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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hit Somebody (2012) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hit Somebody (2012)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012).

About the movie: The story of a hockey player with a talent for fighting. Based on the song of the same name by Warren Zevon, which was written by Mitch Albom.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012)?
a.		In Italy, the film teamed up with the number one sports newspaper, radio station, and theme park. It had promotions with companies such as Yahoo! and McDonalds.
b.		Len Cariou plays Ray and Angela Lansbury narrates the Childreach commercial. They played Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett respectively in the original Broadway version of the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
c.		According to director Sidney Lumet, "A melodrama like Deathtrap requires a different set of movie muscles. You shoot, write, act and edit for story. The object is to have fun and, if you take yourself seriously, youre dead. The line between good mystery and good comedy is very thin, a knife edge. Both take delicate timing. And when an audience is really scared, their natural reaction is to laugh."
d.		Based on the song by Warren Zevon and Mitch Albom.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012)?
a.		The nude figure climbing out of the river is not Megan Dodds. A body double was used.
b.		Outside of the Pixar films, The Steadfast Tin Soldier segment is the first time that lead characters in a Disney animation are completely computer generated.
c.		Real antique weapons and pistols were hired for use as props in this movie instead of using studio stock props in order to give the picture a sense of real authenticity.
d.		Seann William Scott was originally offered the lead, but he dropped out to star in another hockey film about a goon called Goon.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012)?
a.		The poem Johnny reads in the beginning of the film is the end of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.
b.		When Kevin Smith approached Mitch Albom about making the film, Albom agreed on two conditions. One, that he would respect the sport of hockey. And two, that he shoot the film in Alboms home state of Michigan. Smith agreed to both.
c.		Since the filmmakers couldnt afford to pay extras, the scenes filmed at parties were filmed at actual parties that were taking place, with many Hollywood up-and-comers in attendance. Among the people in the crowd of the first party (who turn and look at the group as they enter): screenwriters Stephen Gaghan and Mike White.
d.		Real street gangs appear in the film.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012)?
a.		Kevin Smith has stated this will be his final directed film before he retires.
b.		Although the main plot revolves around governments and wars that came to be only after Sir Arthur Conan Doyles death, the secret code from Doyles short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", is incorporated as a subplot.
c.		The B-36 and B-47 bomber aircraft showcased in the film were such powerful deterrents against Soviet aggression in the 1950s that neither plane ever had to be used in combat, verifying the Strategic Air Commands motto of "Peace Is Our Profession."
d.		Diablo Cody had originally agreed to play the role of Karna, but had to bow out at the last minute due to writing deadlines.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012)?
a.		Renny Harlin: As a driver taking his son to a park before one of the races.
b.		After five months of filming and ever-escalating budgetary and production problems, the studio fired director Joshua Logan and had assistant director Tom Shaw complete the film, without credit.
c.		The American Humane Association, an organization that protects animal rights, mistook a computer-generated cow in the movie for a real animal and demanded proof before they would allow the use of their famous disclaimer, "No animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture." After seeing a demonstration at Digital Domain of how the cow was created, the Humane Association added the now-familiar (but then much rarer) "Scenes which may appear to place an animal in jeopardy were simulated."
d.		Kevin Smith has stated Kyle Gallners character is based on a young Wayne Gretzky.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012)?
a.		When Barry is telling Lance about the extortion scheme he has become a victim of, at one point Adam Sandler suddenly stares at the pudding on his desk. Just before he looks, an electronic voice on the films soundtrack faintly says, "Come here, Barry."
b.		Kevin Smith: [Hockey]
c.		Final film of Charles Bickford.
d.		Juliette Binoche was offered a role, which she has described in interviews as a woman who was to be raped and then murdered, but she turned it down. She had already turned Steven Spielberg down once that same year, passing on the role of Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park to make Trois couleurs: Bleu.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hit Somebody (2012)?
a.		John Hurt wanted to read the script before he signed on. He had previously heard about actors who signed on to a Steven Spielberg film before reading the script, since "Spielberg - you know, GOD - was doing it!" Hurt replied, "Well, I need to have a little bit of previous knowledge even if God is doing it." The filmmakers sent a courier with the script from Los Angeles over to London, who gave the script to Hurt at three in the afternoon, reclaimed it at eight that evening and flew back the following day. Ray Winstone mentioned a similar experience on a British chat show: he was asked if he wanted to be in the film, and he requested to read the script. He described a young man in a suit coming to his house, drinking tea while he read it, then getting on the next plane back to America. He also noted that once the film was over, they had to give the scripts back.
b.		Bruce A. Evans first film as director since Kuffs.
c.		Based on Warren Zevons song about a hockey goon called Buddy. Buddy longs to score a goal over his 20 years in professional hockey, but his "job" is to protect the stars of the team. There is always room on the team for a goon.
d.		Julie Christie came out of retirement to play Gertrude.