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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Green Mile (1999) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Green Mile (1999) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999).
About the movie:
The story about the lives of guards on Death Row leading up to the execution of a black man accused of child murder and rape, who has the power of faith-healing.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
The filmmakers considered making this film about Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, whose powers were magical rather than cosmic. They decided to go with Hal Jordan as he was the most popular Lantern and the one on whom (most of) the GL universe was constructed around.
b.
In 1962, producer-director
Robert Aldrich
was preparing the prologue to
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
. He chose a scene from this film and
Ex-Lady
to document the fact that the young Jane was a flop as a movie star.
c.
Originally set in 1932, the timeframe was bumped to 1935 so the movie
Top Hat
could be featured.
d.
While trying to come up with an ad campaign to this seemingly unmarketable film, American Internationals advertising committee came up with this humorous fake tagline: "He came into town with his cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
The main character, John Murdoch, shares the name, and the quest, of a Scottish liberal in the 1870s and 1880s. The Scottish Murdoch led a major campaign for Scottish farmers to own their own land.
b.
The names of the unruly kids in the theater are Kyler, Brakota and Condon.
c.
Harry Dean Stanton
appears in the film. There is a character named Harry, and another named Dean Stanton. This is merely a happy coincidence since the characters names existed in the book long before
Harry Dean Stanton
was cast in the movie.
d.
First big lead role in a theatrical movie for
Ed Harris
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
Originally,
Tom Hanks
was going to play the Old Paul Edgecomb but the makeup tests didnt make him look credible enough to be an elderly man.
Dabbs Greer
was cast instead as the older Paul Edgecomb.
b.
This film is believed to be lost.
c.
According to the commentary on the Kino Video DVD, the crew of
Douglas Fairbanks
longboat in the climactic chase and battle were members of the crew of the USS Arizona.
d.
Writer-director
Rudy Durand
made potential crew members read the screenplay. He only hired people to work on the film whom he felt liked the script.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
Near the end of the film, when Mitch carries Melanie down the stairs, it is actually
Tippi Hedren
s stand-in being carried by
Rod Taylor
. Hedren was in the hospital recovering from exhaustion after a week of shooting the scene where Melanie is trapped in the upstairs room with the birds.
b.
The character played by
Michael Parks
refers to his son as "Son number 1" just like in
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
.
c.
Michael Jeter
(who plays Eduard Delacroix) was also in
Mousehunt
, another film which co-starred a gifted mouse.
d.
Mike Vraney, Something Weird Video owner, discovered a copy in a Vault in Copenhagen, Denmark. Considering that David Friedman had been looking for a copy for decades, Vraney equated the moment to Discovering the Holy Grail.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
By the time Paul introduced Elaine to Mr. Jingles, the mouse would have to be at least 64 years old - over nine times the age of the oldest ever known real mouse.
b.
When
Mark Wahlberg
tumbled down the stairs for Izzys first Steel Dragon performance, he did it at a real rock concert. At first the unaware fans thought hed fallen for real and were shocked into silence. After a few takes they realized it was an act and stopped caring.
c.
Welles 156-page personal working copy of the script for the film sold for $97,000 in 2007.
d.
The Autobot Arcee was originally meant to appear in the first film, but was replaced with Ironhide because the writers thought robot genders would be difficult to explain. Afterward, they decided to include Arcee to please fans, and ignore the gender issue. Arcees alternate mode was felt to be too small for her to be an effective warrior, so she got two partners, Chromia and Elita-1.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
Peter Cullen
wants to own one of the Peterbilt trucks that served as Optimus Prime.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 1, 1948 with
Cary Grant
,
Loretta Young
and
David Niven
reprising their film roles.
c.
In actuality,
Michael Clarke Duncan
is of a similar height as his co-star
David Morse
and is a couple inches shorter than
James Cromwell
. Among other things, creative camera angles were used to create the illusion that Duncan as John Coffey towered over the prison staff, even Brutal Howell and Warden Moores.
d.
One of the locations was an empty vault under the Brooklyn Bridge, which was reopened and cleaned out especially for the film after being sealed for 100 years.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
This was the first film to be given the newly instituted NC-17 rating in the US for its graphic violence before it was re-cut to its final theatrical length.
b.
The resting place of the Golden Army was originally scripted to be under water, requiring the main characters to swim to it. This concept was removed for budgetary reasons.
c.
The prison guards wear uniforms to give the movie a better feel, even though uniforms werent in use at the time in which the movie is set.
d.
Demi Moore
got the part of Molly Jensen, largely because she can cry out of either eye on cue.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
The water buffalo (carabao in Filipino) that was slaughtered was real.
b.
The music played over the loudspeakers in the retirement home as Old Paul Edgecomb first walks out of his room is the same as the music the nurses played at medication time in
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
. The music used is Mantovanis Charmaine.
c.
The Edgar Allen Poe quote at the beginning is the same one used in
The Fog
. That film is a favorite of writer/director
Matt Walker
.
d.
The oil tanker bears the name "Eindhoven", the Dutch hometown of director
Jan de Bont
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
The first time
Mia Farrow
appeared in a
Woody Allen
film.
b.
While the film makes a central point of the idea that Kathys voice is dubbed over Lina Lamonts, what is not told is that, ironically, in some of these songs - notably "Would You" and "You Are My Lucky Star" -
Debbie Reynolds
, the actress who plays Kathy, is actually dubbed by
Betty Noyes
. However, Reynolds own singing voice can be heard on the outtake footage of "Lucky Star" as performed next to the giant billboard of
Gene Kelly
.
c.
The name for the character John Coffey was lifted from a college professor, Rev. John Coffee.
Stephen King
had met him once and really liked his name and used it in "The Green Mile". Reverend Coffee taught history classes at Emerson College in Boston Massachusetts. He retired in May 2005.
d.
Olympic gymnast
Mitchell Gaylord
was a stunt double for
Chris ODonnell
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Mile (1999)?
a.
Shot in 31 days.
b.
At the beginning of the movie, when the old Paul Edgecomb is walking to get some breakfast after waking from that bad dream, he is walking on a tiled floor that is very green, as if its his Green Mile.
c.
(June 2006) When issued for domestic use, it was the worlds first MPEG-4-AVC encoded Blu-ray release developed by Panasonic Hollywood Labs (PHL).
d.
For its Germany release the film was titled Die Nacht der unheimlichen Bestien, which means "The Night of the Uncanny Beast."
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