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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miami Vice (2006) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miami Vice (2006) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006).
About the movie:
Based on the 1980's TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006)?
a.
Maureen OSullivan
(Norma) plays the mother of her real life daughter
Mia Farrow
(Hannah).
b.
Tom Cruise
,
Brad Pitt
and
Matthew McConaughey
were all considered for the role of Det. Sonny Crockett.
c.
Buckys Hallway and Shanes house are the same location.
d.
The name "Paul Kersey" for the
Charles Bronson
character was the actual name of one of the extras hired for the movie. He allowed the use of his name in exchange for his appearing in all possible scenes requiring an extra.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006)?
a.
The native village huts were left over from RKOs
Bird of Paradise
. The Great Wall was part of the Temple of Jerusalem set for
Cecil B. DeMille
s Biblical epic
The King of Kings
. The Great Wall set was later reused in Selznicks
The Garden of Allah
and finally redressed with Civil War era building fronts, burned and pulled down by a tractor to film the burning of Atlanta munitions warehouses in
Gone with the Wind
.
b.
Body Count: 23
c.
This is only the fourth time that Walt Disney Animation Studios produced a sequel to one of their films from the Disney Animated Classics canon in-house. The previous instances are as follows:
The Three Caballeros
followed
Saludos Amigos
,
Fantasia/2000
followed
Fantasia
, and
The Rescuers Down Under
followed
The Rescuers
.
d.
Quentin Tarantino
was reportedly the only cast member with filmed scenes.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006)?
a.
In all European advertising for the film,
Colin Farrell
got top billing, but in all American advertising,
Jamie Foxx
got top billing.
b.
Elisabeth Shue
was originally considered for the role Alex Forrest but was forced to turn the role down, because she was signed to the Disney movie
Adventures in Babysitting
.
c.
The keypad lock tones heard when the guard unlocks the infirmary door are the tones used by touch-tone telephones. The tones heard correspond to dialing 222333 on a touch-tone phone.
d.
Though
Josh Becker
and
Scott Spiegel
were uncredited, they wrote three drafts of the script. Everything they wrote was featured in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006)?
a.
The rescue of the Princess - and Obi-Wan Kenobis duel with Darth Vader - were originally intended to take place on Alderaan.
b.
In
The Farmers Daughter
, Katrin Holstrom (
Loretta Young
) reads the story of the townsfolk who place their beloved doctors office shingle as a monument on his tomb: "Dr. Sorensen: Upstairs". Essentially the same scene occurs in
Dreaming Out Loud
where Lum and Abner place the "Dr. Walter Barnes: Office Upstairs" shingle on the good doctors tomb.
c.
The play originally opened in Paris on 2 February 1852.
Alexandre Dumas fils
based the character Marguerite on a woman with whom he had an affair for 11 months. She died when she was 23. The movie inspired
Milton Benjamin
to write and publish a song in 1936 called "Ill Love Like Robert Taylor, Be My Greta Garbo".
d.
The watches, which
Jamie Foxx
(Ricardo Tubbs) wears, are a "Portuguese Chrono-Automatic" and an "Aquatimer Split Minute Chronograph" from the swiss watch manufacturer IWC (International Watch Company).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006)?
a.
Michael Mann
: [repeated line] The line that Isabella tells Sonny she got in a fortune; "life is short, time is luck" was previously used in the movie
Heat
in the scene where Neil McCauley is trying to convince Eady to leave with him. It was also used in
Manhunter
by Molly when talking to Will Graham.
b.
The prison scenes were filmed at Lee Arrendale Correctional Institute in Alto, Georgia. Though depicted in the film, the prison has neither a death row or death chamber facility. The prison was also the setting for the movie
Unshackled
.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 2, 1941 with
Edward G. Robinson
and
Humphrey Bogart
reprising their film roles.
d.
When Clint Eastwood filmed this movie he was the mayor of Carmel, California.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006)?
a.
Most of the music was taken from
James Horner
s score for
Battle Beyond the Stars
.
b.
Steven Spielberg
has been an avid fan of The Adventures of Tintin comic books since 1981, when a review compared
Raiders of the Lost Ark
to Tintin. His secretary bought him French-language editions of each book, but Spielberg did not have to understand them: he immediately fell in love with its art. Meanwhile, Tintin creator
Hergé
became a fan of Spielberg (reports say he "thought Spielberg was the only person who could ever do Tintin justice.")
c.
Shortly after the final cut of the film was edited and post-production complete, a lightning strike irreparably damaged the hard drive the final cut of the film was stored on, completely destroying the film. Director Michael Pleckaitis was forced to start from scratch and completely re-edit the film. The process was so time-consuming and frustrating, that he never wanted to direct make another film. As a result, he never made the planned third film in the "tree-logy" - "Trees 3: Regeneration". He took a three-year hiatus before beginning production on "Silent".
d.
When the film version was still being developed by
Michael Mann
,
Don Johnson
was asked who he would pick to play Sonny Crockett. Johnson suggested
Colin Farrell
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miami Vice (2006)?
a.
The fictitious college of Columbus University where the film takes place was actually around South Central Los Angeles with the production designer Keith Brian Burns turning some old dilapidated houses into frat houses.
b.
The rooftop concert toward the end of the film is a reference to the rooftop concert of
The Beatles
atop Apple Records headquarters, their final public appearance. The police interrupting the show alludes to how it really was at the Beatles last concert in London while filming
Let It Be
.
c.
The titles and text used in the production design are in Helvetica Bold. All previous
Wes Anderson
movies have utilized Futura Bold.
d.
In the scene in the Cuban bar, Sonny tells Isabella that his dad toured with a band that played music in the style of
The Allman Brothers Band
, because they made "THE music back then". This is a reference to the
Miami Vice
TV-series, and possibly also to
Don Johnson
, who was the original Sonny Crockett. In the pilot episode of the show, it is stated that The Allman Brothers Band is Crocketts favorite band. Don Johnson is a personal friend of the band, and in the 1970s, he co-wrote songs with now former The Allman Brothers Band guitarist/singer Dickey Betts, several of which were recorded by the band.
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