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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Life in Ruins (2009) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Life in Ruins (2009) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Life in Ruins (2009)

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About the movie: A travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Life in Ruins (2009)?
a.		When the three detainees are running through the camp toward the Tower, the music is reminiscent of the fire engine scenes in Fahrenheit 451, which was directed in 1966 by Francois Truffaut (Mr. Lacombe).
b.		WILHELM SCREAM: Heard when the dessert blows up in Ashleys face at the wedding reception.
c.		When the film was submitted to the BBFC for classification in 1990, distributor Electric Pictures removed the shot of the dead woman on the toilet without consulting director John McNaughton because they felt it would predispose the BBFC to look on the film as an exploitation piece and not a serious film.
d.		Nia Vardalos re-wrote the script based on Mike Reiss draft, which was based on his frequent traveling experiences.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Life in Ruins (2009)?
a.		This is the second movie in which Kenneth Branagh, Kevin McNally and Ian McNeice have appeared together. The other was Conspiracy. Both movies are based on true events from World War II and both are stories from the German side. Here they are Adolf Hitlers enemies, while in the other they are following Hitlers regime.
b.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.		The first Hollywood movie to be given permission to film at the Acropolis since Boy on a Dolphin. The Greek government had previously refused all requests for fear that a film crew would disrupt this archaeologically sensitive site, but according to an article in Britains Guardian newspaper, made an exception for this film because they thought that it would help to promote Greek culture.
d.		At the first family party, the old lady sitting by Ritchie and the man is Ritchie Valens mother, Connie Valenzuela.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Life in Ruins (2009)?
a.		The voice over and sound effects of the video game thats played by Justin, Suzy, and Phil were provided by co-star Lance Stranahan. He used the same sound effects/voice over for his film _In The Flesh (2007)_, during a scene when two characters are playing video games. "9:04 AM" director Heath McKnight was the Line Producer of In The Flesh.
b.		The song Georgia sings on the beach is "Never on Sunday", the only Greek Oscar winning song, from Pote tin Kyriaki.
c.		The London Daily Mail reported (5 December 2003) that the stars of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy were paid bonuses on top of their salaries, depending on how long cast members spent on the three films. The hobbit actors, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan received bonuses of between 430,000 and 560,000 per film. Bernard Hill and Ian McKellen earned 312,000 per film, with Liv Tyler making a little less.
d.		Sophia Simone does some synchronized swimming moves in the movie. Estella Warren who plays this character had been a synchronized swimmer for many years.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Life in Ruins (2009)?
a.		Although this film is not a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the Italian title was changed into "Le mie grosse grasse vacanze greche" ("My Big Fat Greek Holidays") thus adding confusion on this being a completely new film.
b.		Will Patton was originally going to play the lead.
c.		Two characters that had their parts cut can be seen in at least two scenes that survived the cutting room floor. Crying Drunk Girl (Jennifer Elise Cox can be seen crowd surfing during the "Paradise City" scene and Stoned Girl (Amber Benson) can be seen staring at a banana in the kitchen early on in the movie.
d.		In the St. Petersburg Florida Evening Independent newspaper on August 10, 1944, the following was noted: "There will be no more shattered eardrums for movie sound men. Movie ammunition has at last gone on the subdued side. After exhausting its pre-war supply of blank cartridges, Columbia Studio laid in a supply of the new wartime restricted type for scenes in which gunplay is needed. First person to fire the new ammunition was Rose Hobart in a scene for The Soul of a Monster, in which she is supposed to empty six chambers of a revolver into George Macready. The smaller explosive charge in the shells proved easier on the actors and crew, who used to get mild shock occasionally from the heavier calibre weapons. But it is the sound men -- the guys with the amplifiers and earphones -- who have offered up the biggest prayer of thanks."

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Life in Ruins (2009)?
a.		Irvs dead wife Elinor is played by Rita Wilson, who is also one of the executive producers, along with her husband Tom Hanks.
b.		The Rebels and New York Dukes stand in for the NFLs New Enlgand Patriots and New York Giants. In the film, the Rebels play the Dukes in the last game of the regular season, and later in the Leagues Championship game. The movie was released during the 2007 NFL regular season, and in that season the Patriots played the Giants in both the last game of the Regular season and later that years Super Bowl.
c.		Director Lambert Hillyer was injured on the 9th day of production (according to publicity, Friday the 13th) when a free-standing fill light toppled on his head. Nearly half a day of shooting was lost when he was briefly hospitalized. However, filming started February 4, 1936 and finished March 10, 1936, and there was a Thursday the 13th, but no Friday the 13th in that time interval.
d.		To make the baboons attack the car in the Windsor Zoo park scene, an official from the zoo was in the back seat of the car with a baby baboon, but the baboons had no response at all. They then took the head of the baboons, and the baboons outside went crazy. Lee Remicks terror as the baboons attack the car was real.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Life in Ruins (2009)?
a.		C. Aubrey Smith appeared as an elderly gentlemen sitting on a train platform approximately 49 minutes into the film.
b.		The creepy Hotel Clerk (Ian Gomez) is the real life husband of Nia Vardalos.
c.		Tim Burton reunites with Danny Elfman after not working together on Ed Wood. Burton and Elfman experienced "creative differences" during The Nightmare Before Christmas.
d.		When Pete is first strolling through the charred woods, the song hes whistling is the theme song from Leave It to Beaver.

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