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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Brothers Grimm (2005) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Brothers Grimm (2005) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005).

About the movie: Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires genuine courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		The film was released in many cinemas as a double bill with The MacKintosh Man.
b.		Back in 1980, AVCO Embassay Pictures asked John Carpenter, who serves as an executive producer on this film to both write and direct this film after the success of Halloween and The Fog. However, Carpenter showed them Escape from New York (which he wrote years earlier) and they did that instead.
c.		The Mirror Queen using the blood of young girls to restore her youth is based on the legend surrounding Countess Elizabeth Bathory, one of the first serial killers, from the turn of the 17th century.
d.		The tune playing as shots of tanks and trucks of infantry leave to attack the invaders is the official song of the U.S. Army ("The Army Goes Rolling Along"). This is based on the song "U.S. Field Artillery March" (also known as "The Caisson Song") by Edmund L. Gruber and John Philip Sousa (1917). It was adopted by the U.S. Army as its official song in 1956.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		Many references to fairy tales (most recorded by the Grimms) are slightly different from the actual tales: Little Red Riding Hood is referenced only by her red cape, the heroic woodsman from "Little Red Riding Hood" is an evil henchman, the Big Bad Wolf is a large wolf instead of a diabolical personification, Rapunzel is an evil queen who locks herself in a tower to escape a plague, the Gingerbread Man is an incarnation of a mud monster, Jack from Jack and The Beanstalk becomes Jake, "Hans" and "Greta" are the original forms of the diminutives "Hänsel and Gretel" (i.e. "little Hans and little Greta"), Cinderella (Aschenputtel in German) is really the Grimm Brothers as they scrub the floors (the deleted scene on the DVD shows it better), the evil queen is also the queen from Snow White, all the girls fingers are pricked as they fall into a deep sleep just like Sleeping Beauty, the Woodsman places slippers (which turn to glass) on Sashas feet as he prepares her for the crypt, and Jake tells everyone a story of an imp whose name they had to guess, a clear reference to Rumpelstiltskin.
b.		Tony Scott came up with the idea to set the climax of the film at the Stratosphere tower after shooting Beat the Devil in Las Vegas.
c.		Episodes 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 14 survive in the Library of Congress Moving Image Collection.
d.		Also in the original musical, Cornelius Hackl and the Widow Molloy sing "It Only Takes a Moment" in the courtroom during Horace Vandergelders trial; in the movie, however, they sing "It Only Takes a Moment" in Central Park. The entire arrest and trial sequence was dropped for the movie version.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		Max Steiners main theme for this film is probably his best-known after his "Tara Theme" for "Gone With the Wind." As with "Taras Theme," it has remained a favorite ever since, with several charting recordings. Percy Faiths version (American Columbia: 1960) went to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960, remaining in that position for 9 weeks, becoming both the Number One Instrumental Hit of the Rock Era and the first instrumental to win the Grammy for Record of the Year. Other charting versions were by Billy Vaughn (Dot: 1960, peaking at #2), the Lettermen (Capitol: 1965, using Mack Discants lyrics and peaking at #16), and the Ventures (Liberty: 1969, at #83). Faith himself re-recorded it, shortly before his death in 1976, in a disco arrangement entitled "Summer Place 76."
b.		The "hand forest" sequence was originally written for Time Bandits and was almost used in Brazil.
c.		Scenes of the Enterprises final moments and its self-destruct were reused from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
d.		The film has a shooting ratio of 60:1, which means that for every one minute that appears on screen, there were 60 minutes of footage.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		According to Matt Damon, Terry Gilliam had a prosthetic made for him, but the studio didnt want the actor to wear it.
b.		Elisabeth Harnois is eight years older than Jesse McCartney
c.		The scene in which the car nearly drives off the end of San Franciscos unfinished Embarcadero Freeway, before the driver swerves just in time, was done by stunt driver Guy Way. Way had his wife with him when he did the stunt, and she freaked out and didnt recover for several days.
d.		Laraine Day was on loan-out from MGM.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		Because of problems with the Writers Guild of America, Terry Gilliam and Tony Grisoni were not able to credit themselves as writers of the screenplay, despite the many changes they made to Ehren Krugers original script. They invented a credit for themselves as "Dress Pattern Makers" and were quoted as saying that the film was made from a "dress pattern," not necessarily made a "screenplay."
b.		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.
c.		Al Pacino showed interest in the lead role but fell out with director George Roy Hill after he was asked if he could ice skate (Pacino considered the question "facetious"). Pacino later expressed regret that he had missed out on the film.
d.		The scene where Thorn and Roth share a meal of fresh food was not originally in the script, but was ad-libbed by Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson at director Richard Fleischers request.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		A stunt coordinator on this movie is named Freddie Hice. In the movie a truck passed Kimberlys SUV with a man drinking a beer. The name on the truck is HICE Pale Ale.
b.		Painted cornflakes were used for zombie makeup.
c.		Matt Damon and Heath Ledger were originally cast in opposite roles. They petitioned and switched their roles.
d.		Three "Harry Potter" professors have roles in this movie. Kenneth Branagh was Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Emma Thompson was Sybil Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Imelda Staunton was Dolores Umbridge, also in Phoenix.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		Writer/director Chris Eigeman specifically wrote the role of Kailey Sullivan for Famke Janssen.
b.		Actor Noe Sanchez was originally cast for the role of Cheapea, but due to scheduling conflicts and halts to production the role was recast.
c.		Sixth of eight films in which Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride portrayed Ma and Pa Kettle.
d.		The glass slippers are actually from Charles Perraults French translation of Cinderella. In the Grimm adaptation, she wears gold slippers.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		Matt Damon was strung up by his waist for the torture chamber scene, but he could only stay up there for 90 seconds at a time because the rope was crushed his ribs, cutting off his air supply.
b.		In the television-edit of this movie - which contains footage not released theatrically or on home video - Keith McConnell and Richard Peel appear at the films end as "Sherlock Holmes" and "Doctor Watson", respectively.
c.		The investor, Intertainment, sued producer Franchise Pictures for fraud. Franchise claimed the budget was $75 million instead of the actual budget of $44 million. Franchise Pictures were sentenced to pay Intertainment $121.7 million in damages and went bankrupt. Intertainment only financed the film because it came as a package deal with The Art of War and The Whole Nine Yards.
d.		The robots Gog and Magog were operated by midgets.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		The White House was used as an actual filming location on this movie.
b.		According to the director, Matt Damons hair style was based on the British TV chef Jamie Oliver.
c.		Filmed in 1933, not released until 1934.
d.		The role of Al Jolsons mother was first offered to Slovenian actress Avgusta Danilova, but for some reason she refused it. If she had accepted the role, she would become the first Slovenian actress to appear in a Hollywood film.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brothers Grimm (2005)?
a.		Historically, Jacob Grimm was older than his brother Wilhelm Grimm. Jacob was born in 1785 and Wilhelm in 1786.
b.		Timothy Carey, who had a small part as Joe the bouncer, drove director Elia Kazan to such distraction with his bizarre behavior that Kazan, a longtime avowed pacifist, physically attacked him, the only time he had ever done such a thing.
c.		Voted #10 on Empire magazines 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (September 2008).
d.		Amy Heckerling directed some scenes (uncredited).

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