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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999).
About the movie:
Three film students travel to Maryland to make a student film about a local urban legend... The Blair Witch...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The Zombies who attack and feast on Captain Rhodes are played by
Hermie Granati
,
David Granati
,
Joey Granati
, and
Rick Granati
of the Pittsburgh rock band, The Granati Brothers (otherwise known as G-Force).
b.
Raymonds call to the USS Hornet in Japanese is "Tenki hokuku." The pronunciation is poor but it has been identified as meaning: "weather report".
c.
Writer-director
Lars von Trier
s first draft screenplay was called "Taps" and featured tap dancing in every scene. Choreographer
Vincent Paterson
convinced von Trier that it would be far too difficult, if not impossible, to teach something as "technical" as tap dancing to
Björk
and the other cast members within a reasonable period of time. Von Trier rewrote the screenplay so that the songs would be more in the style of "traditional" Hollywood musicals, but retained some of the tap-dancing motif with the character of Oldrich Novy.
d.
The 1999-2000 hunting season suffered badly due to this film. The movie was so popular that fans all over the country were hiking into the wilderness to shoot their own Blair Witch-style documentaries. As a result they kept most of the wildlife scared away from hunting areas.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The song "Over the Rainbow" was going to be used in the opening sequence.
b.
Neither
Olivia Wilde
(Quorra) nor
Garrett Hedlund
(Sam Flynn) were born when the original
TRON
was first released.
c.
The turkey puppet was built primarily of leftover special effects supplies. The body was a foam turkey hunting decoy.
d.
Rock band
HIM
shot parts of their music video for the song And love said no... directly outside the house seen at the end of the movie
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
At 5 4"
Jason Marsden
("Shay Jennings") was much shorter than the rest of the cast, so many of the scenes he appears in he either sitting down, or situated within the group so that his height is disguised
b.
In the original script there was to be a scene when Connie marbles hair catches fire. Mink stole the actress who plays Connie marble agreed to do the stunt before eventually changing her mind.
John Waters
said on the audio commentary track that he was happy that mink stole changed her mind in retrospect because mink stole would have had third degree burns on her head and he would been in jail.
c.
Ranked #3 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
d.
The first title for the movie was The Blair Witch Tapes.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Sally Field
was also up for the part of Mattie Ross.
b.
This film was Nichelle Nichols only entry into the blaxploitation genre. She declined all offers into other blaxploitation films only to concentrate on the science fiction convention appearances - especially Star Trek conventions and later as a recruiter for NASA.
c.
Numerous fans were so convinced of the Blair Witchs existence that they flocked to Maryland in hopes of discovering the legend. They apparently didnt read the closing credits of the film.
d.
David Benioff
aimed for a darker and more brutal story, and wrote the script with an R rating in mind. Producer
Hugh Jackman
did not see the need for an R rating, however, and the script was toned down to a safer PG-13 level.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
When the movie was released the town of Burkittsville, in the hopes of making at least some profit from the film, did its own marketing. During the annual summer carnival the local Ruritan Club featured the "Bur-Witch" sandwich - country fried ham and a fried egg on top of a cheeseburger, nestled in a sesame seed bun, and doused with horseradish. The sandwich was the most popular selling item on the menu two years in a row.
b.
Audrey Landers
left a successful recurring role on the TV show
Dallas
to take a role in this film.
c.
The nuclear bomb scene was filmed in the basement where Fight Club was filmed. The bomb could not be carried down to the basement, so the crew filmed the bomb sequence at the sound stage.
d.
Pamelyn Ferdin
s feature film debut.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
To promote discord between actors, the directors deliberately gave them less food each day of shooting.
b.
During production the film was originally supposed to be titled simply "The Passion". However in October 2003, it was revealed the Miramax studios already had a movie in production with that title.
Mel Gibson
retitled the film "The Passion of Christ". He retitled it yet again a month later in November 2003 to "The Passion of the Christ".
c.
Had an exclusive one-week theatrical engagement in Dallas, Texas.
d.
Anthony Spadaccini
s opted to release his directors cut of
The Ritual
to theaters and film festivals. He has stated that this version is the only one that exists and is his definitive version of the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
In a scene where the main actors are sleeping in a tent at night, the tent suddenly shakes violently and they all get scared. This was unscripted and the director shook the tent; they were really scared.
b.
On the DVD commentary,
Ben Affleck
says that he and
Jill Quigg
improvised the scene early in the movie in which Quigg (as Dottie) talks to the press about the flyers they had posted and the vigils they had planned. Affleck says that he would feed her some lines and then she would perform them; her mispronunciation of the word "vigil" as "visual" came from her mishearing what Affleck had said from behind the camera, but he later decided to keep it the way she had said it.
c.
Matt Damon
made a visit to
Francois Pienaar
s home to ask Pienaar for assistance in preparing for his role. When Damon got to his house, Pienaar answered the door and for a few minutes they simply looked up at each other. Then Damon, who cannot boast the size of Pienaar, said, "I look much bigger on camera." This broke the tension, and Pienaar prepared a gourmet dinner for Damon. Pienaar later claims he was impressed by Damon: "Hes a great bloke. I was struck by his humility and his wicked sense of humor. He wanted to learn everything he could about me, my philosophy as a captain and what it was like for us in 1995. We also chatted about the game of rugby, what happens in training and about the technical aspects. We had a lot of fun."
d.
Elle Fanning
and
Dakota Fanning
were originally set to play Anna and Kate Fitzgerald, but bowed out after Dakota reportedly refused to shave her head, as required for the part.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The first cut of the movie to be screened was 2.5 hours in length.
b.
Anthony Hopkins
impersonates Bernardo, Zorros butler in the original stories. Zorro was a major inspiration for Batman, and Bernardo became the butler Alfred Pennyworth. Hopkins was also offered this role in
Batman Begins
.
c.
The film was financed with the understanding that
Jennifer Tilly
was to play the role of Corky. The actress playing Violet dropped out of the project shortly before shooting began, however. At this point
Gina Gershon
became available to do the film. At first she was to play Violet; but since she was better suited to Corky, she and Tilly switched roles.
d.
Originally released with sound on disc, sound on film was added at a later date, resulting in the left side of the image in surviving prints noticeably cropped in order to provide space on which to accommodate the soundtrack.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Christopher McQuarrie
wrote nine drafts of the screenplay over a period of five months.
b.
The crackling sounds in the woods were made by the director and friends walking up to the camps perimeter, breaking sticks, and then tossing them in various directions.
c.
Carl Foreman
had originally written the part of Shears with
Humphrey Bogart
in mind.
d.
As Michael is running out of the museum, stealing the painting of Judas kissing Jesus, the exhibition sign he passes reads "The Taking of Christ".
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
In the movie, Heather and Mike share a somewhat antagonistic attitude towards each other. In the commentary, the directors revealed it was Heather and Joshua who were arguing most of the time (and more heatedly). Almost all of the footage of their arguments was taken from the final cut after the filmmakers decided it seemed like both men were "ganging up" on Heather.
b.
There are several scenes that were leftover from
El mariachi
and
Desperado
. The hotel escape was originally intended for Desperado, and the escape from the compound (while guarded in a jail cell) was included in the original script for El Mariachi.
c.
In production, this went by the title "Death Fish II".
d.
The code name "Edmund" that is used in the paper to notify Micheal that he needed to contact Shakes is the name of the main character, Edmund Dantes, from "The Count of Monte Cristo".
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