Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008).

About the movie: Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		Principal photography was completed one day ahead of schedule, on March 15, 2007. It was also director Renny Harlins 48th birthday.
b.		Last feature film credited to silent film juvenile actor Coy Watson Jr. who died on 14 March 2009 at the age of 96.
c.		The Hollywood Reporter announced on 11 January 1951 that during the San Francisco premiere of this movie, a full company of new US Marines would be sworn-in at a special military ceremony at the films launch.
d.		The character named Franz Tomczeszyn has the same surname as costume designer Lisa Tomczeszyn.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		Despite the fact that Elvis Presley is the main character, not one piece of Elviss music is heard. Coscarelli explained that it would have cost about half the budget to license one of Elviss songs for the movie.
b.		R. Christian Andersons feature film directorial debut which won "Best Science-Fiction Feature Film" at the "New York International Independent Film Festival".
c.		Gillian Anderson told The New York Times that it was harder than she expected for her to get back into character as Scully to make this movie after five years had passed since the end of the television show. The Times quoted her as saying, "I walked in thinking, its going to be like riding a bicycle. It wasnt. It was like riding a fucking unicycle. Id been trying so hard to stretch myself in other roles, and to catch myself when I did anything that remotely resembles Scully, that when I was put back in the ring with her, my brain started misfiring."
d.		In the movie the grail is located in the Republic of Hatay near the city of Alexandretta. There actually was a Republic of Hatay from 1938 to 1939, after the region was granted independence from French Syria and before it became a province of Turkey. The capital of Hatay was Alexandretta before 1939 when the citys name was changed to Iskenderun and the capital moved to Antioch. An early title indicates the movies action takes place in 1938.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		Burt Reynolds received top / first billing on this movie, Catherine Deneuve received second billing.
b.		The movie was not shot inside of an actual house, the interior of the home was built on a sound stage.
c.		This movie is dedicated to Randy Stone, the casting agent who cast the pilot of The X Files, and who found David Duchovny to play Mulder and Gillian Anderson to play Scully. Stone died in 2007.
d.		Robert Altmans wife was an avid fan of the Prairie Home radio show and was always badgering her husband about tackling it as a subject for one of his films.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		At the end of the scene where Scully is discussing the options for her patient with the hospital administrators, on the wall behind her are several photographs of priests. The last one is a photograph of actor Bruce Harwood who played John Fitzgerald Byers, one of the three Lone Gunmen from both The X Files and its spin-off series, The Lone Gunmen.
b.		For financial reasons, the "Deepcore" set was never dismantled. It stands in the abandoned (and drained) South Carolina nuclear power plant, where the film was shot. 20th Century Fox has posted signs around the set informing potential photographers that Fox still owns the set (and the designs) and that any photographs or video shooting of the set is prohibited by copyright law. Their official copyright information is on the Deepcore rig itself.
c.		The bees were bred specifically for this movie. They needed to make sure that the bees were only 12 hours old so that they looked like mature bees, but their stinger wouldnt be powerful enough to do any real damage.
d.		Aron Ralston broke into tears during a Q&A session at the Toronto International Film Festival, after an audience member asked his opinion on his portrayal on screen. Ralston said it was challenging after he was comforted by the actors beside him.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
b.		Warren Oates copied Sam Peckinpah to play his part, right down to borrowing a pair of sunglasses from the director.
c.		Mulder visits the Nutter feed store. David Nutter directed many episodes of the series.
d.		Juliette Binoche was offered the role of Dr. Ellie Sattler, but turned it down to make Trois couleurs: Bleu.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		When Mulder tries to call Scully from his cell phone, the display shows two names above hers and one name below. The two names above are Bowman and Gilligan, which can only be references to Rob Bowman (director of the first movie and several episodes) and Vince Gilligan (writer-producer of the show). The name below is Shiban, a reference to John Shiban (another writer-producer).
b.		Mother wears a t-shirt from the Kingston, Ontario-based band The Tragically Hip, whom Dan Aykroyd loves and promotes. He had them as his musical guests on an episode of Saturday Night Live that he hosted.
c.		The biker bar scenes were filmed at "the Last Resort" - a bar frequented by the real life Aileen Wuornos, and the site where she was actually arrested. The bar owner (who capitalized on Wuornos infamy by hanging a sign out in front of the bar advertising "cool beer and Killer Women") makes a cameo as the bartender who threatens to cut off Wuornos for being over her tab limit.
d.		For this performance, Neil Diamond became the first ever "winner" of the Razzie Award for Worst Actor

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		The unusual weapon used by Royce is an AA-12 fully automatic 12 gauge shotgun. Judging by the explosive effects produces by the shells, it is most likely loaded with Frag-12 explosive rounds.
b.		The policeman who says "flow my tears" is called Bookman. In Philip K. Dicks novel Flow My Tears The Policeman Said, one of the central characters is called General Buckman.
c.		Production was kept under a tight veil of secrecy in order to keep plot details from leaking to the public prior to its release. "Done One" was the working title during filming, complete with logo. The Directors Guild production list named "Rich Tracers" as the projects attached director, an anagram of Chris Carter, the actual directors name. A fake production company name, "The Crying Box Productions," was used in work orders and information sheets. Fake scripts were produced for actor auditions. On any particular day of filming, only the pages required for that days scenes were distributed, and were then collected and shredded at the end of the day.
d.		Steven Spielberg: [music] John Williams score.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		Originally intended as a direct-to-DVD sequel.
b.		Originally, the studio wanted Bebop and Rocksteady, from the 1987 cartoon, to appear. However, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were not in favor of it, so Tokka and Rahzar were created.
c.		Yvette Vickers had a close call when filming her characters death scene. A large nail on one of the boards from the fallen debris stood dangerously close to her head.
d.		When Scully first visits Mulder in his rural home, Mulder is tacking up a story titled "Princeton closes ESP Lab after 40 years of paranormal study" This refers to a real-life event. The Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research facility (PEAR) closed in 2007 after school administrators felt continued funding was unjustified. The labs original mission was to investigate possible phenomena for the defense industry, such as if the minor electrical field present in the human body could interfere with sensitive electrical equipment when the body was placed under extreme stress (ex. a fighter pilot involved in a dogfight causing his controls to malfunction). While the lab failed to provide conclusive evidence that such things could happen, large-scale experiments showed a statistically detectable influence. Other PEAR experiments included such things as remote perception.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		The method which Nina uses to "break in" her toe-shoes are all common - ripping the sole apart, re-stitching the ribbons, lighting the end ribbons to prevent fraying, spraying the toe-box, and using glass and rosin to grate the bottom to gain traction.
b.		Following the failure of Gigli, Miramax removed all images of Jennifer Lopez from all promotional spots, out of fear that people would think it was another Ben Affleck-Jennifer Lopez vehicle. The release date for "Jersey Girl" was pushed back from autumn 2003 to early 2004 and the studio also attempted to play down the presence of Lopezs character, Gertrude, in the movie, which included a public revelation about her characters fate.
c.		When Mulder and Scully first walk back into the FBI offices right before they walk into the bullpen, a female agent walks by that catches Mulders attention and he watches her walk away. The woman is Vanessa Morley, who throughout the series played the young Samantha Mulder, and is the same Samantha in the photo Mulder has taped to the back of his home office door.
d.		The Charm of Making spoken by Merlin & Morgana is an attempt at Old Irish that translates to: "Serpents breath, charm of death and life, thy omen of making." The phonetic rendering, as spoken in the movie, is: /ana:l nathrakh, u:rth va:s bethud, dokhje:l djenve:/. In Irish, the phrase is: An?il nathrach, ortha bh?is bheatha, do thuar dhéanamh, which is pronounced similarly but not exactly as in the movie.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)?
a.		The three-inch bronze sculpture of Spencer Tracy featured in the film was created by Katharine Hepburn herself and was one of the items that were included in her estate auction in 2004. The bust was the most sought-after item and fetched the most money - it sold for $316,000, whereas pre-auction estimates were in the neighborhood of $3,000-$5,000.
b.		The television show upon which this movie is based filmed its first 5 seasons in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It often used local Canadian actors in guest and secondary roles, reusing the same actors in different parts in multiple episodes. For example, Alex Diakun, Lorena Gale, and Stephen E. Miller each appeared as different characters in three episodes; Miller also appeared in the pilot. Sarah-Jane Redmond, Stacee Copeland, and Callum Keith Rennie each appeared as different characters in two episodes. Rennie was also the original choice to play the long-running character Alex Krycek. Production moved to Los Angeles for seasons 6-9. The film was shot in Vancouver, and producers recast many of the same actors they had used so often on the show. Several other secondary and tertiary movie cast members had also appeared on the show as other characters.
c.		Nick jokingly tells Kate that in Italian, tiramisu means "food of the gods." In actuality, tiramisu literally means "pick me up."
d.		Frances McDormand was once in talks for a role.

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