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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Joe Dirt (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Joe Dirt (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001).
About the movie:
David Spade stars as Joe Dirt, an idiot who works as an oil weller who is on the search for his parents who abandoned him when he was a baby at the grand canyon.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
Plagued by production problems and script issues, this films release was delayed for over a year. Over half of the movie had to be re-shot with many cast members being replaced due to scheduling conflicts.
b.
There are two known deleted scenes that were removed at the insistence of distributor Walter Reade Organization. They include a 8-minute expository scene in the basement between Helen and Harry at the bottom of the stairs (which explains the abrupt jump cut shown) as well as a wide shot of numerous zombies covering the landscape, which was replaced with footage of zombies eating near the end of the film. This footage was presumed lost when a flood damaged the storage facility years later at Latent Image, Inc.
c.
Roseanne
and
Gary Busey
were originally cast as Joe Dirts parents. After shooting the scene director
Dennie Gordon
decided that Roseannes star-power was too distracting, and opted to re-shoot the scene with
Caroline Aaron
and
Fred Ward
.
d.
In one of the most obscure references to the books, Bilbo states proudly to Gandalf that Frodo is "... a Baggins, not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle". Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, the relative who knocks on the door during this scene, is mentioned in the books as being born a Bracegirdle from Hardbottle.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
Roger Moore
has a different girlfriend every time we see him in this movie and they are all voiced by
June Foray
(uncredited).
b.
At Comic-Con 2010, this movie became the first film to be promoted at the annual con for three years running.
c.
The part about the dogs kibble getting frozen to the porch and thawed with warm water and a spatula is from comic
Tom McGillen
s act. McGillen is a friend of writer
Fred Wolf
and also has a small part in the film.
d.
The name of Benjamins sailboat is Button Up.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
All of
Dennis Miller
s scenes were filmed in one day.
b.
Lacey Chabert
was the first and only choice for the role of Gretchen.
c.
This
Charles Bronson
movie was theatrically released between between his pictures
10 to Midnight
and
Death Wish 3
.
d.
When Casanova is running away from the Inquisition in the opening scene he jumps through a window and into the University of Venice. The University of Venice never existed and the building he jumps into is in fact the "Teatro Olimpico", one of the first Renaissance theaters 140 kilometers away from Venice.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
The hardtop that Joe Dirt drove throughout most of the movie is a replica of a 1969 Dodge Daytona, a limited production car built for only one year during the muscle car era of the late sixties and early seventies. Only 503 of the real Daytonas were ever built.
b.
The Super premiered at the Texas Theatre during the Blood Bath Film Festival. This same theatre was owned by Howard Hughes and also the site where Lee Harvey Oswald was captured after President Kennedys assassination.
c.
Westchester County Regional Airport in New York State was used to portray OHare and LaGuardia.
d.
18 months elapsed between the films US release and its first (minimal) appearance in UK cinemas.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
In 1966, Paramount Pictures distributed this film on a double bill with
The Girls on the Beach
.
b.
Amy Heckerling
: Miss Geists maid of honor at the wedding scene; she is also in the bouquet catching scene and is the source of most of the struggling.
c.
Producer/performer
Anthony Begonia
wore his high school band aloha shirt in the "We Love Dirt" crowd scenes.
d.
While Coop is listing for Katie all the reasons he loves her, one of the things he says is "I love it that sometimes for no reason youre late for shul." "Shul" is a Yiddish term that refers (sometimes colloquially) to a Jewish house of worship (also known as a synagogue or a temple).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
Lucky Days is the first project in which
Angelica Torn
will appear on screen with her father,
Rip Torn
.
b.
D.W. Griffith
filmed some battle scenes during actual battles at the front in France. While he was out near the front trenches scouting locations, his party came under a surprise German artillery barrage. Griffith and his assistant jumped in a nearby ditch, and when the barrage was over they emerged from the ditch to discover that although they were uninjured, a shell had exploded near the ditch, killing the two soldiers acting as their escorts, along with a dozen other soldiers standing nearby.
c.
The scene in which Joe, while working at the quarter toss booth at the carnival, sprays the plates down with PAM is a reference to his 1998 stand-up special Take The Hit in which he joked about trying to make a quarter land on a plate sprayed with PAM at a carnival.
d.
The tenth of eleven films that
Elizabeth Taylor
and
Richard Burton
starred in together.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
Generally considered to be the first all-talking B-western.
b.
Kid Rock
s character name is "Robby".
Kid Rock
s real name is Robert Ritchie.
c.
Based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay.
d.
Near the end, during the Wolverine/Mystique fight scene, there is a moment where Mystique kicks Wolverine in the groin. At that moment, there is a metallic ping (similar to the one in the beginning when the man in the cage match punches Wolverines fist), which is probably an in-joke to Wolverine having balls of steel (or in this case, adamantium).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
The scene in which the USS Alabama is diving for the first time out of dock, the footage is of the real submarine submerging. Director Tony Scott was following along in a helicopter attaining shots of the ship, herself. When the captain of the Alabama requested that the helicopter cease filming, they submerged, which is what director Tony Scott was hoping for anyway.
b.
Each time Robby (
Kid Rock
) gets dust in Joes face with his car, the song "You Aint Seen Nothin Yet" is playing. This happens 3 times.
c.
The destroyer shown sinking in the movie is an actual decommissioned WWI destroyer, USS Moody. Additions were made to the superstructure to replace missing sections, and scuttling charges simulated the torpedo hit.
d.
Simon Pegg
: Actor from
Shaun of the Dead
and
Hot Fuzz
cameos in a voiceover role as a newsreader.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
Sydney Pollack
: The voice of
Faye Dunaway
s boyfriend during their telephone conversation.
b.
On the Brides plane tickets you can see the name Beatrix Kiddo which is never actually said in the film.
c.
Brad Pitt
was paid $38 for his uncredited appearance.
d.
The scene where young Joe is left behind by his parents at the Grand Canyon was actually not Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, but rather was Utahs scenic "Dead Horse Point State Park."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joe Dirt (2001)?
a.
Last live action cinema film of
Jean Simmons
and first cinema film of
Jared Leto
.
b.
The character Hu Li (
Ziyi Zhang
) (the Mandarin word for fox) was originally written for a man.
c.
The convertible "Hemi" used in the movie is a 1967 Plymouth GTX.
d.
While in pre-production, director
Francis Ford Coppola
consulted his friend and mentor
Roger Corman
for advice about shooting in the Phillipines. Cormans advice: "Dont go."
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