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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004).
About the movie:
Based on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)?
a.
Lewis Milestone
was originally supposed to produce the film but not direct it. His first choice for director,
Harry dAbbadie dArrast
, lost the job when on the first day of rehearsal he told Milestone he couldnt work with Al Jolson and wanted to replace him with
Fred Astaire
, who hadnt yet made a movie. The second director,
Chester Erskine
, actually finished a rough cut that was previewed in October 1932, but studio head
Joseph M. Schenck
hated it so much he assigned Milestone to direct extensive retakes that turned it into an almost totally different film.
b.
According to Star Wars canon, Tatooines twin suns heat the planet so much that only the polar regions are habitable.
c.
Loosely based on the life and death of Samuel Joseph Byck, who on 22 February 1974 attempted to hijack a Delta Air Lines DC-9 at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, in order to crash it into the White House and kill President
Richard Nixon
.
d.
Some of the dialogue used in the Jet Car sequence is taken directly from Mission Control chatter heard during a shuttle launch countdown.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)?
a.
This was his only talking film of
Tyrone Power Sr.
, father of
Tyrone Power
. He died in 1931.
b.
Wes Anderson
: [underwater shot] Shot of one or more of the characters underwater.
c.
One scene gave the censors some consternation: A man asks a couple if he can cut into their dance, and while the woman says, "Sure!" and rushes towards him, he dances away with her partner. Upon hearing this,
Al Jolson
says with a twinkle in his eye: "Boys will be boys!" Warner Brothers refused to cut the scene (and it exists today in the Turner Classic Movies print). At the time, the Production Code was not rigorously enforced. Surprisingly, however, the movie was approved for reissue in 1936 despite this homosexual scene and the fact that someone gets away with murder, both clear violations of the Production Code.
d.
This was originally conceived as a fictitious story but, whilst doing research, the writers discovered something very similar had occurred, so decided to let that influence their script.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)?
a.
The motto carved over the door to the Trolls Market is "Unus Mundus", which literally translates as "One World", and refers to the idea that there is an underlying reality from which everything emerges and to which everything will return. The idea was popularized by Swiss psychoanalyst
Carl Jung
.
b.
Flynns video game parlor is on "Mead Ave." This is a reference to
Syd Mead
, the legendary visual designer who did much of the work on the original
TRON
.
c.
The airport interior scenes were filmed at the Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California, whose design remains similar to airports of the 1970s.
d.
The "airport station" stop shown in the film is actually the Wood Island station on the Blue MBTA line. The actual Airport station is one stop before.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)?
a.
Dermot Mulroney
(voice of Dante) plays the cello on the piece of music that opens the film.
b.
William Hurt
was considered for the role of Eliot Ness but was too busy with other projects.
c.
The scenes where this is palpable sexual tension between Dr Fortunati and Sister Luke are not present in the novel.
d.
Sean Penn
was attached to this project for six years before they found the financing for it.
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