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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pineapple Express (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pineapple Express (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008).
About the movie:
A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witness his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
Shipped to some theaters under the title "Easy Job".
b.
When the prison sergeant says "Take a look at the 400 and see that theyre all there", the reference is the Four Hundred, a term used to describe the social elite of New York, especially in the last half of the 19th Century.
c.
This was the first movie that
Woody Allen
directed. His initial lack of either confidence or track record prompted him to initially ask
Jerry Lewis
to direct the movie, but Lewis was busy with his own work.
d.
The word soylent is supposed to suggest soy + lentil.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
After the tragic sudden death of
Carole Lombard
,
Clark Gable
had said, "Youll have to get them to change the title. I couldnt walk on a set with those word before me." It was to be changed to "Red Light".
b.
Director
Ken Russell
was attached to direct early in production.
c.
Rosie Perez
convinced the director,
David Gordon Green
to cut most of her dialogue out, telling him it would make her characters crooked side more effective.
d.
In one scene, Barris unsuccessfully attempts to create a pistol silencer, disturbing the people around him with loud gunshots while testing it.
Sherlock Holmes
also features a character played by
Robert Downey Jr.
doing this.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
The scene on the speedboat where Lt. Callahan sings "The Ride of the Valkyries" was not in the script. Director
Alan Myerson
laughed so hard at
Leslie Easterbrook
s vocal improvisation between takes, that not only did Leslie and a cameraman have to grab Alan to prevent him from falling off the boat, but Alan also decided to use the opera singing as part of the scene itself.
b.
Third Best Picture winner (along with
Crash
and
Casablanca
) to have originally premiered in the year before it qualified for Academy Awards consideration.
c.
Richard Burton
initially turned the film down because he felt the idea of him playing a saint would cause the press to have a field day. He also said he would be more suited to playing Henry II.
d.
The word "fuck" and its derivatives are said 180 times.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
Originally,
Mel Gibson
insisted his character be killed off in the movie as he felt this should be the last Lethal Weapon movie. After filming was completed he retracted his statements, saying he had such fun making the movie hed be happy to do another one. The film teased fans with his original statements by hinting he was going to die by drowning after the concrete slab fell on him while Murtaugh was still unconscious.
b.
During a July 2008 interview with the Orange County Register about Pineapple Express, the interviewer told
Seth Rogen
and
James Franco
that he prepared for the interview by watching the classic stoner comedy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
the night before. When he asked Rogen and Franco if they prepared likewise before making this film, Franco said he prepared by making out with Spicoli (a reference to his having shot
Milk
, in which he and
Sean Penn
play lovers).
c.
The name of the ship in the movie is the "Mata Hari" (named for the famous spy).
d.
Although the film is based on fiction, both
Bobby Jones
and
Walter Hagen
were real golfers. Jones was the more famous because, among other things, he founded the US Masters tournament in Augusta.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
The red slurpee Saul spills over the windshield of the cop car was darkened in the trailer after it was discovered that audiences were mistaking it for blood.
b.
Paul Girard (
Martin Balsam
) meets Admiral Barnswell (
John Houseman
), commander of the 6th Fleet, in Gibraltar aboard his flagship, USS Kitty Hawk, one of the newest & largest aircraft carriers in 1964. The scene was filmed in San Diego Bay, where the Kitty Hawk was actually flagship of the 7th Fleet based in the Pacific. The aircraft carrier USS Midway is in the background. The Midway is now a museum in San Diego while the Kitty Hawk is still in service (2008) and the longest serving US Navy ship.
c.
When Rusty Ryan (
Brad Pitt
) is teaching the "teen idols" to play poker, all of the actors are actual "teen idols" who were at the time starring in popular TV Shows. They are:
Holly Marie Combs
from
Charmed
-
Topher Grace
of
That 70s Show
-
Joshua Jackson
of
Dawsons Creek
-
Barry Watson
of
7th Heaven
-
Shane West
of
Once and Again
.
d.
In the song "America, Fuck Yeah", the word "fuck" is used 37 times.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
Director
Frank Oz
and cast member
Ian McDiarmid
had previously both been in
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
, though their characters had no scenes together. They subsequently worked together in all three Star Wars prequels, during which McDiarmid was digitally inserted into
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
, in which Oz already appeared.
b.
Final film of
Virginia Valli
.
c.
Director
Geoff Murphy
and lead actor
Emilio Estevez
later teamed up for
Freejack
.
d.
Seth Rogen
was a guest on
The Howard Stern Show
on August 11, 2008 and he told
Howard Stern
that he wrote the script in 2001. However since he was still relatively new it wasnt until his performances in
The 40 Year Old Virgin
and
Knocked Up
that the script was approved.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
Seth Rogen
told the April 25 issue of Rolling Stone that the filmmakers originally wanted a budget of $50 million but was only able to secure $25 million due to the drug-heavy subject matter.
b.
The biplanes, Dorothy and Lillian, are French-built Stampes, which were built after WW II. Actual Stampes were civilian aircraft without armament. This explains the high mounting positions of the Lewis guns.
c.
At the "Grand Hotel Potemkin", the band plays the song "Yes, We Have No Bananas" (in German of course). This song is used in
Billy Wilder
s previous film,
Sabrina
d.
There was a comic book that bridged the gap between
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
and this film. It followed Jason after he was dipped in toxic waste in a New York City sewer, and his killing spree all the way back to Camp Crystal Lake. It also explains why the FBI has a task force specifically for Jason.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
Seth Rogen
originally wrote the part of Saul Silver for himself to play, it wasnt until the table read that he realized
James Franco
would be funnier in the role of Saul.
b.
Charles Bickford
almost died when a supposedly "tame" lion turned and attacked him. The lion (which was killed by its trainer) sank its teeth into Bickfords throat. Severely injured, Bickford was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery that saved his life.
c.
Unable to keep his hat on during the scene where he was chasing the tank on horseback despite trying glue, tape, and newspaper wedges,
Harrison Ford
pretended (in a "Making Of" special) to staple the hat to his head.
d.
Elvis Presley
and
Vincent Price
never met.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
The photograph of an elderly couple which appears before Alice is photographed by Anna, and which appears also in Annas exhibition, is a photograph of British philosophers Peter Geach and G. E. M. Anscombe.
b.
Vitaphone Production reels #4844-4850 and #4833 (trailer)
c.
Sauls grandmother was not part of the original script.
James Franco
came up with the part, suggesting that it would be funny for his drug dealer character to have a Bubbie.
d.
The scenes on the empty San Diego streets were shot on 1 January, when there are few people about, because the production was unable to pay for closing them.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pineapple Express (2008)?
a.
The film was originally titled "Slammer" until
Madonna
wrote and decided to use Whos That Girl as the films theme song. The song went to #1 on the Billboard chart in August 1987.
b.
Last cinema film of
John Forsythe
.
c.
While filming the scene in which Saul runs into a tree,
James Franco
became overzealous and actually ran into the tree causing him to get three stitches.
d.
The three murders of the men and the attempted murder of Parliament coincide with the four Greek elements. The first was a burial crime scene (Earth), second was drowning (water), third was immolation (fire), and fourth was poison gas (air).
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