Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004).

About the movie: The story of how Modesty got her name.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		Hitchcocks film and the original story by Daphne Du Maurier share no characters and in fact have only in common the bay-side town setting, the birds bizarre behavior and their inexplicable tendency to launch frenzied attacks, fall dormant only to attack again later. In Du Mauriers story the main character discovers that this pattern is directly related to the rise and fall of the tides and uses this to their advantage, as opposed to the film which seems to follow the same pattern but never makes a direct connection. Also the original story takes place in Britain and centers around a man protecting his wife and two children at their isolated cottage home, as opposed to the film which centers on the spirited but troubled city dweller Melanie Daniels who travels to the California coast on a whim.
b.		The writer reportedly wrote the role of Boss with Sam Elliotin mind, but changed his mind immediately upon meeting with Muse Watson.
c.		When Modesty says, sarcastically, that shes 65, in "reality" she was telling the truth. This movie takes place in 2003 and in the comic Modesty was born around the year 1938. Exactly 65 years before 2003.
d.		Originally filmed with Farrah Fawcett as a former Delta Gamma, but after poor audience testing the film was re-edited just prior to its release to remove all of her scenes.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		All scenes are shot in chronological order.
b.		The seventeenth of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.
c.		Gwyneth Paltrows make-up took four hours to apply.
d.		The title song was written by John Barry and Duran Duran and was sung by Duran Duran. It has been the only ever James Bond song to reach #1 in the USA. It stayed at the top position for two weeks out of its seventeen week run in the charts. It entered both the UK and USA charts on 18 May 1985 and it peaked at No. #2 in the UK charts. The soundtrack album charted in the UK on 22 June 1985 where it went to No. #81. In the USA, the soundtrack album peaked at No. #38 after entering the charts on 29 June 1985.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		Produced in order for Miramax to retain the rights to Modesty Blaise. Produced as a prequel to the popular spy comic strip, plans call for this film to be followed by more Blaise movies taking place during the timeframe of the comic strip.
b.		While referred to numerous times by other characters, Yoda is only clearly identified at the very end of the film. Mace Windu is never identified at all.
c.		The name Tommy DeVito is an obvious nod to Tommy DeVito, the lead guitarist of The Four Seasons, who Joe Pesci was friends with.
d.		In wide shots of their characters riding across the desert on camel-back, Myrna Loy and Louise Closser Hale were doubled by Audrey Scott.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		The premiere Broadway production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" opened at the Lyceum Theater (New York City) on April 22, 1895, ran for 12 performances and has been revived in New York City eight times since as of 2010.
b.		Shooting took 18 days.
c.		In Mickey Rooneys autobiography, he makes a passing reference about The T and M Studio, a brothel where the women were film star lookalikes.
d.		In the original theatrical trailer, Stephen Kings name is misspelled as "Steven".

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		In the courtroom scene of Jackie the hookers preliminary hearing, the Judges name on his desk nameplate is "Hon. Fred R. Simpson" . This is also the name of the films First Assistant Director.
b.		Hildegard Knef turned down the offer to play the female lead. The role eventually went to Mai Zetterling.
c.		There is one major discrepancy between this film and the way Modestys background is described in the novels and comic strips. According to the flashbacks shown in this movie, Lob, the old man who tutored Modesty, was not only a scholarly professor who knew seven languages and had a great general knowledge, but was also a martial arts master who taught Modesty advanced unarmed combat (despite the fact that Modesty, as a child, is also shown saving Lob from some thieving boys). In the novels and comic strips Lob was the intellectual tutor, but he was totally helpless and needed Modesty to defend him. Modesty learned unarmed combat at a later time in her life, picking it up various places including from masters in the Far East.
d.		The last of Universals original MUMMY series of five features, at least until 1955s "Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy, " shot July 26-August 8, 1944, and released December 22.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		Since this film takes place prior to Blaises exploits with The Network, the criminal organization she ran before becoming an agent for British Intelligence, the character of Willie Garvin, Blaises right-hand man, does not appear. This is the only official Modesty Blaise adventure (comic strip, novel or film) in which Garvin does not appear.
b.		When the Tuohys are riding home from S.J. Tuohys school play, Sean Tuohy says the "quesadilla saved our ass". According to the book, Taco Bell sales were down at one time and Seans stores were in some financial trouble. Then, Taco Bell introduced the quesadilla and sales increased and Seans stores prospered.
c.		Scenes filmed but not included in DVD or Special Edition releases: 1) After a resistance soldier destroys an endoskeleton, another soldier enters into view and picks up the plasma rifle. 2) When the T-1000 asks the location of the Galleria, the two girls giggle in disbelief. He replies, "I am kind of new here." 3) After the Terminator injures the gatehouse guard, John says "Sorry" to that poor bloke. 4) The nurse asks the T-1000 (as Lewis) what he is carrying. He replies, "Just some trash." before dragging the real body into the closet. 5) When the T-1000 arrives at Sarahs cell, Douglas, the guard that Sarah beats up was screaming for his release. The T-1000 ignores him, changes back to his default form. 6) Sarah asks the Terminator whether the T-1000 can be destroyed.
d.		Barbara Stanwycks final feature film. She thereafter worked exclusively in television.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		The WGA-mandated writing credits for this film are incomplete. The character of Modesty Blaise was created in 1963 by Peter ODonnell.
b.		In a videotaped interview conducted in March 2010 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, dancer Marge Champion noted that her father, dance instructor Ernest Belcher, worked as a choreographer in the ballroom sequence of this film. According to her, he worked extensively with leading lady Mae Murray. When Champion recently watched the film on TCM, however, she was surprised to see that her father received no on-screen credit.
c.		When Max asks his father, "If I keep making this face, will it get stuck that way?", Fletcher replies, "No. In fact, some people make a good living that way." This is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Jim Carreys own career.
d.		The film ends with the Newborn being sucked out of a tiny hole in the spaceships hull, an idea that was considered for the first film but abandoned because of budgetary constraints. It was also proposed for dispatching a minor character in one of the drafts of Alien³.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		The make-up used for all of the villains was based directly on how they were drawn by Chester Gould in the original comic strip. The only exception was Big Boy Caprice, whose make-up was designed by Al Pacino himself.
b.		Production began with Louis Calhern playing Col. Purdy, but Calhern died after more than a month of filming. His scenes were reshot with Paul Ford.
c.		The first scene is based on a true story. In 1942 Peter ODonnell was on a scouting team in what they then called Persia. Making sure the Germans wasnt going through there to capture the oilfields in the middle east. They were sitting under their camouflage tent one day and a 6 year old little girl (probably homeless) was looking at them from a small distance. They gave her a can of McConnochies and then she left. They never heard from her again.
d.		William Peter Blatty had hoped to recover the deleted footage from the Morgan Creek vaults so that he might re-assemble the original cut of the film which he said was "rather different" from what was released. Unfortunately for Blatty and for the fans who had been clamoring for such a release, the footage was never found. On 28 June 2007, Blattys wife sent the following comment to a fan site: "My husband tells me that it is Morgan Creeks claim that they have lost all the footage, including an alternate opening scene in which Kinderman views the body of Karras in the morgue, right after his fall down the steps. What a shame."

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		Director Winter, Alex claims that Mr. T got stressed out and left the set three days before filming was finished. A "scab T" was required for one shot. This stand-in can be seen in one of the cage shots during the battle between the huge Stuey and Ricky. Mr. T was unavailable for re-dubbing the scene with all the milkmen, so Lee Arenberg did the voice-over instead.
b.		The world record for the longest stunt car jump by a car powered with its own engine, at 163 feet, was performed for the film. Stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker jumped a 1974 Dodge Monaco car for the roundup sequence in this movie. Hooker unfortunately was injured during the stunt, receiving a compressed vertebra from a hard landing.
c.		Producer Ted Nicolaou was originally set to direct, up until a week before shooting, when Harvey Weinstein changed his mind and offered Scott Spiegel a chance to helm the film.
d.		The sisters parents play cameos in their films. In this one they are the bickering dance couple.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)?
a.		William Gargan was originally cast as John Wynn.
b.		The film was actually produced in 2002 by Miramax but held for release for more than a year.
c.		Prior to filming, lead actress Alicia Cabrera was Miss Kansas.
d.		Rips finisher is a running double sledgehammer, the one Hogan used during his matches in Japan, where it is known as the Axe Bomber. In the Japanese Fire Pro series of wrestling games, many real wrestlers from different promotions are featured using fake names, and Hulk Hogan is known in that series as Axe Duggan.

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