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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Zodiac (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Zodiac (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 Zodiac (2005).
About the movie:
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
Mr. Bernsteins first name is never revealed.
b.
The script calls the location of the first murders Lake Helena Road. It was actually Lake Herman Road which crosses from Vallejo to Benica next to Lake Herman.
c.
Robert Altman
was initially not interested in doing a film set in the world of ballet, but his curiosity was piqued and he subsequently relented.
d.
Harry Cohn
, the head of Columbia, paid $1 million for the film rights, intending it to be a vehicle for his hottest female star,
Rita Hayworth
. His star, however, wasnt interested as shed just married
Prince Aly Khan
. One thing Cohn didnt want was for
Judy Holliday
to reprise her Broadway role. He relented when he saw how effectively
George Cukor
used her in
Adams Rib
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 12 seconds
b.
Many of the neighborhood scenes were filmed on location in the St. Basil neighborhood of Vallejo.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #2161-2168; a Vitaphone musical accompaniment and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
d.
When the McFly family is sitting down for dinner before Marty travels back in time (early in the movie),
Michael J. Fox
is seen drinking a can of Pepsi. Fox was a major endorser of Pepsi in 1985, and some viewers criticized this scene as being a thinly-disguised commercial.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
Performers who appear in this film in footage from earlier classic movies include:
Edward Arnold
,
Ingrid Bergman
,
Humphrey Bogart
,
Wally Brown
,
James Cagney
,
William Conrad
,
Jeff Corey
,
Joan Crawford
,
Bette Davis
,
Brian Donlevy
,
Kirk Douglas
,
Ava Gardner
,
Cary Grant
,
Alan Ladd
,
Veronica Lake
,
Charles Laughton
,
Fred MacMurray
,
Charles McGraw
,
Ray Milland
,
Edmond OBrien
,
Vincent Price
,
Barbara Stanwyck
and
Lana Turner
.
b.
The wall maps which appear in the police station are actually maps of Vallejo.
c.
Artist
LeRoy Neiman
makes a cameo appearance as the ring announcer in the Rocky-Thunderlips charity match. Neiman would also appear in
Rocky IV
,
Rocky V
and
Rocky Balboa
. A painting by Neiman featuring Rocky and Apollo is shown in the closing credits, and can also be seen in Rockys restaurant in
Rocky Balboa
.
d.
One of the few films that has no heroes or heroines. Finnegan and his crew are hired for villainous reasons. Trillian is a thief. The mercenaries are simply mercenaries.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
The theatrical trailer is made up mostly of unused alternate takes of the scenes in the film. For instance, in the take used in the trailer,
Cary Grant
doesnt jerk downward when
Katharine Hepburn
rips his coat like he does in the take used in the movie.
b.
The burning of Kathleen Johns car can be seen in the music video intro played before the attack at the lake.
c.
Brandon Rouths sister Sara was one of the choir members for the production orchestra.
d.
The face of the boy from the Troublemaker Studios logo can be seen as a design or sticker on the cover of Linus binder in multiple scenes.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
Some of the music used in this version of The Zodiac is used in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
b.
The French Resistance woman shown at the start of the film is played by
Irina Demick
, who was
Darryl F. Zanuck
s girlfriend at the time.
c.
The special scent that Linus puts on his neck to seduce Abigail is noted in a title card as "The Gilroy." This is an in-joke on
Tony Gilroy
who wrote the screenplays for
The Bourne Identity
,
The Bourne Supremacy
, and
The Bourne Ultimatum
, all starring
Matt Damon
, and also wrote and directed
Michael Clayton
, which stars
George Clooney
and is produced by
Steven Soderbergh
.
d.
In the video game and some versions of the script, Ray Sawyer was nicknamed Mr. Jangles because of his keys. When you hear them jangling, you know hes near.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
The scene in the movie where the whole crew has to get the detective (
Delroy Lindo
) to blow away drug evidence with a cars exhaust, is the one portion of the film that is virtually identical to the original
Gone in 60 Seconds
. Though it was completely extraneous with regards to the 1974 films plot, this scene is not "completely extraneous" to the plot of the 2000 film. This scene is where the detective spots a list of police call signs on a table as he walks around the Cadillac that lets him know that Memphis will be stealing the cars that night.
b.
Mare Island refers to an island which is part of Vallejo. It is said to be names after a prized white mare owned by Gen. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. On an occasion when a number of the Generals horses were being ferried across the Strait from the Contra Costa shore to Benicia, the crude barge capsized. Some of the horses swam ashore, others drowned, and the white mare disappeared. It is recorded that many weeks afterward, the white mare was discovered grazing on the hillside of the island across the channel from Vallejo. From that day, the island was known as "Mares Island," shortened to Mare Island.
c.
Lloyd Corrigan
replaced
Forrester Harvey
who died prior to any of his scenes were shot. This was also
Martin Kosleck
s final role at Universal.
d.
Columbia released this film featuring the Spider, whom
Stan Lee
cited as an inspiration for Spider-Man (especially due to the web-pattern imprinted cloak that the Spider wears in this film). Decades later, Columbia released a Spider-Man film, and then a sequel to that film, where, yet again, a spider-themed protagonist fought an opponent named Octopus. (Also, in one of the Spider novels, he fought an opponent called the Iron Man, Stan Lee also created Iron Man.)
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
Orson Welles
was originally considered for the role of Inspector Wang but was unable to accept because he was appearing in a play in Italy.
b.
According to
Al Pacino
, those were real tears in
Marlon Brando
s eyes when Michael pledges himself to his father in the hospital scene.
c.
Upon learning that he had cast
Bette Davis
, one of her former directors,
Edmund Goulding
, rang up
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
and warned him that she would grind him down into a fine powder. This proved to be a redundant warning as Davis knew better than to mess with Mankiewiczs finely tuned screenplay. In fact, Mankiewicz found her to be one of the most professional and agreeable actresses hed ever worked with.
d.
Mare Island was a naval base from 1853 to 1996 primarily focused on naval ship construction. The first prototype aircraft carrier was built there as well as the first nuclear powered submarine built on the west coast.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Zodiac (2005)?
a.
Bulkley and Bulkeley (who are brothers but use different spellings of their last name) developed their script from media accounts and police reports.
b.
This films working title was "Mary Warner", and
Winona Ryder
was attached at one point.
c.
Matthew McConaughey
s first film.
d.
The home of the California Crusaders in the movie is Pro Player Stadium, which is where real-life team the Miami Dolphins play.
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