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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Primer (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Primer (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Primer (2004).
About the movie:
Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Primer (2004)?
a.
The comic book pictures shown, are actually reproductions of classic comic book moments with heroes like Superman, Spider-Man, and Captain America replaced by Orgazmo.
b.
The budget for the entire film was around $7000. Most of the money was spent on film stock.
c.
In the scene where Bill is found impaled to a door with arrows, his eye twitches continually because the eye effect that
Tom Savini
applied was actually burning his eye and causing him excruciating pain.
d.
Stryker kills General Munson to prevent his project from being shut down. In the comics, Stephen Lang did the same thing for similar reasons.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Primer (2004)?
a.
Originally written as an East Coast road trip movie from Maryland to Florida, it was shifted to a journey from New Mexico to California due to shooting issues.
b.
The sixth pairing out of ten movies of comic actors and great friends
Jack Lemmon
and
Walter Matthau
.
c.
Shane Carruth
stated that at most an 80 minute could be made from the footage (the film was 78 minutes). He stated that the shooting ratio was 2:1.
d.
Based on the true story of
Brandon Lang
. The real Lang is in a scene greeting
Matthew McConaughey
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Primer (2004)?
a.
Ben Daniels was offered a role but turned it down.
b.
Jodie Foster
was considered to play Debbie, but was later discarded.
c.
One scene that did not make the final cut showed that Abe was diabetic. The shot, which showed him taking time out of a conversation because he needed to give himself an insulin injection, was intended to establish that the circumstances of Abes life have taught him to be careful and methodical.
d.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Primer (2004)?
a.
Wes Anderson
and the brothers Wilson made a 13 minute B/W short film called
Bottle Rocket
which was first shown at the USA Film Festival in Dallas. It met with a sufficiently enthusiastic response that they took it to Sundance where it came to the attention of screenwriter
L.M. Kit Carson
who directed it to towards
Polly Platt
and
James L. Brooks
. It was with their intervention that the team were able to get financial backing from Columbia to expand their short into a feature film.
b.
After
Maria Schneider
s abrupt departure,
Katharine Ross
was briefly considered for the role of Drusilla, but in the end, after some heavy lobbying by
Tinto Brass
,
Teresa Ann Savoy
ended up getting the part.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.
In the scene in which Abe-2 knocks out Abe-1 with nitrous oxide, the container he is holding is actually a rice cooker. Also, we see sleeping Abes profile, but not standing Abe, because the latter was
Shane Carruth
standing in for
David Sullivan
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Primer (2004)?
a.
The device in the movie is a person-sized, metal box that hums. One scene features Abe and Aaron standing behind some trees, as they watch themselves enter a U-Haul Storage facility. This scene was filmed in Carrollton, TX (a suburb of Dallas, TX), and in 2005 these trees were cleared to build a Hummer dealership.
b.
Stockard Channing
was not the first choice for the role of Rizzo;
Lucie Arnaz
was allegedly dropped from consideration when her mother,
Lucille Ball
, called Paramount and said, "I used to own that studio; my daughters not doing a screen test!" (Ball actually owned the studio Desilu which was bought by Paramount). The part went to Channing when the casting director remembered seeing her with Lucie in the play, "Vanities" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (the third member of the cast was
Sandy Duncan
).
c.
Coming hot off her success in
The Exorcist
, the studio granted
Ellen Burstyn
total creative control over this project. She had two goals: to make a film about woman with real-life problems, and to secure an up-and-coming film maker as the director. Upon selecting this script,
Brian De Palma
brought
Francis Ford Coppola
to Burstyns attention who suggested she consider Scorsese. While impressed with Scorseses talent after viewing
Mean Streets
, Burstyn still hesitated to hire the director, fearing he could only direct men. When she asked Scorsese what he knew about women, Scorsese replied "Nothing, but Id like to learn." Satisfied with his enthusiasm, Burstyn immediately hired Scorsese.
d.
The building seen at the very end of the film is "Stites Mental Facility", obviously named after
Todd Stites
, the post-production supervisor and the actor who played the "Trannie".
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