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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Signs (2002) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Signs (2002) - 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: Signs (2002).
About the movie:
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
Production went into difficulties due to creative conflicts between director
Gavin Hood
and the studio.
Richard Donner
, producer
Lauren Shuler Donner
s husband, had to fly to the set to ease tensions.
b.
Lee Perkins
first met writer/director
Greg Lamberson
at a horror convention.
c.
The Hess family hides in the basement, which Graham Hess says was once used for coal storage. In
H.G. Wells
s "The War of the Worlds", the main character hides from the aliens in a coal shed.
d.
According to the review in "The New Yorker", this film was edited on a home computer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
This was the first Disney film to receive an Academy Award since
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
, though other films had been nominated.
b.
If this story line sounds familiar, its because this was a B-version rewrite of the classic
The African Queen
starring
Humphrey Bogart
and
Katharine Hepburn
, albeit in a different setting.
c.
The original nitrate negatives for the film have long disappeared. The only extant film elements were 35mm inter-positives struck in 1952, which had undergone a great deal of decay. This inter-positive was scanned at 2,000 lines of resolution and electronically restored for the 2002 DVD reissue. The restoration was performed at Lowry Digital by
Barry Allen
and
Steve Elkin
. A new 4K high-definition scan was done in 2008 for the films release on Blu-ray disc.
d.
In the part of the "Brazilian Video" the anchorwoman says the video was taped in Passo Fundo city that means "Deep Step", and what the boys saying all the time is "Its behind that garage".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
Lori Petty
was, in reality, a faster runner than
Geena Davis
, and had to run slower while appearing she was running at full speed.
b.
Only the scenes in the bookstore and the pizza shop were filmed in Newtown (Bucks County), Pennsylvania. The scenes of the house and cornfields were filmed on 40 acres that were leased to the film company by Delaware Valley College (an agriculture college) of Doylestown (Bucks County), Pennsylvania. After filming, the film company donated all the corn grown to the colleges vegetable and fruit market. The house was built on the grounds and torn down after filming. Delaware Valley College is acknowledged in the credits at the end of the film. The drugstore scene was filmed in Morrisville (Bucks County), PA.
c.
The Keymaker, while explaining how Neo will reach the Architect, says they will have to knock out 27 blocks of power and they will have exactly 314 seconds before the power begins to reroute. In the Bible, the 27th book of the New Testament (Revelation) chapter 3, verse 14 speaks of being a witness to the source of creation (which in the Matrix is the Architect).
d.
Carlyle, the British officer with the umbrella, who died during the battle, is based on Maj. Digby Tatham-Warter, who survived the battle.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
Roger Michell
actually attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in order to get the idea of how Doyle Gipsons (
Samuel L. Jackson
) A.A. meetings would play out on screen.
b.
Frank Maxwell
s final feature film.
c.
The crop circles are real as
M. Night Shyamalan
doesnt particularly like using CGI.
d.
One of
Rachel Roberts
three appearances in the film - as a suicidal London housewife - was cut from American release prints. Ironically, Roberts was suicidal in real life and killed herself in 1980.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
Patricia Arquette
s first movie.
b.
Princess Auroras mother does not have a name in the movie, but in promotional materials she is named Queen Leah. Disney Studios have no record of who provided her voice.
c.
Mel Gibson
s name was listed on the call sheet as "Lem Nosbig" to throw off any non-crew members wanting to know what days hed be on the set.
d.
The exterior of the cafe where Ruthie works (with the dancing rolls scene and others) is the Milk Bottle Cafe in Spokane, WA. Oddly enough, the interior was shot in an entirely different restaurant, Furgusens. The two restaurants are actually next door to each other. Even weirder, thats not the only building shaped like a milk bottle in Spokane.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
Augustus Gloop (#1 on the map at 26:07) is from Dusselheim, Germany, Violet Beauregarde (#3) is from Miles City, Montana, and Mike Teevee (#4) is from Marble Falls, Arizona. Of these cities, the only one that isnt fictional is Miles City, Montana. Charlie Buckets and Veruca Salts hometowns are never mentioned throughout the movie, but it is likely Veruca and her family reside in the U.K., especially since #2 on the map is over the British Isles. (Mr. Salt tells the workers he will give the one who finds a golden ticket a one-pound bonus and there is a sign inside the factory reading "SALTS: THE PEANUTS OF THE QUEEN!")
b.
Tom Hanks
and
Bill Murray
were considered for the role of
Larry Flynt
.
c.
When Pete returns from seeing his lawyer, early in the film, he finds Sandras agent in the living room listening to her latest recording. This is an excerpt from the first movement of the Piano Concerto No 4 in D minor by Anton Rubinstein, a great rarity and certainly not recorded by anyone else in 1941. It was possibly chosen by Max Steiner because it was no longer in copyright, but whatever the reason, it was a most unusual and sophisticated choice.
d.
The stories of the childrens birth are actually the stories of
M. Night Shyamalan
s two children.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
Just after the DVD is inserted into the player, and immediately after the Touchstone logo, a dark, fuzzy image appears in black and white, very quickly. It is a movie still with Merrill, Morgan and Bo sitting on the couch with the aluminum hats on their heads. The picture is shown even faster when "Play" is selected.
b.
Final film of
Warner Baxter
.
c.
Film debut (uncredited) of
Nehemiah Persoff
s.
d.
Columbia Pictures released this film on a double bill with
The Man Who Turned to Stone
with the tag line: "Warning - This is the Most Shocking Horror Bill Ever Shown!"
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
The song which Sean sings that "segues into Counting Crows" is "Anna Begins", from the 1993 album "August And Everything After".
b.
The scene in which Graham has his last conversation with his wife was scheduled for 12 September 2001, and was filmed after a cast and crew candlelight vigil.
c.
Up Periscope
was released in 59 (1959). Many years later a parody of the submarine movie genre would be made both in a year with a reverse of this films year of release (i.e. in 95 (1995)) and with also a title that reverses this movies title (i.e.
Down Periscope
).
d.
Nick Nolte
wore a back brace during much of the filming to maintain a rigid Marine posture.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
The name "Beowulf" is a kenning of the Anglo-Saxon words for "Bear." A kenning is a phrase that is substituted for the usual name of a person or thing. It is typically comprised of two terms, with the first word added to the second in a way that conveys a meaning neither word has alone. Therefore "Beowulf" comes from "Bee-Wolf," meaning "Bear."
b.
When
Joaquin Phoenix
is looking at a poster at the military enrolment office, hes looking at a movie poster of one of his own films (
Buffalo Soldiers
).
c.
Leonardo DiCaprio
spent a day with
Jane Russell
to hear her memories and impressions of
Howard Hughes
. She was very impressed with DiCaprios visit and told him that Hughes was a quiet yet extremely stubborn man who always got his way in the end.
d.
In an early scene,
Ed Harris
, clad only in a towel wrapped around his waist, plops down on a chair. For a split second his genitals are fully exposed. This scene somehow evaded the censors (and in a PG rated film) and in the first video release, the scene is intact. The scene has now disappeared from later releases.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Signs (2002)?
a.
10% of all DVD and soundtrack sales are donated to The Boulevard Zen Foundation, Richs nonprofit organization The Boulevard Zen Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides yoga classes & lifestyle education to shelters for survivors of domestic violence worldwide.
b.
Johnny Depp
was originally approached to star.
c.
The line "6:30 p.m. "Dinner with me" I cant cancel that again." was improvised by
Jim Carrey
.
d.
$7 million had been spent on sets that were never used thanks to the ever-changing script before filming had even started.
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