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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shaft (2000) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shaft (2000) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000).
About the movie:
New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000)?
a.
John Singleton
s original idea was for the main character to be the son of John Shaft and that the two Shafts would work together. But no studio was willing to finance the project. Paramount producer
Scott Rudin
demanded the character to be changed to be Shafts nephew and for
Richard Roundtree
s participation to be reduced.
b.
Though there are no explicit mentions of vampires in the final film, the character Dirk, played by
Diego Klattenhoff
, is sighted as possibly being a vampire by some commentators.
c.
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.
d.
Paramount paid $50,000 for the rights to
Charles R. Jackson
s novel.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000)?
a.
The main characters, George and Liz Cugat, were later adapted into the husband-and-wife comedy radio series "My Favorite Husband" starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning. Both the radio plays and the movie were based on a novel by Isabel Scott Rorick.
b.
John Leguizamo
was originally cast as Peoples Hernandez but dropped out to work on
Moulin Rouge!
.
c.
Peter Lawford
was supposed to be in this film, but due to the
John F. Kennedy
/
Frank Sinatra
falling out, Lawford - Kennedys brother-in-law - took the brunt of the wrath from the "Chairman of the Board".
d.
John Gielgud
was originally offered the role of Tiberius, but declined: he only accepted the smaller part of Nerva after being sent a letter by
Gore Vidal
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000)?
a.
Dumbledores fall from the tower filled
Alan Rickman
with nostalgic glee, as it harked back to his first hit
Die Hard
, where his character fell from a tall building. Rickman felt at least "he was on the other end in this film!"
b.
Contrary to common thought, this film serves as a sequel to, not a remake of, the film
Shaft
, since the Shaft of those films appears, once again played by
Richard Roundtree
, and the main character of this film is presented as his nephew. Therefore, this serves as one of the few sequels with the same title as the first film in the series.
c.
A poster for Twentieth Century-Foxs
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
is seen outside Graumans Chinese Theatre.
d.
Stephen King
was quite impressed with
Kathy Bates
s performance in this film, so much so that he later wrote to more roles for her. The title role in his novel
Dolores Claiborne
was written with Bates in mind. King also wrote the script for
The Stand
. His original novel featured a (male) character named Ray Flowers. Upon hearing that Bates wanted to be involved in the mini-series, King re-wrote the part as a woman, just so Bates could play the part.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000)?
a.
Writer / Director David Niviere Fontane used money from his 401k plan to fund making The Opposite of Life.
b.
When Wadsworth cuts the power to the house during his solving of the mystery, it represents the point of divergence of the three endings.
c.
The cast features a former Commissioner Gordon (
Pat Hingle
) and a future Batman (
Christian Bale
).
d.
The turtle that Richard keeps in his drawer was the pet of one of the crew members.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000)?
a.
In the scene where Kharis trashes the Scrips Museum,
Lon Chaney
drove his fist through real glass, and a shard of it flew up and cut him through his mummy mask in his chin. In this scene, Kharis can be seen bleeding, and its real blood.
b.
Film debut of
George Montgomery
.
c.
John Singleton
planned a sequel where Shaft battles drug lords in Jamaica. But the films middling box-office returns and
Samuel L. Jackson
s disappointment with the film stopped any plans of a sequel.
d.
In a 2006 interview director
Walter Hill
mentioned that he had been critical of the performance of
Jill Ireland
, who was
Charles Bronson
s wife at the time. When Hill went to Bronsons home to discuss this, Bronson wouldnt shake Hills hand - he just showed Hill in and poured him a drink. Hill said that he would have liked to work with Bronson on other films, but that Bronson refused to work with Hill again.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000)?
a.
For this movie, actor
David Christopher
goes by the name Bern Emupe. His real first name is Bernie and the entire alias is meant to be a variation on "burn em up".
b.
Dustin Hoffman
was interested in playing Shylock; however, when he contacted director
Michael Radford
about it,
Al Pacino
had already been cast.
c.
Samuel L. Jackson
was unavailable to shoot the sex scene in the opening credits sequence as he was filming
The Cavemans Valentine
. A body double was used to film the scene.
d.
First time that an official James Bond movie title song has been sung by two artists as a duet. The theme is called Another Way To Die and is sung by
Jack White
and
Alicia Keys
. They were officially announced to be performing the song on 29 July 2008.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shaft (2000)?
a.
Principal photography which began in late June 1940, finished just a few days over schedule on October 23. The movie was ready for release in February 1941. The controversy surrounding the film delayed its opening until 1 May 1941.
b.
After MGM executives saw a close-up of
Peter Lawford
in this movie, they decided to sign him to a contract.
c.
According to "Adventures in the Screen Trade",
Alan J. Pakula
drove
William Goldman
barmy asking for rewrites for scenes with the constant rejoinder "Dont deny me any riches!" Goldman goes on to say that if he could have his career all over again, he wouldnt go near this film.
d.
Samuel L. Jackson
and
John Singleton
had numerous disagreements with writer
Richard Price
and producer
Scott Rudin
over lines in the script that they found racially and sexually offensive. One scene Jackson objected to featured Shaft tossing a candy bar at a sexual partner when she wants him to take her out for dinner. The lines were deleted from the script.
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