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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Boy's Life (1993) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Boy's Life (1993) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993).
About the movie:
The story about the relationship between a rebellious 50s teenager and his abusive father, based on the memoirs of writer and literature professor Tobias Wolff.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
The extras in the orphanage scene were reportedly all played by boys from a real Los Angeles orphanage.
b.
Leonardo DiCaprio
grew a few inches while shooting the film and he had to slouch in several scenes to look smaller next to
Robert De Niro
.
c.
In reality, Aurelius died of the plague and Commodus ascended to the throne. He was a much loved emperor by the army and the lower classes.
d.
The traffic jam in the opening scene was filmed on W Braker Lane near the Pickle Research Center in Austin, Texas.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
Originally Kashmera Shah was set to play the role of Alisha until she was convinced by the director, Rajeev Virani, that "she was definitely his Reena!"
b.
Veteran Asian star
Philip Tan
, who plays John, also served as the films martial arts action choreographer.
c.
Tobys brother, called "Gregory" in the movie, is actually named Geoffrey.
d.
Andy Ryan
,
Mitchell Amundsen
: Ryan is the Stunk Crick barber, and Amundsen is the customer hes shaving.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
The towns stores are all named after people who worked on the film. Co-directors
Roger Allers
and
Jill Culton
have a shoe store and an attic named after them respectively.
b.
There were various production problems on this picture, including
Charles Laughton
s threatening to walk off the picture if the original director,
Irving Allen
(who was also one of the films producers) wasnt replaced (star
Burgess Meredith
eventually replaced him as director). Allen himself was very dissatisfied with the final results. After its initial run, he bought the film rights back from RKO and kept the prints out of circulation for a long time. Many believed that the film was lost, even Meredith. However, it has been released on VHS and DVD and can be relatively easily found at rental stores.
c.
This is the film that contains the "Sweet Marijuana" song and dance number. It got past the censors because at the time the film was made, the drug was not illegal. Today, most prints omit this production number all together.
d.
Debra Winger
dropped out of playing the mother.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
The diamond that was thrown out of the balloon at the end of the movie was lost, and so could not be returned to Herkimer Diamond Mines.
b.
According to the Directors Commentary on the DVD, Constantines brass knuckles are made from gold that was blessed by a bishop during the crusades.
c.
The prep schools mentioned in the film all do exist. The Hill School is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Choate Rosemary Hall is located in Wallingford, Connecticut, and Deerfield Academy is located in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
d.
Carter Burwell
, the score composer of the original Twilight film, has returned to the franchise to compose the score for both Breaking Dawn parts 1 and 2. Burwell is also famous for composing "Bellas Lullaby" which is referenced throughout the books as a constant representation of Edwards love for Bella.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
Bebe Daniels
first talkie.
b.
Tobey Maguire
s movie debut.
c.
In 1811, Bligh was appointed to Rear Admiral and in 1814 to Vice Admiral, but never commanded a ship again after his governorship.
d.
Due to
Julianne Moore
s pregnancy,
Sandy Powell
commissioned a duplicate of Cathys party dress, with the pattern modified to fit her, after shooting of the party scene was pushed back to later in the schedule. However, due to budget constraints, duplicating the dress was not an option. The dress was carefully shaded by a member of the wardrobe department to disguise Moores pregnancy.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
Anne Hathaway
,
Scarlett Johansson
,
Sarah Michelle Gellar
and
Jessica Alba
all turned down the role of Yvaine.
b.
Ellen Page
suggested that her character Juno would be a fan of the music by
Kimya Dawson
and The Moldy Peaches.
c.
This was the first Tarzan movie shot entirely in Africa.
d.
Dwights family actually lived in Concrete, in the far north of Washington state. In the film, the nearest school is in the town of Chinook. In reality, the nearest school to Concrete in the 1950s was in the town of Sedro-Wooley. Chinook is in the far south of the state.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
Despite the movies title, the real magazine "Boys Life" is referred to and shown throughout as "Boys Magazine".
b.
Laurence Fishburne
who plays
Cuba Gooding Jr.
s father is only six and a half years older than him in real life
c.
Originally, Friar Tuck was to be a pig, but was changed to a badger to avoid insulting religious sensibilities.
d.
Pressed for time, the crew shot a record 12 pages of script in the last 10-hour day of shooting.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Boy's Life (1993)?
a.
Milo Ventimiglia
had to wear contacts in order to see through his glasses.
b.
Credits on pressbook are different from screen credits in several respects. Credits noted by AFI follow pressbook credits, not actual screen credits.
c.
Final film of
Rex Ingram
.
d.
Tobey Maguire
first auditioned for the part of Toby but director
Michael Caton-Jones
thought he wasnt right for the role.
Leonardo DiCaprio
, who is close friends with Maguire, still wanted him to be apart of the film so he got him the role of Tobys friend Chuck Bolger.
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