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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Life as a House (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Life as a House (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001).
About the movie:
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001)?
a.
The writer,
Mark Andrus
, is a fan of the band
Guster
, and named the dog after the band and two of the characters (Ryan & Adam) after two of the band members. Two of Gusters songs are featured in the movie.
b.
Sons of Perdition is the indirect sequel to Our Kingdom Come and has several re-occuring characters.
c.
In the record store scene, Alex Fletchers solo album is beside
The Flying Lesbians
section.
d.
Actress/singer
Lainie Kazan
appeared in one scene as Chucks mother, but it was deleted. It is included on the DVD.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001)?
a.
Lindsay Lohan
, who was 14 years old at the time of production/casting, was strongly considered for the role of Alyssa and even screen tested for it. While the filmmakers were impressed with Lohan, they ultimately gave
Jena Malone
the part, deciding they wanted someone a little bit older.
b.
Out of all the sequels and remakes, this is the only film which follows the same time-line as the original film. All of the others have no reference in their screen stories to the events in the original film
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
.
c.
The boat for which
Buster Keaton
is coxswain is called Damfino, the same name as the eponymous boat in his short movie
The Boat
.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 28, 1952 with
Mona Freeman
reprising her film role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001)?
a.
According to
Kurt Wimmer
at the Atlanta Q&A, only
Christian Bale
had actually been offered the role of Preston.
b.
André the Giant
: the resurrected horned giant.
c.
The featured house had to be removed after filming, but costume designer
Molly Maginnis
led a group of parents that had it dismantled, reconstructed, and enlarged to become a library for the Kenter Canyon school in Brentwood, California. The new library opened in April 2004.
d.
The last member of the film cast, actor
Shad Cooper
(Dunn) was brought aboard the project just days before the production left for New Mexico.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001)?
a.
Only a few minutes of this film have survived and the film is presumed lost.
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.
The original script called for the
Guster
song "All the Way up to Heaven" to be used in the "car" scene that used the Guster song "Rainy Day" instead.
d.
Ryan, Holt, and the soldiers and recruits at Ft. Bliss wear the shoulder patch of the 4th Army - a white four-leaf clover on a red diamond. The 4th Army was activated in 1932 as the U.S. Western Defense Command. During World War II, the 4th Army operated the Louisiana maneuver area, and was credited with training about half the combat units that went overseas.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001)?
a.
Marked the first production of partners
Hugh Grant
and
Elizabeth Hurley
s short-lived "Simian Films."
b.
Jocelyn Jones
was a classically-trained actress, whereas
Chuck Connors
was self-taught. During filming, Connors would often ask Schmoeller why Jones would have to go through various routines before filming scenes (such as breathing exercises.) (According to Schmoellers commentary on the 25th anniversary DVD.)
c.
William Russ
was cast as Officer Kurt Walker and had filmed one scene, but before he could film the rest of his role he was injured in motorbike crash and was replaced by
Scott Bakula
.
d.
In this movie, the Pink Panther Diamond is kept at the National Museum in France. In the previous movies, it was kept in the National Museum of the fictional country Lugash.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001)?
a.
Hayden Christensen
injured his hand while filming this movie. During the scene where George finally tells Sam that hes dying, Christensen improvised the punching of the wall. For subsequent takes of the scene he refused to add a pad to the section of the wall he was hitting, so his knuckles were swollen and bleeding by the time the scene was finished.
b.
Although the movies title is the same title as the 1977 disco hit by Heatwave, their lead singer, the late Johnny Wilder Jr. (a devout born-again Christian), refused to allow the song in the movie because the song was about dancing, not pornography.
c.
The backing music used in the dinner party scene between Axel (Depp), Paul, Elaine and Grace is a piece by jazz musician
Django Reinhardt
. The same piece was used in the river dance scene in
Chocolat
, where it is performed on guitar by
Johnny Depp
.
d.
The French poem Phil recites in the German restaurant was written by
Danny Rubin
, based on the lyrics of
Jacques Brel
s "Bachelors Dance". Translated into English the poem reads: The girl I will love / is like a fine wine / that gets a little better / every morning.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Life as a House (2001)?
a.
The video of George and young Sam playing in the surf was shot by Kevin Klines wife,
Phoebe Cates
. She videotaped Kevin and their son Owen on the beach in Bermuda.
b.
Final film made by Claude Akins before his death.
c.
An instrumental version of the song "The Morning After" from
The Poseidon Adventure
can be heard in the background in certain scenes.
d.
When Bill enters his apartment for the last time (right before he discovers the mask on his pillow) we can see a stack of
Stanley Kubrick
videos from on the long table under the painting. The one on the top is
Full Metal Jacket
.
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