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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - Part (6) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
About the movie:
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
The title of the film comes from a song in the Marx Brothers movie
Horse Feathers
. One of the songs, "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" (which is sung in French), is from another Marx Brothers movie,
Animal Crackers
. Another soundtrack song, "You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me," was sung by the Marx Brothers imitating
Maurice Chevalier
in
Monkey Business
.
b.
Shortly before the start of principal photography, Hollywood Reporter announced that
Fred Zinnemann
was to direct the picture and
Gene Kelly
was to co-star with
Lana Turner
.
c.
The text seen on the paper that Mr. Fox is reading (The one that contains the advertisement for bandit hats), consists of parts from
Roald Dahl
s book Fantastic Mr. Fox itself.
d.
Rick Porras
: The other soldier watching the beacon at Minas Tirith is the co-producer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
Among the stars who were approached to take part in the film but did not were
Marlon Brando
,
Kirk Douglas
,
Doris Day
,
Cary Grant
,
Audrey Hepburn
,
James Cagney
,
Bing Crosby
,
Frank Sinatra
,
Burt Lancaster
,
Shirley MacLaine
and
Kim Novak
.
b.
The movie was filmed nearly sequentially; as soon as their characters were killed in the movie, the actors returned home. The emotion that
Charlie Sheen
shows in the closing helicopter scene was largely real, knowing that he was finally going home.
c.
First film of
Ruth Roman
.
d.
At one point during production,
Wes Anderson
had 29 units all working simultaneously for him.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
In her essay "Humphrey and Bogey,"
Louise Brooks
wrote that more than any other role that
Humphrey Bogart
played, it was the role of Dixon Steele in this movie that came closest to the real Bogart she knew.
b.
Director
Philippe Mora
wanted star
Christopher Walken
involved in the casting of whomever played Anne Strieber. It was Walken who suggested Lindsay Crouse.
c.
The actors found
George Lucas
to be very uncommunicative towards them, with his only directions generally being either "faster" or "more intense". At one point, when he temporarily lost his voice, the crew provided him with a board with just those three words written on it.
d.
The gun held by Franklin Bean is an Artillery Luger, which is a rare German 9mm Luger produced in WWI and WWII that included an 8 inch barrel a removable stock and a 32 round drum magazine.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
The Bazooko Circus Casino was modeled closely after the Circus Circus Casino in Las Vegas, which was mentioned in the original book. The real casino refused to have anything to do with the film, and even forbade the use of its name. The casino sign shown in the film replaces Circus Circus neon clowns pinwheel with a mallet, and the interior shots were partially filmed in the (now closed) Boardwalk Casino in Las Vegas. The carousel-themed "Merry-Go-Round" bar in the real Circus Circus (called the "Horse-A-Round" bar) revolves in the opposite direction as the one depicted in the film.
b.
In a 2008 interview on the
Today
Show,
Peter Graves
said he was initially insulted and offended by the script for
Airplane!
, but was convinced by friends and colleagues to do the movie.
c.
Felicity (Mrs Fox) was named after
Roald Dahl
s widow.
d.
The bloody hands in the opening credits are those of the director, Tim Reaper.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised.
b.
The B-25 is the only military plane to be named for a person: Gen. Billy Mitchell.
c.
Kristin Kreuk
and
Lauren German
were considered to play Jane Carter.
d.
One of two films released in 2009 to feature a talking fox. The other was
Lars von Trier
s controversial
Antichrist
. Both films feature actor Willem Defoe.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
The cameo by James Taylor at (I) the MySpace show at which George and Ira performs was originally intended for
Bruce Springsteen
.
b.
According to "The Making of The Philadelphia Experiment", the Wendover, Utah air base used in the films climactic fire sequence was where the Enola Gay was outfitted for its historic flight in 1945.
c.
Premiered two days after
Where the Wild Things Are
. Both films are based on popular childrens books and directed by cult indie directors.
d.
The film was never finished, and was released as a work in progress when the studio decided to move up the release date and release the film as it was, telling director
Joe Dante
that he was finished and they were going to go ahead and release what he had at that point.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
The "Orlando Childrens Museum" featured in this movie was actually the Orlando Science Center, which has since moved to a new location. The building is now used for citys annual Shakespeare Festival and other theater performances.
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. Although filmed entirely in 2-strip Technicolor, all television prints were in black and white.
c.
Filmed in nine days.
d.
Franklin Beans walkie-talkie is all but identical to the U.S. BC-611 (or SCR-536), which saw widespread use in WWII and was the first hand-held two-way radio.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
Included as a special feature in Warner Home Videos 2005 DVD release of the TV series "Adventures of Superman - The Complete First Season".
b.
This movie is composed of almost 56,000 shots.
c.
Look for the same "Devils Tower" geological formation that
John Ford
used in
My Darling Clementine
- thats where
Steven Spielberg
got the location idea.
d.
In preparation for their roles as New York street cops, actors
Billy Dee Williams
and
Sylvester Stallone
spent a number of weeks working at night with the New York Street Crime Unit.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
Samuel Fuller
originally submitted a four hour cut and a two hour one, both of which were rejected by the studio.
b.
James Wan
built the Jigsaw doll in the film.
c.
The murder of the Duchesse de Praslin contributed to the outbreak of the French revolution.
d.
The launch film for the 2009 London Film Festival.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)?
a.
Writer
David S. Ward
taped a five-minute pitch of the project, but refused to reveal the ending until the producers read the entire script.
b.
The ribbons on Michael Corleones Marine Corps uniform are the Silver Star, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, and the Purple Heart on the top row, and the Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal with a service star and an arrowhead, the European/African/Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with a service star, and the World War II Victory Medal on the bottom row. In
The Godfather: Part II
, however, Michael tells a congressional committee that he was awarded the Navy Cross during the war.
c.
The films title was selected only a few days before its announcement on 24 January 2008. For a long time, it had been considered unsuitable for an 007 film;
Daniel Craig
admitted he was unsure about it, but it seemed to fit in the context of the film: "Bond is looking for his Quantum of Solace, thats what he wants.
Ian Fleming
says that if you dont have a Quantum of Solace in your relationship, you might as well give up. Bond doesnt have that because his girlfriend has been killed, therefore hes looking for revenge to make himself happy with the world again." QUANTUM is also the name of the organization in the film; a kind of new-age SMERSH, or the fictitious S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
d.
The red facade of the "Little Theatre" in the scene where Mr. Fox throws burning pines is modeled after the real Little Theatre in Bath, Somerset.
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