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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flushed Away (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flushed Away (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006).
About the movie:
The story of an uptown rat that gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
James M. Cain, whose story "Two Can Sing" was the basis for this film, had himself trained as an operatic baritone. Opera figures prominently in several of his other stories, including "Serenade" and "Mildred Pierce" (though the opera parts of the plot of "Mildred Pierce" were dropped in the film version).
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1951 with
Ann Blyth
reprising her film role.
c.
During Oliver and Shelleys date, she tells him that when voting she would not take Simons opinion into consideration, but would listen to Paula and Randy. This is a reference to
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
, a reality show in which
Katharine McPhee
was runner-up after contesting.
d.
The animators nicknamed one of the Kung Fu Frogs attack moves "the Reindeer of Death".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
According to
Peter Lord
, co-founder of Aardman, this films original concept involved pirates, and was pitched to Dreamworks soon after the release of
Chicken Run
. However, Aardman were told that there was no market for pirate films (this was before
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
was made), and were told to modernize the concept. By the time the writer had done this, the project was temporarily shelved to make way for the production of
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
.
b.
Judy Garland
s pre-recording of the song "Ill Plant My Own Tree" still survives today, as do her wardrobe tests.
c.
Walt Disney
originally didnt want to include the Bella Note spaghetti-eating scene, now one of the most iconic moments in the whole Disney canon.
d.
Jonathan Hensleigh
was dismayed before filming began when he learned that he wasnt going to be given sufficient budget for a top flight action movie. He felt he needed in the region of $64 million but was only given $15 million instead, and only 52 days to shoot the picture. Hensleigh had to rewrite a lot of his original script to accommodate this reduction in budget and shooting schedule.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
The film uses software that was developed for the rabbits floating around the Bun-Vac 6000 in
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
. The software reproduces the imperfections found in clay-mation (i.e. dropped frames, thumb-prints, etc.).
b.
Jo Van Fleet, who played "Ma" McDade, was actually 14 years younger than Gable.
c.
The man who comes home while, Nathen is robbing the house, is played by Director
Darren Doane
s father, Bill Doane. The scene is also filmed in and around Bill Doanes house.
d.
When
Andy Garcia
filmed his fight scene, he insisted on beating the stuntman with a real pistol instead of a prop pistol. This resulted in the stuntman suffering a cut that required stitches.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
The killer rabbit effects were created mostly by normal-sized rabbits running around on miniature sets. A man in a rabbit suit was used for some attack scenes.
b.
Joel McCrea
was originally cast as Westrum and
Randolph Scott
was Judd. But early in the production each actor went to the producer on his own, dissatisfied and ready to quit, so the roles were reversed.
c.
The scene where Thorn and Roth share a meal of fresh food was not originally in the script, but was ad-libbed by
Charlton Heston
and
Edward G. Robinson
at director
Richard Fleischer
s request.
d.
For security reasons, early prints of the film were shipped under the title "Leech".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
At the beginning of the film, when Roddy is going through his wardrobe, the outfit he chooses is an
Elvis Presley
-style rhinestone jumpsuit.
b.
Suss Cousins, an L.A. based sweater designer (whose first name is pronounced just like
Dr. Seuss
), along with two other knitters, produced 250 pieces of original knitwear for this movie (including 8 identical red-striped sweaters for
Jim Carrey
) in four months. That works out to 83.3 sweaters a person in just 120 days which is quite amazing as all were hand-knit.
c.
Originally, Professor Keating was supposed to die of leukemia. But the director decided to have the story focus on the boys instead.
d.
When the television syndication contracts had expired this film became unavailable, reportedly due to a dispute over the rights.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
Based on the short film by the same creative team, SLEDGE: A Documentary.
b.
Kate Hudson
was originally offered the role of Selby but turned the role down.
c.
After the film opened, several people approached director
Rob Reiner
telling him that they loved the film, but he should have chosen a more well known band to do a documentary on.
d.
In the first theatrical trailer, Roddy was not the only pet of the little human girl. There was also a cage with two small yellow gerbils, who seemed to be Roddys menservants. However, in the final cut of the film, these two characters were removed, probably to advance the story, and make Roddy appear to be a character who is more "alone" than "spoiled". The first trailer also shows the discovery of Sid during the day instead of late at night.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
Stills of
Marlon Brando
s character were used in his
Apocalypse Now
characters "dossier".
b.
"Who watches the watchmen?" was spoken by Aristotle responding to the theory of
Plato
about filakes (Watchmen) who will be the ultimate, infallible authority in the city-state. Aristotle said "Pios tha filatei tus filakes?" ("Who watches the watchmen?") to deny that theory. In the graphic novel, the phrase is never fully seen, being always either partly cover or incompletely written. In the film, the complete phrase appears at least twice, perhaps as the result of editing errors.
c.
Andy Serkis
beat
Robert De Niro
and
William Shatner
to play the part of Spike.
d.
Kevin Smith
auctioned off a walk on role on the film for funds to go to the Red Cross for aid to Hurricane Katrina victims. The final bid was $16,000 which Smith matched to give to the Red Cross.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
Kim Pine becomes visibly upset when she finds out that the rival band "Crash and the Boys" has a girl drummer. All drummers in the movie are girls.
b.
Justin Kadys father and brother can both be seen as Detectives in the opening briefing room scene.
c.
Hugh Jackman
also provided the screams for the slug that Roddy first meets in the sewer.
d.
Neither the later pictures
Crash Dive
nor its sequel
Counter Measures
(aka Crash Dive 2) are remakes of this film. They merely all share being submarine movies and being part of the sub-movie genre with a submarine term title.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
Spoof of "Rear Window." Script title: "Rear Entry."
b.
When Roddy is selecting a movie for the movie premiere, the DVDs with real titles are all Dreamworks films.
c.
The play "Fly Away Home" (on which this film was based) opened in New York on 15 January 1935.
d.
This was the second, and last, feature film to be produced by the Milner Brothers.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flushed Away (2006)?
a.
Bud brings Mr. Johnson an art book from the library titled "The World Of Art" by an author named Edward Bissell. The book is purely fictional being made just as a prop for this film.
b.
Aardmans first fully-CGI feature film. The reason for using computer animation instead of the studios trademark clay animation was the large amount of scenes involving water, which is nearly impossible to do convincingly in stop motion.
c.
Derek Cianfrance
spent 12 years making the movie. During that process, Cianfrance said that he wrote about 67 drafts, mostly each draft containing content added / modified based on on-set improvisations, inspirational encounters etc., while he worked on several documentaries to secure more funding for the movie.
d.
The smugglers airplane is a Short SC-7 Skyvan.
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