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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Jackal (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Jackal (1997) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997).
About the movie:
An imprisoned IRA sniper is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
The film was edited twice, and rated NC-17 both times. The final cut was initially rated NC-17, but got an R on appeal.
b.
Average Shot Length = ~5.1 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.2 seconds.
c.
To promote the movies release, a giant helium balloon of Rex the T-Rex was included in the real-life 1993 Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Unfortunately, as the parade moved through Columbus Circle, high winds caught the Rex balloon and caused it to list over the nearby sidewalk. The head of the Rex balloon struck a protruding street light and popped, but the rest of the dinosaurs body remained inflated until the end of the parade.
d.
According to
Harry Carey Jr.
,
Joanne Dru
s husband,
John Ireland
, stayed in town during the shooting and avoided the set, but did organize the company into a performance of "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" in the evening.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
Adrien Brody
did his own stunt driving.
b.
Episode titles: 1. The Whirlpool of Destiny 2. The Casket of Tainted Treasure 3. The Hidden Hand 4. From Sunshine to Shadow 5. The Trap 6. The Dragons Den 7. The Yellow Claw 8. A Clue from the Klondike 9. Cupids Puzzle 10. The Woman and the Game 11. A Shot in the Dark 12. Caught in the Web 13. The Struggle 14. The Escape 15. The Test of Death 16. The Crafty Hand 17. The Missing Finger 18. The Great Secret
c.
Bruce Willis
asked for the scene where the Jackal kills a gay man to be re-shot so it was more obvious that he was being killed due to the fact that he knew too much (having seen The Jackal on a news report) rather than because he was gay.
d.
When you see Frodo and Gandalf sitting on a cart at the beginning, forced perspective means that
Elijah Wood
is 3 feet behind
Ian McKellen
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
Edward Fox
is rumored to have rejected a cameo role (possibly the
Leslie Phillips
role, Woolburton).
b.
According to the display screen on the security computer when the motion detectors go off, the film takes place on 14 September 1989.
c.
Kate Winslet
turned down the role of Viola after the success of
Titanic
. She went on to film
Jane Campion
s
Holy Smoke
instead.
d.
It was decided that the film would be produced at
Robert Rodriguez
s Troublemaker Studios instead of 20th Century Fox so that Rodriguez would have creative control over the project.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
The character of the disturbed killer Curt Duncan was based on a college acquaintance of director
Fred Walton
who somehow could just enter a room and automatically make others in the room uncomfortable. Yet Walton felt enough sympathy for this person that the character of Duncan is treated with a fair amount of sensitivity.
b.
The title refers to a brand of Chinese ink.
c.
After the filming of this movie,
Bruce Willis
and
Richard Gere
reportedly vowed to never work with each other again.
d.
Frank Darabont
originally wrote an opening scene showing the military scientist referenced to by Private Jessup accidentally opening the dimension portal that allows the creatures and the mist to enter our world. Over dinner,
Andre Braugher
questioned Darabont whether this scene was necessary. After thinking about it for a week, Darabont was convinced to scrap the scene, leaving the nature of the mist more ambiguous.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
The actors who portray the gunslingers were hosts of
The Three Stooges
television programs in the 1960s. One of them,
Don Lamond
, was
Larry Fine
s son-in-law.
b.
Bobcat wrote this movie in three days.
c.
"Endtrack" by
Massive Attack
, the song that plays over the end credits, is actually an alternate remix of their song "Dissolved Girl".
d.
The uncredited little boy playing actor
James Garner
s son is five-year old actor
Jon Provost
who a year later would start playing "Timmy" in the TV series
Lassie
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
The running time of the film, without credits, is about 80 minutes, the length of a long-running MiniDV tape, a common format used in consumer camcorders.
b.
Olive Thomas
last film.
c.
The screenplay for "Dance of the Dead" was written in 1998, before zombie movies had returned to the mainstream.
d.
At age 91, just months before his death,
Fred Zinnemann
, director of the original
The Day of the Jackal
, on which this film is based, fought with Universal to change the title of the film. He said the original had stood the test of time and did not want the remake to have the same title.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
Ranked #447 in Empire magazines "the 500 greatest movies of all time" in 2008.
b.
Danny DeVito
refuses to eat junk food, so the donuts he eats in this film arent fried, contain no sugar, and are fat-free. They were made to order by Manis Bakery Cafe on Fairfax in Los Angeles.
c.
Kane Hodder
: The man who seizes Anderson right before the big fight between Anderson and Mayor Buckman (
Robert Englund
). This might be a reference to Freddy vs. Jason, as (
Kane Hodder
) played Jason Voorhees (in Friday the 13th VII, VIII, Jason goes to Hell, and Jason X) , and (
Robert Englund
) played Freddy Kreuger.
d.
The "Hotel Porvoo" is the old town hall (its nowadays a museum) in Porvoo. The "Porvoo Post Office" is a furniture restoring service.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
Frederick Forsyth
, who wrote the novel "The Day of the Jackal", insisted his name be taken off the credits of this film, which is why it is billed as "based on the screenplay".
b.
Harrison Ford
told
Gary Oldman
to actually hit him during the filming of the fight scenes.
c.
Storyboard and animator
Peter Sohn
was cast on the spot for the role of Emile when director
Brad Bird
accidentally found out that his demeanor and voice were exactly like the character description of Emile.
d.
Filmed July-September 1939, and bears a 1939 copyright statement on the title card, even though it was not actually copyrighted until January 1940.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
Before
Bruce Willis
was cast,
Richard Gere
was offered the role of The Jackal. He turned it down and instead asked if he could play the hero.
b.
The scene where Louis terrorizes the cops uses the same music from
A Clockwork Orange
.
c.
Was filmed in only 21 days.
d.
Writer
Paul Haggis
turned down the role of directing the movie.
Roger Michell
also passed on it.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jackal (1997)?
a.
Students who attended a school in which a few scenes of the movie were shot were cast as extras.
b.
The crew rented a house in Lomita, CA and used it for every interior but Papoos, located in Burbank, CA, and the classroom scene which was done at the New York Film Academy.
c.
This film was the first winner for the inaugural Best Animated Feature Film category of the Academy Awards 2001.
d.
Sean Connery
,
Liam Neeson
and
Matthew McConaughey
all turned down roles.
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