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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Insider (1999) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Insider (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 Insider (1999).
About the movie:
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a "60 Minutes" expose on Big Tobacco.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
This is not the first movie with the title "Morituri" nor is it the first World War II movie with this title.
Morituri
, a German film, was made seventeen years prior to this movie, and it was the first German film made after the war which was about the Second World War.
b.
The courtroom where
Jeffrey Wigand
gives his deposition is not a set. The filmmakers used the actual courtroom in Jackson County Mississippi where the real Wigands deposition was given.
c.
While filming outside Kamloops at the "Cabin" set,
Harrison Ford
would often borrow the quad ATV from the greens dept, so he could bomb back and forth to set from his trailer without using a driver and van.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
Critics complained that the scene showing the funeral being disrupted by gang gunfire was unrealistic. According to the filmmakers, shortly after the scene wrapped, a church service a short distance away actually was disrupted by gang gunfire.
b.
The scenes at the Pascagoula mansion, on the Gulf of Mexico, were filmed at the home of the real
Richard Scruggs
(the attorney portrayed in the film) in Pascagoula. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the home in 2005.
c.
The train is a Czech Railways 680 class "Pendolino", made by the French company Alstom.
d.
To create a realistic effect during Vietnam battle scenes, DP
Douglas Milsome
experimented with a camera with a shutter thrown off sync. This effect was reused in another war movie,
Saving Private Ryan
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
The real Dan Saxon was an extra in the movie.
b.
The scene with
Griffin Dunne
at the subway station is a reference to his earlier appearance in
An American Werewolf in London
.
c.
The real
Jeffrey Wigand
asked for two concessions from the filmmakers: that they change the names of his daughters, and that there be no smoking anywhere in the film. Both requests were granted (except for the three small instances previously mentioned).
d.
In the hospital, the brand of aspirin that the doctor removes from the shelf is Kohlgate & Co.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.
b.
After reading an early draft of
The Good Shepherd
,
Michael Mann
approached
Eric Roth
to help write the script.
c.
Gary Stevens
and
Chris McCarron
are both successful professional jockeys, both having won the Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup races. McCarron retired a couple months before accepting the role of
Charles Kurtsinger
.
d.
When Harrys wife is on the Seattle show, the shows host interrupts her, saying that "Dermot Mulrooney" is coming on after the commercial break.
Dermot Mulroney
is the actor that plays "Star of Coming Up Daisy" in the actual film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 1, 1950 with
Burt Lancaster
reprising his film role.
b.
Michael Moore
, the Attorney General of Mississippi, plays himself for the scenes involving the lawsuit.
c.
The working title for the film was "Blood Buddy."
d.
Sam Elliott
s feature film debut.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
A third instance of a character smoking in the film occurs while Wigand is giving his deposition. Bergman converses briefly with a photographer about what might be going on inside the courtroom. The photographer, whose back is to the camera, takes a drag from a cigarette.
b.
Christopher Walken
,
Benicio Del Toro
and
Vincent Gallo
all co-starred in
Abel Ferrara
s
The Funeral
, also released in 1996.
c.
The ring that
Amy Irving
wears throughout the movie was a gift to her from
Stephen King
the author of the book the film is based on.
d.
The movie covers roughly the first 16 of the books 34 chapters.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
The area shown after the Pulaski Skyway is known as the Ironbound section of Newark, NJ, which has also been used for location shots in
Wise Guys
and _War of The Worlds (2005)_.
b.
During filming,
Hugh Jackman
accidentally broke an extras hand.
c.
The original title for this film was "Man Of The People". That was the working title when scenes were filmed in Israel, and created some surprise in that country when fans eagerly awaiting its release couldnt find the title in the release schedules.
d.
The character "Schultz" was based on Carls childhood friend who was nicknamed "Schultz" from the old T.V. series
Hogans Heroes
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
Will Sampson
, who plays Chief Bromden, was a park ranger in Oregon in a park near where the movie was filmed. He was selected for the part because he was the only Native American the Casting Department could find who matched the characters incredible size.
b.
Cary Grant
s 51st credited film.
c.
The gun that
Jeffrey Wigand
has when hes investigating the noise outside is a Smith and Wesson .357 magnum revolver.
d.
When Daisy Evans (Joan Marsh) leaves the movie theatre, she pauses to look at a poster for The Stolen Jools (
The Slippery Pearls
) ("with 55 famous stars"), a popular two reel short subject of 1931.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
The guitarist playing with Marie DeSalle when they see her at Lounge Ax is Jeff Parker from Chicago bands Tortoise and Isotope 217.
b.
One of
Lowell Bergman
s Emmy awards is visible in his bedroom as he is first contacting Wigand.
c.
The character of the CIA Career Trainee Lisa Sahadi (played by
Elisa Moolecherry
) was revealed in a deleted scene to actually have been a CIA agent who is part of the new group and is gathering intelligence on the group.
d.
The role of Florine, played by
Patti LuPone
, is not in the original play "Driving Miss Daisy". It was written in by playwright and screenwriter
Alfred Uhry
specifically for LuPone, who, Uhry felt, looked good in a costume.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Insider (1999)?
a.
Both
Burt Reynolds
and
Christopher Reeve
were once considered for James Bond. Reynolds was considered for Bond for Live and Let Die and Reeve was considered for The Living Daylights.
b.
The script is based on a Vanity Fair article.
c.
The scene where the two hoods walk into the tavern to rob it, only to find that its full of cops is based on an actual event that took place in an infamous after-hours bar on Chicagos near North Side where policemen gathered after their shifts. Among the cast are several veterans of the Chicago Police force including Dennis Farina.
d.
Jason Thirsk, to whom the film is dedicated in the memory of, was the former bassist and co-founder of the California punk band Pennywise who also appears on the films soundtrack.
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