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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Boondock Saints (1999) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Boondock Saints (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 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 abbreviation for the sorority, ZAZ, is also used for Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, the creators of
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
,
Airplane!
and other comedy fills.
b.
Actress
Catherine Deneuve
said in interviews she would have loved to have played Marnie.
c.
Was given a very limited release in the United States due to the Columbine Massacre. It was only shown in five theaters for only one week. However, it would later develop a large cult success from word of mouth following the success of DVD sales and would follow up with the sequel
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
.
d.
This is a lost film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
Jonathan Haze
wrote the script for this film under the title "Monsters From Nicholson Mesa." This title was a friendly jab at American International co-founder
James H. Nicholson
.
b.
A promotional sign was posted at every theater showing this film which stated: "FOR YOUR PROTECTION! We will not permit you to see these shockers unless you agree to release the theatre of all responsibility for death by fright!" Moviegoers actually had to sign a "Fright Release" before they entered the theater.
c.
The maximum security prison that Il Duce is being held in is actually the old Suffolk County jail in Boston, is now a 4 star hotel.
d.
The part of John Berlin was originally intended for
Al Pacino
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
The scripts initial sale garnered a considerable amount of publicity (including the cover of USA Today) as a "rags-to-riches" story; writer/director/composer
Troy Duffy
was a bartender at J. Sloans in Los Angeles when Miramax head
Harvey Weinstein
not only bought the script, but signed Duffy to direct, his band to score the film and agreed to purchase the bar for Weinstein and Duffy to co-own. However, Duffy quickly managed to sour the deal, putting the script into turnaround where it was eventually produced for less than half of the budget offered by Miramax. After its limited theatrical release, the film gained popularity on home video as a Blockbuster Exclusive, unfortunately Duffys contract did not give him any royalties from video sales. Duffys initial success and consequent self-destruction are chronicled in the documentary
Overnight
.
b.
Nedra Volz
was 76 years old at the time of filming, and she shot many of her tricky scenes without the use of a stunt double (sliding and falling to the floor from sitting on a mans lap; being lifted through the window onto the floor of the bathroom).
c.
The Ansonia on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was used for the apartment building. The interiors were shot on a sound stage but the scenes in the stairwells were shot at The Ansonia.
d.
In 1978, when
Martin Scorsese
was at an all-time low due to a near overdose resulting from an addiction to cocaine,
Robert De Niro
visited him at the hospital and told him that he had to clean himself up and make this movie about a boxer. At first, Scorsese refused (he didnt like sports movies anyway), but due to De Niros persistence, he eventually gave in. Many claim (including Scorsese) that De Niro saved Scorseses life by getting him back into work.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
Fredric March
s stunts were performed by
Chick Collins
.
b.
Director
Harold P. Warren
later approached cinematographer
Robert Guidry
with another script, this one called "Wild Desert Bikers". Guidry declined.
c.
When Nick Rivers is in jail, a head shot of
Cher
can be clearly seen on the wall of the cell several times.
Val Kilmer
was dating
Cher
at the time.
d.
Troy Duffy
: The bar patron in the overalls and green bandanna in the scene where the McManus brothers get into the bar fight with the Russians. Duffy is actually seen standing in the background and doing nothing after the fight starts. In fact, his whole band (The Boondock Saints, formerly The Brood) have cameos in that scene, including Troys brother, Taylor Duffy.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boondock Saints (1999)?
a.
As this movie features
Frank Sinatra
,
Dean Martin
, Sammy Davis Jr and
Shirley MacLaine
, this movie is arguably the final ever "Rat Pack" movie (i.e. of the 1960s Rat Pack stars, note
Joey Bishop
and
Peter Lawford
are not in this film). For this movie, it was the final cinema theatrical movie for both Martin and Sinatra.
b.
The first film to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
c.
Kenneth Branagh
was considered for a role in the film.
d.
Although
C.S. Lewis
wrote "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" first, it is actually the second book of "The Chronicles of Narnia."
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