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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Boondock Saints (1999) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Boondock Saints (1999) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999).
About the movie:
Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
The poster seen in Jeremys bedroom is the Downtown Houston skyline with fireworks in the background - these posters were promotions for the Rendevous Houston event held in 1986.
b.
Triple H (aka professional wrestler
Paul Levesque
) impressed the producers with his work ethic and camera presence. New Line insisted that extra lines be written in the script to make his role bigger.
c.
Alfonso Cuarón
always use the green (he even auditioned green eyed girls for
A Little Princess
) as the main color of its movies. He uses red and orange (complimentary and opposite colors) to make some remarks.
d.
The tattoo that Connor has on his left hand/index finger says, "VERITAS," which is Latin for "Truth." Murphy also has a tattoo in the same place but on his right hand, that says, "AEQUITAS," which is Latin for "Justice/Equality."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
The song "New Dog State of Mind" that Garfield sings in the movie is based on the song "New York State of Mind" by
Billy Joel
.
b.
On August 10, 2002, a fire started on the soundstage where the movie was shot. Nobody was hurt and the damage was estimated to be $350,000.
c.
Kevin Spacey
was the original choice for Paul Smecker.
d.
To increase the sense of reality, some of the most famous broadcast journalists of the time were hired to do cameos as themselves. These included
Gabriel Heatter
,
H.V. Kaltenborn
and
Drew Pearson
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
Production title was "Filofax"; however, the word is a registered trademark of the Leeds Filofax Group, and producers could not get permission to use it as the movies release title.
b.
The aria played during Smeckers investigation of the two Russians is from Puccinis opera "La Boheme". The title of the aria is "Mi Chiamano Mimi".
c.
This film holds the record for largest second weekend box office drop for a film that opened at #1, with a -69.7% drop.
d.
The Spanish-language dedication to María Eladia at the end, "pues cuando ardió la pérdida, reverdecieron sus maizales," translates literally as "for when the loss burned, their cornfields became green again."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
Shot in 32 days.
b.
After the tragic sudden death of
Carole Lombard
,
Clark Gable
had said, "Youll have to get them to change the title. I couldnt walk on a set with those word before me." It was to be changed to "Red Light".
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.
The films working title was "April Fools Day", however the title was changed to keep this film from being confused with the Paramount film April Fools Day (1986) which was released the same year.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
Rosengurtle Baumgarteners neck is tattooed with the phrase "Untouched By Man".
b.
Lawrence Taylor
: The movie credits Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants for creating a shift in offensive football strategy where teams started to choose large heavy players to fill the position of left tackle and protect the "blind side" of right handed quarterbacks.
c.
In the script, Jack tells Bill that Brenda is the niece of Randy Flagg. Randall Flagg is the bad guy in several
Stephen King
novels including
The Stand
.
d.
The cast of this film features three actors who have appeared in
Martin Scorsese
s last three films:
Ray Winstone
appeared in
The Departed
,
Cate Blanchett
appeared in
The Aviator
, and
Jim Broadbent
appeared in
Gangs of New York
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
During the wheat-burning scene a stand-in was used instead of Barbara Stanwyck, but she didnt think the stand-in acted as the character so Stanwyck decided to play it herself. This resulted in her getting some burns on her legs, but she never complained.
b.
Laurence Harvey
was originally cast in
Patrick McGoohan
s role and early adverts in Variety magazine even listed him in the part.
c.
The maximum security prison that Il Duce is being held in is actually the old Suffolk County jail in Boston, next to Massachusetts General Hospital.
d.
The 10 square block set that represents Jerusalem is an historically accurate one.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
This is the first Bond film to feature an Aston Martin as the Bond car since
The Living Daylights
.
b.
Paramount didnt officially greenlight the film until 10 weeks before production was due to begin. This meant that the production design was unnecessarily rushed and was the reason why many leading production designers turned the film down.
c.
The director/producer originally planned to shoot the high school scenes at Grosse Pointe South High, but did not get permission from the school board. They felt that it would be inappropriate to show someone graduating from Grosse Pointes school system to become a hit man.
d.
The outside of the church at the beginning of the movie is "Old South Church". The pulpit is from "Trinity Church", they are steps away from each other.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
The picture of
W.C. Fields
in the movie "Poppy" is a set from the now- closed Movieland Wax Museum;other wax museum sets in the film depict "Rasputin and the Empress", "Top Hat", an Our Gang comedy("The Awful Tooth"), and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."
b.
The movie was mostly shot in the garage and on the lawn of the house where director
Josh Becker
s long-time friend
Bruce Campbell
grew up.
c.
Released on a double bill with "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956)
d.
The church where Connor and Murphy attend Mass, Church of the Covenant, is not a Catholic church, but a Protestant one. No Catholic churches in the area would allow filming in their sanctuaries due to their objection to the plot of the film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
The three Viking ships in the film were designed using blueprints for an actual Viking ship salvaged from the water and restored by a Viking museum in Norway. It turned out that the boats built for the film were too accurate, because the modern actors were taller than their historical counterparts. Every other oar hole had to be plugged so the modern men would have room to row with a full oar stroke. Otherwise, they would hit the backs of the oarsmen seated in front of them when pushing the oar handles forward to start each new stroke.
b.
The line "Whosoever shed mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God, made He man" is in the Bibles Book of Genesis, Chapter 9, Verse 6.
c.
A small statue of an alien from
Independence Day
(also directed by
Roland Emmerich
) is visible in the broadcast booth at Madison Square Garden.
d.
The scene where
Mira Sorvino
and
Jeremy Northam
walk in the hall with all the sick kids lying in their beds was actually directed by
Ole Bornedal
, one of the producers on the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for Preservation.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 22, 1951 with
Jeanne Crain
reprising her film role.
c.
William Wyler
, who served as a major in the Army Air Force during World War II, incorporated his own wartime experiences into
The Best Years of Our Lives
. Just as Fred Derry did in the movie, Wyler flew in B-17s in combat over Germany, although rather than being a bombardier, as Derry was, he filmed footage for documentary films. Additionally, Wyler modeled the reunion of Al and Milly, in which they first see each other at opposite ends of a long hallway, on his own homecoming to his wife, Talli.
d.
The line spoken by Il Duce as a narrator "When I whet my flashing sword and my hand takes hold in judgment, I shall take vengeance upon mine enemies and I will repay those who hate me" is in the Bible at Deuteronomy 32:41.
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