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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Melinda and Melinda (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Melinda and Melinda (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004).
About the movie:
Two alternating stories about Melinda's (Mitchell) attempts to straighten out her life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004)?
a.
Alyson Hannigan
was initially offered the role of Heather, but after reading the script she asked to play Michelle instead.
b.
Winona Ryder
was originally cast as Melinda, but was forced to drop out because no agency would insure her due to her famous arrest for shoplifting.
Woody Allen
stated in the book "Conversations with Woody Allen" that he wanted to cast Ryder, but he couldnt get a bonding on her.
c.
The onscreen credit source is "from the book Karl Heinrich," but no author is listed. The writer,
Wilhelm Meyer-Förster
, is therefore considered uncredited.
d.
Terrence Mann
and
Don Keith Opper
have appeared in all four films in the series.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004)?
a.
Penelope Cruz auditioned for a role.
b.
Radha Mitchell
received her role without an audition.
Woody Allen
saw her in
Ten Tiny Love Stories
and liked it so much that he decided to cast her.
c.
Peter Falk
in his 2006 auto-biography Just One Thing: Stories of My Life states that he didnt like the script for this movie which he thought was hackneyed and full of cliché. Falk wanted to leave the film for these reasons. However, producer
Dino De Laurentiis
encouraged Falk to stay by giving him film poster name-above-the-title credit as well as choice of writer for his dialogue. Falk stayed on the picture and apparently actually wrote his own dialogue.
d.
The majority of the film was shot in Kensington Market on the west side of Torontos downtown. The filming location for the donut shot where Eddie (Mickey Rourkes character) was killed and the location used as Billys (Kelly Harms character) apartment are both on Kensington Avenue directly across the street from each other. Other locations used are College Street and Union Station (the locker scene).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004)?
a.
Early prints were released under the title Maggie.
b.
Mariel Hemingway
s film debut.
c.
Woody Allen
wrote the screenplay in a month.
d.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004)?
a.
The original director dropped dead on the first day of filming, and his son took over.
b.
In the scene where George Bailey runs through the streets wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, theres a shot of a theater marque advertising for
The Bells of St. Marys
.
Henry Travers
, who plays Clarence, had co-starred in the film the previous year.
c.
In an interview with MTV.com, director
Marc Forster
revealed the reason why Sams trousers are too short for his legs. It is because Henrys view of Sam is when he is crouching down, and his trousers pull up when he does this.
d.
Demetri Martin
auditioned for the role that was vacated by
Robert Downey Jr.
and taken over by
Will Ferrell
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004)?
a.
First scheduled to be released by Paramount in the US and Canada on 2 October 2009 to be in contention for that years Oscars. Paramount later pushed the film back to 19 February 2010 due to financing problems (the studio didnt have the $50-$60 million necessary to promote an awards movie). Another reason cited for the push-back was
Leonardo DiCaprio
s unavailability for the interview circuit due to other filming commitments. Paramount also figured that a film geared towards adult audiences might achieve some traction in the doldrums month of February when there are traditionally very few "intelligent" movies released.
b.
Although seen throughout the movie, the assistant warden (
Mort Marshall
) only has one line. When the game has ended, he says to the warden "His-to-ree!".
c.
The original ending of the film consisted of the Griswold family, after seeing that Walley World is closed, going to the Hollywood house of Roy Wally (Eddie Bracken), the owner of Walley World, and holding him and his family hostage and making them sing and dance Walley World theme songs before the police arrive to arrest all of them. This did not go over well with test-audiences and the in-park scenes with
John Candy
was a last minute alternate filmed over two weeks, four months after production ended. The original ending was deleted and is believed to be lost. Eddie Bracken never-less appeared as Roy Walley in both endings.
d.
Due to the limited budget,
Radha Mitchell
, an Australian, couldnt have a dialect coach for her role as an American.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004)?
a.
The scene
Kevin Lima
found the most challenging to shoot was the musical number, Thats How You Know, in Central Park. The five-minute scene took 17 days to finish due to the changing weather, which allowed only seven sunny days for the scene to be filmed. The filming was also hampered at times by
Patrick Dempsey
s fans.
b.
Although the writing source credit is a play, no production of it has been found.
c.
Robert Downey Jr.
was cast, but dropped from the film, because the actors insurance premium was too costly to meet.
d.
A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Melinda and Melinda (2004)?
a.
In the opening scene Bowie (
Farley Granger
) has a hurt leg; later on in shooting Granger really did fall and hurt his leg.
Howard Da Silva
had to carry him to the hospital.
b.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder
John Wilson
s book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
c.
On the DVD Scene Menu, the Pit of Despair scene is referred to as The Pit of Desire.
d.
During filming,
Radha Mitchell
was the only actor who had the entire script. The other actors just had their storyline.
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