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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Bike Thief (2005) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Bike Thief (2005)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Bike Thief (2005).

About the movie: It's summer 2005, in the medieval city of York, England - reportedly the most haunted city in the world...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bike Thief (2005)?
a.		The man in the car shouting through the loudspeaker is Alex Jones who has a public television and radio talk show in Austin, Texas, as well as a shortwave radio show, where he expresses similar and even sometimes harsher viewpoints.
b.		The actress who played Gwen, Mollie Eccles, couldnt actually ride a bike, so the mother of director, Dan R. Smarg, was filmed cycling from a distance in matching clothes. Another scene required a low camera angle shot of Mollie Eccles on a bike, held upright between the legs of the first assistant director to simulate the bike being ridden by Gwen.
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.		There was originally a song that echoed "Hurray for Captain Spaulding" entitled "Dr. Hackenbush" (written by "Spaulding" songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby). However, it was decided that something needed to be cut and Groucho Marx volunteered this song. He came to regret this this decision and in later years often sang the song at gatherings.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bike Thief (2005)?
a.		Post-production liaison between co-producers in the USA and UK was conducted entirely over the Internet. Their first meeting after shooting completion was at the films UK premiere in York, England, where most of the filming took place.
b.		This is the film that Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly watched just a few days before assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
c.		Joanne Woodward was considered for the role of Laurey Williams.
d.		The car sent over the cliff was a American Motors Corporation (AMC) Marlin. The Marlin was built from 1965 to 1967. The model used in this film was produced in 1965 and 1966.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Bike Thief (2005)?
a.		Gwens farm was actually filmed at two different farm locations. This was because one farmer owned the shotgun required in the film, and the other farmer owned Gabriel the dog - and neither farmer could allow the gun or dog to be present at the other farm, for health and safety reasons. Hence, footage from both locations was edited together to portray one farm.
b.		The construction crew for the art department spent almost a year building the 100 sets needed for the film.
c.		The salute that Snape and Lockhart, and Harry and Draco, make during their Dueling Club session, is a modified version of the salute made in fencing.
d.		Shot in 2006, not put into general release until 2009.