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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001).
About the movie:
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
The computer listed in the credits that was used to help create the movie is called the "Roddenberry".
b.
The steel mill effects were so convincing, some former workers from the plant (which had been closed for over 10 years) thought it was up and running again.
c.
The newspaper Mendoza is reading is El Mundo, from Spain.
d.
Joel Coen
and
Ethan Coen
came up with the story while working on
The Hudsucker Proxy
. While filming the scene in the barbershop, the Coens saw a prop poster of 1940s haircuts and began developing a story about the barber who cut the hair in the poster.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
The movie was filmed in color, then printed in black and white by special processing. However, at least one print was released with the first reel in normal color due to an error at the lab.
b.
Susans singing voice was provided by a professional opera singer who, under
Orson Welles
direction, sang outside of her vocal range. She agreed to having her voice used this way on the condition that her identity never be revealed, fearing it would harm her career. She was
Jean Forward
of the San Francisco Opera.
c.
The US. theatrical release was cancelled when
Rumpelstiltskin
flopped at the box-office.
d.
In 1996,
Brett Ratner
was considered to direct this film. Ten years later he would direct
X-Men: The Last Stand
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
Katherine Borowitz
s character is named "Ann Nirdlinger Brewster." "Nirdlinger" is the last name of the main female character in
James M. Cain
s novel Double Indemnity, the basis for the classic film noir
Double Indemnity
(although for the movie, her name was changed to "Dietrichson").
b.
During production of the film, temperatures dipped as low as 15F and snow was common. The winter conditions during the shoot, which are common to many inner cities across America, added great realism to the shoot.
c.
Directors brother Anthony Rapp plays Dean, a literary student and fan of Don Holdin.
d.
This is the film
Christopher Reeve
was working on at the time of his death.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
This film cost approximately $7 million to make, 1000 times the amount of money Rodriguez spent to make
El mariachi
.
b.
Claude Rains
was offered the role of Dr. Pretorius but he was unavailable due to filming
Mystery of Edwin Drood
.
c.
The portraits that provide a prologue for the movie and sing about the problems of the country during the Depression are of the same four presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Rossevelt) that are on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota that was being carved at the time this movie was released.
d.
Because he trusted the quality of
Joel Coen
and
Ethan Coen
s work,
Billy Bob Thornton
agreed to do the movie before even reading the script.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
The title is taken from the Hughes Mearns poem "Antigonish".
b.
The scene in which a car is thrown over a cliff was initially intended to be far more spectacular - the car was to fly over the cliff and crash down to the ground. Unfortunately, the sling rope snapped because effects crew members neglected to remove the stoppers from underneath the cars wheels. The result was what is seen in the final film, the car slowly tumbles over the edge and becomes caught on a tree.
c.
"Hell-Bent for Heaven" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1924.
d.
The scenes shot all around New York City were in fact real locations such as the Drug House, The Hospital (where Dalton works), The Brooklyn Bridge (where McBain first meets Santos sister) and the Hudson River (the fishing scene). Everything involving Colombia was shot entirely in the Phillippines.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
There is a heatedly disputed rumor that
Sharon Tate
appears unbilled at the party Rosemary gives for her "young" friends.
b.
The Creatures appearance was based on old seventeenth-century woodcuts of two bizarre creatures called the Sea Monk and the Sea Bishop. The Creatures final head was based on that of the Sea Monk, but the original discarded head was based on that of the Sea Bishop. In one sequence
Julie Adams
character is captured by the creature and carried into a cave. During the filming the stuntman misjudged where the side of the entrance was and accidentally struck Ms. Adams head against the wall, knocking her unconscious.
c.
In the scene with Ed Crane at the French piano teachers studio (Jacques Carcanogues), the actor portraying him,
Adam Alexi-Malle
, plays the opening of the Piano Concerto #1 by
Franz Liszt
. This was unplanned and spontaneous during one of the takes during shooting as the Coens were unaware that Adam was in fact an accomplished concert pianist.
d.
Cary Grant
wears a leopard print smoking jacket throughout much of the last third of the film. He was just coming off the huge flop
Bringing Up Baby
in which the titular character is a leopard.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
dubbed in the murmuring voice of the sobbing prisoners visitor.
b.
Stan Lee
: X-Men creator and executive producer is a man near a hot dog stand on the beach when Senator Kelly comes out of the water.
c.
John Travolta
s nephew Jonathan Rau and his wife first met co-writer
Damon Abdallah
while performing the play "Bus Stop." Abdallah introduced them both to director
Sage Bannick
.
d.
The movie was a critical and commercial failure on its release in 1958. This was largely blamed on the casting of
Gary Cooper
, who was considered to have been badly miscast due to his age.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
Nick Nolte
lost more than 50 pounds to really get into his character.
b.
Based on the novel "Ye Shall Know Them" by the French novelist, Vercoeur. Vercoeur was allegedly the pseudonym for
Pierre Boulle
who wrote
Planet of the Apes
.
c.
Michael Mantenuto
got into a fight with another player who picked on him and other guys on the ice during tryouts. He apologized to director
Gavin OConnor
afterwards, to which Gavin responded, "No, that was good." Michael ended up winning the part of
Jack OCallahan
, the defenseman dubbed "the first one to drop his gloves".
d.
The name of the German theoretician that Riedenschneider struggles to remember is Heisenberg.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
Billy Bob Thornton
jokingly made it look like Ed Crane had an erection in one of the scenes where hes watching
Scarlett Johansson
s character playing the piano. Only one of the prop guys noticed during production. When the Coen Brothers later found out, they made it clear that Ed would not be aroused in the scene.
b.
Reportedly
Steven Spielberg
s favorite movie, he remade it in 1989 as
Always
. The remake included the three main characters (Pete Sandich, Durinda Durston and Al Yackey), plus the characters of "Ted" and "Nails."
c.
Last of the Comanches
, made by the same studio about a decade later, was loosely based on this movie.
d.
The film was shot in Florida between Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Vilma in 2005.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)?
a.
Since the rights were optioned in 2002 several directors have been attached to direct including
M. Night Shyamalan
,
Alfonso Cuarón
and
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
.
b.
Nancy mentions taking a drug so she wont dream. This drug (Hypnocil) ends up being a major plot point in later Freddy movies.
c.
During the scene where Ed visits his wife in prison, a photograph of a circle is seen on the table in front of him - a link both to Circle Films, which was the company behind the Coen brothers in their earlier films, and
The Hudsucker Proxy
s circle gag.
d.
Jeffrey Katzenberg
admitted that he was disappointed with the films third act.
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