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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stage Beauty (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stage Beauty (2004) Quiz
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About the movie:
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desedmona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Beauty (2004)?
a.
Sigourney Weaver
told
James Cameron
that she wanted to do three things in the movie; not handle a weapon, die, and make love to an alien. While none of these wishes were fulfilled, she got to do all three in
Alien³
and
Alien: Resurrection
.
b.
Claire Danes
and
Billy Crudup
became a couple after the filming of this movie. Crudup left his long-time girlfriend
Mary-Louise Parker
for Danes.
c.
WILHELM SCREAM: Not the "classic" Wilhelm, but what is known as the "third scream" can be heard at the beginning of the film as Amidalas ship explodes.
d.
Gary Busey
was originally slated to play Pfc. Franklin F. Bean Jr.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Beauty (2004)?
a.
David Duchovny
turned down a role in
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
to appear in this movie.
b.
One of the numbers listed at the top of the ransom note is 814-949-9207, the fax number for Lakemont Park in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
c.
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.
d.
While the movie does not claim strict historical accuracy, it features many characters based on actual personalities from the seventeenth-century stage. Ned Kynaston did play female roles, but also played male roles before and after women were allowed on stage. He would have been 20 in 1660, when the first woman appeared on stage. Margaret Hughes (Maria) is supposed to have been the first woman to appear in a stage production, aged 30. She did appear as Desdemona in Othello, on December 8 at the theater on Vere Street operated by the Kings Company, whose manager was Thomas Killigrew, not Thomas Betterton as the film shows. Betterton was a successful theater manager later, but was only 25 in 1660. Other characters also were not historically the age that they appear to be in the film - Nell Gwynn would have been 10.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Beauty (2004)?
a.
One of the main movie posters for this picture has
Barbra Streisand
climbing on a pole wearing a large dress with three male characters beneath her, evoking a classic movie scene from
The Seven Year Itch
where
Marilyn Monroe
s dress flies up in the air from a breeze blown from a street subway grill.
b.
Benicio Del Toro
gained 40 pounds for his role as Dr. Gonzo and, in the commentary during the Criterion Collection version of the DVD, says to have done so by eating multiple donuts every day.
c.
The full title of the stage play behind this movie is Compleat Female Stage Beauty, which was reportedly the advertising poster slogan for Kynastons female impersonations.
d.
Of the 6 leads or "Dylans" in the film, only young
Marcus Carl Franklin
(as "Woody") can be heard on the soundtrack. However, singer/actors
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Jim James
and
Richie Havens
also both act in the movie and on the soundtrack.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Beauty (2004)?
a.
Chapter Titles: 1. Frontier Revenge 2. Racing Peril 3. Danger Road 4. Murder at Midnight 5. Road to Oblivion 6. Missouri Manhunt 7. Hangmans Noose 8. Coffin on Wheels 9. Dead Mans Return 10.Galloping Gunslingers 11.The Haunting Past 12.Fugitives Code
b.
Overboard
was released in 1987. In
The Best of Times
starring
Kurt Russell
, released just the year before, there are references to "Gigi", who is Kurt Russells characters wife and also one of the opposing football players was known as "Dr. Death". In Overboard the letters "G.G." are spray painted on the boys club house and they also refer to "Dr. Death" coming to rescue their "mother". Both movies start Kurt Russell.
c.
Although cut from the movie, The Alma Mater/Parody instrumental from the stage version can be heard in the office on the last day and during the carnival scenes.
d.
Kate Winslet
was originally offered the female lead but she pulled out shortly before filming started.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stage Beauty (2004)?
a.
First fully computer-generated full-length feature film. Each frame took 4 to 13 hours (depending on the complexity of the shot) of time on a RenderFarm consisting of 87 2-CPU SparcStation 20s, 30 4-CPU Sparc-Station 20s and a SparcServer 1000.
b.
Several producers and studios bid for the rights to the novel, which
Carlo Ponti
won in 1963. He wanted the film to be as grand as
Lawrence of Arabia
, so he recruited the crew of that film, including director
David Lean
, screenwriter
Robert Bolt
, cinematographer
Freddie Young
, production designer
John Box
and composer
Maurice Jarre
.
c.
Although the movie starts out portraying the traditional Elizabethan style of acting on the stage (ie, stylized non-realistic acting), by the end of the movie, sequences on the stage are being performed in the style of realism (ie, what most people think of as modern acting), which was a style of acting not introduced until the 20th century.
d.
Shot on location, except for the bus scenes. According to
Sean Penn
they abandoned the idea of shooting at the real bus out of respect for Christopher and the McCandless family. Instead, they built a set in the wilderness, with an exact replica of the real bus.
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