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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Noises Off... (1992) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Noises Off... (1992) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Noises Off... (1992)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992).

About the movie: A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		In the gym scenes, since the extras were real High School Students, the director faced the problem of not having enough of them because of the SAT season, and many of them having already found out the sometimes tedious process of working as an extra. As a solution for the shots requiring a full gym to be seen, the director asked the extras to move two or three times from their seats to look as if there were more people with the help of editing. The wide shot showing both sides of the gym was done in less than 20 minutes when the teachers of Papillion La Vista Highschool asked more students to join the film shooting.
b.		The library scene was filmed in the Furness Building at the University of Pennsylvania. This building is actually a Fine Arts library.
c.		The Elvis Presley song "A Little Less Conversation" was chosen for the Las Vegas montage because it was identifiable as a Vegas song yet not as obvious as "Viva Las Vegas". One of Elviss least known songs, it received a remixed version and became a hit on the radio.
d.		The movies title "Noises Off" is a stage cue used in scripts by a playwright to indicate noises occurring offstage.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		Jean Harlow was living in the house shown in the movie when she died in 1937. She had moved here the year before.
b.		It has been noted that this film is an homage to _8 1/2 (1963)_. Counting Whats Up, Tiger Lily? as only half a film (because Allen only supplied a new soundtrack to an otherwise completed film), Woody Allen had completed 8 1/2 films before this one.
c.		Two of the characters names are changed from the original stage play: Lloyd Dallas (the director) and Frederick Fellows (the actor). In the movie version they are Lloyd Fellows (the director) and Frederick Dallas (the actor).
d.		Paul McCartney wrote a song for the film called "Did We Meet Somewhere Before?". Warren Beatty wasnt satisfied with it so the song was discarded. It was eventually used in Rock n Roll High School.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		Before Kevin Costner was cast as Jonathan Kent, actors considered included Dennis Quaid, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Biehn and Kurt Russell.
b.		The play-within-the-film is entitled "Nothing On".
c.		Harvey Keitel was originally offered the part of the campaign worker, eventually played by Albert Brooks. He decided to take the role as the pimp, even though in the script he was black and only had about five lines.
d.		In the scene where Barbara Stanwyck, playing the new bride, was supposed to be carried across the threshold by her husband, she and director Robert Z. Leonard cooked up a practical joke and draped her body with heavy chains under the mink coat she wore, making it impossible for Van Heflin to pick her up.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		Less than a year before RENT opened in theaters, Tracie Thoms made a guest appearance on the TV show Law & Order, where Jesse L. Martin starred as Det. Ed Green. In an interview about filming the episode, Tracie stated, "Im like, Hey Jesse, it looks like were gonna be spending a lot of time together. And hes like, We are? Im like, Yeah. Im Joanne. (imitates Jesse gasping) ACTION!"
b.		David O. Selznick wanted Olivia de Havilland to play the female lead, but was faced with insurmountable problems: she was already committed to Samuel Goldwyn for Raffles, Warner Bros. was being uncooperative about lending her out, and she was reluctant to accept the part because her sister, Joan Fontaine, was also under consideration for the part and her agent, Leland Hayward, was promoting his wife, Margaret Sullavan, for the role. Selznick also considered Loretta Young, Vivien Leigh, Anita Louise and Anne Baxter for the role, but felt that Young and Leigh were the wrong "type." He finally settled on Fontaine, but his staff disagreed with his decision because she was not yet an established star.
c.		Audrey Hepburn was offered a major role.
d.		Both Wes Craven and Carl Ellsworth filmed cameos as airline passengers in the airport terminal. Wes Craven couldnt keep a straight face with his script supervisor Sheila, so their cameo wound up on the cutting room floor. Ellsworths cameo remains in the final cut: three women are sleeping on the terminal seats and they all have their heads resting on the next ones shoulders, until the last one is sleeping on a mans shoulder; this is Carl Ellsworth wearing a green sweatshirt promoting the band Outkast.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		This movies opening prologue states: "U.S. - Mexican Border 20 Miles East of San Diego, California - December, 1979."
b.		According to an early draft of the script, Sarah lived with her mother in Pennsylvania before moving in with her father in Baltimore. By the time the film was shot, the locations were Lemont, IL and Chicago, respectively.
c.		Lloyds speech/rant to Tim before the matinee about the problems hes having directing Hamlet was changed from the play. In the play, Lloyd is directing a production of Richard III, and all the characters/references reflect that. It was changed in the movie because it was felt that Hamlet would be better-known to American audiences.
d.		The shot where the camera quickly zooms in on the couple was actually done in reverse. A camera was attached to a truck and driven in reverse, starting from the couple until they cant be seen anymore.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		To make himself look like an average out of shape middle aged man Tom Hanks didnt exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island. During this hiatus, Robert Zemeckis used the same crew to film What Lies Beneath.
b.		Some songs were written for the movie by Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer and Al Dubin but not used: "My Adventure", "Lets Drink to a Dream", "Waltz of the Flowers" and "Is It Possible Youre Possessable"
c.		The original Broadway production of "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn opened on December 11, 1983 at the Brooks Atkinson Theater running for 553 performances with a cast that included Victor Garber and Dorothy Loudon and received a nomination for the 1984 Tony Award for Best Play.
d.		The radio station Ten-Q is an actual Los Angeles area radio station: KTNQ. At the time the movie was made it was a top 40 station; its now a Spanish language talk/news radio station.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		Denholm Elliotts last film.
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 filmmakers actually created a 1950s monster movie soundtrack to play in the background of some of the scenes.
d.		This was cinematographer Ernest Hallers first color film.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		Sir John Gielgud was asked to play Mowbray.
b.		Theres a nude scene, where Ina Balin leaves the bath-tub, as Elviss character appears in her room. This scene is rarely seen, and is generally not in the edits of the film that have been televised or on video/DVD.
c.		Some of the information in Macs file includes D.O.B. (August 21, 1937); P.O.B. (Edinburgh, Scotland); Citizen (UK); Height ( 6 3"); Weight (210 lbs); Race (Caucasian); Hair (Brown - graying); Eyes (Brown). This is almost identical to Connery with the only differences being D.O.B (August 25, 1930) and Height (62). Macs file also states; family (Age 5 - father died, age 12 - mother died, no known siblings); Marital Status (Widowed 1955, Camilla Charles); Languages Spoken (English, Mandarin, Japanese, French, Malay); and Military Service (Royal Marines 1956-1962, Commando Unit, Malaysian police). This is very similar to the character of James Bond. Family (Age 11 - both parents died, no siblings); Marital Status (Widowed in the book On Her Majestys Secret Service); Degree in Oriental Languages, fluent in French; Military Service (Commander in the Royal Navy)
d.		David Lynchs first studio film.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Noises Off... (1992)?
a.		The story takes place during the time of the "Battle of the Bulge" in December, 1944. The men learn about it on their secret radio before the Germans take it away.
b.		Originally to be directed by writer David M. Evans, but he was replaced by Richard Donner due to his inexperience.
c.		Steven Soderbergh shot the initial scene between Karen and Foley in a trunk because he liked the forced intimacy it generated between the two strangers. Before the scene was over, he knew they had spent enough time in each others heads that the intimacy between them was real now. And that can only lead to love. Which is why the film works.
d.		The play which the film is based on is done in three acts; act one is the final dress rehearsal; act two is the matinee performance; act three is the evening performance. The bridge scenes, with Michael Caines voiceover narration, including the opening scene where he leaves the theatre and the ending scene where he returns, were written for the film and do not appear in the play. In the play, the last line is the frantic call for "Curtain!"

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