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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rain (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rain (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Rain (2006).
About the movie:
A musical prodigy comes to grips with her true past and real identity. Raised by an African American family, she learns that she is actually the daughter of a white socialite who had paid her step-family to raise her as their own.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rain (2006)?
a.
The WPA was the Work Progress Administration (formerly the Works Projects Administration), created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935 to create employment and revitalize communities across the USA. It was part of his New Deal strategy.
b.
All books featured in this movie are novels also written by
Virginia C. Andrews
.
c.
The character of Hollywood mogul Jack Woltzs was patterned after Warner Bros. chief
Jack L. Warner
. His personality was based on MGM head
Louis B. Mayer
, who was a great racing aficionado and owned a racing stable. Mayer abandoned the sport, reportedly after his son-in-law
William Goetz
, who was his partner in the stable, got involved with the Mafia and fixed a race Mayers horse was the favorite to win.
d.
Xavier Gens
had shot a completely different train station platform sequence. It takes place outside the train station, rather than underground, and involves 47 questioning one assassin, rather than engaging 4 in a sword fight.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rain (2006)?
a.
This movie is often considered merely another assignment of
Nicholas Ray
s at RKO for
Howard Hughes
to prove his political and professional alliance during the Red Scare. A blatant pro-war movie that Hughes cared about and Ray did not, Ray disagreed with the films politics and is said, along with
Robert Ryan
, to intentionally over-act. Ryan and Ray, who were leftist liberals, constantly fought against
John Wayne
and
Jay C. Flippen
, who were conservatives and supported the Blacklist.
b.
Fred Zinnemann
was initially reluctant to make the film, as he had an inherent distrust of Columbia head
Harry Cohn
. He also felt that in the then climate of McCarthyism, to voice anything that cast any doubt over such institutions as the Army, the Navy or the FBI was just asking for trouble.
c.
Executive Producer Travis Hollman, Producer Jason Kabolati and assoc producer/product placement supervisor Ariane Leigh also make cameo appearances. Hollman plays a sheriff, Kabolati gives Rain a lift as the limo driver and Ariane goes shopping at Rains workplace.
d.
Adrien Brody
was cast a week and a half before production officially began.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rain (2006)?
a.
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.
b.
This movie features two actors who played the character of
Antonio Salieri
:
F. Murray Abraham
, who played the character in the movie
Amadeus
; and
Ian McKellen
, who played the role on stage in the
Peter Shaffer
play.
c.
Director Craig DiBona makes an almost unnoticeable cameo in the film. He is pictured as Isabels husband in the painting above the living room mantelpiece.
d.
Reg Vermue
, who plays the albino guy in Club Shortbus, is not actually albino, though he does have very light pigmentation.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rain (2006)?
a.
When Rain hides the jewelery, there is a copy of V.C. Andrews "Rain" inside the closet.
b.
Winter claims that the drool and spit coming from his mouth after Ricky gets transformed was real, caused by the make-up.
c.
Chris Hemsworth
has had prior experience with wielding a hammer, having worked as a builder in Australia for a few years.
d.
Richard Harris
hated this film so much that he reportedly never saw it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rain (2006)?
a.
Urban legend has it that
Anne Baxter
s characters name was changed from Nefertiti to Nefertiri because
Cecil B. DeMille
was afraid people would make "boob" jokes. In reality, DeMille was sticking to history: Rameses IIs queen was called Nefretiri. Nefertiti lived about 60 years earlier than Rameses and Nefertiti. Both names mean "Beautiful".
b.
The Producers and 1st AD had to schedule around the 4.5 hours that
Faye Dunaway
would need for Make-up, Hair, and Wardrobe. They scheduled alternate scenes so that if she took even longer they would have something to shoot.
c.
In the original script, Woodchuck Todd was Meerkat Todd, and Olive sang a version of the James Bond theme "Nobody Does it Better" (
The Spy Who Loved Me
) instead of "Knock on Wood" at the pep rally. She also popped out of a dumpster instead of a wheelbarrow of logs.
d.
In the song "Savages", some lyrics where changed as they were viewed as inappropriate: 1. "What can you expect/ from filthy little heathens?/ Their whole disgusting race is like a curse!" was changed to "What can you expect/ from filthy little heathens?/ Heres what you get when the races are diverse!" 2. "Lets go kill a few, men!" was changed to "Lets go get a few men!" 3. "Dirty redskin devils, now we sound the drums of war!" was changed to "Dirty shrieking devils, now we sound the drums of war!"
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rain (2006)?
a.
Filming was put on hiatus for eight weeks in order to build Doc Ocks pier lair. In total, it took 15 weeks to build the collapsing set.
b.
David Kelly
had previously starred in director
Kirk Jones
s
Waking Ned
. Jones had him flown over from Ireland to shoot a 25 second cameo, which never made the final cut.
c.
Sterling Holloway
, who played The Frog in this movie, later went on to be the voice of The Cheshire Cat in the well known Disney adaptation of
Alice in Wonderland
.
d.
Brooklyn Sudano
(Rain) sings all the musical numbers herself.
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