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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Wretched Life (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : This Wretched Life (2010) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010).
About the movie:
Awakening from a near fatal overdose, Chris embraces a second chance at life. Required to enroll into a 12-Step Program...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
The character of Francis was originally to be played by
William Devane
, but he pulled out of the film.
b.
The police officer in the scene where Brad gets arrested was played by an actual City of West Haven, Connecticut police officer.
c.
Most of the films action sequences were filmed in San Franciscos Chinatown on Waverly Street, the actual site of what became known as the "Tong Wars" - vicious battles between rival groups of Chinese - that took place in Chinatown shortly after World War I.
d.
First film to use go-motion, a variant of stop-motion animation in which parts of the model (in this case, the dragon) were mechanized and the movement programmed by computer. During shooting, the computer moves the model while the camera is shooting, resulting in motion blur, which makes the animation more convincing.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
Film debut of
Dale Evans
b.
A nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
c.
Kevin Kline
got the part after
Warren Beatty
and
Kevin Costner
both turned it down.
d.
The movie was made over the course of 8 years with some of the same actors.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
The large, red number 9 on the sidewalk that Superman lands in front of while fighting crime is located at 9 West 57th St. in Manhattan, NYC.
b.
The offended "jizz mopper" customer was originally written as a woman.
c.
Originally intended to be photographed in 3-D and to be titled "Man-Killer."
d.
Eddie McGee, the winner of the first season of CBSs "Big Brother," originally appeared in the movie, but the scene was cut due to lighting and sound issues.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
At the end of the film,
Jon Gries
character is wearing a scorpion necklace. Its is the same one that Memnon wears in
The Scorpion King
.
b.
A friends pit bull jumped up and bit the sound boom at the "Andes House" location. This brought shooting to a temporary halt.
c.
Frank Darien
is the only actor from this first Colt feature to appear in the third, "The Panthers Claw," in 1942.
d.
The wool coat Fran wears in various scenes actually belonged to
Audrey Young
, the wife of
Billy Wilder
).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
The movie had three previous working titles. They were "Blood in the Streets of New Haven," "Urban Parnassus" and "Parnassus."
b.
Despite significant reshoots, the running time of the DVD is 20 minutes shorter than the original running time.
c.
Bebe Neuwirth
s film debut.
d.
St. Barnaba Church in Venice is an ordinary church. The huge indoor library shown, was filmed elsewhere.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
Shooting for this movie began in October of 2001 and ended in March of 2009.
b.
The ShenaniganZ restaurant was actually a converted Bennigans restaurant (hence the extreme similarities). It has since been completely renovated and is now a Verizon Wireless retail store. (2009)
c.
Sarah Taylor won Best Actress at Indiefest Chicago, 2006, for the role of Donna in this film
d.
During filming
Carey Mulligan
and
Shia LaBeouf
began dating.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
"Fritz the Cat" creator R. Crumb sued to have his name removed from the credits.
b.
A light fell at the "Andes House" location resulting in a giant burn on one of the couches.
c.
A note on file in the AMPAS library says that
John Vosper
replaced
Charles Sellon
,
J. Carrol Naish
replaced
Harold Huber
and
Russ Powell
replaced
Robert W. Craig
.
d.
Because
John Garfield
was playing a Mexican general in
Juarez
when the Epstein brothers were writing the screenplay to this movie, they made his character Hispanic as a joke.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
During a 2008 appearance on the
Late Show with David Letterman
,
Dustin Hoffman
revealed that, while dressed as Dorothy Michaels, he played a trick on legendary actor
José Ferrer
. While in an elevator, Hoffman introduced himself as Dorothy, a big fan and member of the Dallas Theater. Ferrer bought it and seemed flattered. Hoffman then asked if he could "suck Ferrers c**k". After a long pause, Ferrer raised his right-hand and said, "Not right now, thank you." After Hoffman exited the elevator, Ferrer looked at assistant director
David McGiffert
and asked, "Who was that scumbag of a woman?" A year later, Hoffman ran into Ferrer again at a benefit and teased him for being fooled.
b.
During the audition scene in the nightclub with Ice-T, the DJ and Rapper with him on stage were members of his Real Life crew, "Rhyme Syndicate". Brothers Eric Garcia and Henry Garcia are better known as "Evil E" and "Hen G".
c.
Due to financial and logistical deadlines the Producers were forced to shoot the film during the winter, making outdoor shooting conditions extremely uncomfortable, with the exception of desert locations, which were unusually perfect.
d.
The original story was told from the character Andes perspective. This was later changed to Chris perspective.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
The newspaper that Brad is reading while looking for a job on the coach with Ken displays an actual newspaper article about the movies director Frankie J. Mosca.
b.
Prince William County provided a free burning building.
c.
O.Z. Whitehead
, playing a teenager, was actually fifty years old in real life.
d.
The "Crazy Eddie" commercial that surprises Madison was for a real electronics store. Eddie and Sam M. Antar opened Crazy Eddie in Brooklyn, NY in 1971. Their spokesman was WPIX-FM disc jockey Jerry "Dr. Jerry" Carroll, whose frenetic nonstop sales pitch was based on used car salesman Earl "Madman" Muntz. The pitch always ended with "Crazy Eddie, his prices are IN-SA-A-A-A-A-A-ANE!" The chain grew to 43 stores in 4 states. It closed in 1989 after charges of fraud and security violations.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: This Wretched Life (2010)?
a.
This is the only movie for which
Elvis Presley
did not record a new soundtrack. All the songs had been recorded between 1960 and 1963, and had already been released on several albums or singles.
b.
The scene shot in the RV (Recreational Vehicle) was originally to be shot in a club. The shooting of another scene ran longer than planned, and the crew missed the time slot. This left the crew scrambling to resolve the issue, and the RV idea was born. The RV that was used was the actual RV the crew was using on the shoot.
c.
Samantha Lafountain was the first to be cast.
d.
Although he normally did not enjoy films which show children or infants in danger,
Gene Siskel
gave this movie a "thumbs up" while
Roger Ebert
hated the movie and told Siskel he should be ashamed of himself. Their sharp disagreement has since become a popular Internet video.
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