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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Insomnia (2002) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Insomnia (2002) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Insomnia (2002)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Insomnia (2002).

About the movie: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Insomnia (2002)?
a.		The transformation sound from Transformers is heard on five occasions in the movie: Blackout transforms at the SOCCENT base Bumblebee transforms to catch a falling Sam and Mikaela The Nokia phone becomes a Transformer after exposure to the All Spark Ironhide and Blackout transform in the Battle of Mission City and Starscream flies into space at the end.
b.		Gregory Peck, who produced the film, didnt like the original novels title "The Executioners". When thinking of a new title, he decided that movies named after places tended to be very successful, so he looked at a map of the U.S. until he happened upon Cape Fear in North Carolina.
c.		Jonathan Demme considered directing.
d.		Learning that he had not been chosen to direct this movie adaptation when he had directed the acclaimed live TV drama on which this film was based, John Frankenheimer asked why and was told, "John, they say youre not a comedy director."

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Insomnia (2002)?
a.		Second installment of John Putchs Route 30 Trilogy.
b.		Will Dormers name comes from the Latin word "dormire" - to sleep.
c.		Much of the on-ride footage was filmed on the "Corkscrew" at Playland, part of the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, Canada. The actual ride has an initial drop of 65ft and turns back around on itself before entering the double corkscrew, whilst the drop in the movie is 200ft, followed by a double corkscrew.
d.		Tom Sawyer has just one shot in this version of the film where he yells "Go for the glory!", even though he is a major character in Mark Twains book. The actor who says "Go for the glory, Huck!" at 03:43 on the DVD is Danny Tamberelli who is listed in the end credits as playing "Ben Rodgers". At 03:45, another boy says "Ya, go for the glory", but Tom Sawyer, who has a large roll in the ending of the book that is not in the film, does not appear in the end credits.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Insomnia (2002)?
a.		As of 2010, this is the only film directed by Christopher Nolan in which Nolan does not have an official writing credit - even though he wrote the final draft of the screenplay himself.
b.		The original "Morgan" automobile in The Magnificent Ambersons was also used in this film.
c.		This films opening prologue states: "This is a factual record of the Second Marine Raider Battalion, from its inception seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, through its first brilliant victory."
d.		Charles Chaplin allows the Tramp to speak on camera for the first time during the restaurant scene, but insisted that what the Tramp says be universal. Therefore, the song the Tramp sings is in gibberish, but it is possible to follow the story he tells by watching his hand gestures.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Insomnia (2002)?
a.		Some more explicit or dark details were changed from the original Norwegian film Insomnia such as: the dead dog Dormer shoots in this film is alive in the original; Dormer does some reckless driving to scare the dead girls friend, in the original he grabs her between the legs; Dormer and the hotel clerk share their thoughts a lot in the film, in the original they flirt a lot and he almost rapes her; the extremely downbeat ending in the original has been changed.
b.		Though Rosemary Clooney couldnt be on the original album due to contractual conflicts, she recorded the song "Sisters" with her real-life sister, Betty Clooney. On the official album, Peggy Lee recorded the song and sang both parts via overdubbing, a new technology in 1954.
c.		This actually marked the second project Tonjia Atomic worked on with both Forrest Baum and Aiden Karamanyan. The first is titled "Awesome Ouija Board", which received a screening at the North West Film Forum in Seattle, Washington, in November of 2009.
d.		The "Ziggy Pig" dish in the ice-cream restaurant is a reference to a comic book character put out by Timely Comics (later Marvel) during World War II. By the time this movie was made, it and its image (which appears on the badge they place on Napoleons chest) were public domain.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Insomnia (2002)?
a.		The lyrics to the title song "Making of a Cyborg" were written in ancient Japanese. The romanized Japanese lyrics are as follows: A ga maeba, kuwashime yoini keri A ga maeba, teru tsuki toyomu nari Yobai ni kami amakudarite Yoha ake, nuedori naku. Tôkamiemitame (x4). English translation: When you are dancing, a beautiful lady becomes drunken. When you are dancing, a shining moon rings. A god descends for a wedding And dawn approaches while the night bird sings. God bless you (x4).
b.		The book "Hearts in Atlantis" is actually a collection of five stories (in order, Low Men in Yellow Coats, Hearts in Atlantis, Blind Willie, Why Were in Vietnam, and Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling), across different time eras with different characters. Scott Hicks notes (commentary at 29:31) that screenwriter William Goldman had taken quite a few liberties with the material to narrow its scope and focus. Since the first and last stories were the only two in which Bobby appeared, but were forty years apart in time, Goldman used the first story as a flashback bookended between two parts of the last story and discarded the other three stories.
c.		The scene of the farmer shooting the cow in front of the school bus full of children is a true anecdote from the directors childhood.
d.		Harrison Ford was considered for the role of Will Dormer (Al Pacino).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Insomnia (2002)?
a.		The giant cow statue is located at a creamery in Bongards, Minnesota.
b.		Just two weeks after the film was released in Bulgaria, it premiered on the Bulgarian HBO.
c.		Dominic Purcell and Clare Kramer did most of their own stunts.
d.		There are only two shots in the entire film that were filmed at normal speed (24fps), one is the opening overhead shot of the trees in the forest and the other is the bugs falling into the molten pit in Oogie Boogies lair.

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