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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lady Magdalene's (2008) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lady Magdalene's (2008)

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About the movie: In this action comedy, Jack Goldwater, an IRS agent on loan to the Federal Air Marshal Service, is relieved of field duty after insulting a powerful U.S...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		The "Happy Bottom Riding Club", which was owned and operated by Pancho Barnes, burned down in 1952. The remnants can still be seen today at Edwards Air Force Base.
b.		During pre-production the Department of Homeland Security sent writer/producer J. Neil Schulman a letter denying the production permission to "any of the Departments official visual identities" in the production. A few weeks later the DHS official whod authorized sending the letter was charged with possession of child pornography on his computer. During the production Schulman complied with the letter by having a sign in the movie that was marked by graffiti to read, "Department of Homeland Sexurity."
c.		Biff Tannens rise to fortune occurred in 1958, not in 1955. It is mentioned during the Biff Museums video presentation. Also, Biff would have been 17 going on 18 years old in 1955. Too young to legally gamble, he had to wait until he was 21 years old to get in to the race track to place any bets (1958)
d.		The episode of Beavis and Butt-Head that Cher and Josh watch is called The Great Cornholio.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		Joe Pantoliano (who plays Arnie in the film) played the role of Max in the stage version.
b.		Actress Claudia Lynx celebrated her birthday on location during the filming of Lady Magdalenes ... and blew out the candles on her birthday cake right after shooting a scene in which her character was murdered.
c.		One of the earliest 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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised.
d.		Shot in 26 days.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		Bette Davis fully expected to be nominated for an Oscar for this, her breakthrough performance in films. When she was denied an official nomination, there was an attempt to make her a "write-in" candidate, a practice now barred by the Academy.
b.		On a Sunday when the FBI building in Las Vegas was closed, Schulman drove onto an empty parking lot attempting to film a plaque outside the building honoring FBI agents. Schulman and an associate producer were detained for over two hours in the FBI parking lot, and the cameras tape and memory card were erased before it was returned.
c.		The original script, written before the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001, set the events in New York.
d.		Ed Wynns film debut.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		Peter Sellers third wife, Lynne Frederick, won a $1.475 million lawsuit against the makers of this film. She said the film insulted the memory of her late husband.
b.		Luc Besson: [music]
c.		Merv Griffin: As Himself, during the The Merv Griffin Show sequence.
d.		Contrary to reviewers who have thought this was a green-screen jump, Alexander Wraith twice jumped backwards out of a tunnel mouth stopped only by a safety line held by crew members. The distance to the ground was 75 feet. On his second jump Alex was stopped only three feet from the ground.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		Because the first zip-line stunt ended up with Alexander Wraith tangled up with stunt cameraman Joe Perez, the stunt needed to be re-shot on the last day of filming. Alexander Wraith needed to catch a plane that morning from Las Vegas to Newark in order to make an audition that afternoon in New York City. The shot seen in the movie of an SUV speeding away from the zip line was Alexs real ride to the airport ... and when Alex reached Newark he needed to ride his motorcycle through rush-hour traffic to make it to his audition on time. (He did.)
b.		The first film of the series to not open with a "Harry-centric" scene. Staying true to the book, it opens with The Riddle House, a "Voldemort-centric" scene.
c.		The farewells Elizabeth receives from the pirates echo their greetings/farewell in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Pintel, who met Elizabeth with "Ello poppet," says "Bye poppet" to her; Captain Barbossa who first thought Elizabeth was "Miss Turner," calls her "Mrs. Turner" and Elizabeth tells Jack Sparrow it would never have worked out between them, which Sparrow had earlier told her.
d.		Not only was this Jet Lis first American-produced movie, it was also the first time hed ever played a villain.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		Humphrey Bogart tested for the role of Napoleon; Bette Davis and Kitty Carlisle were among the many others who auditioned for roles.
b.		Glenn Close landed the role of Jenny after director George Roy Hill and casting director Marion Dougherty had seen her in a Broadway production of "Barnum" opposite Jim Dale (1980).
c.		Mia Farrow went on to play nanny to "devil child" Damien in The Omen almost 40 years later.
d.		British actor Mark Gilvary played two roles in Lady Magdalenes - an FBI special agent and the Director of al Qaeda - and almost nobody seeing the film has recognized Mark as having played both parts. Gilvary ordinarily speaks in a Scottish accent. In Lady Magdalenes, where he played two roles, all his dialogue was performed either in an American accent or an Arabic accent. After living at the crew hotel for over a month, Gilvary approached a desk clerk hed become friends with in full Arabic costume and make-up, and speaking to her with an Arabic accent. The hotel clerk didnt know who he was until after ten minutes conversation Mark told her.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		When Chon Wang meets Roy at the Ritz, the music playing in the background is the music used as background music in The Little Rascals and other Hal Roach talkies; it is called "In My Canoe".
b.		During the first zip line stunt Alexander Wraith got tangled up with stunt cameraman Joe Perez and the two of them spun around out of control. A year after this stunt someone else died on this same zip line when he crashed into the ladder truck intended to bring him down.
c.		Originally, there were endings in which each character killed off everyone once, and then the ending where they all did it. However, the final cut would have made the movie over two and a half hours, and director Lynn thought it to be excessive, hence the three endings that are in the final cut.
d.		The film was finished in 2001 but the release was pushed back to 2003.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		Renny Harlin has said that Deep Blue Sea was the hardest film hes ever made.
b.		The phone ring-tone used by Nichelle Nicholss character, Lady Magdalene, is the Star Trek communicator sound used by Nichols character, Lt. Uhura, on the original Star Trek series.
c.		The first time Mike listens to Christina Baileys radio, the piece playing is the first movement of Schuberts Eight Symphony ("Unfinished"). The second time he listens, the first movement to Brahms First String Quartet is playing.
d.		Nick jokingly tells Kate that in Italian, tiramisu means "food of the gods." In actuality, tiramisu literally means "pick me up."

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lady Magdalene's (2008)?
a.		Backstories for the characters Max and Sol were conceived by Sean Guilette and Darren Aronofsky, but never written for the film. They included: Max was proved to be a math prodigy very young, and soon attended Columbia University, where he met Sol, an Russian expatriate, who was captured by American Forces and was given the chance to assist in the building of nuclear weapons because of his great math prowess, he refused, and was relocated to Siberia, where he was soon let out, and got a job teaching math at Columbia University. If you look closely at Sols wrists, you can see prison tattoos.
b.		George A. Romero: Santa Claus biker (briefly visible in biker raid).
c.		Alexander Wraith did all his own stunts during the filming of Lady Magdalenes, including riding one of the worlds longest zip lines, a 75-foot jump out of a tunnel stopped only by a safety-line, and stunt driving.
d.		Chapter 1: The City of Gold - Chapter 2: Signal of Fear - Chapter 3: The Seal of Doom - Chapter 4: Terror of the Badlands - Chapter 5: The Secret of the Vault - Chapter 6: Appointment With Death - Chapter 7: The Chamber of Horror - Chapter 8: The Vanishing Dagger! - Chapter 9: Escape From Death - Chapter 10: The Gold Cache - Chapter 11: The Curse of the Killer - Chapter 12: Test by Torture - Chapter 13: The Sign of Evil - Chapter 14: An Indians Revenge - Chapter 15: The Black Arrow Triumphs

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