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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : ThanksKilling (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : ThanksKilling (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009).
About the movie:
A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
To keep the realism present in the film, when an actor was not appearing in a scene, they were not allowed to be on or neat the set.
b.
Director
Robert G. Vignola
started the film, was fired and replaced by
Edmund Mortimer
.
c.
Stanley Kubrick
had nothing but praise for
R. Lee Ermey
s skills as a performer. Kubrick originally was going to write dialogue for Ermeys character himself, but he became so impressed with what Ermey improvised, that he decided it wasnt necessary. He just let him ad-lib, something practically unheard of for a Stanley Kubrick film. Ermeys performances were so faultless that Kubrick only needed 2-3 takes to get his scenes filmed, also extremely rare for a Kubrick film.
d.
Only the original hero head of the turkey puppet remains. The rest of the body and additional heads were destroyed in the making of the film. The original mold has since been destroyed as well.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
The turkey puppet was designed and built by the director.
b.
Haviland Morris
who plays
Alex D. Linz
mother in the film is a natural redhead along with
Scarlett Johansson
who plays her daughter in the film.
Catherine OHara
, who played
Macaulay Culkin
s mother in the series first two films, also had red hair: a tribute to the the original films.
c.
In the shooting script an extended scene in the sheriffs office at the end of the movie reveals Mary survives the gunshot and "shell pull through okay" but goes mad.
d.
A picture of Bosko, Warner Bros. first cartoon star, can be seen hanging on the wall of the meeting hall, in the scene where Yosemite Sam confronts the aliens.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
Auditions were held in director Jordan Downeys garage.
b.
Molly tells Sam that he "leads a charmed life." This is a line from
William Shakespeare
s Macbeth. Macbeth also claims to lead a charmed life - meaning he cannot be killed. Immediately after making this claim, however, he is killed. Sam is killed after seeing a production of Macbeth.
c.
The films literary characters are Allan Quatermain, introduced in
H. Rider Haggard
s "King Solomons Mines" (1885); Mina Harker from
Bram Stoker
s "Dracula" (1897); Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde from
Robert Louis Stevenson
s "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886); Rodney Skinner, who replaced Griffin from
H.G. Wells
"The Invisible Man" (1897) (due to rights issues, and the character in the comic was given the name Hawley Griffin as the original novel gave no first name); Captain Nemo from
Jules Verne
s "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) and "The Mysterious Island" (1874); Dorian Gray from
Oscar Wilde
s "The Picture Of Dorian Gray" (1891); Tom Sawyer from
Mark Twain
s "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876); Ishmael from
Herman Melville
s "Moby Dick" (1851); and Professor James Moriarty from Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
s "The Final Problem" (1893), one of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Fantoms mask design alludes to
Gaston Leroux
s "The Phantom Of The Opera" (1911). British Intelligence chief "M" alludes to "Casino Royale" (1953) by
Ian Fleming
as does Campion Bond which is revealed in later additions of the comic to be the grandfather or great grandfather of James Bond.
d.
Edgar Wright
obtained permission to use the famous theme song from the SNES game,
Zeruda no densetsu: Kamigami no toraifôsu
, by writing a letter to Nintendo, saying that it is considered to be "the nursery rhyme of this generation". He was also allowed to use the
Seinfeld
theme song for a sitcom-style sequence.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
Director Christopher OBrien grew up two blocks away from the the house used in the film. It was in the Lower Mayfair section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
b.
While writing the script, and even through filming, creators Kevin Stewart and Jordan Downey always tried to come up with a name for the killer turkey, but nothing ever stuck. In the end, they simply referred to him as "turkey" in the film. The character has since officially become known as The Killer Turkey.
c.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Berner is flipping through channels in the hotel room.
d.
Walter Hill
and
David Giler
s contribution to the script was to make Ash a robot.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
The opening scene was originally written and planned to be much more extravagant involving an entire Native American and Pilgrim dinner scene. Time and money quickly ran out and the scene was never shot.
b.
Numerous officers have the names of crew members. For instance, in one of the shots of the soldiers occupying the house facing the bridge in Arnhem, Sgt. Clegg was a reference to production manager
Terence A. Clegg
. During the Bailey bridge segment, one Pvt. Gibbs was a reference to editor
Antony Gibbs
. During (DVD Chapter 26) Frosts Last Stand, Frost calls out on Sgt. Tomblin, a reference to First Assistant Director
David Tomblin
. Finally, MacDonald, whom agreed to man the wireless as Gen. Urquhart mentioned, was a reference to then camera operator
Peter MacDonald
.
c.
Kevin Nealon
s feature film debut.
d.
The idea for the teaser trailer, that was shot as a stand alone a few days before filming, was given to
Dolph Lundgren
by a French fan (who also produced a thorough official website to promote the film).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
The main theme by Victor Young (I) was published as a song, "Our Very Own", with lyrics by
John Elliott
(as Jack Elliott).
b.
The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All Time" by Premiere.
c.
John Huston
originally wanted to cast
Ronald Reagan
as James Cody. Warner Bros. studio boss
Jack L. Warner
instead insisted on casting Reagan in
The Voice of the Turtle
.
Bruce Bennett
was eventually cast as Cody.
d.
The title card, "To be continued in space...", was placed there because of the filmmakers desire to take the franchise straight to space rather than wait later in the series, like other horror series often do.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
It was originally scheduled to be premiered on March 19, 2010, but it was moved up to a Christmas 2009 release instead.
b.
A number of beggars in downtown Los Angeles were cast in small roles, including the legless man, nicknamed
Shorty
, whom Capra had remembered as selling pencils when the director was a paperboy.
c.
Uncredited producer
Tom Cruise
was impressed with
Carrie-Anne Moss
for this film that he wanted her in his next film
Mission: Impossible III
but due to schedule delays, she had to leave the project.
d.
Shot in 11 days.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
François Petit
was the highest ranking martial artist on the set.
b.
All of the cast and crew members are female.
c.
The black cat at the end of the film is the same one in the "déjà-vu" scene from
The Matrix
. It even meows in the same way.
d.
Before deciding on ThanksKilling, creators Kevin Stewart and Jordan Downey tossed around another idea for a holiday slasher set during Easter, entitled "Eggstravakill".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
A sequel called "Joe Meets Tarzan" was planned in 1950 and would have had Mighty Joe Young team up with Tarzan, played by
Lex Barker
, who had just filmed
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
. The film was canceled due to the disappointing box office of "Mighty Joe Young".
b.
The creators also copyrighted the title Death Turkey as a potential title for an overseas release as most countries are not going to celebrate Thanksgiving.
c.
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.
d.
This is the second consecutive film for which composer
Christopher Young
was called in at the very last minute to re-score. The previous film was
Somethings Gotta Give
, which was also for Columbia.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: ThanksKilling (2009)?
a.
In the opening car chase between Bonds Ashton Martin and Onatopps Ferrari,
Famke Janssen
performed her own driving stunts.
b.
Released theatrically in Europe except Germany.
c.
There were no deleted scenes in ThanksKilling. The only scene shot that did not end up in the final film was a flashback dream scene completely improved on set where Darren runs through a cornfield.
d.
This was the first Hollywood picture to be filmed entirely on location in Canada.
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