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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Milk (2008) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Milk (2008) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008).
About the movie:
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Josh Brolin
doesnt appear until 45 minutes into the movie.
b.
Earl Hindman
plays Wilson on
Home Improvement
where the lower half of his face is always obscured. In the scene where the house is on fire, he appears gagged, with the lower half of his face obscured.
c.
The twenty-third of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
d.
Virginia OBrien
s final film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Donna Theodore
was nominated for the 1975 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Musical for "Shenandoah" in the role of Anne.
b.
A male stuntman was used to double for
Barbra Streisand
in the long shots of her riding the bicycle. During one hairpin turn, he fell off and broke his ankle.
c.
Robert Harris from the film Cabin Fever (2002) is seen in the hospital waiting room.
d.
Scott Smiths last name is never mentioned until the epilogue, and Jack Liras last name is only given in the credits.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Permission to shoot in the region of Udaipur had to be sought and granted from the reigning Royal Maharana Bagwat Singh. He would frequently entertain the A-list of the cast and crew at dinners during production where they would be served specially made Rose Wine.
b.
The agent that grabs up a bow when Thor is attempting to recover his hammer is referred to as Agent Barton, and appears in the credits as Clint Barton. Clint Barton is the real name of Hawkeye, the archer hero in the Avengers comics.
c.
Frank Darabont
took a pay cut in order to be allowed to shoot his own script.
d.
When
Gus Van Sant
was planning a biopic of Milk in the early 90s he offered the part of
Cleve Jones
to
River Phoenix
, who he had just worked with on
My Own Private Idaho
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
The tattoo encircling Jake Mazurskys (Ben Foster) neck is the original Hebrew verse from Psalms 109:14, "Let not the sin of his mother be blotted out".
b.
The real
Cleve Jones
has a cameo in the film as Don Amador.
c.
Production designer
J. Michael Riva
researched on objects found in prison which could be improvised and used for other purposes (for instance a sock used to make tea), to provide more verisimilitude to the film.
d.
The script was written in seven days.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
The opening criminal lair, "Ye Olde Benbow Tavern" is an allusion to name of the tavern in which the the
Robert Louis Stevenson
novel "Treasure Island" begins, "Admiral Benbow Inn". Commodore Schmidlapp is abducted by the fiendish foursome. The next novel by R. L. Stevenson is "Kidnapped".
b.
Actor
Denis OHare
who plays anti-gay Senator
John Briggs
in the film is in reality openly gay.
c.
The music playing in the scene where a troop of German soldiers march through the streets of Salzburg is an arrangement of "The International", a Communist anthem. The song that represents Oxford in the film is "The Eton Boating Song".
d.
When casting the role of Ripley,
Ridley Scott
invited several women from the production office to watch screen tests, and thus gain a female perspective. The women were unanimously impressed with then-unknown actress
Sigourney Weaver
, whose screen presence they compared to
Jane Fonda
s.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Inspired one of the most infamous movie reviews of all time: "And to hell it can go!"
b.
Pre-production work revolved around
Brian Froud
s designs without a finished script. When Froud originally presented
Jim Henson
with concept drawings for the crystal, Henson seemed totally perplexed. When Froud asked why, Henson said he had no idea what the designs were for. As it turned out, Froud had misunderstood Henson during early production conversations - Henson intended the film to be called "The Dark Chrysalis," referring to the Skesis dominance over the world. Henson, however, loved the concept art and integrated the idea of the crystal into the storyline.
c.
John Candy
and
Steve Martin
eat dinner on the plane in a scene that is not in the theatrical version though it airs on the televised version. The scene ends with a long-haired passenger in front of Steve Martin letting his or her hair cascade down onto his brownie, completely covering it. No longer hungry, John Candy fishes through the hair to retrieve and eat it.
d.
The apartment that was used in the film is the real apartment
Harvey Milk
lived in on the Lower Haight in San Francisco.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Number 2 on
Lisa Schwarzbaum
s Entertainment Weekly Magazine list of the 10 best movies of 2008.
b.
The armor in the climactic battle with the Nazis was authentic medieval armor, previously used in
Camelot
and
El Cid
. When any item of armor was to be destroyed, exact fiberglass replicas were created and used.
c.
Valerie Hobson
, who plays Dr. Frankensteins fiancé/bride in the film, was only 17 years old when she appeared in the film (
Colin Clive
, who portrayed Dr. Frankenstein, was 35.)
d.
Producer
David E. Kelley
has quite a connection to this film. He cast
Tom Skerritt
and
Zelda Rubinstein
in his Emmy-winning TV drama
Picket Fences
after seeing them together in this film. The character of Skerrits daughter was played by
Holly Marie Combs
on the show. That character is reminiscent in character and physicality to
Lara Flynn Boyle
s character Donna Gardner in this film.
Nancy Allen
was originally cast to portray the towns mayor in Season 2 of "Picket Fences" but had to drop out due to her contractual obligations to appear in
RoboCop 2
and
RoboCop 3
. That role was then filled by
Leigh Taylor-Young
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
The Douglas DC-7 airplane, shown at the end of the movie was previously owned by the rock group
Grand Funk Railroad
.
b.
The character of Raven Quinn is loosely based on the actress
Brinke Stevens
.
c.
Sean Penn
became only the ninth actor to win two Academy Awards for Best Actor after winning for this movie.
d.
Verdell the dog, was played by six Brussels Griffons, named
Timer the Dog
, Sprout, Debbie,
Billy the Dog
, Parfait, and
Jill the Dog
. Jill was the star.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
The original credits include a music score, conductor and orchestra, despite the film being a silent film. The Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra played at the first-run performance in New York, and the credit was also in printed programs distributed to the audience.
b.
The interior shots of the so-called Lost Highway Hotel were filmed at the Amargosa Hotel in Death Valley, which is said to be haunted.
c.
Shooting began late October 1934. Bela Lugosi immediately followed this with Monograms "The Mysterious Mr. Wong," which was completed in November 1934. Both films saw release in January 1935.
d.
Sean Penn
s cosmetic transformation in the film included a prosthetic nose and teeth, contact lenses and a redesigned hairline. His makeup was done by Academy Award winner
Stephan Dupuis
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Lloyds speech/rant to Tim before the matinee about the problems hes having directing Hamlet was changed from the play. In the play, Lloyd is directing a production of Richard III, and all the characters/references reflect that. It was changed in the movie because it was felt that Hamlet would be better-known to American audiences.
b.
When Iris Hillaird (
Sylvia Sidney
) tells Nick Condon (
James Cagney
) that they cannot be together because she is half-Japanese and half-Caucasian, Condon replies that he too is of mixed race. "Im half-Irish and half-Norwegian." In real life, James Cagney was the son of an Irish-born father and a Norwegian-born mother.
c.
One crew member was hired specifically to knit miniature sweaters and other clothing for the puppet characters, using knitting needles as thin as human hair.
d.
Number 9 on
Owen Gleiberman
s Entertainment Weekly Magazine list of the 10 best movies of 2008.
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