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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Runaways (2010) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Runaways (2010) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Runaways (2010).
About the movie:
A coming-of-age biopic about '70s teenage band The Runaways.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Runaways (2010)?
a.
The Vogon written language seen on their release forms as well as in a bilingual caption in the Magrathean video which says "Information Deleted", is actually a form of English. Pitman shorthand, once taught to hundreds of thousands of office-workers mainly in the British Commonwealth, is a series of straight and curved strokes meant to write down sounds much faster than regular writing. As discussed in a book about the movie, the Vogons use a slightly blocky but recognizable form of "Pitman 2000", the most recent version of Pitman shorthand published in 1970. It occurs in the Vogon release forms, posters on the wall which say "Fire Exit Escape Map" (over a hopelessly confusing maze of arrows with a spot at the center saying "You Are Here") and "Are you depressed? Destruction Therapy!"
b.
In the DVD commentary,
Joan Jett
states it was the Canadian rock band
Rush
that bullied
The Runaways
from having a sound check.
c.
Rodrigo Prieto
: The Mexican prostitute whom Jack picks up. Director
Ang Lee
asked him to play this part after judging the actor originally hired to be too short.
d.
The film that made
Bette Davis
a genuine star
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Runaways (2010)?
a.
A character mentions Elvis and Priscilla Presleys divorce as a sign of the decline of rock and roll. Cheries sister Marie is played in this movie by
Riley Keough
, who is a granddaughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
b.
According to
John Hughes
in the DVD Commentary (original DVD release), the voice Cameron uses while talking to Rooney pretending to be Slones father was modeled after a stage director both
Alan Ruck
and Matthew Broderick had worked for.
c.
Shooting was originally going to start in summer 2009, but it didnt start until early November 2009.
d.
James Woods
film debut.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Runaways (2010)?
a.
The name of Peters landlord, Mr. Ditkovitch, is a reference to
Steve Ditko
, co-creator of Spider-man.
b.
Jon Stewart
is mentioned as a comedian who does political humor.
Lewis Black
is a frequent correspondent on
The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart.
c.
The inspiration for the film comes from the folktale "The Devils Meeting" in which the Devil roams the earth in human form torturing the living. The film also mentions the folktale.
d.
Robert Romanus
, who plays the guitar teacher who tries to get Joan to play "On Top of Old Smoky," thirty years earlier had also costarred with the real Cherie Currie in her movie debut,
Foxes
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Runaways (2010)?
a.
The line about the 9/11-victims not being heroes but "just" victims was one of the improvised lines by
J.K. Simmons
.
b.
In 1971, owing to the success of this film,
John Wayne
was #1 at the US Box Office for the last time.
c.
The real
Cherie Currie
claims she collapsed onto her kitchen floor and burst into tears when she learned
Dakota Fanning
had signed to play her in the film. Fanning is Curries favorite actress.
d.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 13 seconds. Or 18 seconds if the battle sequence near the end is excluded.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Runaways (2010)?
a.
When Malcolm is first seen preaching on the streets of Harlem the other preachers on step ladders are
Bobby Seale
(founder of the Black Panthers) and
Al Sharpton
.
b.
Originally, the tutor Alone was going to be played by
Javier Bardem
, but upon revising the script
Francis Ford Coppola
decided the relationship between Alone and Tetro would be more appealing if it was between a man and a woman, so Alone became a woman played by
Carmen Maura
.
c.
Tara Lipinski
was auditioning for a part in
The Banger Sisters
when she stopped by the set. Crowe saw her and offered her a cameo in the movie. She improvised a scene with
Cameron Diaz
. She had to stand on a box to get closer to Diazs height since Lipinski is 51" and Diaz is 59". The scene didnt make the US version but can still be seen in the international versions of the movie.
d.
Jennifer Stone
also auditioned for the role of
Joan Jett
. Though she lost the role to
Kristen Stewart
, she later had nothing but praise for her, insisting that Stewart was perfect for the role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Runaways (2010)?
a.
Before
Michael Mann
was hired,
Spike Lee
,
Martin Scorsese
, and
Steven Spielberg
were all offered the chance to direct the movie.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 25, 1940 with
Fred MacMurray
and
Barbara Stanwyck
reprising their film roles.
c.
Joan Jett
s one regret about this film is that the title card at the end of the film that reveals the fate of herself,
Kim Fowley
and
Cherie Currie
does not also feature that of
Sandy West
. On the DVD commentary, Jett unofficially dedicates the film to West, who died just before the film went into production.
d.
The twenty-seventh of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
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