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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shattered Glass (2003) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shattered Glass (2003) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003).
About the movie:
The true story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was found he had fabricated over half of his articles.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
Kevin Gage
s Waingro character is based on a real Chicago criminal named Waingro who ratted out some influential Chicago criminals. According to
Michael Mann
, Waingro went missing; his body was found in northern Mexico, where it had been nailed to the wall of a shed.
b.
According to Charles Lane, the scene in which Lane confronts Glass in front of TNR magazine covers was virtually verbatim retelling of the actual events.
c.
Sidney Lumet
claimed that he wanted to cast
Vanessa Redgrave
in the film, but
Paddy Chayefsky
didnt want her. Lumet argued that he thought she was the greatest English-speaking actress in the world, while Chayefsky, a proud Jew and supporter of Israel, objected on the basis of her support of the PLO. Lumet, himself a Jew, said "Paddy, thats blacklisting!" to which Chayefsky replied, "Not when a Jew does it to a Gentile." The year after this film swept the Oscars, Redgrave won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for
Julia
. The Jewish Defense League had protested her nomination and was picketing and burning her in effigy outside the Academy Awards ceremony. In her controversial acceptance speech, Redgrave decried intimidation by "Zionist hoodlums". Chayefsky was one of the scheduled presenters later in the evening, and he took a moment to express his contempt at Redgrave for "exploiting" the Academy Awards for "personal propaganda".
d.
Howard Berger
: Spinaround Cave Zombie (shot by John).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
A common translation of the German word "Poltergeist" is "rumbling spirit".
b.
When the original cut was screened before a test audience, many in the audience insisted that the movie couldnt be a true story because no real life magazine would have nearly all of its journalists in their early to mid twenties (when in fact this really was the case). This resulted in place cards added to the opening of the film which stated that the median age of journalists working for the New Republic was 26.
c.
First appearance of
Joan Valerie
on the silver screen.
d.
According to
Leonard Maltin
,
Jeff Chandler
sings the title song for which he also wrote the lyrics.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
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.
Melanie Lynskey
replaced
Maggie Gyllenhaal
who was originally cast as Amy Brand but left the project because of scheduling conflicts.
c.
The movie was filmed in an actual house in Rhode Island, where the cast spent a great deal of time bonding and rehearsing before filming began.
d.
The 2007 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition is the first release of the original theatrical cut since the Criterion laserdisc released in 1991.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
The uniforms of the Flying Monkeys match the uniforms worn by the Witchs castle guards (Winkies).
b.
The real Stephen Glass was offered to work on the film, but he declined.
c.
In
Dragon Ball: Doragon bôru
, Goku was a 12-year-old at the beginning of the story and 15 when he fought King Piccolo, but in Dragonball Evolution, he was made 18. He also does not have a tail in the movie.
d.
Following her Best Actress win at the 2002 Oscars,
Halle Berry
became the first Academy Award-winner to be a "Bond Girl", although only just - she won the award while shooting this movie (
Kim Basinger
(
Never Say Never Again
) won her Oscar for
L.A. Confidential
long after she had been a "Bond Girl", and "Never Say..." isnt part of the official Bond series anyway).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
Wes Bentley
was originally cast as Lestat, but he dropped out.
b.
Hank Alenos last name is an anagram of "alone".
c.
Originally,
Greg Kinnear
was to play Chuck Lane.
d.
A critic of the time wrote of this film, "Composer Michael Balfe wouldnt like what Laurel and Hardy have done to his play. Then again, being Irish, perhaps he would."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
Writer/director
Billy Ray
initially had a great deal of difficulty convincing the real life
Michael Kelly
to assist in the production of the movie. Kelly felt a great deal of embarrassment over Stephen Glasss fraudulent articles, especially because he was editor of the New Republic when many of Glasss articles were published. Ray eventually persuaded Kelly to help him by telling him that he was approaching this story as a journalist who wanted the script to be as factually accurate as possible. This convinced Kelly to help with the project.
b.
Average Shot Length = ~11.6 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~11.2 seconds.
c.
This movie was intended to be a reunion for
Cary Grant
and
Katharine Hepburn
, but following the failure of
Bringing Up Baby
at the box office from the previous year, Hepburn left RKO being after deemed "Box Office Poison".
Carole Lombard
was subsequently brought in as her replacement.
d.
Writer/Director Derek Maki wrote this script in memory of his grandmother who died (like Nancy in the film) of pancreatic cancer.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
Charles Lane, who was the real-life editor of The New Republic, was invited by writer/director
Billy Ray
to observe filming of some of the movies scenes. The one scene shot while he was in attendance was the one where the TNR writers bad-mouth Lane behind his back.
b.
This was
Charles Chaplin
s final film, although in his early-1970s memoir, "My Life in Pictures", he mentions plans to film a movie entitled "The Freak", starring his daughter,
Victoria Chaplin
. The film was ultimately never made but costume test photos exist.
c.
The noble brass theme heard when the Faber campus is first shown is an excerpt from
Johannes Brahms
"Academic Festival Overture". This melody is based on a German student drinking song called "We have built a stately house".
d.
At the beginning of the final segment, "The Hitch-Hiker", several Stephen King novels are visible in the bedroom, on the headboard of the bed.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
Hanna Rosin
, a real life journalist who was a colleague of both Stephen Glass and Chuck Lane, worked as an adviser to writer/director
Billy Ray
. The character of Catlin Avery was based loosely on Hanna Rosin.
b.
Penn, Sean was offered the role Joe OMalley, but turned it down and did I Am Sam (2001) in which he was nominated for an Oscar.
c.
Chans prescient aphorism at the films conclusion, expressing pessimism about the upcoming Munich Conference was filmed months prior to the start of World War II.
d.
Nancy Dowd
originally intended the film to be a documentary.
George Roy Hill
convinced her that it would be better served as a feature length-comedy.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
and
Tobe Hooper
wanted virtually unknown actors to play the Freelings because they wanted to add a realism to the family that would off-balance the ghost story. They felt that if the audience watched well-known stars, then it would take away from the realistic feel of the characters.
b.
Amy Brand (
Melanie Lynskey
) had no costume changes, and wore the same outfit the entire movie.
c.
At the end of the movie, both
Anton Walbrook
and
Fay Bainter
are introduced as "two new RKO Radio Pictures personalities."
d.
The setting for the film is the Federal Broadcasting Company.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shattered Glass (2003)?
a.
After test screenings, an off-screen voice was added to clarify a plot point. The voice is that of the films editor.
b.
This is only the fourth time that Walt Disney Animation Studios produced a sequel to one of their films from the Disney Animated Classics canon in-house. The previous instances are as follows:
The Three Caballeros
followed
Saludos Amigos
,
Fantasia/2000
followed
Fantasia
, and
The Rescuers Down Under
followed
The Rescuers
.
c.
Eugène Lourié
had two models of the gantry built. The second was made of balsa wood for the explosion scene. This insured complete destruction of the gantry while avoiding the danger of the set being sprayed by shrapnel.
d.
Vince Vaughn
s dad Vernon Vaughn makes a cameo as the Hollywood High School football coach.
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