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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Birdcage (1996) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Birdcage (1996) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996).
About the movie:
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
Filmmaker and PBS producer
Rick McKay
was hired by director
Mike Nichols
, months before filming of "Birdcage" began, to go to Paris, London, San Francisco and Atlanta to make a feature length documentary about drag queens. McKay did thorough research to find drag queens all over the world to interview and to film in performance. This finished documentary was used to train
Nathan Lane
and
Robin Williams
.
b.
Madonna
- who is the main topic of the opening conversation - really liked the film but refuted
Quentin Tarantino
s interpretation of her song Like a Virgin. She gave him a copy of her Erotica album, signed "To Quentin. Its not about dick, its about love. Madonna."
c.
Final ring fight took place at Starrett City Boxing Club in Brooklyn New York.
d.
All of the scenes in the diner were filmed last after the cast got to know each other. The dialog in those scenes is a combination of scripted and improvisational.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
During the list scene, there was an exchange between Itzhak Stern (
Ben Kingsley
) and
Oskar Schindler
(
Liam Neeson
) that goes as: Stern - "How many cigarettes do you smoke?" Schindler - "Too many". This exchange was taken directly from a real-life exchange between Edward the
Duke of Windsor
and his physician (Edward was asked the exact question) weeks before his death in 1972.
b.
As his part is inspired by the stuffy professor played by
Cary Grant
in
Bringing Up Baby
,
Ryan ONeill
met with Grant. The only advice he received was to wear silk underpants.
c.
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.
d.
Jackie Chan
, who played a small role in this movie, was very upset when he learned his character was Japanese since he himself is Chinese.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 22, 1943 with
Judy Garland
and
Gene Kelly
reprising their film roles.
b.
The film had five different directors.
Richard Thorpe
shot several weeks of material, none of which appears in the final film. The studio found his work unsatisfactory and appointed
George Cukor
temporarily. Cukor did not actually film any scenes; he merely modified
Judy Garland
s and
Ray Bolger
s makeup.
Victor Fleming
took over from him and filmed the bulk of the movie, until he was assigned to
Gone with the Wind
.
King Vidor
filmed the remaining sequences, mainly the black and white parts of the film set in Kansas. Producer
Mervyn LeRoy
also directed some transitional scenes.
c.
When MAX, the ship computer, is describing the animals he has on board, he said "That is a Feenastarus from the Pixar Elliptic". This was five years before Pixar, a fledgling special effects computer group at the time, teamed up with Disney, who produced this film.
d.
The song sung by Armand and Katherine in her office, "Love Is in the Air," is a song that was cut from the
Stephen Sondheim
musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Originally supposed to be the first number in the show, it was replaced by the song "Comedy Tonight", sung by Nathan Lane in the 1996 Broadway Revival.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
For the burly brawl scene, certain sections of the fights used a digital versions of Neo and Smith. The VFX team used Sony HDR-900 High Definition cameras to scan their images as to generate digital sequences and Smith clones. For live action, sequences were shot in 18 second intervals as to change camera angles and because Neo has more than 250 moves to perform
b.
The
Jonathan Swift
piece about Irish peasants eating their babies that Val refers to is "A Modest Proposal".
c.
The drummer of the band at the party says to the lead singer: "You look like Lestat!" (because of his clothes). This is a reference to
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
.
d.
In an interview,
Jason Miller
stated that he had a major verbal confrontation with
William Friedkin
after the director fired a gun near his ear to get an authentic reaction from him. He told Freidkin that he is an actor, and that he didnt need a gun to act surprised or startled.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
Lindsay Lohan
actually took pole-dancing lessons to prepare for her role as a stripper.
b.
While Albert is disguised as "mother," Armand describes "her" to Senator Keeley as the "girl from Grovers Corners." Senator Keeley replies that Grovers Corners is "a great place to call home." Grovers Corners is the fictional, idyllic small town in
Thornton Wilder
s famous stage play "Our Town."
c.
When Optimus Prime takes on Megatron in their climatic showdown, he states that "One shall stand, one shall fall!" Prime told Megatron the same thing when they clashed in
The Transformers: The Movie
. In that feature though, Prime was the one who fell, while in this film it is Megatron.
d.
In 1957, United Artists distributed this film on a double bill with
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
starring
Jane Russell
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
Basil Rathbone
was a world-class fencer and it was due to his efforts that the hilarious fencing scene was filmed without injury. He later admitted that several times he was almost skewered by
Danny Kaye
s sword.
b.
Robin Williams
was originally cast as Albert, but he wanted a change from flamboyant characters, and asked to be cast as Armand.
Mike Nichols
agreed, and re-cast him.
c.
In 1953, Republic Pictures theatrically reissued this film on a double bill with another
John Wayne
western,
Lady from Louisiana
.
d.
The film was released just over a year after principal photography began, the fastest film shot, edited and released by
Stanley Kubrick
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
According to writer
Mark Swift
, producer
Robert Shaye
seemed a bit more interested in the Freddy side of things which made a huge elimination in their screenplay (and in the film) from the Crystal Lake/Jason side of things.
b.
Second of five movie pairings of
Clark Gable
and
Jean Harlow
.
c.
The two-minute opening sequence looks like one continuous Steadicam shot when, in fact, the sequence consisted of three separate shots seamlessly combined through the magic of dissolves, matting, and morphing: Shot one began in a helicopter out over the Atlantic and ended over the street in Miamis South Beach area where the club was located Shot two began on a crane (simulating a chopper) where the Steadicam operator was gradually lowered to ground level before stepping off the crane; he then traversed the street and proceeded through the clubs front door Shot three was executed on a studio soundstage where the Steadicam operator began just outside the "club" exterior, and then proceeded inside for the shots conclusion. According to cinematographer
Emmanuel Lubezki
, the most difficult aspect of the process was matching the speed of the crane with that of the helicopter.
d.
The USS Stingray in the movie was actually the USS Pampanito, a WWII era Balao class submarine. In the Pacific Theatre, it sunk or heavily damaged ten ships.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
Corey Feldman
and director
Rob Reiner
tested thirty different laughs before deciding upon the one for Teddy Duchamp. The laugh happens to be similar to that described in Kings story.
b.
The Martian spacecraft are left-overs from
The War of the Worlds
. Director
Byron Haskin
was involved in both projects, although
George Pal
is often given sole credit for the earlier classic.
c.
The original working title of the film was "Birds of a Feather" and the first drafts of the script still bear this title.
d.
Harvey Weinstein
claims that he actually wrote this film before the release of
Friday the 13th
, the film that most critics call The Burning an imitator of.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
In retaliation for the wrangle that
Terry Gilliam
faced against the WGA, on 22 May 1998 during a book signing, he burned his WGA card in front of the public. That led to Gilliam and Tony Grisoni (I) being given the dual writing credit.
b.
Kranmer did not enjoy working with Oskar Werner, who refused to play the bar scene stage left. Kramerhad to have the set rebuilt to accommodate the actor.
c.
Agador Spartacus is based upon
Hank Azaria
s grandmother
d.
A character says he "wouldnt know
J. Edgar Hoover
if he walked in here wearing a dress" - a subtle reference to the claims that Hoover was a cross-dresser in his personal life.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Birdcage (1996)?
a.
The
Stephen Sondheim
song "Can That Boy Foxtrot", used in the film, was a song cut from the original stage production of Sondheims musical, "Follies".
b.
Shot back-to-back with
China OBrien II
.
c.
A childrens version was filmed concurrently with the main production.
d.
The movie contains numerous connections to French New Wave films. Reference is made to
Tirez sur le pianiste
and its star,
Charles Aznavour
, has a singing role at the end of this movie.
Anna Karina
, featured in several
Jean-Luc Godard
films, has a bit part.
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