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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Solaris (2002) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Solaris (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: Solaris (2002).
About the movie:
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Solaris (2002)?
a.
When it came time for Barthelmess to sing the title song of Weary River (not once but four times in the course of the film), the Vitaphone technicians performed a bit of audio-visual sleight-of-hand. While Barthelmess moves his lips, the voice we hear is that of Johnny Murray. A Photoplay article of July 1929 reported that Murray had also been retained to provide Barthelmesss voice in the future, in the event that he starred in any other musicals.
b.
During the 1990s,
Dan Aykroyd
s concept for Ghostbusters III, under various working titles, revolved around the Ghostbusters in Hell.
c.
Irma is kidnapped by the "notorious Corrigan Gang". Their leader Sharpie, a ruthless murderer, is played against type by endearing, lovable director-turned-actor Lloyd Corrigan in an obvious in-joke.
d.
On
Stanislaw Lem
s personal website, shortly before he passed away, he posted that he felt this adaptation had overemphasized the human relationship dilemma in his novel, when he had been trying to propound what an Encounter with something truly Alien might be like. The planet Solaris is about as far from any preconceptions of Alien life as you can get, so identifying with Rheas Phi-Creature misses the point that all the Phi-Creatures are Solaris.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Solaris (2002)?
a.
Danny DeVito
spent two hours a day in make-up.
b.
Originally shown as a 45-minute film at a number of film festivals. It was then extended to feature length when Pacific Film Fund joined the project as executive producers.
c.
Two characters names vary a great deal in the different versions of this story. The female character is known as "Rhea" in the English translation of the novel, "Rheya" in the film, and "Harey" in the original Polish. In the 1972 version, she is known as "Hari/Khari" in the subtitles and Russian dialogue, and "Carrie" in the English dubbing. The Doctor is known as "Snow" in the English translation of the novel, and the 2002 film, but in the Tarkovsky version, he is known "Snaut" in the subtitles and Russian dialogue, and "Stroud/Strowd" in the English dub.
d.
Immediately after completing the film,
Peter Sellers
was so convinced it was going to bomb, he convinced the producers to buy back his percentage share in the movie, thus depriving himself of a cut of the profits with the film when it went on to be a hit.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Solaris (2002)?
a.
The idea for this movie started only with the concept of a movie poster of five of guys in a lineup.
b.
At the request of
Mike Nichols
,
Stephen Sondheim
wrote special lyrics to his song "Im Still Here" for
Shirley MacLaine
to perform.
c.
Soderbergh cast
Jeremy Davies
in the film after seeing a tape Davies made of himself playing
Charles Manson
. Davies was preparing to play Manson in an independent film. The tape was passed around within the film industry and became a popular bootleg. Davies eventually played Manson in
Helter Skelter
.
d.
All of
Dennis Miller
s scenes were filmed in one day.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Solaris (2002)?
a.
The new at-the-time B-52 Stratofortress bomber airplanes as featured in this movie weighed 500,000 pounds and could fly at a speed of 650+ miles per hour and travel 17,000 miles without actually stopping, according to a review in The Hollywood Reporter.
b.
Kelvins wife is called Rheya which is an anagram of the original name in
Stanislaw Lem
s novel, where she is called Harey.
c.
Only two days after its completion "The Wrestler" was screened on Venice Film Festival and walked off with the Golden Lion award for Best Picture.
Mickey Rourke
also would have walked off as Best Actor if the Venice jury chairman, director
Wim Wenders
, had had his way but Wenders vigorous campaigning could not topple a longstanding festival rule which insists that one film is not allowed to win both awards. Rourke happily contented himself with finally being the star of a prize-winning picture.
d.
Average shot length and median shot length is ~3.5 seconds.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Solaris (2002)?
a.
The original theatrical version was forced to cut the pre-credits quote "...when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you" by
Friedrich Nietzsche
because
Criminal Law
used it, and they didnt want to seem like imitators. The quote was restored in the directors cut.
b.
There are 139 dance shots in the film. Out of the 139, 111 are untouched shots of
Natalie Portman
and the remaining 28 are her dance double,
Sarah Lane
. Of the shots in which Lane is featured, 26 of the 28 are wide shots and rarely appear on screen longer than one second. The two remaining shots required digital face replacement so the audience sees Portmans face instead of Lanes.
c.
Shot in eight days.
d.
Rhea is also the name of Saturns ninth moon.
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