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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Part (7) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Part (7) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
About the movie:
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
Just four days into filming,
Greta Garbo
was notified that her sister Alva had died.
b.
Len Cariou
plays Ray and
Angela Lansbury
narrates the Childreach commercial. They played Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett respectively in the original Broadway version of the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
c.
The ambulance that took Boggs away had to be pushed as its engine had died.
d.
Universals
The Spirit of Notre Dame
was also based on
Knute Rockne
s life.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
Brooks Elms, co-writer Mark Cirino and Director of Photography, Cody Goldberg all played on the NYU soccer team together. When Elms sent Goldberg the script to see if he was interested, Goldberg replied "Im in it too much *not* to shoot it!"
b.
Originally planned as a single 30-min. short as part of a feature of sci-fi/horror/comedy shorts by Miramax. The other segments also grew into the features
Impostor
and
Alien Love Triangle
.
c.
Eight other songs were written for the film but were later removed. Some of the original songs before the story was rewritten and half of the characters were cut: "Proud of Your Boy" (supposed to be sung by Aladdin to his mother - later removed from the story - while she was sleeping); "Call Me A Princess"; "Omar, Babkak, Aladdin, Kassim"; "Humiliate The Boy" (sung by Jafar, cut as it was considered too cruel for the film); "High Adventure"; "Count on Me" (which was something Aladdin sung to his friends and family, then it was changed to "A Whole New World").
d.
Raquel Welch
- whose poster plays a significant role in the film - is a big fan of the finished movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
The character Andy Dufresne had a cameo appearance in Apt Pupil, another
Stephen King
novelette. Andy handled the investments for Dussander, the Nazi in hiding.
b.
A severed arm was left hanging in the basement following the shoot - scaring several county inspectors who discovered it months later.
c.
Had the lowest per-theater gross on its opening weekend of any wide release in American film history.
d.
Two of the submarine captains in this film have actual Navy experience.
Sean Connery
was in the Royal Navy before becoming an actor.
Scott Glenn
spent three years in the United States Marine Corps, which falls under the Department of the Navy.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
This film earned its "PG" rating due to one of Maggies lines about her udders ("Yeah, theyre real. Quit staring.")
b.
Another reason why the film didnt go down well with the South Koreans was a lovemaking scene set close to a statue of Buddha.
c.
Morgan Freeman
s favorite film of his own.
d.
The last movie that
Gene Siskel
reviewed before his death. He gave it a thumbs down.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
In post-production, editing done to the film caused over half of
Jerry Goldsmith
s music to be left out. The soundtrack was finally available in 1997 along with
The Mephisto Waltz
.
b.
The prison is located in the flightpath of C-130 Hercules aircraft of the 179th Airlift Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, which caused all sorts of sound problems.
c.
Loretta Young
had a romance with
Clark Gable
while making this film, resulting in the birth of an out-of-wedlock daughter,
Judy Lewis
. For years, Ms. Young claimed she went away for a while, found the girl and adopted her. In 1994,
Judy Lewis
revealed the truth (which had long been the subject of speculation because of her resemblance to both parents) in her book "Uncommon Knowledge".
d.
The scene when the mean girls make fun of the geek was shot at two separate times. The girls lines were shot early in the day and the geeks reaction was filmed in the afternoon. It was the last day of school and the directors needed to finish the school scenes before summer vacation.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
Oliver Stone
originally was looking for a Native American actor to play Sergeant Elias. When he failed to do so, he cast
Willem Dafoe
, a Dutch-American actor, instead. Several scenes with Elias reflect Stones original idea of the Native American spirit embodying Elias.
b.
Shawshank prison is a staple of
Stephen King
s writing, most of which is set in Maine. While it only appears in this story, several other books and short stories mention characters who were sentenced to serve time at Shawshank.
c.
One rejected location for a death sequence in the film was a water park.
d.
Start of principal photography on
Burt Reynolds
next movie
Rough Cut
was delayed so that Reynolds could finish his work on this film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
The first line of dialogue occurs more than fourteen and a half minutes into the film.
b.
Buxton, where Andy says he proposed to his wife and buried the "treasure" for Red under the tree, is a real life small town in Maine (population 7452 as of the 2000 census) about 15 miles west of Maines largest city of Portland, where the movie says Andy was a banker.
c.
One subplot that was filmed but deleted showed Principal Vernon watching some women faculty members using the school swimming pool.
d.
Although
Clint Eastwood
made the phrase "Go ahead, make my day" famous, it was originally used a year earlier by actor
Gary Swanson
in the movie
Vice Squad
. Swanson, who played a Hollywood vice cop, said the line, "Go ahead scumbag, make my day," to actor
Wings Hauser
, who played a pimp, during a bust.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
The original story appears in Different Seasons, a collection of short books by
Stephen King
that also includes "The Body" (
Stand by Me
) and
Apt Pupil
.
b.
Color sequences now only exist in black and white.
c.
In the Italian version
Virna Lisi
s character is Greek.
d.
Kirk Cameron
, a Christian evangelist, refuses to kiss any woman other than his wife. To film a scene in which his character in this movie kisses his wife, the filmmakers had to dress Camerons real-life wife,
Chelsea Noble
, as the wife character (played throughout the rest of the movie by
Erin Bethea
) and shoot the kissing scene in shadow so the difference between Noble and Bethea would not be as evident on screen.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
In the novella, the prisoners watch a screening of
The Lost Weekend
. Because the rights to this were owned by a different studio,
Frank Darabont
looked to see which old films he could show without incurring costs. He was delighted to see that one that he was able to use was
Gilda
- one of
Rita Hayworth
s greatest hits.
b.
According to co-writer
Bob Gale
in the DVD documentary, many of the events in the movie are based on real incidents. The army really put an anti-aircraft gun in the yard of a homeowner on the Maine coast. An air raid false alarm over Los Angeles resulted in Civil Defense and Army weapons firing into the air one night, thinking they were being attacked by the Japanese. A Japanese submarine shelled a refinery on the California coast. The infamous Zoot Suit Riots, between Hispanic youths and servicemen, were in May and June 1943.
c.
The films soundtrack became an unlikely blockbuster, even surpassing the success of the film. By early 2001, it had sold five million copies, spawned a documentary film, three follow-up albums ("O Sister" and "O Sister 2"), two concert tours, and won Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Single of the Year (for "Man of Constant Sorrow"). It also won five Grammys, including Album of the Year, and hit #1 on the Billboard album charts the week of March 15, 2002, 63 weeks after its release and over a year after the release of the film.
d.
Screenwriter
Andrew Kevin Walker
wrote the script over a two year period while working at a branch of Tower Records.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)?
a.
Christophe Gans
originally wanted
Cameron Diaz
to play the part of Cybil.
b.
The original story, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, appears in
Stephen King
s book, Different Seasons, along with three other short novellas. Only one of them, The Breathing Method, has not been turned into a movie.
c.
Diablo Cody
had originally agreed to play the role of Karna, but had to bow out at the last minute due to writing deadlines.
d.
Jack Nicholson
and
John Herman Shaner
appeared in publicity stills for the film. They did not appear in the film but posed in the pictures as a favor to producer
Roger Corman
.
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