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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Perfect Storm (2000) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Perfect Storm (2000) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000).
About the movie:
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
The family members of Billy Tyne and Dale Murphy did not like the movie. In 2000, they sued Time Warner and the other production companies in federal district court in Florida. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants in 2002. The plaintiffs appealed. In turn, the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit could not make up its mind on how to interpret a key Florida statute. The case was sent or "certified" to the Florida Supreme Court to resolve that limited question.
b.
The yacht on which much of the action takes place belonged in real life as the "Zaca" to
Errol Flynn
. Flynn skippered the Zaca between takes, and he can be spotted in the background in a scene outside a cantina.
c.
The floating opera stage sequence utilized 1700 extras who were paid £42 a day for three days work. CGI visual effects enable the audience to appear as almost 7000 patrons.
d.
According to his book,
Chris Rock
asked to audition for the part of Charlie but was turned down.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Viggo Mortensen
joined the film when it was already shooting, never having met
Peter Jackson
before, nor indeed having read the Tolkien books either. It was Mortensens 11 year old son
Henry Mortensen
who was the chief instigator in convincing Mortensen to sign on as Aragorn.
b.
Between takes,
Brad Dourif
stayed in character by continuing to speak with an English accent until all his footage had been completed. This was so convincing that, at the end, when he spoke with his normal voice again,
Bernard Hill
thought that his English accent was real and that his American accent must be fake.
c.
Although not listed in the official Writers Guild of America information,
Bo Goldman
received an on-screen-credit for having co-written the script.
d.
The movie was lit for black-and-white, but shot in color. The film was finally rendered in black-and-white, wide-screen, 16x9.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Towards the end of
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
s emotional speech in the church at Gloucester, her microphone picked up her pounding heartbeat. Director
Wolfgang Petersen
liked the effect, so it remains audible on the soundtrack.
b.
Exterior shots of submarines seen moving during the undersea sequences were actually scale models manufactured by special effects personnel. These f/x were considered cutting edge at the time.
c.
In the "Machine Love" segment, behind the receptionists desk is a logo that is Paks actual logo. It consists of a stylized "P", an "A" and a "K" in a circle.
d.
The majority of the dialogue for this film was based upon two books written by Scott Shaw: "Essence" and "Time".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
The storm in the movie was formed by the remnants of Hurricane Grace in late October and early November 1991.
b.
Body count: 122
c.
Colm MacConiomaire, violinist with
Glen Hansard
s band The Frames, makes a cameo appearance during the auditions as a young violin player.
d.
In a 2009 Hanes commercial,
Charlie Sheen
is driving a car with the license plate "MASHEEN". This is reference to the scene in which Malkovich and Charlie Sheen trade affectionate nicknames: Malkovich: "Ma-sheen!"; Charlie: "Malkatraz!"
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Daeg Faerch
as Michel, the French boy, did all his own stunts.
b.
Michael Ironside
, who plays Bob Brown, the "Andrea Gail"s owner, was apparently mistaken for the character he plays by one of the town locals.
c.
This is the only one of his films for which
Robert Wise
had a full week of rehearsal before shooting.
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.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Actor
Robert Bettles
had an accident during filming. Bettles fell off a pony on the second day of shooting and was hesitant to ride it again.
b.
Orson Welles
privately watched this film about 40 times while he was making
Citizen Kane
.
c.
Pre-production had to be delayed due to the writers strike in 2007/08. After
Bruce Willis
walked because of script complaints, United Artists CEO
Paula Wagner
then made the decision to cancel the production entirely.
Oliver Stone
has protested that the writers strike and Willis drop out were merely convenient excuses for UA to rid itself of a hot potato (especially in light of the commercial failure of its politically charged film
Lions for Lambs
) , and that he was ready to replace Willis with
Nicolas Cage
.
d.
Mark Wahlberg
stayed in Bobby Shatfords room above the Crows Nest bar and even checked IDs at the door one night.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Paul Walker
and
Matt Schulze
carefully choreographed the fight scene outside the grocery store, but when it came time to shoot, it didnt feel right. In the end they just improvised.
b.
Morris chose Zeb Halsell as the lead after three months of intense casting.
c.
The inspiration for the design of the stillsuits was the medical textbook "Grays Anatomy".
d.
Legal Sea Foods, a Boston-based restaurant, purchased the Lady Grace, the ship used as the Andrea Gail in the film. For a time, it was in Gloucester, Massachusetts as a floating memorial to fishermen who have lost their lives at sea. It was later sold to a commercial fishing operation, then ravaged by fire. Its current location and disposition are unknown.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Roger Donaldson
: [using a racing machine on a public road] In this movie Anthony Hopkins (I)/
Burt Munro
tests the Indian on a highway. In the opening sequence of
Smash Palace
,
Bruno Lawrence
/
Al Shaw
is seen testing his Formula 5000 race car the same way.
b.
Nicolas Cage
was originally named as the lead to play local fisherman Bobby Shatford but was forced to back out because of other commitments.
c.
Although uncredited,
Gene Kelly
had two incredibly talented choreography assistants. These ladies were none other than
Carol Haney
("The Pajama Game") and
Gwen Verdon
(Broadway star of "Can-Can", "New Girl In Town", "Damn Yankees", "Redhead", "Sweet Charity" and "Chicago"). In fact, Kellys taps during the "Singin In The Rain" number were post-dubbed by Verdon and Haney. The ladies had to stand ankle-deep in a drum full of water to match the soggy on-screen action.
Gene Kelly
had also recommended
Carol Haney
for the role of Kathy Selden.
d.
It was said that while filming the scene where C.C. Baxter sleeps in Central Park in the rain,
Billy Wilder
had to spray
Jack Lemmon
with anti-freeze to keep him from freezing.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Though the Crows Nest is a real bar in Gloucester, it is not located on the dock as is depicted in the movie. The exterior was simply a facade erected by the filmmakers.
b.
The climactic battle scenes involved 7,000 extras, 1,500 horses and 400 Texan longhorn cattle.
c.
In the socialist Hungary, the movie was only released in 1985. It became the second biggest grossing film that year: 1.5 million tickets were sold (Hungarys population was around 10 million at that time!) The biggest hit that year was
Bomber
starring
Bud Spencer
.
d.
Elmer Bernstein
reused portions of his musical score the following year in
Robot Monster
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Perfect Storm (2000)?
a.
Originally, director
Sam Raimi
vehemently opposed having Venom as a villain in the film, claiming he hated Venoms "lack of humanity," but Marvel producer
Avi Arad
convinced him to include the character, explaining that Venom had a strong worldwide following. Raimi eventually came to appreciate the character, based on writer
Alvin Sargent
s script and actor
Topher Grace
s performance. However, to keep Venoms appearance a secret, he claimed during the films casting and production that he hated the character, and had no intention of including the character in this film or any subsequent sequels. To make amends, he then treated the audience at the 22 July 2006 San Diego Comic-Con to the first public images of Venom in the film, albeit with unfinished special effects.
b.
Since Larry Simms was quickly approaching his pre-teen years, the producers of the series decided that "Baby" Dumpling couldnt go on being called "Baby" forever and they decided to drop the moniker and call the Bumstead son by his given name, Alexander. This is the first in the Blondie series in which it went into effect.
c.
Three days of exterior shots were filmed on the edge of Hurricane Floyd for the early portions of the storm.
d.
This was remade as
Distant Drums
with
Gary Cooper
,
Richard Webb
and
Arthur Hunnicutt
circa 1950 and set in the Florida Everglades.
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