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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003).
About the movie:
In an alternate Victorian Age world, a group of famous contemporary fantasy, SF and adventure characters team up on a secret mission.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 13, 1952 with
James Mason
reprising his film role.
b.
Old video copies of this film omit the title song (as performed by
America
), which was heard in its entirety during the closing credits (the
Burton Cummings
tune is heard instead). All the other tracks remained intact. Americas version of
The Mamas and the Papas
classic is available on their greatest hits CD, as it was issued as a single one month before the films release, failing to make the top 40 (it peaked at 56).
c.
The flickering of the lights in the background of the psychiatrists office when Evan is being hypnotized after they blew up the mailbox was not a planned special effect - it was an actual short in the wiring on set. The directors thought it fit well with the scene and used that take in the final cut of the movie.
d.
Nemos name is actually a Latin word, which means, "nameless".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
Sean Connery
was offered roles in
The Matrix
and
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
, but said he didnt understand the scripts. So when offered another screenplay he didnt quite get, (LXG) he took it.
b.
The video game that Maggie (
Heather Menzies-Urich
) is playing toward the beginning of the movie is "Jaws".
c.
The name "Gwen Turner" is a reference to
Go Fish
writer/director
Guinevere Turner
.
d.
The boy cleaning his teeth at Endgame was originally going to be smoking a joint, but it was changed to keep the PG-13 rating. However, the shot of him running into the ballroom wasnt re-shot, and you can still see the smoking joint in his hand.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
: [hair] Carlotta and Madeline have spiral hairstyles, and Judys hair colour is significant.
b.
The character Gallatin was named for Gallatin county Montana, where the town of Bozeman is located, birth place of Star Trek writer
Brannon Braga
.
c.
When Quatermain first enters the downstairs meeting room at the headquarters for the League we can see Masonic symbols carved on the face of the door. The same symbol appears on the Fantoms ring, foreshadowing the Fantoms true identity.
d.
Only 3 rooms had additions outside of the natural setting for atmosphere, the kitchen had meat hooks hung, the tunnel had plastic surgical gloves hung up, and the hydrotherapy room had a metal tub added. Almost everything else related to the asylum setting was found on site as the crew scoured the building for set dressing to keep things authentic.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
For the torpedo chase,
Lou Costello
did his shots in front a a rear projection screen. For the long shots its
Pat Costello
, Lous brother, doubling him.
b.
The addition of Tom Sawyer to the cast may have been meant to increase the movies appeal to US audiences but it wasnt just a whim. After The Adventures of Huckleberry Finns success,
Mark Twain
wrote little-known two sequels to "Tom Sawyer" in one of which Tom has an LXG-like adventure (Tom Sawyer Abroad) and in the other, becomes a detective (Tom Sawyer, Detective).
c.
Kathy Bates
reportedly was disappointed that a scene was cut in which she kills a young police officer by rolling over him repeatedly with a lawnmower. Director
Rob Reiner
was afraid that the audience would laugh at it.
d.
The Latin on Zolas mansions fireplace hearth, seen twice, is "Nulla Dies Sine Linea": "No Day Without a Line".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
In the boys restroom at the high school, there is graffiti on a stall that reads: LISA + JOYCE ARE SLUTS, an in-joke referring to star Joyce Hyser and director Lisa Gottlieb.
b.
Sean Connery
had a particularly bad working relationship with director
Stephen Norrington
. This was his last film before he decided to retire from acting.
c.
Except the newly born baby boy, this film doesnt show any male characters in whole movie, not even in the wide street and shop shots on background.
d.
The movie begins with the 1980s Universal logo, which refers to when director
Sam Raimi
got started in the horror genre with the first two "Evil Dead" movies. After the credits, there is also the title card that says to take a tour of Universal Studios. This was also used in the 1980s in other Universal movies, such as
An American Werewolf in London
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
The second invisible man (whom Sawyer fights) is actually Sanderson Reed, the man who recruited Quatermain.
b.
Clooney worked on the film while simultaneously starring in
ER
. He worked on the film four days a week and on the series the other three days.
c.
The movie features 157 actors and extras, and had a crew of 10. All of the locations, props, costumes were donated by companies who wanted to be associated with the movie, including the local Police Department and City Bus Company.
d.
The 35mm prints were shipped to US theaters with the code name "Glow". There were 3 separate cans shipped. Can #3 held reels 1 & 8 and was locked. The combination to the lock was not sent until a few hours before the midnight premieres.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
Howard Hawks
gave
John Huston
the climax (a shootout on a boat) that he was unable to fit into the end of this film. Huston used this in
Key Largo
as he had been having difficulties coming up with a satisfactory ending.
b.
The only people
Marcelo Games
would communicate with on set were Jim VanBebber and cinematographer Mike King, both his close friends as he was very shy.
c.
This film has been in production for nearly 5 years. Director
Damien Sage
began filming segments for it at age 19. Actors would come and go and skills would be sharpened over the passage of time. Finally, in July 2008 Sage was able to nail down a consistent (and talented) crew and cast to complete the project. Filled with renewed vigor and drive they usurped and pooled together all of their collective free time and effort to finishing the film. 8 months later they completed principal photography. The film is now in post production, finishing special effects, editing and score.
d.
Stuart Townsend
stated in an interview that he was the only one of the seven League members whose contract did not bind him to a three-picture deal. He said they were going to ask it of him, but he observed that it would be pointless since his character is killed in the movie, and they agreed to contract him for only one picture.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
Walt Disney
had not had a huge hit since
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
. The production of this film was regarded as a major gamble on his part. At a cost of nearly $3,000,000, Disney insiders claimed that if this movie had failed at the box office, it would have been the end of the Disney studio. The film was a big hit. The profits from its release, with the additional profits from record sales, music publishing, publications and other merchandise gave Disney the cash flow to finance a slate of productions (animated and live action), establish his own distribution company, enter television production and begin building Disneyland during the decade.
b.
James Robinson
: the screenwriter, is seen as Johnathan Harker in the photograph with Mina.
c.
At the end of the film, as Madame du Lac brings Carson Dyle (
Tim Robbins
) his meal, Robbins stands at attention in the center of his cell in an imitation of the first appearance of Hannibal Lecter in
The Silence of the Lambs
, also directed by
Jonathan Demme
.
d.
Producers
Robert Michael Geisler
and
John Roberdeau
fell out with director
Terrence Malick
during pre-production. By the time they were filming, their relationship had so deteriorated that Malick barred them from visiting the set.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
James Stewart
felt that he was miscast as Shepherd Henderson.
b.
When
Charlie Sheen
s character Aramis says "See you in Calais", it is a reference to the famous General George S. Patton Jr. quote yelled at Dwight D. Eisenhower out of Pattons hotel window - three hundred years after the film is set.
c.
Despite the title, Tony Montana is called "Scarface" only once throughout the movie, and in Spanish at that ("Caracicatriz").
d.
Fox was unable to get the rights for the literary character of The Invisible Man. Not only did this necessitate the character in the film have his name changed from the canons "Griffin", but that he could never be referred to as "the" Invisible Man, only "an" invisible man.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)?
a.
The helmet design used by
Brian Bedford
is that of then second-year driver and future triple World Champion
Jackie Stewart
. Of the four actors, Bedford is the only one not to do any actual driving, which explains why in all segments where the Scott Stoddard character is shown driving, he has the balaclava up to his goggles.
b.
Three United States Navy ships were used in the movie: the submarine cruiser Argonaut, the destroyer Preble, and the Noa.
c.
A sequel was planned but was canceled due to negative critical reception and the film being a grave disappointment at the box office.
d.
Although not credited onscreen or noted by reviewers or the SAB, this film is so similar to
What a Man
(same plot and even many of the same character names) that the source of the screenplay must surely be the same for both films. Both the 1924 novel "The Dark Chapter; a Comedy of Class Distinctions" by
E.J. Rath
and the play "They All Want Something" has been added to the writers section. The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 12 October 1926 and closed in December 1926 after 62 performances.
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