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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Ninth Gate (1999) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Ninth Gate (1999) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999).
About the movie:
A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
James L. Brooks
wrote
Broadcast News
especially for
Debra Winger
, but she was forced to turn it down because she was pregnant with her son Noah Hutton. Before casting
Holly Hunter
as a replacement, Brooks considered
Sigourney Weaver
,
Judy Davis
,
Elizabeth McGovern
,
Christine Lahti
and
Elizabeth Perkins
.
b.
Jeff Bridges
was considered briefly for the part of Rambo.
c.
Originally, the opening of Kirks El Capitan ascent would have been a galactic shot of the Milky Way, zooming into the solar system, and finally an aerial view of Yosemite. This was too expensive to film. But a similar tracking shot was done years later at the beginning of
Star Trek: First Contact
during Picards Borg assimilation flashback dream.
d.
The pen that Dean Corso uses is a limited edition Montblanc Agatha Christie ballpoint.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
A deleted scene further exaggerated the gambling habits of Sinclair and his associates. The scene featured them playing Monopoly with real money.
b.
Voted #2 on AFIs 100 Greatest Movies 10th Anniversary Edition.
c.
In order to correctly write a script that would depict the experience of a woman being arrested and imprisoned, screenwriter
Jeanie Macpherson
arranged, at
Cecil B. DeMille
s behest, to be imprisoned for stealing a fur piece from a friend (with whom she had worked out an agreement beforehand). She was arrested in Detroit, and spent three days in jail before a police official discovered the truth and arranged for her release.
d.
The film has a different title from its source novel, "The Club Dumas", because the novel centers around a secret society obsessed with serialized novels, such as those written by
Alexandre Dumas père
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
The ad that appears on the tail of the first bus that explodes says "Save the Clams" was an advertisement for The Bank of Santa Monica.
b.
The cigarettes that Liana Telfer smokes are called Black Devils.
c.
Lillian Disney
, in a rare public criticism of her late husband
Walt Disney
s company (which released the film and in which she was a major stockholder), released a statement soon after the film opened expressing her extreme displeasure with it and that Walt Disney Company was involved in its release (although the film wasnt released by Disney but by Buena Vista Picturs, a Disney subsidiary). She believed the film was mean-spirited and biased; she also extended a personal apology on behalf of the Disney family to the Nixon family. Both families were close and often socialized together, so the Disneys knew the Nixons personally. Mrs. Disney thought that the film grossly exaggerated President Nixons character faults and ignored what she believed to be many of his redeeming qualities.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
Writer-director
Rudy Durand
tried to get
Orson Welles
to play The Whale, but Welles was busy with other projects. Welles encouraged Durand to direct the movie himself, and he talked about the script on
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
, which helped Durand secure an investor.
b.
The two booksellers Corso encounters in Toledo are actually the same actor,
José López Rodero
. Writer/director/producer
Roman Polanski
used a motion capture rig to use the same actor twice. The same man appears again later, playing two workmen cleaning out the bookstore. Rodero was an assistant director and production manager, not a professional actor. He was hesitant to accept these multiple parts.
c.
Lorenzos actual secretary (Rita Chapman, née Fussey) had an uncredited walk on part in the film.
d.
Gary Cooper
had been offered the role of Linus Rawlings, but died before filming began.
James Stewart
then accepted the part despite feeling miscast.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
"Apocalypse, CA" was shot over the course of just over a year, in three distinct chunks, beginning in June 2007, continuing in April 2008, and finishing in September 2008. The movie had 65 total days of filming.
b.
The voice of one of the Ceniza twins (Pedro Ceniza) is dubbed by Roman Polanski himself.
c.
Of the films two directors,
Groucho Marx
once said, "One of them French-born
Robert Florey
didnt understand English, and the other one former dance director
Joseph Santley
didnt understand comedy."
d.
When
Gary Cooper
is taking notes of the news boys slang, the marquee on the theater across the street advertises
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
, an inside joke that refers to the scripts inspiration.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
The little girl that stares at Corso at the Paris Airport is played by
Roman Polanski
s daughter Morgan.
b.
Kayvan Mashayekh
had just arrived on a location scout for the film in Morocco on 11 September 2001. After returning to the US a week later, no one would talk to him about his project for one year and all financial backers withdrew support.
c.
Seymour Cassel
was set to star but left shortly before filming began.
Kris Kristofferson
was a last minute replacement.
d.
The Broadway production of "Rhinoceros" by
Eugène Ionesco
and translated by
Derek Prouse
opened at the Longacre Theater in New York on January 9, 1961 and ran for 240 performances.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
For the 30th anniversary of the movie, The Vatican newspaper LOsservatore Romano called the film "a Catholic classic", recommending it as good viewing for Catholics.
b.
According to
Robert Ludlum
s description of the sound, the assassin who killed Conklin used a 9mm Luger with a silencer attachment.
c.
Jerry Lewis
has the only copy locked in a private vault where he vows to keep it from ever being viewed again.
d.
The book of the nine gates, they say was written in 1666.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
Jon Voight
s film debut.
b.
John Gielgud
was the first choice to play Major Warden (played by
Jack Hawkins
in the film) but rejected the role, saying it was "anybodys part".
c.
Henriette, the Duc, and the children pass a steam-powered, platform carousel. While Carousels had been popular in France since the 17th century, mechanized carousels like that shown in the film were invented in the late 1840s, when the film is set.
d.
The car that Corso and The Girl drive in France is a Chrysler Dodge Viper. The brand logo of Chrysler is a pentagram, the model name is Viper (which refers to the snake from Adam and Eve) and the car itself is painted red, the color of the devil.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
The Stonybrook Institution sanatorium that Clear places herself in is the same sanatorium used in the opening of
Halloween: Resurrection
.
b.
The opening credits feature the camera floating through nine sets of doors before the film begins.
c.
A few scenes were filmed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, the real-life location of the
Robert F. Kennedy
assassination, during its demolition. The wing of the hotel they were using hadnt been touched by the demolition crew yet, in order to preserve items from the pantry where Kennedy was shot.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1937 with
Gary Cooper
,
Jean Arthur
and
Lionel Stander
reprising their film roles.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ninth Gate (1999)?
a.
In the scene where Barry (
Cary Guffey
) says, "Toys!" as he looks out the window and spots the UFOs,
Steven Spielberg
actually pulled out a toy car behind the camera to cause Barrys unexpected one-take reaction.
b.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 31, 1946 with
Olivia de Havilland
reprising her film role.
c.
The original title for "Planet Terror" was "Project Terror".
d.
The keypad combination to Boris Balkans penthouse office and to his private library is "666".
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