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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Addams Family (1991) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Addams Family (1991) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Addams Family (1991) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991).

About the movie: Con artists plan to fleece the eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long lost Uncle Fester.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		The purse Victoria uses as a weapon was Helen Mirrens own purse. It was given to her as a gift from Giorgio Armani. Since it went so well with the dress she was wearing, and the purse was part of the script, she asked if she could use it. The producers said yes.
b.		Some additional characters shown as Addams (relatives which had more emphasis in the original script, but less screen-time) were: Dexter and Donald Addams (the two-headed cousin in matching turtlenecks); cousin Ophelia Addams (revealed to Morticias sister who looks like a Tennessee Williams heroine); Slosh Addams (a great, fat, toad-like man who was revealed in the script to have "made many a killing on Wall Street"); his child-sized wife, Lois; Digit Addams (a four-armed Addams with an over-aged Heidi-look-alike, complete with thick blonde braids, as his date); and Lumpy Addams (a teenage hunchback cousin in a loud blazer).
c.		More than 10 years after the initial draft, the Writer Eric Wilkinson decided to rewrite a new and improved version of the script after receiving positive feedback from friends Orlando Bloom and Jennifer Chambers Lynch regarding the story.
d.		This film, and its companion piece, Jesse James Meets Frankensteins Daughter, were the final films for William Beaudine. This marked the end of a career that included approximately 250 (known) films beginning in the silent period.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		Although the U.S. version is regarded as a lost film, the version performed by the Spanish language cast still survives.
b.		The film was shot over two nights with five High Definition cameras at the Broadway Studios in San Francisco. It captures the final performances of the live, touring version of the Kinseys I WANNA BE A REPUBLICAN stage show which they developed during the 2004 election season.
c.		One of the carolers in the opening sequence is Diane Burt, daughter of Alfred Burt, who wrote many famous Christmas carols.
d.		Peter Bogdanovich turned down the chance to direct. He later regretted his decision.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		The original director of photography, Owen Roizman, quit the production after about a month to go work on another film. His replacement, Gale Tattersall, had his contribution cut short not long afterwards when he had to quit after being rushed to hospital with a severe sinus infection. Fed up with the situation, director Barry Sonnenfeld took over the cinematography himself, reasoning that if anything happened to him then production would be shut down, so he didnt have much to lose.
b.		Hank Azaria created two different voices for the character of Agador Spartacus, one being somewhat of a more masculine voice and the other one being higher pitched. He was worried about the second one being too stereotypical until he asked a gay friend of his, who thought it was more realistic.
c.		Dustin Hoffman wore a bald cap and wig, rubber eyelids, rubber lips, and a rubber chin to play Mumbles. When Hoffman was in the makeup chair having his make-up applied, he used that time to practice his lines for his role as Shylock in the London and Broadway productions of "The Merchant of Venice". Make-up artist John Caglione Jr. commented about Hoffman in an interview to Entertainment Weekly, "We had a real drama class. He was riotous."
d.		The crowd scene when Shrek and Fiona arrive at Far Far Aways castle involved over 600 animated characters.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		Dennis Hopper, at the time of the films release, blamed stars Don Johnson and Virginia Madsen for the poor box office performance of the film. Hopper said of Johnson: "He says hes not going to do anything for this picture until he reads the reviews." Johnson claimed he was so busy shooting Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man with Mickey Rourke that he did not have time to promote "The Hot Spot". Madsen, Hopper explained, was "very embarrassed" by her amount of on-screen nudity.
b.		Co-stars Eddie Murphy and Alec Baldwin share the same birthday, April 3rd.
c.		Cher wanted to play the role of "Morticia", but Anjelica Huston was cast instead.
d.		As preparation for his traumatic scene in the interrogation room, Leland Orser would breathe in and out very rapidly so that his body would be overly saturated with oxygen, giving him the ability to hyperventilate. He also did not sleep for a few days to achieve his characters disoriented look.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		Lou Ferrigno: as a security guard. See also The Incredible Hulk.
b.		Producer Scott Rudin got the idea of making the movie after shuttling various studio executives around in a van one day. One of them spontaneously started humming the theme song from The Addams Family series, and the rest of the vans occupants started singing the lyrics. This led Rudin to believe that there was sufficient residual interest in the show and cartoon for him to attempt a feature film.
c.		Two of the couples are sponsored by Winklers Travel Agency and Sills Collection Agency. Irwin Winkler and Theodore B. Sills are among the producers of the film.
d.		The character of Wolodarsky was named after director Wes Andersons close friend Wallace Wolodarsky, probably best-known as a writer on The Simpsons.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		Early makeup designs for Gomez included dark circles around his eyes, similar to Festers. This was eliminated before filming, but can still be seen on the films posters and other publicity material.
b.		This is the first movie in over 10 years that Uwe Boll actually wrote the script for.
c.		William Wallaces disembowelment was filmed in graphic detail, but was cut so that its implied to occur out of frame, due to negative test audience reaction.
d.		The living quarters where the four heroes shacked up in wasnt located in the mall. It was a set built at George A. Romeros then production company The Latent Image located in Pittsburgh. The elevator shaft was located there as well.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		Tim Burton was originally set to direct. He had worked with both writers Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson individually. Thompson on Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Wilson on Beetle Juice.
b.		Contains several hidden images of words, faces and stick figures throughout the feature. The movie features a hidden message if watched closely enough.
c.		The black and white photography is ultimately an homage to 70s and 80s US television airings of kung fu movies. Black and white (as well as black and red), were used to conceal the shedding of blood from television censors. Originally, no black and white photographic effects were going to be used (and in the Japanese version none are), but the MPAA demanded measures be taken to tone the scene down. Tarantino merely used the old trick for its intended purpose, rather than merely as an homage.
d.		Final film of George Brent.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		In the original TV series Grandmama was Gomezs mother and her name was Eudora Addams. In the films she is Morticias mother and he name was changed to Esmerelda Frump (Morticias mother in the series was Hestor Frump).
b.		Director Kirdy Stevens didnt allow cursing in any of his pictures so when actress Kay Parker nearly says the "f" word in the realty office, shes forced to correct herself mid-sentence. The scene remains as is since time was running out and a reshoot wasnt possible.
c.		In the video and DVD releases, the "JVC" logo originally seen in the rooftop scene in the theatrical cut has been airbrushed out. This is because the producers believed it to be "too distracting". They also claim that this particular product placement was unintentional.
d.		The words that Belloq slowly recites before opening the ark are (badly pronounced) Aramaic, and are part of a paragraph recited in many Synagogues today when the Ark that holds the Sefer Torahs (the Old Testament handwritten on Parchment) is opened as part of the Sabbath service.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		This movie was shot mostly in and around the Loring Green apartments in Minneapolis, MN, on the 16th floor during the summer of 2007.
b.		In The Case of the Curious Bride, one of Errol Flynns earliest films, his role consisted of lying on a marble slab as a corpse. There was also a flashback sequence towards the end of the film showing how Flynn was killed. The film in question has appeared at least twice on Turner Classic Movies during Errol Flynn festivals despite his very limited (certainly less than two minutes) screen time.
c.		Brad Pitt was signed to this movie for a relatively small salary, when he was still an "up and coming" actor. By the time of the movies release, however, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Legends of the Fall, and Se7en had been released, making Pitt a top-salary actor.
d.		The name Wednesday is a reference to the line in the Mother Goose poem that goes, "Wednesdays child is full of woe."

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Addams Family (1991)?
a.		Alfred Hitchcock showed early interest in directing.
b.		The instant messenger used in the movie is MSN Messenger 6.5
c.		Anjelica Huston drew inspiration for her portrayal of Morticia Adams not from Carolyn Jones from the TV series but by watching Grey Gardens, David Maysles and Albert Maysless documentary about two eccentric old women found living in a decaying mansion. The women, Edith Bouvier Beale (AKA "Big Edie") and Edith Little Edie Bouvier Beale, are, respectively, the aunt and cousin of the late Jacqueline Kennedy.
d.		Forest Whitaker was the first actor cast. He also served as a producer for the film.

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