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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Half Nelson (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Half Nelson (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006).
About the movie:
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
The boat going under the bridge that Jake and Elwood jump at the beginning of the film is the W.W. Holloway. She was originally launched in 1906, laid up on Dec 7, 1981 and scrapped in 1986. In the movie she is wearing the paint scheme of Oglebay-Norton, the last shipping company to operate her.
b.
The films title "Half Nelson" refers to a wrestling hold in which one arm is passed under the opponents arm from behind to the back of the neck.
c.
The name Wooleys Diner comes from the name of the SWAT team leader in the original film.
d.
The first film released by
Roger Corman
s New World Pictures.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
In the step tournament there was 2000 extras used as the crowd, but they didnt know that this was a movie so they were really cheering and booing the steppers
b.
Donald Meek, who plays the medical examiner, played Dr. Crabtree, a police medical examiner in a series of Warner shorts from 1931 to 1932.
c.
The school used in the film (with the bright "Neon Celery" and "Key Lime" colored classroom doors), was painted by students from the school through an innovative nonprofit youth development program called Publicolor in NYC.
d.
The sign at the carnival reads "Claude Powells Super Carnival". Claude Powell worked as the construction coordinator in the Art Department on the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
The film was shot in 23 days and finished one day ahead of schedule.
b.
Linda Blair
: the reporter who says, "People want to know, they have a right to know."
c.
The films trailer was shot years after the movie itself was. It features a scantly-clad young woman in bed talking about how weird things have been lately, while short clips of the movie play. The actress never appears in the actual film though.
d.
After a bad take while shooting,
Mark Ruffalo
jokingly jumped out of a window on the set. He landed on a catwalk just outside the window, but still scared the crew.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
When on the subject, Ryan Goslings character says "Its just not cool to be a Nazi anymore, baby." Gosling played a Neo-Nazi in The Believer.
b.
Ryan Phillippe
,
Reese Witherspoon
,
Christopher Walken
,
Martin Sheen
, and
Gary Busey
were originally offered roles.
c.
Gregory Peck
declined to attempt an English accent in order to play Captain Mallory.
d.
Veteran movie critic for The Washingtonian Pat Dowell had her 34 word capsule review for the January issue rejected by editor John Limpert, a known opponent to the film. Limpert didnt want a positive review for a film that he regarded as treacherous. Dowell resigned in protest.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
Eden Prairie Center, where the film was shot, worked out perfectly for the shooting. There were a lot of vacant storefronts, so the producers could set up "fake stores" for the film.
b.
To see how Tarzans body would move while sliding down a log, the animators based his movement on that of pro skateboarder Tony Hawk while on his skateboard.
c.
Since Captain Kate Hazeltine (
Julia Roberts
) wears the patch of the 101st Airborne on both shoulders, the left shoulder signifies that she is presently serving with that unit, and the right shoulder signifies she served with that unit in combat.
d.
Dan picking up the cat before going into Franks house was unrehearsed.
Ryan Gosling
saw the stray cat during the filming to the scene, and picked it up. Because Dans cat died a few scenes before, the filmmakers thought it was perfect for the film and put it in the final cut.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
Although it was produced and shot in New York City, the Toronto band Broken Social Scene is featured prominently on the soundtrack. Broken Social Scene even recorded some original music for the film.
b.
According to Director
Fred Dekker
,
Shane Black
s first draft of the screenplay was so huge that the opening of the film featured Van Helsing accompanied by zeppelins and hundreds of men on horseback storming Draculas castle. Dekker stated that this sequence would have cost more than the final budget of the film.
c.
A scene of an aerial raid on a German troop train was filmed but not used. It later turned up as part of
The Legion of the Condemned
.
d.
Zack Snyder
: a member of a commando unit (with shades holding an assault weapon) in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. This scene can be seen during the opening credits montage of video/news clips of zombie attacks.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
The Dan Dunne character was originally written to be in his mid-thirties. However, the filmmakers changed this to accommodate Ryan Goslings age. Gosling was 25 years old at the time of filming.
b.
The writing credit to "Michael OHara" is a pseudonym for director
Douglas Sirk
. He picked the name because when he started this movie he had just finished reading Appointment in Samarra by
John OHara
.
c.
In 1898, Dorothy Louise Gage was born to the brother and sister-in-law of Maud Gage Baum, wife of author
L. Frank Baum
. When little Dorothy died exactly five months later, Maud was heartbroken. Baum was just finishing "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and, to comfort his wife, named his heroine after Dorothy, changing her last name to Gale in his second book. Dorothy Gage was buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois, where her grave was forgotten until 1996 when it was rediscovered. When
Mickey Carroll
, one of the last existing Munchkins from the movie, learned of the discovery, he was eager to replace her deteriorated grave marker with a new one created by his own monument company. The new stone was dedicated in 1997 and the childrens section of the cemetery renamed the Dorothy L. Gage Memorial Garden, in the hope that bereaved families would be comforted in thinking of their lost children as being with Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz".
d.
George Lucas
asked
Lawrence Kasdan
to write the script (and possibly for
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
and
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as well), but he turned it down because he thought with
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
and
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
, Lucass relationship to the movies had taken one step back and that he alone should take responsibility and make exactly the movie he wanted to make.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
For the first time in Scorseses career, he allowed the screenwriter,
Wesley Strick
, on the set during filming.
b.
The first "Fast and Furious" film to be released in IMAX.
c.
Rachel McAdams
came to visit the set during the filming of the bar scene. Running low on bar extras, to help the producers out Rachel hopped in to help make the bar look busy. Her scene never makes the final cut.
d.
Dorothy Dandridge and Pearl Bailey were also reluctant to be in the film, until they heard that Poitier and Sammy Davis, Jr. were going to be in it. Sammy Davis, Jr. was the only one of the four leads who was actually eager to play his role in the movie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
(According to the filmmakers commentary on the DVD) the film was shot hand-held, except for a short sequence in Dan Dunnes apartment. The sequence in Dunnes apartment happens when he is not there, and it contains all static shots. These static shots were shot on a tripod.
b.
The name of the construction company that builds the Quimbys new bedroom is called Bendix, a reference to the name of the doll that Ramona bakes into Beezus birthday cake in the book "Beezus and Ramona".
c.
Luc Besson
: [intro]
d.
The budget for The Crazies was approximately $270,000 and it was Romeros first Union film but he also employed a lot of actors from Pittsburgh and non-professionals from Evans City and Zelienople.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Half Nelson (2006)?
a.
Frank Sinatra
says that he knew a girl that used to date bullfighters, a reference to his ex-wife
Ava Gardner
s affair with a matador when filming
The Barefoot Contessa
in Spain.
b.
Was originally made as the short film
Gowanus, Brooklyn
, which won an award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Shareeka Epps
and
Karen Chilton
reprise their roles as Drey and Dreys mother.
Matt Kerr
, who plays the substitute teacher Mr. Light in this film, played Mr. Dunne in the original short.
c.
This movie received extensive cooperation from the United States Department of Defense to the point that even the US Navys Fleet Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz
introduced in person at the movies start.
d.
The film is dedicated to
Gene Roddenberry
and his wife
Majel Barrett
.
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