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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shipping News (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shipping News (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001).
About the movie:
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
John Travolta
at one time was attached to star, along with his wife,
Kelly Preston
. Later,
Billy Bob Thornton
was also linked with the project.
b.
Andrew is a NDR-114. This may be a tribute to
Stanley Kubrick
, who used the number 114 in multiple films (such as
A Clockwork Orange
and
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
).
c.
Vitaphone production reel #2594.
d.
The word "fuck" is used 114 times in this film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
Stanley Kubrick
: [classic/parlor games] Even in outer space, mankind enjoys a classic game of chess.
b.
Originally the film ended with Bigfoot fleeing from Darcys horrible poetry and leaping to his death from the edge of Ape Canyon. Devastated, Darcy jumped over the edge after Bigfoot. Director Jon Olsen and producer Trevor Guthrie traveled back up to Humboldt County from the Bay Area to shoot the new, improved ending. On the way their ride broke down, and they were forced to hitch-hike most of the 200 mile journey. The finished film, with the new ending, was completed less than a week later - just hours before its premiere at the Parkway Theater in Oakland, CA.
c.
Although it ranked fifth in the box office on its opening weekend in South Korea, there was protest at the movies depiction of Americans giving orders to the South Korean military. The film dropped out of the top ten by its second week and one theater in Seoul pulled it from the screens in response to the protests. Some smaller theaters that usually get second-run movies refused to pick it up.
d.
Kevin Spacey
put on about 25 pounds for the role of Quoyle.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
Dan Aykroyd
and
John Belushi
visited the Burbank set of Next Movie where Dan ended up directing the sequence where Chong urinates from the moving car window.
b.
Production designer
William Stout
intentionally wanted the interior of Castle Greyskull to combine elements of both good and evil. Stout said of Castle Grayskull in an online interview, "This was the seat of power for the entire universe. I reasoned that power is neither good nor bad --- its what you make of it and how you use it. So, above floor level were what I called the Space Gods, giant bronze statues of those who had used the power based in that room for good. Below floor level was the dark side, demonic creatures that represented power used for bad or evil."
c.
In the scene where Alex is nearly drowned by his former colleagues who are now policemen, there is a barely perceptible microcut - in which
Malcolm McDowell
was able to use the oxygen mask that was hidden in the water. The bath was muddied by using Bovril, a beef extract.
d.
When
Billy Bob Thornton
was set to direct, he wanted
Laura Dern
to play Wavey.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
Annie Proulx
, author of
Brokeback Mountain
, wrote a strong polemic against this one in the British newspaper "The Guardian", venting her disgust and disappointment that her film was beaten by
Paul Haggis
at the Oscars, one of the Academys more controversial decisions in years.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 11, 1952 with
Ava Gardner
,
Kathryn Grayson
,
Howard Keel
,
Marge Champion
,
Gower Champion
and
William Warfield
reprising their film roles.
c.
Gordon Pinsent
, who played Billy Pretty in the film, was the only leading actor who was a native Newfoundlander. He was a dialect coach for a number of actors in the film including
Kevin Spacey
and Dame
Judi Dench
.
d.
Richard Burton
was originally offered the part of Jesus.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
One of the elements in the sound of the snap to Predator-vision is a whip crack.
b.
Freddy RodrÃguez
worked on this film at the same time as he was shooting season 5 of
Six Feet Under
. He would work on the show on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and on the film on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
c.
The Newfoundland band
Great Big Sea
very much wanted to have music in the soundtrack, so they "seeded" the stereos in directors and stars B&B with their CDs, hoping that the music would catch their attention. It did, and the band has five songs in the movie, four in the diner scenes and one at the party. The songs are not contained in the movies official soundtrack however, a film score composed by
Christopher Young
.
d.
In the Italian post-synchronized version of the film, the actors are dubbed by:
Lidia Simoneschi
(Elizabeth Taylor),
Andreina Pagnani
(Katharine Hepburn),
Giuseppe Rinaldi
(Montgomery Clift),
Giorgio Capecchi
(Albert Dekker),
Rosetta Calavetta
(Mercedes McCambridge),
Massimo Turci
(Gary Raymond) and
Wanda Tettoni
(Mavis Villiers).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
The film was shot over five months. The story came out of real life, when Craig Young, who was in a real boyband, came to LA to become an actor.
b.
Jodie Foster
s first film as director shot in 2.35.
c.
Rhys Millen
: the films main stunt driver can be seen as one of the passengers aboard the airplane that takes Sean Boswell to Tokyo.
d.
The scenes in which Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is in the water were filmed at a tank in St. Johns, Newfoundland (normally used for testing boats and marine technology). The tank, which normally contains cold Atlantic sea water, had to be specially filled with warm water for Spaceys comfort.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
The character of Frank Horrigan was inspired by real-life Secret Service agent
Clint Hill
, who was with President
John F. Kennedy
in Dallas and who later broke down on national TV during a live 60 Minutes interview saying that he felt responsible for the Presidents death.
b.
Composer
Jerry Goldsmith
was attached to the project in the early stages of its development.
c.
The photos of the 1984 attack were still shots of a re-shoot.
James Cameron
had a hallway set built, dressed
Arnold Schwarzenegger
in his original Terminator outfit and had him recreate one take, from which they took the pictures. (Check out Arnolds hair and facial structure to spot the telltale signs.)
d.
The river bank used for the napalm strike during Marcus escape was a one-mile man-made because environmental officials present during the production will not allow them to use the existing river.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
The author of the novel,
Annie Proulx
(her name was written as "E. Annie Proulx" in the credits), would only grant the film rights to the book upon the condition that it be filmed on location in Newfoundland.
b.
In a conversation with
Robert Osborne
,
Frank Sinatra Jr.
said the hands in the tight shots of Frankies second dealing belong to
Milton Berle
.
c.
There is a scene where the "Naked Indian" cries after seeing all the garbage on the concert grounds and garbage being thrown from a car, which lands at his feet. This mimics a public service announcement featuring
Iron Eyes Cody
which premiered in 1971.
d.
Veruca Salt looks a dead ringer for Alice in Wonderland.
Tim Burton
later directed
Alice in Wonderland
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shipping News (2001)?
a.
Nobody tells William Blake, "Drag your wagon and plow over the bones of the dead." This is a passage from
William Blake
s "Proverbs of Hell". It is also a lyric from
Tom Waits
song "Hows It Gonna End," who stars in several of
Jim Jarmusch
s films.
b.
The barking dogs are a reference to
The Omen
.
c.
Jason Behr
put on 15 pounds for his role as Dennis Buggit.
d.
As
Clara Peller
had difficulty hearing, director
Neal Israel
had to speak loudly to supply her lines just before shooting her scenes.
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