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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Palindromes (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Palindromes (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Palindromes (2004).
About the movie:
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Palindromes (2004)?
a.
Every football player referenced in the film by any of the characters or the radio host is a real NFL player other than Quantrell Bishop.
b.
The names of the characters Aviva, Bob, and Otto are all palindromes - as per the title of the film.
c.
Robert Altman
had a believer in the head of production at 20th Century Fox,
Alan Ladd Jr.
. He felt that he could indulge Altmans offbeat projects, while the studios more commercial films like
Star Wars
would make up for any financial loss.
Peter Biskind
, author of "Easy Riders," reports in his book that Altman and
Tommy Thompson
were driving to the airport, when Altman said, "Lets stop at 20th. I had a dream last night, I want to sell it to Laddie. Keep the engine running, itll only take a minute." Altman darted into Ladds office, made a deal for "3 Women," and was back in the car in time to make his flight.
d.
Shot in eight days.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Palindromes (2004)?
a.
Heather Matarazzo
turned down reprising the role of Dawn Wiener in this film.
b.
According to
Carl Gottlieb
s "The Jaws Log",
Steven Spielberg
was never happy with the moment when Ben Gardners head pops out of the hole in the bottom of his boat. Preview audiences jumped at this scene, but Spielberg wanted more than an ordinary shock moment. However, the studio was unwilling to budget a re-shoot. So Spielberg declared that hed pay for it himself, assembling a crew in editor
Verna Fields
back-yard swimming pool, which would serve as the underwater location. A gallon of milk gave the water enough of the look of Nantucket Sound. The boat bottom was placed in the pool and
Richard Dreyfuss
stunt double went through the action. The studio eventually ate the cost of the re-shoot, and the scene was taken to a much higher level, just by changing the composition and timing of a few feet of footage.
c.
Fans of
The Three Stooges
may recognize the same cheap studio sets and on-the-quick lighting we associate with their B&W shorts. Typical of the B pictures
Harry Cohn
s Columbia Pictures Gower Street lot ground out in the 1940s,
Crime Doctor
and many of the best Stooges shorts were shot during the same World War II years.
Crime Doctor
is one of the first films directed by
Michael Gordon
, who was from the Yale Drama School and The Group Theater with
Elia Kazan
, and who, after many years of being blacklisted during the McCarthy red scare era, eventually directed the
Doris Day
/
Rock Hudson
hit
Pillow Talk
.
d.
Laird Cregar
s screen presence and performance created such a sensation that Twentieth Century Fox planned to cash in on their find by putting him in similar roles in other productions. The first of these was
Hangover Square
which re-united director John Brahm, screenwriter Barre Lyndon and co-star George Sanders. The plans were cut short when Laird Cregar was stricken by a fatal heart attack at the end of the year. "Hangover Square" would be released after his death.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Palindromes (2004)?
a.
Ewan McGregor
was
Danny Boyle
s first choice to play the part of Richard. The studio wanted
Leonardo DiCaprio
and cast him before Boyle could intervene. While McGregor blames the studio, he has reportedly not spoken to Boyle since.
b.
At the end of the movie, after
Charlton Heston
as Moses has turned over leadership of the Israelites to Joshua, he watches as the Israelites march into Caanan. At this point, Moses was supposed to have been enveloped in the fog coming down from the mountain, but the effect was never completed. As a result, Moses is shown to be standing there watching the Israelites go, and this is closer to what is related in the actual Bible than what
Cecil B. DeMille
originally intended.
c.
Based on the novella "The Old Woman" by Soviet avant-garde writer Kharms.
d.
Director spent his entire lifes saving on making the movie because no studios would back it.
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