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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
About the movie:
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
The interior of Radio City Music Hall is actually not computer generated; rather, the background is comprised of digital photographs taken by
Darin Hollings
and
Eric Adkins
, merged together to create a panorama backdrop. The same was done for the lobby of The Chronicle building, which was actually a combination of multiple different building interiors edited together.
b.
Eric Bana
shot his scenes toward the end of filming.
c.
In the scene where a cats head is squeezed and its eyeball pops out, the cat actually only had one eye; a glass eye was inserted into the empty socket before filming, and that was what popped out.
d.
This is the first film to ever win an Academy Award for Editing (1934 was the first year when an Oscar for Editing was introduced.)
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
Besides footage from
The Adventures of Robin Hood
for Don Juans escape into the night - footage also from
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
was used for Don Juans entry into London. A ten year younger
Errol Flynn
can clearly be seen as Essex in the distant shots as he leads his entourage through London to the palace just as Don Juan is doing in the later film
b.
Crime districts depicted in this movie included those set in New Yorks Little Italy, Los Angeles Skid Row and New Yorks Spanish Harlem.
c.
In the shot where Polly gets out of a taxi at Radio City Music Hall, the films teaser poster can be seen on one of the buildings walls.
d.
Ellen Burstyn
was considered for the role of Rayette.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
Although the book is set in 1812, the film is set 7 years earlier. This afforded the writers the chance to make the enemy of the piece not the United States but France, England at the time having declared war against Napoleon.
b.
During the Broadway season of 1939-1940, the role of Harry was played by then-unknown
Gene Kelly
.
c.
At one point in the film,
Jude Law
recites, "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." This is a line from
John Masefield
s poem, "Sea-Fever."
d.
In the Spanish version the translators changed the name of the girl from Pearl to May, perhaps for the difficult pronunciation in Spanish.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
The cameo appearance of Slimer the green ghost of
Ghost Busters
was prompted by the fact that in the years in between the two films, the cartoon series
The Real Ghost Busters
introduced the idea that Slimer was living at the firehouse as the Ghostbusters pet. Because the original film and the cartoon series were so popular with children, they put Slimer in the film.
b.
Although the Tesla Coils dont do what they do in the movie, in the 1940s Tesla announced to the media that he had developed a "Death-Ray" - supposedly capable of destroying 2,000 airplanes at a 250 mile distance. Although Tesla did allow photographs to be taken of a small-scale prototype in action, he withheld much of the information that would allow others to understand his design; this device could be a scaled down version of that.
c.
Gail Russell
was originally hired to play Ann Nelson, but her problems with alcohol, which eventually destroyed her career, resulted in her being replaced by
Dorothy Hart
before production began.
d.
The original green tint of the "lost continent" sequences was not reproduced for television prints of the film (the sequences were shown in black-and-white instead), and it was not until well over 30 years after the films initial release that the tint was restored for home video in the late 1980s.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
When they come across an abandoned mine, on the top of the mountain there is a sphere-shaped figure with a tall prism next to it. These are the Trylon and Perisphere, which were famous icons in the 1939 New York Worlds fair.
b.
According to the book Rating The Movie Stars by
Joel Hirschhorn
,
Burt Reynolds
" . . . was reportedly angry when co-stars
Jill Clayburgh
and
Candice Bergen
received Oscar nominations for
Starting Over
and he was ignored."
c.
Justine Bateman
was considered for the lead.
d.
Film-makers asked owners of houses in backgrounds to re-paint their houses with more muted colors to show off the colorful cars.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
Rodney Dangerfield
hired singer and golfer
Don Cherry
to teach him to golf for this film. Don was a regular headliner in Las Vegas and lived near Dangerfield. In addition to his singing, Don was a very well known-professional golfer.
b.
The original script was written in January of 2001. Back then "S.O.L." was called "Wrong Place at the Wrong Time". Ken Gayton suggested the title "S.O.L." in 2009.
c.
In the original comics, Matts father Jack Murdock won the fixed boxing match and was murdered that night when Matt was in law school, while in the movie he was murdered sometime after Matt became blind while he was 12 years old. Additionally in the comics the Kingpin was not involved with Jack Murdocks death (though in other storylines not related to the mainstream comics such as Marvels Ultimate Universe he is), and the name of the criminal who Jack worked for was Roscoe Sweeney aka the Fixer, while the movie has him working for a mob boss named Fallon.
d.
WILHELM SCREAM: construction worker on scaffolding destroyed by bat-like flying robots pursuing Joe and Polly through New York City.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
The films original title was "Chinchero", which is where it was filmed. The title was only changed after Universal studio execs protested.
b.
The film that Maurice and Sarah see is
21 Days
.
Graham Greene
, the author of novel on which The End of the Affair is based, co-wrote the script for 21 Days, although the name of the film they see in the novel is never mentioned.
c.
The line of dialogue "The funeral is about to begin, Sir" was used by black metal band "Marduk" in their track Hearse, from the album World Funeral (2003), and also by the death metal band "The Ravenous" in a track from their first album "Assembled in Blasphemy" (2000).
d.
Dr. Kessler is played by
Jude Law
s real-life father,
Peter Law
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
The use of
Laurence Olivier
s image was
Jude Law
s idea. Law said he had always wanted to work alongside the actor, so
Kerry Conran
"granted" his wish.
b.
Andy Griffiths film debut.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1942 with
Charles Coburn
reprising his film role.
d.
Robert Vaughn
originally landed the part of Steve Dallas, but was drafted into the Army before he could film any footage.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
The producers originally planned to have creatures called voles in the film as well as the slime people. The voles would have been wolf-like animals from underground that had been domesticated by the slime people, but the were left out of the final script.
b.
Much of the production design was inspired by artists from the 1930s, such as Hugh Ferriss, Raymond Loewy, and
Norman Bel Geddes
. Renderings of New York City by Ferriss were models for the art deco New York City seen in the film, and the Flying Fortress was designed after drawings of ocean liners imagined by Bel Geddes (note the ship-like qualities of the Fortress in the film). Many other objects and settings used the stream-line designs of Loewys works.
c.
Thanks to director
Friz Freleng
, this was the first feature film appearance of Warners most famous cartoon character, Bugs Bunny.
d.
Matt Malone showed up on set high to play the character of Malone and he thought he didnt have any lines. He was wrong and had to learn his lines in 10 minutes.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)?
a.
Selected in 2003 by the Smithsonian Institution as one of eight films being preserved for future generations.
b.
Milburn Stone
, generally used by Universal as a supporting player, played the lead because his wiry frame and naturally curly hair matched the archival shots of Beatty.
c.
In the movie when they show all of the headlines from newspapers around the globe, you can see Godzillas outline on the Tokyo newspaper. In one of the newspaper shots you can see an "Iron Eagle", which defines the Nazi regime to be in power in Germany, although there is no sign of a preparation for war.
d.
Several shots take place in a coffee shop/dining area of the school. The location used was the real coffee shop of St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, normally painted a modest off-white. The filmmakers had the coffe shop painted a bizarre orange color for the production, then painted back to white after they were finished.
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