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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Office Space (1999) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Office Space (1999) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999).
About the movie:
Comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy boss.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
Chuck Allie
was the first choice to play Chris. He turned it down fearing he might be associated with gay role.
Charles Christianson
also turned down the role. It went to
E.J. Pantujan
who auditioned for the movie.
b.
Eminem was deliberately left uncredited for his role in this film so that 8 Mile (2002) would be his feature film debut.
c.
Chotchkies is a take-off on the popular T.G.I. Fridays restaurant chain. The T.G.I. Fridays waiting staff wear striped shirts and suspenders adorned with buttons and name tags. The restaurants themselves are frequently decorated with assorted knick-knacks and memorabilia. A reference is made to T.G.I. Fridays when someone mentions "Thank God its Friday" while at the restaurant.
d.
Joannes middle daughter is supposedly named after the character she played in this.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 24, 1949 with
June Haver
and
Lon McCallister
reprising their film roles.
b.
Amanda Roberts originally turned down the role of Ginger because she didnt like being in front of the camera and hated the part. She had a change of heart, however, when shooting was about to start and the producers couldnt find anyone else for the role.
c.
Peter Gibbons (
Ron Livingston
) lives in the "Morningwood Apartments", a reference to a frequent theme of director
Mike Judge
s
Beavis and Butt-Head
.
d.
This movie was a project of the heart. A message movie never intended to be a box office smash and it was never a box office success. Made for a budget of $1,000,000,
Jack Lemmon
waived his usual fee and worked for scale plus a percentage of the gross. Scale was $165 a week at the time. Many cost cutting measures were used including using a Cinamobile camera, (a revolutionary mobile filming unit invented by
Fouad Said
, a former I Spy cameraman, which enabled filmmakers to keep location costs to a minimum). Lemmon was being touted as an Oscar Candidate even before the film was released.On April 4th 1974, Jack Lemmon became the first performer in Academy history to win both a "best actor" and "best supporting actor" award.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
The computer screen and readout in the bunker near the end refer to Project Wildfire. This was the code name used in The Andromeda Strain which deals with a crashed satellite that infects a community with a deadly organism. The zombie virus in The Night of the Living Dead was blamed on a crashed space probe.
b.
Gary Cole
s character wears a large, gold class ring of the style that are common for graduates from military academies. This ring was originally a prop produced for the short-lived science fiction series
Crusade
, on which Cole played captain Matthew Gideon. The ring was worn in every episode, and was supposed to show that Gideon was a graduate of Earthforce Military Academy. "Office Space" was the first project Cole worked on following the cancellation of
Crusade
and wore the ring as an in-joke, referring to his previous job.
c.
Paramount Vantage bought the film for $7 million (US dollars) before production even began.
d.
The depiction of the dogs hanging was based on an actual occurrence where several dogs were found hanging from street lights in central Lima one December morning with profane messages denouncing Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (who Guzman thought had betrayed the communist revolution). The dynamite inserted into the dogs bodies was based on rumors that the hanging dogs may have contained explosives, though no explosives were actually found on the dogs when they were cut down.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
Filmed at Tim Hornishs grandmothers house in Zelionople.
b.
A remake of the 1970s British thriller of the same name. The original is set in France and has two British females as the leads, whereas the remake is set in Argentina and has two American females as the leads.
c.
On Peters personnel file, his address is shown to be 191 N. Lamar, Flander, IL 77070. (77070 is actually the zip code for Houston, Texas. N. Lamar is a popular street in Austin, TX where The Alligator Grille (filming location for Chotchkies) is located.) His mothers name is Suzi Gibbons and lives at 11004 Marble Rd., Erie, NY 05452 (actually a Vermont zip code).
d.
Actress Claudia Lynx celebrated her birthday on location during the filming of Lady Magdalenes ... and blew out the candles on her birthday cake right after shooting a scene in which her character was murdered.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
The snow falling on John Ballentine and Dr. Peterson during the skiing scene was actually cornflakes.
b.
Will Ferrell
offered a role to
Steve Carell
, but Carell couldnt accept due to scheduling conflicts.
c.
When Peter is in the meeting room, on the white board behind him there is a complicated flow chart titled "Planning to Plan."
d.
James McAvoy
was originally cast as Jeff, but dropped out due scheduling conflicts and
Tobey Maguire
replaced him.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
Hunter G. Williams
missed a scheduled tryout for the Los Angeles Galaxy, while filming "Divine Unrest" in San Francico, Ca.
b.
This movie has gained cult status on video.
Mike Judge
has said more people talk to him about this movie than any project he has ever worked on. Also, he doubts there will be a sequel, due to poor box office.
c.
The company name written in Japanese can be briefly seen on the black box as Ripley retrieves it and on a poster in the office where 85 and Ripley contact the company for the second time. In a scene towards the end of the movie where Ripley and the inmates discuss the killing of the alien, several Kanji characters can be seen on the wall: "Chô-kôon kiken" (danger: extremely high heat). The scrap yard where Bishop is discarded also displays a large red "tetsu" (iron).
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 3, 1945 with
James Cagney
reprising his film role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
On
Inside the Actors Studio
,
Chris Rock
claimed that for several years following his acclaimed performance as a crack addict, drug dealers would approach him and put crack and cocaine in his pocket; joking that "they thought it was a documentary." He stated that, although he knew people who used crack at the time, he never did and, in his 1997 memoir Rock This had only smoked marijuana twice.
b.
Bernie saved 54 people
c.
Reese Witherspoon
and
Joaquin Phoenix
had vocal training for six months with music producer
T-Bone Burnett
.
d.
Chotchkies gets its name from the Yiddish word meaning a cheap trinket or knick-knack.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
Austin Lanyon characters name is Brody Tarantino. His last name comes from the fact that he looks so much like director Quentin Tarantino, says Tyler Wright. In the comics, his name is Brody Tormuda.
b.
Enough non-toxic smoke was created on the film to completely fill the Los Angeles Coliseum 24 hours a day for one week.
c.
During the scene where
Michael Ironside
s character falls into the hole and gets his legs bitten off,
Dina Meyer
hit her head, was knocked unconscious, and suffered a concussion.
d.
At the party for Tom (
Richard Riehle
) Drew (
Greg Pitts
) has a conversation with Peter (
Ron Livingston
) in which he lists all of the men that have slept with Peters girlfriend Joanna (
Jennifer Aniston
). Among those he mentions is
David Rennie
, the films editor
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
This would be actress
Jill Ireland
s final film for about five years until she worked again with her husband
Charles Bronson
on
Assassination
.
b.
Bobby Lee
needed to re-do the dialog for his scenes in a sound booth. He did the entire re-dub in the nude.
c.
The weapon that Nikolai Rachenko uses at the end in reality is an FN FAL but heavily modified to represent a twin barrel AO-63 assault rifle that fired around an astonishing 6,000RPM.
d.
Smykowskis Lawyer (Rob Newhouse) shares his name with Robert Newhouse, a well-known player for the Dallas Cowboys in the 70s-80s. The team is based in Texas where Judge, the director, grew up.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Office Space (1999)?
a.
Rachel Nichols
,
Kate Hudson
and
Rachael Leigh Cook
were all offered the role of Madeleine but turned it down.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
was offered the role of Madeleine but turned it down.
Marcia Cross
was originally cast as Madeleine, but turned it down due to her commitment as Bree in the TV series
Desperate Housewives
.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
was offered the role of Madeleine but turned it down due to her commitment with the TV series
Ghost Whisperer
.
Jennifer Connelly
auditioned for the role of Madeleine but turned it down.
b.
The set for Chotchkies is actually the restaurant "the Alligator grille" in Austin, Texas. The Alligator Grille closed down as of 2009.
c.
The film was conceived as a vehicle for
Gene Wilder
and
Richard Pryor
. But when Pryor dropped out and
Eddie Murphy
came on board, he made a motion to get Wilder replaced because he didnt want people to think he was just trying to be another Pryor.
d.
In an interview for television,
Stan Winston
told a little anecdote about how his crew were collecting the mechanical penguins after a days shoot and found one of the live penguins snuggled up asleep against a mechanical one.
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