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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pi (1998) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pi (1998) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998).
About the movie:
A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
Bought by Artisan for $1,000,000.
b.
The film upon release was a box office disaster and received negative reviews. in response to that, the studio told
Buster Keaton
that he was now restricted to movie making. After this, the studio would not let him make his own movies, he had to do what the studio gave him to make.
c.
Nancy Valen
(Mela) used body double Susan More for her nude scene.
d.
During filming the cameras recorded two unidentified flying objects: one at Sonora, CA on 11.1.1967; another at Broom Ranch near Camarillo, CA on 12.27.1967. The footage was provided to an investigator from the University of Colorado UFO Project (1966-1968), who determined that the objects were probably some wind-blown debris.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
At 49 minutes, this is the shortest feature film ever released by Warner Bros.
b.
Lichtenstein can clearly be seen mouthing the word "Damn!"
c.
Most of the props on the set were hot-glued together. That, plus the hot lights and the cramped quarters created by the sets, caused a number of crewmembers to grow nauseous from the smell.
d.
Jodie Foster
, the actress who got the part of Sarah Tobias, was actually the fourth choice.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
The federal agent-types on stage with Lacombe during the auditorium scene where he teaches the hand signals were real federal agents. Similarly some of the extras who played scientists in the end sequence were real scientists.
b.
Re-released in France in May 1974.
c.
Freeze-framing shows that the 216 digit number actually has 218 digits. Its: 941432434315126593210548723904868285129134748760 276719592346023858295830472501652325259296925727655364363462727 184012012643147546329450127847264841075622347896267285928582953 47502772262646456217613984829519475412398501.
d.
The film was actually produced in 2002 by Miramax but held for release for more than a year.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
Everyone on the crew had a role to play in the film (as an actor) except for Assistant Director/Art Director Wanda Lilly. When asked to play a role in the film, she said "No, Im doing too much already."
b.
After
Aaron Yoo
s character Chewie is killed, his body is hung upside down from the sheds rafter. As he is dangling lifelessly, you can visibly see Yoos scar on his abdomen. In real life Yoo had his appendix removed and that director
Marcus Nispel
wanted that scene to be filmed promptly as Yoo was still recovering from surgery.
c.
The 216-digit number which Max hand-writes on paper (different from the 218-digit number displayed on-screen by Euclid) is: 884509627386359275033751967 943067599621731590401694134 434007629683591574337516791 197615733475195375920401694 343151239621353184932676605 800621596380716399501371459 954387507655892533875618750 354029981152863950711207613. The piece of paper he writes it on has "Only God is Perfect" at the bottom.
d.
William Holden
s younger brother, Robert Beedle, was a Navy fighter pilot who was killed in action in World War II. After this film was released, he was remembered by his squadron-mates as having been very much like the character of Lt Harry Brubaker.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
James Cameron
: [feet] Close-up of Jakes feet when he moves them around in the soil; close-up of Col. Quaritchs feet in his first scene; slow-mo focus on the wolf-creatures feet as it circles around Jakes avatar, just before he first meets Neytiri.
b.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
c.
Abraham Lincoln
s "Bixby Letter" was an indirect plot device in an earlier
Steven Spielberg
film,
Saving Private Ryan
. Additionally, his "Gettysburg Address" is recited by a schoolboy in the opening scene of another Spielberg film,
Minority Report
.
d.
The number Max is searching for is 216 digits long. 216 is 6x6x6; 666 is the "number of the beast" according to the Book of Revelation.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
Michael Pecerlello
is the writer of the "Fact or Fiction" article in the newspaper.
b.
Director/star Neil Mandt and Cinematographer/star Marc Carter set out on an around the world journey to shoot Last Stop For Paul and all they brought along was one camera, two wireless microphones, three batteries and a rough story outline.
c.
The original plan for releasing The Matrix Reloaded and
The Matrix Revolutions
was to release them weeks apart, not months.
d.
The directors mother catered for the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
Groucho Marx told an anecdote - both on a 60s Today Show segment and in print - that the movies producer asked three aspiring actresses to walk seductively past Marx. Whomever Marx decided was the best walker would play opposite him in the film. When the third girl walked past, Marx asked the producer, "How could you possibly choose anyone but that last one?" Marx had chosen Marilyn Monroe for the film.
b.
Pi cost only $60,000 to make, most of which was raised in the form of individual $100 contributions from the directors friends and family. When it was later bought by Artisan Entertainment, each contributor got back a $150 return on their investment.
c.
A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
d.
The last film worked on by
Joe Ranft
who ironically died in a car crash in 2005. The film is dedicated to his memory, as is
Corpse Bride
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
Elisabeth Shue
was cast as Jennifer, and all the closing shots of
Back to the Future
were re-shot for the beginning of this film.
Claudia Wells
(Jennifer in "Back to the Future") was unable to reprise her role as she had stopped acting because her mother had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to acting for the independent film
Still Waters Burn
.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 27, 1947 with
Ann Blyth
reprising her film role.
c.
The photographer who is pursued by Max in the subway, is played by Clint Mansell. He is the composer of the films soundtrack.
d.
Happy New Year was adapted from K. Lorrel Mannings critically-acclaimed play by the same title that ran Off-Broadway in June/July 2007. It starred Michael Cuomo Cuomo and William Oliver Watkins.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
According to director
Andrew Bergman
on the Turner Classic Movies documentary on
Marlon Brando
, He was having a problem shooting a scene with Brando and as a nervous habit, he began chewing Bazooka bubblegum. Brando asked him for a piece to which Bergman replied "Ill tell you what, you do this scene in one take and Ill give you a piece." They shot the scene in one take and Brando immediately went behind the camera with his hand out. Good to his word, Bergman gave Brando a piece of Bazooka bubblegum.
b.
All of the special effects footage had to be printed on the original negatives.
Stanley Kubrick
thought using copies of the negatives would harm the visual quality of effects shots.
c.
The movie ends with Jenna asking for the result of the division of 748 by 238. This simplifies to the fraction 22/7, the result is 3.1428 which is a good approximation of pi often taught in primary schools. (3.1415...) by 3 digits.
d.
A Decepticon named Stryker, who transformed into an armoured personnel carrier, was going to appear in the film, but was eventually cut out and replaced with the Decepticon Brawl. Stryker would instead be renamed as Wreckage, and appear in the IDW "Transformer" comics.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pi (1998)?
a.
When Azamat opens the fridge at his apartment in Hollywood, you can see the head of Oxanna the bear.
b.
No location permits were secured for any of the scenes filmed. The crew had to have one man constantly serving as a lookout for police so they could stop filming if needed.
c.
During screen tests for the role of Superman, the role of Lois Lane was played by
Holly Palance
.
d.
The film was refused a UK cinema certificate in 1974.
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