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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Superman Returns (2006) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Superman Returns (2006) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006).
About the movie:
After a long visit to the lost remains of the planet Krypton, the Man of Steel returns to Earth to become the people's savior once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
Author
Anne Rice
was so pleased with this adaptation that she took out a two page ad in both Vanity Fair and the New York Times endorsing it as "a masterpiece".
b.
Eva Marie Saint
(Martha Kent) made her cinematic debut in
On the Waterfront
, coincidentally opposite the late
Marlon Brando
(Jor-El).
c.
At one point in the scripting process, the Force was a large crystal or galactic holy grail called the Kyber crystal.
d.
Imanos Williams
, a real Japanese circus performer, appears in the scene where
Cantinflas
joins up with a Japanese circus as a performer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
James Marsden
performs one of the songs in the film.
b.
At the end of the song "On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine",
Stan Laurel
s voice switches to a deep bass and then a high falsetto. These parts were dubbed by two of his co-stars,
Chill Wills
and
Rosina Lawrence
.
c.
One of the principal reasons
Rae Dawn Chong
was cast as Ika was because she was completely comfortable with being nude.
d.
Newton Thomas Sigel
initially planned on shooting the film in 65mm in order to achieve the "glossy" look he was aiming for. This idea progressed far enough that extensive filming of 65mm test footage was done during pre-production. Sigel eventually abandoned the 65mm format after being repeatedly told that "nobody projects it anymore".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
Steven Berkoff
was Lynchs first choice for Frank Booth. When he rejected it the role went to
Dennis Hopper
. Berkoff said that "there was nothing in that part except destruction".
b.
During production, several strange coincidences occurred: director
Spike Carpenter
attempted two separate newspaper crossword puzzles each with "Author of The Gold Bug" as a question; a real gold-colored beetle appeared on the set of Legrands cottage; and the Quedagh Merchant, a ship abandoned by Captain Kidd in 1699, was found by divers off Catalina Island.
c.
Although
Barry Fitzgerald
played a Catholic priest in this film--and several others--he was in real life not a Catholic but a Protestant. Several times during this film when he is "crossing" himself he does it wrong, going from right to left instead of from left to right.
d.
Mischa Barton
and
Keira Knightley
were considered for the role of Lois Lane when
McG
was attached to the project.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
There is a framed photograph of
Glenn Ford
(Jonathan Kent from the original
Superman
) on the piano during the reunion scene at the Kent farm. In a deleted scene from Clarks bedroom, more photos of
Glenn Ford
can be seen. These were created by the graphic design team during the films production, as seen in Bryan Singers on-line video journal #21 "In Graphic Detail", and were digitally enhanced to include
Eva Marie Saint
as Martha and young incarnations of Clark.
c.
Like most of Scythe Productionss films, post-production actually started only a month into shooting. Much of the sound effects, all of the computer animation, and other contributions were done by individuals in Alaska, Florida, California, and Sweden and sent in over the Internet.
d.
With a budget of $185 million, this is the most expensive movie ever undertaken by a first-time feature film director.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
DC Comics character Aquaman is on Jasons pajamas.
b.
The following people appear nude in the film:
Raven De La Croix
,
Alan Deveau
,
Jennifer Inch
,
Linda Shayne
,
Terrea Smith
, and
Linda Speciale
.
c.
Nunnally Johnson
was paid $140,000 for a script polish.
d.
An open casting call was put out to all the elementary schools to find a young Asian actor to play Short Round.
Jonathan Ke Quan
arrived with his brother, not to audition, but merely to provide moral support. He caught the casting directors attention because he spent the entire time of his brothers audition telling him what to do and what not to do.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
Twentieth Century Fox executives asked
Denzel Washington
to shave $4 million from his standard fee of $20 million. (They also asked director
Tony Scott
to cut $3 million from his usual $9 million fee.) Citing frustration with the lack of a start date, Washington withdrew from the film. Fox then came up with an as yet undisclosed enticement package, purportedly including a revised script, to bring Washington back on board two weeks later.
b.
In one scene,
Anne Bancroft
throws a drink in
Shirley MacLaine
s face. The moment was scrupulously rehearsed by director
Herbert Ross
- up to the point where Bancroft throws the drink into MacLaines face. During rehearsal he had the actress set the glass down on the counter without tossing its contents every time; then continuing with the scene. When everything was ready, Ross took the shot in one take -- the scene you see on film, where Bancroft throws the drink into MacLaines face. Having only been hit the one time, the look of shock on MacLaines face is real.
c.
Wolfie,
James Cameron
s German Shepherd dog, can be seen at the Tiki Motel.
d.
The movie was filmed in Sydney, Australia at Fox Studios. The Kent family home was filmed in Tamworth, Australia.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
John Huston
originally wanted to cast his father
Walter Huston
as Captain Ahab, but by the time the film was finally set to be made, his father had been dead for four years.
b.
Vitaphone production reels #2401-2408; a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
c.
The Kent farm was originally built on a sound stage and was then disassembled, moved to Tamworth, Australia, and reconstructed and redressed.
d.
Betsy Russell was in the same outfit during the hospital scene after which Jill loses Gideon, as she is in the interrogation scene. She the camera slowly pans to the mirror to transition into the interrogation scene with Strahm. The sets were right next door to each other and Betsy literally ran to the interrogation set for the transition to work properly.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
The tour bus seen in the opening and closing sequences of
Jesus Christ Superstar
was loaned to the production by
Ted Neeley
and his rock band.
b.
The original New York production under a different title was "A Loss of Roses" by
William Inge
which opened at the Eugene ONeill Theater in New York on November 28, 1959 and ran for 25 performances.
c.
The publish date of "Why the World Doesnt Need Superman" is 14 February 2006.
d.
George Clooney
,
Jake Gyllenhaal
,
Mark Wahlberg
and
Vince Vaughn
were previously considered to play the lead role.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
According to
Quentin Tarantino
,
Renny Harlin
and
Tony Scott
were the first directors who showed interest in directing the film.
b.
The last line of
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(the one before "Returns") is Superman saying to Luthor, "See you in twenty." That scene was filmed in 1986. Coincidentally, twenty years later, in 2006, the next Superman movie was released.
c.
Elvis Presley
and
Tom Jones
met for the first time on the set of the film.
d.
In the warehouse fire scene, all the firefighters except
Dennis Quaid
,
Peter MacNeill
and
Jordan Bridges
, are real.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman Returns (2006)?
a.
Randy Newman
, who wrote some of the the songs for this movie, was the voice of the singing bush. This was lifted directly from the Holy Bibles book of Deuteronomy. Moses (the Amigos) vision to guide the oppressed Egyptians (Santa Pocans) into freedom.
b.
This movie is Liv Tylers film debut.
c.
The announcer of the baseball game heard on the radio is the late Art Popham, a local who announced Tacoma Tigers games for many years but at the release time of the movie had retired from sports casting to write for the Tacoma News Tribune as a business columnist and to be with his family.
d.
Lex Luthor says, "To the primitive mind, any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic," which is a paraphrase of an
Arthur C. Clarke
quote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" ("Profiles of the Future," 1961). Clarke is mentioned in the closing credits of the film for this reason.
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