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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monkeyshine (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Monkeyshine (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008).
About the movie:
Jake Truman leads an unhappy life until he his given a map which could lead him to everything he desires.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
About eight minutes into the film,
Jerry Lewis
(as the chauffeur) sits down to listen to a phonograph record. Its his sons bands (
Gary Lewis
& The Playboys) biggest hit, "This Diamond Ring."
b.
The CD Soundtrack to this film is extremely rare, as it was pressed in limited quantities. Part of this was due to the films poor release and the fact that the market was transitioning from LP to CD as a mass format, meaning that the number of copies is much smaller than an average soundtrack album run.
c.
As Jake discovers in the movie, the word Monkeyshine does actually mean A Practical Joke.
d.
Lead actress
Jennifer Clay
was discovered by writer/director
Penelope Spheeris
waiting on line at a
Public Image Ltd.
concert.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
When
John Wayne
is "greasing" the baby boy, Robert William Pedro, it is evident that the baby boy is actually a baby girl.
b.
Michael Caine
once said of this movie: "We all swore an oath in blood - well, perhaps it was chablis - not to spoil the fun by running off at the mouth. This thing has more twists than the Grand Corniche. And there is nothing worse than seeing a mystery after some twit has told you the butler did it. Thats hypothetical, of course. Theres no butler in Deathtrap. Were very democratic that way."
c.
Akira Kurosawa
agreed to direct the Japanese part of the film only because he was told that
David Lean
was to direct the American part. This was a lie, David Lean was never part of the project. When Kurosawa found out about this, he tried to get himself fired from the production - and succeeded.
d.
The ambigram used in the film is a real working ambigram, designed especially for the production by artist
John Langdon
, who designed the ambigrams used in
Dan Brown
s
Angels & Demons
and
The Da Vinci Code
. The lead character of Browns books and movies was named Robert Langdon in homage to the artist.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
The film had an entirely separate pre-shoot unit, for the purposes of creating a dedicated teaser trailer.
b.
When Scott Evil suggests that Dr. Evil try to kill Austin "while hes sitting on the crapper," Dr. Evil rebuffs the idea, probably because in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
, one of Dr. Evils assassins did try to kill Austin while he was going to the bathroom, and failed.
c.
Gabriel Bologna was stuck in an elevator with Ron Howard in real life. Gabriel happened to have a script under his arm and contemplated pressing the stop button and pitching him the movie, but instead, came up with the idea for "The Elevator" about a struggling writer who traps a producer in an elevator and forces him to listen to his script that he reads from cover to cover.
d.
Feature film debut of
Robert Strauss
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
Nightingale island - the island that Jakes map leads to - is a fictional island set in the Pacific ocean, however, the island depicted on the map is a mixture of two real islands in the pacific, Ofu and Olosega. All the actual beach scenes were shot on location on Herm Island, in the Channel Islands.
b.
The critical and commercial failure of this film caused
David O. Selznick
to stop producing movies.
c.
While this film languished in so-called "development hell" for years, 20th-Century Fox considered producing a fifth film in the "Alien" franchise instead.
James Cameron
, who wrote and directed
Aliens
, had written a script and even approached
Sigourney Weaver
to star and
Ridley Scott
to direct, both of whom expressed interest. When the studio decided to use the Alien/Predator crossover story instead, Cameron, Weaver and Scott all distanced themselves from the project, and later, declared they would never work on either franchise again.
d.
WILHELM SCREAM: Heard when Gort breaks out of the military facility and the metal door crashes on top of multiple soldiers.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
There are approximately 800 visual effects shots in the theatrical cut of the film. There are roughly 1500 visual effects shots in the Directors Cut.
b.
The first names of the films two villans, Andrew Barker and Peter Marshall, are the middle names of the films original producers - Gene Peter Fallaize, and Nathan Andrew Spencer.
c.
First theatrical feature movie directed by
Burt Reynolds
since
Stick
, a gap of about fifteen years. However, during this period, Reynolds did direct in television.
d.
Fans made a cut of the film called Azazel. It has alternate ending in which Azazel does not win, and also omits the narrative voice-overs.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
Woody Allen
and
Sylvester Stallone
appeared in a film together 27 years earlier -
Bananas
.
b.
Ray Sager
was a last minute replacement for the original actor cast as Montag who dropped out of the movie right before shooting started.
c.
The scene where Andrew offers Sophie the job on the Vines account was totally improvised on set. The Producer and Director liked the scene so much, it made the final cut.
d.
In the scene where David shows up late in the office to give Steve a coffee, if you look on Stephens computer screen, you can see that he is building the website for Juct Micronics. It is said in the DVD commentary by Billy Ray and Chuck Lane that he was building the website in order to cover his tracks for the next day.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
There is a vegetarian cookbook on top of the fridge in the "dinner scene" toward the end of the movie. Its visible when Hannibal pushes Clarice against the fridge.
b.
The part of Martha was originally written as Georges brother, rather than his sister.
c.
Monkeyshine was the second time acting in a feature film for actors
Michael Sani
and
Kara Kingsward-Hughes
, who previously worked together on horror short
8ight Limbs
. Coincidentally, both actors played characters of the same name in both films - Sani as Andrew, and Kingsward-Hughes as Sophie.
d.
There was originally a scene called "Officer Bakers failed rescue" in which a bomb squad officer called Baker was going to be lowered onto the bus from a helicopter only to have to pull up when a bridge gets in the way, where he meets an unfortunate end. This scene storyboard can be found on the special edition DVD complete with optional commentary by Director
Jan de Bont
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
Gene Fallaize
: In the funeral scene, the producer is the Reverend, a title which he also holds in real-life.
b.
"R" rated scenes for this film were shot inside Palisades Park Junior High School. This led to the temporary suspension of the principal who approved the filming for a location fee of $1500. The story made local and national news, but a protest by students got him reinstated.
c.
Louise Brooks
was reportedly cast in this film and appears to have been paid for three weeks of filming, but no footage of her appears in the film. She was replaced by
Julie Carter
upon leaving for Germany before the rest of the cast and crew had left for shooting in Arizona.
d.
According to
Michael France
, he wrote the films screenplay three times.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Monkeyshine (2008)?
a.
The mascot of Ridgemont High is the wolf, which is the same mascot of Van Nuys High School, where most of the school scenes were shot.
b.
Rodney Dangerfield
: One of the people Dr. Harvey turns into while possessed by The Ghostly Trio.
c.
Ben Fallaize
, younger brother of producer
Gene Fallaize
, was originally cast in the role of Jake Truman, but had to turn down the role due to other commitments.
d.
Brad Pitt
has already appeared with
Cate Blanchett
in
Babel
, with
Julia Ormond
in
Legends of the Fall
and with
Tilda Swinton
in
Burn After Reading
. Pitt also appeared with
Jason Flemyng
in
Snatch.
.
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