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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Schindler's List (1993) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Schindler's List (1993) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993).
About the movie:
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
Paul Schrader
wrote the script for "Taxi Driver" in five days. As he was writing, he kept a loaded gun on his desk for motivation and inspiration.
b.
Hugh Grant
had to be convinced to sing himself and initially wanted nothing to do with his singing parts. After practicing and performing in the studio, he then felt so comfortable with it and announced he would perform the big concert scene live. When it was played back he was highly amused and humbled by how terrible it sounded and was then happy to use the pre-recorded sound.
c.
At
Steven Spielberg
s request,
Aaron Sorkin
did a "dialogue wash" on the excessively wordy script.
d.
The eighth and eleventh entries in the two respective series.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
Tony Scott
first heard about
Domino Harvey
when his business manager
Neville Shulman
sent him an article about her from the British newspaper The Mail on Sunday.
b.
Steven Spielberg
s resolve to make the film became complete when studio executives asked him why he didnt simply make a donation of some sort rather than wasting everyones time and money on a depressing film.
c.
The film was completed in 1998 after 24 days of production, but was never released because it lacked a distributor. In July 2001, Cloud Ten Pictures snatched up the film rights.
d.
Kathleen Freeman
s final feature movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
initially intended to make the film in Polish and German with English subtitles, but rethought the idea because he felt he wouldnt be able to accurately assess performances in unfamiliar languages.
b.
Eddie Murphy
was credited as "Strategic Guest Star".
c.
After watching some of his early films, director
Martin Scorsese
asked to meet
David Cronenberg
. After meeting him, Scorsese said he looked like a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. That is why Cronenberg gives himself a cameo as a doctor in this film.
d.
Director
Amy Holden Jones
made a shot a promo film of the original scripts prologue for a $1,000 dollars so she could get a directing job from
Roger Corman
. Corman was so impressed by the promo that he asked Jones to make a feature length movie from the script.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
Juliette Binoche
was offered a role, which she has described in interviews as a woman who was to be raped and then murdered, but she turned it down. She had already turned
Steven Spielberg
down once that same year, passing on the role of Ellie Sattler in
Jurassic Park
to make
Trois couleurs: Bleu
.
b.
Woody Allen
plays clarinet in the music score.
c.
Paramount boss
Adolph Zukor
reportedly pressured
Leo McCarey
to alter the films downbeat ending, but the director resisted, and his contract with the studio was not renewed.
d.
The majority of the screenplay was written over the phone as Ms. Arnold lived in New York and Mr. Goodman lived in Los Angeles.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
The score of the film consists of
Scott Joplin
ragtime compositions, which were composed between 1900 and 1910. Although
The Sting
helped bring Joplins ragtime back into American popular culture, they actually predate the period of the story by 25 years.
b.
When
Steven Spielberg
returned to Cal State Long Beach to earn his BA 34 years after dropping out, his film professor accepted this movie in place of the short student film normally required to pass the class. This movie had already won Spielberg Golden Globes and Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture.
c.
ARIIA is voiced by
Julianne Moore
, who chose to go uncredited.
d.
Some of the shoot was delayed by torrential rain.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
The skirts for the Christmas talent show are made of plastic; the costume designer says they were made of that fabric to "represent the Plastics".
b.
Won the Best Comedy Feature Award (a.k.a. "A Ridiculously Good Movie" Award) at the 2007 Southern Winds Film Festival.
c.
The letters "VR", visible throughout the film, stand for "Victoria Regina," the Royal Cypher (monogram) of Queen Victoria, who ruled England at the time.
d.
After the books author
Thomas Keneally
wrote a miniseries-length script,
Kurt Luedtke
was hired by
Steven Spielberg
to write the screenplay, but he gave up after four years work.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
The directory that the bank software virus is stored on is "C:/LR427/Virus_CDEF" CDEF is a virus that dates back to 1990 and affected Macintoshes. It infects desktop files and can cause system crashes, anomalous behavior, and printing problems. It is obsolete now and was mostly harmless. It should be noted that "C:" relates to MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
b.
According to
Joseph McBride
s "Searching for John John",
John Ford
was urged to cast
Richard Boone
and
Anthony Quinn
as the Little Wolf and Dull Knife characters, as both had Native American blood.
Ricardo Montalban
and
Gilbert Roland
, who were of Mexican descent, were cast instead.
c.
When Selina is seated at her desk in Shrecks office, the lamp casts a shadow through her eyeglass frames, creating an outline of the pointed "cats eye" mask that was worn by Catwoman in the original DC comic series and had also been featured as part of the costumes donned by
Lee Meriwether
and
Eartha Kitt
in the late 60s film and television series, respectively.
d.
It is said that, during the filming, the atmosphere was so grim and depressing that
Steven Spielberg
asked his friend
Robin Williams
if he could film some comedy sketches.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
George Carlins first feature film.
b.
Last of Universals original FRANKENSTEIN series of seven films, except for 1948S "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, " shot from September 21-October 25, 1945, released December 7.
c.
Steven Spielberg
watched
God afton, Herr Wallenberg - En Passionshistoria från verkligheten
six times before the shooting.
d.
Last film of
Vincente Minnelli
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
For some reason, screenwriter-director David S. Ward lowered the characters stated I.Q. (181 in the book "Sweet Thursday") for his film by 30 points. An Intelligence Quotient of 170 and above are considered "super-genius" (versus the "genius" I.Q. of 140 and above). Perhaps Ward didnt believe that star
Nick Nolte
would be believable with such a high I.Q.
b.
The main characters name is "LANG" which is a play on words for "Liu Kang" - the Mortal Kombat character. Both Lang and Liu Kang are "chosen" heroes. This is possibly a Mortal Kombat reference as Ho Sung Pak was very well known for his role of Liu Kang in the first two Mortal Kombat video games.
c.
At his insistence, all royalties and residuals from this film that would normally have gone to director
Steven Spielberg
instead are given to the Shoah Foundation, which records and preserves written and videotaped testimonies from survivors of genocide worldwide, including the Holocaust.
d.
Aside from being universally panned by critics, it also failed at the box office, earning only over US$5 million worldwide. Because of this, 20th Century Fox opted not to release the film on DVD; instead, they surrendered the rights to Columbia Pictures, which distributed the film outside the U.S. In addition, the accompanying soundtrack CD became the weakest-selling album in
Mariah Carey
s career up to that point, prompting Virgin Records/EMI to sever their ties with her.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Schindler's List (1993)?
a.
Simbi Khali
, who plays the shy, soft-spoken Adrienne, had previously worked with
Martin Lawrence
on his self-titled hit show
Martin
.
b.
Steven Spielberg
gave
Liam Neeson
home movies of his mentor
Steve Ross
- the late chairman of Time Warner - to help him develop his portrayal of Schindler.
c.
In the original novel, the main character was an accountant. His profession was changed to architect for the film. Despite this, many of his co-workers in the film share their names with co-workers in the book.
d.
The original soundtrack was fully composed by Saint Etienne, the distributors wanted a more typical sound. So many of Saint Etiennes tracks are cut or barely audible.
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