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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Road to Perdition (2002) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Road to Perdition (2002) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002).
About the movie:
Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
Prints were shipped to theaters under the fake title "Long Way Up".
b.
The movie is dedicated to its cinematographer,
Conrad L. Hall
, whose last film this was.
c.
The design of the Flying Graysons costumes was a reference to the red, yellow and green spandex that Robin wears currently in the comic books.
d.
Taylor Swift
- here seen dating
Taylor Lautner
- had actually just broken up with him recently in real life.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
Paul Newman
had an assist with his accent from Irish writer
Frank McCourt
, the author of "Angelas Ashes", who gave him a tape of him speaking. McCourt has lived in the US for many years but still has some vestiges of his native Irish accent, which is what Newman wanted to emulate.
b.
The day after filming at the location for Gilberts kitchen, the City of Allentown condemned the building for unsanitary conditions.
c.
During the scene where South Park residents are burning everything Canadian, the soldiers in the background are named Wright Floyd and Mason, referencing drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright, both of the band Pink Floyd.
d.
In the films opening scene, an assistant newspaper editor comments that if Jonathan Reynolds Sr. had lived two centuries earlier, he would have made a great pirate - "Captain Kidd himself". Three years later,
Charles Laughton
, who played Jonathan Reynolds Sr., would play the title role in
Captain Kidd
and again in
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
The green restaurant by the wharf named "Flynns Reach" is actually the legendary "Mollys Reach" from The Beachcombers TV series in Gibsons, BC. It was temporarily renamed and painted green for the filming.
b.
The houses used in the film were a real community in Florida, completely unchanged except for their garish exterior paint.
c.
According to author
Max Allan Collins
, the "Road to Perdition" graphic novel was an American homage to the Manga series "Lone Wolf and Cub" by
Kazuo Koike
. Collins quotes Koike at the beginning of the book: "You must choose a road for yourself".
d.
The 1983 reissue contained an alternate score added by the distributors. This score was composed by a then unknown
Alan Silvestri
. Oddly enough, this alternate score is not on the current DVD.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
Tom Sizemore
was strongly considered to play
Al Capone
, as was
Alfred Molina
.
b.
Gene Wilder
was originally considered for the part of Dr. Richard Thorndyke, but scheduling forced Wilder to turn the role down.
c.
Anne Boleyn was hardly the quickly discarded failure that she is portrayed as. She had over 250 personal servants, and a reputation as a lavish spender. Several important people were executed because they didnt like her.
d.
Dwight Schultz
: reprises his role as Lt. Barclay from
Star Trek: The Next Generation
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
Cameron Crowe
says that there are 428 references to pop culture made in the film - 429 if you include one made in error.
b.
Director Alan Crosland (I) died during filming, and was replaced by
William C. McGann
.
c.
The lake house in Michgan was actually reconstructed from existing foundations and then taken down after the shoot to preserve the history of the site.
d.
Very first Best Picture Oscar nominee to be directed by an African-American filmmaker.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
Although it was never shot, another ending was scripted by
Evan Hunter
and sketched by
Harold Michelson
. The script and sketches appear as a bonus feature on the DVD version.
b.
Ferris has a
Cabaret Voltaire
"Micro-Phonies" poster to the left side of his door.
c.
Producer
Dean Zanuck
had never seen a graphic novel before until he was pitched the idea of "Road to Perdition". Flicking through the pages of the novel, he was immediately hooked. He then sent a copy to his father,
Richard D. Zanuck
, who was on location in Morocco at the time. He also was smitten with the project and instructed his son to dispatch a copy of the novel to
Steven Spielberg
, who called back two days later, saying that he wanted to do it.
d.
In the scene where Dr. Gordon begins sawing his foot off, Adam is heard screaming and crying in the background. His screaming and crying is the same one used from the very last scene during the final climax. The audio has been edited and relooped.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
has the "Pussy Wagon" parked in the driveway of his home.
b.
In one of the last scenes when Meredith is attacked by the Danes you can clearly hear one of them say: "Bind kællingen!" Which is actually Danish and means "Tie the bitch up!"
c.
One day, when cinematographer
Conrad L. Hall
was setting up a shot of
Paul Newman
, Hall looked through his viewfinder and began to cry. When asked what was wrong, he just said, "He was so beautiful. He was so beautiful."
Tom Hanks
said that when he walks onto sets, hes used to walking over wires and cables and other lighting and camera equipment; he said he never had to do that on the set of this film because Hall was so organized.
d.
According to
Vincente Minnelli
, when shooting in the French restaurant Maxims the film crew the restaurants famous mirrored walls to be covered up because they would reflect the equipment, but Minnelli contended that they had to be seen (and uncovered) as they were the hallmark of Maxims. Eventually cinematographer
Joseph Ruttenberg
resolved the matter satisfactorily, by putting suction cups on photo flood lights.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
Storyboards for a sequel to this movie were discovered in the Disney Company vault titled "Snow White Returns". Upon examining the length of the script and storyboards it seem like it was meant to be a short film than a full length movie. It was also meant to include revised versions of the "Soup" & "Bed Bulding" scenes that were excluded from the movie itself. The real reason for why this sequel never went further than preproduction is anyones guess. Its unknown if Walt Disney really wanted this to be made in the first place. The whole storyboard to this unmade short is viewable on the Snow White Blu-ray.
b.
At 33 minutes,
Francis Ford Coppola
s segment is the shortest.
Woody Allen
s clocks in at 40 minutes, while
Martin Scorsese
s runs to 45 minutes.
c.
Final cinema feature of
Thorley Walters
.
d.
Jude Law
s character, Maguire, is not in the original graphic novel. He is a creation of writer
David Self
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
This movie was originally plan to be only 45 minutes long.
b.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
c.
Director
Sam Mendes
and cinematographer
Conrad L. Hall
sought to give the film the look of the works of artist
Edward Hopper
.
d.
The jeweler that made the different sized rings that were featured in the movies is in Nelson, New Zealand. Two of the rings (the biggest and the smallest) are there for public viewing.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Road to Perdition (2002)?
a.
In 1996,
Michael Chabon
wrote a draft of the script: the X-Men (Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Gray, Beast, Iceman, Storm, Nightcrawler and new members Wolverine and Jubilee) would face off against a phantom menace (the Brotherhood, who wouldnt reveal themselves until the sequel), with major focus on the relationship between Wolverine and Jubilee.
b.
The scene where a fan hands "The Ram" a prosthetic leg is based on an actual event from an ECW show where a fan repeatedly yelled "use my leg" and eventually tossed his prosthetic leg to
Tom Laughlin
(aka "Tommy Dreamer"), who in turn used it on his opponent.
c.
Maguires crime scene photography work is based on
Arthur Weegee Fellig
, a famous crime-scene photographer in the 1920s and 1930s who was licensed to possess a "scanner" radio that allowed him to listen to frequencies used by the police and fire departments. This enabled him to arrive (by car) at crime and fire scenes, sometimes before the authorities did, as if informed by telepathic powers, to which his nickname, a corruption of "Ouija", alludes. He sold his photos to the tabloid newspapers. The photos in Maguires apartment are real 1930s crime scene photos, some of which were taken by Weegee himself.
d.
Animators and crew members were recruited locally from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia Tech and other smaller digital outfits, while students from the North Atlanta High School drama department would act out scenes for reference material for the animators.
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