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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Powder Blue (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Powder Blue (2009) Quiz
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About the movie:
Four Los Angelenos -- a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper -- are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
Forest Whitaker
is the only one of the four main characters to not have blue eyes. He is also the only one to never enter the strip club where Rose-Johnny works.
b.
Publicity for this movie from the Columbia Pictures studio described this picture as "The most commercial film to come out of Australia in 30 years".
c.
Michael Cimino
was given the chance to write and direct this picture for
Clint Eastwood
after Eastwood was impressed with a rewrite Cimino did on the second "Dirty Harry" script,
Magnum Force
.
d.
In the book upon which the movie is based, the most popular girl in a school is given the title "Queen Bee". In the movie, the character who fits that description is named Regina - "queen" in Latin.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
Co-stars
Christine Lahti
,
Mandy Patinkin
, and
Adam Arkin
all played doctors on
Chicago Hope
.
b.
Even before "JFK" had finished filming, the Washington Post national security correspondent George Lardner showed up on set and wrote a scathing article attacking the movie. Lardner based this on the first draft screenplay he had read. Other leading newspapers followed suit upon the films release, many taking particular umbrage with the liberties with the facts that Oliver Stone had taken.
c.
Rick Nelson and Warhol protégé Jackie Curtis considered for role ultimately played by Perry King.
d.
When Rose-Johnny and Jack talk by telephone through the glass, their reflections are always visible when they arent in the shot. In
The Silence of the Lambs
, this effect is also used between Starling and Hannibal Lector.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
When Charlie talks to his dead wife in a hallucination, she is wearing a red dress. When Jack dies and sees his grandson again at the beach, they are flying a red kite.
b.
Lewis Stone
played the heavy - the Marquis de la Tour dAzyr - in the 1923 version of this film. He came back to play the older character of "Georges de Valmorin" in this version.
c.
Marks the return of
Lillian Gish
to MGM after a 22 year absence from MGM studios.
d.
The movie was initially intended to be a dark drama about prostitution in Los Angeles in the late 1980s/early 1990s. The relationship between Vivian and Edward also harbored controversial themes, including the concept of having Vivian addicted to cocaine; part of the deal was that she had to stay off it for a week. She needed the money to go to Disneyland. Edward eventually throws her out of his car and drives off. The movie was scripted to end with Vivian and her prostitute friend on the bus to Disneyland. These traits, considered by producer
Laura Ziskin
to be detrimental to the otherwise sympathetic portrayal of her, were removed or incorporated into the character of Vivians friend, Kit. These "cut scenes" have been found in public view, and some were included on the DVD released on the movies 15th anniversary. One such scene has Vivian offering Edward, "I could just pop ya good and be on my way", indicating a lack of interest in "pillow talk". In another, she is confronted by drug dealers outside of The Blue Banana, and rescued by Edward and Darryl. One example of a changed plotline was when Edward breaks into the bathroom to find Vivian flossing her teeth instead of doing drugs as he had feared. In the original script she was doing drugs.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
Screenwriter
Robert Mark Kamen
was one of the original writers but was never credited.
b.
50 Cent
watched all of
Jim Sheridan
s films to prepare for his role. His personal favorite was
The Boxer
.
c.
As someone mentioned earlier, Yulaw uses xingyi quan. There is a scene in the movie where is he practicing his xingyi when hes shackled and jailed. This is a reference to the famous Xingyi master Kuo Yun Shen who did the same thing when he was jailed.
d.
The film was shot on location in Los Angeles.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
This movie is mentioned in the song "Wonder (If Shell Get It)" by the band Superchick.
b.
Jack (
Ray Liotta
) is the only one of the four main characters to have served time in prison. He is also the only one of them to die at the end.
c.
Shortly after the film
300
was released, there was considerable controversy as regards
Tyler Bates
s score. It was noted that Bates music borrowed heavily from
Elliot Goldenthal
s score for Titus. In particular, Bates "Remember Us" is identical in parts to Goldenthals "Finale", and "Returns a King" is very similar to "Victorius Titus". There was talk of an impending lawsuit, however, on 3 August 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures acknowledged on 300s official website, "a number of the music cues for the score of 300 were, without our knowledge or participation, derived from music composed by Academy Award winning composer Elliot Goldenthal for the motion picture Titus. Warner Bros. Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter." As a result, the composer credit on the 2009 Blu-ray re-release of 300, "300: The Ultimate Experience", features the note "Derived in Part from Pre-existing Compositions Not Authored by Tyler Bates".
d.
Linda Hamilton
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Daryl Hannah
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Joan Cusack
,
Tatum ONeal
,
Molly Ringwald
and
Jennifer Connelly
all turned down the role of Sarah.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
The character of Art Lean (
Kenneth Edwards
) doesnt appear in the games. He was created exclusively for the film.
b.
Although
Joan Crawford
is one of the few "Old Hollywood" stars who doesnt make a guest cameo appearance in the film proper, she can be clearly spotted as a chorus girl sitting at a makeup table during old film clip used under opening credits in the section headed by the name of
William Demarest
.
c.
Forest Whitaker
was the first actor cast. He also served as a producer for the film.
d.
The mansion was actually a three-wall set, constructed in a remote area in the Utah hills.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
Jessica Biel
got her stripper training at a Gentlemans Club called 4Play in Los Angeles, CA.
b.
Mary Hobbes paperwork states she was fourteen years old in 1951 when the murders took place and it was 1974 when she was committed and interviewed, so Mary would have been thirty-seven.
c.
When Farmer is about to launch, Shepard says: "Cleared for launch at zero hour nine AM," an homage to the
Elton John
song "Rocket Man."
d.
The PDA used at the beginning of the movie is a PalmOne Tungsten T3.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
John Lithgow
,
Dudley Moore
and
Jeff Goldblum
were all considered for the role of Doc Brown.
b.
After the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001, Warner Bros. pulled all advertising of the film which had included a mock newspaper clipping alongside
Arnold Schwarzenegger
s face featuring the word "bombing" and the tagline "What would you do if you lost everything?" and its
Collateral Damage
movie website that had included a game called "Hunting for the Wolf". When the film was finally released in 2002, the films poster was revamped with shot of an explosion due to the U.S. subsequent invasion of Afghanistan in the background of Arnolds face in the foreground and the films original tagline missing. The website was completely revamped with nothing but production stills, bios, the films synopsis, and cast and crew material. The games and other material that had been on the original version of the website were completely eliminated.
c.
The colour blue is featured in almost every scene, even if its as small as the characters eye colour.
d.
The film was withdrawn from cinemas shortly after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC on 11 September 2001, due to a scene involving an exploding building.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
Patrick Swayze
s final feature film performance.
b.
Actress
Bonnie Steiger
who plays TV host Sharon Sharalike in the movie is a real-life television personality in the San Francisco Bay Area with her shows, Movie Close Up and Below San Francisco. In her twenty-something years doing this shes interviewed such actors and directors as:
Jeff Bridges
,
Kim Basinger
,
John Waters
,
Divine
,
Kitten Natividad
, Tab Hunter and
Paul Bartel
.
c.
A
Fred Astaire
solo dance number (on a railroad track) was cut from the film, although a print containing it was shown in New York until at least 1948.
d.
Russell Crowe
filmed all of his scenes in 9 days.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Powder Blue (2009)?
a.
The underwater scenes showing the lift bags being attached to the plane are the exact same scenes used in Airport 77, which also dealt with a submerged plane.
b.
Composer
Hugh Martin
did not enjoy his experience writing the films score. Although Martin greatly admired
Judy Garland
and the talent of those he was working with, he did not appreciate Producer
Arthur Freed
s volatile temperament, or the one-upsmanship and self important attitudes shared by the MGM hierarchy. He has said that he found all that showing off and competing for attention "depressing". A devout Christian, in later years he adapted "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" into "Have Yourself a "Blessed" Little Christmas" for several popular gospel singers, including
Mahalia Jackson
.
c.
According to director
Timothy Linh Bui
, he cast
Ray Liotta
after meeting him in an Italian restaurant by pure coincidence. Even stranger was that Liotta was the only customer when Bui walked in.
d.
The Devils Brigade as seen in this movie was based on the true story of the United States First Special Service Force.
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