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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shortbus (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shortbus (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006).
About the movie:
A group of New Yorkers get caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
Pam Grier
auditioned for the role of Lances wife Jody. Though she had a great audition,
Quentin Tarantino
decided not to cast her because he could not imagine Grier getting pushed around the way the character does.
b.
Reg Vermue
, who plays the albino guy in Club Shortbus, is not actually albino, though he does have very light pigmentation.
c.
There was some surprise when
Lauren Bacall
agreed to make the movie since she was a left-wing Democrat and the film was right-wing propaganda.
d.
The Enterprise was originally redesigned by
Ryan Church
using features of the original, making it 1200 feet (370 m) long; however this was later scaled up by a factor of 1.94 to 2,357 feet (718 m) to make it seem grander.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
The newspaper headline that Dean McCoppin is reading ("Disaster Seen as Catastrophe Looms") is similar to the headline that Jim Dear is reading in
Lady and the Tramp
and that Jiminy Cricket is reading in
Fun & Fancy Free
.
b.
Director Cameo
John Cameron Mitchell
: Unbilled, as one of the sextras.
c.
Rory Colin Fretland
, the first actor cast in the film, grew his hair for almost 1 full year before production began.
d.
In the scene at the party, where the characters of "Jack Gable" and "Rachel Hedison" are dancing,
John Candy
and
Emma Samms
did the scene without doubles, although it was difficult to tell because of the distance from which it was shot.
Emma Samms
commented how graceful and talented of a dancer
John Candy
was, despite his size.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
One of the legends about the production of this film was that
Edward D. Wood Jr.
used everything from automobile hubcaps to pizza pans to pie tins and even paper plates as flying saucers. The truth is that he bought a number of childrens plastic model kits of flying saucers for use as props.
b.
To make the actors more comfortable, the director and the cameramen were stripped naked while filming the orgy scene.
c.
All parents cars are Volvos.
d.
While practicing his lines,
Jerry OConnell
was incredibly impressed that, as an 11-year old, he was being allowed to swear.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
The Chinese characters on the wall in Dr. Sofias (Sook-Yin Lee) office are "jiu ming" which means "save my life!" in Chinese. Its what you call out for help when youre in danger.
b.
Much of the special effects crew that worked on the first three films and
Supergirl
were hired during pre-production, but eventually left following salary disputes.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
originally wanted
Margaret Sullavan
or
Barbara Stanwyck
for the leading female role. But the role went to
Priscilla Lane
.
d.
Fifth of seven movies that paired
Claudette Colbert
and
Fred MacMurray
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
When we are first introduced to the Shortbus club, a Shortbus guest takes some food off a platter of nibbles. The guest is
Jonathan Caouette
, director of
Tarnation
.
Shortbus
director
John Cameron Mitchell
worked as Executive Producer on
Tarnation
.
b.
Most of the actors from the scene in the museum where Professor X freezes everyone were actually mimes, who are used to not moving. Likewise, mimes were used for the final scene in the Oval Office.
c.
In the original Broadway production,
Danny Kaye
sang his famous patter song, "Tchaikovsky (And Other Russians)," in which he dashed off the names of 50 Russian composers in 39 seconds. By the time the movie version was made, Kaye was under contract with Samuel Goldwyn, and could not appear in the film. His role as the photographer, Russell Paxton, was given to
Mischa Auer
, and the "Tchaikovsky" number was dropped.
d.
Release of the movie was delayed because of a lawsuit Pathé brought against MGM. Although the novel by
Alphonse Daudet
was in public domain in the USA, it was still under copyright protection in Europe. Pathé won the lawsuit.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
None of the characters who were members of the Vory v Zakone used a gun throughout the movie. The reason for this is that when doing research on Russian organized crime,
David Cronenberg
discovered that members of the Vory v Zakone typically prefer to use knives instead of guns. The rationale for this is that if Vory v Zakone members were arrested by police and questioned as to why they were in possession of such weapons, the suspects could evade suspicion by claiming that the knives were simply for linoleum cutting.
b.
Elvis used to sing some of his hit songs on the set, and would often suck helium from balloons to make his voice sound high and strange.
c.
The character Severin is named after the tragic hero of Sacher-Masochs novel "Venus in Furs".
d.
Sulleys big armchair in his apartment has a hole in the back to let his tail through.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
The entire budget for this 2006 Best Picture Nominee (as well as 5 other nominations): $7 million.
b.
Hausler has regretted using the word "Mexico" to refer to where the boys are going in the film. He had heard people refer to predominantly Mexican areas in Phoenix as Mexico and by the time he realized it was not a widely known slang term, the film was well into production.
c.
The character James in the movie is based on
Jonathan Caouette
, the director of, and whose life is the inspiration for, the movie
Tarnation
.
d.
When Jeremy first pitches to John the idea of crashing Cleary wedding, he hands him a section of a newspaper that carries the wedding announcement. It bears a photo of the bride and groom and a photo of Secretary Cleary accompanied by multi-column article. Though the announcement begins conventionally enough, by the point in the article that appears to the left of
Christopher Walken
s photo, the text reads: "The Clearys are the center of the political scene these days with the potential candidacy of William for the president of the United States.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
The film includes a very touching scene based on the execution of Private Eddie Slovik, the only case of a soldier executed in US Armed Forces during World War Two. In 1960,
Frank Sinatra
intended to produce a film based on the same story with a screenplay by
Albert Maltz
, one of the blacklisted in the infamous Hollywood Ten. But Sinatra was advised against it, because he himself could be suspected of communism, and finally decided against the project.
Carl Foreman
, who left the United States in 1952 because he was being investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee, decided to use the case of Private Slovik, and in the scene utilized the Frank Sinatra version of the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
b.
Quasimodos mother dies after being pushed to the ground and hitting her head. In the novel, this is how Esmereldas mother dies.
c.
Trudi (
Bronagh Gallagher
) can be seen wearing a T-shirt of Irish rock band The Frames. She appeared in
The Commitments
with
Glen Hansard
, the lead singer of The Frames; they became friends, and she promised him she would wear a Frames T-shirt if she got a part in Pulp Fiction. Coincidentally, in 2008,
John Travolta
awarded the Oscar for Best Original Song to Hansard for the film
Once
.
d.
In Sofias office, the large framed characters on the wall behind her spell Help Me in Chinese.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
During auditioning and casting, any interested actors were to submit a 10-minute video of themselves describing an important sexual experience. The director received approximately 500 tapes.
b.
This was based on a 1947 Broadway play, but in the film, all of the characters names have been changed.
c.
An early draft of the script had the Fallen encased in a sarcophagus on the bridge of the Nemesis starship, which was being supplied energon fuel from the hatchlings. This concept occurred in the movies comic adaptation, but in the actual film was rejected in favour of having the Fallen being directly present.
d.
The very last scene to be shot was Rockys sprint up the steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Sylvester Stallone
purposely left this shot until the end because he knew it would be such an emotional experience due to the iconic nature of the scene, and he felt it was a good way for him to say goodbye to the character. As he puts it himself, "that run is the distillation of the entire Rocky experience."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shortbus (2006)?
a.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was going to fire
Sook-Yin Lee
when they learned that she was going to be participating in a film with explicit sexual content. Several prominent individuals came to her rescue, including
Gus Van Sant
,
Atom Egoyan
,
David Cronenberg
and
Julianne Moore
, in successfully urging CBC to retain Lee as a member of their staff.
b.
When the screen goes black as the crew fall over Worlds End, the ghostly music and voices heard are directly from the Disneyland ride. Most noticeable is
Paul Frees
voice of the skull and crossbones that infamously warns passengers "Dead men tell no tales!"
c.
Both Jon Heder (I) and
Will Ferrell
learned how to ice skate for the movie. They trained extensively with
Michelle Kwan
s coach
Sarah Kawahara
.
d.
The title for the films Brazilian release is Pague para Entrar, Reze para Sair, which translates to the movies tagline Pay to get in, pray to get out.
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