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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thirteen (2003) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thirteen (2003) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003).
About the movie:
A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
The script was written in only six days.
b.
Being a big fan of
The Terminator
and
Aliens
,
Topher Grace
personally called
Michael Biehn
and offered him the role of his father.
c.
Loren Avedon
s scene with Richard Jackel was shot completely independently, on separate days, neither Jackel nor Avedon knew how the other had acted it out.
d.
Roman Polanski
had been planning to make a film with
Jack Nicholson
but hadnt found the right property yet. He actively pursued the
Chinatown
script when he learned about it. As luck would have it, Polanski was also producer
Robert Evans
s first choice for director as he wanted a European vision of the United States which he felt would be darker and a little more cynical.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
Tracy was originally going to be played by
Nikki Reed
.
b.
Roger Cormans original title for the film was "Disco High" until
Allan Arkush
heard The Ramones and decided to use them in his movie.
c.
The iconoscope was a real device, invented by Vladimir K. Zworykin, which was the most commonly used television camera tube at the time that this film was made.
d.
This is the first film in history to feature Old Norse, the ancestor of Modern Icelandic and several other Scandinavian languages.
Howard McCain
used an Icelandic professor to help translate the dialogue and to teach the actors how to speak the ancient language.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
In the scene where Melanie questions Tracy about her belly button ring, a reference is made to rapper
Bubba Sparxxx
. One of Tracys lines is taken from his first single, "Ugly" in which he raps, "Thats just my mood now, I hate it came to this. How else can I say it? I dont speak no other languages."
b.
When Moss is lying hurt on the floor, after crossing the Mexican border, a mariachi group starts singing to him. What they say, in English, is: "You wanted to fly without wings, you wanted to touch the sky, you wanted too much wealth, you wanted to play with fire", probably in a reference to the story of the film.
c.
Title was changed from The Gravy Train to The Dion Brothers after audiences at sneak previews and other early screenings indicated that they thought original name sounded like a movie about dog food (Gravy Train being the name of a well-known American pet food).
d.
Filmed at the beginning of 1979,
Steve McQueen
was already very ill with cancer.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
John Woo
: [birdcage] In the final scene, Michael finds a winning lottery ticket hidden in the hollow bottom of a birdcage. This is similar to the opening scene of
Lat sau san taam
, where gang members sell illegal firearms in a tea house by concealing them in the hollow bottoms of birdcages.
b.
Eliza Smith wrote the poem that Tracy recites in the beginning of the film.
c.
The historical artifact that Mrs. MacReady warns Susan not to touch is the bust of
Dante Alighieri
.
d.
Cody Kennedy
was considered for the role of
Cherie Currie
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
Many of the clothes, furniture and make-up used in the film belonged to the actual cast.
b.
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, losing to
The Silence of the Lambs
. It was, however, the first full length animated feature to win the Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy).
c.
In the scene outside the hospital, just before it finally explodes, the explosives onset had stalled, hence Heath improvised the scene and played around with the bomb remote.
d.
Nigel De Brulier
s yogi was the model for the sorcerer in Disneys "The Sorcerers Apprentice."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 2, 1946 with
Margaret OBrien
,
James Craig
and
Frank Gifford
reprising their film roles.
b.
The advertisement for Sibul that is shown throughout the movie is named after producer
Christina Sibul
.
c.
Archie speaks in Italian: "Ma ho sposato una donna che preferisce lavorare in giardino a fare lamore appassionato. Uno sbaglio grande!", what translates as: "But I married a woman who prefers working in the garden to making passionate love. A big mistake!". It can actually refer to Archies marriage.
d.
The traditional Tarzan call is heard during the presentation of the MGM Studio logo during the start of this picture.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
signed up for the movie before reading the script.
b.
Peter Sellers
third wife,
Lynne Frederick
, won a $1.475 million lawsuit against the makers of this film. She said the film insulted the memory of her late husband.
c.
In the scene before the intervention, where Brady picks Tracy up after school, the car had quit working so it was being pushed by crew members off camera.
d.
Miriam Cooper
was responsible for most of the production, from costuming to casting. She enjoyed making it and found it to be some of her best work. Ironically it got the worst reviews of her career and according to her it was the only picture of Raouls to lose money.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
Avco Embassy Pictures picked up the film for release solely based on the fact that zombies were featured in the film. This was the element upon which they marketed Fear No Evil, note the zombie image used on the early video releases.
b.
The first Rambo film directed by
Sylvester Stallone
.
c.
Loosely based on true events in actress/co-writer
Nikki Reed
s life.
d.
Sammo Hung almost didnt appear in the movie; after being asked personally by Bruce Lee to be part of the film, Hung waited for eight months without follow-up and eventually went to film projects in Korea and Thailand, only flying back to the set in China when promised that it would only take a couple days to film his part.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
Throughout the film, there is a very prominent ad that shows a womans white face, and underneath it are the words "Truth Is Beauty". The eyes of this woman belong to lead actress
Nikki Reed
. Throughout the movie, as Tracy falls deeper into trouble, the face becomes more distorted and dirty.
b.
Producer
Terry Sanders
sent the script to the Pentagon in the hope that they would provide some hardware assistance. The Army objected to many portions of the script including a private soldier being an independent professional killer with his commanding officers approval, a captain calling a sergeant an idiot and several other scenes which the military felt were too gruesome to be in good taste.
c.
The scene in which Frank descends from the plane and talks to Ed (before Al Yankovics appearance) is a nod to
Jean Renoir
s
La règle du jeu
. The dialog is not exactly the same, but the setup mirrors the beginning of that film (a man has achieved a remarkable feat, yet is saddened that his love is not there to greet him).
d.
Sam Peckinpah
s final film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirteen (2003)?
a.
The opening credits sequence utilizes psychedelic light show effects done by director
Allan Arkush
with his friend
Ben Haller
in Arkushs basement in Van Nuys. They were leftovers from Arkushs days creating these sorts of effects to play behind acts in rock concerts.
b.
The tongue stud that
Nikki Reed
wore in the film was real, but
Evan Rachel Wood
s was not. It was made like a suction cup, but occasionally would fall off. Because of this, she ended up accidentally swallowing a few of them by the time the movie had finished filming.
c.
Some of the young actors who claimed when they auditioned that they could play hockey were in fact lying and had to be trained before filming began.
d.
During one of the outdoor dialogue recording sessions, a best take was almost ruined by the sound of a nearby boat. Open to the randomness,
Wes Anderson
modified the scene in the film to include an airplane flying through the shot. Anderson said, "I think it was better with the airplane than without... a flaw in the recording gave us a new idea."
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