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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Practical Magic (1998) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Practical Magic (1998) Quiz
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About the movie:
Sally and Gillian Owens have always known they were different. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
Aidan Quinn
s character , Officer Hallet, has something called Heterochromia Iridium. Heterochromia Iridium is an eye condition in which one iris is a partial or completely different color then the other iris. Although it is unusual in humans, there are some celebrities with this condition.
Kate Bosworth
and
Jane Seymour
to name two.
b.
In
Bob Dylan
s first scene, where he is released from prison, he is wearing a wig. He liked it so much that he continued to wear it for various occasions, including his appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in August 2002.
c.
Then 17-year-old
Sylvia Sidney
was considered for the title role. A screen test was made in Chicago, where Sidney was appearing in the play "Crime" by
A.H. Woods
. The test consisted of the last act of the play and was directed by
D.W. Griffith
. DeMille viewed the test and decided he was not interested in her.
d.
Due to language, the film originally garnered an "R" rating from the MPAA. It was reduced to "PG-13" on appeal.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
Released straight to video in the UK.
b.
The character Jimmy Angelov was originally named Jimmy Hawkins, and was a Texas redneck. The part was rewritten as Eastern European for
Goran Visnjic
after director
Griffin Dunne
saw him in
Welcome to Sarajevo
and
Madonna
s "Power of Goodbye" video.
c.
According to filmmaker Shatzberg, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were early champions of the film, helping to get it financed via their film production company at Universal.
d.
The phrase "A-Team" is heard only once in the film, used by the judges at the military court. Its used in its technical format, referring to the United States Army Special Forces unit (Operational Detachment Alpha, "A").
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
Chuck Jones
received a credit as "animation consultant" but disavowed the movie forever after, complaining that there was something wrong with a movie where the live-action hero got more sympathy than the animated-cartoon star did.
b.
When it premiered in New York City on 22 June 1933, the running time was 68 minutes and reviewers complained about the "choppy" editing. As a result, missing sequences were restored and the running time was extended to 80 minutes, which is the version presently available on DVD.
c.
Producer
Richard Carter
originally asked
Jack Lemmon
to play Kotch in this movie. Lemmon instead wanted to direct this movie and let
Walter Matthau
play Kotch.
d.
When asked why actresses
Sandra Bullock
and
Nicole Kidman
were to play sisters when they obviously looked nothing alike, director
Griffin Dunne
stated that when he researched historical witches that often times witch siblings typically looked nothing alike. Thus it made sense that the two were cast as sisters. However, when he was casting Griffin did made sure the two actresses who played Sandras daughters had features similar to each of the two main stars.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
After bad reactions at a test screening, composer
Michael Nyman
s score was rejected at the last minute. It was called too European sounding and obtrusive. It was replaced with one by
Alan Silvestri
. The change was made so late that the soundtrack albums had already been pressed. As a result, the first batch to hit stores all had two suites of themes from Nymans score. A few weeks later, a new version of the CD, with the exact same ISBN number, was made, replacing Nymans tracks with music by Silvestri.
b.
A preserved print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television archives.
c.
In 2008, this film was voted #1 on AFIs list over the ten best romantic comedies of all time.
d.
Billy Wilder
was going to direct and write the screenplay at one point.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
Aunt Fanny did not feature in Welles radio adaptation.
b.
While enrolled in film school, the crew checked out equipment for their class project, but were secretly using it to make this movie instead. To cover for themselves, the crew made "The Denver Ninja Posse" over a weekend and told the school theyd been working on it for months.
c.
The first draft of the script was written by
Eric Taylor
was considered too depressing. The original Taylor treatment brought Wolf von Frankenstein back into play, as well as Ygor, plus a misshapen hunchback, Theodor. Ygors plan was to create a vengeful mob of societys rejects, ala
Freaks
, led by himself, with the Monster as brute force. A rewrite was ordered and given to veteran writer
Scott Darling
who retained the fundamental scenario but made significant changes.
d.
According to
Sandra Bullock
in the commentary, in the scene where Gillian and Sally get drunk with their aunts and they sling insults, the actresses actually got drunk. They were drinking some very bad tequila that
Nicole Kidman
brought.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
Metro North Commuter Railroad changed its name several years ago and is now simply known as Metro North Railroad.
b.
In the early 1990s, producer
Jack Schwartzman
was supposedly planning a special edition laserdisc, with an all-new expanded cut of the film. There was also talk of having the film re-scored. To date, this has not come to fruition in any form.
c.
The entire house was a specially built architectural shell that was torn down after filming. It was built on rented land, and even the blossoms on the trees are fake - made of silk.
d.
Sam Newfield
received $1250 to direct this film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
The black dog that follows Sallys (
Sandra Bullock
s character) husband Michael (
Mark Feuerstein
s character) on the day of his death is no accident. According to several cultural traditions (mainly those of the British isles and Latin America), a sign of impending death can take the form of a black dog.
b.
The two Martian machines that crash in Los Angeles are really the same machine from a different angle with the film image reversed.
c.
Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any):
Vera Lewis
(Mrs. Fogerty),
Creighton Hale
(Waiter) and
Stuart Holmes
.
d.
The first EON Productions James Bond movie to feature the Columbia Pictures logo. Ironically, in 1967, Columbia Pictures produced the James Bond spoof
Casino Royale
and was attempting to remake the film before it took over MGM.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Practical Magic (1998)?
a.
Alex Norton
was offered a role but had to pass because the dates clashed with a TV project.
b.
A sign at the entrance of the oil refinery that Mark Kaminsky (
Arnold Schwarzenegger
) blows up at the beginning of the film reads "Irvin Oil Processing Company." The film was directed by
John Irvin
.
c.
Set on an island in New England, but filmed in the San Juan Strait, Washington State on the west coast due to weather and financial reasons.
d.
There is only one shot in the film to which no visual effects were added at all: the shot of the dioxis gas pouring out of the vent in the meeting room.
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