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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The American (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The American (2010) Quiz
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About the movie:
An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
Even though they played siblings, stars
Matthew Broderick
and
Jennifer Grey
would later become engaged after this movie.
b.
This was based upon a true story in which investigative reporter
Marvin Zindler
(who inspired
Dom DeLuise
s "Melvin P. Thorpe" character) closed down the "Chicken Ranch" brothel in LaGrange, Texas, in 1973. Zindler remained with ABC affiliate KTRK-TV in Houston until his death in 2007.
c.
With the influx of cast and crew, the existing population of Castel del Monte - 129 people - was more than doubled. When a crew member needed emergency dental work, he had to go to a nearby town as the answering machine of Castel del Montes dentist declared that he was "unavailable, due to his appearance in a Hollywood film."
d.
This is the highest grossing Spanish film ($209,700,000) in the all-time worldwide boxoffice history. As of May 2006 it was 265th.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
Guy Ritchie
s first film to be rated 12 in his native country (UK), and his first film where he has not been part of the writing process.
b.
Mathildes suitcase code is 014 - literally double 07.
c.
The movie had an advisor who was killed in El Salvador during the production.
d.
During "I Wont Dance,"
Ginger Rogers
sings to
Fred Astaire
: "But when you dance youre charming and youre gentle/ Especially when you do the Continental," referring to the dance in their previous film,
The Gay Divorcee
. The two then strike a pose from that number while the band plays a riff.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
The woman who plays against Huck Cheever (
Eric Bana
) for the spot on the World Series of Poker Tournament is
Jennifer Harman
, an actual professional poker player and the only woman to hold two bracelets in World Series Of Poker open events.
b.
Choreographer
Otis Sallid
originally tried professional dancers to play the moth-seraphs, but decided to switch to athletes instead, saying they had "the bodies, the mentality and the strength".
c.
Jacks watch is an Omega Speedmaster Professional.
d.
In the scene where Hailey and Claire meet Aquamarine in the pool, Aquamarine says "Ive never been this close to a human before." This is a direct quote from Disneys "The Little Mermaid." When Sarah Paxton says this line, her voice in fact sounds freakishly like Jodi Bensons, who provided the voice of Ariel in "The Little Mermaid."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
Film Daily Year Book (1941) and American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 list the running time as 71 minutes; however, the original review in Variety, 2 October 1940, which followed the films premiere in Lincoln, Nebraska on 26 September 1940, records it as 62 minutes, which corresponds to the time of the print from Sony shown on Turner Classic Movies in October 2008.
b.
As Jack sits in the café drinking coffee alone, we hear a song played over the radio. This song is "Tu vuò fà lamericano" ("You pretend to be American"), an Italian song about an Italian man who adopts American affectations.
c.
Some of the customers in the Prancing Pony are walking around on stilts to emphasize the height disparity with the Hobbits.
d.
Although
Shirley Temple
won her Juvenile Academy Award for her film work encompassing 1934, during the 2000 Academy Awards this film was cited as her Oscar winning performance.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
b.
Won the "Platinum Reel" award at the 2009 Nevada Film Festival.
c.
When Jack is eating dinner with the priest, music from Madama Butterfly is playing in the background. Mathilde and Claras nickname for Jack is Mr. Butterfly.
d.
Hooks first name Laverne is revealed in the closing credits, but is not mentioned in the films, until the scene where Hooks and Lt Callahan are at the police convention just before Captain Harris blows the whistle in Hooks face in
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
GOOFY HOLLER: When the troll is tossed through the air by the tree Giselle falls from.
b.
Production designer
Gene Allen
was never given a budget to work from. He just designed and had built all the sets without having to worry about how much they cost.
c.
The aria that
Ingrid Bergman
is singing when we see her in the first scene of her in the present day is from the
Gaetano Donizetti
opera "Lucia Di Lammermoor". The opera is famous for its so-called "mad scene", in which the eponymous Lucia goes insane.
d.
This film marks the first time since
Frühlingssinfonie
that German musician
Herbert Grönemeyer
composed the music for a theatrical motion picture (his second time overall).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
Jack / Edward uses Walther PPK pistol, just like James Bond.
b.
The fighting is wrong moral ending exists only in the American version.
c.
The original script called for all the characters to be smoking marijuana when they are first listening to the tape. The actors decided to try this for real, and the entire scene had to be later re-shot due to their uncontrollable behavior.
d.
The Sesame Street set was recreated on the EUE/Screen Gems sound stage rather than using the original. The set was built fully raised so that the puppeteers could stand while performing rather than crouching below "street level."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
The last time Jack meets Mathilde they get interrupted by the countryside equivalent for a streetcar, which running kids get off. It has "desiderio" painted on the left side. In Italian "desiderio" means "desire".
b.
Although he was playing a graduate student,
Dustin Hoffman
was actually 38 at the time of filming.
c.
Writer-director
Rudy Durand
tried to get
Orson Welles
to play The Whale, but Welles was busy with other projects. Welles encouraged Durand to direct the movie himself, and he talked about the script on
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
, which helped Durand secure an investor.
d.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American (2010)?
a.
The tattoo on Jacks right shoulder reads "Ex Gladio Equitas", which translates as "Justice From The Sword"; an apt motto for an assassin.
b.
The character of Bob Morton was originally conceived as a stereotypical corporate executive, arrogant, unpleasant and unlikeable. However, when
Miguel Ferrer
signed on and gave his performance as an amiable and charismatic individual,
Edward Neumeier
and
Paul Verhoeven
realised that the audience would likely start sympathising with the character, and Bob Morton was rewritten to become the more pleasant individual that he is in the movie.
c.
James Van Der Beek
s film debut.
d.
This was the first George Romero movie not shot primarily in or around Romeros hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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