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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009).
About the movie:
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
George Clooney
said that
Steven Soderbergh
was originally considering another actor for the lead so Clooney wrote him a letter asking to be considered as he thought a letter would be "less personal" if Soderbergh wanted to turn him down. Clooney said, "thank God the other actor turned it down." The other actor was
Daniel Day-Lewis
.
b.
Shot in six days.
c.
On German advertisement materials all swastikas were removed or covered up, as it was unclear to the distributor if the swastikas violated German law (which prohibits the exhibition of Nazi symbols except for purposes such as historical accuracy).
d.
Many lines in the film were improvised. The writers did constant rewrites and came up with ideas during filming but had to stop because of the 2007 Writers Guild strike.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
Trey Parker
uses the alias of Juan Schwartz in the credits. This is a variation of John Schwartze, an alias Alferd Packer used while he was in hiding.
b.
Leonardo DiCaprio
was the first choice for Col. Hans Landa, but
Quentin Tarantino
then decided that a German-speaking actor should play the part.
c.
Exterior locations were filmed on the Isle of Man, which was the original inspiration for the Reverend Awdrys stories.
d.
The instantly famous milkshake monologue Daniel has at the end of the movie comes straight from the congressional transcripts of the 1920s "Teapot Dome" scandal, in which New Mexico Republican Senator Albert Fall was convicted of accepting bribes for the oil-drilling rights to public lands in California and Wyoming from several oil-industry fat cats (including Edward Doheny). The scandal was Sinclairs inspiration for the novel, and Edward Doheny was Andersons inspiration for Daniel Plainview.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
This film was the second ever to be broadcast on NBC-TVs ground-breaking "Saturday Night at the Movies" series, September 30, 1961.
b.
Despite being
Brad Pitt
and
Quentin Tarantino
s first time working together, Brad had co-starred in
True Romance
(which was written by Tarantino).
c.
The observation type passenger car used in the film called the Denehotso is being restored and is now located at the Arizona Railway Musuem in Chandler AZ.
d.
Nick Nolte
was always the producers first choice to play David Banner.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
Newly-wed,
Bill Pullman
s wife was invited to be an extra and appears on screen as the blonde who pushes a long needle through a willing mans cheek.
b.
In the shootout scene at the Nuke lab in the beginning of the film, RoboCop stops to reload his gun. This is one of the few times in the series where he is seen reloading his weapon.
c.
End credits include a plug for upcoming Cruise Party, supposedly next picture in the loose Beach Party series - but that movie was never produced.
d.
The name of
Brad Pitt
s character, Lt. Aldo Raine, is an homage to both the actor and WWII veteran
Aldo Ray
and a character from
Rolling Thunder
, Charles Rane (played by
William Devane
). One of the casting directors,
Johanna Ray
, is
Aldo Ray
s ex-wife.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
A copy of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives
b.
Director
Michael Crichton
and author
Robin Cook
are both doctors.
c.
The name of
Til Schweiger
s character, Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz, is a homage to Mexican B-movie actor
Hugo Stiglitz
.
d.
Eric Stoltz
: the talking mime
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
Director Errol Morris, better known for his documentary work, did not finish the film due to "artistic differences" with Robert Redford.
b.
Robert De Niro
was originally cast as Darius Jedburgh, but dropped out due to creative differences after a few days on the set.
c.
Eli Roth
directed the film-within-the-film, "Nations Pride".
Quentin Tarantino
asked Roth to direct the short, and Roth requested his brother
Gabriel Roth
join him to direct behind a second camera, which Tarantino agreed to. In two days the brothers got 130 camera setups, and Tarantino was so pleased he gave Roth a third day that he was originally planning to shoot with actor
Daniel Brühl
. Roth got 50 more setups the third day, much to Tarantinos delight. The total running time of the short is 5:30, and was always intended to feel like pieces of a longer film, not a coherent short.
d.
The guillotine blades in the first trap are all shaped like a Vs, the numeral for "Saw V".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
While filming his scenes as Professor Dumbledore,
Michael Gambon
wore street clothes under his flimsy costume. He also kept his cigarettes tucked into his socks.
b.
Eli Roth
put on 35 pounds of muscle to play Donnie Donowitz, "The Bear Jew". Roth also learned to cut hair for the role from producer
Pilar Savone
s father Umberto at his salon in Beverly Hills.
c.
George Clooney
s wardrobe for the entire movie actually fits in one carry on suitcase.
d.
Like most of the actors who portrayed Zorro at around this time,
Tyrone Power
was not of Hispanic heritage (he was of British descent).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
According to the Directors Commentary, the tape that George Jung leaves for his father near the end of the movie is a verbatim transcript of a tape that the real George Jung recorded under similar circumstances.
b.
An alternative ending was shot, but not used.
c.
When asked about the misspelled title, director
Quentin Tarantino
gave the following answer: "Heres the thing. Im never going to explain that. You do an artistic flourish like that, and to explain it would just take the piss out of it and invalidate the whole stroke in the first place."
d.
Sylvester Stallone
lost about 40 lbs for the film because he didnt want a prisoner of war to look like an "Olympic Boxer" and he felt he needed that weight reduce to perform the tasks of a soccer goalie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
Released theatrically in the US on the same day as
Shorts
by
Robert Rodriguez
.
Quentin Tarantino
and Rodriguez last film was their collaboration
Grindhouse
.
b.
Natalie Portman
researched her role by watching the
Sam Green
and
Bill Siegel
documentary
The Weather Underground
, and reading "Fate and Treason,"
Antonia Fraser
s book about Guy Fawkes, as well as the autobiography of
Menachem Begin
, founder of the Irgun Party in Israel.
c.
Gabrielle Bloch was awarded a prestigious prize of "The Most Promising Filmmaker" at the Rome International Film Festival on 11 September 2004. CBS Atlanta referred to her as one of "the best young filmmakers of the day".
d.
The scene where Joe accidentally closes the door of Kathleens shop on the balloons was unscripted.
Tom Hanks
actually did that, and ad libbed the line, "Good thing it wasnt the fish." The director thought it was so funny that she kept it in.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Inglourious Basterds (2009)?
a.
The title is derived from a phrase from the poem "A Shropshire Lad" by
A.E. Housman
: "But since the man that runs away / lives to die another day". In the movie, James Bond says to Gustav Graves, "So you live to die another day," because at the start of the movie it was believed that the villain under his alternate persona had been killed.
b.
Wilford Brimley
and
Gene Hackman
were both asked to play Vice-Admiral Doughtey.
c.
The language spoken by the Jawas was created by recording speakers of the African Zulu language and electronically speeding it up. Greedos language is the Peruvian Indian language Quechua, played backwards. (
George Lucas
would later feature Peruvian Indians again in
Raiders of the Lost Ark
).
d.
Rumor had it that
Harvey Weinstein
was trying to force
Quentin Tarantino
to cut 40 minutes of the movie (which ran 148 minutes) after getting feedback from Cannes Film Festival. However, Harvey denied this rumor, stating that Tarantino was reorganizing some scenes since he didnt have enough time to completely finish editing the film before sending it to Cannes, since he was given only six weeks to edit, whereas other directors are given normally six months to a year. In fact, the theatrical cut runs one minute longer than the cut that was premiered at Cannes.
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