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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Making the Mob (2000) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Making the Mob (2000)

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About the movie: A group of small-town slackers decide to form their own little "mob" to rebel against their inept government, only to find that their government is affiliated with the real-life mafia.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		Jessica Alba was known as Obi Wan on set.
b.		When Miriam Deering (Olivia de Havilland) is preparing to close up the house in anticipation of moving out, she is packing a box which is stenciled "Sam Strangis Storage & Transfer, Baton Rouge, LA.". Sam Strangis was the assistant director on this picture.
c.		The hotel scenes were filmed at the Comfort Inn in Lorton, Virginia. Several of the actors were given free rooms to stay in during filming; and filming was allowed free of charge in return for promotion of the hotel in the film.
d.		Johns foster parents are named Todd and Janelle Voight. This means that if hed legally taken their name, he would have been Jon Voight.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		Alec Baldwin based the tone and delivery of his famous monologue on George C. Scotts "Wars are won..." speech from Patton.
b.		Shot in 1985, not released until 1987.
c.		Due to films low budget, nearly all locations were lobbied by co-producer Karen Cruse to be free of charge, in trade for promotion in the film. Other locations included Cruses own home (character Dwights home in the film) and the apartment scenes were filmed in actor James Kerrs apartment.
d.		This snow-swept drama was shot during the summer of 1928 on sound stages in Hollywood. The snow was asbestos.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		When Frank Puglia says, "I dont believe in a third term," he was referring to the then speculative run of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term as U. S. President in 1940.
b.		The scene where Sergeant Gullen looks out of his office window to see the Goodyear Blimp flying past was achieved by building an office set and mounting it onto a trailer. This was attached to the van used as the Independent Network News unit in the film and towed past the blimp while it was anchored at its airstrip in Gardena, with the actor inside.
c.		Due to the films ultra low-budget, none of the actors received salaries. They were given 1% of the films gross.
d.		The last film that producer Menahem Golan worked with director Michael Winner.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		The group 3 1/3 is a reference to Detroits area code: 313. The suburbs on the other side of 8 mile, in 1995, had the area code 810, hence certain people being called "eight tens" in the film.
b.		In addition to his onscreen role as "Asspimple", production assistant Matt Walker can be seen in the background as an extra in the very last scene.
c.		The first symptom of Marcys illness that the movie draws attention to are the red hand-shaped marks on her back, where Paul grabbed her when they were having sex. However, just prior to this discovery, in the scene where Bert and Jeff abandon the others, a similar lesion can be seen on Marcys left wrist, just below her watch - an early hint for the observant that indicates her sickness.
d.		At one point, Alexander travels into the far future, and the date shown on the time machine is 635,427,810 AD.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		The scene in the diner was largely ad-libbed by all the actors.
b.		When Mewtwo is shown defeating Arcanine and Nidoking, we see a shot from behind and we see the back of the trainer. In the commentary it is told that this trainer is Gary, Ashs rival from the series. They then go on to joke about his cameo, saying that Garys agent wouldnt let them show his face, and that Gary is actually a stand-in in that shot.
c.		Charles Chaplin: a railroad worker. He is very easy to spot. He is carrying a huge box over his head, and he is alone.
d.		Milla Jovovichs character uses a more authentic variant of "Gun Kata", a unique blend of gunfighting and martial arts developed by director Kurt Wimmer for his previous film Equilibrium.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		Richard Todd, veteran of the action at the bridge at Benouville (later renamed Pegasus Bridge) (see Item 1 above), was offered the chance to play himself but joked, "I dont think at this stage of my acting career I could accept a part that small." He played the commander of the actual bridge assault itself, Major John Howard, instead.
b.		Also in the films final scene, director/producer/costar Clint Gaige is seen reading a novel which he himself wrote.
c.		The large aircraft used to transport the monsters to San Francisco is based on an actual Guppy aircraft. The first Guppy was built in 1962 for NASA by Aero Spacelines of California to transport spacecraft components.
d.		Reverge Anselmo, himself a former Marine, made members of the cast pass boot camp in order to participate in the production.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		Originally intended as an installment of the Disneyland TV series circa 1957, it was shelved until 1975.
b.		Daniel Franzese has a small speaking role in the film but he also appears in the end in a rat costume describing the murder to Seth Green.
c.		The undercover FBI car (a 1997 Toyota Corolla) belonged to production assistant Matt Walker.
d.		According to the documentary "Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered", this film is one of the top-five highest grossing pornography titles in history.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		Director-actor Clint Gaige is seen in the final scene reading his own novel. Production assistant Matt Walker can be seen in the background in the same scene reading the same book.
b.		Stanley Kubrick wanted to direct the film, but only if he could produce it himself. As the studio was worried that he would go over budget and over schedule, it eventually settled on Mark Rydell, but William Peter Blatty insisted on William Friedkin instead. After a standoff with the studio, which initially refused to budge over Rydell, Blatty eventually got his way.
c.		This film was the first winner for the inaugural Best Animated Feature Film category of the Academy Awards 2001.
d.		Interiors were constructed inside the abandoned Union Station, the former New York Central Railroads passenger train station on Broadway in Albany, NY and included a two story set. The murder or death scene was filmed on the second floor of that set. Scenes were filmed in sequence and the two story set was significantly aged after the death scene so that it later appeared as the derelict house. After the movie, the old station was refurbished and restored to its former grandeur and served as office space for Fleet Bank and now Bank of America.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		To achieve the shot of young Clark Kent kicking a football into orbit, an air cannon was placed underground and the football fired from it.
b.		The suit that Tracy wears throughout the film was bought by him off the rack, at his insistence.
c.		In 2009, the Cleveland Indians played a game against the Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field where Shin-Soo Choo hit a ball into center field which hit a seagull. This was similar to a scene in Major League II where Pedro Cerrano hit a Pigeon in center field. However, Choo did not reprise Cerranos performance of running from first base to center field to save the bird.
d.		The character of "Asspimple", the young drunk, was originally scripted to be "Tipsy", a prostitute. But at the last minute during the filming of the jail sequence, the actress slated to play Tipsy neglected to show up, forcing director/co-writer Clint Gaige to rewrite the scene on the spot and use production assistant Matt Walker as a drunk instead. During the filming of the scene, actor Adam Zuckerman ad-libbed the insult "Asspimple", and since the name Tipsy was never used in the scene, Gaige credited Walker as "Asspimple".

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Making the Mob (2000)?
a.		Karen is the only character in the film who doesnt smoke.
b.		A key actress dropped out at the last moment, causing frantic rewrites, which still did not fill the entire script. Because of this, much of the onscreen dialogue in the first third of the film was improvised.
c.		In the unfinished doc, Filming the Trial, Orson Welles said that if Don Quixote was ever finished, he would have called it "When are you going to finish Don Quixote?"
d.		Gary Sinise plays Naval Commander Kevin Dunn, who is attempting to get the Navy to pick up a new weapons system. Actor Kevin Dunn, who plays the PPV announcer, was in the movie Hot Shots! playing a Naval Commander attempting to get the Navy to pick up a new superfighter.