Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hollywood Sign (2001) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hollywood Sign (2001) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Hollywood Sign (2001).

About the movie: Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hollywood Sign (2001)?
a.		Mike Myers has revealed in interviews that the Austin Powers character was created based on a couple of instances involving his family. His father loved watching British comedies with actors like Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, so Myers always wanted to play an English character in a comedy. He also said that one night after coming home from hockey practice, he started flirting with his wife in an English accent. His wife laughed and told him to write the routine down, so he could do it again. Writing the routine down led to this script.
b.		At $50 million, this was Wes Andersons biggest budgeted film.
c.		Whoopi Goldberg: As one of the women throwing dirt on a coffin in the funeral scene.
d.		Tom Bähler was originally approached to write the films songs, before the decision was made to hire Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hollywood Sign (2001)?
a.		Robert Altmans personal favorite of the films he directed.
b.		Maguires crime scene photography work is based on Arthur Weegee Fellig, a famous crime-scene photographer in the 1920s and 1930s who was licensed to possess a "scanner" radio that allowed him to listen to frequencies used by the police and fire departments. This enabled him to arrive (by car) at crime and fire scenes, sometimes before the authorities did, as if informed by telepathic powers, to which his nickname, a corruption of "Ouija", alludes. He sold his photos to the tabloid newspapers. The photos in Maguires apartment are real 1930s crime scene photos, some of which were taken by Weegee himself.
c.		Carole Lombard tested for the female lead after Lita Greys unexpected pregnancy forced her to drop out of the film.
d.		Throughout his career Burt Reynolds has made a number of movies that examine movie-making and this film is one of them. The pictures include Fade-In (location filming & westerns); Silent Movie and Nickelodeon (silent films); Best Friends (scriptwriting & Hollywood); Hooper (stuntwork and Hollywood); The Player (Hollywood); Boogie Nights (adult films); The Last Producer (producers and Hollywood); The Hollywood Sign and A Bunch of Amateurs (actors and Hollywood).

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