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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Rookie (2002) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Rookie (2002) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Rookie (2002)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002).

About the movie: A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		Its mentioned in the film that Richard Dreyfusss first film appearance was in The Graduate. However, Dreyfuss also appeared in Valley of the Dolls which was released one month earlier than The Gruduate.
b.		Vin Diesel accidentally broke a stuntmans nose.
c.		In real life, after Jimmy Morris first major league game in Arlington, Texas, he asked Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez to sign a baseball.
d.		The house depicted in the film was used for day scenes only. It was torn down after filming because it didnt meet local building codes. The rooms were duplicated on an L.A. sound stage for night scenes.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		The films original movie poster, which features the character of Jim Morris silhouetted by a sunset, is actually a picture of pitching double Jeff Dowdy, not Dennis Quaid.
b.		The studio originally offered a much larger budget to Jim Sharman for the film, on the condition that he cast popular musicians of the day. Sharman insisted upon using the original cast, so as a compromise, he accepted a much smaller budget and agreed to cast American actors in the roles of Brad and Janet. Tim Curry, Richard OBrien, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell created their roles in the original stage production. Jonathan Adams appeared in the original cast as well, playing the role of the Narrator. Meat Loaf had played role of Eddie in the original Los Angeles stage production.
c.		Oscars license place reads "SCRAM."
d.		Voted one of AFIs Top 100 Heart-Pounding Movies of all time: number 99.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		The park used for Durham Bulls home stadium was actually the new Dell Diamond in Round Rock Texas. The stadium was the home of the triple-A Astro farm team that has since changed to the triple-A Texas Rangers farm team. The teams name is the Round Rock Express.
b.		Canadian pop singer Corey Hart was asked to screen test for the part of Marty.
c.		The case where Valiant keeps his cartoon gun is inscribed "Thanks for getting me out of the Hoosegow - Yosemite Sam".
d.		Sam Peckinpah wrote the original script and was set to direct, but Yul Brynner didnt like the script because it made Pancho Villa - a man who had given standing orders to shoot all prisoners - "look like a bad guy". Peckinpah was fired and his script was rewritten by Robert Towne to conform to Brynners idea of what Villa was like.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		The scene where Jimmy walks out to the mound for the first time at The Ballpark in Arlington was filmed during the seventh inning stretch of a real Rangers game. All of the pitching shots were done after the game.
b.		The piano selection playing on the radio during one of the final scenes is Chopins Revolutionary Etude, Opus 10, No. 12.
c.		Christian T. Petersen: The director and the first assistant director can be seen as tavern drunks during the street fight sequence with Kruce.
d.		The film was re-released to theaters before being released to television. Groucho Marx attended the premiere.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		The film lost USD$445,000 in its initial release in the USA.
b.		The movie was renamed "Best Shot" in Europe because most Europeans wouldnt know what a Hoosier was.
c.		The movie theater marquee shows the title of the baseball classic Bang the Drum Slowly, also directed by a John Hancock (John D. Hancock) (no relation).
d.		Two months prior to principal photography, James Arness was brought in during the design and development of the makeup.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		Jason Presson: (one of the stars of Explorers, also directed by Joe Dante), as Alex, the yogurt jerk.
b.		Melanie Griffith was considered for the female lead role. However, Griffith starred in Working Girl.
c.		A billboard for the Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers is seen in the film.
d.		The montage in which Coach Morris team is playing baseball against several different teams includes clips filmed at Thrall High School in Thrall, Texas. During March of 2001, the filmmakers spent one full day of shooting at Thrall High.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		Sandahl Bergman says she had the tip of one finger cut off while shooting a swordfight for the picture.
b.		Dennis Quaid did much of his own pitching, but he was doubled in shots that required truly fast pitches, by former minor league pitcher Jeff Dowdy. No special effects were used to enhance the speed of the pitches; however, some camera tricks, such as "whip pans," were used to make Quaids own pitches appear faster.
c.		The film was released on November 22, 1996, the anniversary of the date that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the characters land on Earth on April 4, 2063, the anniversary of the date that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
d.		Earned $16.3 million on its initial run, a huge amount for the time.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		The piranha were done by attaching rubber puppet fish to sticks.
b.		The tune whistled by Little John before his fight with Robin is the medieval English round "Sumer is Icumen In".
c.		The place they filmed the movie was not really Big Lake, Texas, but in Thorndale, Texas, northeast of Austin.
d.		Alec Baldwin, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Bruce Willis were all considered for the lead role.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		Trevor Morgan, who plays Young Jimmy, had to learn how to pitch left-handed.
b.		Shot in only five weeks.
c.		Marks the first time Universal-International stopped using the effective but lengthy application time of make-up artist Jack P. Pierce for the monster make-up, using Bud Westmore and Jack Kevans more cost-effective rubber appliances. The rubber head appliance that Glenn Strange wore to play the Frankenstein monster fitted him so tightly that, after a few hours under the hot lights, he could shake his head and hear the sweat rattling around inside it.
d.		Emery Hawkins animated three different versions of the opening of The Greedys sequence before grasping how he felt the character should move. The extra time it took to animate the elaborate sequence led to some behind the scenes frustrations with the crew.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Rookie (2002)?
a.		In real life, there were only 10 players on the team, which is shown in the movie. Four of the "talking" Owls came from LA, the other six came from Austin. They held a camp and 800 kids came out, and the producers got to pick from them.
b.		Score music is used quite sparsely throughout the film, blending elusively into the background. Some can be heard during Bells opening narration, during Chigurhs quarter speech, when Bell shows up at the aftermath of the motel shootout towards the end of the film, and the closing credits.
c.		A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
d.		The final horse scene was filmed in Browning, Montana. 550 different horses were used in that scene. The horses all came from different owners, so to tell them apart, their hooves were branded.

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