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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Core (2003) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Core (2003) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003).
About the movie:
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
After the crash of the space shuttle Columbia, trailers for the film were recalled to remove a brief scene of a space shuttle making an emergency landing, but the producers stated that the sequence wouldnt be removed from the actual film.
b.
For Sarahs nightmare of the nuclear holocaust, some of the materials used in the miniature Los Angeles model that mimicked all the destroyed masonry were Matzos crackers and Shredded Wheat. After each take, it would take on average two days to set the model up to shoot again.
c.
Mabel Albertsons film debut.
d.
Jennifer Coolidge
was offered the role of Miss Mann, but she turned it down.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
The hand gestures made by Hopper were modeled after gestures made by
Steve Jobs
.
b.
The term A113 is the number of the courtroom, and can be found on the gold sign Carl sits next to while waiting to be called (Courtroom A113). A113 is a frequent Pixar in-joke based on one of the room numbers for the animation program at Cal Arts.
c.
At almost exactly 9 minutes into the film, near the end of the "birds" scene, a trout is seen smashing into a window instead of a pigeon. This was a joke left in by the team that did the CG pigeons.
d.
For the Italian version of the film, Bones and Skull have been renamed "Punk" and "Freak".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
At the end of the scene with the chasing of the white trucks, Mulder and Scully have a talk. The cuts showing Mulder talking by the roadside had lights in the background that needed to be removed in post production. 24 frames per second, at about $1000 per frame. Director
Chris Carter
on the commentary admits this $25k/second mistake in filming.
b.
Rats demands changed three times during the progression from trailers to final film. In the original trailer, he demands "I want
Star Trek
tapes and Hot Pockets." In the recent trailer, he demands "I want
SpongeBob SquarePants
tapes and Hot Pockets." In the final film, he settles for "I want
Xena: Warrior Princess
tapes and Hot Pockets."
c.
The pieces of eight, as seen in the film, are: Ragettis wooden eye (Barbossa), a miniature wine cup (Ammand the Corsair), a jack of spades playing card (Capitaine Chevalle), a cork in a broken rum bottle (Captain Vallenueva), a pair of glasses (Mistress Ching), a pair of tongs (Gentleman Jocard), a tusk fragment (Sri Sumbhajee), a pendent (Sao Feng, later Elizabeth Swann), and an actual piece of eight (Jack Sparrow).
d.
Albert Brooks
was the last actor to be offered the role of Harry. In an interview with Playboy magazine, he stated that he received a nice letter from
Woody Allen
offering him the role. Brooks responded, "It was insane that Allen didnt do it himself." Apparently, Woody took his advice.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
At one point in the 1990s,
Sharon Stone
was attached to play Domino.
b.
It took a lot of negotiating to get
Rob Marshall
to direct this film. Since he directed the hit film
Chicago
for Miramax, he owed his next film to them. This is a DreamWorks film. It was only because Miramax and DreamWorks have a long history of borrowing talent from each other that they were able to work out a deal.
c.
Fifteen-year-old
Alex Pettyfer
was chosen from five hundred other boys for the coveted lead role of Alex Rider.
d.
When Beck is piloting Virgil around the diamonds, the control stick shes using is a Logitech Attack 3 joystick.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
The film earned over $400,000 the first week of its release, quite a large sum for its time, especially since it was only shown in Los Angeles and New York.
b.
There is an actual Xenia, Ohio. And a tornado really did hit there in the mid-1970s.
c.
On 16 March 2002, some scenes were filmed on board the USS
Abraham Lincoln
(CVN-72) while it was in Everett, Washington.
d.
Dr. Grants brown truck with the Museum of the Rockies and Montanta State University logos on it is actually based on the vehicle that belongs to Dr.
Jack Horner
, paleontologist consultant on the Jurassic Park films as well as the man that the character of Grant is based on. It was a difficult and time consuming process to find an exact match of Dr. Horners truck to be used in the movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
"Unobtainium" (sometimes spelled "Unobtanium") is a term used by science fiction fans (and some authors) for an extremely rare, not yet discovered, or physically impossible substance necessary for a given task.
b.
This was
Barbra Streisand
s first non-musical film, and according to assistant director Gerrity, producer Ray Stark told him that Streisand was notoriously late and could Gerrity stay on her case. "The first day she comes in 30 minutes late," recalls Gerrity, "and I say, Good morning, Ms. Streisand. You owe me a half hour. The next day shes right on time and were still lighting the set. I tried to hide, but she found me and said, Get over here. Then she whispered in my ear: Were even."
c.
Michael Jackson
originally wanted the release the movie in theaters in the United States, but budget problems forced him to make it a straight to video release.
d.
Leo McCarey
was supposed to direct the film, but shortly before the filming began he was injured in an automobile accident, and had to hand over the direction to
Garson Kanin
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
Eleanor Powell
s last film.
b.
The large white metal dividers in J.P.s home with the repeating square and circle motif can also be seen as office decor when
Renée Zellweger
enters the "Now" magazine offices near the end of _Down With Love (2003)_.
c.
The house, barn, and lake were all purpose-built on location. The man-made lake wasnt properly sealed, and, subsequently, the water drained into the soil during the first week of filming.
d.
At the University of British Columbia, Canada, an Earth and Ocean Science course (EOSC 310) uses this film as a learning tool by showing the film to students and then analyzing the bad science behind it. Ironically, at least one of UBCs professors was consulted during the shoots that were done in Vancouver.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
One of the scientific experts consulted for the making of the movie was Dr. David Stevenson of Caltech. After talking to the producers, he thought of a scientifically possible way to send an unmanned probe to the core. His idea was published in the prestigious science journal Nature on 15 May 2003.
b.
The film was heavily re-shot to turn it from a thriller to a torture/horror film. This is extremely evident in Elisha Cuthberts hairstyle. It changes throughout the movie. In the first shoot her hair was more of a shag style, while in the re-shoot it is all one length. Her hair often changes in the middle of scenes (e.g. running from one room with a shag style but entering the next room with different hairstyle.)
c.
Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier.
d.
The original camera negative was destroyed in May 1978 during a nitrate film fire in the George Eastman House archives. The fire also destroyed 328 other films original camera negatives.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
All of the "natural" effects in the film were scripted, but occurred naturally. The micro-budget did not allow the filmmakers to rent/use wind, fog or rain machines, so the shooting schedule was juggled so that scenes featuring those effects were scheduled for days when the weather forecast predicted they might happen.
b.
Both
Noel Neill
and
Phyllis Coates
portrayed "Lois Lane" in the TV series
Adventures of Superman
.
c.
DESTINI stands for Deep Earth Seismic Trigger INItiative.
d.
Originally Madman was suppose to be based on the Cropsy killer legend, but when word reached the production that the film _"Burning, The" (1981)_ was being based on the same legend the script was re-written.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Core (2003)?
a.
Christopher Young
s score employed a 120 person orchestra and over 40 choristers.
b.
This was the last feature for the team of
Jack Rabin
,
Irving Block
and
Louis DeWitt
.
c.
Yvette Mimieux
and
Jane Fonda
were rejected for the part of Lara.
d.
The old Asian immortal in Kells "Posse" is in real life
Adrian Paul
s martial arts instructor.
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