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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Part (4) 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.
Tôhô released this American version of its own
Gojira
to Japanese audiences in 1957. The studio ballyhooed it as being a CinemaScope production, when in fact what Toho did was chop off the top and the bottom of the frame. These mutilated shots later made it into the studios
Daikaijû Baran
.
b.
Although having been given a brief crash course on using the 16mm camera, Joshua Leonard struggled to focus using it for the first few days of filming. This is why the interview with Mary Brown is of such poor focus and incredibly grainy.
c.
The movie is one of three RKO-distributed films that were edited heavily after their initial unsuccessful first runs; the others were
All That Money Can Buy
(aka "The Devil and Daniel Webster") and
Joan of Arc
. All three have been restored to their full length (or, in the case of "Mourning Becomes Electra", approximately their full length) on DVD.
d.
For the films soundtrack, director and composer
John Carpenter
called upon various rock musicans to help enhance his own score. They include members of
Anthrax
,
Steve Vai
,
Guns N Roses
guitarists
Buckethead
and
Robin Finck
and
Elliot Easton
(formerly of
The Cars
).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The films look is based on Technicolors OZ (Olson-Zacharias) process, which adds three times more silver to the negative film stock, making it milkier without affecting the grain structure. Although the process was tested in pre-production, it wasnt actually used. Instead, its look was mimicked in the digital intermediate process.
b.
When Arlos Saab is brought back there is a car door from a police car attached to the bumper with the words "GO POLICE" visible. The font and color are the same as the Chicago Police dept. used at the time of filming.
c.
The movie inspired a short-lived series of young-adult horror novels, written under the name "Cade Merrill" who claimed to have been Heathers cousin and a longtime Burkittsville resident.
d.
When Larry is looking at his class list near the end of the movie, the last student name is
Mary Zophres
. Zophres is the costume designer on this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The Dons wife, Carmella Corleone, is seen singing at the wedding.
Morgana King
, who plays Carmella, is a gifted opera singer.
b.
The library in which this movie takes place was actually constructed in the gymnasium of Maine North High School specifically for the film. The school closed down in 1982, two years before filming began. The building had been used for park district purposes and the Chicago Blitz before the Illinois state police bought it, turning it into a police station, which it still is to this day.
c.
Ryan ONeal
s son
Griffin ONeal
appears as the boy delivering film to the nickelodeon theater.
d.
The 16mm Camera used to film the documentary and the black and white scenes in the film was sold on ebay following the completion of the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The play was inspired by playwright John Herberts own experiences in the Canadian prison system. Like the character Mona, he was sent to prison (in 1947) after he was robbed and beaten by a group of teens who then accused him of having made a pass at them. Like Queenie, he performed in drag in the prison Christmas show.
b.
The cult bonfire seduction was lit by actual firelight. Before each take, two backwoods boys mixed up buckets of Napalm and threw them into the fire - a huge fireball would erupt, then everyone would rush into positions and camera would roll.
c.
Although Heather, Mike and Josh had to pitch and take down the tent they slept in, they did not have to carry it from location to location for them as this was done for them by the movie crew who would do so out of sight.
d.
The scene in which Kat reads the "10 Things" poem was the first and only take, according to the DVD extras. Kats tears towards the end of the poem were not planned.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The restoration process involved four painstaking steps. The first step was to scan the original negative into a computer and subject the entire print to a deflickering procedure, evening out all the worn images and creating a cohesive canvas upon which the restoration artists could work. This was then followed by roto-scoping to extract the principal characters, dust-busting to remove all traces of dust and scuffing, and then re-inserting the characters into their cleaned-up backgrounds. Then all 180,000 frames would be completely repainted by up to 40 people in a process that clocked up nearly 48,000 hours. Once complete, the final product is then scanned onto a new negative.
b.
Dolph Lundgren
is a drummer in real life.
c.
The directors put up posters at a local college in an attempt to recruit students to help work on this low budget production. Only one person responded to the recruitment ad, and this was Patricia DeCou, who not only portrayed Mary Brown, but also helped with the art department.
d.
The eighth of sixteen movies for the suave detective nicknamed "The Falcon" starring
Tom Conway
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Hubert de Givenchy
originally thought he would be providing wardrobe for
Katharine Hepburn
, as he had never heard of
Audrey Hepburn
before they were introduced.
b.
Mexican director
Alfonso Cuarón
was supposed to be directing this film, but pulled out before production started.
c.
Mickey Rourke
was considered for the role of Connor Macleod.
d.
The runic lettering in the old house are a mixture of two different alphabets, Hebraic and Futhark. Hebraic runes went on to become Ancient Hebrew. Futhark runes are proto-European, dating from the first millennium B.C.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Despite the aviation element of this movie,
Shirley Temple
was never allowed to actually ride in an airplane during filming; her life insurance policy voided claims resulting from aircraft.
b.
The directors kept in touch with Heather, Mike and Josh with walkie-talkies to ensure the three would not become lost during their trek. Reportedly, they got lost at least three times.
c.
The mounted fish over Arthurs mantle belonged to
John Frankenheimer
.
d.
The final moment of the field shoot out in which the posse surrounds a dying Buck and a hysterical Blanche is based on the rare "action" photo taken of that moment. In actuality, Blanche was screaming at an officer who had his foot on Bucks wounded head and a gun to his face threatening to shoot him again. She was begging him not to shoot him again because he was already dying.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
According to
Joyce Maynard
, she happened to have her mothers ashes on hand during the filming of her scene. Deciding her mother would have wanted to be in the movie, she placed them in her prop briefcase.
b.
Howard Stern
was offered a cameo appearance as Satan but turned it down.
Adam Sandler
ended up with the role.
c.
Was nominated for the
William Shatner
Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie. The other nominated films were
Hooligans
,
Nine Lives
,
Up for Grabs
and
Sunnyvale
.
d.
It should be noted that many of the Futhark runes seen in the old house are reversed, which has a special meaning. A reversed rune implies a dark or negative fate for the person who reads them.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Anthony De Longis
gave
Jet Li
a genuine Spanish sword the day after filming was finished.
b.
Film debut of
Howard Da Silva
.
c.
The English voices of Paul Bös (Krause) and Jaspar von Oertzen (Haberdasher) are provided by John Banner.
d.
The reactions from Heather, Mike and Josh when they discover they have walked south all day and ended up in the same spot are real; they were genuinely upset that they had walked all day for nothing.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Heather, Mike and Josh were under strict instructions to follow trails and directions given to them by the movie crew to ensure they would reach each designated site to camp in for the night.
b.
During the sound-stage sequence where Amy hides under the piano, it was
John Ottman
s idea to have the killer come in and play some low chords at the piano.
c.
Episode titles: 1. The Traders Secret 2. Men of Tigerish Mold 3. Tortured by Flames 4. A Climb for Life 5. The Forced Marriage 6. Desperate Chances 7. A Plunge to Death 8. A Struggle in Midair 9. The Deadly Peril 10. Sure Death 11. A Leap for Life 12. A Fiendish Plot 13. Set Adrift 14. The Hidden Treasure 15. Unmasked
d.
The Ambassador, played by
Rudolph Christians
, has his back to the camera for most of the second half of the movie because Christians died in the middle of production and his part was completed by
Robert Edeson
.
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