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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Race to Witch Mountain (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Race to Witch Mountain (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Race to Witch Mountain (2009).
About the movie:
A Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Race to Witch Mountain (2009)?
a.
Most of the guns used in the film were water pistols. However a few were real, borrowed from the towns police force. In a shot near the end of the film just after the Mariachi is pulled out of the yellow Ford van by Mocos henchmen there is a shot of Moco walking towards the camera. Behind him laying asleep on a bench is the cop who was meant to be on-set supervising the use of the weapons for that day.
b.
The "Hell" scenes were shot on the decrepit, rusted hulk of the Essex class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CV-34). The ship was later sunk to make room for an artificial reef on 17 May, 2006. The "Hell" scenes were shot at the Alameda Naval Air Station in an indoor swimming pool surrounded by blue screen so that the FX could be later added in. Extras spent two 12 hour days in the water as Ghouls.
c.
Ike Eisenmann
,
Kim Richards
: The actors who played the children in the original movies both appear in this movie in the same scene. Eisenmann is the sheriff in the bar, and Richards is Tina the waitress.
d.
There is a man repairing the refrigeration unit at the roadside store and his pile of tools, stacked in the shape of the stick figure, can be seen twice (better visible in widescreen).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Race to Witch Mountain (2009)?
a.
Film debut of
Harve Presnell
.
b.
Geoffrey Rush
directed the play that the asylum residents put on.
c.
The original screenplay for the film had the American fly-boy character, Tim Baker, played by
Tyrone Power
, die at the end of the movie during a German aircraft attack. According to notes from the Twentieth Century-Fox Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Arts-Special Collections Library, a 25 November 1940 conference stated "the serious objection to Ty
Tyrone Power
would be that audiences would resent his dying at the finish, and not getting the girl." Moreover, according to the book The Films of World War II by Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein and John Griggs, the British military establishment requested that the studio allow the character to live because "apparently they didnt want to give American moviegoers the impression that Americans helping Britain would die." Notes from the Script Collection report a further conference on 31 January 1941 substantiates this by saying that Zanuck had had discussions, "unofficially with some British officials." The English officialdom had felt that the lead character should not die thereby not showing any more deaths than those that were absolutely essential to the movies story. Further, a movie star-vehicle at that time with
Tyrone Power
was also unlikely to have him killed at the end which also may have affected the box-office. The original ending where Baker was killed was actually filmed. On 18 August 1941, The Hollywood Reporter stated that
Darryl F. Zanuck
ordered a new ending to be filmed. The 13 September 1941 Motion Picture Herald article states "the happy ending was filmed after early preview audiences protested the killing of the hero at Dunkirk."
d.
Dr Harlans Winnebago mobile home is the same make, model and color as the one used by Eddie Alberts character (Jason ODay) in the original Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Race to Witch Mountain (2009)?
a.
The real life construction of the bridge over the River Kwai used about 100,000 conscripted Asian laborers. 12,000 prisoners of war died on the project.
b.
While
Alfred Hitchcock
liked the actors, he felt that
Gregory Peck
,
Alida Valli
and
Louis Jourdan
were unsuited to their roles.
David O. Selznick
asserted his power as studio head to insist that Hitchcock use them.
c.
Meredith Salenger
plays Natalie Gann in this movie. She also played the lead in
The Journey of Natty Gann
when she was a child.
d.
The white muslin dress with yellow overdress
Kate Winslet
(Marianne Dashwood) wears during the picnic scene is the same costume a farmhouse servant wears in
Eroica
, and
Michelle Ryan
wears during the scene in which Sir Thomas asks Maria if she wants to marry Mr. Rushworth in
Mansfield Park
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Race to Witch Mountain (2009)?
a.
Director
Adrian Lyne
used emotionally manipulative tactics on
Kim Basinger
during the shooting to elicit the performance he wanted from the somewhat new actress, which Basinger later criticized harshly. For example, Lyne did not allow
Mickey Rourke
and Basinger to talk to each other off-set. The two were kept isolated from each other and Lyne would tell Basinger rumors about how Rourke intended to make her like or dislike him so that she would carry that attitude into the scene. Lyne would also offer Rourke performance notes, but Basinger none, in order to unnerve her. In a very unusual and expensive move along these lines, Lyne shot the film sequentially, so that Basingers actual emotional breakdown over time would be effectively translated to the screen.
b.
In the final scene of the movie, a "Southland Ice Company" ice wagon is shown. Southland Ice Company is the predecessor company to 7-11 stores.
c.
The main title editing team put in Morse code into the sound mix that says "please turn off your cell phones".
d.
The schools each character is going to, and their major: Troy: Berkeley, Theatre (basketball scholarship) Gabriella: Stanford, Pre-law Chad: University Of Albuquerque, Undecided (basketball scholarship) Taylor: Yale, Political Science Sharpay: University of Albuquerque, Theatre Ryan: Juilliard, Choreography Kelsi: Juilliard, Music/Songwriting
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Race to Witch Mountain (2009)?
a.
Only 8000 copies were released as first-run VHS.
b.
Andy Fickman
: At the Alien Expo, Jack (
Dwayne Johnson
) pushes him out of the way looking for the kids.
c.
Upon release Blood Diner was banned in a number of provinces of Canada.
d.
Geoffrey Rush
was only one year younger than
Peter Sellers
was when he died, and here plays him over the course of thirty years.
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