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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

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About the movie: After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		In the scene where Jim Carrey is fighting with himself, Hank grabs Charlies finger and says "Beg me or Ill break it off." Charlies reply of "I beg I die" is taken from the movie Things to Do in Denver When Youre Dead ", with Jim Carrey even imitating the tone of Andy Garcias voice.
b.		This was John Carpenters first film during the 1990s and also his first major studio film since Big Trouble in Little China. The reason hed had not done one was due to the fact that hed received a lot of studio interference on that film and felt restrained to do the films wouldve liked independently. Prince of Darkness and They Live were made during that time independently.
c.		The real house used during filming can be found at 3159 W 11th Street in Cleveland, Ohio. Pictures and a "Street View" of the house can be seen on Google Maps. A nearby street that intersects with W. 11th St is Clark Avenue.
d.		Peter Franzén was offered the role of Matti Ristinen.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		Ronald McCall had to cut his dreadlocks to play the character of Papa Justify.
b.		In the comics, Hal Jordan was possessed by the fear entity Parallax and went on a rampage throughout Earth. In the film this happens to Hector Hammond.
c.		Composer Jack Nitzsche who previously worked with Carpenter on Starman was the first choice of composer but he was unavailable. Producer Chevy Chase remembered seeing Shirley Walker conducting the orchestra when he was attending the scoring stage to his film Christmas Vacation so he suggested that they use Walker to score this film.
d.		A piano and vocal interpretation of Clint Mansells "Stay With Me" theme was originally recorded for the end credits, with Justin Skomarovsky on piano and Antony Hegarty (of the group Antony and the Johnsons) on vocal. Director Darren Aronofsky, though satisfied with the piano arrangement, didnt feel that Antonys lyrics consummately reflected the films message and narrative. Ultimately, Aronofsky discarded the song and opted instead to record Skomarovskys piano arrangement with veteran Hollywood pianist Randy Kerber.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		DVD contains some deleted scenes, ie. some guys going into the Magnatronic building or another of Nicks dream sequences.
b.		The producers were initially looking for an unknown actor to play General Newton. But being a fan of the TV series, Burt Reynolds asked for a role and was then cast to appear as Newton.
c.		Shortly after her Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actress, a rumor started circulating that Marisa Tomei had won by mistake because presenter Jack Palance had incorrectly read out the wrong name. This is a highly unlikely occurrence - the Academy specifically has 2 officials stationed offstage to intervene and read out the correct name if such an event should ever transpire. It never has.
d.		When Daniel is making phone calls to locate his friend, the phone number that he leaves on the answering machine is 555-2368. That phone number is the same as the one used in Ghost Busters in their TV commercials. This phone number was also the phone number used in When a Stranger Calls; Carol Kanes character Jill Johnson gives Police Sargent Saggert a phone number of where she is babysitting. The above number: 555-2368, was the number she gave to the Sargent when she was speaking to him on the phone.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		The hostage scene where a former city council member holds the mayor and his staff hostage was based on a real-life crisis where former San Francisco supervisor Dan White wanted his old job back.
b.		Jack Clayton was dismayed to learn that 20th Century Fox insisted on making the film in CinemaScope. His cinematographer Freddie Francis set about making that less of a problem by framing the wide horizontal frame with lots of vertical lines to break it up. Conversely, he also used the wide space to emphasize shadowy spaces and using the emptiness towards an unsettling effect. To that end, he would often place characters at opposite ends of the frame.
c.		When the Alice Monroe character is introduced, it is mentioned she has just returned from Brazil. Daryl Hannahs previous film to this one was At Play in the Fields of the Lord, filmed in Brazil.
d.		Michael T. Weiss appears in both Freeway films as a different character.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		In the French post-synchronized version of the film, the actors are dubbed by: Claire Guibert (Marilyn Monroe); Jean-Claude Michel (Tony Curtis); Michel Roux (Jack Lemmon); Jean Martinelli (George Raft), Fred Pasquali (Joe E. Brown), Danièle Roy (Joan Shawlee) and Raymonde Devarennes (Barbara Drew).
b.		The wanted posters on the set of the Detectives office all featured photos of performers from past films directed by David Dellecese. Emily Peterman, Christy Sattler, Brian Wozniak, Devon McArdle, Adam Bach, and Jeff Katz all appear on the posters for various crimes.
c.		The USS Stingray in the movie was actually the USS Pampanito, a WWII era Balao class submarine. In the Pacific Theatre, it sunk or heavily damaged ten ships.
d.		The soundtrack by Shirley Walker was the first major Hollywood studio picture with a complete orchestral score written by a woman.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		Ian McKellen enjoyed acting with Robert Downey Jr. in Restoration, and asked him to play the part of Rivers, expecting him to turn the role down as too small. To McKellens surprise, Downey immediately cleared his diary and and took the part.
b.		Some of the screams of the sailors as the ship sinks are the same as the screams of the sailors in King Kong when Kong shakes them off the log.
c.		During the rehearsals for the lying game, the cast had to stay in character. If they ever said their own names by mistake, Wadlow would kick them out the room.
d.		John Carpenter: One of the SWAT team members flying the helicopter chasing Halloway.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		This film and its companion piece, The Giant Gila Monster, marked the directorial debut of veteran special effects man Ray Kellogg.
b.		Lisas pink camera is a disc camera. Disc cameras were discontinued in the mid-1990s.
c.		This serials story source was a novel written by Ewart Adamson, using his "non de plume" of Dayle Douglas. The 256-page novel was published by Mystery House of New York on June 12, 1943, and purchased, for $1000, for this serial on December 6, 1943 by Republic Pictures Corporation. This was Republics last serial to be adapted from another medium. Every serial that followed was original material written by studio-assigned writers.
d.		Nick uses the alias Harvey - the name of the invisible rabbit in Harvey.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		Robert Rodriguez and Nimród Antal referred to the original Predator as the "cassette tape version" and the new 2010 film as the "iPod version".
b.		Rob Lowe, John Cusack, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr. and Michael J. Fox were all considered for the role of Ferris Bueller.
c.		William Goldman originally wrote several drafts of the screenplay, all of which were rejected, as he wrote it as a simple comedy, and the producers preferred to use the film to "explore the loneliness of invisibility". Eventually, he left the project, though he still receives a screenplay credit. He claims never to have seen the movie, and thus cannot say for sure how much of his material is actually in the film.
d.		Juanita Moore plays Max Juliens mother in this. She also played his mother in Up Tight!.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)?
a.		The newscast seen on TV is from an actual TV station in San Francisco with one of its real anchors. It is KTVU Channel 2 with anchor Elaine Corral.
b.		Made by Republic in the final years of serial production, it recycled the "rocketman suit" from the studios wildly popular serial King of the Rocket Men.
c.		The closing credits are twelve minutes long.
d.		The sixth of eight movies based on the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling.

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