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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pleasantville (1998) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pleasantville (1998) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pleasantville (1998)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998).

About the movie: Two 1990's teenagers find themselves in a 1950's sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		Parachute stuntman Joseph Leonard Svec was killed in an accident while filming the scene where Chuck Yeager loses control of an experimental aircraft and bails out. Svecs helmet filled with smoke and he lost consciousness. He never pulled his ripcord and died on impact. During the real-life bailout this scene represented, Yeager collided with his ejection seat, breaking open the face-shield of his helmet. Molten explosive materials struck Yeager in the face, burning him severely and likewise filling his helmet with smoke.
b.		Dick Warlock, the stunt man who played Michael Myers in Halloween II, is credited under assassin in the credits.
c.		Director Gary Ross acknowledges these cinematographic homages: The scene of J.T. Walsh in front of the bowling alley scorecard recalls Pattons speech in front of the American flag in Patton; The courtroom segregated into black-and-white characters downstairs and "colored" characters upstairs recalls To Kill a Mockingbird; The scene in which Tobey Maguire spins in the rain recalls The Shawshank Redemption.
d.		The ship used as "HMS Interceptor" is an actual ship, the "Lady Washington" and is the official tall ship ambassador of the State of Washington. She can also be seen in Star Trek: Generations and was used as a reference for the RLS Legacy in Treasure Planet.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		Most of the extras on the beach panic scene were people who were just at the beach. When filming started most of them expressed interest in participating, ending up in the final film.
b.		Director Marc Andreottola was inspired to shoot "Suzys Party" in the experimental style of the David Lynch film Inland Empire.
c.		During the publicity campaign surrounding the films release, there was a contest for a trip to Pleasantville, Iowa (the smallest Pleasantville in the United States).
d.		Not screened for critics.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		The Native American in the test pattern behind Don Knotts changes to angry and then sad as the movie progresses.
b.		Joaquin Phoenix made a wooden walking stick for Bryce Dallas Howard during the 19th-century preparation the actors participated in before the film. He engraved the name of her character, Ivy, on the walking stick.
c.		The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man suits cost Approximately $20,000 apiece. Three were made and all were destroyed during filming.
d.		George Miller lost interest in the project after his friend and producer Byron Kennedy was killed in a helicopter crash while location scouting. That may explain why Miller only handled the action scenes while George Ogilvie handled the rest. The film is dedicated to Byron Kennedy.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		The "new" Bluesmobile is a 1991 Ford LTD Crown Victora and its number is K9.
b.		A limo doubled as a trailer, complete with a stripper pole and blinking lights.
c.		Filmed at the same mansion location used in Little Girls Blue.
d.		In the original screenplay, the TV Repairman was to be played by Dick Van Dyke and the name of the repair company was Robs TV Repair (Rob was Van Dykes name on his first show) In a subsequent draft, the name in the script was simply TV Repairman, leaving room for Don Knotts.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		Jean-Pierre Jeunets first solo credit as a director.
b.		Early appearances of color: the red rose, after the encounter at Lovers Lane; pink bubblegum seen in the hallway at school; one girls pink tongue; the red hearts of the cards in the bridge hand; the subtle green of the car in front of the diner; the jukebox in the diner becomes multicolored the guy in front of the jukebox combs his hair with a yellow comb Jennifers red cherry on her shake in the diner; the pink cherry blossoms reflected in the side mirror of the car; the subtle green of the grass at Lovers Lane before it turns completely colorized.
c.		Diana Lynn: Circus spectator
d.		The cab driver is played by Frank Nastasi who was the puppeteer that did White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie on The Soupy Sales Show.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		In the scene where Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift play drunk sitting on the street, Clift actually was drunk, but Lancaster was not.
b.		Zoe Akinss play, "The Greeks Had a Word for It," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 25 September 1930 and closed in May 1931 after 253 performances. The opening night cast included Verree Teasdale, Muriel Kirkland and Dorothy Hall. Dale Eunsons and Katherine Alberts play, "Loco," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 16 October 1946 and closed on 16 November 1946 after 37 performances. The opening night cast included Jean Parker as Loco. Parts of this play were added to beef up Betty Grables part in the movie.
c.		John Barry was commissioned by Paramount Pictures to compose, produce, and record a complete score. However, Barry was taken off the project after creative differences and reaction to test screenings . Although Michel Colombier completed the score, a few cues by Barry remain in the film, and one, "Wisdom of the Ages", was released on the original soundtrack LP. As of the present, the entirety of both Barrys largely unused music and Colombiers final theatrical version score have been issued on a limited edition 3-CD soundtrack by Capitol/La-La Land Records.
d.		The jukebox in Mr. Johnsons malt shop is a 1952 Seeburg M100C, known in collector circles as the "Happy Days" jukebox due to its appearance in the opening/closing segments of the ABC-TV series.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		Includes a scene reworking the "spider-walk" sequence cut from the original version of The Exorcist.
b.		Mike Enslin has a Chicago White Sox hat. Chicago is John Cusacks home town. Also, in a previous film, Eight Men Out, Cusack portrayed White Sox third-baseman George "Buck" Weaver. Cusack himself is a both a devoted Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox fan. He has said so in numerous interviews.
c.		During the early days of filming pictures were released to a Mexican newspaper called "Record". In that paper a full run down of what Dragonball was to be about as well as information on its director James Wong were given. However the pictures labeled as "the Director" and "actors" were nothing more than simple extras, in fact the picture of the supposed director was that of a chubby, white, blond haired extra, a huge contrast to James Wong who is of course a slim, Asian man.
d.		The two books that Bud (David) narrates to the teenagers of Pleasantville, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Catcher in the Rye," are the two most widely banned books in the United States.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		During the course of giving a very positive review to the film on his show, Gene Siskel recalled similar types of attacks on his own person when he went to college, and gave the example of once being handed piece of toast with the jam in the shape of a swastika.
b.		The scores projected during the bowling alley scene indicate all the bowlers are on pace for final scores of 230 or better. Two bowlers have perfect scores through eight frames.
c.		One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.
d.		Released straight to video in the UK.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		When Jennifer enters Pleasantville, she becomes a character named Mary-Sue. "Mary-Sue" is a term that originated in fan fiction to describe a character who comes into the characters lives and completely solves all of their problems. It is also a fan-fiction term for when the author (usually female) inserts herself (as a character) into the story.
b.		The fifteenth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.
c.		Working title: "A Man Called Smith".
d.		As a child, Katee Sackhoff was a child extra in this film. She has stated that she hated the experience, but vowed to Richard Dreyfuss that she would work with him again. She ended up playing his daughter in the series The Education of Max Bickford six years later.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pleasantville (1998)?
a.		Titles considered for the film include Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Android, Mechanismo, Dangerous Days, and finally Blade Runner. After the film had changed its name from Dangerous Days to Blade Runner, Ridley Scott decided he didnt like the new name, and tried to call the film Gotham City, but Bob Kane (comic book creator of Batman) wouldnt sell the rights to the name, so it returned to being called Blade Runner.
b.		In the preview screenings for the movie, nobody applauded after the big song numbers. The animators wanted applause and so somebody stuck the Genie with an "Applause" sign at the end of "Friend Like Me". The joke worked and the sign was kept for the movie.
c.		Since every scene from the middle of the movie on had to be in some way digitally changed to have black and white characters interact with characters who are in color, technically this film had the most digital effects shots until Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
d.		The poem that Norman and his father recite is an excerpt from Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth.

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