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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Nothing But the Truth (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Nothing But the Truth (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008).
About the movie:
In Washington, D.C., a female reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
Although the New York blackout occurred thirty months before this movie was released, it was based on a play that opened in Paris nine years before the blackout.
b.
Completed December 1940, released February 3, 1941.
c.
There is a scene in the movie where Erica Van Doren (
Vera Farmiga
) is given a lie detector test because the CIA suspects that she leaked her own identity.
Rod Lurie
brought in a real life polygraphist to polygraph her for the scene. He asked her if her name was Erica Van Doren and if she worked for the CIA. After the scene was over the polygraphist called Lurie over to tell him that Farmiga beat the polygraph test because the machine said that she was telling the truth.
d.
There are two death scenes involving someone falling from a significant height: The 12th Ave. Bridge and the roof of UW library. The same mannequin was used for both scenes. After being shattered to hundreds of pieces in the first scene filmed, it was painstakingly glued back together piece by piece for the second plummeting death scene.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
The model of the Event Horizon includes a complete "X-Wing" from Star Wars as part of an antenna array. The model is visible on the lower portion of the Event Horizon during the first flyby by the Lewis & Clark.
b.
The murder of Mary Kelly was the only one depicted in the film that didnt exactly follow the wound patterns found on the actual victim in 1888. The scene was toned down because that murder, Jack the Rippers last, was so gruesome that the producers feared an NC-17 rating had they actually shown a likeness of the victim, whose was found with both breasts severed, every facial feature slashed and torn, and the belly cut open. Her intestines were hung about the room like Christmas garlands. There is a well-known photograph of this victim, still in her death pose, that is included in almost every book about the Ripper murders.
c.
Approximately 25% of the dialog is not in English.
d.
Floyd Abrams
, who plays the judge in the film and is also credited as technical advisor, is a real-life attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), for which he has litigated cases raising issues of First Amendment rights and national security similar to those at the heart of the films plot.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
According to
Roger Ebert
,
Matt Dillon
said that he played his role as if he were the good guy rather than the antagonist.
b.
Although
Steven Spielberg
reduced the color saturation of the movie by 60% for artistic reasons, both major American satellite providers (DirecTV and Dish Newtork) and numerous cable TV providers turned up the chroma gain to re-enhance the color saturation to normal-looking levels when broadcasting the movie. They did this because on the first day or two of the movies broadcast run, their customer service centers were swamped with calls from viewers complaining that something was wrong with the color.
c.
The working title of the film was "Pleasant View" during pre-production.
d.
In the scene where Katherine is looking at all of Richards bylines, the framed copies of "Inside View" contain many references to other stories by King, Stephen: "Springhill Jack Strikes Again!" - Strawberry Spring. "Headless Lamaze Leads To Successful Birth!" - The Breathing Method. "Kiddie Cultists in Kansas Worship Creepy Voodoo God!" - Children of the Corn "Satanic Shopkeeper Sells Gory Goodies!" - Needful Things. "Naked Demons Levelled My Lawn!" - The Lawnmower Man "The Ultimate Killer Diet! Gypsy Curse Flays Fat Lawyers Flesh" - Thinner.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
Rod Lurie
s previous film
Resurrecting the Champ
also dealt with a journalist seeking a big story and trying to get the Pulitzer Prize. Both films were also influenced by true events.
b.
In the original script Jane was to have died (
Maureen OSullivan
wanted out of the Tarzan series). Fan protest forced a last-minute rewrite in which Jane recovers from her near-fatal wound, admitting she had been wrong to disobey Tarzan.
c.
The scene where Peter Greene walks around downtown was actually shot at the Canyon of Heroes, as the New York Yankees celebrated their World Championship defeating the Atlanta Braves in October of 1996.
d.
Peter Sarsgaard
had a prosthetic applied on his head to portray Hector Hammond in the initial stages of his mutation (a swollen brain). For scenes where Hammonds head actually enlarges it will be done in CGI.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
During the Ramones concert sequence at The Roxy near the end of the film,
Darby Crash
, late singer of seminal Los Angeles punk band the Germs, can be seen in the front row.
b.
Another plague was filmed but was not used. According to the commentary on the 50th Anniversary DVD, in 2006. This was the plague of frogs leaving the muddied Nile, coming up onto land, frightening and chasing Nefretiri and other Egyptians through their chambers of the palace.
Cecil B. DeMille
felt that the scene was not frightening enough, and could even be considered too humorous; thus, he omitted it from its final filming and completion, just before he and all other directors and production staff completed it and it would start being seen, in theaters, in 1956.
c.
The New York waterfront sequences were shot on the still standing
Twinkletoes
set left over from the 1926
Colleen Moore
vehicle, in which in stood in for Londons Limehouse District.
d.
The plot loosely incorporates the real-life drama of former CIA agent Valerie Plame and New York Times writer Judith Miller (who served 85 days in jail on the same charges).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
The Titans were the gods who preceded the Olympians in power. Kronos (also spelled Cronus) and Atlas were the most famous Titans. Ironically, none of the Titans from Greek mythology appear in
Clash of the Titans
. In the movie the Titans are the Norse Kraken (who never appeared in Greek mythology at all) and Medusa (who was never considered a Titan by the Greeks).
b.
Based on Alfred Lord Tennysons poem "Maud".
c.
Two musical numbers (music by
Harry Warren
, lyrics by
Johnny Mercer
), "March of the Doagies" and "My Intuition", the former a
Judy Garland
production number with a reprise, the latter a Garland-
John Hodiak
duet, were deleted from the film before its release. The first "March of the Doagies" can be viewed in the film
Thats Entertainment! III
and both numbers (including the "Doagies" reprise) can be viewed in the special features section of
The Harvey Girls
DVD and in the "Thats Entertainment" Box Set.
d.
Kate Beckinsale
and
Vera Farmiga
who worked together on this film have both played love interests opposite
Leonardo DiCaprio
. The films were
The Aviator
and
The Departed
, both directed by
Martin Scorsese
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
Loosely based on the story of Sir Percival from the Arthurian myths: The broken bat = the broken sword Pop Fisher = The Fisher King The team called "The Knights"
b.
Movie debut of
Ben Gazzara
.
c.
Sam Raimi
was considered to direct and had met with
Jim Carrey
.
d.
Alan Alda
had previously acted in
Rod Lurie
s earlier film
Resurrecting the Champ
. Not only are both films based on true stories, but they also deal with the issues of journalism, family vs. work, and identity.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
Due to The Yari Film Group (the films distributor) filing a Chapter 11 protection (Bankruptcy Code), the film was never given a theatrical release outside of Los Angeles and New York.
b.
Third of three films to feature
Bing Crosby
singing "White Christmas".
c.
After
Leon Uris
left the film,
Alfred Hitchcock
asked
Arthur Laurents
if he was interested in working with Hitchcock on the script of Topaz. But Arthur Laurents refused. So Hitchcock called
Samuel A. Taylor
to work on the script. One of the difficulties Hitchcock and Samuel Taylor faced was they didnt have enough time to work on the script. According to the book "The A-Z of Hitchcock", Samuel Taylor had to continue writing throughout the shooting.
d.
Even though it was the pre-Hays Code era, it was one of the few films of that time to show a married couple in the same bed together.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Nothing But the Truth (2008)?
a.
Originally wanted by Andrew Stevens as a remake of
Fred Olen Ray
s _Counter Measures (1998)_ (with
Michael Dudikoff
), it was eventually lifted entire sequences stock footage from that picture.
b.
The name "Sweedchuk: Fine European Tailoring" appears on the window Fackler is looking in, when Tackleberry asks him how hes going. This was a play on the name of the films set decorator,
Steve Shewchuk
. The name would reappear for
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
for the shopkeeper Sweetchuck, played by
Tim Kazurinsky
.
c.
The white cat seen in Evelyns apartment is given no name in the film, but in the movie novelisation the cats name is revealed to be Cleo.
d.
David Schwimmer
s first dramatic acting since
Band of Brothers
.
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