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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Traffic (2000) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Traffic (2000) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Traffic (2000)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000).

About the movie: A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is an addict.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		The train car that Virgil and the girls leave on after departing Tombstone is the same train car that Wyatt steps off of in the beginning of the movie (No. 5150).
b.		Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Harry Allen (Hack Driver), May Beatty (Harriets Friend), Barlowe Borland (Bum), Clyde Cook (Drunk), Eva Dennison (Bidder), Leyland Hodgson (Agency Clerk), Olaf Hytten (Tod Brodie), Leonard Mudie (Pawn Broker), Sonny Ray (Assistant Pawn Broker), John Rogers (Milkman), Ivan F. Simpson (Moss) and Eric Wilton (Beezely). In addition, some production charts and news items list Elsa Buchanan, Harry Stubbs and Ottola Nesmith as cast members, but they were not seen either.
c.		The original play opened in New York on 10 February 1913.
d.		Kevin Costner was reportedly also offered the Judge Wakefield part.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		When Scarlett looks at the old picture of Mike in yearbook, you can briefly see Scarletts picture in the yearbook before it scrolls up to Mikes. If you watch closely, you can see that Scarletts maiden name is Porter.
b.		The film has 135 speaking parts and was shot in over 110 locations in eight different cities.
c.		In the 24 hour Hitchcock Theater, Katheryn transforms herself with a blonde wig. Hitchcock had a notorious obsession with blonde actresses in his films.
d.		Actress Missi Pyle (who played Fran) can be seen arm in arm with Owen without makeup looking as she does in real life towards the end when Peter LaFluer is doing the commercial.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		This picture was Charles Bronsons second movie which had a title that referenced a time of day. The first was From Noon Till Three.
b.		During the directors audio commentary, Peter OFallon and Wayne Allan Rice recall the creation of the song for the flashback scene in Maxs mustang with Elise, which was "? written for the movie, due to budget constraints". They refer to the band as "? a guy named Frankie Blue, and no you cant buy the record because they decided not to do a record deal". The song is actually "Shattered" by Remy Zero, who have been together for 14 years and have released multiple albums.
c.		Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas were engaged before filming began; they married soon after. They do not appear in any scenes together.
d.		"Mona Dearly" (the character played by Bette Midler) is an anagram for "Only a dream."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		Catherine Zeta-Jones was pregnant during filming, and the role was adjusted to suit her condition. Originally, her character was already a mother of two instead of six months pregnant.
b.		Was originally called, and was shot as Chequered Past.
c.		Director Paul Verhoeven was investigated by the ASPCA because of the scene in which Sebastian kills the dog. Verhoeven showed them the raw footage which showed Kevin Bacon handing the real dog to a vet and taking a dummy from a crew member.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 21, 1945 with Alan Ladd and Loretta Young reprising their film roles.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 20, 1947 with Bette Davis reprising her film role.
b.		Writer Stephen Gaghan originally planned to set the Wakefield family storylines in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. During his research, he determined that Cincinnatis bad neighborhoods looked worse than Louisvilles, and would serve the finished film better, so he moved the Wakefields stories to Ohio.
c.		In the original script with Robin included, the Flying Graysons (John, Mary, and Dick) are introduced at the parade scene. The Joker shoots the trapeze artists sending John and Mary to their deaths and leaving Dick to survive. Dick later becomes Robin in full costume at the end. The special edition version of the DVD release of Batman features an animated storyboard sequence of this scene, where Dick Grayson was voiced by Jason Hillhouse, and Batman and the Joker were voiced by Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill respectively.
d.		The distinctive ring Kate Libby wears is the "Original Armour Ring" by jewelry designer Marche Noir.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		In the movie, Michael Douglass character lived in the suburb Indian Hill, which is a real neighborhood ten miles outside of Cincinnati. The scenes were actually filmed at a house in Hyde Park, an affluent suburb within city limits.
b.		The films storyline of a G.I.s romance with a Canteen girl named Irene was inspired by the song, "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen", written by Irving Berlin, and recorded in 1942 by singer Kenny Baker (who appears in this film). The opening lyrics of the song are, "I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen / I left it there with a girl named Irene."
c.		Joe Urban who plays Woody in the film also plays the "Drill Sargent" Stormtrooper in the alley scene.
d.		A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		This is a remake of the British mini-series Traffik, produced and shown by Channel Four.
b.		Local residents in Lakeview Terrace held a protest outside the Medical Center when it was dressed to be the Pescadero State Hospital for the Criminally Disordered. They quickly realized it was in fact only a film set.
c.		NASA offered their "vomit comet" plane that can create weightlessness, for filming (it was previously used in Apollo 13 for the weightless scenes). Clint Eastwood turned down the offer for fear that the older actors would be made too sick to film.
d.		The cast contains a large number of lead actors who started in movies and TV as children: Leonardo DiCaprio first started appearing on TV, including as a regular in Parenthood and Growing Pains, as a young teen; Joseph Gordon-Levitt had his first TV roles at age seven; by age ten, Ellen Page had started as a regular on the series Pit Pony; and while still in kindergarten, Lukas Haas made his film debut in Testament.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.		Neil Peart, Gary Weinrib and Alex Zivojinovich, listed in the credits for writers of the song "Jacobs Ladder", are the real names of the members of Rush (Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson).
c.		The films soundtrack, except for the musical score, was recorded in mono.
d.		The music by John Williams is ranked #1 on AFIs 100 Years of Film Scores.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		Michael Douglas originally declined the role of Robert Wakefield, and it was offered to Harrison Ford, who accepted. Ford worked with director Steven Soderbergh to improve the character, but then decided not to do the movie. Douglas liked the change in the character so much, he accepted the revamped part.
b.		Roger Moore was initially cast in A Bridge Too Far, but was unable to appear when problems surrounding the Bond franchise meant that The Spy Who Loved Me was made a year later than originally planned, therefore coinciding with the production dates.
c.		Catherine OHara auditioned for the role of Kathryn.
d.		According to the cast commentary, the woman pictured in the ad for the reality show that Julia goes onto is Alyson Hannigans stunt double.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Traffic (2000)?
a.		Demme decided to record the opera scene live so Hanks could get a better performance with the music playing. This proved extremely tricky in the editing suite (music is usually added in post-production).
b.		The song being played while Dudley Moore and Bo Derek are making love is Ravels "Bolero". Bo Derek later starred in a movie called Bolero.
c.		As is the case with most of his films, Bill Murray ad-libbed virtually every line he spoke. He would read over the script, get the general idea, and then discard it. The Farrelly brothers, on the DVD commentary, said that theyre very glad he did, because it was funnier.
d.		The scenes that take place in the White House were shot on the set of the television series The West Wing, which is a near-exact replica (albeit wider, to allow for free movement of the cameras) of the actual interiors of the White Houses West Wing.

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