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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Secret (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Secret (2008) Quiz
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About the movie:
Five men reunite after 15 years to learn the past is not only haunting them; it's hunting them...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Secret (2008)?
a.
Tom Stoppard
did uncredited rewrites on the script.
b.
The owners of the billboards that surround Times Square attempted to sue Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Marvel Enterprises, and the other companies involved with the production of
Spider-Man
for "digitally superimposing advertisements for other companies over their billboard space in the film." The suit was thrown out by a federal judge in New York.
c.
Ian J. Keeney
performed every crew position on The Secret, bringing the movie in on a budget of only $1,000. There were times on set where he would hold both the camera and the boom microphone at the same time, working camera and sound after setting up all the lighting for the scene. He did have volunteers help him on set doing miscellaneous tasks such as blacking out windows in the house to make day look like night, but most technical positions all the way through editing were done by him.
d.
The gun that Walter pulls in the bowling alley is a Colt model 1911 .45 caliber semi automatic handgun.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Secret (2008)?
a.
The opening combat scene takes place on October 6th, 1971 - five years to the day after LSD was declared to be illegal in the United States (10/6/1966).
b.
Shot in 1969, not released until 1971.
c.
There was great debate about changing the name of the movie from "The Secret" to something different because several other films with the same name came out at just about the same time. Since the original short had the title, "The Secret" in 1993 and it was so fitting to the screenplay, the executive producers decided to keep the original name.
d.
Tim McGraw
and
Maria Bello
are playing the parents of
Ryan Kwanten
and
Alison Lohman
, even though the two are but 9 and 12 years older than Kwanten and Lohman, respectively.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Secret (2008)?
a.
At the end, after the Universal Studios logo is shown, there is an ad for Universal Studios in Hollywood. Below "When in Hollywood, visit Universal Studios", it says "Ask For Babs". The same appeared in
Animal House
(Babs is the Animal House character Babs Jensen), and it reappeared in
Blues Brothers 2000
underneath a new Universal Studios Hollywood logo at the end of that movie.
b.
18 US soldiers died in the incident depicted in the film. The number of Somalis who died during the battle has been estimated between 500 and 2,000.
c.
The oval office set was originally built for
Dave
.
d.
The Secret was originally a short film by
Darren DeBari
and was produced in 1993.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Secret (2008)?
a.
The movie is set in a small Maine town but it was actually filmed in California.
b.
In the "50th anniversary" DVD release, one of the bonus features is a Movietone News piece about the shipboard premiere of the movie aboard the S.S. Constitution, identified in the newsreel as the location for filming.
c.
The Secret was originally a short film written and directed by
Darren DeBari
in 1993 and was adapted to a feature by
Ian J. Keeney
12 years later.
d.
The goose sisters, Abigail and Amelia, are voiced by
Carole Shelley
and
Monica Evans
, who played the equally-chatty Pigeon sisters, Cecily and Gwendolyn, in the movie, TV series, and original Broadway production of Neil Simons
The Odd Couple
. (They also provide the voices of Maid Marian and Lady Cluck in Disneys
Robin Hood
).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Secret (2008)?
a.
William Goldman
did uncredited rewrites.
b.
The character of Gaston was not in the original fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast. Rather, he was inspired by the antagonist of the 1946 French film
La belle et la bête
. Avenant also was in love with Belle and tried to kill the Beast upon learning that she loved him, losing his life in the process. Reportedly, a direct-to-video sequel to the Disney movie was to feature a villain named Avenant, Gastons revenge-seeking younger brother, but the project was scrapped in favour of
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
.
c.
Gregory Robert Wilson
originally played Stan in the short film but was cast as Perry in the feature.
d.
Released to drive-ins simultaneously under two different titles beginning in 1968 as the latter half of a double-feature. When paired with
Hells Chosen Few
the print was titled "Spider Baby;" when paired with
Dr. Terrors House of Horrors
(aka "The Blood Suckers") it was titled "The Liver Eaters."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Secret (2008)?
a.
The inspiration for Paul, David Hampton, died of AIDS on 18 July 2003.
b.
Gregory Robert Wilson
used inspiration from actor
David Duchovny
for his character, Perry. Duchovny was also starring in a movie called The Secret (
Si jétais toi
), which was in production at the same time.
c.
When Gabriel is talking to McClane over the phone and pulling up his information on the computer,
Bonnie Bedelia
makes a cameo appearance in the form of her character Holly McClanes drivers license photo. The photo appears as though it may be either a publicity shot from a prior "Die Hard" film or a still photo (i.e. family portrait) from one of the movies.
d.
The role of Oda Mae Brown was not written with
Whoopi Goldberg
in mind, but
Patrick Swayze
, an admirer of hers, convinced the producers that she would be right for the part.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Secret (2008)?
a.
Chappellabe Productions and Valenti Vision Films shared equipment with Mindbreak Entertainment to help them complete this movie for only $1,000.
b.
The Naboo Palace setting was also the ballroom set for the Frankenstein family mansion in Geneva used in
Frankenstein
.
Celia Imrie
appears in both movies.
c.
Andy and Larry Wachowski cast
Monica Bellucci
as Persephone after seeing her performance in
Malèna
.
d.
The script originally called for the aliens to have a camouflaging ability much like the one portrayed by the alien in
Predator
. However, when
M. Night Shyamalan
s saw the ILM test shots of the creatures, he decided that it was too effects-heavy.
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