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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : George of the Jungle (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : George of the Jungle (1997) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997).
About the movie:
George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
During filming,
Gus Van Sant
brought along a DVD player and played the original
Psycho
, and they used it for reference. When he spotted a mistake (a door opening without a key), van Sant decided to put the same mistake into his film.
b.
The fans (hired as extras by Whos Nuts production co.) in the stands at Texas Stadium only filled up about two sections on the lower level only during filming in October 2005. The production trailer, the stands appear filled thanks to computer graphics.
c.
In the scene where
Tina Fey
s character is preparing for bed, she is shown wearing a "University of Virginia" T-shirt. Tina Fey graduated there in 1992.
d.
When Ursula "very quickly" tells her parents of her jungle exploits, she is actually saying "So anyway I went to the jungle, and I wanted to get away before I got married, and Lyle showed up and nobody got along with Lyle, he was a big pain in the ass, and anyway, so he, he went off into the jungle by himself, and I, you know, I had to follow him. And a jungle man comes swinging through on a vine, just swinging through, and, and he, and then we, hit something, and I dont know what happened. The next thing I know I wake up inaudible And then Lyle shot him!"
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
On the last day of filming in the United States there was a helicopter crash while filming a scene of
Burt Munro
s car pulling the motorcycle and trailer. Both the pilot and camera operator walked away from the destroyed helicopter. Three days later the camera operator traveled to New Zealand to finish the movie.
b.
President Kellogg and Senator Mills names are based on the names of the cereal companies, Kellogg and General Mills.
c.
When George is cornering the horses at Ursulas parents party, the women that makes a comment about finding a man like that is
Brendan Fraser
s wife,
Afton Smith
. So she did find a man like that.
d.
In the scene when Charlie kisses Irene, he says to her "my ass is sore" the song thats playing is "Deep Inside Of You" by
Third Eye Blind
. Coincidently, the lyrics you can hear after Charlie says this, clearly say "it goes deep inside of you" which is a pretty good explanation for why Charlie has a sore ass.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
The famous skyscrapers which shoot flames from their summits in the opening shot of the movie are oil refineries, and the flames are known as "sour gas".
b.
Originally the character of Imp was going to be played by a male actor but Amy Webster Thompson knocked the audition out of the park and the character became androgynous.
c.
Almost every element from the George of the Jungle cartoon series is included in this movie... even the "Never argue with the Narrator" line that shows up in Jay Wards cartoons.
d.
One of the promotional items distributed to tie-in with the film was a booklet called How to Speak Cluelessly; in it was a lexicon of many of the invented terms used for the Clueless world (some of which became part of real teen lingo at the time). An example: a Baldwin is a very handsome male, as in the famous sibling actors.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
The kid on the skateboard who appears outside Robert Arkins (Jimmys) window during the first third of the movie when the band are recruiting members is the (now grown up) boy from the covers of U2s "Boy" (1980) and "War" (1983) albums. At the time The Commitments was filmed, he owned a skate shop in Dublin and was a champion skateboarder.
b.
Joel Hodgson
(creator of
Mystery Science Theater 3000
) and writing partner,
Nell Scovell
, did a pass on the script early on. They added the opening cartoon sequence and were the first to make Ape talk. As typical of a lot of credit arbitration, the first writer and last writer received on-screen credit.
c.
Mt. Olympus, location of Joe Gavilans "monstrosity" that he desperately wants to sell, is a real street in the Los Angeles area.
d.
Tony Stark says "I am Iron Man" in the final scene. This is a homage to the series
Iron Man
, whose theme song had the lyrics "I am Iron Man!"
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
The town of Perdition is only mentioned once.
b.
The ground in the jungle was made out of mashed potatoes.
c.
No functionality of the Medusa car was faked during filming. The real life the car is equipped with two flamethrowers, smoke screen, a bleach drift-kit, adjustable rear suspension, and 3 surveillance cameras; all controlled from the dashboard. It also has a roll cage and stow-able, fold-down back seat.
d.
An autographed copy of the script adaptation, containing the signatures of 27 cast and crew members (including Rathbone, Howard and Shearer) was donated to the University of Idaho library by Talbot Jennings in 1939.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
Dana Olsen
s screenplay began as a spec script titled "Gorilla Boy" (Olsens nickname for his son). While shopping the screenplay to the studios, he intentionally avoided Disney because he knew they had the film rights to George of the Jungle, and figured they wouldnt be interested in another Tarzan-type spoof. As it turned out, Disney didnt have a script for the movie and happily looked at (and bought) Olsens story.
b.
Real-life mother and daughter
Susan Sarandon
and
Eva Amurri
play mother and daughter in this movie.
c.
The animal trainer wore blue gloves and pushed the real dog off the chair. Then the blue hands were digitally erased. The CG Garfield was animated and matchmoved with the real dog. Then Garfield was composted into the live-action plate, pushing the dog off the chair.
d.
The total budget for the film was $320,000 - $200,000 was put up by United Artists, with the rest raised by producer
James B. Harris
. This was a paltry budget for a feature even by 1950s Hollywood standards.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
Ed Harris
originally intended his character to have hair. He selected a wig and screen tested it before eventually deciding to play the part bald.
b.
The production designers added an automatic juicer, elevator, love seat swing, comfy hammocks and running water in Georges tree house.
c.
The total on-screen body count is around 60.
d.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in the film is actually the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. It is a separate building at Dulles International Airport, administered by the Smithsonian, and home of most of the aircraft exhibited. The exterior of the Museum, an aircraft boneyard in the film, was actually the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group in Tuscon, Arizona.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: George of the Jungle (1997)?
a.
The actors playing Michael Moon (
Kaiser Johnson
) and Rosamund Hunt (
Ashley Ahlquist
) ended up really getting married a year after they filmed the movie
b.
In the scene where Ursula is going to rescue George from his rescue of the skydiver caught on the Bay Bridge, she is standing on the front of the tugboats bridge. The music being played is the opening bars for "Dont rain on my parade" - a direct reference to Barbara Streisand in "Funny Girl". Streisand sang this song, standing on the bridge of the tugboat as she was racing to meet Nicky Arnstein, her true love.
c.
Greta Garbo
turned down the role not because she refused to share the spotlight, but because she believed that at 27 she was too old to play a prima ballerina.
d.
The plot of the film was inspired by the death squads of Brazil that were in the news at the time.
John Milius
pitched to
Clint Eastwood
a scenario of Harry Callahan similarly encountering a corrupt police force of vigilantes assassinating those they could not convict. Eastwood liked the idea particularly since he wanted to address the controversy of the original film supposedly endorsing fascism, by making it clear Harry was not a vigilante.
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