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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Eragon (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Eragon (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006).
About the movie:
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
There are well over fifty differences between the movie and book plot lines.
b.
During filming
Vivien Leigh
reportedly smoked four packets of cigarettes a day.
Clark Gable
smoked three packs a day throughout his career.
c.
In setting up the sex scenes the actors were encouraged to improvise, but with their clothes on.
Edward Zwick
says that its "colder" on a set because there are people all around, the camera, and distractions. So the improvisation was useful in setting the scene and shots for the actual shoot.
d.
This Universal production became the most famous and successful film to pair
David Manners
with
Helen Chandler
. The pair had made two films at Warner Brothers/First National and one at Fox.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
Wilford Brimley
was cast at the urging of
Robert Duvall
.
b.
Alex Pettyfer
was offered the role of Eragon, previous to the casting of
Ed Speleers
. Pettyfer said he had turned down the role partly because Eragon was filmed in Budapest and hes afraid of flying.
c.
Jodie Foster
,
Jonathan Demme
and
Scott Glenn
- and a few other cast and crew members - did a great deal of research at the FBI training facility in Quantico, Virginia. They studied under criminal profiling agents, learned about firearms and agent training, and sat in on a number of classes.
d.
When Elias thanks the punk couple, the actors give him their real first names (Wolfgang and Caroline).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
In an interview, director
Edward Bernds
said that
Zsa Zsa Gabor
got very "testy" with the actresses playing the Venusian girls. They were mostly beauty contest winners, and were many years - and in some cases a few decades - younger than her. When she noticed that the crew was paying more attention to the tall, leggy, mini-skirted "Venusians" than they were to her, she became very difficult to work with. He said that Gabor gave producer
Ben Schwalb
such a hard time on the picture that Schwalb eventually wound up in the hospital with ulcers.
b.
The film was untitled until
Frank Sinatra
s "Young at Heart" became a smash hit and was tagged onto the opening credits.
c.
According to
Iván Fenyö
, almost 70% of his performance was cut out. Two months before the release of the movie the director phoned Ivan and told him that the studio didnt wanted most of the lines he had in the movie. According to the actor, some of his parts was about his notices as an East-European about democracy and the Gulf War.
d.
Elijah Wood
and
Shia LaBeouf
were considered for the role of Eragon.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
Joss Stone
s first film role.
b.
Katharine Hepburn
reportedly urged director
George Cukor
to focus the camera on
Judy Holliday
during a number of their shared scenes, not only because she was a fan of the new-to-movies Holliday but because it was hoped the studios would see how terrific Holliday was and cast her as the lead in
Born Yesterday
, the role shed created on Broadway. It worked.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 3, 1944 with
Walter Huston
,
Anne Baxter
,
Jane Withers
and
Farley Granger
reprising their film roles.
d.
The scene where Wyndham (
Robert Grasmere
) is stabbed by the bag-lady at the back of the church is inspired by a similar stabbing scene in the Terence Fisher movie Curse of the Werewolf.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
Ian McKellen
and
Patrick Stewart
were offered the role of Brom, but turned it down because of their commitment to
X-Men: The Last Stand
.
b.
Buckys room, Scoochs room and Lloyds living room were all filmed using different areas of the directors home.
c.
Many of the door sound effects on-board the ship are taken from
Star Trek
.
d.
Christina Ricci
turned down an offer to play the character of Lauren Hynde.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
Filmed as a co-production between Walt Disney Pictures and Paramount.
Dragonslayer
was more mature and realistic than most Disney films of the time.
b.
In the movie, Murtagh only carries a bow. In the first Eragon book, Murtagh carried a bow, a sword, and a dagger.
c.
Nia Long
who plays Lonette had a no-nudity clause in the contract for this film.
d.
WILHELM SCREAM: Can be heard as Swamp Thing throws a thug out of his speed boat.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
Guy Pearce
was a candidate for the role of Durza the Shade.
b.
The British writing-directing team of
Michael Powell
and
Emeric Pressburger
were shown a pre-release screening of the film by producer
David O. Selznick
. Both were thoroughly unimpressed with the mo0vie, but didnt want to offend Selznick by saying so. At the end of the film, when
Gregory Peck
and
Jennifer Jones
are crawling towards each other on a mountain and when they get near each other they both open fire, Pressburger turned to Powell and whispered, "What a pity they didnt shoot the screenwriter".
c.
The armor in the climactic battle with the Nazis was authentic medieval armor, previously used in
Camelot
and
El Cid
. When any item of armor was to be destroyed, exact fiberglass replicas were created and used.
d.
Christian Bale
was cast but dropped out.
Ben Affleck
replaced him.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
Only one full-size APU was ever built. It was completely rendered in Auto-CAD and parts were made detachable so that for scenes involving different pilots/APUs, the detail work could be altered. The full model weighed around 2 tons.
b.
Robert Sparr
was originally set to direct, but he was killed in a plane crash while scouting locations in Colorado.
Gordon Douglas
was hired to replace him.
c.
Ed Speleers
was a boarder at Eastbourne College when he beat out 180,000 other applicants to win the title role of Eragon.
d.
According to
Mel Gibson
,
Maia Morgenstern
, who played Mary, was pregnant during the shoot. She didnt tell anyone, until one day she approached
James Caviezel
(Jesus) and said in broken English and a thick Romanian accent, "I have baby. In stomach."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
John Garfield
intended for this to be his comeback film following his blacklist. However, he died before the film went into production.
b.
Scarlett Johansson
was originally cast as Rebecca Crane, but she dropped out shortly before filming and was replaced by
Kelli Garner
.
c.
Mary Steenburgen
and
Ted Danson
are married in real life, but their characters never interact. Dansons role is little more than a cameo.
d.
The movements of Saphira flying were modeled after those of an eagle.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eragon (2006)?
a.
In the novel, instead of seeking fictional author Terrance Mann, Ray Kinsella seeks real-life 60s author J.D. Salinger. In 1947, Salinger wrote a story called "A Young Girl In 1941 With No Waist At All" featuring a character named Ray Kinsella. And in his most famous work, the novel The Catcher in the Rye, one of Holden Caulfields classmates is Richard Kinsella. (In the original novel, Ray has a twin brother named Richard.)
b.
Christopher Paolini
, author of the original novel, expressed his wishes to make a cameo appearance in the film, specifically a warrior who is beheaded in the battle of Farthen Dur. However, he was unable to due to the constraints of his European Book Tour.
c.
The outside shot of the mausoleum was The Hollywood Cathedral Mausoleum. The film makers used it for the its classic look. The inside of that mausoleum was never used for filming. It is much smaller and laid out completely different than the inside shots you see. The inside shots of the camera moving from corridor to corridor and the long shots of Julie walking down the long corridor were shot at The Abby Of The Psalm Mausoleum. Both mausoleums are at Hollywood forever cemetery in West Hollywood behind Paramount Pictures. The link to this is on You Tube. One Dark Night-Filming locations.
d.
The role of Angela Hayes was offered to
Kirsten Dunst
, who turned it down.
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