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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Man-Thing (2005) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Man-Thing (2005) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Man-Thing (2005)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Man-Thing (2005).

About the movie: Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man-Thing (2005)?
a.		When Polly and Sky Captain investigate Jenningss ransacked lab, they discover a live, miniature elephant in a glass cage. This echoes a similar scene in Michael Crichtons novel Jurassic Park which describes John Hammonds proud accomplishment of a dwarf elephant, created by his scientists.
b.		Half of the $320,000 budget was spent on the Panavison cameras so the film would have a 2:35:1 scope. Donald Pleasence was paid $20,000 for 5 days work.
c.		There was originally a scene during the biker raid involving a zombie getting an arrow in the head from a crossbow. It was filmed but never featured in the final cut.
d.		The characters of Steve Gerber (William Zappa) and Mike Ploog (Robert Mammone) are references to the comic creators by the same names. While they didnt create the Man-Thing, they worked together on the first ongoing series of the comic book character and developed it further (e.g. establishing the "nexus of all realities"). Steve Gerber is also known as creator of "Howard the Duck" and Mike Ploog is famous for his work on Marvel Comics adaptations "Planet of the Apes" and "Monster of Frankenstein" and most recently for his work on "Abadazad" (CrossGen Comics) and "Stardust Kid" (Image Comics) with writer J.M. DeMatteis.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man-Thing (2005)?
a.		The character of Val Mayerik (Brett Leonard) is also a reference to the creator by the same name. He worked with Steve Gerber on the first ongoing Man-Thing comic book series, too.
b.		Robert Duvall had to use $4 million of his own money to complete the film. When the movie did well at the box office the distributors reimbursed him.
c.		Screenwriter Larry Cohen originally pitched the concept of a film that takes place entirely within a phone booth to Alfred Hitchcock in the 1960s. Hitchcock liked the idea, but he and Cohen were unable to figure out a plot reason for keeping the film confined to a booth. Once the idea of a sniper came to Cohen in the late 1990s, he was able to write the script in under a month.
d.		Rex Harrison reportedly hated the film.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man-Thing (2005)?
a.		The films look is based on Technicolors OZ (Olson-Zacharias) process, which adds three times more silver to the negative film stock, making it milkier without affecting the grain structure. Although the process was tested in pre-production, it wasnt actually used. Instead, its look was mimicked in the digital intermediate process.
b.		This was originally intended for a direct-to-video release, but later there was plans for a small release to theaters. However those plans were scrapped, and the movies fate became unknown, until it was later announced as a Sci Fi Channel original movie for Spring 2005. The DVD and VHS became available in Summer 2005.
c.		The play "That Championship Season" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1973.
d.		On the jail cell wall is "For A Good Time, Call 867," a reference to the 1980s pop song, "867-5309/Jenny."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man-Thing (2005)?
a.		A test screening for the movie was held in which half of the audience walked out before the movie even ended.
b.		In the movie, Klopstokias ancient national anthem - which doubles as Tweenys mating song to Angela - is actually the title song to Paramounts Maurice Chavalier film of that same year, One Hour with You, with special gibberish lyrics written for the occasion by co-author Henry Myers as a satire on movie romances. Strains of the same melody are also heard in another Paramount release of the same year, Duck Soup during Harpos Paul Revere scene.
c.		When asking the Egyptian authorities for permission to film there, Cecil B. DeMille was pleasantly surprised to find out they were fans of his film The Crusades. "You treated us Arabs in the film so well, you may do anything here you want," they told him.
d.		A real estate agents sign that appears briefly in shot at the end of a street carries the name Vitali. The newspaper article that Bill reads announcing the death of Mandy mentions that she was a model and that she had been involved with a designer named Leon Vitali. Leon Vitali is one of Kubricks longest-serving colleagues and also plays Red Cloak.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man-Thing (2005)?
a.		The character of Val Mayerik (Brett Leonard, who was also the director) is a reference to the comic artist by the same name. Val Mayerik drew the early issues of the Man-Thing comic book as well as the even earlier appearances of the Man-Thing in the Fear comic book in the early 1970s.
b.		Roberto Lombardi, Kim Santiago and Edward X. Young are also the series regulars on the comedy spoof series Ghost Blunders.
c.		Almost all of the telephones in the movie (even the one in the limousine) are rotary, not touch-tone.
d.		The leopard, which Thomas Meighan is carrying in the movie, was actually a real, living leopard. It had killed a man in a nearby zoo, and was to be put to sleep, but De Mille refused to have it killed. They then drugged the Leopard with chloroform, and let the actor act out a scene, carrying the leopard on his shoulder.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Man-Thing (2005)?
a.		Although filming was originally intended to be done in New Orleans, budget realities forced the production to be relocated to Australia. They were the first production to use the new Kurnell studios, and enlisted regional actors for virtually every role.
b.		ERODED was the first film to shoot at Backlot, The us production studio and facilities in Columbus, Ohio. Backlot, The us, A Filmmakers Playground!
c.		The car chase sequence on the open freeways was filmed by Mark Cantu himself as he hung out the side of Michael Cantus VW Jetta, which was driven by actor Jason Lee Boyson. The BMW seen in the film was driven by the actual owner, only traveling at 55-60 mph.
d.		When Harvey Pekar first guest stars on Late Night with David Letterman, Joyce is in the waiting room with a man with an alligator (Terrence Sullivan). This was originally intended to be a cameo by John Waters.

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