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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Town (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Town (2010) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010).
About the movie:
As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
Shot in December, DreamWorks asked the locals to delay putting up their Christmas decorations. Following the shoot, DreamWorks paid the city employees overtime to light up the town in time for Christmas.
b.
The end helicopter-crop-duster sequence was used in an episode of the television series
The Fall Guy
.
c.
The last piece of debris that clears away from WALL-E as he leaves Earths atmosphere is the Russian satellite Sputnik I, which in 1957 was the first man-made object to be placed in earth orbit.
d.
Originally set to be directed by
Adrian Lyne
, but he had a falling out with Warner Bros., so they asked
Ben Affleck
to step in.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
Jeremy Renner
decided to surround himself with actual convicted bank robbers in Charlestown for research reasons and to help him nail the accent.
b.
During filming, Santa Barbara County Deputy District Attorney Ronald J. Zonen provided copies of virtually every document in his file on the real life case and served as an unpaid consultant to the film.
c.
Patrick ONeill
originally wrote a serious action thriller, starring
Gene Hackman
and Justin Long (I), with the title "All New Enemies." When that fell through, Joe Roths Revolution Studios retooled it as "Trouble Man," a romantic action comedy starring
Chris Tucker
and
Eva Mendes
. After that fell apart, the script was revised and given a new title, "Wichita." That script caught the attention of
Adam Sandler
, who later passed.
Gerard Butler
considered it, but passed to do
The Bounty Hunter
instead.
Cameron Diaz
became attached after reading a rewrite by
Scott Frank
. Diaz told her friend and
Vanilla Sky
co-star
Tom Cruise
that he should co-star with her. Cruise took the role. After 7 other writers doctored up the script (
Dana Fox
,
Laeta Kalogridis
,
Ted Griffin
Nicholas Griffin
,
Timothy Dowling
;
Simon Kinberg
, and director
James Mangold
), and Fox co-chairman
Tom Rothman
gave it a new title early in production, the project finally became the action comedy "Knight and Day."
d.
The plot of the film was inspired by the death squads of Brazil that were in the news at the time.
John Milius
pitched to
Clint Eastwood
a scenario of Harry Callahan similarly encountering a corrupt police force of vigilantes assassinating those they could not convict. Eastwood liked the idea particularly since he wanted to address the controversy of the original film supposedly endorsing fascism, by making it clear Harry was not a vigilante.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
According to Pollexfen, Ulmer did rewrites, designed the moon and spaceship, and glass paintings to expedite the production economically.
b.
The films premiere was held at Fenway Park. The cast walked a red carpet along the first baseline.
c.
When director
Doug Liman
first sent the script to studios, they were interested in financing it. When Liman said he wanted to cast the writer and his friends as actors, the studios backed off. The money to shoot the film was raised independently and Liman cast who he liked.
d.
The last of Bert I. Gordons "giant special effects" features from the 1950s. He would not do another until 1965s "Village of the Giants."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
Portions of the park shootout and the final downtown chase had to be filmed at the MTD Studios backlot because of the complexity of the special effects. All other sequences were filmed on location.
b.
Slaine
(Gloansy) was a concession seller at Fenway Park as a teenager. He described going back there to shoot the film as "surreal."
c.
While the name of the King of Naboombu is never spoken in the film or mentioned in the credits, all merchandise and peripheral material related to the film refers to him as "King Leonidas," named after the Spartan king who died at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
d.
In the hospital, a voice pages "Dr. Kimble". This was
Harrison Ford
s wrongfully accused character in
The Fugitive
. The TV news reader is also named Kimble.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
Rufus the cat is a caricature of animator
Ollie Johnston
.
b.
Matt Damon
slipped into the press line at the premiere in Boston, hidden under a Boston Red Sox cap. He and
Ben Affleck
are childhood friends.
c.
The owner of the loft apartment was still living on location during principal photography. He left early in the morning and returned late at night after filming was completed for the day.
d.
Clint Eastwood
reportedly described this film as "probably the lousiest western ever made."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
After 1955 Doc Brown scoffs at the notion of Ronald Reagan becoming the President, he says "I suppose Jack Benny is the Secretary of the Treasury!" This is a reference to Bennys stage/screen persona as a "tightwad" with money.
b.
The movie debut of actress
Lisa Gay Hamilton
c.
William Gibson
"invented" the term "Cyberspace" in 1982 for his book, Neuromancer.
d.
The character Claire Keeseys birthday is shown to be May 19, 1978, on the FBI interview record.
Rebecca Hall
, the actress who plays Claire, was also born on May 19, but four years later, in 1982.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
As part of researching her role,
Ben Affleck
asked
Blake Lively
to visit the locals in the town of Charlestown. Lively spent one month hanging around with locals, their apartments, and bars before filming began.
b.
Pierce Brosnan
actually crashed the car in the parking lot and their reactions after the crash was real.
c.
Rupert Murdoch
despised the project and clashed with then-studio head
Bill Mechanic
over putting it into production. The films disappointing box office returns relative to cost were a major reason for Mechanics departure from this job not long after its release.
d.
The scene where
Colin Farrell
s character tells the girl at the bar how he "just got out of jail" was Farrells idea. He said he used it on a girl in a bar one time and that it worked, so the producers put the scene in the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
According to
Francis Ford Coppola
, the original script had a different ending in which Michael and Kay reconciled together after the opera sequence. It dissolves to a church service sequence in which a gunman guns down Michael before getting shot and it ends with Michael lying to Kay for the last time before he dies. Coppola later decided against that and opted for the ending in the film with the gunman element from the original ending retained. The ending which was filmed was inspired by a real-life incident in which sound designer
Richard Beggs
lost his daughter to that similar circumstance.
b.
The "German" aircraft flying over the sub in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is an Italian Fiat G.59 trainer, first flown in 1948.
c.
Director/star
Ben Affleck
was most concerned that the actors not have phony sounding Boston accents. When
Blake Lively
read for the part of Krista, she sounded so authentic that he asked her what part of Boston she grew up in. She was born and raised in California.
d.
Verree Teasdale
was originally cast as "Mr. Grace Shumaker" but developed a severe case of tonsilitis and was replaced by
Lois Wilson
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
This film was almost released direct to video. After a disastrous test screening of a four-hour version of the film, distribution interest dried up. The film was eventually pared down to less than two hours and released in theatres.
b.
A scene which was cut from the Theatrical cut of this movie, but restored in the Directors cut was a scene that took place between the scene where Riggs and Lorna compare scars/wounds and the scene where Riggs finds Murtaugh out on his boat. It shows Riggs at his beachside trailer (which appears to be undergoing some kind of renovation) on his couch watching a Three Stooges movie with both Sam and the dog from the Warehouse. The contractor McGee (who worked on Murtaughs hobby room in
Lethal Weapon 2
) also appears in the scene as the contractor performing the renovations to Riggs trailer. Later in the scene, Rianne drives over to the trailer and tells Riggs of her concerns about Murtaugh not coming home that previous night.
c.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Criminal Intent".
d.
Mia Farrow
went on to play nanny to "devil child" Damien in
The Omen
almost 40 years later.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Town (2010)?
a.
Present extant version, as presented on Turner Classic Movies, bears title and end credits redesigned for the 1955 wide screen re-release.
b.
The original cut that
Ben Affleck
screened for producers was 4 hours long. After realizing that the film would never appeal to wide audiences, he cut the film down to 2 hours and 50 minutes in three days. After screening that version, the studio and producers loved it but knew that it was still too long. Affleck and producer
Basil Iwanyk
eventually had to cut beloved footage and personal favorite scenes to make the film work. The film then went through more change at a studio standpoint when they wanted the film at no more than 2hours and 10 minutes. Eventually, Affleck cut the film down to 2 hours and 8 minutes, ultimately trimming action sequences, character development and dialog. Affleck, while happy with the theatrical cut, stated that an Extended Cut will be featured on the DVD and BluRay with deleted scenes on top of that. He also stated that, while the theatrical cut of The Town is a close adaptation of Prince of Thieves (the novel which it is based on), the extended cut is a mirror of the novel, staying more true to the book.
c.
The line Im more of a man than youll ever be, and more of a woman that youll ever get is tribute to "Rent". Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Cha-Cha) played a gay drag queen called Angel in the original cast.
d.
At the time of filming, the filmmakers were not aware that the real Anna Anderson was still alive. When this came to their attention, they flew straight to her home in Germany and asked permission to use her name.
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