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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Proof of Life (2000) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Proof of Life (2000) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000).
About the movie:
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
The haunting music for the film was written by
Peter Schickele
, who is known primarily for his classical music parodies under the name of P.D.Q. Bach.
b.
One of the names of the hostages on the white board in the London Office is "Idziak" - the director of photography for this film is
Slawomir Idziak
.
c.
The Decepticon that transformed into a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter was originally named Vortex, after the Combaticon from
Transformers
, but this name was later altered to Incinerator, then to Soundwave, and finally he was christened as Blackout.
d.
This was the first, and most successful, horror film from Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) after it was formed from the failed Producers Distrubuting Corporation (PDC). Filming began October 28 1940.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
Film debut of Metropolitan Opera baritone
Lawrence Tibbett
.
b.
Production filming was shut-down for a week when the movies star
Burt Reynolds
was injured on the set from a stunt fight with
Jack Warden
. Reynolds went to Los Angeles for professional medical treatment for abdominal hernia.
c.
The school bus full of children shown in the kidnapping scene are students of Colegio Aleman (German High School), a private school located outside of Quito chartered by the German government.
d.
The scene where Count Dooku visits the captive Obi-Wan Kenobi and tries in vain to recruit him was not in the original shooting script. This scene was shot during reshoots in early 2001, and was designed to confuse the audience into thinking that Dooku may not be evil after all. This new scene replaced two other scenes, discarded during postproduction where Count Dookus true allegiance was clearly stated; a brief meeting where Padme and Anakin meet the character in a conference room and refuse an offer to join him, and their subsequent trial where they are sentenced to death, which would have led directly to the scenes in the execution arena in the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
This is the Disney Companys third involvement with an adaption of A Christmas Carol, the first being
Mickeys Christmas Carol
and the other,
The Muppet Christmas Carol
, thus making this Disney adaption the first not to have the roles played by other character (ie, Mickey Mouse/Kermit as Bob Crachit, Goofy/Statler as Jacob Marley, etc.)
b.
Hal Roach
had to come up with four different titles for the film, before finding a title that wasnt already owned by another studio. The three discarded titles were: "Youd Be Surprised", "Tonights the Night", and "In the Money".
c.
The ball cap Peter is wearing when he is kidnapped is from Rice University in Houston,Texas.
d.
From its initial inception up until right before the cameras started to roll, the film was designed to be shot in Technicolor. All of the sets and costumes were designed with color in mind. MGM went as far as to send the fox cape that
Norma Shearer
wears (to see
Henry Stephenson
on the night she becomes Queen) to New York to be specially dyed to match the blue of her eyes. Fearing that the addition of Technicolor would swell the already mammoth (for the time) $1.8-million budget, the production went before black-and-white cameras instead.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
Originally, a very young
Kenneth Branagh
was cast as Mozart, but
Milos Forman
changed his mind and decided to go with American actors for the principal roles.
b.
During his audition,
Thomas Haden Church
stripped naked because that was what the scene called for. He later learned that he was the only actor to do that.
c.
The first film directed by
Tyler Perry
film to be rated R.
d.
Harrison Ford
was originally offered the lead role but turned it down.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
The East India Company (the real-life counterpart of the film franchises East India Trading Company) really did brand pirates with a "P" but it was put on their forehead instead of their arm.
b.
Henry B. Walthall
played Chillingworth in both this and the 1926 silent version.
c.
Originally it was planned that all extras were to receive the normal pay used for American extras. But the Ecuadorian government, who could not afford to have their actors paid that well demanded that the movie pay Ecuadorian salaries.
d.
10 minutes before shooting the scene makeup artist/actress Brittany Moyer was asked to play one of the topless Vagina-Faced Models when one of the hired actresses went missing for the day.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
The photo seen by the Devils of Johnny Wadd sitting on a beach was a still taken of
John Holmes
during the filming of
Eruption
.
b.
This was the first sequel for
Tom Hanks
and
Tim Allen
.
c.
Will Gaffney
, stand-in for
David Morse
, was killed in a freak accident when a truck on which he was riding suddenly turned and drove off a cliff while being filmed in Quito, Ecuador. The movie is dedicated to him.
d.
Paul Gleason
was considered for the role of Ed Rooney.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
This film permanently ended plans for two productions based on
H.G. Wells
"When the Sleeper Wakes", the 1899 novel on which this film is loosely based. One proposed production was by American International (long shelved due to the high proposed budget) and the other by producer
George Pal
.
b.
All annex scenes were shot on the largest sound stage at 20th Century Fox in Hollywood. The real annex would have been too small to accommodate a film crew.
c.
Kesslers bible is used for two maps of the area. The main map is drawn over Luke 21-22, which talks about the return of the Son of Man (Thorne will come and save Peter Bowman). The second map has a passage marked out, Matthew 5, which discusses the wrongness of revenge and loving your neighbor.
d.
For
Bernard Hill
, this is the third film in as many decades he has appeared in that also won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. The others were
Gandhi
and
Titanic
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Proof of Life (2000)?
a.
At the time of filming, the filmmakers were not aware that the real Anna Anderson was still alive. When this came to their attention, they flew straight to her home in Germany and asked permission to use her name.
b.
Helicopter shown at the opening credits is Polish PZL W-3 Sokol (W-3 Hawk).
c.
During the parking garage sequence, a yellow Lincoln Continental Sedan plays an important part in the attempted bombing of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston Texas (actually San Francisco, California). In
Charley Varrick
, also directed by Don Siegel (I), a yellow Lincoln Continental was used during a bank robbery, where the driver, played by
Jacqueline Scott
, is wounded and dies.
d.
A number "Its the Animal in Me" was filmed, but cut. See also
The Big Broadcast of 1936
.
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