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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pretty Vacants (2009) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pretty Vacants (2009)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pretty Vacants (2009).

About the movie: Phillip is thrown into a moral crisis by his friend Chuck when the two go to a party together in search of female companionship...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty Vacants (2009)?
a.		The character of Jessica is an homage to the actress Jessica Clark who starred in the short film, "Does It Feel" (2004) as a character very similar to the role of Amber in the feature film. Jessica Clark also contributed to Pretty Vacants as the Acting Coach for the film.
b.		The last name for the main character is taken from Arne Sakneusemm, the Icelandic scientist who traveled to center of the earth in Jules Vernes "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
c.		In the scene when Fletch hides in the morgues refrigerator from Ben Dover, the chalkboard in the background has names for the other corpses in storage. Names include those of Wally Cox, Carol Wayne, Alan Ludden, Paul Lynde, all of whom made appearances on _"The Hollywood Squares" (1965)_. Most likely, this was done because of the 3 x 3 grid of the refrigeration units.
d.		Composer Trevor Jones was considered to write original music for this film, but director Barbet Schroeder felt that source music was more suited for the films authenticity.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty Vacants (2009)?
a.		In this movie, in keeping with proper, albeit subtle, continuity, we see Rambos scars from First Blood (the scar on his right arm, caused by the fall through the trees) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (the small scar right above his left cheek, caused by the heated knife scraped by his eye).
b.		This film was ranked #55 on AFIs 100 Years, 100 Thrills special.
c.		The main character, Phillip, gets his name from the character Phillip Morgan in Alfred Hitchcocks Rope. The two characters share the common plot point of being persuaded to perform a crime by their more charismatic best friend.
d.		The entire set was built on one sound stage.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty Vacants (2009)?
a.		Due to the films overwhelmingly negative critical reception, it is often erroneously considered to be a flop; in truth the film was financially successful and actually out-grossed several acclaimed and Oscar nominated films of that year including Raging Bull, The Elephant Man, American Gigolo and Tess.
b.		The character of Chuck is a reference to the author of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk.
c.		Thomas Jane showed interest in playing the part of Jonah Hex to the point of having himself photographed in costume complete with special makeup to recreate the characters massive facial scarring. Jane would later lend his voice for the character in an animated short film.
d.		In the scene where George beats Sherry, above the bed is seen a poster of Pink Floyd The Wall, another film by Alan Parker, whose release date in USA was actually after that of Shoot the Moon.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty Vacants (2009)?
a.		When the original director, Gary Nelson, left the project, Bruce Malmuth took over production. When he couldnt make it on his first day to shoot the train chase, Sylvester Stallone directed the chase himself to not miss a day of shooting. This caused trouble with the Directors Guild. Guild rules state that a Directors Guild member cannot be fired so an actor can take over directing a film he is starring in, so the producers asked for and received special permission for Stallone to direct the scene.
b.		In the scene when Annabelle leaves the end-of-year ball with St. Peters to retrieve her guitar and the music for a song she wrote earlier, a poster is plainly visible on the wall above her bedside table, featuring the band that originally wrote and performed the song she is about to sing.
c.		Over the course of a year the studio considered at least 100 directors for the film before finally settling on Dennis Iliadis after being impressed by his 2004 film Hardcore.
d.		In a deleted scene, Sarah Virginia Brock was accidentally stabbed and had to get three stitches.