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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Maria Full of Grace (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Maria Full of Grace (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004).
About the movie:
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004)?
a.
Catalina Sandino Moreno
did not practice swallowing pellets during rehearsals. Since the character of Maria did not know how to swallow them, Moreno and
Joshua Marston
agreed that it would be more realistic for her to try swallowing them for the first time on-camera. The pellets were made of easily digestible substances but neither Moreno nor Marston will reveal what exactly they were made of.
b.
The song "Mama Tried", which is heard several times during the film, is a 1968 hit by
Merle Haggard and the Strangers
.
c.
Bijou Phillips
and
Anne Hathaway
refused to do any press or promotions for the film after producers got heavily involved and took the final cut away from the films female director (
Barbara Kopple
). This led to the film not being released in theaters.
d.
Detective
Eddie Egan
wanted his catchphrase in the film to be "Addicts in the cellar, sellers in the attic." Director
William Friedkin
eschewed this line, preferring the more enigmatic phrase, "Do you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004)?
a.
The house set is the same used for
Bewitched
.
b.
Catalina Sandino Moreno
prepared for her role by working in a Colombian flower plantation for two weeks cutting roses. She did not meet with real drug mules because she wanted to appear to be as clueless to the process and the consequences as Maria was.
c.
Christopher Lloyd
was considered to play the Nome King while
Louise Fletcher
or
Mary Steenburgen
were considered to play Princess Mombi. Disney regular of the 70s
Don Knotts
was considered to voice Billina and former Disney regular of the 60s
Dick Van Dyke
was considered to voice either Jack Pumpkinhead or the Scarecrow.
d.
Opening film at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the second of
Woody Allen
s films to be given this honor following
Hollywood Ending
at the 2002 Festival.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004)?
a.
When
Dwayne Johnson
(The Rock) was attached to star, this film was known as The Rock Movie. When he left to work on
The Mummy Returns
, it was listed for a short while as Untitled Sci-Fi Project, and when
Jet Li
came aboard, it became The One.
b.
The film originally had been selected by Colombia to be its official choice for the 77th Academy Awards. It was rejected because it was considered to be not Colombian enough and the film "El Rey" by the Dorado Brothers was submitted instead.
c.
Batz was originally going to live in the basement of an apartment, but the guy who owned the basement location asked for too much money. The location was switched to a mansion instead.
d.
Gertrude Howard
is listed as a cast member in studio records/casting call lists in the role of "Mammy", but she did not appear in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004)?
a.
Basil Poledouris
was originally set to compose the films musical score during pre-production but died before he could record any music.
Patrick Doyle
replaced him.
b.
Catalina Sandino Moreno
became the first actress ever to be nominated to Best Actress at the Oscars for a role that it is spoken entirely in Spanish.
c.
Prior to the start of filming in Hawaii,
John Wayne
went scuba diving and developed an ear infection. As a result, he was in severe pain for much of shooting. Many of Waynes scenes could be shot only on his "good" side, since the infected ear was so swollen, and between takes he had to go lie down to rest from the pain.
d.
Ralph Richardson
had real trouble remembering the names of all the other characters so he had them written on his hands and costumes.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004)?
a.
A 16mm print of this film can be found in the collection of the Wisconsin Center For Film and Theater Research in Madison, WI.
b.
The Mask, the villain of this serial, was the longest-running foe of Spy Smasher. Unfortunately, by the time the serial was made, the Mask was already dead - he had been strangled to death by Spy Smasher after he had exposed him to his "brainograph" machine and ordered Spy Smasher to "Kill!"
c.
The original Broadway production of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" opened at the Alvin Theater on March 27, 1983 and ran for 1299 performances.
d.
This is
Catalina Sandino Moreno
film debut. An anonymous admirer who had seen her in a play told her mother about the open casting call.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004)?
a.
Shot in five days.
b.
Actress Tomoe Shinohara, who played the girl in the hostel and hospital scenes in "Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki" appears in this film portraying herself in the TV talk show scene. Shes identified by a name tag on the table.
c.
The mutant Nightcrawler was going to make a cameo appearance in the film;
Alan Cumming
, whod played Nightcrawler in
X2
, was going to reprise the role, despite his discomfort with the prosthetic makeup he had to wear for his role. The cameo was so short, however, that the filmmakers felt the long and costly makeup process was not worthwhile, so he was omitted from the film - the video game
X-Men: The Official Game
(VG) mentions that Nightcrawler joined the X-Men, but left because he didnt appreciate their life of action and violence.
d.
Although the first part of the film is set in Colombia, it was actually filmed in Ecuador.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maria Full of Grace (2004)?
a.
The engine crashing into the station was filmed in a Lockheed hangar in Burbank, California using a full-sized mock-up of the FP-7A locomotive.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
When
Peter Farrelly
chose the group, Hootie & The Blowfish to re-record the Orpheus classic "Cant Find The Time", the sheet music that was provided by the songs publisher contained errors in the lyrics. Hootie recorded the song mistakes and all - and it was not until the band invited the songwriter on stage during a show that they learned they had been singing the wrong lyrics.
d.
At the end there is an Intel ad saying "Its whats inside that counts", a clear reference to the movies subject.
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