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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Truth About Charlie (2002) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Truth About Charlie (2002) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Truth About Charlie (2002).
About the movie:
A young woman in Paris is about to divorce her husband when she discovers... he's dead; and all their money is gone...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truth About Charlie (2002)?
a.
Greg Kinnear researched his role by spending time with Dick Vermeil during his final year as the Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.
b.
Jay Baruchel
, who plays an avid Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the movie is actually a huge hockey fan, and said "I get starstruck and kind of lose my faculties, when I meet hockey players and, especially, Sid," when referring to meeting NHL star Sidney Crosby.
c.
The "control helmet" is a skate helmet that was purchased at a garage sale, some PVC insulation, parts from a model 1969 Mustang GT, and a CB antenna. It was then painted silver, as were all of the "alien" implements.
d.
Theres a double-barreled New Wave homage in one scene, where the Widow Hippolyte character is seen loading a shop van with advertising on the side for "Les parapluies de Cousin Jacques," with a street address in Cherbourg. The shop information refers to director Jacques Demy, playing on the title of "Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg);" the actress loading the van is Agnès Varda, Demys widow.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truth About Charlie (2002)?
a.
At the end of the film, as Madame du Lac brings Carson Dyle (
Tim Robbins
) his meal, Robbins stands at attention in the center of his cell in an imitation of the first appearance of Hannibal Lecter in
The Silence of the Lambs
, also directed by
Jonathan Demme
.
b.
In a brief classroom scene, Alice and fellow students are lectured on the philosophy on dreams. The teacher giving the lecture is played by series producer and New Line Cinema CEO
Robert Shaye
.
c.
Eddie Cantor
,
Helen Morgan
and
Rudy Vallee
are listed early in the credits, and are NOT in the comprehensive cast list presented later. Because of this, the IMDb cast list uses all actor names in order of being printed in the credits.
d.
For some curious reason Holmes cluttered Baker Street apartment has a photograph of a beardless Abraham Lincoln.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truth About Charlie (2002)?
a.
The movie contains numerous connections to French New Wave films. Reference is made to
Tirez sur le pianiste
and its star,
Charles Aznavour
, has a singing role at the end of this movie.
Anna Karina
, featured in several
Jean-Luc Godard
films, has a bit part.
b.
Sandra Bullock
was considered for the role of
Harper Lee
. She did Harper Lee in another Capote film,
Infamous
.
c.
Burt Reynolds
received top / first billing,
Lesley-Anne Down
received second billing and
David Niven
received third billing.
d.
This 1982 movie has been said to have possibly anticipated future world events. James Plath at DVD Town says of this movie that "... its impossible to watch it more than twenty years later after 1982 without seeing a ton of eerie similarities to the Bush White House" whilst Paul McElligott at Celluloid Heroes writes: "The idea of the U.S. going to war in the Middle East over dubious claims of terrorists possessing weapons of mass destruction, specifically atomic bombs, is central to the plot. The discovery of the aforementioned bombs dangling from an antenna on top of the World Trade Center is probably far more chilling now than the filmmakers could ever have intended."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truth About Charlie (2002)?
a.
Steve Mcqueen had a stand up row with wardrobe mistress Wyn Keely after a blouse worn by Shirley Ann field didnt rip during there kissing scene on the first take.
b.
The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 17 October 1911 and closed in May 1912 after 231 performances. The opening night cast included
Thomas Meighan
as James and
John St. Polis
as Frederik.
c.
Peter Stone
, the writer of
Charade
(the basis for the movie) was so against this remake that in some releases of this movie his screenwriting credit was changed to Peter Joshua, the name of
Cary Grant
s character in Charade.
d.
After Mr. Universe betrays the crew to the Alliance, he turns to the Operative and demands his "thirty coin," a reference to Judas betraying Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Truth About Charlie (2002)?
a.
This was the first Walt Disney Animated Classic released on videocassette. Its first video release was in 1981 for rental only, and put on sale in the summer of 1982. It was then repackaged in 1985 and 1989 and again in 1994. Then it was first released on DVD in 2001 and again in 2006, and the newest release in 2010. Dumbo has never gone out of print, thus considered the longest Disney animated feature on video to be in print since it came out.
b.
According to director
Brian Dannelly
, before production, several fundamentalists working on the film quit. A church, a Christian rock band and the homeowner whose house was to be used for important scenes pulled out of productions because of objections over the films unflattering content.
c.
The part of Joshua Peters was originally intended for
Will Smith
, but due to extended production on
Ali
he was unable to meet start of filming on Charlie, so Demme had to move forward with
Mark Wahlberg
instead, losing the
Thandie Newton
/Will Smith "double-act" he had imagined watching the original movie
Charade
.
d.
Working titles for the film were "At The Hour of Our Death" (visible on the slate during the behind-the-scenes footage of the movie) and "The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell," which director Watkins said was inspired by the
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
novel, "Mother Night."
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