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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : In the Valley of Elah (2007) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : In the Valley of Elah (2007) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : In the Valley of Elah (2007)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007).

About the movie: A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		Gwyneth Paltrow was originally offered the role of Rollergirl but turned it down.
b.		Joey Coyle was with two men, not one, when he found the money, and unlike in the film, did not stop to make sure that nobody saw him, so three people saw him find and take the money.
c.		The scene in which the president walks Sally to her door after their date, was composed of 2 different cameras, one focused on Maura Tierny and the other focused on Gene Hackman, shot 2 months apart. They had to stop shooting cause of weather, but you can see in the shots in that scene focused on Maura its raining and on Gene, its not.
d.		Takes its title from the Bible - Elah was the valley where David met Goliath.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		Deadfall Trail came about when Roze and Robert Guthrie were unable to find complete funding for another project. Faced with taking a loss or using the money they had managed to find, they tailored a movie to the budget they had available.
b.		The song "A Woman in Love" was not in the original show and was written for the movie. It became a hit record for several recording artists.
c.		Paul Haggis wrote the part of Sanders with Charlize Theron in mind.
d.		Murray Silver Jr. and Myra Lewis sold the film rights to the book for $115,000, plus a share of the profits. The two were supposed to serve as script consultants, but after the rights were sold three times, they lost that role when Director Jim McBride and Producer Adam Fields opted to put some distance between the film crew and their real-life counterparts.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		According to Paul Haggis, Clint Eastwood helped get this film greenlight.
b.		The dog chosen for Snowmans pet was picked by Burt Reynolds, chiefly because he refused to obey commands.
c.		Bruno, the dog died a few days after his scenes were filmed.
d.		Because his performance was considered to be so realistic, Lon Chaney became the first actor to be granted an honorary membership in the U.S. Marine Corps. When Chaney died in 1930, Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler arranged for a military chaplain and honor guard at Chaneys funeral. Sgt. H.H. Hopple, who had been a technical advisor on this film, served as the honor guard.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		Benicio Del Toro chose Ryan Gosling to play Benigno Beni Ramírez. Gosling met with the real Ramirez and learned some Spanish to prepare for role. But delays during pre-production caused Gosling to drop out of the project.
b.		In her 2004 autobiography "Tis Herself", Maureen OHara says she pitched the idea to Disney of making a film version of the book "Mary Poppins", which was rejected. Soon after, Walt Disney purchased the rights to the book.
c.		Based on a true story of a soldier, Richard Davis, who, after returning from a tour in Iraq, disappeared. His father, who spent 20 years in the army, began an investigation. It turned out that Davis was murdered by four other soldiers who served with him on the tour. The four men have been sentenced to prison, two for life, another for 20 years, and another for 5 years.
d.		According to Landis, Universal Pictures president Ned Tanen protested the scene in which the Deltas take a road trip to an African-American bar by stopping a screening of the film. He ordered the scene to be removed and claimed that the scene would cause race riots in the theaters. Landis then screened the movie for Richard Pryor who wrote a note to Tanen that read: "Ned, Animal House is fucking funny and white people are crazy - Richard."

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		Aryas hair color was meant to be black.
b.		A stuntman revealed for the first time in the television documentary, Hollywood, that Harold Lloyd actually climbed a fake building facade that was constructed over another buildings rooftop, positioned so the camera angle could capture the street scene below. The stuntman also revealed that he doubled for Lloyd in the long shots of him climbing the building in the distance. Up until then, even the Time-Life version of Safety Last! that was aired on PBS contained an opening title declaring that Harold Lloyd climbed the building himself and without the use of a stuntman or trick photography.The stuntman stated that he chose to suppress this information until Lloyds death, and yet, he did not want to detract from the danger of Lloyds actual stunt work. Lloyd performed the majority of the stunts himself on the rigged facade over a small platform, which was built near the rooftops edge and still had to be raised a great height to get the proper street perspective for the camera. The size of the platform did not offer much of a safety net, and had Lloyd fallen, there was the risk he could have tumbled off the platform.
c.		Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin and Kathy Lamkin also starred in No Country for Old Men the same year. The two movies both have Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA as shooting location and Roger Deakins as director of photography.
d.		Filming began August 6 1932, released October 16.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		The Las Vegas scene was filmed in Hollywood on the same set that was used for the Palace Hotel Ballroom scene in The Blues Brothers.
b.		Stanley Tucci co-wrote the film because he wanted a decent part for himself.
c.		Josh Brolin replaced Tim McGraw in the role of Chief Buchwald.
d.		Kristin Scott Thomas personally tested for Brian De Palma for the role of Judy McCoy, but when invited to L.A. to test with Tom Hanks, she happened to be on vacation with her children and couldnt make it. De Palma didnt forget her when casting Mission: Impossible a few years later.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		Several of the actors who played soldiers, including Wes Chatham (Corporal Steve Penning), Jake McLaughlin (Spc. Gordon Bonner) and Sean Huze (Captain Jim Osher) had actually served in the Iraq War themselves.
b.		The beer the hunters are seen drinking is Iron City Beer, a once-popular beer brewed in Pittsburgh in which George A. Romeros film company, The Latent Image, produced and filmed a number of Iron City Beer TV commercials during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
c.		Branford Marsalis, who plays Jordam, performed many of the saxophone solos in the films score.
d.		Marc Abraham asked Greg Kinnear to put on about 20lbs as his physique didnt really resemble that of a college professor with 6 kids.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: In the Valley of Elah (2007)?
a.		This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.		Originally a potential starring vehicle for Clint Eastwood, who directed Paul Haggiss screenplay for Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood turned it down, despite liking the script very much, and recommended his friend Tommy Lee Jones (whom he had directed and acted with in Space Cowboys) for the role of Hank Deerfield.
c.		Jason Segel and Paul Rudd reprise their roles in a video shown on Rushs Time Machine tour. The duo manage to get backstage and meet the band after the performance.
d.		John Barry was invited to do the music for this film but he politely declined out of respect for Albert R. Broccoli and his association with EON production.

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