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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sweet Home Alabama (2002) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sweet Home Alabama (2002) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002).
About the movie:
A young woman with a white trash background runs away from her husband in Alabama and reinvents herself as a New York socialite.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
The first movie to be allowed to shoot in New York after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
b.
The original Broadway production of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" opened at the Alvin Theater on March 27, 1983 and ran for 1299 performances.
c.
Stage 3 and its tank were built at the Disney studio for the production of this film.
d.
Dr. Frankensteins first name is Henry, while his best friends name is Victor Moritz. In the novel, the doctors name is Victor Frankenstein, while his best friend is Henry Clerval.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
Editor / composer
John Ottman
actually did two cameos in the film, but both were cut. The first was reading the lines of the off-screen teacher, but his voicing of lines was substituted at the last minute by
Christopher McQuarrie
. He also had a cameo as the music teacher conducting the high-school band in the graduation scene but this was eliminated from the final cut.
b.
An entire character (along with a subplot about her) was deleted from the film, when test audiences consistently misunderstood her relationship with Andrew. Erin Vanderbilt (played by
Katharine Towne
) survives in the finished movie only in a newspaper wedding announcement shown to Melanie during the closing credits.
c.
EASTER EGG: On Disc 2 go to the Board A Matics Screen. Put cursor on back, then press down. You will see what look like 3 drops appear. Press Enter to see a Wireframe animation of the Apocalypse scene.
d.
Early in the film, actor
Bert Freed
playing a film director can be seen wearing a necktie thats not tied in a knot, but is instead crossed over held on by a tie clasp. That was a trademark look of the movies director
Robert Aldrich
, and was placed there as an inside gag.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
The first film Frank Capra produced independent of the Hollywood studios.
b.
Earl asks Pearl to pull the bologna cake out of the freezer when Melanie announces her engagement. This tasty item came to the film as a dish served to one of the (many) script re-writers by his fiancée, who was from Indiana. It is bologna, cream cheese and horseradish.
c.
Shot on 35mm film,
Walter Murch
then cut it on Final Cut Pro.
d.
One of the boys who carries Luis with the cross is the brother of the director.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
Originally titled "The All Night Treasure Hunt", the title was changed to avoid confusion with
Scavenger Hunt
b.
Was filmed in Miami in only nine days and cost just under $25,000 (some sources say $60,000) and earned back millions for its creator and associates.
c.
Keni Thomas
, lead singer of the band
Cornbread
that plays in the fair scene is a real-life survivor of Task Force Ranger and is portrayed in the film
Black Hawk Down
(the trooper with the inhaler).
d.
The opening scene was filmed in the screening room at New World Pictures.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
The teen who asks Andrew for his signature at the ground-breaking is wearing a letter jacket from North Gwinnett High School in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
b.
Winner Gold Award, Worldfest Houston, 1992
c.
This was
Alfred Hitchcock
s last film for Paramount. By the time principal photography started, Hitchcock had moved his offices to Universal and the film was actually shot on Universals back lot. Universal owns the film today as well, even though the Paramount Pictures logo is still on the film.
d.
Professional card players were used in the background of the opening scene when Charlie Waters is accused of cheating at the table.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
Actual footage of the B-25 Mitchell bombers taking off from the U.S.S. Hornet was used in the film.
b.
Oak Hill, the real name of the house Melanie pretends belongs to her family, is difficult to get to, as the interstate is approximately 45 minutes away. To direct cast and crew members to the site, yellow signs simply saying "SWA" with arrows pointed out the correct route. Some Berry College students stole these signs as movie mementos.
c.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
d.
Trapper John Johnstons body was buried in the Veterans Cemetery in Los Angeles. After the movie came out, Johnstons body was reburied at Old Trail Town in Cody, Wyoming. Robert Redford was a pallbearer in the reburial ceremony attended by 2,000 people.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
Brad Pitt
and
Ryan Phillippe
were offered the role of Paul. However during pre-production, the producers decided that Paul be French rather than American, so
Olivier Martinez
received the part.
b.
Dan Marino
s cameo was written by
Ron Shelton
, who primarily works on sports films blended with romantic comedy and drama.
c.
The director cut a single-frame version of the movie for television.
d.
Charlize Theron
was originally cast as Melanie Carmichael, but due to the actors strike, she jumped to a ready-to-go movie
Trapped
.
Reese Witherspoon
was cast the same weekend that
Legally Blonde
opened.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
When the Lewis and Clark first docks with the Event Horizon, the number of the main airlock is briefly visible: 13.
b.
Sarah causes the hydraulic press to shut twice, once by accident and once on purpose. Both times the remastered soundtrack uses a completely different sound effect when this occurs than what was originally presented in the mono soundtrack.
c.
The film was shot at the writers favorite restaurant in LA, Prizzis on Franklin Avenue by the UCB Theater.
d.
The coon dog cemetery featured in the film is a real place in Tuscumbia, Alabama (a north Alabama town just south of Florence and childhood home of
Helen Keller
whose story was told in
The Miracle Worker
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
The names of the Dominatrixs man servants are Hans and Gruber a reference to
Die Hard
villain Hans Gruber.
b.
The Brazilian distributor for the film ran Internet ads for it incorrectly stating it to be "a film by
Brad Pitt
".
c.
Two dogs mentioned in the movie, "Bear" and "Bryant", are references to legendary University of Alabama head football coach
Paul Bear Bryant
.
d.
The buoy that the filmmakers used as a device to transition from scene to scene was not a real buoy, but a prop that was built specifically for the production. The buoy is now on display outside of the Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal in Portland, Maine.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sweet Home Alabama (2002)?
a.
The movies ending where Max finds a traumatized Richie on the road was originally going to be setup for a sequel according to director
Joe Giannone
. In the sequel Richie was suppose to be blamed for the murders, while Madman continued roaming the woods. The sequel has yet to be made.
b.
Despite the movies title, Sweet Home Alabama, the house Melanie pretends is her home is really at Berry College in Mt. Berry, Georgia. This house, called Oak Hill, is a Georgia historic landmark and was the original home of the college founder, Martha Berry. The downtown scenes were filmed in Crawfordville (pop 572), seat of Taliaferro County (pronounced "Tolliver"), the least populated county in Georgia.
c.
The flying boat used for filming is a Grumman HU-16 Albatross.
d.
The final film of
Nigel Stock
.
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