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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - Part (3) 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.
The scene where Vincent catches his wife cheating, removes the television set and later throws it from his car was lifted from a similar scene with
Dennis Farina
in
Crime Story
, also produced by
Michael Mann
.
b.
Around the time of the movies release, director
Marc Webb
shot a short video for the Internet, which featured
Zooey Deschanel
as
Sid Vicious
and
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as
Nancy Spungen
, in reference to a conversation in this movie.
c.
Michael Kamen
was the films original composer along with his friend,
David Sanborn
, who was going to provide the saxophone solos for the score. His score was rejected after the film we delayed with re-shoots and post production issues. The films original posters list Kamen and Sanborn as the composers.
Mark Mancina
would replace Kamen and it was the second time the he would replace him on a film in the same year, the other being Assassins also produced by
Joel Silver
, which would also be delayed and released within months of each other.
d.
Cate Blanchett
never rehearsed with the crew and hadnt even met most of them before filming the nighttime electric jellyfish scene in which she first appears in the movie to add spontaneity to the scene.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Seymour Cassel
has a brief role as Esteban, the friend of Steve Zissou who is eaten by the Jaguar shark. According to
Roger Ebert
, Cassel once told him in an interview many years previously that he had always wanted to be eaten by a shark in a movie.
b.
Most of the cast appeared on the dance floor during the bar scene, albeit in disguise.
c.
The quickening is a term for when a baby in the womb shows its first sign of life, its first noticeable movement within the womb.
d.
The Rejected Kids hangout was an area of condemned housing that was going to be demolished to make way for the construction of a freeway to LAX.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
The shot of Bill Murray feeding a fish to a killer whale, which appears during a montage on Zissous island, was also in the script for Andersons earlier film
Rushmore
(where it was written into a montage when Murrays character is looking at fish specimens for his new aquarium)
b.
Hal Ashby
: a passenger in a convertible sports car passing the one
Jane Fonda
is driving. He flashes the peace sign at her just as he passes.
c.
The first American film to be made in its entirety in Italy.
d.
Filmed in 24 days.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Coleman Francis
: [coffee as calming influence] The characters repeatedly offer each other coffee as a welcoming gesture, then later relax drinking coffee.
b.
John Hora
who had previously worked as
Joe Dante
s cinematographer on all of his movies, was cast as Ozzie after
Steven Spielberg
suggested him to play the absent minded professor. Director Dante and Producer
Michael Finnell
were very skeptical about that idea and Spielberg insisted that they give him a screen test to just to see and was cast after impressing Dante and Finnell.
c.
The title refers to Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms, two properties mentioned in the movie.
d.
Seu Jorge translated the
David Bowie
songs into Brazilian Portuguese and arranged them for guitar himself.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
"Over You" is sung by the actors in the film, but the soundtrack version is sung by
Lane Brody
(of "Yellow Rose of Texas" fame). This song was nominated for an Oscar, and the Lane Brody version was nominated for an Academy of Country Music award.
b.
Connor MacLeods "Trophy Room" from the first film was reconstructed in detail here, though the hardwood floor is different. The original set had a radial central floor which supported the weight of MacLeods old blacksmiths anvil in the middle.
c.
Due to the 50-plus pound weight of his Blade suit,
Anthony De Longis
said in an interview with the MOTU Movie website that when he would remove his boots, he would regularly pour out the water out from his sweat from his boots at the end of every day he was filming the movie.
d.
Writers
Noah Baumbach
and
Wes Anderson
named several of the places and crew members in the film spontaneously after things and people they saw around them at the Italian restaurant where they held many of their meetings about the film. Pescespada Island, for instance, was named for one of the dishes on the menu. Some of the characters names are named after waiters and patrons at the restaurant.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
The name of the character "Danny Ramone" was inspired by the American punk rock band Ramones, and their longtime manager Danny Fields.
b.
Patti Page relates in her new book that she had tested for the title role of Helen Morgan wearing a dark wig before they cast Ann Blyth.
c.
Michael Gambon
s characters glasses were modeled after those of
Ennio Morricone
.
d.
All of Brad Dourifs voice over work for Chucky was recorded in advance so they could match up Chuckys mouth with the words. Because of this, Brad Dourif rarely ever appeared on set during the "doll" scenes. Instead, recordings of his voice would be played back for Alex Vincent to go by.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
This was Christopher Reeves first role after the accident that left him paralyzed.
b.
As a pilot, early in the film, Ned Plimpton wears a Rolex GMT Master. This watch is popular with airline pilots for calculating time zones. By the end of the film, he has given up the GMT and plumped for a Rolex Submariner, for obvious reasons.
c.
Wilson Benge
is listed in studio records as "Butler", but he did not appear in the released movie.
d.
Film debut of
Gabriel Byrne
,
Liam Neeson
,
Ciarán Hinds
and
Cherie Lunghi
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Film was believed lost but has been found and is awaiting funding for restoration.
b.
A photograph of
Bill Murray
is visible in Mama Bosleys home. Murray appeared as Bosley in
Charlies Angels
.
c.
Yellowbacks were gold certificates issued by banks in place of gold coinage, and were so-called due to the yellow-orange colour of their backs. These were replaced by paper money later on - greenbacks.
d.
Wes Anderson
watched many films set on the ocean to see how the sea movement was simulated. He found that in
The Black Stallion
there was only one scene set in a hallway that had the camera rocking, and so he decided to have just one rocking hallway scene in "The Life Aquatic".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Jean-Luc and Sabrina, the two six-foot steel sculptures adorning the Verses stage, were created by production designer and Los Angeles sculptor Cynthia Minet.
b.
During filming the Chicago Cubs made a deep run into the Major League playoffs, mounting a 3-1 lead in the NLCS. Bill Murray, a native of the Chicago area, had it written in to his contract that he receive a live feed of all the Cubs games. The Cubs eventually lost the series to the Florida Marlins, prolonging its World Series drought to 95 years.
c.
Al Pacino
s first movie in 4 years.
d.
The complete, original serial version is considered to be a lost film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)?
a.
Matthew Gray Gubler
(Intern #1) sprained his ankle while filming a scene where the interns are exercising (the take where he falls made it into the final cut of the film). Gubler always wears mismatched socks and contributes his bad luck to having worn matching socks that particular day for the first time in several years.
b.
Kevin Smith
: [hockey] Randall is wearing a replica Russian hockey jersey. In every View Askewniverse film, there is at least one hockey reference, or someone is wearing a hockey jersey.
c.
With the exception of
Darris Love
, all of the lead actors in this movie were former gang members from Watts and South-Central Los Angeles.
d.
Producers
Sara Parrell
and
Curtis Andersen
, director
Jeff C. Smith
and actor
Jovan Meredith
all met while working in the character department at Disneyland.
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