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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Proof (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Proof (2005) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Proof (2005).
About the movie:
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his affairs.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof (2005)?
a.
Ben Affleck
appears in one scene as a basketball player.
b.
Lead actress
Gwyneth Paltrow
actually presented
Mary-Louise Parker
with the Tony Award for Best Actres in a Play for her performance in the Broadway version of "Proof".
c.
Chris Tucker
ad-libbed many different versions of his short speech to Hu Li at the end of their fight.
Brett Ratner
felt the speech was not working and told Tucker to call her a "bitch". Tucker refused to say the word and it took hours of convincing by Ratner before Tucker finally agreed.
d.
Josh Hartnett
trained for the boxing scenes for 7 months in 4 hour sessions
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof (2005)?
a.
The plot of the original play was based on the life of
John Nash
, professor at Princeton, who won the Nobel Prize for his work in game theory and also spent many years suffering from schizophrenia. His story was later adapted into
A Beautiful Mind
.
b.
Joanna JoJo Levesques film debut.
c.
Sydney Chaplin
s final film.
d.
Released theatrically in US. In UK, it was originally released on TV, but was given a theatrical release after its TV success.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof (2005)?
a.
Tragedy almost struck for real while the Crucifixion was being filmed. The Roman soldier we see nailing Christ to the cross is an Israeli actor who spoke very limited English; consequently, he thought
Ted Neeley
was actually supposed to have nails hammered through his hands! Just in time, director
Norman Jewison
saw what was happening and screamed, "NO! NOT IN THE HAND!"
b.
Aaron Eckhart broke his arm while filming a stunt. He never missed a day of work because of it.
c.
The role of Catherine was originated by
Mary-Louise Parker
in 2000 at the
Walter Kerr
Theatre in New York. Her performance won her a 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and a 2001 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play.
d.
The films soundtrack became an unlikely blockbuster, even surpassing the success of the film. By early 2001, it had sold five million copies, spawned a documentary film, three follow-up albums ("O Sister" and "O Sister 2"), two concert tours, and won Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Single of the Year (for "Man of Constant Sorrow"). It also won five Grammys, including Album of the Year, and hit #1 on the Billboard album charts the week of March 15, 2002, 63 weeks after its release and over a year after the release of the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof (2005)?
a.
The original play was adapted by writers
Bella Spewack
and
Sam Spewack
into the musical "Leave It To Me", which featured a
Cole Porter
score that included "My Heart Belongs To Daddy". It opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 9 November 1938 and had 291 performances. The four leads were played by
William Gaxton
,
Victor Moore
,
Mary Martin
and
Sophie Tucker
and the cast included future stars
Gene Kelly
and
Adele Jergens
.
b.
The quicksand was sawdust and cork, ground up, with water. And, it had a bottom to it, so that you couldnt actually go under. Child actor
Spec ODonnell
s feet were resting on something solid; he couldnt go further down than his chin.
c.
While many reviews refer to
Randall Tex Cobb
s character Leonard Smalls as a "Harley-riding biker," the motorcycle in the movie is in fact a Honda Shadow that has been subjected to the "Rat Bike" treatment along with some extra flame-emitting plumbing. The Shadow is slightly smaller than a Harley Big Twin, which would give Cobbs character a bit more stature than he already has. One must also assume that since the bike is trashed near the end of the movie, it saves the production company a few coin.
d.
Gwyneth Paltrow
was pregnant with
Apple Martin
while filming.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof (2005)?
a.
For the role of Big Marcus,
Kyle Kellerman
gained almost 80 lbs., and then took the weight back off after filming.
b.
Filmed with live actors in black-and-white and rotoscoped, each animation cel drawn over a film frame of an actor. This was the first entirely rotoscoped animated feature.
c.
David Auburn
s play "Proof" premiered at the Manhattan Theater Club, New York City, New York, USA in May 2000, and then transferred to the Walter Kerr Theater on 24 October 2000 where it ran for 917 performances. "Proof" won the 2001 Tony Award for the Best Play, and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama the same year.
d.
Some members of the film crew were arrested for trespassing while filming the train sequence at the beginning of the film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof (2005)?
a.
Vivien Leigh
, who was only 36 at the time of filming, had to be made up to look older.
b.
The film is set in 1931, and costume designer
Albert Wolsky
had real trouble finding distinctive clothing from the period. As this was the height of the Depression, fashions lacked the flamboyance of the 1920s and the style of the later 1930s when gangsterism was "fashionable". Failing to find any usable real clothes from 1931, Wolsky came across a weaver in upstate New York who was able to make all the required clothes using the same weight of fabrics that were used in that period. Once woven, the costumes then had to be aged and dyed.
c.
The studio believed only parents with small children would see a G-rated live-action movie, so the lines "Goddamn it!" (from Miss Hannigan) and "Come back here ya Goddamned kid!" (from Rooster) were included specifically to receive a PG rating.
d.
Gwyneth Paltrow
reprises the role of Catherine that she had played on stage in Londons West End.
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