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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Weather Man (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Weather Man (2005) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005).
About the movie:
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
The film editor, Don Stern, had been on the sound editing team that worked on The "Sound of Music" (1965). Stern added his trademark thunderclap sound effect, also heard in the gazebo scene of "The Sound of Music", to the lovemaking scene that begins "Double-Stop". (When working on an industrial film for an asphalt company, Stern made sure to include a rainy scene so that he could incorporate the same sound effect.)
b.
The sex scene between
Jeremy Irons
and
Sam Phillips
was added in at the last minute because
John McTiernan
knew that the film would get an R rating and he might as well put a sex scene in.
c.
Liam Neeson
was initially cast as Father Merrin.
d.
While shooting the film in February, director
Gore Verbinski
was surprised to find that the weather in Chicago was warm, as it didnt produce any snow. The production designers had to recreate snow from scratch, as the film takes place during the winter season.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
Final film of
Audie Murphy
. On May 18, 1971, he was aboard a private plane on his way to a business meeting when it ran into thick fog near Roanoke, VA, and crashed into the side of a mountain, killing all six aboard.
b.
To complement the fast food theme, the McDonalds logo appears prominently on screen no less than nine times.
c.
This movie was the second of three films that stars
Errol Flynn
and
Ann Sheridan
made together (not including compilation shows, television or live appearances). The first was
Dodge City
and the last was
Silver River
.
d.
Three different Black Labs played the part of Walter.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
Newton, the Video Store owner, is also the Morgue attendant in the first
Men in Black
.
b.
The "plastic" spoon stuck to
Nicolas Cage
s lapel was actually a metal spoon that had been painted to appear plastic and which was held in place with a magnet.
c.
Backstories for the characters Max and Sol were conceived by Sean Guilette and Darren Aronofsky, but never written for the film. They included: Max was proved to be a math prodigy very young, and soon attended Columbia University, where he met Sol, an Russian expatriate, who was captured by American Forces and was given the chance to assist in the building of nuclear weapons because of his great math prowess, he refused, and was relocated to Siberia, where he was soon let out, and got a job teaching math at Columbia University. If you look closely at Sols wrists, you can see prison tattoos.
d.
Robin Wright
was first suggested for the role of Claire Lewicki but was unavailable.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
Despite Paramount Pictures suggesting that the production be shot in Canada, to substitute for Chicago,
Gore Verbinski
and
Nicolas Cage
both insisted that the film be shot in Chicago for authenticity.
b.
Filming lasted 12 days.
c.
According to
Alex Gordon
, the film cost $135,000 to make.
Allen Connor
, then an agent for
Wallace Middleton
s talent agency, was among those who loaned Gordon the money to get the movie off the ground.
d.
Richard Haydn
s last film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
Because the Atari 2500 version of wasnt complete during filming, the cartridge props are actually other 5200 games with a "Cloak & Dagger" label stuck on them. The arcade game was complete by that time, and the signal was piped into Morriss monitor whenever he played. You can actually see the upright game cabinet standing next to Morriss computer setup.
b.
Robert De Niro
was originally cast as the ill-fated driver Paulie, while
Al Pacino
had accepted a role in
Bang the Drum Slowly
.
Francis Ford Coppola
wanted Pacino so badly for the role of Michael that he persuaded the producers of the other film to release him from his contract. This meant he had to provide a replacement, so De Niro was released from his contract on this film.
c.
The food that hits
Nicolas Cage
throughout the film is thrown by director
Gore Verbinski
.
d.
The sign on a club reads "The Head Room" just before the scene in which Alfreds computer likeness talks to Barbara in a manner resembling Max Headroom.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
Nicolas Cage
recorded all of the inner monologue at a local recording studio before shooting began. He was fed the audio on set.
b.
Supposedly
Paul Lynde
was the inspiration for one of the films more famous lines. After a high-speed chase through the San Fernando Valley one night when he was driving recklessly while intoxicated, Lynde crashed his car into a mailbox. The police came to the car, guns drawn, and he lowered his window and said, "Ill have a cheeseburger, hold the onions, and a large Sprite." Another account has the scene inspired by an incident involving comedian
Shecky Greene
in Las Vegas. One night, while intoxicated, he drove his car into the big fountain in front of Caesars Palace. As bystanders pulled him out, with water from the fountain raining down onto his car, he shouted, "Clean the floor mats and no hot wax!"
c.
The film begins without opening credits. The title of the film is stated only in the closing.
d.
The films writer, Richard Gorey appears as an extra in multiple court room scenes.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
Qui-Gon Jinn identifies the Queens starship as a Nubian model J-327. "327" was the number of the landing bay where the Millennium Falcon landed on the first Death Star in
Star Wars
as well as the number of the landing platform in Cloud City in
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
.
b.
Orry-Kelly
designed costumes for
Bette Davis
which changed in tone as the film progressed: from white at the beginning, changing to gray in mid-film, and then to black at the end when she goes insane.
c.
If Bill was five years old when he went to the cinema to see
The Postman Always Rings Twice
he cant have been born before 1941.
David Carradine
was born in 1936.
d.
The Naperville Central High School marching band was asked to be in that parade, and the song they are playing is their schools fight song.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
Terry Funk
: one of the bookies.
b.
The only Batman movie where Batman does not use a batarang.
c.
Danny Kaye
s daughter,
Dena Kaye
, said for the rest of his life, when people recognized Danny in a restaurant, they would walk up and spout the entire "brew that is true" speech.
d.
Gore Verbinski
plays guitar on
Hans Zimmer
s score.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Weather Man (2005)?
a.
The words which Rudyard Kipling pens in the opening scene are the opening lines to an actual Kipling poem, "The Ballad of Boh da Thone". The poem contains several elements which feature in the movie.
b.
This is the first "Terminator" film not to feature
Earl Boen
, who played a doubting psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Silberman, in the earlier films.
c.
Tom Skilling
: WGN and Chicago Tribune Chief Meteorologist is a technical advisor and plays the TV station floor director.
d.
Jeff Chandler
was originally offered the role that went to
Cary Grant
. Grant himself was at first reluctant to take it, knowing he was much too old to play a wartime captain.
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