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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tangled (2010) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tangled (2010)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010).

About the movie: The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		Johnny Yong Bosch actually did all of his own stunts in the movie, including the morphed fight scenes. His stuntman was injured at the time and couldnt do any work for the film, so Bosch gratefully accepted their offer to replace him.
b.		The heros name was originally going to be Bastian.
c.		The 63rd St. tunnel, then under construction, was used in the underground chase sequence.
d.		The street on which the Smith home stood was built specifically for "Meet Me in St. Louis." Located on MGMs vast Backlot #3 that was at Jefferson and Overland Boulevards in Culver City,it was known at the studio as "St. Louis Street" and all of the houses that were on it were used in various film and television shows throughout the next 27 years, until Lot 3 was demolished to make way for an apartment and condominium project. Even in 1970, the last year of Lot 3s existence, the Smith home still looked like it did in 1944, minus the set dressings, of course.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		Rachel Crothers, who adapted the play for the screen, complained bitterly in an article about her work being butchered by producers and directors. M-G-M removed her credit from the film at her request.
b.		Katie Holmes auditioned for the role of Pelagia.
c.		Glen Keane credits animator Kyle Strawitz for achieving the painterly style of the film: "Kyle helped us get that Fragonard look of the girl on the swing... He took the house from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and built it in CGI, and painted it so that it looked like a flat painting that suddenly started to move, and it had dimension and kept all of the soft, round curves of the brushstrokes of watercolor. Kyle really helped me start to believe that the things I wanted to see were possible... that you could move in a Disney painterly world."
d.		Oscar Micheaux wanted Evelyn Preer to star as Rena, but she was busy with theater work which (which she liked more than film acting) and refused. Shingzie Howard was cast instead.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		The voodoo chanting that plays over the opening credits is sampled in the song "El Imperio del Mal" by the Spanish rock band Migala.
b.		According to production manager Doeri Welch Greiner, the original script was a quasi-sequel to Enchanted, and had Rapunzel turned into a squirrel and her place taken by a girl in the real world. Glen Keane eschewed in favour of a more fun and fantastical fairytale that Disney is famous for: "I think thats what Disney needs to do right now. No one else can do it. We should not be embarrassed or make excuses for doing a fairytale."
c.		The original Broadway production of "Marriage-Go-Round" by Leslie Stevens opened on October 29, 1958 at the Plymouth Theater and ran for 431 performances. Julie Newmar won the 1959 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and recreated her role in the movie version.
d.		In his memoirs Charlton Heston mentions that he declined the role of Lewis due to his commitment to filming Antony and Cleopatra.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		The updated version of the Alfie song heard during the end credits was originally a musical number within the movie. The scene was shot including each character singing a verse or part of a verse of the song, but the musical number was later cut from the final film. It is included in the deleted scenes on the DVD release.
b.		In 1989 Sir David Napley published Rasputin in Hollywood, which covered in detail the 1934 libel lawsuit by the Youssoupoffs against MGM over the film.
c.		Near the U.S. Embassy, there is a quick shot of a poster advertising an opera based on "Les misérables". According to documents, its author, Victor Hugo, is the twenty-fourth Grand Master of the Priory of Sion, serving from 1844 to 1885.
d.		David Schwimmer and Burt Reynolds were cast in roles that were eventually deleted in the pre-production stage.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		Michelle Yeoh had in a small role which was cut to ease the films running time from over two hours down to a more audience-friendly 106 minutes.
b.		Rachel Rogers provided the voice for Young Rapunzel during the initial scratch phase.
c.		Filmmakers were unable to get permission to shoot scenes in India. The Indian government requested that a copy of the script to be read and also demanded that the word "Maharajah" to be removed fearing that the content does not reflect their culture. As a result, production was moved to Sri Lanka where some locations were also used for The Bridge on the River Kwai.
d.		Linda Woolverton drew her inspiration for the screenplay, not from Jean Cocteaus La belle et la bête, but from Little Women, admitting that theres a lot of Katharine Hepburn in the characterization of Belle.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		Although Gregory Pecks inspirational performance as Atticus Finch turned out to be a perfect highlight to his long career, Rock Hudson was actually the studios first choice for the role. James Stewart was also offered the part, but told the producers he believed the script was "too liberal", and feared the film would be controversial.
b.		Adrienne Shellys final film.
c.		Sophie Marceaus breast can be seen in her bed scene between Elektra King and James Bond. This happens just after Bond says "Enough ice for one night". Apparently, the glimpse has been airbrushed out so it cannot be seen in the trailer and remains only in the film itself.
d.		Composer Alan Menken reported that he based the films musical score on 1960s rock.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		Vin Diesel was approached for the role of Bullseye, later given to Colin Farrell. Other contenders for the role of Daredevil were Matt Damon, Edward Norton and Guy Pearce.
b.		According to Glen Keane, the movies visual style (a three-dimensional painting) was greatly inspired by the Romantic painting "The Swing", by the French rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard: "A fairy tale world has to feel romantic and lush, very painterly." For a clear idea of what was intended, the animators duplicated the picture in 3D to achieve a shot containing depth and dimensions.
c.		Roger Corman started this film outside of American International Pictures. Since Vincent Price had been signed to an exclusive contract with AIP, Corman chose Ray Milland for the lead role. American International would acquire the production just as principal photography began.
d.		In the Academy Awards scene the actresses nominated for the same award as Simone all have computer hardware and software names: Claris Apple, Lisa Packard, and Lotus Corel.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		Steven Spielberg was offered the chance to direct this film, but the producers balked at the salary he asked for. They decided to wait until they saw how "this fish movie" (Jaws) that he had just completed did at the box office. The movie was a huge success, and Spielberg went on to other projects.
b.		This film marks the first time Yoda uses a lightsaber. Previously the puppet had problems grasping his own lightsaber and making it look realistic.
c.		According to Glen Keane, the technique of non-photorealistic rendering was extensively used to make the CGI surface look like it is painted but still containing depth and dimension. He also mentioned the use of subsurface scattering and global illumination and "all of the latest techniques" to render, in computer-generated imagery, convincing human characters and rich environments.
d.		Writer William Goldman was on set during one of the flame burst scenes in the forest when Robin Wrights dress caught fire. Although Goldman knew this was intentional, he was so caught up in the moment that he shouted, "Her dress is on fire!", thus ruining the take.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		The twelfth of fourteen films based on Arthur Conan Doyles fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
b.		Orion Pictures was originally set to release the film in the summer of 1991 but they fell into bankruptcy before the film could see the light of day. Columbia Pictures eventually picked the picture up and gave it a small, and brief, run in the fall of 1991.
c.		The film was edited at Skywalker Sound.
d.		Kristin Chenoweth and Dan Fogler were the original choices to voice Rapunzel and Flynn.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tangled (2010)?
a.		Two of the most dangerous street gangs of East L.A., Il Grande Hazard and MC Forceros, called a truce to allow director Edward James Olmos to shoot the movie on their turfs.
b.		From the beginning, Glen Keane intended that the film looked and felt like a traditional hand-drawn film, but in 3D. He hosted a seminar called "The Best of Both Worlds," where he brought in 50 Disney animators (both CGI and traditional artists) to discuss the techniques used in each style and how to, in his words, "bring the warmth and intuitive feel of the hand-drawn to CGI."
c.		Christopher Nolan: [Murphys bag] The third Nolan movie in five years in which Cillian Murphys character spends a significant portion of his on-screen time with a cloth bag over his head.
d.		Moe Greens execution by a bullet through his eye was accomplished by a hidden pellet shooter in the glasses frame that smashed the lens outward.