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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Madagascar (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Madagascar (2005) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005).
About the movie:
Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
At one point,
Madonna
,
Jennifer Lopez
and
Gwen Stefani
were considered for the voice of Gloria the Hippo before
Jada Pinkett Smith
signed on.
b.
When asked why he hasnt directed a movie since "Maximum Overdrive",
Stephen King
responded "Just watch Maximum Overdrive."
c.
George Fitzmaurice
started the film, was fired and replaced by
Alexander Korda
.
d.
Two of the paintings in Elises apartment are of her as Madame X painted by John Singer Sargent, and
Andy Warhol
s mass-produced Marilyn Monroe.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
Dr.
Ruth Westheimer
was asked to play the role of Mrs. Schumacher, but turned it down when she realized the character was a thief.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: as the large crowd of people come charging up the stairs at Grand Central Station, thinking that Alex is chasing them.
c.
Actual lines of dialogue were written for Wilson the Volleyball, to help Hanks have a more natural interaction with the inanimate object.
d.
Production was originally slated to begin in late 2008 but was delayed until March 2009.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
turned down the role of Johnny Cage in
Mortal Kombat
to do this film.
b.
Jerry Goldsmith
, who got an Academy Award nomination for this movies score, replaced
Elmer Bernstein
.
c.
Shot in about 20 days only.
d.
Harry Gregson-Williams
was originally attached as the films composer, but was replaced by
Hans Zimmer
. A few weeks earlier, the opposite had occurred for another film: Gregson-Williams replaced Zimmer for the scoring duties of
Kingdom of Heaven
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
None of the main character animals (lion, zebra, giraffe or hippo) are actually housed at the Central Park Zoo. There are penguins.
b.
During the scene where Facebook hits one million members, the number 1,000,046 appears on the screen after Sean Parker requests a refresh. The producers purposely chose the number to correspond with the running time of the movie at 1:46:46.
c.
Early in the movie when Julia Roberts runs out to her front yard to get the paper, she quite obviously flashes her legs as she does so. Director Garry Marshall has been quoted as having given the advice, "When in doubt during the movie, cut to an animal . . . or Julias legs."
d.
Michael Chekhov
was originally cast in the role of Ivon Haake, but had to leave when he became ill. The script was rewritten to beef up that part for his replacement,
Charles Laughton
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
During the double date scene
Will Arnett
s character offhandedly refers to Rod as "Super Dave". This is of course a nod to Super Dave Osborne, a comedy stuntman played by Bob Eisner since the mid 1980s.
b.
Sacha Baron Cohen
improvised the line "Its got a gecko on it", and all of the following dialog related to the gecko. The filmmakers found it so funny that they went to the extra work of creating a CG gecko for the shot.
c.
Writer
Barry Sandler
got
Raquel Welch
interested in this project by showing up on her doorstep and leaving a script with her personal assistant. He was attending UCLA film school at the time.
d.
The original Broadway production of "Lost in Yonkers" by
Neil Simon
opened at the Richard Rogers Theater on February 21, 1991, ran for 780 performances and was nominated for the 1991 Tony Award for the Best Play.
Mercedes Ruehl
and
Irene Worth
reprise their roles in the movie with
Kevin Spacey
as Louie, Lauren Klein as Gert,
Danny Gerard
as Arty,
Jamie Marsh
as Jay, and Mark Blum as Eddie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
Kevin Troy
s character, Lux Lucre, is named after the screen name of devoted Browncoat Kerry Pearson, who died of complications from diabetes shortly before the release of
Serenity
. (During the Fishers Pub scene, the bartender mentions to Lux his fight with "Kerry Nice Guy Pearson" some years prior.)
b.
Special effects supervisor
John Richardson
was injured driving his BMW and his girlfriend was killed in the accident during production.
c.
During the scene where Private is attempting to gain access to the oil tanker controls, "WHATApiece OFworkIsPenGuin" can been seen on the computer screen behind him. This is a reference to the Shakespeare quote, "What a piece of work is man!" from "Hamlet".
d.
The German title is "Hexen hexen", which literally means "Witches practice witchcraft".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
According to the patch the captain is wearing, the name of the boat is the "S.S. Act II."
b.
Originally Madman was suppose to be based on the Cropsy killer legend, but when word reached the production that the film _"Burning, The" (1981)_ was being based on the same legend the script was re-written.
c.
Overcast skies in Ireland were digitized a brilliant blue to create more of a fairytale atmosphere.
d.
To create both the theatrical cut and the Directors Cut, editor
Dody Dorn
worked for 15 months straight - the average film takes at most, 4 or 5 months to edit.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
Ann and Joe get into an argument over which poet wrote the words that Ann quotes, "Arethusa rose from her couch of snows in the Acroceraunian mountains." Joe was right; its from the poem "Arethusa" by
Percy Bysshe Shelley
.
b.
The movie was turned into an award-winning comedy musical by
Cameron Mackintosh
.
c.
The penguins originated from a film director
Eric Darnell
was developing, called "Rockumentary", about a Beatles-like rock quartet. When that project was canceled and Darnell was moved to this movie, he incorporated the penguins into the script, changing them from musicians to military commandos.
d.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
The name Dracula is borrowed from Vlad the Impaler, but the character of Dracula is never identified as being Prince Vlad in Bram Stokers novel. Though he does identify himself as Prince Vlad in this film, the historical Vlad lived in the fifteenth century.
b.
The shot of Times Square after Marty asks the police horse for directions prominently features a Hewlett-Packard logo. Hewlett-Packard is the official computer provider for Dreamworks Animation.
c.
In the scene where
Timothy Dalton
raises his glass to the "memory" of Eve and Martin, Dalton very briefly looks into the camera. Director
Edgar Wright
liked it so much he synchronized the sound of a cash register "ching" at the same time.
d.
Part of
Dennis Quaid
s contract was that he was allowed to go back to Los Angeles every weekend. He chose not to exercise that option as he enjoyed himself so much on the shoot, even bringing his wife and his band up to Winnipeg on occasion.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madagascar (2005)?
a.
Before hes allowed to leave, Verbal Kint gets back his belongings, which include a gold watch and a gold lighter. Keyser Soze was seen earlier using both.
b.
Don Bachardy
: In the English Department staff room.
c.
A large portion of the film was shot in an abandoned police station in Connecticut. When it was abandoned, much of the furniture and equipment was left behind and was used as props in the movie.
d.
Early on, the plot was based on a group of activists who liberate the animals from their cages.
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