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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Ringer (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Ringer (2005) Quiz
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About the movie:
A young guy's only option to erase a really bad debt is to rig the Special Olympics by posing as a contestant.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ringer (2005)?
a.
It took seven years to get the film made.
b.
Was rumored to be written as just another detective movie, with a white detective in the lead, but, after the success of
Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song
, the film was rewritten and recast as a blaxploitation movie. This story has been told several times by director Melvin van Peebles. However, it is probably apocryphal. The
Ernest Tidyman
novel which was the basis for the film is about a black detective and not a white one.
c.
One of three movies that
Oliver Hardy
acted in without his partner
Stan Laurel
during the 25 year period that they made comedies together. The other two are
Zenobia
and
The Fighting Kentuckian
.
d.
Shot in 30 days.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ringer (2005)?
a.
While the crew was applying blood to the stab wound on
Natalie Portman
, she commented to director
Darren Aronofsky
that she was uncomfortable with the placement of the blood on her tights because it looked like a period. Aronofsky told her he intentionally placed the blood where it was to symbolize Nina becoming a woman. As a result, Portman has stated that she doesnt believe Nina dies at the end of the film. She sees it more as Nina having to kill the little girl in order to mature into a woman.
b.
At first,
Doris Day
refused to record "Que Sera, Sera" as a popular song release, dismissing it as "a forgettable childrens song." It not only went on to win an Academy Award, but also became the biggest hit of her recording career and her signature song.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 17, 1944 with
William Powell
reprising his film role.
d.
This film has been given a blessing by the Special Olympics.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ringer (2005)?
a.
The North American meaning of "ringer" means: Fraudulent entry, somebody who is fraudulently substituted in a competition.
b.
Filming started for this film in 1980. Co-writer and director Susan Seidelman had raised $20,000 for a feature length film and was quite competently managing the finances of the project. However, one night, lead actress Susan Berman was doing an improvisation with one of her fellow actors in the film which involved her character being tossed and trapped on a fire escape, and responding quite frantically to the situation. In the midst of acting and struggling with the other actor in the scene to let her back inside, Berman fell off the fire escape and broke her leg. Production shut down for six months and the crew picked up shooting again in early 1981.
c.
In 2001,
Mark Wahlberg
and
Hugh Jackman
were in talks to star. Production was scheduled to begin in February 2002. But after the September 11, 2001 attack on New York City and the celebrated heroics of the citys police, it was deemed inappropriate to make a film featuring corrupt NYPD officers at the time.
d.
Among her films this was
Jeanette MacDonald
s favorite.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ringer (2005)?
a.
Terry Funk
: one of the bookies.
b.
Both
Otto Preminger
and
Marilyn Monroe
were forced to do the film against their will, due to contractual obligations. They both expressed their frustration over the script which they considered below par. However, the film was a box office hit upon its release and remains a popular classic western.
c.
When Moira goes to visit Towers at the dock, an Australian sailor calls out "Get a load of that Charlie Wheeler". This is rhyming slang: Charlie Wheeler rhymes with sheila, an Australian term for a (young) woman.
d.
When Beavis and Butt-Head try to steal the TV from the high school, and their teacher stops them the Geffen Prodctions logo can be seen on the chalkboard
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Ringer (2005)?
a.
J. Michael Straczynski
first learned of the story of Christine Collins from an unnamed source at Los Angeles City Hall. The source had stumbled across case files regarding the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders among other discarded documents scheduled for destruction. Straczynski took the files himself and became obsessed with the case, doing extensive research over the course of a year. Virtually every event depicted in the film appears as cited in legal documents, with dialog often taken verbatim from court transcripts. Straczynski wrote his first draft of the screenplay in only eleven days.
b.
The Eiffel Tower features prominently in the movie. In the earlier James Bond film
Moonraker
, it is mentioned that the villain Hugo Drax actually bought the structure but his application to transport the tower was refused.
c.
According to Lloyd Kaufmans DVD commentary the film was inspired by the records of Tom Lehrer and Stan Freeberg.
d.
Originally set for a US theatrical release in 2004 the film was pushed back due to studio executives concern over its content.
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