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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Eye (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Eye (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 Eye (2008).
About the movie:
The remake of the Hong Kong film "Jian Gui", a woman who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
Jennifer Aniston
wore a brown wig to make her character a brunette and more oversexed, a departure from her usual lighter roles.
b.
Just like the original
Gin gwai
, the story takes its source from a real event, that of a young woman who committed suicide shortly after undergoing a cornea transplant, though she seemed to be living a perfectly normal and healthy life.
c.
When the original director,
Gary Nelson
, left the project,
Bruce Malmuth
took over production. When he couldnt make it on his first day to shoot the train chase,
Sylvester Stallone
directed the chase himself to not miss a day of shooting. This caused trouble with the Directors Guild. Guild rules state that a Directors Guild member cannot be fired so an actor can take over directing a film he is starring in, so the producers asked for and received special permission for Stallone to direct the scene.
d.
Kenneth MacKenna
did not make another movie after this one for 27 years.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
Paul Thomas Anderson
made a visit to the set of
Eyes Wide Shut
, where he offered the role of Frank T.J. Mackey to
Tom Cruise
.
b.
The idea for the movie came from a night
Richard Linklater
spent walking around Philadelphia with Amy, a woman he met.
c.
Co-directors
Xavier Palud
and
David Moreau
liked the fact they "could really work on what was not obviously supernatural" and that "there were great opportunities to play with the audiences minds, to show them things that they couldnt determine were real".
d.
Filming took place in Oxford, Mississippi, near where the University of Mississippi campus is located.
George Hamilton
recalled that author
William Faulkner
, who was writer-in-residence at the university, would climb up a tree and stay there for several hours watching the film being shot.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
In 1942, the time of this films release,
Betty Grable
first achieved placement (at number eight that year) in Quigleys Annual Top Ten Money Makers Poll, where she remained annually through 1951 (when she netted third position). Miss Grable topped the list in 1943.
b.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for Preservation.
c.
Jessica Alba
was known as Obi Wan on set.
d.
The two police officers, Robert and Ralph, are named for the comic strips creator
Robert Crumb
and the movies director
Ralph Bakshi
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
To prepare for her role,
Jessica Alba
spent several weeks at the New Mexico Commission for the Blind (NMCB) where she underwent a course with a specialized instructor. She also spent a lot of time observing and hanging out with Jessica Bachicha, a blind soprano singer.
b.
Lou Costello
, in his youth a basketball player who specialized in dead-eye free-throw shooting, pumped in many of the shots himself during the films basketball game.
c.
Flags of Our Fathers cost $55 million although it was originally budgeted at $80 million. In a 2006 interview
Paul Haggis
stated that
Clint Eastwood
had shot the movie in just over 50 days, or nearly half the original shooting schedule. Variety subsequently downgraded the price-tag to $55 million. The budget for the companion piece
Letters from Iwo Jima
was officially credited at $20 million but again, according to Variety, the actual cost was "under $70 million" for both movies combined (this would place the cost of Letters as $15 million). It is possible that WB inflated the budget as part of its campaign when it became evident that Letters had Academy Award potential (the same thing happened in 2004 with Million Dollar Baby). As of April 2007 Flags and Letters had a combined worldwide theatrical gross of $135 million, with Flags having performed, according to Variety, "very strongly" in its home video bow.
d.
All of Avners four visits to the bank vault were shot in a single day alone.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
Jessica Alba
declared that while shed been wanting to do a horror thriller for a long time, she didnt want to do a slasher where each character dies in a more outrageous and bloody way, whereas she found this film to be elegant and very well written and her character Sydney to be elaborate and very interesting, thus enabling her to stretch her acting abilities.
b.
Darrell Van Citters
, who has directed occasional episodes of The Mr. Men Show, turned down an opportunity to direct the movie. He later became co-director of the movie.
c.
In this movie,
Burt Reynolds
character Buddy Evans is aged 44 years which was approximately about the same age that Reynolds actually was when this movie was made.
d.
The interior set at Paramount Studios representing the first floor of Norma Desmonds mansion in
Sunset Blvd.
starring
Gloria Swanson
was also used in this film, giving fans of that classic a rare opportunity to see it in full color.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
The two books that Bud (David) narrates to the teenagers of Pleasantville, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Catcher in the Rye," are the two most widely banned books in the United States.
b.
The opening quote by Claude Shannon is taken from his paper "The Mathematical Theory of Communication." Shannon himself is credited with pioneering the idea of Aritifical Intelligence.
c.
In early 1947,
Irene Dunne
,
Spencer Tracy
and
Robert Taylor
were set to star.
d.
Jessica Alba
particularly liked the fact that, according to her, the film is scary in a different, more subtle way than most other films in the genre, since "the audience is never sure if her character really is seeing things or if shes just losing her mind".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
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
.
b.
Final film of
Lynne Frederick
.
c.
Xavier Palud
and
David Moreau
s second feature film and first American film. They were offered the job thanks to the success of their French horror film
Ils
.
d.
Since the U.S. military presently runs a restricted communications installation at the site, the memorial dedicated to the role of Opana Point in WWII is located down the road, between the hotel lobby and beach of the Turtle Bay Resort.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
The final scene of the movie in which the girls jumped off the cliff was requested by Amber, America and Blake. While in Greece they had seen two teenage boys jump off the cliff; the boys were fans and convinced them to do it too, and the girls asked the director that this be a scene in the movie.
b.
During the course of the movie, watch the LED signal strength indicator lights on the brothers CB radio. The first four indicator lights change colors in nearly every scene, including bright green, dark green, yellow, red, and crimson. This is obviously intentional and not a series of continuity errors.
c.
Xavier Palud
and
David Moreau
chose to direct this film over
The Last House on the Left
which ended up being directed by
Dennis Iliadis
.
d.
The first person to be killed in the movie is screenplay writer
Dick Beebe
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
Originally banned in Mexico, Central and South America.
b.
During the scene where Ash had the chainsaw in the shed, about to cut up his girlfriend, he actually had to use a real chainsaw, holding it up to the actress chest. You can see on the close-up of Lindas neck (looking at the necklace) that her pulse is racing.
c.
At one point
Renée Zellweger
was cast as the lead.
d.
Marjorie Reynolds
replaced
Helen Walker
, who had been injured in a car accident.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Eye (2008)?
a.
Film debut of
Burt Reynolds
.
b.
Originally intended for a straight-to-video release. After positive screenings, it was given the nod to become a premier movie.
c.
Prior to its successful Broadway run,"Visit To A Small Planet" was first aired as a television play on May 8, 1955 on the Goodyear Television Playhouse. While some sources places another broadcast of this play in 1957, Gore Vidal did publish a collection of television plays in 1956 entitled "Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays". The play opened on Broadway on February 7, 1957 at the Boothe Theater and ran for 388 performances.
d.
To prepare for her role,
Jessica Alba
took violin lessons for 6 months, which she started while filming
4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
. She also learned basic Braille.
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