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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Fighter (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Fighter (2010) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010).
About the movie:
A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
Richard Farrell
, who plays one of the HBO camera men in the film, is essentially playing himself. Farrell is a filmmaker and news camera man who directed the award-winning HBO documentary
High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell
about
Dick Eklund
.
b.
Most of the torches for the dungeon scenes were lit by burning rubber cement
c.
Among the actors considered for the male leads were
Josh Hartnett
,
Colin Farrell
,
Matt Damon
,
Billy Crudup
, and
Ben Affleck
.
d.
First Cinema film of
Janet Suzman
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
There was originally a scene during the biker raid involving a zombie getting an arrow in the head from a crossbow. It was filmed but never featured in the final cut.
b.
Filmed in just 11 days.
c.
Emily Blunt
turned down a role.
d.
According to the daily production reports included in the films file at USC,
Vincent Sherman
directed some scenes while
Howard Hawks
went to a racetrack.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
Art Ramalho
s gym is the actual Lowell West End Gym and not a set. This is in fact where
Micky Ward
trained and is still a functioning boxing gym to this day.
b.
Effie walks in with an album on "Rainbow Records,"
Martin Luther King
s "Great March To Freedom", recorded in Detroit, June 23, 1963. This is one of the few real record covers in the movie; it was released as Gordy 906, a Motown label.
c.
Noomi Rapace
s performance as Lisbeth Salander in the original Swedish version of
Män som hatar kvinnor
was so well received, a campaign to have her reprise the role in the English language version gained wide attention in the media, championed by legendary film critic
Roger Ebert
, among others. Ultimately Repace declined to reprise the role, saying that after playing the character for three years (during the filming of the original film and its sequels), she couldnt play the role again in the same stories.
d.
Was booked for a week long engagement at Dublins Adelphi cinema is last 1989. However, after 4 days there were less than 20 paying customers - so the manager withdrew the film and let the theater go dark for the remaining 3 days - in order to save money of both heating and projection costs.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
Wendall Bakers dog, Junior, is played by Brother,
Luke Wilson
s dog. On the DVD commentary Wilson claims that no one thought Brother was up to the part but that he always believed Brother could do it.
b.
In the film,
Christian Bale
plays
Dick Eklund
, who is 7 years older than his half-brother
Micky Ward
, played by
Mark Wahlberg
. In reality, Wahlberg is 3 years Bales senior.
c.
John Travolta
,
Tom Hanks
, and
Tom Cruise
where among the actors that were considered for the role of Sheriff Freddy Heflin.
d.
Shot in 14 days.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
On stage,
Boris Karloff
played the monstrous Jonathan Brewster,
Raymond Massey
s film character, who, in eerie-looking screen makeup, resembled Karloff, which was a running gag throughout the picture. Because Karloff was still appearing in the Broadway play during the films production, he was unable to do the picture.
b.
Christian Bale
reportedly lost weight to achieve the very thin frame of
Dick Eklund
by eating very little. He even went missing for hours at a time in preparation for his role.
c.
This was the first film that both
Carrie Fisher
and
Mark Hamill
(Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars Saga) had appeared in together since
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
. Apparently neither of them knew the other was in the film until a few weeks after shooting had been completed.
d.
Don Murphy
was going to produce the film in 2003, but he made
Transformers
instead.
Mitchell Amundsen
was the cinematographer of both films.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
The meaning and relevance of this movies title
Lucky Lady
is that it is the name of the boat that the lead characters use for running rum during the prohibition era 1930s. It does not refer to
Liza Minnelli
s character, Claire.
b.
First Indian production to be shot in China.
c.
Carol Channing
s film debut.
d.
Mark Wahlberg
sent the script to
Martin Scorsese
hoping he would direct but Scorsese turned it down.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
Patrick Stewart
wanted his lifelong friend
Brian Blessed
to play Admiral Dougherty.
b.
Darren Aronofsky
was previously attached to direct but left the production to work on
Black Swan
.
c.
In one scene, after the incident with The Blank in the Southside Warehouse, Big Boy yells to his crew about how he wants Tracy dead. Originally, that scene began with Breathless sarcastically saying, "Tracy really gets under your skin, doesnt he?" before Big Boy starts to yelling but that line was cut. However, Breathlesss line did appear in the theatrical trailer and in some TV airings of the film (for a time).
d.
The Brooklyn Bridge tollbooth scene was actually filmed at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, as the Brooklyn Bridge had no toll at that time.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
Reportedly,
Robert Duvall
risked about US $ 1 million of his own money in financing this film.
b.
In Oct. 1959, Columbia Pictures distributed this film on a double bill with
Juke Box Rhythm
. Filmed May 18-June 1 1959.
c.
The big fight filmed in Lowell at The Tsongas Arena had over 200 "dummies" (props - not people) in the audience to help fill up the stands.
d.
Final film of
John Qualen
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
Joan Crawford
s film debut, although she was credited by her birth name of Lucille LeSueur. Her name was later changed to Joan Crawford as MGM felt that Lucille LeSueur sounded unfit for a movie star.
b.
The Groove Tube was an outgrowth of the Channel One Video Theater, an off-Broadway experimental multimedia theatre formed by
Ken Shapiro
and
Lane Sarasohn
in 1967. One of Channel Ones writers and performers was a young
Chevy Chase
.
c.
Michael Fassbender
auditioned for a role.
d.
One of the locations used was the old Seville Theater in a rundown section of St. Catherine Street near the old Montreal Forum. By that time the theater had been closed for quite a while and they redressed it as an Adult Movie Theater on NYCs 42nd Street leaving many to believe that the Seville Theater was being turned in a porno palace. After the filming was down everything was taken down and the theater still remains to this day (December 2006) closed, but is basically a shell as the owners have let it fall into disrepair. But the city has deemed that the front of the building historically important architecture and will not allow the building to be torn down unless they incorporate the front of the building into the new project.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighter (2010)?
a.
Matt Damon
and
Brad Pitt
were previously attached to play
Dick Eklund
, but the role went to
Christian Bale
.
b.
Director Georg Fenady and producer brother Andrew J. Fenady shot this film back-to-back with "Arnold," with some of the same actors (Elsa Lanchester, Patric Knowles, Shani Wallis, Steven Marlo, Ben Wright and Leslie Thompson).
c.
Certain shots of the high school campus are actually the University of Richmond, VA.
d.
Much of the language that the aliens speak is actually just the dialogue being read backwards (this is particularly obvious with
Jim Carrey
(Wiploc) during his conversations with Zeebo). For example, from becomes morf and females becomes sel-a-mef.
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