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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005).
About the movie:
In order to support her ten children, Evelyn Ryan (Moore) enters a commercial jingle-writing contest. Based on a true story.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)?
a.
Officer Tom McArdle in the budget committee is mentioned about mid-way through the film. This character is named after film editor
Tom McArdle
(
The Station Agent
).
b.
The Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society is an actual organization.
Jack Nicholson
filmed his scenes at the companys offices and was given a plaque making him an honorary Woodmen member.
c.
In real life, the singer who introduced the nameless "Name The Sandwich" jingle contest was Freddie Cannon, who performed song on American Band Stand.
d.
The film was made available on VHS from MGM/Warner in 1993, its last home video release. Since then, it has remained as part of Metro Goldwyn Mayers infamous moratorium of unreleased films.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)?
a.
The finale where Cohen rams a roadblock is actually the off-ramp from Interstate 45 to McKinney Street. The building in the foreground is the Houston City Hall Annex, located at 900 Bagby.
b.
W.S. Van Dyke
was assigned to direct the movie before
King Vidor
, and scouted locations throughout the American West in 1938. About 60,000 feet of background shots had been completed in Idaho before Van Dyke was taken off the picture because of a scheduling conflict and replaced by Vidor;
Jack Conway
eventually shot some additional scenes as well.
c.
Outside scenes were all shot in Canada. Interior scenes were all shot on a sound stage.
d.
The University of Arizona agreed to let the filmmakers shoot at the campus, then revoked permission after reading the script. Eventually they changed their minds and let them shoot. Many students were used as extras.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)?
a.
The meaning and relevance of this movies title is, as explained in
John Russell Taylor
s book HITCH: The Life and Work of
Alfred Hitchcock
"a play on words . . . referring back to the complicated plot of family relations from the films story and to the physical plot of ground in the cemetery . . ."
b.
Pamela Ludwig
suggested to the filmmakers that they use songs by
Cheap Trick
on the soundtrack.
c.
The filmmakers were given permission to reproduce some of Andy Warhols paintings and silk screens for the set, but they had to destroy them after filming.
d.
Contrary to movie, real-life Evelyn and her son did get to take trip to New York City, where they stayed at Waldorf-Astoria, saw Broadway musical The Music Man, dined at Sardis and appeared on a TV show hosted by Merv Griffin as part of the "Name The Sandwich" contest prize.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)?
a.
At the very end of the film, several children are seen fading in and out of the picture, which shows the passing of several years. One of the young boys is Evelyn Ryans young grandson who happened to be there that day.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
The miracle of the stilling of the storm was filmed in a large swimming pool.
d.
Colleen Hawthorne
came up with the name S.K.I.N.S.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)?
a.
Jerry Lewis
has the only copy locked in a private vault where he vows to keep it from ever being viewed again.
b.
The script is based on a nightmare of the writer,
Paul Travers
.
c.
Star
Fred Gwynne
dyed his hair white for the role of Judd Crandall.
d.
Laura Dern
was pregnant during filming.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)?
a.
Gavilan is based on
Robert Souza
, who was a homicide detective in the LAPD Hollywood Division and moonlighted as a real estate broker in his final ten years on the job. The scene where a cuffed crook steals the gun from a patrol officers belt and starts shooting it off in the parking lot actually happened during Souzas tenure.
b.
The contest ads seen under the opening credits were taken from Evelyn Ryans drawer. They were given to the filmmakers by her daughter Betty.
c.
Frances McDormand
was once in talks for a role.
d.
Timothy Olyphant, who plays Todd, thought the character needed a tattoo, after talking it over with the director, Doug Liman, Doug thought it was a bad idea. The next day, Olyphant showed up with a temporary tattoo that the make-up department had. Liman ended up liking it and it stayed in the movie. It appears on the left side of his neck; its a pair of flaming dice
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)?
a.
The joke of Rowe resembling
Jon Lovitz
was written specifically for
Richie Call
after an acting class he taught, which included
Peter Macaluso
mentioned it to him.
b.
The lunch room menu at the high school reads "Same Old Shit".
c.
Some of the dresses worn by
Julianne Moore
in the film actually belonged to Evelyn Ryan. Her children had saved them and offered the use of them for the film.
d.
Robert Vaughn
plays essentially the same character he played in
The Magnificent Seven
.
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