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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Surf's Up (2007) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Surf's Up (2007) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Surf's Up (2007) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007).

About the movie: A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		The film contains various references to the Biblical flood. For example, Jacksons son is named Noah, the cruise ship (where Adrians father Harry performs) is called Genesis (the book in the Bible in which the account appears), and humanity is saved by the use of "arks". At one point we also see animals being lifted aboard the arks.
b.		Changes in some regions release-dates meant that some territories had this movie released in the year 2007, thereby supplying fans and some publicists a once-in-a-millennium marketing dream, to see a James Bond movie in the year Two Double-O Seven.
c.		Two songs by Green Day - "Welcome to Paradise" and "Holiday" - are used as background music for the film but did not appear on the official soundtrack album. This is probably due to the profanity in the songs.
d.		One possible idea for the film included a chest-burster coming out of Michael Biehns character, Hicks. A replica of the actor with his chest torn open was created, but after Biehn discovered this, he threatened to sue the producers for using his likeness without his consent, and the idea was dropped. Later, the producers paid him to use his picture at the beginning of the film for the computer sequence. Apparently he received more money for use of this one image than for his role in Aliens.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		Of all the many actresses who tested for the part of Scarlett, only Paulette Goddard and Vivien Leigh were filmed in color.
b.		Editor Ivan Bilancio is also a highly accomplished surfer in his spare time.
c.		Peter Lorre was under contract to Columbia Pictures. He agreed to be loaned out to MGM for this film if Columbia would do a film version of Crime and Punishment with him in the role of Raskolnikov.
d.		On the highway, Christine makes a remark about the possibilty of KISS producing a disco song. The boys laugh it off, but in fact, the year after which the movie takes place (1978) , KISS did indeed come out with a hit disco song - "I Was Made For Lovin You". Christines remark is a joke pertaining to the song.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		Directors Ash Brannon and Chris Buck provide the voices for the film crew chronicling the adventures of Cody.
b.		In the 2003 release of Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans on DVD, Fox Presented, as an extra, a reconstitution of what this movie might have been like. By combining voiceovers, photographs and conceptual sketches, this is the closest one can get to this lost masterpiece.
c.		The casting sessions for this film took place at the offices of film producer, Fred Weintraub.
d.		Star Trek "technobabble" seen on walls throughout the Regula space station includes: Geoplastics, Gravitronics, Thermowave Multiplexer, JBK Sensors Synthostasis, Thermonics, Wave Matrix ETM Storage, and Bellus.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		Many of the clothes, furniture and make-up used in the film belonged to the actual cast.
b.		The business jet shown in the movie is Dassault Falcon 900EX. Registration number N900EX is used by Dassault as a corporate number and it is canceled after the aircraft is sold to a client.
c.		This surprised a lot of people by picking up the third nomination for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars that year after the locks, Ratatouille and Persepolis. Many expected the box office hit, The Simpsons Movie, to be the third nominee.
d.		The film opens with Horace Greelys famous quotation: "Go West, Young Man, go west."

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		This went from theatrical release to DVD in only 18 weeks.
b.		Dennis Quaid finished filming Undercover Blues on a Friday and reported to duty on the "Flesh and Bone" set the following Monday.
c.		Kevin Costners children all appear in the film.
d.		Much confusion exists amongst fans about the Narrators name. Many believe it is Jack due to his use of the phrase "I am Jacks...", but others argue that he only uses the moniker Jack because that was the one he saw in "Annotated Reader". Interestingly, in the press packages released for the movie, which came in the form of an Ikea-esque catalog, the character is referred to as Jack, as he is on the back of the DVD, and in the booklet accompanying the DVD, where the Chapter list is referred to as "Jacks Chapters". Also, the original screenplay by Jim Uhls refers to him as Jack. On the other hand, in the closed captions for the film, he is referred to as Rupert. Edward Norton reveals that he refers to the character as Jack on the audio commentary on the DVD and Blu-ray.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		The original Broadway production of "Hit the Trail Holiday" by George M. Cohan opened at the Astor Theater on September 13, 1915 and ran for 336 performances. The production moved to the Harris Theater in February 1916.
b.		The actor who played Aurelio didnt speak English at all.
c.		Sybil Jason stated in her autobiography that director Michael Curtiz filmed some scenes at a real Hollywood orphanage, and (in the interest of realism) cast real orphans as extras. Among them, Jason remembered, was a young Marilyn Monroe, long before her first "recognized" role. This has not yet been confirmed by film historians and Monroe biographers.
d.		The animators made a research trip to Malibu Beach to study surf and surfers.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		This was Jeff Bridgess second animated film. The first was The Last Unicorn, released 25 years previously.
b.		According to Samantha Morton, the director mortgaged his house to raise finance for the film.
c.		In the United Kingdom, the title was changed to "The Boyfriend from Hell", because Mattel owned the name and trademark Barbie.
d.		The note that Ford uses in the pub to buy six pints "and keep the change" is a £50 Bank of England note with the engraving of Sir John Houblon on the back. In the original 1978 radio version and in The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, it was "a fiver".

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		The lead character was offered to Patty Duke in the late 60s. But she turned it down because she wanted to be married and not work at the time.
b.		Pre-production began in 2002.
c.		Although it is centered around an on-going war, no specific war is ever named in the film.
d.		Art Imitates Life - In his book "Silent Bob Speaks," Kevin Smith mentions that his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith hates New Jersey with a vengeance. In the movie, Dantes fiancé Emma (played by Jennifer Schwalbach Smith) has nothing nice to say about NJ and cannot wait to leave the state. She even goes so far as to make a cake that says "Florida Forever, NJ Never" written on it, with the circled and crossed out "NJ" abbreviation.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		Willem Dafoe attended a criminal trial to prepare for his role. The trial was interrupted when several people in the courtroom, including the judge and many jurors, recognized him and wanted to talk to him.
b.		Steven Spielberg shot one million feet of film over 247 shooting days.
c.		The character of The Geek is a homage to another of Jeff Bridgess creations, The Dude, in The Big Lebowski.
d.		The disclaimer, "Neither the name Zorin nor any other name or character in this film is meant to portray a real company or actual person" was added after producers discovered a real company known as Zoran Ladicorbic Ltd. Their industry was fashion design.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surf's Up (2007)?
a.		The Batgirl costume weighed 50 pounds.
b.		An alternate ending to the movie featured a Thanksgiving dinner at the Murtaugh house which is attended by both Riggs and Rika Van Dan Haas. Director Richard Donner later decided that Rika should be killed to further fuel Riggs hatred of the South African diplomats. With Rika dead, the Thanksgiving dinner scene had to be scrapped.
c.		As he is handing Dale some guns, Red (Danny McBride says, "Ted Jones messed with the wrong melon farmers." This is a reference to the common network television practice of dubbing over "swear" words with less "objectionable" words or terms that have a similar sound and length - even if the replacement words dont really make sense in the context of the movie. "Melon Farmers" was used most famously as the dub for "Mother F*ers" in the network television version of the Die Hard series of movies (in which lead character John McClanes famous catchphrase, "Yippie-kai-yay, Mother F*ers!," became "Yippie-kai-yay, Melon Farmers!").
d.		At the start of the movie, Cody is asked if he has any other skills besides surfing. He asks "Like what? Singing and dancing?" This is a dig at the concurrently produced Happy Feet.

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