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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Haunted Mansion (2003) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Haunted Mansion (2003)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003).

About the movie: Workaholic Jim Evers, his wife/business partner and their two kids are summoned to a mansion. When they discover that the place is haunted, Jim discovers an important lesson about the family he's neglected as they attempt to escape.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Originally, Don Knotts was cast as the Groundskeeper seen at the entrance to the cemetery in the ride. While the character was cut as the script developed, both the Groundskeeper and his faithful, fearful dog can be glimpsed among the ghosts populating the cemetery in the film.
b.		Robert Donat was cast in the title role, but couldnt complete it because of chronic health health issues. Leslie Howard (v) was second choice but was either unavailable or uninterested. Fredric March, Ronald Colman and Clark Gable were also considered by supervisor Harry Joe Brown. After George Brent, Brian Aherne and Errol Flynn were tested, Warners decided to take a gamble on the unknown Australian.
c.		In his autobiography, Charles Chaplin revealed he had the idea for this film at Pickfair, the home of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Indeed, his two friends and associates were showing him pictures of Alaska and Klondike. One of them was picturing prospectors climbing the Chilkoot col, which gave Chaplin the subject of his next movie.
d.		Catherine Martin, Kym Barrett: The production designer and the costume designer make cameo appearances as Gloria Capulets maids. They are seen in the film dressing Juliets mother in her Cleopatra costume before the ball.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Drebins line about shooting the Shakespeare in the Park performers is a close parody of a line Harry Callahan says about shooting a rapist in Dirty Harry.
b.		Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer were briefly in talks to write and direct the movie after the Wayans Brothers left the franchise. However, Friedberg and Seltzer wanted to make the movie chiefly a parody of Star Wars, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, whose working title was reported as "Scary Movie 3: Episode I: Lord of the Brooms". Ultimately, Harvey Weinstein preferred to keep the series parodying horror films, and so Friedberg and Seltzers script went unused.
c.		It was filmed in Ireland, in the Wicklow Mountains. They were only allowed to film there under the condition that they clean up entirely after themselves, without damaging the landscape.
d.		The Disney theme-park rides theme song, "Grim Grinning Ghosts", makes a short appearance in the movie, but the all of the background music is some version of the song. Thurl Ravenscroft is the soloist for this song on the Disney ride, but he wasnt able to sing for the movie version of the song.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Several references to the Disney theme-park ride include: - the singing busts - the breathing door (even the doorknob is the same) - Madame Leota (and the spectral instruments) - the busts that follow Jim - the ghostly carriage (a prop outside the ride) - the old man and the dog in the cemetery - Master Gracys hanging - the ghostly ballroom dancers. - the Raven seen throughout the movie - the hitchhiking ghosts - the hangman - the eyes in some of the walls - morphing pictures in the hallway. - several lines throughout the movie that are also used in the rides narration, such as: "Welcome, foolish mortals", "Final arrangements have been made", "Theres always my way" - the floating candelabra in the credits - the brides dress in the attic - the screeching cat sound effect in graveyard scene - the skeletons hands that start to open coffin in the mausoleum - the knights in the hallway attacking Jim - the door knockers heard rapping in the bedroom hallway - the pipe-organ in the ballroom - the clock strikes 13 during the prologue
b.		John Ford had considered casting a young actor as Stoddard, but feared that would highlight the fact that John Wayne was too old to play Doniphon.
c.		When preparing a compilation of film clips for Kirk Douglas life achievement award by the Shoah Foundation, Steven Spielberg couldnt locate footage from this film and asked Universal for a clip. Spielberg recommended to the studio that the film be green-lighted for preservation, which it was.
d.		The train in the film was the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy RRs "Pioneer Zephyr" passenger train.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		One of the original ideas for a title for the movie was "Greyshot," both a reference to the hand-held style of filming and the name of the bridge in Central Park where Rob and Beth take refuge.
b.		1. The Intruder 2. The Frame-Up 3. The Secret Trail 4. Falsely Accused 5. The Betrayal 6. The Lost Fortune 7. Cattle Wolves 8. Under Fire 9. Man to Man 10. The Fatal Message 11. Hidden Fangs 12. False Friends 13. Stolen Secrets 14. Steeds of the Sky 15. Yaqui Gold 16. Left for Dead 17. unknown 18. unknown
c.		The Hitchhiking Ghosts were more prominent in early drafts of the script, but were trimmed back because it became too overwhelming to have three supporting characters chiming in all the time.
d.		After filming one day, actor James Brolin returned to his car to find two youths attempting to break in. Still in his generals uniform, he frightened away the would-be thieves, who mistook him for a real military officer.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Hidden Mickeys: - when Jim and Sara are at the gate to the mansion, Sara picks up the lock on the gate which is shaped like a Mickey head. - When Ramsley pours the powdered poison in Sarahs drink, a Mickey forms when the powder and drink mix. - The couch in the library is vaguely shaped as Mickeys head.
b.		The character of Jessica is an homage to the actress Jessica Clark who starred in the short film, "Does It Feel" (2004) as a character very similar to the role of Amber in the feature film. Jessica Clark also contributed to Pretty Vacants as the Acting Coach for the film.
c.		All of the train shots were shot onboard a real, moving, train.
d.		About 70% of the movie was actually filmed in Africa.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		The make-up designed by Rick Baker for Ramsley (Terence Stamp) was to make him resemble Boris Karloff.
b.		The communication viewscreen on Mars Recovery was built by Silicon Graphics (hence the abbreviation logo of SGI).
c.		Made again in 2011 as The Three Musketeers. In that film, Kiefer Sutherland role of Athos is played by Matthew Macfadyen. His father, Donald Sutherland, worked with Macfadyen in Pride & Prejudice and "The Pillars of the Earth (2010)_. Oliver Platt worked with Macfadyen in Frost/Nixon.
d.		Just before he shot Maj. Strasser (Conrad Veidt), Humphrey Bogart ad-libbed the line, "All right, Major, you asked for it." But Hal B. Wallis pointed out that this made it look as though when Strasser drew his gun first it was self-defense. Veidt was recalled and the scene reshot without the added line, but the original version was used in the trailer for the movie.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Jean Harlow wore a wig for this film. Because this film was filmed in black and white, to make up for the subtle change in hair color by the wig, her makeup was made more dramatic, to highlight the nature of her character.
b.		According to the DVD commentary, the car chase scene was originally meant to be a spoof of Ronin. When the filmmakers go to the location, they saw how quickly the lights changed, realized it would be a funnier joke, and rewrote the scene (the lights really do change from green to red as fast as they are shown in the movie).
c.		The red couch in Graceys study was used in 20000 Leagues Under the Sea.
d.		Marlon Brando originally signed for the role of Joseph Dobbs (Robert Preston), but quit the production before principal photography commenced. According to Bob Thomass "Brando: Portrait of the Artist as a Rebel", Brando quit the production when he realized that James Mason had the better role, and that his flagging career would soon be revitalized by the The Godfather. Preston, a fine actor, received poor reviews for his performance from Pauline Kael, among others. Brando subsequently was sued by producer David Merrick.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Madame Leota, the medium whose head is enclosed in her crystal ball, was named for Imagineer Leota Thomas, who worked on numerous Disneyland projects in the 1960s.
b.		Reportedly, when Raven-Symoné was told she would sing a song with Julie Andrews for the movie, she was so moved, she started crying.
c.		Although the widely perceived notion was that Michael Cunninghams original novel was felt to be unfilmable, adapter David Hare actually thought it was effortlessly cinematic.
d.		The film happens entirely in "real time". In other words, the time portrayed in the story is about 90 minutes, the running time of the film.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		When the two new homeowners start singing: "Happy Anniversary!" and Jim reacts very annoyed, its a tongue-in-cheek joke about a commercial that aired on the radio for the Disneyland theme park anniversary, sung the exact same way by a child. The commercial was reacted to badly by listeners because it was so obnoxious and eventually pulled.
b.		Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz married for real two years later.
c.		The word "Cobol" from Cobol Engineering, the company Dom Cobb worked, is actually a high level language for business data processing.
d.		Marvel made a comic book based on the film.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Despite being in two scenes Gert Fröbe never actually says a word.
b.		Richard Williams convinced a bunch of Irish voice actors to record for the Brigands sequence after making sure they had plenty to drink and had them read the script. He kept the tape rolling as they got more and more drunk. Eventually they started fighting, he got it all on tape and used it in the film (which remains even in the edited cuts).
c.		The original stage production of "Tall Story" by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse opened at the Belasco Theater in New York on January 29, 1959 and ran for 108 performances.
d.		Much of the movies plot is inspired by Phantom Manor, the version of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland Resort Paris. Unlike the Haunted Mansions in the other parks, Phantom Manor has a clear storyline of a bride, her lost lover, and her haunting the mansion.

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