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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Duchess (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Duchess (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008).
About the movie:
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
The character of Whitney was originally scripted as a peroxide blonde.
b.
In the background of the location used for Georgiana and Charles Greys first kiss is the building used in
Pride & Prejudice
(also starring
Keira Knightley
) for Mr. Darcys first proposal.
c.
Vincent Price
signed on after reading the first draft of the script. However, the studio demanded re-writes in order to reduce production costs. The re-writes reportedly removed much of what Price liked about the first draft.
d.
Fast Eddie is from Oakland, California.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
Paramount Vantage bought the film for $7 million (US dollars) before production even began.
b.
The old lodge on the bluff was constructed especially for the movie and was torn down after filming was completed. The interior scenes were shot on a set.
c.
Ennio Morricone
was first offered the opportunity to compose the films score, but turned it down.
d.
When it was released, this movie was director
Samuel Fuller
s first film showing in theaters for about six or seven years.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
Rod Steiger
spoke in the southern dialect consistently for the duration of filming.
b.
This film marks
Peter Mayhew
s first return to the big screen since
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
. Between the two films, the only other movie he has done was
Doragon bôru GT: Gokû gaiden! Yûki no akashi wa sû-shin-chû
, made for TV in which he voices one of the characters.
c.
Costume designer
Michael OConnor
based the blue "Fox uniform" ensemble worn by
Keira Knightley
in the whig political rally scene on portraits and political cartoons of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, that were made in the late 18th century.
d.
Average shot length and median shot length is ~3.5 seconds.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
The three girls that played the Carls daughters are
John Doe
s children in real life.
b.
Susanne Bier
wrote an early draft of the script and was originally attached to direct the film.
c.
Jim Kelly
also choreographed the martial arts scenes.
d.
In an interview with CGSociety, Visual Effects Art Director
Aaron McBride
revealed that when he was given the task of doing photo-real illustrations of Davy Jones, there was talk that
Christopher Walken
would play the role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
Frank Taylors first production credit after a career as a literary editor at Random House.
b.
The memorable "Aaaugh!" scream from
Peter Robbins
as Charlie Brown originated from this film. (Oddly enough, it was also heard from Linus in one scene.) Robbins scream would become a stock sound effect in almost all subsequent Peanuts specials & movies up to the late 1990s, and is used as a scream, not only for Charlie Brown, but any other available character (excluding Snoopy and Woodstock, who had their own variants).
c.
A contemporary news item listed
May Beatty
in the cast, but she was not seen in the movie.
d.
The Tuscan red zone-front gown worn by
Keira Knightley
(known as the "Drunken Dress") had to be made in triplicate due to a stunt scripted for the scene. The costume required 36 meters of silk total for the three gowns, with green and gold lace applied by hand to each one.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
This is the second period film starring
Keira Knightley
that opens with the view of her walking across grass carrying something. In
Pride & Prejudice
, she is walking across grass carrying a book. In this movie, she is carrying a hat with names for runners in a race.
b.
Charlotte Lewis was only 18 when she filmed this movie.
c.
John Cusack
put a scar on his right eyebrow for Lloyds character. He says that the story behind that is that someone threw a rock at Lloyd when he was a kid.
d.
A scene that is not included in the movie but featured in the trailer shows Del (
John Candy
) in the bathroom of the first motel he and Neal (
Steve Martin
) are staying in. In the scene he does, among other things, an impersonation of Elvis Presley in which he sings into his hair brush.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
Even though it was the pre-Hays Code era, it was one of the few films of that time to show a married couple in the same bed together.
b.
The film was heavily marketed with links to Princess Diana (who is a direct descendant of Georgianas family, The Spencers), using her image in the trailers, and with a tagline ("There were three people in her marriage") which is a play upon a quote attributed to the late Royal.
Keira Knightley
came out and denied the film had any links at all, stating that her character was interesting enough without any comparisons.
c.
While filming the shunting scenes
Brian Yuzna
purposely avoided using any blood fearing backlash from the MPAA.
d.
Due to the assassination of civil rights activist
Martin Luther King
(April 4, 1968), the presentation of the Best Picture Oscar for this film was postponed for two days from Monday April 8th to Wednesday April 10, 1968. (see also -
The Life of Emile Zola
and
Raging Bull
).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Duchess (2008)?
a.
The house was built as a standing set in Concord, Massachusetts. It was torn down soon after filming ended.
b.
Producer
Gabrielle Tana
and her partner, Executive Producer
Carolyn Marks Blackwood
, got the rights to the Book "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire" back in 1998.
c.
The coon dog cemetery featured in the film is a real place in Tuscumbia, Alabama (a north Alabama town just south of Florence and childhood home of
Helen Keller
whose story was told in
The Miracle Worker
.
d.
The character of Krystal, played by
Beth Whitney
, was named Jenna Jameson in an early draft of the script, but writer
Sahag Gureghian
was forced to change it because there was a real-life porn star with the same name.
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