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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Truman Show (1998) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Truman Show (1998) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Truman Show (1998) - Part (3)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Truman Show (1998).

About the movie: An insurance salesman/adjuster discovers his entire life is actually a TV show.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truman Show (1998)?
a.		According to an August 28, 2008 New York Times article, psychologists in Britain and the U.S. have reported a number of people experiencing "Truman Syndrome" or "the Truman Show delusion" - the belief that they are the unwitting star of their own reality-TV show. According to the article, many of those afflicted have specifically mentioned the film while in therapy.
b.		The 1990 Mazda Miata used in Dead of Knight (2009) is the same car used in Laughing Boy and Death and a Salesman.
c.		The film is presumed lost.
d.		In the Death Proof segment, a conversation takes place between Abby, Zoe, Kim and Lee in which it is revealed that Abbys last boyfriend, a film director, cheated with on her with a stunt double for Daryl Hannah. Monica Staggs, who plays Lanna Frank in the first half of Death Proof, was the stunt double for Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truman Show (1998)?
a.		In an early scene on Truman and Meryls kitchen table is a bottle of vitamin D - needed for those without exposure to the (real) sun.
b.		Film debut of Veronica Cartwright.
c.		Marlo Thomas was also considered for the role of Anne Welles.
d.		Originally a 118 page script, was cut down to just 77 pages in pre-production.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truman Show (1998)?
a.		It is mentioned that Cal just recently won an Oscar. Kevin Kline, who plays Cal, is an Oscar-winner in real-life.
b.		Spencer Tracy originally wanted a realistic approach, whereby Jekyll would commit violent deeds in a neighborhood where he was unknown after drinking alcohol or taking drugs. He was disappointed that the producers, having bought the screenplay from the 1931 version, insisted on a more traditional approach. He also said he felt his wig and make up as Hyde made him look "ridiculous".
c.		Every street name in Seahaven refers to a movie actor, e.g. "Lancaster Square" or "Barrymore Road." All of the "cast" members are likewise named after movies stars - Meryl, Marlon, Lauren, Kirk, Angela, etc.
d.		Stanley Kubrick delayed filming in order to wait until Marie Windsor was finished with another film, Swamp Women, Roger Cormans directorial debut.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truman Show (1998)?
a.		In his autobiography, Frank Capra states that after the films general release, he and Harry Cohn received a cablegram from Joseph P. Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, saying that the film would damage "Americas prestige in Europe" and should therefore be withdrawn from European distribution. In response, they mailed favorable reviews of the film to Kennedy and, while in a letter to Capra Kennedy stated that he maintained doubts about the film, he did not pursue the matter any further. According to the New York Times, "the Boy Scouts of America objected to having any part in Mr. Capras reform movement," and Capra therefore had to use the fictitious name of the Boy Rangers.
b.		Tim Burtons writers on Ed Wood - Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski - did an uncredited rewrite on the script.
c.		Philip Glass: Television composer on the synth piano.
d.		Luc Besson: [music]

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truman Show (1998)?
a.		Seths saying, "Drink deep, or taste not, the plasma spring", is a reference to a famous quote from Alexander Popes "An Essay on Criticism". The full quote is: "A little learning is a dangrous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: Their shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again."
b.		The ending mirrors the ending of the C.S. Lewis book "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", #4 of the Narnia series (#3 in publication order), with a ship sailing to the end of the "known" world and encountering a sky-blue wall, with a doorway leading to "another" world.
c.		The banquet scene at the L.A. County Museum of Art in the movie was actually catered by a real catering company. Despite the fact that many of them were SAG members, no banquet staff who worked at the event were told that they would be filmed until they arrived for work that night at the museum. The scene was filmed a year before SAG assumed jurisdiction of extra work on the west coast, and the banquet waiters who appear in the scene were not paid for the extra work, not even non-SAG wages. The only compensation they received was their regular compensation from the real-life catering company for their hours worked during the fake "banquet".
d.		The scene which used the cutting of one characters Achilles tendon used the same prop that was used for an alternate version of the Achilles tendon cutting scene in the hospital in Kill Bill: Vol. 1.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truman Show (1998)?
a.		The cinema that James and Fiona go to is the Ormonde in Greystones, this is the same cinema that featured in The Passion of Saint Tibulus. This is probably because Frank Kelly (II) appears in this film and is also Father Jack Hackett in Father Ted. Frank is also a Greystones resident.
b.		The events in the movie take place over a 4-5 day time span - Day 10909 to Day 10913 of the show - as shown by the ticker over the TV in the Truman Bar. Truman would have been 6-7 weeks from his 30th birthday. A "30th Anniversary" Truman Show commemorative plate can be seen hanging in the bar.
c.		Biograph production number 702.
d.		The films release was deliberately held back until September 1945 in the hopes that it would find a more sympathetic audience in a post-war atmosphere.

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