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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Haunted Mansion (2003) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Haunted Mansion (2003) - Part (2)

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.		As he would go on to do in Barry Lyndon (to Oscar-winning effect), director of photography John Alcott lit most of the film using only natural light.
b.		The initial budget was supposed to be $3.3 million but then United Artists executive David Field found out that U.A. would only make the movie if the filmmakers were able to reduce the price tag to under three million dollars. Passer and company played along. Then, United Artists said that the film needed a big name star for it to succeed at the box office. The studio liked Jeff Bridges work in the dailies for Michael Ciminos opus Heavens Gate and said that they would only further support the film if the filmmakers got the actor to be in their movie.
c.		Two cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Hal Melone (Page Boy) and Dick Baron (Newsboy). James Dunn was listed in a contemporary news item as a cast member, but he also was not seen in the movie.
d.		The chairs in the dining room were later added to both the Disneyland Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean attractions. In the Haunted Mansion, the chair appears in a portrait of the updated attic, belonging to one of the brides murdered husbands. In both the updated versions of the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom Pirates attractions, it is in the final treasure room scene as the chair Captain Jack Sparrow is sitting in.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		For the Lake Garda sequence, where a truck explodes and falls into the Lake, a custom-made net was designed to catch the truck.
b.		In April 2006 Zak Penn was hired to write and direct this film; he was going to make a prequel about Magneto, in a vein similar to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. However, the filmmakers decided to shift the focus from the early years of one mutant to those of the X-Men. Penn found this approach more interesting than what hed come up with and so stepped down with his blessing.
c.		One of the Singing Busts is a bust of Thurl Ravenscroft, according to "The Haunted Mansion: From Magic Kingdom to the Movies", written by imagineer Jason Surrell. He is often mistaken for Walt Disney. The bust of Ravenscroft is a tribute to the fact that he sang the voice of that bust in the theme park attraction. Another bust is that of Paul Frees, who narrates the Disney ride.
d.		Sarah Michelle Gellar auditioned for the part of "Mary Warren".

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		This movie was made in 1943, only one year after the Battle of Guadacanal, which was fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943. The film premiered in the USA around 27 October 1943 which was about ten months after the end of the Guadacanal Campaign.
b.		The Gracey family that haunts the Haunted Mansion is named for Yale Gracey, one of the original Imagineers (Disney designers) of the Disneyland ride, which opened in 1969. Although a ghostly Gracey is never officially named in the ride narration or press, the name has long been associated with the disembodied "Ghost Host" in the attraction through fans speculated narratives (contrary to popular belief, the ride does not have a definite story).
c.		The Charles Bronson vehicle 10 to Midnight was developed and made when development on this Bronson project, The Evil That Men Do, went into turnaround prior to a visit to the Cannes Film Festival. Producer Pancho Kohner and Cannon Films chairman Menahame Golan then decided to make 10 to Midnight instead. This other project, The Evil That Men Do, was eventually made after and was Bronsons next movie after 10 to Midnight.
d.		Alice Faye, married to Phil Harris and raising two young daughters, then tiring after nearly a dozen years of hectic moving-making, and disappointed with the outcome of this release, chose to leave Twentieth Century-Fox before her contract expired. Eventually, she would return to work at the studio once, playing the mother role in a bland filming of Rodgers and Hammersteins State Fair. Originally, Miss Faye had turned down the band-singer part in the more satisfying 1945 version.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.
b.		The New York Times of 20 March 1949 reported that this movies Associate Producer Robert Stillman "paid the entire cost of the picture with the help of his father without recourse to the banks, a startling departure from Hollywood custom."
c.		The three tarot cards that appear in the opening credits are from the Rider/Waite/Smith deck. In order, the cards are: The Lovers, Death (which represents change more often that actual death) and the 3 of Swords, the card of betrayal.
d.		Filming was halted for two weeks in November 1999 after Nicole Kidman fractured two ribs and injured her knee while rehearsing a dance routine for the film. Many of the scenes where she is seen only from the chest up, including "A real actress!", were shot while she was in a wheelchair.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		There is a 38-year gap between Jack Palances Oscar nomination for Shane in 1953 and his win for City Slickers in 1991.
b.		The Dapper Dans, a barbershop quartet that performs in Disneylands Main Street USA, make a special appearance as the voices of the singing busts.
c.		Alfred Hitchcock bought the rights to the novel anonymously from Robert Bloch for only US$9,000. He then bought up as many copies of the novel as he could to keep the ending a secret.
d.		Rod Steigers last film.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		For Jason Isaacs death scene, the plan was originally for his entrails to be still attached to him as he hung over them. Isaacs was then supposed to raise his head, showing that he was still alive, prompting Laurence Fishburnes character to shoot him in the head, to put him out of his misery.
b.		The remade "Oceans" series cast contains three of "People" Magazines "Sexiest Men Alive:" Brad Pitt (1995 and 2000), George Clooney (1997 and 2006), and Matt Damon (2007) (as well as Casey Affleck, the brother of 2002s SMA Ben Affleck.)
c.		Shirley Temple suggested the idea and placement of the "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" sequence because she felt the song would liven up the movie.
d.		Following the massive success of Ghost Busters, Disney green-lit the film in the mid 80s. However they at first would only give permission for the film to be made if either Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis or Rick Moranis would play the lead role.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Previously, Eddie Murphy had developed a stand-up routine that lampooned the unrealistic premise of horror movies and specifically haunted houses in Eddie Murphy Delirious suggesting that black people would never be featured in such a movie as they would immediately leave upon sighting anything supernatural.
b.		Michael Dorns film debut.
c.		Michael Caine (Andrew Wyke) played the role of Milo Tindle in the original version: Sleuth.
d.		Debut of Marc Lawrence.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		The film was originally scheduled to be released on May 2007, but was pushed back to June 2008 to add new scenes featuring Masi Okas cameo appearance.
b.		The name on the manure wagon in 1885 reads "A. Jones". In Back to the Future, the name on the manure truck from 1955 reads "D. Jones".
c.		Before the DVDs Game tour with Ezra and Emma of the Mansion, during the direction, the reader was Tony Jay.
d.		Anthony Hopkins recorded all the narration for the movie in one day.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		Co-writer Zoë Lund plays the women that Harvey Keitels character does drugs with in her home.
b.		While taking his Cleveland Browns physical, the doctor feels Ernies neck and asks him if has not been feeling well. Swollen lymph glands on the neck are a symptom of Leukemia.
c.		Stuart Gordon had intended to film this for some time with Peter OToole in the role of Torquemada, but the original production was canceled.
d.		As a promotion, Disney Channel had Aree Davis and Marc John Jefferies host a Halloween special in which they gave tips for pumpkin carving, costume ideas, and building a haunted house.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Haunted Mansion (2003)?
a.		The name of the drug in the movie (NZT-48) contains a clever little message as to what the drug actually does to the user. If you say the name of the drug backwards, you get 84-TZN or "Ate for teasin (teasing)".
b.		The night before the Las Vegas premier of "The Las Vegas Story," Jane and her husband, Robert Waterfield, got into a fight in which he slugged her in the face several times. The next morning, Janes face was swollen and black and blue. RKO executives didnt want to cancel the premier and Jane appeared at the festivities with a severely swollen and bruised face. A story was given to the press that the intense windstorm the night before slammed an open car door into her face. Despite the believable story, a Newsweek magazine blurb hinted at the actual truth.
c.		The hotel/casinos shown in the Las Vegas scenes actually exist.
d.		Anthony Hopkins was asked to play part of Ramsley.

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