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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Part (6) 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.
Kidney Rock, the band playing at The Zit, is rapper
Kid Rock
and his back-up band, including rapper
Joe C.
, who died shortly before the films release.
b.
Before the film was released, the three main actors were listed as "missing, presumed dead" on the IMDb.
c.
Olivia Thirlby
originally auditioned for the lead but was eventually cast as "Leah".
d.
In the scene where
Steve Martin
and
Mary Steenburgen
are fighting over the fact that she is pregnant, Steve says "...Lets just have a dozen and act like they are donuts." In the movie
Cheaper by the Dozen
he plays the father of a dozen children.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Film debut of
Wallace Beery
.
b.
In the mid 1990s, a private Canadian film collector discovered what was believed to be the last surviving print of the 70mm premiere version in pristine condition. MGM used the print to make a digital video transfer of the roadshow version for VHS and LaserDisc but unfortunately stored it improperly in an archive where it dramatically deteriorated.
c.
Joshs shouts in the final scene were pre-recorded and played through speakers hidden away in the woods.
d.
The trailer was scored by
Herbert Stothart
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The filming of this movie on the French Riviera plays a pivotal role in
Wu Ming
s novel "54". The action takes place in the springtime of 1954, and nearly all the characters in the novel (including
Cary Grant
, an Italian American mafioso nicknamed "Steve Cement", and two Parisian gangsters from
Du rififi chez les hommes
) cross each others path in Cannes and Nice.
b.
All of the interior rooms of The Overlook Hotel were filmed at Elstree Studios in England, including The Colorado Lounge, where Jack does his typing. Because of the intense heat generated from the lighting used to recreate window sunlight (the room took 700,000 watts of light per window to make it look like a snowy day outside), the lounge set caught fire. Fortunately all of the scenes had been completed there, so the set was rebuilt with a higher ceiling, and the same area was eventually used by
Steven Spielberg
as the snake-filled Well of the Souls tomb in
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
c.
Heather Donahue
s discovery of
Joshua Leonard
s teeth, blood and hair wrapped in a bundle of twigs bears a striking similarity to
Washington Irving
s story "The Devil and Tom Walker". Toms wife goes to find the devil in the swamp, and never returns home. When Tom goes to find her, he discovers her apron with her heart and liver inside. However, it also reflects a scene in the silent documentary "Haxan" where a severed hand is carried by a witch hidden in a bundle of twigs.
d.
Writer
James V. Hart
credits the inspiration for his take on this continuing Peter Pan story to his young son Jake who one day asked him what would have happened if Peter Pan grew up.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The shockwave from the exploding ocean liner shattered 8,000 windows in East Boston.
b.
John Grants comments about moonlight - "like snow on the deserts dusty face" - is taken from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Quatrain 14.
c.
Other endings shot in post-production that were scrapped included Mike being hanged, another had him bound to the wall with twigs in the manner of a stick figure. Stick figures themselves were experimented with as decorations in the final scene.
d.
Originally, musician
Charlie Robison
was to play the main character, eventually played by
Chris Penn
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Only two of
Adam Sandler
s friends are involved in this movie.
Robert Smigel
plays a brother-in-law of Barrys.
Jonathan Loughran
is the guy over the phone who tells Barry that he dialed the wrong number.
b.
Judy Greer
plays
Orlando Bloom
s younger sister. In reality, Greer is two years older than Bloom.
c.
The nighttime shot of Heather running through the woods (a prominent image in the trailers) had to be filmed twice because of logistical problems.
d.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Filming was originally to take place on Tybee Island, but a producer browsing on the online map program Google Earth found Jekyll Island to be a more suitable location.
b.
For the torpedo chase,
Lou Costello
did his shots in front a a rear projection screen. For the long shots its
Pat Costello
, Lous brother, doubling him.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 7, 1953 with
Olivia de Havilland
reprising her film role.
d.
The ruins of the old house where the backpack was found was Rustin Parrs house.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
This film was one of the most pirated films of 1999 because of limited release due to its independent status. The pirated version was an unfinished leaked work-print with several plot holes and most of the initial interviews missing leading to audience confusion at final scene of the film.
b.
In earlier drafts of the storyline, a Russian shuttle is sent up to rescue the American kids. At the end of the film, it was to be revealed that Russian kids had rescued the American kids.
c.
In order to prepare for their roles, several cast members watched a number of real autopsies.
d.
A soundtrack album was due for release on Warner Bros. Records, but it was not released because
Tim Robbins
didnt want the songs played outside of the movies context.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
Has the distinction of winning the most Oscars (8) not one of which included the Best Picture Oscar
b.
The fight scene between Nicholson and
Ann-Margret
took a week to shoot, and at the end of it both performers had lost their voices.
c.
Most likely unintentionally, Mias character of Raven McCoy on her pilot for Fox Force Five is related to three characters of the X-Men series. The name Raven can be derived from Raven Darkholme, the real name of "Mystique" while the surname McCoy is the last name of the character "Beast" whose real name is Hank McCoy. Also, Mia describes her character as having been raised by circus performers, the same upbringing as Kurt Wagner aka "Nightcrawler". Ironically all three characters are blue.
d.
One of the original script ideas was for a giant-size version of the stick figure to chase the students through the woods. This was rejected in favor of an enemy that was malevolent, but never seen.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
The Air Force stock footage seen as the military "pursues" the Martians is the same footage used in the opening credit sequence of
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
.
b.
Jerry G. Angelo has won two best actor awards for his leading role.
c.
The slime on Joshs backpack was actually KY jelly.
d.
The movies line "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine." was voted as the #52 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
a.
When Bucker (Robert Armstrong) and Mary (Mae Clarke) go to the movies, the unidentified film they see is an MGM production of 1931,
Laughing Sinners
. Joan Crawford and Neil Hamilton are on screen.
b.
The final scene is filmed on Gärdet, Stockholm, Sweden. The Sydney Opera House has been added to give the impression that it had snowed in Australia.
c.
The Fender Telecaster
Ralph Macchio
carries along his hobo trek in the second half of the film is a 1970s CBS Fender with block lettering on the headstock. Very realistic for the film because not only were they affordable and easy to acquire (in the 1980s, that is), their heavy polyurethane finish made them near impervious to the tests of the road, as seen when Macchio and Seneca are walking through the rain, sleeping in barns, abandoned shacks and the outdoors. You could take a CBS Telecaster covered with snow, plug it in and it would play perfectly.
d.
Sanchez and Myrick admitted they had to tone down some of the outbursts from Heather, Mike and Josh. They instead allowed them to accumulate in smaller doses.
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