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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tropic Thunder (2008) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tropic Thunder (2008) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tropic Thunder (2008)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008).

About the movie: Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		Woody Allen originally wanted Greta Garbo to be one of the people interviewed.
b.		The poster for "The Fatties" behind Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) in the trailer features the names of a few of the films actual crew members: costume designer Marlene Stewart, editor Greg Hayden, director of photography John Toll, and screenwriter Justin Theroux. In addition, the poster contains the DreamWorks Pictures logo, the Dolby Stereo logo, and a fictional composite of several MPAA ratings (reading "PG - Parental Guidance - under 11 requires accompanying parent or guardian").
c.		The scene where the car breaks down, after Aurora, Rosie and Teddy had visited Tommy, was filmed on the coldest day that Houston had seen in 10 years, but the characters were to appear hot and sweating.
d.		Director Oliver Stone tried and failed to get the National Football Leagues permission to use real NFL team logos and stadiums for the film.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		Don Knotts said that one day, while he was filming scenes for this project in the San Francisco airport, a director approached him and said he would like to cast him in a dramatic film one day. Although it never happened, Knotts said he was flattered by the offer. The director was Sam Peckinpah.
b.		The historical artifact that Mrs. MacReady warns Susan not to touch is the bust of Dante Alighieri.
c.		Shipped to some theaters under the name "Capricorn".
d.		Vitaphone production reels #2971-2976

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		In casting the role of Marilyn Monroe, director Larry Buchanan conducted a "National Marilyn Monroe Lookalike Contest" which was won by unknown 21-year-old Alexis Pederson. After reading the script Pederson turned down the role and instead it was offered to Misty Rowe, who took it.
b.		According to Ben Stiller, in an interview with Playboy, Jack Black filmed most of this movie with bruised ribs.
c.		When Crown first enters the museum there is a banner advertising an exhibition called "Japan", however the Kanji (Chinese characters) in Japanese say "konbu", which means seaweed.
d.		Shortly after its release, Iranian bloggers and journalists were outraged by the movie. With headlines like "Hollywood Declares War on Iranians", they chastised the movie for its monstrous portrayal of the ancient Persians, ancestors of modern Iranians. A cultural adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called it "American psychological warfare against Iran." Thus far, no mention has been made of the opening or closing scenes, which reveal that the Persians portrayal is a result of the story being told from a Spartans point of view, rather than an omniscient, contemporary viewpoint.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		The Borg Queen was created because the writers were having difficulty in writing dialogue for what was intended to be the Borgs central computer.
b.		Some confusion exists as to who played Tenterden in the film. Film Daily and Variety lists Boyd Irwin in the role, but the New York Times and the Call Bureau Cast Service credit William Stack. In the viewed print, it is clearly William Stack.
c.		While filming, Jay Baruchel and Brandon T. Jackson had to be trained on how to use a gun. Jack Black used an M-60, also known as "The Pig." According to his co-stars, he seemed very experienced, despite never having used a gun before.
d.		In the original Broadway play and the 1927 film, the dead man was named Cyrus West. In this version the dead man is named Cyrus Norman, possibly because Mae West was still making films at this time.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		Joss Whedon went through five different versions of the final battle with the "Newborn" creature, the first four versions of which all took place on Earth in such settings as a hospital maternity ward, a giant junkyard, a snowy forest and cliffside, and a desert.
b.		The movie drew criticism from several disability groups for the "Simple Jack" subplot, regarding a movie-within-a-movie in which Ben Stillers character portrays a mentally disabled man. Clips of the fictitious movie are shown, and re-enacted by Stiller, while scenes between Robert Downey Jr. and Stiller drew particular scorn for their repeated use of the word "retard". The producers withdrew a "Simple Jack" website, and proposed altering the movie in response to a special early screening for the disability groups in question, but did not follow through on the suggestion. According to co-writer Etan Cohen, the scenes were not meant to derive humor from mental disability itself, but to satirize emotionally exploitative depictions of mental disability in movies such as Forrest Gump, I Am Sam, Radio, and Rain Man, and the actors who take these roles.
c.		This film is half of Cult 70s Porno Director: Roberta Findlay - XXX Double Feature (2005) DVD from Alpha Blue Archives.
d.		The scene where Judge Nelson explains that everyones vehicles have been impounded took over twenty takes to complete. Sally Kellerman had difficulty with her lines on the day of filming.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		Robert Downey Jr. was very reluctant to take the role because he felt wearing the make-up to look African-American was offensive. But Downey later accepted the role because he liked the script and wanted to work with Ben Stiller and Jack Black.
b.		Since this film would include wand dueling at an elite level, a specific "wand choreographer" (Paul Harris, who is actually a professional dance choreographer) was brought in to design the style and technique of this highly unorthodox way of fighting. The result consists of five basic spell-casting moves, which each of the actors were then allowed to adapt slightly to fit their own character. So, for instance, Lucius Malfoy would have a very formal and somewhat stiff fighting style, while Sirius Black uses a snappy and more spontaneous street fight style.
c.		Carl Foreman wrote the screenplay with Humphrey Bogart in mind for the role of Shears, but Columbia Studios head Harry Cohn refused to allow Bogart out of another project. Cary Grant then was briefly considered to star as Shears, but his flop in a serious role in Crisis concerned the producer, Sam Spiegel. The role of Nicholson was offered to Laurence Olivier who turned it down. Alec Guinness was the next choice.
d.		Anthony Hopkins was asked to play part of Ramsley.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		John Forsythe s final film.
b.		The song "Pocketful Of Rainbows", seemingly a duet with Elvis and Juliet Prowse, had Prowse lip-syncing to an unknown backup singers vocals.
c.		During the Air Force One sequence, a stunt player was injured after he fell from one of the wings.
d.		The character of Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) was originally written as Irish. It was changed to Australian, when Robert Downey Jr. said it would be easier for him to improvise in the Australian accent he had already developed for Natural Born Killers.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		Alan Bates was offered the role of Milo but turned it down after walking out of the play, believing the role to be "unbecoming of an actor of his stature".
b.		Santas reflection can be seen in the sleigh bell for just a few seconds, when it is shown in close-up, after Hero Boy places the bell on the table, at the films end.
c.		Like his character, Kirk Lazarus, Robert Downey Jr. is a method actor and stayed in character as Sgt. Osiris/Lazarus even while cameras werent rolling.
d.		The characters of Ali, Gordon, Pam, and Sue in the Life Support meeting are named after HIV-positive friends of writer Jonathan Larson. The real "Ali" was Alison Gertz, a young woman who contracted HIV in the early 1980s and became well-known later in the decade as an AIDS activist. A TV movie about her life, Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story, starred Molly Ringwald as Ali.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		The film was almost lost forever. The master copy of it used today was made using a print that was found in Paris, in 1968, and a master positive copy of nearly the entire film, found in 1991. In modern copies of the film, the quality of the image varies dramatically; the scenes with best quality were obtained from the material found in 1991.
b.		According to both Sean Connery and Peter Firth the scene where Putin is murdered was watched by high ranking Russian Goverment VIPs who were visiting the set that day.
c.		The title is a play on "Tropic Lightning", the nickname of the 25th Infantry Division which has seen action in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Southwest Asia and Iraq (among others). The Division is notable for being the subject of The Thin Red Line (based on James Joness novel) and Platoon. Famous members include Oliver Stone (who wrote and directed "Platoon"), rapper Ice-T and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palins eldest son.
d.		Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title Playground Bully.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tropic Thunder (2008)?
a.		Initially, Russell Crowe signed up for the title role, but in the autumn of 2001 he was replaced by Brad Pitt because Crowe was too busy working on another project.
b.		Jeff "Fats" Portnoy was written with Jack Black in mind and is partially based on Chris Farley.
c.		The tattoos applied to Val Kilmer were purposefully realistic and based upon research by the director and Kilmer. The designs were done primarily in monochrome with fine-line secondary to the predominant influences on skin art in maximum security prisons evidenced at the time of the production.
d.		Director Leo McCarey disliked working on this picture so much that he left it five days before it was supposed to wrap. His assistant, David W. Orton, finished shooting the picture.

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