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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gangs of New York (2002) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gangs of New York (2002) - 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: Gangs of New York (2002).
About the movie:
In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gangs of New York (2002)?
a.
Bills last words, "I die a true American", were the last words of his true-life counterpart, Bill Poole.
b.
Lines spoken by The Gemini Killer are used as the intro to the Children of Bodom songs Follow the Reaper and Taste of My Scythe. The Cryptopsy song Crown of Horns also employs a roar and dialogue heard in Cell 11.
c.
After the film was released, the telephone was commonly called the "Ameche", a slang term referring to actor
Don Ameche
who played the telephones inventor. This association is explained in the film
Ball of Fire
, showing the term was still in use two years after the release of the original film.
d.
Author
James M. Cain
later admitted that if he had come up with some of the solutions to the plot that screenwriters
Billy Wilder
and
Raymond Chandler
did, he would have employed them in his original novel.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gangs of New York (2002)?
a.
The film is based partly on Herbert Asburys book of the same name. In it the depiction of the riot (which is still the largest in US history) is more in line with historical fact, which portrays the gangs as pro-slavery, racists, and lynchers.
b.
Vernon Vaughn
-
Vince Vaughn
s real-life father - makes a cameo as a Church Goer during Christmas play. He is sitting right behind
Reese Witherspoon
. He has had cameo roles in several of Vinces films including
Swingers
,
Made
, and
The Break-Up
.
c.
Paul Matthews
, the original voice of Mighty One-Eye, was a delivery person that Richard Williams overheard in an elevator on the way to a rehearsal space. He hired him for his deep, dark voice despite no prior acting experience.
d.
When Ian sits in the tent with Gina, the German poem that he recites is called "Gefunden", which means "Found". It tells of finding a little flower in the woods, which he replants in his garden and now continues to branch out and bloom. Written in 1813 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a widely recognized German writer and mathematician.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gangs of New York (2002)?
a.
The exterior shots of the high school were filmed at Millikan High School in Long Beach, California while the interior shots were of Long Beach Poly High School.
b.
The final sequence of the film was shot and added on after initial reaction to the film was unsatisfactory.
Laura Dern
is noticeably taller in these shots.
c.
A modern source lists Jack Normand as "Goon," interpreted as a typo by a submitter, who listed
Norman Willis
instead (Willis aka is Jack Norman). However, Willis was not seen in the film.
d.
Priests murder was originally much more violent. During the opening battle, just before Bill stabs Priest Valon, an axe severs his left arm at the elbow, then Bill hacks him limb from limb. The shot of the arm being severed is still in the film moments before Bill yells for Priest to turn around.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gangs of New York (2002)?
a.
During the final fight scene, Amsterdam is shown wearing a cestus on each hand. A cestus is a Roman combat glove used in gladiator battles. They are essentially leather straps wrapped around the hands, but when the Romans improved on the Greeks design and added metal spikes, they became a more deadly weapon. You can clearly see Vallons cesti when he is praying before the fight.
b.
Paul Shenar
s last film.
c.
Due to studio pressure, 15 minutes were trimmed from the original running time and a new ending was shot.
d.
During the filming, actor
Paul Everton
was injured when he fell into Triphammer Gorge.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gangs of New York (2002)?
a.
Martin Scorsese
: the wealthy man at the head of the table being "turtledoved" by Jenny (look for the big eyebrows)
b.
Sympathy was filmed entirely in one room. The set, structurally modeled after Room 1 in the Bates Motel, was constructed inside a barn in the middle of a corn field in Indiana.
c.
Vivienne Segal
s first film.
d.
When Dr. Jekyll comes to Muriel Carews house for the final time, she is playing "Aufschwung" ("Soaring") from Fantasiestuecke, Op. 12, by
Robert Schumann
. This is a particularly apposite choice of music for the film, because Schumann had created two alter egos reflecting two different aspects of his personality, the impetuous and passionate "Florestan" and the introverted "Eusebius." Much of his music criticism was written using one or the other as a pseudonym, and the two frequently appear in his music in one guise or another.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gangs of New York (2002)?
a.
Two actresses associated with this film went on to commit suicide:
Elizabeth Hartman
jumped from the 5th floor of a Pittsburgh apartment building in June 1987;
Brenda Benet
took her life in April 1982. She had been married to
Bill Bixby
.
b.
Mae Murray
attempted to sue Tiffany Productions for $1,750,000, alleging that the technical incompetence of the crew had damaged her career.
c.
When Boss Tweed is talking to Bill, Bill says to him "I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. So because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth." though never mentioned, this is a direct quote from The Holy Bible; Revelations 3:16
d.
Nicole Kidman
was originally cast as Frannie Thorstin.
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