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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Funny People (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Funny People (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009).
About the movie:
When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship cause him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
Matthew Marsden
was a childhood fan of the Transformers comic books, and loved
Transformers
.
b.
Is often credited as the very first screwball comedy.
c.
This was
John Carpenter
s first film during the 1990s and also his first major studio film since
Big Trouble in Little China
. The reason hed had not done one was due to the fact that hed received a lot of studio interference on that film and felt restrained to do the films wouldve liked independently.
Prince of Darkness
and
They Live
were made during that time independently.
d.
The characters of George and Ira were written specifically for
Adam Sandler
and
Seth Rogen
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
Dick Miller
, a regular in Joe Dantes films has a brief, non-speaking cameo as a pizza delivery man.
b.
Aziz Ansari
s character, Randy, proved to be so popular on the set with the cast and crew that
Judd Apatow
shot a Randy "documentary" and is developing a Randy feature film. Ansari also incorporated Randy into his regular stand-up act. Ansari has said that he based Randy on
Soulja Boy
. He imagined what if Soulja Boy was a stand-up comedian and wrote jokes based on that idea.
c.
The photo of Vanessas father that she shows to Bob is of mass murderer
Richard Speck
.
d.
In 1968, Deborah is acting in
William Shakespeare
s play play Anthony and Cleopatra. This sums up Noodles and Deborahs relationship: Noodles is enchanted and frustrated by Deborah, as she leads him on and turns him down; and it is not until the plays conclusion that she reveals her true feelings for him.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (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.
The "pygmies" shown in the film were actually black children, from five to ten years of age, in makeup, who were from the Los Angeles area.
c.
The last sentence the platoon shouts during their performance at graduation, "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", is a sentence that was popularly used to test typewriters and telegraph machines because it contains every letter of the alphabet at least once.
d.
Elijah Wood
was originally cast, but bowed out after only a few days of shooting.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
All featured footage of a younger George Simmons is real footage of a younger
Adam Sandler
, although all of the movies of George Simmons are fake.
b.
The original Broadway production of "Zorba" opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on November 16, 1968, ran for 305 performances and was nominated for the 1969 Tony Award for the Best Musical.
Anthony Quinn
and
Lila Kedrova
who starred together in this movie version appeared in the revival of Zorba in 1982-3 with Lila Kedrova winning the 1984 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. "Zorba" was nominated for the 1969 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Musical.
c.
In the original script, Flounder and Sissy fell asleep during the toga party; another sign that Flounder wasnt cool.
d.
Well known transvestite actor
Holly Woodlawn
was hired by the producers of
Tootsie
to coach actor
Dustin Hoffman
in his role as Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels in the intricate art of being a man acting as a woman in films as he prepared for this role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
At the end of the movie, Fraziers girlfriend is reading "Gotham Diaries", a novel co-written by
Spike Lee
s wife,
Tonya Lewis Lee
.
b.
There is a rumor that the this film was not passed for release because it was claimed that
Janet Leigh
s nipple was visible during the shower scene. The nipple wasnt in the film at all, but the cinematography and score are so well performed here, it caused the release board originally to think that there was a nipple visible and send the film back for re-editing. The production team went through the shower sequence cut by cut to illustrate that there was not.
Alfred Hitchcock
made no changes (none were needed), but merely sent it back, assuming that they either wouldnt bother to watch it, or would realize their mistake.
c.
George (Simmons) and Ira (Wright) are named after the composer/lyricist brothers
George Gershwin
and
Ira Gershwin
.
d.
The next films will be in Africa and South America.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
This film was not only one of the first "sequels" ever made, it was also one of the first films to come out after its stars death - Valentino had unexpectedly passed away at the age of 31 on August 23, 1926, less than two weeks before this film went into release.
b.
Originally
Katharine Hepburn
was meant to play a character called Dame Abigail Christian (a spin on
Agatha Christie
). Hepburn dropped out after hearing
Myrna Loy
would not do the film. The character was changed to Dame Abigail Christmas, and
Estelle Winwood
took the role. After numerous re-writes Estelle became Nurse Withers to a new character,
Elsa Lanchester
s Miss Jessica Marbles.
c.
The scene where the B-17 pilot Woodman brings his aircraft in for a wheels-up landing, and navigator Marty Lynch is killed, comes from the film
Twelve OClock High
.
d.
Adam Sandler
said he felt guilty about saying such filthy jokes in the film about women because of his two young daughters at home.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
The character of Andrea Talbot played by
Oksana Gudnaya
mentions an older sister named Renee. Renee Talbot is the lead female character played by
Devon McArdle
in
Goodbye to You
.
b.
Future great director
George Cukor
, having recently been brought over from Broadway (where he was already a director) to Hollywood, was employed as a dialogue coach on this film. His job was to lessen the regional dialects of the actors so that American audiences could more greatly identify with the characters.
c.
Filmed in 1965, not released until 1969.
d.
Judd Apatow
and
Adam Sandler
were old roommates. The footage seen in the opening sequence was recorded back then. Sandler would regularly make prank phone calls and one day Apatow decided to start filming them.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
M. Night Shyamalan
always had
Bruce Willis
and
Samuel L. Jackson
in mind to play the roles of David Dunn and Elijah Price.
b.
The plot of the film and its characters are loosely based on
F. Scott Fitzgerald
s novel The Great Gatsby.
c.
The movies actual full title according to the opening credits roll is
Julie Monton
and
Michael Pattinson
s Street Hero.
d.
The native village set was on 2½ acres of United Artists back lot.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
George E. Stone
s film debut.
b.
In
Knocked Up
, there is a scene where the guys are sitting around talking about that, if they "got laid", it was because of
Eric Bana
in
Munich
. Bana also stars in this film, and coincidentally (or perhaps not) the director of photography on both
Munich
and this film is
Janusz Kaminski
.
Barry Mendel
, one of the producers of
Munich
, is also a producer on this film as well.
c.
The segment "Upper East Side" was to have been directed by
Anthony Minghella
who passed away shortly before its filming. Anthony himself asked
Shekhar Kapur
to replace him in their last conversation. After Anthonys death, Shekhar wrote in his blog, "I will direct the film now - with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul." The film is dedicated to Minghella at the beginning of the closing credits.
d.
Glenn Close
s terrifying performance as Alex Forrest was ranked #7 on AFIs 100 years...100 heroes and villains list.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny People (2009)?
a.
Debut of
Lionel Atwill
.
b.
Regina King
and
Jennifer Coolidge
previously appeared together in
Down to Earth
and
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
.
c.
Renee Estevez is the younger sister of
Emilio Estevez
. She plays his cousins wife in the film.
d.
Judd Apatow
considered
Bill Hader
for the role of Mark but decided to give it to
Jason Schwartzman
instead.
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