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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Nanny McPhee (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Nanny McPhee (2005) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005).
About the movie:
Emma Thompson stars as a governess who uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her charge.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
The fuzzy cloak
Gwyneth Paltrow
(Emma Woodhouse) wears to the Christmas gathering at the Westons is the same costume
Julie Cox
(Annabella Milbanke) wears after her wedding in
Byron
.
b.
The films title in France is Carnage.
c.
Christian Campbell and
America Olivo
announced their engagement to the director,
Robert A. Masciantonio
, at the Wrap Party for the film.
d.
The location of the Browns family house was just a huge muddy field covered in brambles. The crew had to bring in items and sets to build all of the village, the house, the tracks, the garden and the trees.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
Around the time of the movies release, director
Marc Webb
shot a short video for the Internet, which featured
Zooey Deschanel
as
Sid Vicious
and
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as
Nancy Spungen
, in reference to a conversation in this movie.
b.
Skandar Keynes
tried out for a role.
c.
Out of all four "Scream" Movies. This is the only one to have only one killer.
d.
Charles Bronson
and
Ernest Borgnine
decided to go for cigarettes during filming. This meant saddling up in costume, side arms and all, and riding to the nearest town. On the way, the pair was waylaid by a truck full of armed Federales who mistook them for bandits and held them at gunpoint.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
Dianne Wiest
s first feature film.
b.
Darth Vader was the first character that
George Lucas
created for the story.
c.
This film contains the first known use of a hidden camera. Scenes of diners and dancers at the Ansonia Hotel in New York without the knowledge of these unpaid extras. According to "The Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats" there was no other known use of this technique until Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov used it in 1924 for his feature length documentary, "Kino-Eye.
d.
Make-up designer
Peter King
designed the final look of the main character at the first attempt - a rare occasion for makeup designers as they would design many make-ups before the selection.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
The airstrip used in the film, the Harold W. Brown Memorial Field (aka Monroeville Municipal Airport), is still in operation as of 2002. The privately run airfield is approximately 10 miles from the Monroeville Mall, where the bulk of the film was shot.
b.
The character Nigel, who appears in this film and
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
, does not appear in the books at all. Given his short stature, and apparent idolizing of Harry, it seems likely that he is meant to act as a substitute for Colin Creevey (from
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
) and his brother Dennis (who is introduced in Goblet of Fire book).
c.
The beach scene was filmed at Durdle Door in Dorset, a "world famous geological wonder" and a massive climb both down to the beach and back up again. Six tons of filming equipment was taken down to the beach by helicopter.
d.
James Cameron
had been a serious consideration for director but was already immersed in
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
Phil Collins was chosen to provide the music as a deliberate move away from the Disney "showtune" formula.
b.
Art Director
Harry Oliver
transformed three acres of the back lot between Willoughby Avenue and Alta Vista Street into a stylized Gothic swamp.The ground was scraped bare in places, 600 trees were carted in and pits dug and filled with a mixture of burned cork, sawdust and muddy water.
c.
The voice of Mrs Partridge, proprietor of the agency to which Mr Brown repairs for a new nanny ("Theres no more nannies! Youve ad the lot!"), is provided by actress
Phyllida Law
,
Emma Thompson
s mother.
d.
James Cromwell
had only 171 words of spoken dialogue, and 61 words that were sung.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
It took 5 years for
Emma Thompson
and her partner
Lindsay Doran
to look for the source material. At that time of scouting, the books were already out of print. This explained the reason that it took nine years to make this movie.
b.
Richard (in picture) and Connie are played by Macauleys real life brother and sister.
c.
When
Patrick Swayze
takes
Kelly Lynch
to his room, he turns on the radio. The uncredited song playing is "I Sold My Soul to RockNRoll" by the German heavy metal band Bullett, from their 1984 album, "No Mercy".
d.
Last film of director of photography
John A. Alonzo
who died before the movie was released.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
The cast was originally fitted for footwear, but this idea was nixed early in the production of this picture.
b.
George Tillman Jr.
made this film as an homage to action films from the 1970s.
c.
Several decades later,
Lee Fierro
, who plays Mrs. Kitner, walked into a seafood restaurant and noticed that the menu had an "Alex Kitner Sandwich". She commented that she had played his mother so many years ago. The owner of the restaurant ran out to meet her - none other than
Jeffrey Voorhees
, who had played her son. They hadnt seen each other since the original movie shoot.
d.
Originally entitled "Nurse Mathilda",
Emma Thompson
, who also wrote the script changed it to the current title fearing that people would associate the original title as her "Nurse Project". The name McPhee was suggested by her mother,
Phyllida Law
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
80% of film shot on green screen. Final cut of film required eight weeks of CGI work with 40 CGI specialists.
b.
Originally intended as a vehicle for
Will Ferrell
. He receives executive producer-credit.
c.
The drive-in theater was constructed specifically for this film. It was built in Monument Valley, and demolished immediately after filming. No films were ever screened there.
d.
Emma Thompson
said that it took her nine years to write this screenplay, while it took her only five years to write
Sense and Sensibility
, for which she won an Oscar.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
Jim Kelly
also choreographed the martial arts scenes.
b.
The film is based on actual true events and according to the end coda, the film was inspired by the reminisces of the actual women prisoners of war, many of whom became life-long friends after the ordeal.
c.
Two songs written for the film but scrapped before production began were "The Blue Oak Tree" and "The Magic Key". The latter was to be Merlins lecture to Arthur about the value of an education. It was replaced with the more amusing "Higitus Figitus".
d.
A scene in the funeral parlor of Cedric playing around with a dead bodys mouth and tightening his jaw, was cut from the film because it proved to be too frightening for children.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nanny McPhee (2005)?
a.
Real food was thrown during the food fight scene.
b.
The Joker says the line "What a day!"
Jack Nicholson
said the same line in
The Witches of Eastwick
. Maybe because both films share the same producers.
c.
An issue of Fangoria Magazine is seen in the library scene.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 22, 1943 with
Judy Garland
and
Gene Kelly
reprising their film roles.
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