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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).
About the movie:
A transexual punk rock girl from East Berlin tours the US with her rock band as she tells her life story and follows the ex-boyfriend/bandmate who stole her songs.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
Nintendo humor abounds in this movie. "New Jerseys third-largest crime family" is known as the Mario Brothers. Additionally, Hudson Hawk has been in prison so long he does not know what a Nintendo is.
b.
Queen Latifah
s film debut.
c.
During the "Wig in the Box" song, when Hedwig picks up the photo of herself as a young boy off a book, the books title can be seen as "Edge of Awareness".
d.
Renée Taylor
s film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
Rattlesnake Jake was modeled after
Lee Van Cleef
.
b.
According to an interview with
Neil Gaiman
, the original computers used to do all of the CG were named after the Beatles (John, Paul, Ringo, George). Later a fifth computer was required, so it was named Yoko. Soon after the fifth computer was introduced, the network crashed and could not be restored properly ("the computers refused to talk to each other"). A new server and computers were purchased and named after The Ramones (Joey, Jonny, DeeDee and Tommy). Gaiman said "I wish I knew more about the history of The Ramones; the computers performed brilliantly, vibrantly and died an untimely - and early - death"
c.
The America Online on Austins computer is version 3.0
d.
The original stage version played Off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre for over two years.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
Mike Potter
, who did Hedwigs hair and makeup for both the stage production and the movie, can be seen in drag in the scene where Tommy picks Hedwig up off the street, as the second call girl leaning against the wall. He was given the drag name "Renatta Options Options" by
John Cameron Mitchell
.
b.
According to the ILM animators, each and every transformation in the film is unique (even if carried out by the same robot), with thousands of components moving around in significantly different orders/sequences and via different routes around the body. This is because the robots transform in a fluid, instinctive manner depending on their circumstances (speed/terrain/intent of action); however, the animators also admit that each transformation was mainly animated to look interesting and believable.
c.
In the movie is the version of "Santa Baby" sung by
Cynthia Basinet
, often credited to
Marilyn Monroe
.
d.
The Hulks origin in this film is a combination of the Marvel Ultimates comics (experimenting on Captain Americas super-soldier serum) and
The Incredible Hulk
(over-exposure to gamma radiation in an experiment). Even the equipment seen is a close match to that used in the TV series, right down to the light sliding over Banners face.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
The title characters name Gloria Swenson, is almost identical to that of actress
Gloria Swanson
.
b.
This was the first major Hollywood film to be shot in Panavision. The Panavision process faced its first major test when
Audrey Hepburn
expressed worries that the widescreen process would distort her already square face. Test footage made in Panavision revealed this not to be the case, and reportedly received applause when it was shown for Hepburn and others in a test screening.
c.
John reads a newspaper story about Lucinda Embrys 1988 death, written by "Carl Braga, Staff Writer."
Carl Braga
was a screen graphics designer for the film.
d.
The story depicted in the song "Origin of Love" is from
Plato
s "Symposium," in which
Aristophanes
gives a speech about love being a product of the need to reunite with ones other half after being split into two, as punishment for conspiring to usurp the gods of Olympus.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
During the funeral scene, Kaylee wears a medallion with the doubled Chinese character for joy/happiness/cheer, a symbol often used in weddings.
b.
Most of the torches for the dungeon scenes were lit by burning rubber cement
c.
Austin Peck, the lead actor, got bit in the face by a dog on the second to last day of shooting and all production had to be halted until he recovered. Luckily he was not severely injured.
d.
Hedwigs cape in the title sequence mimics the Berlin wall, complete with "Yankees go home" graffiti on Hedwigs right side and "With me" on Hedwigs left side.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
The Bilgewaters chain of restaurants that Hedwig and The Angry Inch perform at are decorated with graphics of the sinking of the Titanic. The original off-Broadway production of HEDWIG started in the ballroom of a hotel that gave shelter to the surviving crew of the Titanic in 1912.
b.
Moira Shearer
was to have played Doro, the prima ballerina, but had to withdraw when she discovered she was pregnant
c.
Harold Russell
s first film role since his dual Oscar-winning performance in
The Best Years of Our Lives
, a gap of about thirty-four years. Director
Richard Donner
persuaded the one-armed actor to take a sabbatical from his work as head of the US Presidents "Commission for Affirmative Action on Hiring the Handicapped" to appear in the key supporting role of Wings.
d.
After the interview on TV there is an ad for
Crash and Burn
also directed by
Charles Band
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
John Barry
reportedly didnt like the producers idea of having a pop-rock band performing the title song.
b.
Maggie Moore
- who played the women singing
Dolly Parton
s "I Will Always Love You" - played the role of Yitzak in the stage version of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" after
Miriam Shor
left the role.
c.
Ang Lee
: [outdoor settings] Ennis & Jack escorting the sheep and camping in a mountain terrain.
d.
The Delta actors partied together every night but
John Landis
kept
John Belushi
away from them by having him stay in a house miles away with his wife,
Judith Belushi-Pisano
. Belushi was a notorious partier and Landis wanted him to stay clean throughout the shoot. Belushi did host a few parties at the house but stayed clean because he saw the film as a great opportunity for him.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
The footage of Hedwig on
The Rosie ODonnell Show
was shot when "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" was just an off-Broadway musical as a promotion for the show. When
Rosie ODonnell
holds up the Hedwig CD, it is a copy of the original Broadway cast recording.
b.
One of the first Hollywood films to deal with psychoanalysis.
c.
The set could not contain a working toilet, so when Vince flushes his drugs there is a cut to a "real" toilet - distinguishable by its slightly bluish water.
d.
Michael Apted
was all set to direct
Thomas Rickman
s script in 1982 until Warner Brothers baulked at the $16 million price tag, leading man
Tommy Lee Jones
and the fact that American football movies never do any business overseas. During its 6 years in development hell,
Warren Beatty
,
Robert Redford
and
Robert De Niro
all circled the project.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
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.
b.
Jim Backus
last live project.
c.
The poetry quote, " ... and if God choose, I shall love thee better after death", is from "Sonnets from the Portuguese, No. 43" by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(1850).
d.
The date that Hedwig and Tommy are arrested for the accident is shown on the arrest photo as 8-13-01, exactly 40 years after the Berlin wall was erected.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)?
a.
The wide shot of the USS Arizona blowing up took four months of constant effects work to complete.
b.
In Episode 1, the depot at "ATSWORTH" is actually the Southern Pacific depot at CHATSWORTH, California, with the "CH" painted out.
c.
A variety of weapons were seen in this movies grand action finale. They included a German Second World War MG-42; a Wildey .475 caliber handgun; a Browning .30 caliber machine-gun; a .38 caliber snub-nose revolver and an anti-tank rocket launcher.
d.
During one scene, Yitzak comes in wearing a chefs hat with Hebrew letters on it. The letters spell Chef in Hebrew which is pronounced and means the same in Hebrew as in English.
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