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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Magnolia (1999) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Magnolia (1999) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999).
About the movie:
An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
Jessica Lange
said in an interview "I let myself get talked into Losing Isaiah because I hadnt worked for awhile. I knew it wasnt right, the script wasnt right, there was no ending. It just didnt feel right, and it never got right. It was a really difficult and painful experience."
b.
Once shed read the script,
Nicole Kidman
was determined to land the lead role. This involved tracking down Gus van Sants personal phone number and ringing him at home. She spent 40 minutes talking to him on the phone about her thoughts on Suzanne and how to play her. Van Sant called back 2 hours later to tell her shed got the part.
c.
The hardcore band "Cold War from Orange Country, California" quotes this movie several times throughout their CD "From Russia With Love".
d.
Jim Varney
made this movie at the same time as Ernest Goes to School (1994) (V).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
The flying sequence with Will Smith and Kevin Kline was shot with blue screens with the background later added digitally.
b.
The computer in the room off of Cosmos office in the PlayTronics building (the one that looks like a circular bench) is actually a Cray Y-MP, a multi-million dollar supercomputer that was one of the worlds fastest computers at the time the film was made.
c.
Claudia was the first character created, and the other characters were branched off from her.
d.
Ice Cube
was
John Singleton
s first choice for Doughboy, he approached him at a rap music concert a couple of times, and Cube was reluctant to audition via a screen test, conducted by Singleton himself.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
Feature film debut of
Jeff Bridges
. His older brother, Beau Bridges, and their mother,
Dorothy Dean Bridges
, also appear in the film.
b.
In the film, the main cast sings along to Aimee Manns "Wise Up", which was used in the film
Jerry Maguire
, also starring
Tom Cruise
.
c.
The scene where Cole and Rowdy race rental cars on the beach shows birds scattering out of the way. The birds were lured onto the beach by birdseed, and in the first take most of them were run over.
d.
Two electric-powered Mini Coopers, and one Mini Cooper S had to be specially built for the film, since gasoline-powered vehicles are not allowed to operate in L.A.s subway system.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
The band uniforms that Truman was wearing belonged to the Blue Star Regiment of Riversides North High School.
b.
One of Stanley Spectors books on the table in the library is "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women" written by
Ricky Jay
, who narrates and stars in the film.
c.
Much of the dialogue was developed through improvisation.
d.
Per page 2102 of the American Film Institute Catalog: Feature Films 1931-40 (which lists this picture as "Suspicious Mothers"), all of the flashback scenes in _Reckless Decision (1933)_ were taken from an earlier produced film, which has since been identified as _Tell Your Children (1922)_.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
The school that Susie attends is based on General Wayne Middle School in Malvern, Pennsylvania (now known as General Wayne Elementary School), which
Alice Sebold
attended in the 1970s.
b.
When Spock travels through Vger and sees all the incredible imagery, Darth Vader and Miss Piggy can be seen. It comes right after his line "Who or what are we dealing with?". There are not actual photos of the two characters in this sequence. What you are actually seeing is an overhead perspective of the Epsilon IX station. The "Vader" mask is the antenna relays and the "Miss Piggy" snout is most likely the command tower. There are no actual photos of either of the characters.
c.
In the UK release of the film, the scene where Mitch Leary (
John Malkovich
) kills the bank clerk and her room-mate was edited so the audience did not witness the physical breaking of each of their necks. Malkovich also wanted to include the killing of the dog in this scene but director
Wolfgang Petersen
thought this was a little too much.
d.
Paul Thomas Anderson
wrote the bulk of the script during two weeks he spent at
William H. Macy
s Vermont cabin - afraid to go outside because hed seen a snake.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
Director/writer
Paul Thomas Anderson
also designed the poster and cut the trailers for the film.
b.
This was picked as one of 100 landmark films of all time in the new "Radio Times Guide to Films 2007", compiled by the magazines film reviewers and staff. Radio Times film editor Andrew Collins justified the choice by stating that the list is not about cinematic quality, but about the influence a film had on society. "Deep Throat is not necessarily recommended for everyone," Collins said, "Its a quite badly made film, but to deny its influence would be pure snobbery."
c.
The football history portrayed in the movie plays fast and loose with a key element of college gridiron development. The film depicts Rockne developing the forward pass in the teens, as an undergraduate at Notre Dame. But the forward pass was legalized and used during the 1906 football season.
d.
The first boy in the school bus who refuses to let Forrest sit next to him is played by
Alexander Zemeckis
, director
Robert Zemeckis
son.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
Dedicated to
Sondra Rubin
, the director and writer
Bruce Joel Rubin
s mother.
b.
The badge on the T1000s uniform reads "Austin" (named after producer
Stephanie Austin
), although it is not fully visible in the film. Austin is also the name of
Robert Patrick
s daughter.
c.
On the scare floor leader board, the name immediately below Sullivan and Randall is Ranft, a reference to longtime Pixar writer
Joe Ranft
.
d.
During the game show scene, a lot of talk is about a movie audition, with
Alan Thicke
and
Corey Haim
, about destroying a high school. This refers to the actual film
Demolition High
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
A music video was released, where
Kenneth Babyface Edmonds
is featured alongside the bus from the movie.
b.
Musician
Fiona Apple
is responsible for many of the paintings seen throughout.
c.
Originally the character of Kano was Japanese-American. However,
Ed Boon
and
John Tobias
were so impressed with how
Trevor Goddard
portrayed him that they retconned Kanos history in future games to make him Australian, which they thought was Goddards nationality. They later learned that, although Goddard gave Kano an Australian accent, Goddard himself was actually born in England but had claimed to be of Australian descent.
d.
May be the first American movie to use the word "psychoanalyst."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
Sean Connery
was originally offered the role of Ethan Powell.
b.
Aimee Mann
s music inspired
Paul Thomas Anderson
to write the script and at least one lyric (and possibly more) from an Aimee Mann song was lifted and used as dialogue. In the song "Deathly" the lyric goes: "Now that Ive met you / Would you object to / Never seeing / Each other again". In the film,
Melora Walters
s character says "Now that Ive met you, would you object to never seeing me again?"
c.
Winner - Best Child Actor - International Family Film Festival - Alice Ziolkoski.
d.
Aidan Quinn
s character , Officer Hallet, has something called Heterochromia Iridium. Heterochromia Iridium is an eye condition in which one iris is a partial or completely different color then the other iris. Although it is unusual in humans, there are some celebrities with this condition.
Kate Bosworth
and
Jane Seymour
to name two.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magnolia (1999)?
a.
Alakina Mann
and
James Bentley
were cast after an intensive search that encompassed 5,000 children.
b.
"Anonymous Celebrities: The Animatic" was created from over 600 hand drawn pictures individually scanned and edited together on Final Cut Pro.
c.
Henry Gibson
s character is named Thurston Howell, which was
Jim Backus
characters name on
Gilligans Island
.
d.
Erikas house was the same house used for the scene Joe and Nigel were talking in at the beginning of the movie.
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