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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : North Country (2005) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : North Country (2005) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : North Country (2005)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005).

About the movie: A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		Director Victor Saville replaced H.C. Potter and finished the film, uncredited.
b.		The tagline is a gross misrepresentation of statistics. The actual estimate of awareness during anesthesia is 1:14000 for high risk patients to as low as 1:42000.
c.		Some of the women standing up in the last courtroom scene were real plaintiffs.
d.		David Gunn from The Convent (2000) plays Emmas husband in the flashback.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		The entracte music is played entirely on a Novachord, the first use of an electronic synthesizer in a Hollywood feature film.
b.		Another cut scene involved a sex scene between Pvt. Joker and the Vietnamese prostitute. According to the actress, Stanley Kubrick cut the scene because it detracted from the cold mood of the film.
c.		Actor Bill Nighy stated during a Q&A session at the British Film Institute in London in 2010 that in his opinion he regards Richard Jenkins performance in this film as one of the finest in motion picture history.
d.		This was two-time Best Actress Oscar winner Luise Rainers last theatrical film until The Gambler.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		George Marshall also directed the earlier version of this film (The Ghost Breakers).
b.		In the scene where Michelle Monaghan is trapped in portable outhouse which is rocked and tipped over by her male co-workers, the supposed human waste was actually made of Gatorade, Coco Puffs, and pumpkin pie fillings.
c.		The storyteller, voice of Tatyana Yassukovich, is revealed by one of the last scenes to be the adult Anouk. It was debated about having a well known celebrity take this role, however in the end it was decided that this would take away from the power of the film.
d.		The dresses Roxanne wears throughout the film visualize her relationship with Megamind. When she first appears she wears a red dress, when Megamind was her enemy. The next dress she wears is purple, as she and Megamind develop a better relationship. Roxannes final dress color is blue as she has fully accepted Megamind.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		When the children first meet Count Olaf and Jim Carrey says, "Wait, give me that last line again," was not actually in the script, it was Carrey staying in character and wanting to try it again, but they kept the cameras rolling and felt it worked the way it happened.
b.		The movie was first seen by the public in rough cut form on March 12th 2010 at the Monster-Mania convention in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
c.		The Glory character in the movie was a real woman named Pat Kosmach who did suffer from Lou Gehrigs disease and died before the case was settled. She was a divorced mother of 5 children who went to work in the mines to support her children.
d.		The character of Rio originally was based on Billy the Kid, as recounted in Charles Neiders novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones." Sam Peckinpah, who wrote an early version of the script and who later went on to direct Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, said in a 1973 "Playboy" magazine interview that Marlon Brando would not play a villain, and Billy the Kid most definitely was a villain. Peckinpahs 1973 film shares some narrative elements with this film and it also featured "Jacks" co-stars Slim Pickens and Katy Jurado.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		The role of Brigid OShaughnessy was first offered to 27-year-old Geraldine Fitzgerald. Although the studio desperately wanted the newcomer in the role, she turned it down flat because it interfered with a scheduled trip to the East Coast. Other candidates for the role included Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, and Ingrid Bergman.
b.		Lois Jensons had two children -- as did Josey Aimes. But, she put her daughter up for adoption when she was a toddler because Lois was overwhelmed trying to raise two children on her own, in low paying jobs. Lois father supported her decision to work in the mine because he thought it would help her be able to provide for her son.
c.		The modestly-budgeted film was financed by the directors successful vineyard in California.
d.		Director Tobe Hooper was once attached to direct this and the previous entry Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis early in pre-production.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		The aircraft carrier scenes on the museum ship The USS Hornet, were shot on impulse when the film makers were told they could have the ship for a whole day for $500.
b.		All of the incidents of harassment depicted in the movie actually did occur to various women. The incident where a porta-pottie is tipped over with a woman miner inside happened twice. The incident where a miner ejaculated onto a woman miners clothes in her locker occurred three times. Many more incidents of harassment occurred than could be shown in a 2 hour movie.
c.		The directors name, István Szabó, translates as Stephen Tailor, and one running gag in the film is that several people are called this in different languages: Stefan Schneider, Steve Taylor, Stefano Sarto (three of the singers), and Etienne Tailleur (the stage manager).
d.		The was the last RKO movie to be shot at its Hollywood studio at 780 Gower Street. Filming took place between early September and early November 1956 and again during the week of January 8, 1957. In February 1958, Universal International distributed the feature in wide release on a double bill with Day of the Bad Man, a Universal International production starring Fred MacMurray. Miss Powell quipped in a 1987 "Films in Review" profile that Universal simply let her musical "escape."

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		When The Dude is thumbing through Maudes albums and pulls out the fictional "Autobahn" album, the album directly behind it is Herb Alperts "Whipped Cream & Other Delights", an actual album.
b.		When Roy Scheider was trapped in the sinking Orca, it took 75 takes to get the shot right. Scheider did not trust the special effects team to rescue him in case of an emergency so he hid axes and hatchets around the cabin just in case.
c.		The odds of all ten characters having the same birthday are approximately 1 in 115,694,315,636,972,669,502,854 (thats about 1 in 115 sextillion).
d.		The movie is based on the case: Jenson v. Eveleth Mines and is reported in the book: Class Action. The Josey Aimes character was in real life a woman named Lois Jenson who went to work for the mines in 1975 and endured 13 years of harassment before filing her first legal complaint of sexual harassment. By the time she received compensation from the company (in 1999) her children were all grown up and she had been forced to quit working because she was too disabled to work (as a result of harassment). She was raped and had a son, but it wasnt when she was in high school. It was when she was older.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		The whale hunters speak Finnish. The older Finnish hunter says "What the hell was that?" ("Mikä helvetti tuo oli?" in Finnish.)
b.		There were multiple trials (not just the one depicted in the movie). In the first trial Jenson and two other women petitioned to have the lawsuit designated a class action, on behalf of all women working in the mines. The judge certified a class action including only the hourly women workers at the mine, not the officer workers who were on salary, and were also sexually harassed. The second trial established that sexual harassment actually did occur and that the firm was liable for it. The third trial was about the amount of monetary damages each woman suffered and the was a disaster because the findings were ridiculously low and the women were abused by defense attorneys representing the firm. The fourth trial was in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals which reversed on the award of damages. Finally, just prior to the start of the 5th trial to determine damages anew, the company settled, paying average damages of about $233,000 to each of the women plaintiffs.
c.		Indys line to Marion when they are on the ship - "Its not the years, honey, its the mileage" - was ad-libbed by Harrison Ford.
d.		Wes Craven had helped Sean S. Cunningham by working on a few shots for Friday the 13th, in turn, near the end of the production of this movie, Cunningham directed a few shots when several units were working at once.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: North Country (2005)?
a.		Filming of the football game occured during El Camino Colleges fall semester. As a result, the stadium set stayed up during El Caminos home football games. Some of the extras in the crowd during the stadium scene are El Camino College students.
b.		The lawsuit which inspired this film was settled in 1998, 10 years after it was first filed and over 20 years after the harassments began.
c.		Georgina Spelvin originally signed on to run the commissary, cooking for and feeding the cast and crew. Even after she was cast in the lead role, she continued to serve on location as the company cook.
d.		Warner Brothers Pictures wanted the movie to be converted to 3D in post production a few weeks before the movies release, but the producers of the film augured the film wasnt shot with 3D cameras and the 3D wouldnt be good enough. After a heated debate, the producers and Warner Brothers came to the agreement the movie wouldnt be converted to 3D.

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