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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Five Pounds (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Five Pounds (2010) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010).
About the movie:
After discovering a duffel-bag full of marijuana, Alex, a 20 something year old college student, decides to take advantage of what has fallen into his hands...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
The Military Base mentioned in the film "Fort Johnson" is named after
Kenneth Johnson
; the writer, director, and producer of the original
The Incredible Hulk
television series.
b.
In an interview with author
Kevin Brownlow
,
Buster Keaton
said that he directed almost all of this film and that credited co-director
James W. Horne
did virtually none of it. Keaton said that his business manager talked him into using Horne, but that Horne proved "absolutely worthless to me... I dont know why we had him."
c.
Ernst Lubitsch
disliked
Gottfried Reinhardt
and
S.N. Behrman
s original screenplay, so he commissioned a rewrite from
Billy Wilder
,
Charles Brackett
and
Walter Reisch
. Lubitsch himself made some significant uncredited contributions to the screenplay.
d.
Henry Gass
and
Michael Peer
came up with the story together in September of 2009. This gave the two a whole school year to prepare for their respected roles.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
Stephen Frears
was originally approached to direct.
b.
Henry Gass ("Ben", producer) discovered he had a brain tumor in the beginning of June and underwent a life threatening surgery. He still had staples in his head during his first scene.
c.
Animation began at the Attitude Studio in Luxembourg and then moved to Starz Animation in Toronto.
d.
Susan worries about having a son with all the public scrutiny. In the comics, Richard and Susan Storm had a son named Franklin Richards.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
The popular mutant Gambit was originally going to make a cameo appearance in the film, as a student playing with a basketball and then blowing it up (Gambits power was to charge an object with kinetic energy, forcing it to explode).
Bryan Singer
rejected the cameo, thinking the audience wouldnt understand it: "People would be like, whats wrong with those basketballs?" Gambit eventually appeared in the prequel
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
.
b.
Chief Flythe, played by
Joseph Butch Flythe
, who can be seen in various scenes throughout the film, was one of the first five operating rescue swimmers in the Coast Guard, graduating from A school in 1984 and beginning his work at the Elizabeth City base in 1985.
c.
The late Dominique Dunne auditioned for the lead role.
d.
Based off the short film "Ten Pounds" a short made a year before featuring the same cast.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
Tom Sizemore
played in a scene in
True Romance
in which multiple heavily armed groups of men faced each other at gunpoint in a small room with a shoot-out massacre as result. A similar scene appeared in
Saving Private Ryan
, also featuring Sizemore. This movie contains another such scene, again featuring Sizemore.
b.
Roy Chanslor
s original novel was a serious western. The comedy elements were added for the film.
c.
The word "fuck" is mentioned 59 times throughout the movie
d.
The cocaine in the film is either powdered milk or L-Glutamine, an amino acid generally used for muscle recovery. All of which the actors actually snorted.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
The gun that Father Virgil Garrett (
Ivan Rogers
) uses is a Glock 17 semi-automatic 9mm with silencer.
b.
The original novel was a favorite among Americas armed forces, during World War II. The lengthy book helped pass the time when things were slow, and it provided inspiration to the troops, to survive the war and build their own dreams after they got home.
c.
Irving Kaplan
, who plays Michael Rolands, is actually one of the founding members of Israeli Educational TV. He directed and participated in many popular programs during 70s and 80s, which are considered by many to be nostalgic gems.
d.
A long-board was used as a dolly.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
There was never more than 3 people behind the camera at any given time. Most times less.
b.
To create the blue pastel effect in the Beirut scenes, special Fuji film stocks were used exclusively. The notable challenge for that was that it has to be processed in a Fuji lab (in this case in France) since most Technicolor labs use Kodak calibrations and a reprint is required if there was a case of a print printed to the wrong specifications.
c.
The studio needed special permission from the Coast Guard to use the authentic lighthouse seen in the film.
d.
David Mamet
worked on the film as a script doctor. He significantly re-wrote the script, making major changes to character and dialogue from
J.D. Zeik
s original. There was a dispute between the studio, the director and the WGA over the credit, with MGM and the WGA insisting that Zeik be given story credit and billing over Mamet. They wouldnt back down and so Mamet asked that his name either be removed or placed under a pseudonym. The credits of the film now read as "Story by
J.D. Zeik
. Screenplay by
J.D. Zeik
and Richard Wiesz".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
The USS Defiant introduced in
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
was built for the sole purpose to fight and defeat the Borg. This movie features the only time the ship fights the Borg.
b.
Because there are no professional actors in the film, everyone would take a quick glance at the script then improvise or ad-lib their lines.
c.
Tobe Hooper
: man with his back to the camera, lighting a cigar, when Sam enters the rest room at the restaurant.
d.
With the use of
Quantum of Solace
, an original
Ian Fleming
James Bond story title, for the Bond movie made prior to this, there now remains only four unused original Fleming titles that could possibly be used as a title for this film. These are "The Property of a Lady", "The Hildebrand Rarity", "Risico" and "007 in New York" (aka "Agent 007 in New York").
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
Basil of Baker Street is named after Basil Rathbone, who played Sherlock Holmes in several films.
b.
There are over 30 speaking roles and at least 35 different extras. A total of about 65 different people in this film.
c.
Joe Pesci
originally auditioned for Max, but
Sergio Leone
convinced him that he wouldnt be quite right for the role. As a favor to Pescis friend
Robert De Niro
(the star of the film), Leone told Pesci that he could pick whichever of the available roles he wanted as his own instead. He chose the part of Frankie, which was considerably larger in the original script than it is in the finished movie.
d.
The films theme song, "If We Hold on Together", was sung by Diana Ross and became a huge hit in Japan. It did so well there that it became a karaoke standard.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
Original director
John Badham
was fired when he objected to
Diana Ross
, then 33 years old, being cast as the 14-year-old Dorothy.
b.
John Candy
ad-libbed the line, "Oh, thats gonna leave a mark," after standing up without undoing his seat belt.
c.
Was
Raoul Walsh
s last independent film, and the last film he and his wife
Miriam Cooper
made together.
d.
Henry Gass
discovered he had a brain tumor right before shooting and underwent surgery while Alexs section was being filmed. Its a miracle he was able to complete the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Pounds (2010)?
a.
Certain elements that were removed in earlier story treatments and cuts of the film were reintroduced in the final shot of Lewis workshop. One outstanding element is the anti-gravity boots, which can be seen to the right of the unfinished Carl the Robot, which Lewis used in a fight with Doris in an early storyboard.
b.
Ronnies line "My dad likes this song, by the way", referring to "Youll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" by
Lou Rawls
, was added in post-production.
c.
Michael Peer
put on 25 pounds of muscle for the role of "Kitty".
d.
Final Film of
Josh Ryan Evans
.
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