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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
About the movie:
With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
James Fox
replaced his brother
Edward Fox
as Lord Holmes.
b.
In
Wes Anderson
s earlier film,
Rushmore
, there is a shot of Max Fisher on his go-kart which is a direct homage to a
Jacques Henri Lartigue
photograph. The man in this photo, as well as others taken by Lartigue is named Zissou.
c.
The first combat sequence of the film with Jasons Father (
Timothy D. Baker
) and Ivan the Russian (
Jean-Claude Van Damme
) in the dojo had Van Damme jumping off the shoulder of another bad guy to do a flying kick. This kick was supposed to hit the upper chest region but Van Dammes first attempt hit the face/lip area instead.
d.
Not all performers credited as "movie patron/partygoer" are both.
Roy Stuart
and
Marilyn Gee
are just movie patrons.
Susan Nero
,
Mike Lawrence
,
Brandy Lawrence
and
Barbara Daniels
are just partygoers.
Kathy Harcourt
,
Alan Adrian
,
Bobbie Burns
,
Angel
and
Leslie
can be confirmed as both.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
The church in the movie is St. Peters church in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, about 20 miles north of the movie house in Toms River. They also used the park across the street from the church, Pleasure Park, for the priest playing basketball scene. They used local kids as players, and had to ask them to take it easy and let the priest get the ball from time to time.
b.
Owen Wilson
s Southern accent is based on that of
Will Patton
.
c.
Loosely based on
Lee Falk
s first stories from The Phantom comic strip, "The Singh Brotherhood" and "The Sky Band". Screenwriter
Jeffrey Boam
added the elements of bad guy Xander Drax and his search for a weapon of doom.
d.
This picture was originally intended as being a vehicle for
Roger Moore
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 10 seconds
b.
The character of Ellen, Petes girlfriend, was supposed to survive until the end of the film. This changed when
Jean Tafler
, who played Ellen, got another job that was going to make it impossible for her to keep working on this movie. As a solution, she was "written out" of the script in a rather spectacular way, while Kathy (played by
Karen Tighe
) wound up being the one who survives.
c.
According to director
Mel Stuart
s book "Pure Imagination: The Making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", the reason everything in Willys office is cut in half is because Stuart couldnt bare the thought of - after having gone through all the whimsical and creative rooms in the factory - ending the movie in an ordinary office. Everything was cut in half to make the room look more Wonka-esque.
d.
The red woolen caps worn by the characters are a reference to
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
, famed underwater film-maker and co-inventor of the modern aqualung.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Selected by
Quentin Tarantino
for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Festival, which was held in Austin, Texas in 1997.
b.
The soundtrack CD won the 2010 Grammy Award for best comedy album.
c.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
s boat, the Calypso, was an old British minesweeper. The Belafonte was also an old minesweeper.
d.
The yellow dog that you see in the movie is the grandson to Spike the dog, from the movie
Old Yeller
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Producer
Neil Canton
offered the role of Doc Brown to
Christopher Lloyd
after having worked together on
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
. Lloyd originally turned it down, but changed his mind after his wife convinced him to take the role. He improvised some of his lines.
b.
The Rescue Aid Society honors their founder, Euripedes Mouse who removed a tiny needle from a ferocious lions paw, a clear reference to the classic
Aesop
fable, "The Mouse and the Lion."
c.
The film runs in "real time" meaning that at the moment Jack Gramm is first told he has only 88 minutes to live, the remaining running time of the motion picture until the identity of the person who set Gramm up is exactly 88 minutes.
d.
The jaguar shark is one of the largest stop-motion puppets ever constructed. It measured eight feet in length and required five hand-cranked controls for the swimming action.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
While the project was under
Brett Ratner
s supervision, actors
Josh Hartnett
,
Paul Walker
,
Matt Bomer
,
Brendan Fraser
,
Ashton Kutcher
,
David Boreanaz
,
Ian Somerhalder
,
Henry Cavill
,
Jerry OConnell
and
Hayden Christensen
were considered for the part of Superman.
Brett Ratner
left the project primarily because he and Warner Bros. executives could not agree on whom to cast as Superman.
b.
This was
Doris Eaton
s return to films after 66 years. Her last film appearance was in
Reckless Decision
. Carrey spotted her at the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit and offered her a role. This is her final film role.
c.
The sequence involving the bulldozer is based on a real event. The officer who actually did what Eastwood portrays was John Abizaid, at the time a Captain and a Ranger Company Commander. Abizaid recently retired as the Commander In Chief of Central Command, in charge of all U.S. forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and the rest of the Middle East.
d.
In the scene where Steve discovers the pirates playing cards, Hennessey wears a t-shirt with "Im a pepper" written on it. This is the same T-shirt worn by the gun seller in the original
Bottle Rocket
short.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
During the phone conversation in the radio booth, a confused Schlictmann asks Anne Anderson, "Is this Rikki?" Rikki Klieman is a real-life lawyer and love interest of Schlictmanns in the novel.
b.
The original script called for the pirates to be Indonesians, but since there wasnt enough of an Indonesian population in Italy where the film was shot, it was changed to Filipinos.
c.
In the locker room scene, one of the players has the name Robbins on his jersey, the name of director
Brian Robbins
.
d.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Unsatisfied with
Woody Strode
s rehearsal of bullet-wounded drowsiness, director
John Ford
took his own steps to make Strode appear authentically weary for Rutledges gunshot early on in the film. The day before the scene was to be shot, Ford got Strode drunk early in the day and had an assistant follow him around for the rest of the day to make sure he stayed that way. When the time came for Strode to shoot the scene with
Constance Towers
, his hangover gave him the perfect (for Ford) appearance of a man who had been shot.
b.
Wes Anderson
has stated the walking sequence in the final credits is an homage to
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
, also starring
Jeff Goldblum
.
c.
This marks Caitlyn Capriettes first speaking role.
d.
The movies poster was as #23 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
What Toll Road says to Gunner at the very end of the movie ("Whenever it doesnt kill you, it makes you stronger, brother!") refers to the title of the 1989 CD by
Bruce Willis
.
b.
Hugh Jackman
worked with the same trainer who trained
Angelina Jolie
for the title role in
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
c.
Seu Jorge
s characters name, Pelé dos Santos, comes from famous footballer (soccer player)
Pelé
and the only club he played for in his home country of Brazil, Santos.
d.
An advance showing of this film was shown to a number of recording artists, who were then asked to submit ideas for theme songs. Bethany Dillons song "Dreamer" was chosen out of all the submissions.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
The "Bowling Alley" sequence was almost not in the movie. It was added at the last moment, because Freds "Twinkle Toes" bowling style was such a big part of the series, they felt they couldnt leave it out.
b.
In the novel the Caine is a WWI vintage "flush deck" destroyer with 4 smokestacks. Since ships of this type were very scarce after WWII, the producers used a more modern WWII vintage ship.
c.
Vincent Schiavelli
played the subway ghost in the scenes with
Patrick Swayze
s character. Both men subsequently died of cancer at the age of 57.
d.
In the scene where Steve Zissou stumbles on the kidnappers playing cards, one of the kidnappers can be seen wearing a hat featuring the Longhorn logo of the University of Texas.
Wes Anderson
graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.
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