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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Italian Job (2003) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Italian Job (2003) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Italian Job (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 Italian Job (2003).

About the movie: Thieves plan to pull off the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles' largest ever traffic jam.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		Although this film is frank about some matters, the Production Code of the Hays Office - i.e., censorship - was still in effect. In one 16mm print there is a curious moment of dead air at the end of Lillian Larues parting speech to George Simon. She says (approximately), "Well, for Gods sake, what do they expect for fifteen thousand dollars?" John Barrymore keeps looking at Larue (Thelma Todd as if she is still speaking, and she must be, but there is no sound. Her last words in the text of the play are, "A virgin?"
b.		Dominic Purcell (Drake) did all of his stunts in the sword fight sequence against Blade.
c.		The movie also heralds a return to using the multiplane camera for scenes requiring depth, especially Nicodemus magic hologram and in the opening sequence where with the aid of backlit animation, the wise old rat beckons magic vapors from an inkwell to grace the pages of an ancient book with fiery gold lettering.
d.		While Charlie Crokers line: "You ready to create the biggest traffic jam in the history of Los Angeles?" appears in the trailer, it doesnt appear in the theatrical release.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		The part of Frank Catton was originally intended for Danny Glover, who declined the part to appear in The Royal Tenenbaums.
b.		The movie takes place on a train. The set was built across the street from a busy commuter train line. A great post-production challenge was removing all of the extraneous train noises from the audio track, while adding back in the desired sounds.
c.		For the first time in cinematic history, the production shut down Hollywood Boulevard and Highland for seven days for the shooting, according to director F. Gary Gray in an interview featured in the DVD.
d.		A total of 5 days was spent filming in New York City. The 2 major problems faced by the crew was the weather (it rained for most of the shoot) and the popularity of Frank Sinatra. Gene Kelly explained that the movie was filmed at the height of Sinatra mania and Frank would be instantly recognized by people on the streets. To avoid crowds the cast insisted on taxis instead of limousines for transportation and that the camera be hidden inside a station wagon. During the finale of the "New York, New York" musical number, which takes place in the sunken plaza at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in front of the statue of Prometheus, you can see at the top of the frame of the last shot, the heads of hundreds of curious spectators staring at the three stars over the wall behind the statue.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		The scene where Sister Helen was pulled over is based on an incident that happened to Helen Prejean during filming. She thought it was so funny that she asked to have it put into the film.
b.		At one point, Elliot talks about primordial bacteria in Australia killing off fishermen. Pyrethrins are a neurotoxin derived from Chrysanthemum plants, specifically those native to Australia. The toxin is commonly found in organic insecticides. Pyrethrins are highly toxic to bees.
c.		Both director Thomas Vinterberg and screenwriter Lars von Trier state that there is no hidden meaning or message against weapons in the film, and that the story is not meant as a political allegory against guns or America.
d.		Screen writers Donna Powers and Wayne Powers say in an interview featured in the DVD that they hadnt watched the 1969 original movie before agreeing to write the script. After that, they only watched it once. This was on purpose because they didnt want to copy the movie, they wanted to make their own movie inspired by the original one.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		At the beginning of the film, there is a brief shot of the movie theatre which says "Now Showing, The Evil, Late Show Nightly" and to the right, "Coming Attractions, Book of Dreams" (a previous film by Alex Proyas). At the end of the movie the marquee still says Book of Dreams: Welcome to Crateland is coming soon, even though the theater and marquee have changed.
b.		The White MINI was custom painted into a Pepper White MINI with a pure white roof - this is not a color combination that is made for the MINI. From 2001-2004, you could only buy MINIs with white roofs. It wasnt until 2005 that you could get a white, black or body colored roof. The mirrors had options for the "cap" that went over it. It could be white, black, chrome, or body color.
c.		The films Turkish title, MANYAK, translates to Psycho.
d.		Marlon Brando was offered the role of Jamie Tyrone in the film, but turned it down after walking out of the play halfway through a performance.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		As of 2009, this film is lost.
b.		In the original script, "fine" stood for Fucked-Up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional.
c.		This was originally intended to be the second half of the two Terminator movies developed back to back by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna. It was originally titled Project Angel (seen in some computer screens in Skynet during sync sequence with Marcus) and was to be written by David C. Wilson for release in 2003 with the events to start immediately after the first-half, which was Rise of The Machines. However, actor commitments including Arnold Schwarzeneggers office term as Governor of California prompted the script to be rewritten, including moving the time line by credited writers, John Brancato and Michael Ferris (III) qv, to be supervised and directed by Jonathan Mostow. The project was delayed because in 2006, Kassar and Vajna decided to end their partnership and the movie rights was sold to Derek Anderson (VI) and Victor Kubicek.
d.		When cost overruns on Cleopatra threatened to force 20th Century Fox to shut down production of this film, Darryl F. Zanuck flew to New York to save his project. After an impassioned speech to Foxs board, Zanuck regained control of the company he founded, ultimately finishing this picture and getting the production of Cleopatra under control.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		Jimmy Fallon was cast as Jeremy but dropped out before filming began.
b.		The Metro tunnel set was so huge that it wouldnt fit in any soundstage in Los Angeles. It was built in the hangar where the first space shuttle was assembled. They used every inch available in that hangar.
c.		Was never released on home video or DVD.
d.		Approximately US$60,000 of the movies budget was used for producing swords and sword accessories.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		This movie used to be considered "lost" but a public screening has been scheduled for September 22-24, 2011 at the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
b.		The footage of Block Island in Rhode Island was shot on 16mm in 1971.
c.		James Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote the first draft of the screenplay, a fairly faithful translation of the original with a prologue set in World War II in which Charlie Crokers father tries and fails to recover the gold (tying the film in with Troy Kennedy-Martins other heist film Kellys Heroes). A new story was commissioned from writing team the Powers that relocated the action to L.A. Early posters and the trailer still credited Purvis and Wade as co-writers.
d.		The first Marvel movie to showcase the flipping pages Marvel logo.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		Kings Island (Cincinnati, OH) and Canadas Wonderland (Toronto, ON) opened The Italian Job: Stunt Track attraction in May 2005. Kings Dominion (Doswell, VA) added the ride in summer 2006. The ride is based on the chase sequence of the 2003 film. The ride is a heavily themed roller coaster, in which the coaster trains are scaled MINI Cooper S Convertible models.
b.		Oli speaks a little Icelandic in the film. When knocking on the hotel door Oli yells "Djöfulsins" which literally means "devil", but in the context it kind of the Icelandic "fuck", also Oli says the word "snípur" which means "clit". Also when Josh calls Oli and he gets his voice mail which sounded "Hæ, þetta er Óli, legðu inn skilaboð og ég hringi í þig." which translates "Hi, this is Oli, leave a message and Ill call you back". In the subtitles on the DVD the word "snípur" is misspelled as "sneepur" to avoid people confusing it with the english word "sniper".
c.		The story that William Hurts character tells about the son who found his dead fathers body frozen on a mountain is the same story that Paul Auster uses in his novel, "The New York Trilogy".
d.		Other than the students in the film, the only two member of the cast and crew that werent connected to Sarah Lawrence College were and the Headmaster, Walter Cline, who knew Andrew Lawton from New York City Theater, and the gaffer, Bart Grieb.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		Co-writer Jack Nicholson actually compiled the movie soundtrack in its final form, with snippets of the movie dialogue between songs, and is so credited on the album cover. (When he saw Michael Nesmith at work in the studio and asked if he could help, Nesmith let him take over, because "I just want to go home".) Nicholson had unwavering enthusiasm for the movie, joining in a stickering campaign to promote the premiere, and declaring later that "I saw it, like, 158 million times, man. I loved it!"
b.		A scene with Grant Show as Stellas date in a bar was filmed but cut from the theatrical version. The scene can be found on the DVD.
c.		When Matthew Perry is cutting the grass at the beginning of the movie, hes wearing a shirt with the crest of the hockey team, the Ottawa Senators. Matthew Perry spent some time growing up in Ottawa.
d.		Most of this movie was filmed in Southern California, USA at the Twentieth Century-Fox ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains. The beach landing in the movie though was filmed on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Italian Job (2003)?
a.		Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman approached Leonard Nimoy to voice the Fallen while the three of them worked on Star Trek. Nimoy voiced Galvatron, Megatrons successor, in The Transformers: The Movie. Michael Bay was nervous about approaching a relative (Nimoy is married to Bays cousin), particularly a famous one: "I just feel kind of bad about asking him. I cant pay you that much, but would you do this voice?" Nimoy eventually got the role of Optimus Primes predecessor Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
b.		Tony Curtis plays Yul Brynners son, but Curtis was only five years younger than Brynner in real life. Curtis is also a "college student" at the real life age of 37 in this movie.
c.		In an Easter Egg on the DVD, Seth Green improvises different versions of his mocking commentary as Handsome Rob (Jason Statham) seduces the cable TV repairwoman.
d.		During the scene in which Superman and Lois go flying together and then Superman flies away, there is no cut between Superman flying away and Clark showing up at Loiss door. This was done using a prerecorded movie of Superman flying away on a screen with Lois standing in front of it. Then, as she walks away from the balcony, so crosses from the screen to the set with her apartment where she opens the door to reveal the real-time Clark Kent.

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