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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hangover (2009) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hangover (2009) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009).
About the movie:
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
Peter Sarsgaard
had a prosthetic applied on his head to portray Hector Hammond in the initial stages of his mutation (a swollen brain). For scenes where Hammonds head actually enlarges it will be done in CGI.
b.
Veteran screenwriter
Alvin Sargent
- 73 at the time the film was made - was brought in to perform a script polish as a personal favor for his friend, producer
Laura Ziskin
.
c.
Henry Jones senior was, according to backstory material written but not presented in the film, born in the 1860s, and was a Scottish university professor before emigrating to Utah, where Indy was born. He was roughly 75 years old in 1938.
Sean Connery
was only 58 at the time of filming (and only 12 years older than
Harrison Ford
), hence the beard and general "old man" attire his character wears. Indy impersonating a Scottish lord at Castle Brunwald was a nod to this unspoken backstory.
d.
Ed Helms
(Stu),
Rachael Harris
(Melissa),
Rob Riggle
(Officer Franklin) and
Matt Walsh
(Dr. Valsh) all appeared as correspondents on
The Daily Show
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
Elvis describes his medicine bag as "mucho mojo," which is the title of another book by
Joe R. Lansdale
, author of the original Bubba Ho-Tep.
b.
Plans for a sequel had already been made before this film was even in theaters.
c.
During "Planet Terror," the news of Jungle Julia breaking can be heard on the radio during one scene. Jungle Julia dies in
Death Proof
.
d.
The film was shot on two days a week over the course of 4 months. It took 26 days total to shoot.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
When Jack is beating up Stan, Joe Gariffo accidentally punched Shaun Paul Costello in the face. Also, Joe hit Shaun for real at the end of the film, so when the Stan character says, "you really hit me!" its because Joe really hit him.
b.
This violent cop movie was released just over eighteen months after
Clint Eastwood
s violent cop movie,
Dirty Harry
. The tagline on this pictures main American movie poster and DVD reads: "This cop plays dirty!".
Roger Ebert
said that this film was " . . . probably the best violent big-city police movie since
Dirty Harry
" whilst Digital Retribution said that this movie " . . . is very much a post-Dirty Harry genre flick and Bronsons Detective Torrey reflects that in spades."
c.
During filming in Las Vegas, one of the Mercedes (a very beat up and distinctive one) was stolen from the lot where the vehicles were being kept. The next day the production was filming driving sequences and traffic was being held up by the local police. A production person noticed that a very distinctive Mercedes was part of the cars being held, the police were told, the driver was arrested and the car was recovered.
d.
Jerry OConnell
auditioned to play John Jameson.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
According to Celena Haas (Caesars Palace Director of Public Relations), the suite the characters stayed at was modeled after two of the resorts luxurious suites in its Forum Tower: a well-appointed penthouse and the so-called "
Rain Man
suite," located on the 68th and 69th floors of the Forum Tower.
b.
David O. Selznick
originally rejected the story, as films about Hollywood had generally failed, but was persuaded to do the film by his wife
Irene Mayer Selznick
. Writer-director
William A. Wellman
had alternately suggested a sequel to
The Public Enemy
, titled "Another Public Enemy".
c.
The bar that the mob gathers in before searching for the werewolf is called "Owens Bar".
Stephen King
has a son named Owen.
d.
The design for Gollum took over 100 maquette sculptures and over 1000 drawings to get right.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
The name of the retirement home where Granny is held hostage, "Los Viejos", is Spanish for "The Old People".
b.
Contrary to popular belief, the movie follows
Truman Capote
s original novel quite closely. The character of Mag Wildwood, the Amazon-like model who crashes Hollys party in the film, is a major character in the novel. Capote describes her as having a stutter. In the film, Mag does indeed stutter though this isnt explained. During the shoplifting sequence, Holly briefly dons a Huckleberry Hound mask; a direct reference to a line in her song, "Moon River." Although
Audrey Hepburn
s performance of "Moon River" is unsurpassed, it would not be officially released until after her death. Hollys "bad date" prior to her first visit to Pauls apartment is only heard behind a door. The man who provides this voice is uncredited, but he sounds a lot like
Mel Blanc
, who at the time was working with film co-star
Alan Reed
on
The Flintstones
.
c.
Bradley Cooper
and
Justin Bartha
s third film together, after
Failure to Launch
and
New York, I Love You
.
d.
The film was shot in Canada and was shot in 29 days
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
The station wagon used in the film is a 1960 Dodge Seneca.
b.
In the opening scene, a newsboy shouts the headline, "Extra! Oregon State Invites Duke to Rose Bowl." On January 1, 1942 (the year the movie was released), Oregon State defeated Duke University in the Rose Bowl, by a score of 20-16. The 1942 audience therefore would recognize the opening scenes in the movie as taking place in the previous year, just before the Pearl Harbor attack.
c.
The carpet in Sids house is modeled after the horrible carpet in the basement of the house
Pete Docter
(writer/lead animator) lived in as a child. When Buzz gets wacky at the "tea party" he calls himself Mrs. Nesbit. The name of one of Petes grade school teachers and in college, he had a Toyota pickup truck pretty much like the one the pizza delivery guys used. It too had a "YO" on the gate.
d.
One of the songs from the movie is "Cant Tell Me Nothing" by
Kanye West
. One of the stars,
Zach Galifianakis
was actually paid by West to make an alternative music video for the song.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
Felicity Huffman
:
William H. Macy
s wife, plays the cast handler on "What Do Kids Know".
b.
Todd Phillips
waived his usual salary and received part ownership of the film instead. In an interview with
Howard Stern
, Phillips said that due to the films box-office success "this is his
Star Wars
."
c.
The demon-destroying axe is inscribed with the letters OTIS. The significance of this writing is never given. Fans have speculated that Otis Meiks is the true name of
Bill Paxton
s character "Dad." Others believe OTIS to be an acronym for Only The Innocent Survive.
d.
In Early Drafts of the Script, Lex and Tim were kept in for much longer. Some even had the kids going back to the park and encountering the dinosaurs again.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
When Rodney goes back to check on the nukes for the first time, he mentions that there are two "TK421" bombs and a "1138". TK421 was the stormtrooper number Han Solo used in
Star Wars
, and 1138 is a reference to
THX 1138
, an early
George Lucas
film.
b.
Lindsay Lohan
was offered the part of the stripper, Jade, but turned it down. She did not like the script and thought the movie would bomb.
Heather Graham
was given the role instead. Lohan later admitted to regretting the decision.
c.
While doing research in Kentucky, the director/writer came upon a vet who told him about a racehorse who miraculously made a come back after a serious injury.
d.
The movie was shot in 15 weeks in the autumn of 1989.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
The script took four months to write, and two years to edit.
b.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
c.
Three sets of twins and a dummy were used to portray the baby.
d.
Nabokov is also the name of a character who is mentioned in a conversation.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hangover (2009)?
a.
Final film appearance of
George Burns
and
Gracie Allen
together.
b.
The Lonesome Roads Hotel was all one ranch house except one stairway which was used for what was referenced to as "the back part of the hotel".
c.
Pedro Lovell
reprises his role as Spider Rico, the boxer defeated by Rocky in the opening scene of
Rocky
.
d.
No effects or prosthetics were created for Stus missing tooth. Actor
Ed Helms
never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stus tooth is missing.
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