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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Matrix (1999) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Matrix (1999) - 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 Matrix (1999).
About the movie:
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
Jeff Bridges
turned down the role of Indiana Jones.
b.
The rhyme that Hudson mutters as hes searching for the colonists is from the
AC/DC
song "Shake a Leg": "Stop your grinnin and drop your linen..."
c.
Ditzy model Marions interest in comic books was inserted into the film to reflect actress-model
Dovima
s real life passion for them.
d.
"Know thyself", the phrase in the kitchen of the "oracle", was the inscription above the entrance of the Delphic Oracle.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
Excluding flashback sequences,
Anthony Spadaccini
and
Steve Brown
were the only two actors to reprise their roles from
Unstable
.
b.
The motorcycle Trinity rides is a jet black Triumph Speed Triple.
c.
Several actors in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in this movie. These were (with their character names):
Henry Wadsworth
(Drunk Boy),
Eddie Kane
(Radio Announcer),
Charlie Hall
(Reporter) and
Tom Ricketts
(Prissy Old Man).
d.
The idea of destroying the negative belonged to the films producer
Charles Chaplin
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
Dan Aykroyd
and
John Belushi
visited the Burbank set of Next Movie where Dan ended up directing the sequence where Chong urinates from the moving car window.
b.
Assistant director
John Kerrison
was killed in a car crash on the way to one of the locations. A make-up man was badly injured in the same accident.
c.
Hatty Jones
auditioned for Hermione Granger before it went to
Emma Watson
. She and Emma were the very last girls for the audition.
d.
Neo is often referred to as the "One". One is an anagram of Neo.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
Some personal information can be seen on Thomas Andersons "criminal record" that Agent Smith glances at when he interrogates Neo: The last update to the file was July 22, 1998 Neos date of birth is "March 11, 1962" Neos place of birth is "Lower Downtown, Capitol City" Neos mothers maiden name is "Michelle McCahey" Neos fathers name is "John Anderson" Neo attended "Central West Junior High" and "
Owen Paterson
High" (named after the films production designer). Seconds later a photocopy of his passport can be seen. There the place of his birth is CAPITAL CITY USA, his date of birth is the 13th of September 1971, the passport was issued on the 12th of September 1991 and will expire on the 11th of September 2001.
b.
Shot by students of DePalmas Independent Filmmaking course at Sarah Lawrence College. Intended to be a "learn by doing" experience for the students and grad students, the goal was to budget, finance, shoot, and edit the film using primarily students, with DePalma overseeing.
c.
Director
Paul McGuigan
was much more interested in the character element of the picture than in its action element, stating that though it was an action movie, the characters were very developed, much more so than in most such genre films.
d.
Winner of the very first BAFTA Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) for Best Film after the event was established in 1948.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
Howard Atherton
shot most of the film, but he got so frustrated in Japan that he resigned.
Jan de Bont
was brought in to finish the rest of the film.
b.
This time, the footage from Stab includes the credit "A
Robert Rodriguez
Film." Rodriguez really did direct the footage, and also made
Grindhouse
co-starring Screams
Rose McGowan
and Scream 4s
Marley Shelton
.
c.
The car used while inside the matrix is a black 1965 Lincoln Continental.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1943 with
Walter Huston
reprising his film role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
The last thing shot was Neo getting flushed into the lake when he gets unplugged for the first time.
b.
Tim Burton
, who worked as a conceptual artist on this film, wanted to incorporate minions of the Horned King that were akin to the "facehuggers" from the Alien movie series. Some samples of his work can be seen on Disneys 2000 DVD of this title.
c.
In February 1956, writer
James Poe
was working on this movies screenplay. Poe does not receive a writers billing in this films credits and as such it is not known the extent to which his work ended up in the final shooting script.
d.
Gloria Swanson
almost considered rejecting the role of Norma Desmond after
Billy Wilder
requested she do a screen test for the role. Her friend
George Cukor
, who initially recommended her for the part, told her, "If they want you to do ten screen tests, do ten screen tests. If you dont, I will personally shoot you." Swanson agreed to the audition, and won the role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
For the film, Sadek donated his Porsche Carrera GT (which costs over $400,000) to be destroyed in a spectacular crash scene. The mangled remains were on display at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show.
b.
When Valinda (
Connie Britton
) is down in her brother Dannys (
Peter Facinelli
) bunker there are flashes of graffiti on the walls. One of the scenes shows "Joe Lies When He Cries" which is a reference to
Say Anything...
, which
Ione Skye
starred in.
Eric Stoltz
also made a cameo in
Say Anything...
.
c.
The movie reflects two real-life situations. In the movie Tony Hunter (
Fred Astaire
) is washed up. In real life Astaires career was at a standstill. In the movie much is made of whether
Cyd Charisse
s character is too tall for Freds character. This was also true in real life. Whenever Cyd and Fred are together she is in shoes with low heels.
d.
Principal photography wrapped at 1:01 AM with the scene where the characters are inside the wall, climbing down. Principal photography took 25 weeks/118 days.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
The name of the company Neo works for is Metacortex. The roots of this word are meta-, which according to Websters means "going beyond or higher, transcending," and -cortex, which is "the outer layer (boundary) of gray matter surrounding the brain." Thus, Metacortex is "transcending the boundaries of the brain," which is precisely what Neo proceeds to do.
b.
Based on the 1954 Indiana State champs, Milan Indians.
c.
The fourth (of ten) dancing partnership of
Fred Astaire
and
Ginger Rogers
.
d.
Alexander Payne
was given an executive-producer credit as a courtesy.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
One woman, after seeing "Freaks", wrote a letter to
Tod Browning
at MGM, exclaiming that "You must have the mental equipment of a freak yourself to devise such a picture." Another viewer complained, "To put such creatures in a picture and before the public is unthinkable."
b.
Director Christopher OBrien was convinced Tony Slade was the actor to play Jimmy because he thought his head looked like an egg ready to crack.
c.
The filming of the helicopter scene nearly caused the film to be shutdown because they flew the helicopter through restricted Sydney airspace. Laws in the state of New South Wales in Australia were changed to allow the film
The Matrix
to proceed.
d.
In the background when Kim is hurling ornaments at the killer in Trishs bedroom, you can see the book "Rubyfruit Jungle", by Rita May Brown, writer of the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Matrix (1999)?
a.
Pre-production work on this film included over 1,200 storyboard sketches.
b.
The powerful sidearm used by the Agents in all 3 Matrix films is the Magnum Research/Israeli Military Industries Desert Eagle .50 AE.
c.
Vanessa Hudgens
says shes looking forward to being seen by a whole new audience that might not necessarily be familiar with her work in the "High School Musical" films.
d.
Nicky Katt
paid a visit to the set during filming at the stadium at the University of Texas.
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