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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Milk (2008) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Milk (2008) - 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: 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.
Tom Ammiano
: The California Assemblyman and former San Francisco Supervisor plays himself. He was a founder in the No On 6 Campaign.
b.
One hundred pounds of gold is 1458.333 troy oz. The bank transfer corresponding to the assassination of the Russian Prime Minister Zukoff was $1,555,999.90 - which meant the assassination occurred on a day when the $/Gold rate was $1066.97/oz - which was last on 4 Nov 2009.
c.
In the showdown scenes, western film trivia buffs may notice a store called "Boyds Hardware", apparently a reference to actor
William Boyd
, who played "Hopalong Cassidy" on TV. The years 1951-1952 were the height of Boyds TV career as Hopalong Cassidy.
d.
This is
Dario Argento
s first theatrical directorial feature which isnt based on an original script by himself. However, the script was written specifically for him.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
On the DVD, in the Bonus Features section, the background graphics are postcards from route 66. The icon to return to the main menu uses the Canada Post logo.
b.
Composer
Mark Mancina
had to leave the project in the middle of scoring it due to scheduling conflicts with Speed 2 which was slated to open at the same time as this film in June 1997.
Trevor Rabin
, who was already on board working closely with Mancina co-writing some music shortly before Mancina left completed the score on his own. They do share co-composing credit.
c.
The movie starts out with Harvey talking into a tape recorder on November 18, 1978; that is the day that the Jonestown Massacre happened.
d.
In an interview, composer
James Horner
felt that
James Cameron
had given him so little time to write a musical score for the film, he was forced to cannibalize previous scores he had done, such as elements from his
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
and
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
scores, as well as adapt a rendition of "Gayane Ballet Suite" for the main and end titles. Horner stated that the tensions with Cameron were so high during post-production that he assumed they would never work together again. However, Cameron loved the score from
Braveheart
so much, the two mutually agreed that Horner would write the score for
Titanic
, because it was a story they both wanted to do. Theyve let bygones be bygones ever since, especially when they won their Oscars for
Titanic
and collaborated again 12 years later for
Avatar
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Scenes which were deleted from final version appear in
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
.
b.
It was the first film from the United Republic of Tanzania to ever be submitted as entry to the Oscars.
c.
Bradley Cooper
auditioned for the role of Scott Smith.
d.
The song that plays over Mr. Gray and Lee at the end of the movie is "Chariots Rise" by Lizzie West. The original lyric is "What a fool am I, to fall so in love," but the director did not want to imply that Lee was being foolish, and asked if it could be altered. Because she wanted the song to be in the movie, Lizzie West re-recorded the line as "What grace have I, to fall so in love."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Carol Ruth Silver
: The real Carol Ruth Silver has a cameo in the film as Thelma.
b.
Most of the dance thats performed by the royal dancers before presenting Prince Akeems queen-to-be is a high-tempo rendition of the dance from
Michael Jackson
s
Thriller
(also directed by
John Landis
).
c.
Robert Donat
,
Laurence Olivier
and
Richard Greene
were also considered for the role of Clive Briggs.
d.
The character, Vincent, is based on singer/song writer Bob Dylan who wrote the song that the title of this film is based.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Lieutenant Bernard OHare, when he captures Campbell, is not wearing the regulation M1 helmet of WW2 vintage, nor are the two U.S. soldiers who drive Campbell away from the concentration camp. Rather, they appear to be wearing the British paratrooper type-3 helmet, which, interestingly, was adopted by the Israeli Defense Forces in the late 1940s and 50s.
b.
At the end of the film, images of the actors costumed as their characters are replaced by photographs of the real people the actors portrayed. Many of these photos were taken by Daniel Nicoletta, who is the photographer played by
Lucas Grabeel
in the movie.
c.
A print of this film and soundtrack for it survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.
Much of the filming took place aboard a real U.S. Navy cruiser.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Xenia was far less over the top in the original screenplay. She killed men by using her hands to induce heart attacks instead of using her legs to strangle them. The latter method was mentioned in
The Living Daylights
, when Q describes a female KGB assassin who strangles men with her hands or thighs. Moneypenny comments: "Why James, shes just your type!" The scene where Xenia kills Admiral Farrell with her thighs during sex marks the first explicit sex scene in a Bond movie.
b.
During the sequence dealing with Proposition 6, one of Milks friends says "Even Reagan doesnt support it." Former Governor Ronald Reagan was so opposed to the measure that he publicly went against the Republican Party on the issue, even though he had been mentioned as a serious candidate for the Presidential election in 1980 and risked alienating his conservative support base. His support was given a great deal of credit for Proposition 6s defeat and contributed to his growing national profile ahead of his two elections as President of the United States.
c.
Aleksandr Sokolyn and James C. Sadeghi came up with the entire script idea the first day they met.
d.
The part of Otis, Joe and Sallys dog was played by Jennifer Jason Leighs own pet dog.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
Originally, there were a few scenes that explain more about
Steve Lemme
s character (Juan) - apparently, he grew up on a goat farm - but they were the first to be removed from the film.
b.
Chris Evans
auditioned for the role of Scott Smith, but lost out to
James Franco
.
c.
The Soda Spring Spa was actually the Arroyo Del Valle Sanatorium, a treatment center for tuberculosis in Livermore, California which opened in 1918. With TB cases in decline, the sanatorium was closed in 1960 and sat vacant for more than a decade before the movie was filmed. The ruins were cleared in 1999, and Camp Arroyo was constructed on the site.
d.
The Last Feature of
Dawn Addams
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
The title comes from the
Langston Hughes
poem, "Harlem (What Happens To A Dream Deferred?)".
b.
Dustin Lance Black
: The screenwriter appears as one half of the couple that walks by the Castro camera shop after its closed, when Harvey Milk is inside and one of the men asks if Harvey was going to win this time.
c.
During the territorial convention, three of the actors (
John Wayne
,
Andy Devine
and
John Carradine
) had performed together previously in
Stagecoach
under the helm of the same director
John Ford
.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
was impressed with this film. As a result,
Robert Altman
was hired to direct episodes of Hitchcocks TV series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
A trailer for this film is in the Library of Congress collection. A print may reside in the BFI National Film & Television Archive.
b.
The last public appearance of Harvey Milks life, two days before he was killed, was attending a San Francisco Opera performance of Puccinis opera "Tosca" featuring the legendary Italian soprano Magda Olivero. Not only is this event depicted in the movie, but it was in honor of that appearance that the filmmakers chose to use "Tosca" for all the operatic music heard in the film.
c.
A segment that was filmed but eventually cut out of the film was "What Makes a Man a Homosexual?" The sequence had
Woody Allen
as a common spider and
Louise Lasser
playing a black widow. After a mating dance on the black widows web, the spiders make love and the black widow eats the common spider. Allen cut the sequence as he was unable to find a suitable ending for it.
d.
While it is rumored that
Bela Lugosi
, could not speak English very well, and had to learn his lines phonetically, this is not true. Lugosi was speaking English as well as he ever would by the time this was filmed.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Milk (2008)?
a.
The part for Mason Bradley had already been cast before Scott Javore ever read for the part. After his audition Helderman and Costello offered Javore the part.
b.
This was the final film of
George Macready
, whose movie career had begun in 1942. His stage experience went all the way back to 1926. His son, Michael Macready, produced both YORGA films.
c.
After his first kissing scene with
James Franco
,
Sean Penn
texted his ex-wife
Madonna
saying, "I just broke my cherry kissing a guy." (Her texted response: "Congratulations.")
d.
Gordon Parks
: as a landlord when Shaft is looking for Ben Buford.
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