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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Poseidon (2006) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Poseidon (2006) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Poseidon (2006)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006).

About the movie: On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		This movie was directed by Henry Hathaway who had directed twenty years earlier the classic 20th Century-Fox movie about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and also set in World War II North Africa, The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel. Hathaways other movies about the Second World War were all for studio Twentieth Century-Fox and included The House on 92nd Street; Wing and a Prayer; Youre in the Navy Now and 13 Rue Madeleine. Raid on Rommel was Hathaways only WW II movie which wasnt made by Fox, it was made by Universal.
b.		Many members of the cast and crew came down with minor infections due to being in dirty water for so many hours a day.
c.		The effect of the parting of the Red Sea was created by placing two blocks of blue gelatin side-by-side, heating them until they melted...then running the footage in reverse.
d.		Official Selection: Zero Film Festival: Los Angeles (2008). WINNER: Purple Heart Award.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		Art directors Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead had an entire reconstruction of the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, built on the Universal backlot at a cost of $225,000. The set contained more than 30 buildings. It would have cost at least $100,000 more had Golitzen and Bumstead not learned of some Southern-style housing about to be demolished to make way for a new Los Angeles freeway. They bought a dozen of them and had them brought to the studio. Such efforts resulted in the two winning the Oscar for Best Art Direction the following year.
b.		Steve Zahn was originally cast as Miller, but at the last second Adam Goldberg was cast in the role.
c.		White Zombie contributed the track "The One" written specifically for the soundtrack to Escape From L.A.. White Zombies frontman Rob Zombie later went on to direct a remake of John Carpenters Halloween.
d.		The "upside-down" set was built on top of a large water tank in the sound stage so that it can be filled with water and drained in a matter of hours.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		Josh Lucas was injured on set during underwater filming when Kurt Russell banged his flashlight into Lucas head, injuring his eye.
b.		The film is dedicated to its stunt coordinator, Bennie E. Dobbins. Dobbins died of a heart attack on the set while staging the films snow fight scene in Vienna.
c.		In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #4540, Lewis Stone, Irene Rich, and Leon Janney discuss the picture.
d.		The famous understatement was actually made twice by two astronauts. Jack Swigert said, "OK Houston, weve had a problem here." Mission Control said, "This is Houston. Say again, please." Then Jim Lovell said, "Ahh, Houston, weve had a problem." On the recording, Swigert is garbled at the beginning, while Lovell is clear, so the recording of Lovell is often heard, leading to the impression he said it, even though Swigert said it first. Its commonly misquoted as, "Houston, weve got a problem," or "Houston, we have a problem." Because "weve had" implies the problem has passed, Ron Howard chose to use "we have".

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		Dylan Johns (Josh Lucas) jogging on the deck of the ship during the beginning credits the evening before the ship capsizes pays homage to the original film, The Poseidon Adventure. In it, James Martin (Red Buttons) jogs on the deck of the ship before the night of capsizing. Mr Martin starts off by taking a deep breath at the deck railing before starting off, and Dylan ends his jog at the deck railing. Both wear a full jogging suit which are both the same color.
b.		The draft riots depicted in the film are largely accurate, but the real-life Bill "The Butcher" Poole (the basis for Daniel Day-Lewis character) was killed several years before the riots took place.
c.		Richard Johnsons son and wife have cameos in the film.
d.		The amount of digital footage shot would approximately equal 2 million feet of conventional film.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		Carol Lynley, Red Buttons and Pamela Sue Martin, three stars of the original film, attended the premiere in May, 2006.
b.		Spocks mind meld with McCoy wasnt in Nicholas Meyers original script, nor did he direct the scene. It was added after test audiences said they wished there was hope that Spock could be revived. When Paramount ordered the change, Meyer threatened to have his name taken off the film. However, according to Leonard Nimoys autobiography I Am Spock, Harve Bennett approached him during the original filming of the scene and suggested doing a mind meld with Bones "as a thread we could pick up in a later film." In this account, it was Nimoy who suggested the single word "Remember..." He makes no mention of the studio ordering this change, nor of this being due to any audience test screenings. He does state that Paramount had concerns from the outset that audiences might not accept the death, and that Meyer had "reservations" about the scene, as he wanted Spocks death to be final.
c.		While Richard and Elise are walking together on the grounds of the Grand Hotel, the extras in the background move to and from poses of classical impressionist paintings (Monet, Stevens, etc.).
d.		The tape that Flor uses to learn English is a real tape.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were Like Father Like Son, 18 Again!, Big, and Vice Versa.
b.		Following political pressure from the UK, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer withdrew this film from British territories following its initial theatrical run.
c.		The producers wanted to shoot the movie at Fox Studios Baja, but it was unavailable at the time.
d.		Marc Price starred as geeky Erwin Skippy Handleman on the popular 80s comedy sitcom Family Ties.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		The title is a quotation from Shakespeares Macbeth.
b.		There was only one day of exterior filming done on the entire shoot. It was to get footage of Josh Lucas jogging that was eventually composited into the opening CG shot of the ship.
c.		Mary Steenburgen was a finalist for the part that went to Julie Christie.
d.		William Castles final film as a director.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		In the shot of the bus leaving with the hostages, we can see Steve, Stevie, Chaim, and Steve-O sitting in a sequence, mixed with the rest of the hostages.
b.		Robert Ramsey is also the name of the mayor in The Towering Inferno, produced by Irwin Allen, the producer of the original The Poseidon Adventure.
c.		Because De Sica could not understand English, he hired an Italian actor, gave him instructions on how to stand and speak, and asked Montgomery Clift to mimic him. Clift refused.
d.		Although playing the minor sister, Tara Reid is actually 3½ year older than her on-screen major sister played by Kate Hudson.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		Ray Bradbury first wrote Something Wicked This Way Comes as a screenplay in 1952, after watching Gene Kelly in Singin in the Rain, which Bradbury thought the greatest musical ever made. Bradbury showed Kelly the screenplay, and Kelly was so impressed that he wanted to make it his next picture. When Kelly shopped the story around to potential backers, however, he was unable to raise any money for the project. It was only after this failure that Bradbury rewrote the story as a novel, which was published in 1962. Bradbury dedicated the novel to Kelly.
b.		The interior ship shots were filmed in two separate sound stages at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, one in which the ballroom set was built "right-side-up," the other where the identical set was built upside-down.
c.		The duck that nearly gets a stove dropped onto it is well known to American audiences as the Aflac Duck. Hes the mascot for the American insurance company Aflac. Their ads feature a pair of people discussing Aflac insurance, but being unable to remember the companys name while he tries to shout it out but simply sounds like a quacking duck. Paramount and Aflac also ran a series of movie tie-in ads.
d.		Kenya Gaines wasnt signed on to play Darious until filming had already begun. He turn down Ross Hockrows first offer. Ross proceeded to not cast the role in hopes Kenya would "come around" to the idea of acting. After much consideration he decided to play the role. They worked so well together Ross Hockrow casted him as the lead in his next film.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poseidon (2006)?
a.		John Wayne partially financed this film himself. During shooting, the film was delayed due to various production problems. Wayne was under so much pressure, he smoked cigarettes almost non-stop when not acting.
b.		The wine that Richard Dreyfuss orders, Romanee-Conti, is the same wine that William Holden gave Robert Vaughn in The Towering Inferno.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 8, 1945 with Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson reprising their film roles.
d.		Alfred Hitchcock was so pleased with the score written by Bernard Herrmann that he doubled the composers salary to $34,501. Hitchcock later said, "33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music."

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