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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003).

About the movie: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		The only film in the National Lampoons Vacation series not to be written by John Hughes.
b.		Producer Sam Spiegel brought Lillian Hellman into the project, but had her script rewritten. He then refused to show her a final cut before the films release. He was also responsible for signing the then relatively unknown Robert Redford as Bubber and lighting cameraman Joseph LaShelle, who replaced Robert Surtees after he dropped out due to illness. The Academy Award-winning Lashelle and director Arthur Penn, who was not consulted by Spiegel, did not have a harmonious working relationship, which Penn thought hurt the film. Later, Spiegel did not allow Penn to edit the film himself, which Penn believed ruined the rhythm of the film, which he had wanted to suggest hysteria. Released with great expectations due to all the talent involved, this film proved a critical and financial disappointment and signaled the beginning of the end of Spiegels success as a film producer.
c.		The villain Le Chiffre played by Mads Mikkelsen has previously been played by such great screen luminaries in film history as Peter Lorre in 1954 in the telemovie Casino Royale and Orson Welles in 1967 in the spoof Casino Royale.
d.		This is the second movie in Hollywoods history to be located in the city of Culiacan. Culiacan is a city, but the President (Pedro Armendariz) says that Culiacan is a state of Mexico.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		There is a kid dressed in a yellow t-shirt in all the films in the "El Mariachi" trilogy.
b.		Noam Pitliks film debut.
c.		Some of the aircraft in the film are real and others a computer generated. The real planes were filmed in Conneaut, Ohio in September 2004, including a P51 Mustang.
d.		An early draft of the script had the young Sil calmly killing a friendly cab driver. In an effort to keep the audiences sympathy for her character (and to make the murder of the porter more shocking) the scene was changed to Sil killing a tramp in self defense after he attempts to attack her.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		In 2010, George Lucas sent Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, the executive producers of TVs Lost, a letter congratulating them on the shows end and letting them in on some (possibly facetious) secrets about his development of the Star Wars movie series: "Dont tell anyone ... but when Star Wars first came out, I didnt know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend youve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - lets call them homages - and youve got a series."
b.		The painting printed on a banner at the beginning of the Day of the Dead parade is by L.A. artist George Yepes who now lives in San Antonio, Texas.
c.		The house used for Professor Charles Xavier school is the same house used on Poltergeist: The Legacy TV series.
d.		Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		Dweezil Zappa, son of legendary American composer Frank Zappa, has only two lines in the movie: "Dont touch that dial!", that being one of his fathers most famous lyrics from the song "I am the Slime" (from the album "Over-nite Sensation", 1973), and "Psst... you guys wanna buy a hot stereo?... Laughlin!, glad you guys made it." during the beginning of the film
b.		Lionel Atwill was dying from bronchial cancer when he began filming his scenes in January 1946.His fatal illness prevented him from working beyond February 4,so George Sorel filled in for him in all remaining scenes, usually with his back to the camera.
c.		The film was finished in 2001 but the release was pushed back to 2003.
d.		A family was actually living in the house that served as the Sawyer family house in the later half of the movie. They rented out their house to the film crew and continued to stay there during the entire shoot. During filming, the crew discovered that one of the residents had been cultivating a marijuana field; fearful that production would be shut down if they were found near the plants, the filmmakers called the Sheriff, who never arrived to investigate.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		Salma Hayeks scenes were rescheduled in the shoot so as to allow her to complete filming of Frida.
b.		The on-screen credits reads "Clarence E. Mulfords The Eagles Brood" suggesting Mulford wrote the story, since no title by that name was ever published.
c.		Brenda Joyces reluctance to appear in "A-Haunting We Will Go" led to the termination of her Fox contract. Her role was played by Sheila Ryan.
d.		David O. Selznick was credited as producer for his writing the screenplay.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		Another actor was originally cast as Phillip, but was fired after eighteen days of shooting and was subsequently replaced by Eric Brown.
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 MCA ever since.
c.		Writer Joe Eszterhas was paid a then-unheard-of sum of $3 million for his script.
d.		According to writer/director Robert Rodriguez, the idea to do a third movie in his El mariachi series came from his friend Quentin Tarantino who, knowing Roriguez to be a fan of Sergio Leone, also suggested the title. Tarantino is given special thanks in the closing credits. - Actually Robert Rodriguez intended on making a trilogy from the get go. You can read that for fact in his book "Rebel Without A Crew".

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		The studios first officially self-penned story since Dumbo.
b.		In one scene, theres a night club called "Les Nus les plus osées du monde": The most daring nudes in the world.
c.		George Axelrod copied the lecture about hydrangeas verbatim from a seed catalogue.
d.		When El Mariachi opens his guitar case in the hotel, some of Navajas knives from Desperado can be seen strapped to the inside of the lid.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		The Chihuahua has a name tag that says Moco on it. Moco was the villain in El mariachi.
b.		Released in both a sound and a silent version, allowing it to be distributed to theaters not yet equipped with sound systems.
c.		William Wisher Jr.: Co-writer Wisher is the man taking pictures of the Terminator as it was thrown through the glass window in the galleria. Wisher also had a cameo as a cop who is violently robbed from his car in The Terminator (hence his look of recognition as he sees the Terminator get up).
d.		This movie was filmed with two endings: one happy and one sad.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		"Moco" means "booger" in colloquial Spanish.
b.		In 2011, Jason Patric, Jason Millers son, appeared in a Broadway revival of "That Championship Season," playing the role of Tom Daley, the alcoholic.
c.		When Coraline suggests to the Other Mother that they play hide and seek during her first visit, the lightning outside of the window briefly takes the shape of the Other Mothers hand, as do the tree branches on the down logged when Coraline first apologizes to the cat for calling him a "wuss puss."
d.		Nearly all of the intertitles are taken directly from J.M. Barries dialogue for the play.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)?
a.		After being introduced to High-Definition digital video by George Lucas in 2000, Robert Rodriguez made this film his personal test to push the limits of the cameras. They withstood all of the conditions, including the often intense Mexican heat, and allowed Rodriguez to experiments with various lenses, filters and frame speeds.
b.		When Sam Kolawetz (Ned Beatty), the reporter, finds the address of Steve Rogers (Captain America)s old girlfriend, Bernice, he gives the address as "Ninety Bristol Court," the umbrella title of a 1964 trio of sitcoms on NBC ("Harris Against the World," "Karen," and "Tom, Dick and Harry").
c.		Originally, director Steve Miner wanted Jerry Goldsmith to score the film, having already worked with him on Warlock and Forever Young.
d.		The source that this movie was based on was a book by Charles A. Lockwood and Hans Christian Adamson entitled Hellcats of the Sea, the title of which also became this movies working title.

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