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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Notting Hill (1999) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Notting Hill (1999) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999).
About the movie:
The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
The bit where Anna Scott tells off the diners in the restaurant was not in the script.
b.
Producer
Stanley Chase
said that while its frightening to suppose a computer could take over the world, it was indeed possible. His technical advisor said that a machine like Colossus actually existed at that time. The model for Colossus was supposedly the NORAD system that controlled our national defense systems, and thats why the computer programming center in the film was located in the Rocky Mountains, which is also the home of NORAD. The government wouldnt allow a film crew on the NORAD grounds, so the exteriors were filmed at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California. The missile sites were photographed in the California desert near Palmdale.
c.
Steve Martin
s favorite film of his own.
d.
To prepare for his role,
Jeremy Davies
read the book "Mans Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Frankl was a psychiatrist and a Holocaust survivor who wrote about the psychological reactions experienced by prisoners.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
Meryl Streep
and
Stockard Channing
were considered for the role of the first lady.
b.
Wes Anderson
had never been to India prior to May 2006, when he went there to polish his script.
c.
As he explains in the published screenplay, in
Richard Curtis
s original conception of the story, Honey (
Emma Chambers
) was a worker in the record store across from his bookshop and Annas romantic rival for his affections. The film would have ended with William choosing her over the fantasy that Anna represented. Curtis decided that he could not just dismiss Anna, however, and so he made Honey into Williams sister instead.
d.
The DVD of Serenity was flown up to the International Space Station by astronaut
Steven Swanson
on board the shuttle Atlantis during its June 2007 STS-117 mission.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
In one scene
Al Pacino
uses the line "Open Sesame". He uses the same line in the movie
Donnie Brasco
.
b.
Art Malik
was offered a major role.
c.
The sequence where Bruno enrolled at the Alabama National Guard, filmed at the Alabama Military Academy in Fort McClellan, Anniston, went undetected until a young cadet who recognized him from
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
, notified elder officers who were unfamiliar with the actor.
d.
When talking to Longfellow on the phone and still pretending to be a school nurse, Babe says that a boy named Billy Barty is in her office sick. This is a tribute to the actor
Billy Barty
who died in 2000, only three months before production started.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
Characters and actors who reprized their roles from
Grease
and returned to appear in this sequel included
Didi Conn
as Frenchy;
Eve Arden
as Principal McGee;
Dody Goodman
as the principals assistant, Blanche Hodel;
Sid Caesar
as Coach Calhoun; and
Eddie Deezen
as Eugene Felnic.
Dick Patterson
, who played Mr. Rudie in
Grease
, this time around plays Mr Spears. Moreover,
Dennis Stewart
, who had played Scorpions member Leo in
Grease
, played Balmudo in this sequel.
b.
The baseball game featured in the film is from 8/4/1976. Pete Rose is seen striking out to end the top of the second inning, with Johnny Bench & Gary Nolan left on base.
c.
Director
Roger Michell
and writer
Richard Curtis
both said
Hugh Grant
and
Julia Roberts
were the first choices for the roles of William Thacker and Anna Scott.
d.
The film only depicts sixteen of the novels thirty-four chapters and is set in 19th century instead of 1771-1801.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
Fred Astaire
thought the "Sluefoot" would become a huge dance craze. He was wrong.
b.
David Threlfall
was seen for a part for this project
c.
20th Century Fox bought the screenplay largely because
George Lucas
had hired conceptual artist
Ralph McQuarrie
to create paintings of a number of scenes to help sell it in.
d.
Won the "Audience Award: Best Feature" at the 2009 Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
The rooftop scene in which William and Anna practice her lines for the submarine movie was shortened and edited to remove some swearing from Anna that would have precluded a PG 13 rating. The extended scene is on the DVD.
b.
The location was Archer City, Texas, hometown of
Larry McMurtry
, the author of the novel "The Last Picture Show". McMurtry and Director
Peter Bogdanovich
scouted several locations for the movie and Bogdonovich chose Archer City when McMurtry stopped there during the trip. The town remains much as it was during the filming. The Royal Theater was rebuilt after the filming of
Texasville
, sequel to The Last Picture Show. The Royal no longer screens films but currently hosts The Texasville Opry, the Late Week Lazy Boy Supper Club and numerous plays and performances.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 6, 1939 with
William Powell
reprising his film role.
d.
John Hora
who had previously worked as
Joe Dante
s cinematographer on all of his movies, was cast as Ozzie after
Steven Spielberg
suggested him to play the absent minded professor. Director Dante and Producer
Michael Finnell
were very skeptical about that idea and Spielberg insisted that they give him a screen test to just to see and was cast after impressing Dante and Finnell.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
The
Marc Chagall
painting featured in the movie, and eventually given to William by Anna, is entitled "La Mariée" ("The Bride") and depicts a young bride (and a violin-playing goat).
b.
Film debut of
Gary Lockwood
.
c.
About 11 minutes of footage was cut from the film. Some proof of this can be heard near the end when Skye Daley says "Sorry to interrupt you, Rick, but youve been talking for almost ninety minutes." The footage was cut due to the reactions of test audiences.
d.
The four engine bomber flown by Gable and Tracy near the end of the film when they are flying with the simulated bomb load was a Model 299, which was bought by the Army Air Force and became the yb-17 while testing continued until it became operational as the b-17a.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
Filmed September 3-16 1958, for December release (copyright 1958).
b.
The shots in the lobby of the Ritz were actually filmed at the Ritz, but between 2AM and 4AM so as not to be affected by the real guests.
c.
At the beginning of the movie, Wesley walks outside his apartment and looks up to see Cross home. To the left of the home is a telephone pole with a flyer that says "Your Fathers" revealing that Cross is Wesleys real father.
d.
Producer
Quentin Tarantino
was originally slated to play Comanche.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
Arch Hall Jr.
based his performace as psycho killer Charlie Tibbs on "Tommy Udo,"
Richard Widmark
s character in
Kiss of Death
, right down to the giggle.
b.
Most of
Ann Beach
s part was deleted.
c.
According to Altman, the original setting was a New York airport.
d.
Nick Nolte
, as Lt. Col. Tall, says to Capt. Staros on the dawn of the day of the attack, "Eos rhododactylos . . . rosy-fingered dawn." He uses the second part of that line, "Rosy-fingered dawn" again in a later movie,
The Good Thief
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Notting Hill (1999)?
a.
George Fitzmaurice
started the film, was fired and replaced by
Alexander Korda
.
b.
Many of the shots of
Julia Roberts
used in the opening credits came from the show "Entertainment Tonight" (1981).
c.
Gary Cooper
was reluctant to do his big fight scene with
Lloyd Bridges
, as he was suffering from back pain at the time.
d.
Director Abel Ferrara and screenwriter Nicholas St. John worked on the screenplay for 5 years. There was very little improvisation on the set.
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