Webbs real name was Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck.
d.
The Rolls Royce driven across from Tegelbacken to Gamla Stan, supposedly with Lee Marvin behind the wheel, was in fact driven by the Swedish co-producer, according to the press release at any rate, because having Marvin do it would have cost more. Marvin and Hurt exit the vehicle right above the famous Five Small Houses restaurant and enter the foyer of a house rented for the occasion in Danderyd, a suburb north of Stockholm fifteen miles away.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Echo (2008)?
a.
Actors Michael Burger and Jason Lee Boyson were initially supposed to have the entire shooting day to film the final sequence; however, a scheduling conflict with another actor forced the actors into a four-hour window. The scene began at 9am and filmed til the afternoon.
b.
Even though it has been correctly mentioned that the Angels home game is filmed at Dodger Stadium, it looks like the first interior shot of the ball park is Chicagos Wrigley Field.
c.
On 21 May 1943, the finished film was rejected by the Hays Office because of a "number of unacceptable breast shots of Christine" in her dressing room. It has not been determined if the offending scenes were deleted or re-shot, but the film was released in Aug 1943 with Production Code Administration approval.
d.
The scene in which a spider enters Holmess room through the radiator is inspired by a similar scene in the story The Adventure of the Speckled Band.
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