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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The American President (1995) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The American President (1995) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995).
About the movie:
Comedy-drama about a widowed US president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all aboveboard, but "politics is perception" and sparks fly anyway.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
Katharine Isabelle
was quite upset with director
Ronny Yu
when she learned that by accepting the role of Gibb, something Yu suggested, she was expected to do a nude shower scene. She refused to do so so
Tammy Morris
replaced her as a body double for the scene. There was great friction between Isabelle and Yu for the rest of the shoot because of this incident.
b.
Brooks Elms and co-writer Mark Cirino were roommates at NYU film school with Eli Roth, who later directed Cabin Fever and Hostel. Eli has a classic cameo in the last party scene of the film where he picks his teeth as he crosses the frame.
c.
The third and final pairing of three movies of musical stars
Gene Kelly
and
Frank Sinatra
.
d.
On the TV at Camp David, a short clip from
North
, also directed by
Rob Reiner
, is seen.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
The title comes from the Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu, who wrote, "Heaven and earth are not humane, and regard the people as straw dogs."
b.
Max in a veterans hospital having his next drug shot from a nurse (Hayek) is singing "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" while the hospital floor is spinning like a roulette, alluding to men being casualties of war like in a "Russian Roulette."
c.
Michael J. Fox
based his portrayal of Lewis Rothschild on
George Stephanopoulos
.
d.
Ben Affleck tried out for the role of Les Anderson.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
Three actors in this film had previously played the Frankenstein Monster. Aside from
Glenn Strange
who actually plays the role again, both
Bela Lugosi
and
Lon Chaney Jr.
had experience under the flat top as well.
Boris Karloff
was the original Monster.
b.
One of the few rare PG-13 movies allowed to keep its PG-13 rating despite the use of the word "fuck" three times (all within 15 minutes of each other), but none used in sexual context.
c.
The estate of Louis (
Brad Pitt
) in the beginning of the film was the historic Oak Alley Plantation located on the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, which is near New Orleans. The plantations "guest book" is on display and was signed by Pitt and
Tom Cruise
.
d.
The website address when Frank (Travolta) is looking for information about Ray Coleman is http://www.chicagoenquirer#/.com/raycoleman1999/threeconvictions-385803.html. It does not exist.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
The cast & crew are made up of local volunteers excluding 3 young men from out of state who came to help for about a third of production, and a young theater actor from Houghton (Eric Stevenson).
b.
World premiere at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 1952.
c.
Supposedly
Robert Mitchum
s favorite film role he played.
d.
The Oval Office set was originally constructed for
Dave
and subsequently used for
The West Wing
.
Anna Deavere Smith
has appeared in all 3 productions.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
The telephone number President Shepherd gives Sydney to call him back (456-1414) is in fact the number to the White House (area code 202).
b.
Barry Levinson
: psychiatrist determining if Raymond should stay with Charlie or not.
c.
Body count before Kennys wish: 312; after his wish: 7. Since Kenny wishes for everything to go back to the way things were before the war, only those who died prior to the war would remain dead: Kenny himself, Saddam, Conan OBrien, and the four Baldwin brothers (Alec, Daniel, William, and Stephen).
d.
Filmed in 1979 but not released for another three years.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
A pre-
Seinfeld
reference to the real-life "Soup Nazi": A male journalist is speaking as
Meg Ryan
enters an office at her newspaper, saying, "...hes the meanest guy in the world, but he makes the best soup youve ever eaten."
b.
President
Bill Clinton
and his staff granted permission for the cast and production design team to visit the White House on several occasions.
c.
Before filming began and work was continuing on the script,
Andrew Davis
consulted his sister, who happens to be a doctor as to what Kimble would do to get himself sent to jail. Her answer was a drug protocol. This was the essential part of the plot that is revealed briefly during the opening sequences prior to the murder of Helen Kimble (
Sela Ward
), as Ford meets one of the pharmaceutical moguls (MacGregor) involved with the project. Devlin the other mogul involved is only seen in photographs. This is finally brought to light once Kimble discovers the identity of the One Armed Man and eventually to his friend.
d.
This is editor
Stuart Baird
s third superhero film, having previously worked on
Superman
and
Superman II
(the Zorro films are debatable).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
Josh Pais
, who plays Raphael, also plays a passenger in the back of a taxicab who says, "What the heck was that?" right after Raphael hops on the cabs hood.
b.
During one of his many visits to the White House, director
Rob Reiner
spent two consecutive days with President
Bill Clinton
, following him around as he went through his day.
c.
Ellen Page
was cast as Christine, but dropped out to star in
Whip It
.
d.
Film debut of
James Flavin
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
In frustration, Lewis Rothschild (
Michael J. Fox
) smacks a can of Diet Coke across the room. At one time, Michael J. Fox was a spokesperson for Pepsi Co.
b.
One of two animated films that
Danny Glover
would appear in for Dreamworks. The other is
The Prince of Egypt
which came out one month after this film was released.
c.
Margaret Mitchell
was dismayed at the scale of the Tara and Twelve Oaks sets, writing to her friend, technical advisor
Susan Myrick
, "I grieve to hear that Tara has columns. Of course, it didnt and looked nice and ugly like Alex Stephens Liberty Hall in Crawfordville, Georgia." And, "I had feared, of course that Twelve Oaks would end up looking like the Grand Central Station, and your description confirms my worst apprehensions. I did not know whether to laugh or to throw up at the TWO staircases.... God help me when the reporters get me after Ive seen the picture. I will have to tell the truth, and if Tara has columns and Twelve Oaks is such an elegant affair I will have to say that nothing like that was ever seen in Clayton County, or, for that matter, on land or sea.... When I think of the healthy, hardy, country and somewhat crude civilization I depicted and then of the elegance that is to be presented, I cannot help yelping with laughter... "
d.
Paul Newman
and
Steve McQueen
were both paid the same: $1 million and 7.5% of box office each.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
Double-billed with
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
.
b.
Camp David is strictly off-limits to the public and the media. The production designer used someones personal snapshots from the Nixon Era and a lot of imagination when designing the set.
c.
In the motel scene, the lead characters are drinking from "Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf" cups. However, there are no branches of this coffee chain anywhere in the northeast United States or Canada (at time of filming).
d.
Reginald Hudlin
based Marcus obsession with womens feet on a friend of his who would not date a woman if he did not like their back teeth.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The American President (1995)?
a.
Years later, in a conversation with playwright
George S. Kaufman
,
Charles Laughton
remarked that he had given such a good performance in this film because he came from a long line of seafarers. Referring to Laughtons performance in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
, Kaufman dryly commented, "I assume, then, that you also came from a long line of hunchbacks?"
b.
The name of one of the screenwriters,
Alice Duer Miller
, is seen as the author of an article in a magazine, and
Clark Gable
remarks, "Hey, Alice has written a very nice article here."
c.
The dialogue refers explicitly at one point to the films of
Frank Capra
. Capras grandson,
Frank Capra III
, was first assistant director of this film.
d.
In addition to the feature film, an expanded version of Southland Tales will be presented as a six-part interactive experience with the prequel saga to be published as three separate 90-130 page graphic novels, each written by Kelly. The graphic novels will be released over a six month period early in 2007 leading up to the films release with the feature film comprised of the storys final three chapters. In addition, the films official website will be one of the largest and most elaborate ever designed for a feature film.
Richard Kelly
describes the graphic novels as a "work in tandem with the website, creating a more epic multimedia experience for those interested in taking the plunge."
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