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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Polar Express (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Polar Express (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004).
About the movie:
On Christmas Eve, a doubting boy boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
Listed in the Guiness Book of World Records 2006 as the "first all-digital capture" film, where all acted parts were done in digital capture.
b.
Ironically, production on the flip camera was suspended in spring, 2011. What had been the pinnacle of digital technology when Levy began his film was suddenly obsolete.
c.
The victim tied to the bed for a year was not an animatronic model, but a very skinny actor made up to look even more corpse-like.
Rob Bottin
used a set of exaggerated teeth to make the head look smaller and more shrunken from malnutrition.
d.
Maggie Grace
was originally cast as Kitty Pryde, but the filmmakers discovered she was too old for the role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
In the newspaper with the headline "London In Terror: Blackwood Lives and the Devil Walks With Him," handed by Lestrade to Holmes when Holmes is bailed out, the names of the five women who were Blackwoods first five victims are revealed. They are: Susan Willis, Margaret Coile, June Gray, Mary Wilson, and Sarah Moss. The woman whose murder Holmes intervened on is revealed to be named as Beatrice Church.
b.
The train set seen at the end is a recreation of the new Lionel Polar Express train set combined with the older Lionel Berkshire and the older tubular track.
c.
If Carls house was approximately 1600 square feet, and the average house weighs between 60-100 pounds per square foot, it weighs 120,000 pounds. If the average helium balloon can carry .009 pounds (or 4.63 grams), it would take 12,658,392 balloons to lift his house off the ground. (20,622 balloons appear on the house when it first lifts off.)
d.
According to the DVD notes, both
John Ireland
and
Sterling Hayden
were approached for the role of Britt.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
The film used 3D motion capture techniques to digitally record the physical performances of the actors before "skinning" them with their animated forms. All the childrens roles were acted by adults using over-sized props to get the movement right.
b.
Theoni V. Aldredge
was also the costume designer of the original stage production of this musical.
c.
Nero remarks on the idea of creating an experience in order to gain inspiration, and complains that for his "conflagration", he has not yet seen a burning city. Petronius replies; "A burning city? That would be carrying art for arts sake too far". "Art for arts sake" is of course the motto of the studio that made the film, MGM.
d.
The character of Daisy was named Hildegarde Moncrief in
F. Scott Fitzgerald
s original short story. The name change is likely a nod to the female lead in Fitzgeralds best-known work,
The Great Gatsby
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
Initial digital camera tests shot by
Allen Daviau
.
b.
Suzanne Lopez
s real-life wedding reception was the first footage shot for the movie.
c.
The ski lodge scenes were filmed in the Bird Nest, a student run facility on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles California during spring break.
d.
Second time for Kevin Kilner and Chad Michael Murray to co-star. Kilner and Murray also co-starred in One Tree Hill, where Murray portrayed Lucas Scott and Kilner portrayed Peyton Sawyers father, Larry.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
Gregory Peck
auditioned for the role of Captain Nemo.
b.
A cut scene featured
Michael Shannon
as Arthur Blessitt, who first converted Bush to Born-Again Christianity.
c.
The real name of the Hero Boy is never mentioned.
d.
Los Lobos
: During the bar scene during the opening credits, the composers can be seen in the audience.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
In the last scene of the TV series, executive producer and narrator
Ron Howard
is pitched with an idea for a show about the Bluth family. His reply: "I dont see it as a series. Maybe a movie."
b.
This was the first mainstream film to be simultaneously released as a 3D IMAX presentation.
c.
Shot in just 12 days.
d.
32 Minis were used throughout the shooting.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
Fred J. Lincoln
helped choreograph some of the more violent scenes in the movie.
b.
John Huston
stated that working with his father on this picture and his dads subsequent Oscar win were among the favorite moments of his life.
c.
To preserve the dramatic opening of the Star Wars movies,
George Lucas
insisted on moving all the credits to the end of the film. However, although the Writers Guild and Directors Guild had begrudgingly allowed this on
Star Wars
(because that film wasnt expected to be very successful), they resented the trend being continued on this film. First they tried to pull Empire from release, but were unsuccessful. They then fined Lucas heavily, and tried to fine
Irvin Kershner
, but Lucas paid all the fines himself (nearly $250,000). Lucas then bitterly dropped his membership in the Writers Guild, Directors Guild, and the Motion Picture Association of America, a move that has hindered his hiring choices on later films (see also
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
and
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
).
d.
Michael Jeter
s last movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
Felicity Huffman
had to finish shooting her scenes earlier than scheduled when she secured a role on
Desperate Housewives
.
b.
The original Broadway production of "The Miracle Worker" opened at the Playhouse Theater on October 19, 1959, ran for 719 performances and won the 1960 Tony Award for the Best Play.
Anne Bancroft
(winner of the 1960 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play) and
Patty Duke
recreated their stage roles in the movie. Also in the opening night cast were
Kathleen Comegys
as Aunt Ev and
Beah Richards
as Viney, both originating their movie roles.
William Gibson
wrote the teleplay, the stage play and the screenplay.
c.
The church pews and ministers podium in the movie were taken from St. Pauls United Methodist Church in Atlanta and moved into a church in Senoia Georgia (the white one with the turret used in the exterior scenes). The ministers office, kitchen and the rehearsal space thats not the choir loft where they perform was filmed in the Atlanta church. St. Pauls used the money for allowing filming in the church to add air conditioning to the sanctuary.
d.
A close examination of all the ticket numbers reveals that they all contain the number "1225" in them. Pere Marquette No. 1225 was used as a model for the Polar Express locomotive. 12-25 also refers to the date of Christmas - December 25th.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
In the beginning of the movie, Hero Boy looks at a picture of himself on a store Santas lap. The stores name on the photo is Herpolsheimers, an old department store in Grand Rapids,
Chris Van Allsburg
s hometown. Later the train passes by the store.
b.
John Fergusons apartment is located at the corner of Jones and Lombard, just one block west of the famed steep switchback block of Lombard Street.
c.
At the suggestion of
James Stewart
, the director changed many shots to make them wider so that "Harvey" would be in the frame.
d.
The first draft for the movie was written in 1974. Even then,
Robert Stack
was first choice for the part of Rex Kramer.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Polar Express (2004)?
a.
The premiere was held in Grand Rapids, MI, author
Chris Van Allsburg
s hometown.
b.
One of the dentists patients is "little Davy Reynolds" - a reference to
David Reynolds
, one of the films writers.
c.
More squib charges were used in this film than in the three-hour war epic
The Longest Day
.
d.
Linda Seaton was loosely based on Gertrude Sanford Legendre, a former debutante who left high society to become a big-game hunter and later spied for the OSS during WWII.
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