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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : House of Wax (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : House of Wax (2005) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005).
About the movie:
Six friends are stranded in a ghost town where a towering wax museum looms ahead. And inside are two brothers who have a special way of making the wax figures look real...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "The Bad Seed" by
Maxwell Anderson
opened on December 8, 1954 and ran for 334 performances.
Nancy Kelly
won the 1955 Tony Award for Actress in a Drama for "The Bad Seed" and recreated her role in the movie.
Patty McCormack
,
Eileen Heckart
,
Evelyn Varden
,
Henry Jones
and
Joan Croydon
also recreated their stage roles in the movie version.
b.
The death of
Paris Hilton
s character was originally longer and featured more gore but it was cut for the theatrical release.
c.
The sound that the giant ants from "THEM!" make as they approach their prey is a recorded chorus of bird-voiced treefrogs (Hyla avivoca) of the southeastern United States. Occasionally a grey treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) can be heard on the soundtrack as well, as these species can often be heard together at the same wetland.
d.
John Boorman
wanted the story to be the focus of the movie rather than the actors. Therefore, he cast actors who were relatively unknown at the time to American audiences. Among them were
Gabriel Byrne
(Uther),
Patrick Stewart
(Leondegrance),
Liam Neeson
(Gawain),
Helen Mirren
(Morgana) and
Nicholas Clay
(Launcelot). Only
Nicol Williamson
(Merlin) was relatively familiar to American moviegoers.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
In the scene where Tyler is giving an inspirational speech to the Fight Club members, he says "Weve all been raised on television to believe that one day wed all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars." Right as he says "rock star" at 1:11:00, he looks specifically at
Jared Leto
s character. Jared Leto formed the band 30 Seconds to Mars in 1998. Their last album went platinum.
b.
The scene where Karen sets off the radiation alarms actually happened. Her level of contamination was forty times the safe limit.
c.
While filming the abandoned sugar mill chase,
Paris Hilton
was embarrassed by her scream, so the first three times she screamed she had the whole cast and crew scream along with her.
d.
Ann Morriss
(Jill Harper),
Olin Howland
(Ted Slocum),
Robert Emmett Keane
(Bentley),
Erville Alderson
(Dr. John Clemens) and
Martin Faust
(Jake) are in casting call lists/studio records for those roles, but they did not appear in this movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
After Sulley says goodbye to Boo, he closes the closet door. When Boo jumps out of bed, she has grown 7% by the time she reaches the door. The programmers had to do this as she was too short.
b.
Names mentioned in the script but not the film are the roadkill collector (Lester), and Carly and Nicks last name (Jones).
Chad Michael Murray
(Nick), in a radio interview, was shocked to hear his character finally had a last name, and said that it was an ongoing debate on set.
c.
When Linda and David are hiding in the boiler room, the police enter and while searching for them the "Globe Head" Martian from the original film can be seen sitting atop a cabinet.
d.
Additional scenes were filmed on July 24, 1956.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
Elisha Cuthbert
got stuck repeatedly in the melting wax bed while filming the final scenes of the movie. The "wax" was actually peanut butter.
b.
In the unfinished doc, Filming the Trial,
Orson Welles
said that if Don Quixote was ever finished, he would have called it "When are you going to finish Don Quixote?"
c.
Following the James Bulger case and on the advice of three child psychiatrists the film was rejected for a UK video certificate in 1996 by the BBFC.
d.
This Italian-language drama was shot in northern New Jersey with members of a Sicilian-American theater company. It was made for the large Italian-speaking population of the northeastern US.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
Shpadoinkle was not originally intended to be in the finished film. While writing the music, Trey Parker just wrote it as a filler word until he could think of something better for the song, but his friends all agreed that the word needed to stay.
b.
Leonardo DiCaprio
and
Benicio Del Toro
were originally considered for the lead roles.
c.
Jeff Celentano
was once rumored to direct the film.
d.
When Simon, posing as the city engineer, meets Ricky Walsh, you can see a blurry but visible red sign on the building in the background. This is the Home Insurance Company building and that company purchased the red cover so that it would be seen in the movie as they felt that the original bronze signage would not be visible.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
WILHELM SCREAM: Emanating from within a crocodile.
b.
Charlton Heston
was among the actors who were sent the script and
John Wayne
wanted him to play Jim Bowie. Heston later said there seemed good reasons for him not to do the film and, when pressed further, stated having John Wayne as director to be one of them.
c.
In 2003 screenwriters
Eric Garcia
and
Garrett Lerner
began collaborating with
Miguel Sapochnik
on a screenplay based on a novel being written by Garcia. The novel, titled The Repossession Mambo, was published in 2009.
d.
Jared Padalecki
is one foot taller than co-star
Elisha Cuthbert
. To make herself appear taller in scenes where she and Padalecki would be filmed together, Cuthbert taped two-inch blocks of wood to the bottoms of her boots. This was only done during scenes where they would be shot from the knee and up.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
Ben Archer (
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
) can be seen sitting under a tree reading a comic book based on
The Lion King
, which also starred Thomas.
b.
In the movie theatre where Carly and Nick are hiding, most of the wax figures were actually extras wearing masks.
c.
Juno was the Roman Goddess of childbirth and marriage. The name "Juno" also has other meanings for Canadians (where Juno was filmed and a number of cast and crew - such as
Ellen Page
,
Michael Cera
and
Jason Reitman
- were born). "Juno" was the code name of the beach where Canadian troops landed on D-Day. Approximately 1000 Canadian soldiers were injured or killed on D-Day while capturing this beach. "Juno" is also the name of the annual Canadian music awards (similar to the U.S. Grammy awards).
d.
Shot in 22 days and completed in December 1967 (copyright 1967). Due to its controversial nature, Paramount only released it after inserting a written prologue denouncing gun violence. Fortunately,
Boris Karloff
lived long enough to view the completed film as well as enjoy the accolades he deserved for his performance.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
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.
b.
On 26 June 2004, a sound stage being used for the film burned to the ground during a test of special-effects equipment. The fire, started by a candle, destroyed a studio at Warner Bros Movie World on Australias Gold Coast. One crew member was treated for burns to his arm, but no one else was injured. The smoke reached a nearby highway, which was not shut down.
c.
According to
Shuler Hensley
he sang to the kids on set in between takes to entertain them.
d.
Larry Clark
shot
Bully
,
Teenage Caveman
and
Ken Park
in a span of nine months.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
Before
Paris Hilton
was cast as Paige Edwards,
Jennifer Connelly
and
Kate Winslet
were originally considered for the role. The rest of the cast was built around her. Her "Thats hot" catchphrase is spoken by several characters, for this reason.
b.
First film for producer
Fred Coe
.
c.
Joe Spinell
was working in between the filming of
Maniac
with other movie projects, one of them being
Nighthawks
which began filming before production on Maniac ended, in which Spinell cut his hair short and shaved off his mustache to play a clean-cut, high-ranking New York police official for Nighthawks. In a few scenes (most of them being where Frank Zito is driving his car), Spinell is wearing a fake mustache with a long-haired wig under his cap.
d.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Wax (2005)?
a.
The film was produced by RKO in 1950 which was owned by
Howard Hughes
. By the time it was released in 1957, Hughes had sold RKO and the film was released by Universal.
b.
The car is a modified 1973 Porsche 917/30 CanAm Spyder.
c.
There is a scene where Luther is arguing with his roommate and he uses perfect Latin (which is not subtitled). Later in the film, when Luther again uses Latin with Fr. Kelly (this time subtitled), the director disclosed he did not have the time to translate the dialogue, as the scene was improvised on set. Therefore, the actual subtitled Latin that Luther speaks in the second scene is gibberish.
d.
Warner Brothers granted
Paris Hilton
permission to sell t-shirts that read "On May 6th, Watch Paris Die" in order to promote the film before its release.
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