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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).
About the movie:
An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when one of their member announces he has a terminal illness.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Fictionalized account of the story and disappearance of aviator
Amelia Earhart
.
b.
In the bathroom scene where Richie cuts his hair and, eventually, his wrists, the music playing is "Needle in the Hay" by
Elliott Smith
. On October 21, 2003, Elliott Smith (allegedly) committed suicide through self-inflicted stab wounds.
Owen Wilson
(co-writer with
Wes Anderson
) reportedly attempted suicide in 2007. Owen is the brother of
Luke Wilson
, who played Richie.
c.
The Super Bowl as shown at the end of the film is between the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles.
d.
Jim Cummings
: [
Sterling Holloway
] As Kaa, Cummings flawlessly copies Holloways voice.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
The siren heard at the Da Nang base during the Tet Offensive is the same as heard at Burpelson AFB in
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
.
b.
The phone number listed on the wall at the auto mechanics shop is 867-5309, from the Tommy Tutone song "Jenny (867-5309)." This number is also referenced in the other Halestorm films "The R.M." and "Church Ball."
c.
Wes Anderson
: [Rolling Stones] Features "She Smiled Sweetly" and "Ruby Tuesday".
d.
In Canada, the film was scheduled to play in Toronto and Montreal theaters on October 1, 2010. However, because the film was not rated by the cities provincial rating agencies, the theaters were threatened with fines if it still played and, thus, it was pulled from release. On Twitter,
Adam Green
referred to the occurrence as "sad".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Wes Anderson
: [in-camera speed change] The last scene changes from normal speed to slow-motion.
b.
Alfred Drake
won the 1954 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Musical for "Kismet" as the Public Poet.
c.
To keep up Samanthas continuous aggressiveness and hysterics,
Anna Faris
continually drank Red Bulls before filming.
d.
The movie created an issue in Rome due to a "creative license" made by the filmmakers. The city of Rome hosts two football teams (AS Rome and SS Lazio), fierce rivals. In
Elizabeth Gilbert
s original novel (on which the film is based) it is made clear that Mr Spaghetti was a SS Lazio fan. However, due to the limited appeal and knowledge of the "SS Lazio" team outside Italy, the filmmakers decided to made him an "AS Rome" fan. This decision enraged the local SS Lazio fans (who of course became immediately objects of mockery by the AS Roma fans).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Wes Anderson
: [underwater shot] In every Wes Anderson film there is a shot of one or more of the characters underwater. One person is added for each film. In
Bottle Rocket
, we have one character, Anthony underwater. In
Rushmore
, we have a shot with two characters underwater. Then in
The Royal Tenenbaums
, there are three people underwater. The Royal Tenenbaums also stresses the number three. When the on screen novel reads, "3", it cuts to Ritchie, and the narrator says, that Ritichie had fed his bird 3 sardines. Then next we see Ritichie on the roof reading "3 Plays".
b.
The unnamed senators in the committee were played people who were primarily screenwriters and producers:
William Bowers
,
Roger Corman
,
Phil Feldman
, and
Richard Matheson
.
c.
Chauntal Lewis
stars in all but five brief scenes.
d.
The scene in the alley where the Kurgan (
Clancy Brown
) beheads Kastagir (
Hugh Quarshie
) and then stabs the gun nut, followed by the explosion, was filmed in an alley in England even though it was set in New York. The director was reluctant to set off the explosion in the alley because the windows were full of Victorian glass, but he was given permission to do so because that particular site was going to be destroyed in a few months anyway.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Inside the board game closet, when Chas yells at Royal, you can see a green Monopoly house at the end of the light pull chain.
b.
The play by
Owen Davis
and
Donald Davis
, based on
Pearl S. Buck
s novel, opened in New York on 18 October 1933 at the Guild Theater with
Claude Rains
and
Alla Nazimova
in the lead roles and ran for 56 performances.
c.
Won an Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film from the 2008 Interrobang Film Festival.
d.
The band that appears at the "worship service" is the contemporary Christian group Third Day.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Had been sold both individually and as party of a "Young Filmmakers Career-Starting Package" along with
John A. Russo
s book Cheap Thrills, legal forms, and the four volume videotape set "John Russos Filmmaking Seminar".
b.
The film-within-a-film, Habeas Corpus, features a prison gas chamber scene with
Susan Sarandon
as a saintly onlooker. Sarandon starred as Sister Helen Prejean in
Dead Man Walking
directed by
Tim Robbins
c.
When
Bill Murray
asks for a cigarette, says "au revoir" (goodbye) and leaves by the end of the movie, it mirrors (smoking aside) the concession speech of French president
Valéry Giscard dEstaing
, when he lost the 1981 French presidential election.
d.
All but three minutes of the film was shot inside the bare and confining, sixteen by twenty-four foot "jury room".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Seymour Cassel
and
Steve Buscemi
went to the audition together. Steve auditioned for Nice Guy Eddie and Seymour auditioned for Joe.
b.
The four songs included in the film were originally intended for an M-G-M Technicolor musical version of "Huckleberry Finn" which was supposed to have been filmed in 1952, but was never made. It was supposed to have starred
Dean Stockwell
as Huck,
William Warfield
(fresh from his triumph as Joe in
Show Boat
) as Jim, and
Gene Kelly
and
Danny Kaye
as the two con men.
c.
The Havana hotel that Michael stays in is the Capri. The location was the El Embajador Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
d.
Wes Anderson
: [peanuts] According to Anderson on the DVD commentary track, Buckley the beagle is a tribute to Snoopy. The
Vince Guaraldi
Trio song "Christmastime is Here" from
A Charlie Brown Christmas
recurs as Margos theme.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Throughout the movie everyone wears the same clothing (or some variation of the same clothing). All of the clothing is also from the 1970s. Director
Wes Anderson
did this intentionally so that it would appear that the Tenenbaums are trapped in the era of their heyday while time moves on (the gravestone at the end reads 2001). Much of the setting, including the use of gypsy cabs and Green Line buses, are also in keeping with this theme.
b.
Two of the films working titles were "Affairs of the Heart", and "Lethal Attraction".
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 16, 1945 with
Sydney Greenstreet
,
Peter Lorre
and
Zachary Scott
reprising their film roles.
d.
The script calls the location of the first murders Lake Helena Road. It was actually Lake Herman Road which crosses from Vallejo to Benica next to Lake Herman.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
Rance Howard
: director
Ron Howard
s father, playing a priest.
b.
Wes Anderson
: [Pallana] Anderson has given
Kumar Pallana
(Pagoda) a part in each of his movies (with the exception of
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
). Pallana used to work at Andersons favorite coffee shop in Dallas.
c.
June 2008 Ranked #4 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Epic".
d.
A young
Gene Wilder
auditioned for the role of Vin.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)?
a.
When asked if he thought
Sarah Miles
would make a good choice for the part of Lara, screenwriter
Robert Bolt
said "No, shes just a north country slut". Bolt would later marry Miles.
b.
The key speechless character in
Solarbabies
, named Bodhi, is also referred to in the film as the Sphere of Longiness.
c.
Inside the board game closet, to the left facing the door, there is a game from Israel called "Lo Babayit" meaning no home.
d.
Over 100 cars were destroyed/wrecked during the filming of this movie.
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