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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - 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: Napoleon Dynamite (2004).
About the movie:
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
When Kip is on the computer near the beginning of the film, all of the words he is saying were improvised by
Aaron Ruell
. If listened to closely, one can hear him singing a little bit right as Grandma comes in.
b.
Dyan Cannon
put on 30 pounds to play the role of Christine.
c.
John Waters
: the psychiatrist.
d.
Amy Irving
admits that she originally hated the script when she first received it. After seeing the finished film, she thought it was simply magic and loved it.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
In an interview with Famke Jannsen at Cannes 2011, she stated that she took her role as the head witch because she had to pay off her mortgage.
b.
In a deleted scene, it is shown that Napoleon gets a scratch ticket and won $10, which originally was shown in
Peluca
. That was what made it so he could afford the $12 suit for the dance and not even the price was implied in the movie.
c.
Sid Krofft
wanted
Bette Davis
to play Boss Witch. He called and asked her if shed consider taking the part, but Davis was so offended that she was the first choice to portray a witch that she hung up on him.
d.
When Peter Parker tests out his webbing for the first time, among the notable catch phrases he says, he also uses the same gesture (middle and third fingers folded into the palm, the rest extended outward) he typically uses in the comic books to fire his mechanical webbing wrist guns.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
Just before this film was released, TV and radio spots were issued that featured a rap score not used in the film itself. The score was performed by Charles Jackson a.k.a. C.J. SKYY and Michael Haney a.k.a. Ice Mike.
b.
Two of the songs played in the film - "Shake it Up" and "Im Hot Tonite" are performed by then-21-year-old
Elizabeth Daily
.
c.
Trevor Howard
was asked to play the
Freddie Jones
part.
d.
In Rexs "dojo" near the beginning of the movie, the words "I shall respect Rex, I shall never misuse Rex-Kwon-Do, I shall be a champion of Freedom and Justice" are seen above the large mirror Rex stands in front of.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
The dancing feet in the opening credit sequence contained many of the cast and crew. Over 150 different pairs of feet were shot. The dancer with the gold shoes was actually
Kenny Loggins
.
b.
Giovanni Ribisi
was approached to play the role of Lynch but turned it down.
c.
Jon Heder
helped to make the boondoggle keychains between scenes.
d.
While praying in church for the return of his basketball skills,
Charles Barkley
says, "Im never gonna go out with Madonna again." This refers to his own fling with Madonna (not
Dennis Rodman
s fling, as previously reported).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
Jon Heder
permed his hair for the film.
b.
To really get inside
Harvey Keitel
s drunken scene, the camera was actually strapped to the actor while he swayed about, and under-cranked to give it a woozy, drunken feel.
c.
A TV pilot was made and aired, but never went to series.
Jeffrey Meek
was cast as Remo Williams and
Roddy McDowall
as Chiun.
Craig Safan
remained as the series composer.
d.
Gregory Peck
was given the role of Ambassador Robert Thorn after
Charlton Heston
turned it down in order to make
Midway
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #3101-3109
b.
Zabels firm is based on both Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Like Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne, Zabel would threaten to declare bankruptcy only to later acquiesce to the deal. Also like Bear Stearns, Keller Zabels New York headquarters was worth more than the initial offer of two dollars per share. Finally as was the fate of Keller Zabel, both Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers were allegedly brought down by massive short selling based on rumors of solvency issues due to each companys holdings of toxic mortgage-backed securities.
c.
For Napoleons dance routine, director
Jared Hess
had
Jon Heder
improvise and dance to three different songs. Hess then took the "best" moves from each song and put them in one routine, using one song.
d.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake titles Rusty and Bright.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
A rival TriStar version was also in development at the same time as this film, with star
Johnny Depp
and director
Jeremiah S. Chechik
attached. Ultimately, it fell through.
Oliver Platt
had also been approached to play Porthos in that version as well. Interestingly, Chechik would direct Platt two years later in the film
Tall Tale
.
b.
In 2007 a video game based off of the movie was released for the Nintendo DS and Play Station Portable counsels.
c.
Former President
Richard Nixon
was hired to promote the home video release for $25000, he donated the money to the American Boys Club.
d.
Not only did
Lon Chaney
forgo his customary grotesque makeup for this picture; he refused to wear any film makeup at all, because - he reportedly reasoned - to have done so would have detracted from the documentary reality and integrity of the picture.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
The opening title sequence was partially re shot due to some of the executives at Fox Searchlight not liking the look of the actors hands who place the food into the shot. They flew out a "hand model" to re shoot some of the shots with the director.
b.
All of the characters names stem from the staff members of the law firm and the detective agency that
Christopher McQuarrie
worked at when he was young.
c.
One of the newscasters is played by Joe Amorosino, a sportscaster for WHDH channel 7 in Boston.
d.
During rehearsals, director
James Foley
would have the actors act out scenes that would happen off-camera; for example, he had
Jack Lemmon
and
Ed Harris
act a scene where Moss recruits Levene to rob the office, and
Al Pacino
and
Jonathan Pryce
act out the scene where Roma gets Lingk to invest in the land.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
Despite playing high-school students,
Jon Heder
and
Efren Ramirez
were, respectively, 27 and 31 when this movie was made.
b.
This film, along with
Deanna Durbin
s prior release that year,
Up in Central Park
, did mediocre business at the box office.
c.
While this movie was filming on one side of Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne,
Bad Boys II
was filming scenes on the other side of the park.
d.
This live-action version of the fairy tale that supposedly inspired Walt Disney to make the later animated version was thought to be lost, until discovered by George Eastman House in the Dutch film Archive. GEH acquired the nitrate and preserved it. They went back and, using the play script and translations, restored the English titles to the print. They also repaired some defects in the image and tinting of the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)?
a.
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.
b.
Not based on the book of the same name.
c.
Jon Heder
credits
Tina Majorino
(Deb) with helping to choreograph the dance scene. He also states that some of the dance moves were "borrowed" from
Michael Jackson
,
Backstreet Boys
,
John Travolta
,
Soul Train
, as well as some of his own moves.
d.
The proposal for this film was rejected 67 times. (This may be why the fictional Academy Awards ceremony depicted is the 67th, which in real life did not occur until 1995 honoring the films of 1994.)
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