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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Forrest Gump (1994) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Forrest Gump (1994) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994).
About the movie:
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
Author
Winston Groom
had a 3% share in the films profits.
b.
When the film played the Toronto Film Festival, one of the promotional items handed out was a ruler that was 13 1/2 inches long.
c.
The porn film the guard at the factory watches on the DVD player is
Sex Fever
, the X-rated parody of Roths first film
Cabin Fever
.
d.
The Hollywood Reporter of 21 March 1949 reported that this movie would feature background choral work performed by the Jester Hairston Choir.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
Despite being a last-minute replacement,
Mark Wahlberg
was always one of
Peter Jackson
s first choices for the leading role.
b.
To film the striking images of a deserted New York City, the cast and crew had to start filming at dawn in order to capture the city before the early morning rush. This gave them no more than an hour or two per day in which to film the sequence.
c.
Many of the extras in the hippie scene were actors from the Maryland Renaissance Festival, since the casting director
Ellen Lewis
realized that would be a good source of performers with long hair.
d.
In Americanizing the story, characters have been reworked for this movie. The character of Miss Bannister (
Eileen Brennan
) is a variation on Miss Prysselius from the
Pippi Långstrump
TV series. The character of Mr. Blackhart (
George DiCenzo
) is a crooked version of the nameless "Fine Gentleman" from the beginning of the third and final Pippi book, "Pippi in the South Seas." His henchmen, Rype (
J.D. Dickinson
) and Rancid (
Chub Bailly
), are based on the thieves Thunder-Karlsson and Bloom (who both originated in the first Pippi book, and also appeared in the TV series). The character of Miss Messerschmidt (
Carole Kean
) is based upon Miss Rosenblom (who also appeared in the book "Pippi in the South Seas"). And Gregory the Glue Man (
Dick Van Patten
) is based upon Konrad the Peddlar from the film
På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump
(the denouement of the original Pippi TV/film series).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
Holden is named after a
J.D. Salinger
character.
Zooey Deschanel
, who plays Cheryl in this film, was herself named after a J.D.Salinger character.
b.
With
Bela Lugosi
s dialogue scenes cut, hes only on screen for five minutes and 6 seconds, with stunt men and doubles appearing in almost two additional minutes.
c.
The traffic flow around squares in Savannah is normally counterclockwise. The flow was reversed for the movie in order to have the bus doors open into the square.
d.
During the climax, in the storage area with all 101 dolls, you can see Jigsaws doll from the Saw films sitting on the floor.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
Kurt Russell
has said that he did the voice of
Elvis Presley
(uncredited) in the film.
b.
When Hitchcocks wife, Alma, saw the film, she said that she liked it, except for one shot where
Kim Novak
walks towards the San Francisco Bay, which she felt made Novak look too large on the screen. For years afterward, when discussing this film, Hitchcock would insist that Alma hated this film.
c.
The drawing the Empress holds when she and Anya are reminiscing (the same one we see little Anastasia give her at the beginning of the movie) is a picture the real Anastasia had drawn for her father in 1914.
d.
Just before production began the studio cut the budget by 2/3, and the filmmakers had to furiously rework the story to fit. According to John Steakley, who wrote the novel, the finished film contained much of his dialogue and none of his plot.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
The film was released on Friday, February 13, 2009. It just so happens that February, March, and November all have a Friday the 13th in 2009.
b.
Kevin Bacon
was offered the leading role for the
Stephen King
movie
Christine
, at the same time that he was asked to do a screen test for
Footloose
. The producers had to convince Bacon that turning down a sure role in "Christine" for a part he might not even get in "Footloose" was the wiser choice. The producers told him that if he got the part for "Footloose," the role would make him a star. 30 seconds into the screen test, Bacon was offered the part.
c.
Tom Hanks
wasnt paid for the film. Instead he took percentage points which ultimately netted him in the region of $40 million.
d.
F. Gary Gray
: The man mopping the floor in the store.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
Despite earning over $350 million at the box office, Paramount claimed that they were still $62 million out of profit due to the costs of promotion, distribution and interest.
b.
The high-majority of this movies main leading cast who played Nazis were English / British actors:
Kenneth Branagh
as Major-General Henning von Tresckow;
Bill Nighy
as General Friedrich Olbricht;
Tom Wilkinson
as General Friedrich Fromm;
Terence Stamp
as Ludwig Beck and British resident but Yemen born,
Eddie Izzard
as General Erich Fellgiebel.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 29, 1947 with
Frank Sinatra
,
Gene Kelly
and
Kathryn Grayson
reprising their film roles.
d.
Karyn Kupcinet
s first and only movie appearance. Shes the snooty girl in the red dress who infuriates Herbert by calling him "Herby". She was murdered two years later, a crime that remains unsolved.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
Every still picture of Forrest during this film shows
Tom Hanks
with his eyes closed.
b.
This was the first Nu Image production to be filmed in Bulgaria before the company bought the Boyana Film Studios based in Sofia a few years later.
c.
To keep with the "slice-of-life" motif of the movie, several scenes were completely ad-libbed, including the basketball game, Jacks meeting with his sons teacher, and Susan and Jacks first encounter.
d.
Rex Harrison
was asked to play Posedion but rejected the role as being too tiny.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
It took only 66 days for the film to pass the $250 million mark at the box office.
b.
Many of the cast members did voice work for numerous anime dubs produced by ADV Films.
L.B. Bartholomee
was formally a writer and producer for the company and met and worked with members of the cast in that capacity.
c.
In the battle of Mission City, Jazz attacks Devastator and bends his gun barrel while hes in tank mode. This is similar to a scene from
The Transformers: The Movie
, where Kup jumps on Blitzwing when hes in tank mode and does the same thing to him.
d.
In DC comic lore, this version of Zorro with
Tyrone Power
is the movie that a young Bruce Wayne goes to see the night his parents are mugged and shot by Joe Chill. After coming out of the movie and walking through an alley with Bruce is when they are mugged, and what leads to Batmans creation. This fact is mentioned in the 1986
Frank Miller
comic The Dark Knight Returns.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
Based on a true story of a kidnapping that occurred in The Netherlands.
b.
Something else that did not make the theatrical cut: in the restroom scene between Tess and Jack during the wedding reception, one can see a woman in white shoes in the stall next to the one Jack uses. That woman overhears the conversation between Tess and Jack about having crashed the wedding. That woman must be the one telling the bride afterwards which is why she tries to confront Tess and Jack while their are dancing.
c.
Forrest Gump is in the 9th Infantry Division, as is shown in the Vietnam scenes by the patch on his shoulder (the top is red and the bottom is blue on the color versions of the patch).
d.
Wilford Brimley
was cast at the urging of
Robert Duvall
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Forrest Gump (1994)?
a.
The fastest grossing Paramount film to pass the $100 million, $150 million and $200 million marks (as of February 2008).
b.
Alfred Hitchcock
made an opening romantic scene in Central Park with
Joan Chandler
(Janet Walker) and
Dick Hogan
(David Kentley). The scene was used for the 1948 promotional trailer but deleted in the film.
c.
Britney Spears movie debut.
d.
The title
Inglourious Basterds
was inspired by "The Inglorious Bastards", the English title of
Enzo G. Castellari
s
Quel maledetto treno blindato
, which is also about a group of American GIs wreaking havoc behind enemy lines, although the stories are wholly different in all other respects. (English Title: "The Inglorious Bastards". The Italian title literally translates as "That Cursed Armored Train".). Castellari returned the favor by calling his new movie
Caribbean Basterds
.
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