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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hearts in Atlantis (2001) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hearts in Atlantis (2001) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001).
About the movie:
A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)?
a.
Scott Hicks
calls the castle ruin figurine at the bottom of the carnival fish tank his "Atlantis reference" (commentary at 37:40).
b.
The U.S. distributors considered changing the title to "Snatched" or "Snatchd".
c.
Gabriel Liotta
got the role without auditioning, co-star and friend
Aaron Johnson
said Liotta was "Perfect for the role".
d.
Christian Lopez as the young Tyler was a last minute piece of casting.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)?
a.
Andy Grainger, a friend of
Bruce Campbell
and
Sam Raimi
, gave them the advice: "Fellas, no matter what you do, keep the blood running down the screen." They included the scene in the finished film where the blood runs down the projector screen as a tribute to him.
b.
Filmed in 18 days.
c.
Scott Hicks
mentions (commentary at 01:31:46) that the "11" on the window after the flashback ends was meant to tell the viewer that Bobby Garfield recalled the entire flashback in only seconds of real time before the condensation on the window evaporated.
d.
The sounds of static from the computers heard in the background when the Bird of Prey comes out of timewarp are the loading sounds of a Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)?
a.
Edgar Buchanan
s movie debut.
b.
The Garfield home was shot in Stanton, Virginia, although the story, Bobbys library card (at 07:38), and the license plate on Don Bidermans car (at 57:53) are from Connecticut, but
Scott Hicks
explains (commentary at 57:12) "we had to shoot a little further south because the Fall was coming on us and the further south you go the slightly later the Fall happens."
c.
Red Mist" is a term that has been used to refer to a bomb-disposal person who gets blown up by the bomb they were trying to defuse. This is (basically) what actually happens to Frank DAmico, the father of the "Red Mist" character, near the end of the movie.
d.
Peter Cook
s last film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)?
a.
Scott Hicks
describes (commentary at 01:25:58) the scene where Bobby argues with his mother for turning Ted in to the Low Men as a monumental performance by
Anton Yelchin
and mentions that he was in New York the day before the shoot when Anton called him regarding a rewrite of the scene Scott had made with
William Goldman
. Anton told Scott he much preferred the earlier draft and felt he could play that much stronger. Scott adds that he trusted Antons instinct, tore up the rewrite, went back to the original script, and this scene was the result.
b.
The building used for the outside of the British Museum is not the real British Museum; its University College London. The Museum was unavailable as it was undergoing external reconstruction and was covered in scaffolding.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.
Time Out said that this movie had "a number of obvious plagiarisms (
Chinatown
,
Charley Varrick
,
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
)".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)?
a.
Jack Black
was considered for the role of Freddy Lounds.
b.
When Bobby encounters Harry Doolin after Carol Gerber has been assaulted, director
Scott Hicks
mentions (commentary at 01:27:16) that in both the novel and the screenplay it is a premeditated assault by Bobby who ambushes Harry and beats him up. But Scott Hicks felt the audience would lose sympathy for Bobby unless, instead of being planned, it was self-defense in some way.
c.
Kristy McNichol
took up smoking as part of the preparation for the role, but couldnt quit the habit.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 6, 1950 with
Charles Laughton
reprising his film role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)?
a.
The war ended before filming was completed. Because of this the producers decided to rewrite the script to include references to the atomic bomb, including a side plot involving a kidnapped American nuclear physicist.
b.
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 4, 1951 with
Shirley Booth
reprising her film role.
c.
The neon lights on Flos V8 Cafe in the movie flash in the proper firing order for a Ford flathead V8.
d.
The reconciliation between Bobby and his mother in the film is far different from the novel where Bobby grows into a juvenile delinquent.
Scott Hicks
notes (commentary at 01:29:31) that this is an example of the reinterpretation of characters that cinema demands.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hearts in Atlantis (2001)?
a.
The paper boy shown from 01:07:27 to 01:07:38 is the same boy who was in the bike shop (52:06 to 52:45) with his dad looking to buy the Schwinn bike Bobby wanted, but now using his new bike to deliver his papers.
Scott Hicks
indicates (commentary at 01:07:31) that he didnt expect viewers to pick up on that detail.
b.
Prof. Len Adleman is one of the three mathematicians who invented the RSA (hes the "A") cryptosystem, currently the preeminent method of encrypting any form of data in the world. Adleman served as a mathematical consultant on the film, and spent several days constructing the slides Janek displays at the college symposium on "unbreakable codes" (which took Adleman a considerable amount of time to create using primitive early-90s computer graphics technology). In the end, director
Phil Alden Robinson
had the slides transposed as oil crayon scribbles, on account of the notion that "thats what a regular mathematician would have done". Adleman later remarked that this was indeed true and what he would have done, and would have saved him days if only hed known.
c.
The tape used in the tape machines is a variety of decorative tape made by 3M. 3M only sold it in four-inch widths, so it had to be slit by hand to two-inch widths to fit in the tape machines. When filmed, they were astounded at how gaudy it looked, so to dampen its brightness, the prop crew wound the tape back and forth across a sander to dull its brilliance. "One of those things that actually looked a lot better on film when we finished with it,"
Douglas Trumbull
commented.
d.
First credited role in a theatrical film for
Lee Majors
. Majors had previously appeared uncredited in
Strait-Jacket
.
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