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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Surviving Christmas (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Surviving Christmas (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Surviving Christmas (2004).
About the movie:
A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surviving Christmas (2004)?
a.
This was reportedly the highest grossing American movie serial of all time.
b.
John Barry
was invited to do the music for this film but he politely declined out of respect for
Albert R. Broccoli
and his association with EON production.
c.
This was the first film to win the Oscar "grand slam" (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Screenplay).
d.
Jon Favreau
was offered a chance to direct, but made
Elf
instead.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surviving Christmas (2004)?
a.
The production was shot without a completed script. As a result, there were many delays and arguments over what to shoot. Actor
James Gandolfini
admitted in behind the scenes interview that most of the film was "improvised".
b.
On the DVD Ultimate Edition, Director
John Glen
comments he picked up
Paul Hardwick
for the role of the "Soviet Chairman" because he was a perfect
Leonid Brezhnev
lookalike. The same thing had happened in
For Your Eyes Only
, with
Janet Brown
and
John Wells
impersonating the Thatchers:
Margaret Thatcher
and
Denis Thatcher
. This was also Hardwicks final film.
c.
Screenwriter
John Hughes
is credited as "Edmond Dantes." The pseudonym is a homage to a character in "The Count of Monte Cristo."
d.
Susans singing voice was provided by a professional opera singer who, under
Orson Welles
direction, sang outside of her vocal range. She agreed to having her voice used this way on the condition that her identity never be revealed, fearing it would harm her career. She was
Jean Forward
of the San Francisco Opera.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surviving Christmas (2004)?
a.
In a corridor of the Clamp Tower, one nameplate says "Vectorscope Labs". This is a reference to the movie
Innerspace
also directed by
Joe Dante
.
b.
The original Christmas 2003 release date was pushed back ten months, to avoid competing with another
Ben Affleck
film,
Paycheck
. Because of this, theres a 2003 calendar hanging in Brians bedroom, near the door.
c.
John McTiernan
was offered the chance to direct the movie but turned to down to work on
Last Action Hero
.
d.
The gym floor that opens up to reveal a swimming pool was real and was located at Beverly Hills High School in Los Angeles.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surviving Christmas (2004)?
a.
Based on David Steens stage play of the same title, which premiered at the Chamber Theater in Los Angeles in 1988. David produced and played the only male character, winning awards for acting, producing and writing.
b.
In the movie, when
Frida Kahlo
first meets
Diego Rivera
as a young girl, she is spying on him flirting with a nude model; Rivera tells the model that he could eat her wrapped in tortilla. This is actually a reference to Riveras real-life autobiography where he describes practicing cannibalism on female cadavers in 1904.
c.
Filming did not take place in Arlington Heights, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) because the weather was too cold.
d.
Jacob Vargas
, who plays Miguel, played Cesar Chavez in
RFK
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Surviving Christmas (2004)?
a.
Released to DVD just nine weeks after it opened in theaters.
b.
According to The Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats a total of three men were killed during the cavalry charge scene.
Bill Mead
s horse tripped while riding alongside
Errol Flynn
. As he was going down, the stuntman had the presence of mind to throw his sword forward to avoid it, but bad luck caused the hilt to get stuck in the ground and Mead fell on it, impaling himself.
c.
Rick Boyle
s birth date, while arrested at the end of the movie was revealed to be 2.26.43 (February 26 1943).
d.
George Bruns
initially started scoring the film in Los Angeles in 4 track stereo, until he got wind of a new studio in Berlin that used 6 track stereo, so he decamped for Germany. Bruns efforts were rewarded with an Oscar nomination..
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