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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Groundhog Day (1993) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Groundhog Day (1993) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993).
About the movie:
A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The 19th century Victorian house was abandoned for 30 years. The Producer and Director had to clear out knee-deep trash and debris.
b.
The forty-eighth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.
c.
In the penultimate encounter between Connors and annoying insurance salesman Ned Ryerson,
Bill Murray
was ad-libbing when he tells Ned, "I dont where youre headed, but can you call in sick?" and causes Ned to run away.
d.
It was
Ioan Gruffudd
s idea that Reed should continually be taking notes: "On a good day, Id be writing formulas that I remembered from my algebra class in school, and on a day when I was really concentrating on the other actor, it would just be gibberish."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The production team were criticized by
Adam Hargreaves
for having "boring" content after the climax where Mr. Nervous shatters Mr. Dooms world takeover plans. In response to this, a new climax was created where the gang get trapped in a massive dump-ship made by Mr. Doom himself. All hope seemed to be lost but were saved later on.
b.
The lines
Andie MacDowell
quotes in the café - "unwept, unhonoured, and unsung" - are from
Sir Walter Scott
s "Lay of the Last Minstrel", Canto vi, Stanza 1, which begins with the famous line, "Breathes there a man with soul so dead..."
c.
Never officially released.
d.
Alan B. McElroy
wrote the script in 11 days and beat the writers strike by mere hours.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
This film launched the Rock and Roll era by using "Rock Around the Clock" by
Bill Haley and the Comets
as its theme music. The song was chosen for the theme after it was heard among records owned by
Peter Ford
, the son of the films star,
Glenn Ford
. For years it was thought the producers daughter had discovered the song, but this has since been proven incorrect. "Rock Around the Clock" went to No. 1 around the world and eventually sold an estimated 25 million copies.
b.
Cafe Huh? is a reference to Cafe Wha?, originally in Greenwich Village.
c.
Debbie and Freds last names are given briefly as "Kleiser".
d.
Gordon Parks
: [Essence Magazine] Shaft is seen reading a copy of Essence Magazine in his girlfriends apartment. Parks is a co-founder of Essence. The magazine is spotted when Shaft is engaging in a conversation with a blind newsstand vendor during the opening sequence.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Meryl Streep
s daughter
Mamie Gummer
is not the only family member to feature in a bit part. Meryls mother
Mary Streep
and her younger brother
Dana Streep
play dinner party guests.
b.
The candle lit kitchen table scene was shot in the middle of the afternoon with black trash bags put over the outsides of all the windows. They had scheduled to be at the cabin only from Friday January 2nd to Sunday January 4th, but ran out of time the Saturday night to shoot all of the indoor nighttime scenes. So the next morning the director and producers woke up early to tape trash bags to the outsides of the windows and the scene inside was quickly shot. The idea to put up trash bags was production designer
Blake Bratcher
s idea.
c.
Due to delays with the film
Hook
, this was the first movie released in SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound). With five front channels and two rears, it was also the first film to include a 7.1 channel SDDS mix, rather than the more common 5.1 SDDS.
d.
In one scene, Connors throws himself from the bell tower of a high building. This building is actually an opera house in Woodstock, Illinois. Local legend has it that a ghost of a young girl haunts the building since a girl once fell off of the balcony section inside the opera house and died.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The French poem Phil recites in the German restaurant was written by
Danny Rubin
, based on the lyrics of
Jacques Brel
s "Bachelors Dance". Translated into English the poem reads: The girl I will love / is like a fine wine / that gets a little better / every morning.
b.
Though the production had two police cars, the same one with the bent antenna is the one that most commonly seen, regardless of who was driving it.
c.
Although set during WW2, this is a deliberate allegory of the conflict that was raging in Vietnam at the time.
d.
Herbert Rudley
repeats his role from the original stage production.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The scene where Phil picks up the alarm clock and slams it onto the floor didnt go as planned.
Bill Murray
slammed down the clock but it barely broke, so the crew bashed it with a hammer to give it the really smashed look. The clock actually continued playing the song like in the movie.
b.
The lesbian lovemaking scene so disgusted
Robert Aldrich
s longtime composer friend
Frank De Vol
that he quit the production and didnt work with Aldrich for several years.
c.
The last movie to be produced by Pixar before it was officially bought by Disney.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 22, 1947 with
Alan Ladd
reprising his film role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Early drafts of the script explained the cause of Phil Connors weird experience: a disaffected ex-lover called Stephanie cast a spell on him to teach him a lesson.
b.
The famous heart-shaped sunglasses that Lolita wears appear only in publicity photos taken by
Bert Stern
; Lolita wears cat eye sunglasses in the movie.
c.
Dedicated to
Franco Arcalli
.
d.
This movie was filmed once a day for five consecutive days in its entirety. Director Aram Rappaport then picked the best take.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The film crew applied for a permit to film in the Red Square but the application was denied, so the crew had to "sneak-film" the Red Square scenes. They dressed Arnold up in the uniform and filmed him as though making an amateur/home movie with just a couple of crew people present.
b.
When the projected $50 million budget escalated to $67 million shortly after shooting began, executive producer
Arnon Milchan
ordered director
David Fincher
to cut the budget by at least $5 million. Fincher refused, saying it would damage the integrity of the film, prompting Milchan to quit the movie. However, because Milchans company, Regency Enterprises, was providing $25 million of the budget, without him, the project could not go ahead. 20th Century Fox studio head
Bill Mechanic
begged Milchan to return, and began to send him dailies so as to illustrate to him the merits of the film. After three weeks of seeing raw footage from the set, Milchan returned to the film, and approved the budget increase to $67 million, upping Regency Enterprises investment to $34 million.
c.
Ginger Rogers
was offered the role of Mary, but turned it down.
d.
Tori Amos
was considered for the role of Rita.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The interiors of
Bill Murray
s room at the bed and breakfast were filmed in an empty warehouse in Cary, Illinois.
b.
This film was the most effects-animation heavy Disney animated feature since
Fantasia
. The two minute storm sequence alone took 10 special effects animators over a year to finish. Effects animation supervisor
Mark Dindal
estimated that over a million bubbles were drawn for this film, in addition to the use of other processes such as airbrushing, back lighting, superimposition, and some flat-shaded computer animation.
c.
Hidden Mickeys: - when Jim and Sara are at the gate to the mansion, Sara picks up the lock on the gate which is shaped like a Mickey head. - When Ramsley pours the powdered poison in Sarahs drink, a Mickey forms when the powder and drink mix. - The couch in the library is vaguely shaped as Mickeys head.
d.
German Import DVD has a Super-8 Version (German language only), as a special feature on the disc.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Masters gives "shout outs" to some of his favorite actions heroes and film directors naming various characters after them.
b.
Paul McGann
said in a magazine interview that most of his part was cut.
c.
Not filmed in Punxsutawney, but actually in Woodstock, Illinois (just 45 miles from "
Bill Murray
s hometown of Wilmette). There is a small plaque that reads "Bill Murray stepped here" on the curb where Murray continually steps into a puddle. There is another plaque on the building wall at the corner that says "Neds Corner" where Bill Murray was continually accosted by insurance salesman Ned Ryerson.
d.
Originally filmed in 1979.
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