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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003).
About the movie:
While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
The picture of Susan Sarandon holding a baby on the mantelpiece in the flashback, is the same picture used in
Stepmom
.
b.
When Fletcher literally beats himself up in the restroom, no sound effects were used; those are really the sounds of
Jim Carrey
s head slamming into the urinal, floor and walls.
c.
Director
Chuck Russell
wanted to incorporate a physical feat into the movie which only The Rock (
Dwayne Johnson
) could perform. That is why there is a scene where the Rock springs to his feet from a position where he is lying on his back. Russell said that he had never seen a 63" man do that.
d.
The elderly owner of Bramasole, grateful for a sign that Frances is the "right" buyer, cries out, "Grazie, Santo Francesco!" when the bird urinates on Francess head. "Santo Francesco" is Saint Francis, the patron saint of animals.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
b.
Because of the nature of blue-screens in 1978, the Superman costume had to be turquoise for several of the flying scenes.
c.
Shares filming location of Montepulciano, Italy with study abroad documentary
Di passaggio
and
New Moon
.
d.
The first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. Before this there were two Best Picture-like awards given in 1929 at the 1st Annual Academy Awards. One for Best Picture, Production (
Wings
) and one for Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production (
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
)
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
The plot was inspired by the film
The Death Kiss
, which directors
Joe Dante
and
Allan Arkush
happened to catch on television one night.
b.
Steven Spielberg
stated in an interview that E.T. was a plant-like creature, and neither male or female.
c.
The uncredited character of the painter Zeus was originally fully nude. However, digital underwear was added later in post-production to avoid an R-rating.
d.
A plagiarism suit was filed by
Robert Brister
and Harry T. Bliven against the use of the title, but it was dismissed by the court.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
Christopher Walken
,
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Jeff Bridges
,
Charlie Sheen
,
James Spader
,
Al Pacino
and
Johnny Cash
were all offered the part of Redfoot, the LA fence.
b.
Matthew Labyorteaux
: The man crying through the wall in the hotel Frances is staying in after her divorce.
c.
Mamie Gummer
plays the younger version of her real-life mother
Meryl Streep
, while
Natasha Richardson
plays daughter to her real-life mother
Vanessa Redgrave
.
d.
Up Periscope
was released in 59 (1959). Many years later a parody of the submarine movie genre would be made both in a year with a reverse of this films year of release (i.e. in 95 (1995)) and with also a title that reverses this movies title (i.e.
Down Periscope
).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
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.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 8, 1949 with
James Stewart
reprising his film role.
c.
Every time a group of nuns is seen on screen, they are eating: first at the market, then sitting on a terrace and finally during the wedding.
d.
Had a brief theatrical run in the midwest before its May 1992 video release.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
Writer/director
Audrey Wells
said that when she was writing the script, the only actress she thought of to play Patti was
Sandra Oh
. They had worked together on
Guinevere
. One of Ohs guests on the Italian location was her fiancé
Alexander Payne
.
b.
Michael Jennings monitor project was 19 October 2004 to 22 December 2004 (date of his check). His paycheck project finishes June 2007 (date of his signed paper).
c.
When Danish stuntman and actor
Sven-Ole Thorsen
met
Steven Seagal
on the set, he was asked by Seagal to kick him to show what Sven-Ole was capable of. Sven-Ole hesitantly kicked Seagal, who caught his leg and threw him to the ground. Seagal asked Sven-Ole to kick him again, giving it his best shot. Sven-Ole kicked him as fast and hard as he could and Seagal fell to the ground. When shooting a scene together a day or two later Seagal hit Sven-Ole in the throat, resulting in Sven-Ole being knocked out for 3-4 seconds. It looked so realistic that Seagal, the director of the movie, decided that Sven-Oles character, Otto, died, and Sven-Oles remaining scenes were cut from the film.
d.
According to legend original director
Sean MacGregor
spent some time as a patient in a psychiatric ward following his departure from the project.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
In the scene when Frances is talking to her divorce lawyer, the camera stays on Frances and we never see the lawyer. The script originally called for a longer scene with coverage of both Frances and the lawyer.
Jeffrey Tambor
, the actor who played the lawyer, was so impressed by
Diane Lane
s performance that he insisted to
Audrey Wells
that the scene would have more emotional impact if his character remained unseen. However, the DVD shows the scene in its entirety, including camera cuts between Tambor and Lane.
b.
Producer
Allan Carr
once boasted that
Steve Guttenberg
and
Bruce Jenner
would be "the
Dustin Hoffman
and
Robert Redford
of the eighties" whilst Carr also said the former would also be the "
John Travolta
of the 80s".
c.
Angelina Jolie
has admitted in interviews she shot nude scenes for this movie but the director cut them feeling they distracted from the story.
d.
The automobile Agents K and J drive (which J describes as a "Ford P.O.S.") is a 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
The "German couple" which tries to buy Bramasole when the main character appears on the scene has been edited into a French couple in the German dubbing of the movie.
b.
Production was hampered by several bizarre occurrences, including unnatural audio and lighting glitches, as well as the number "666" appearing in the most mundane places on a daily basis. This caused cast and crew speculations, superstitions to be on constant alert.
c.
The producers negotiated free scanning for the digital effects sequences from one of the leaders in the industry. The night before the digital effects work was to start on the film, the small effects house that had agreed to do the work for the film on a deferred basis backed out. Within the week, the filmmakers were meeting with Manex Effects, one of the biggest houses, and the people responsible for the Academy Award-winning effects in "The Matrix". Manex designed and created almost two dozen digital effects shots for "The Attic Expeditions."
d.
Roger Donaldson
s mother Dorothy appears as a bystander in the scene where James is chasing Layla to the train station.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)?
a.
First cinema film of Clyde Kustsau.
b.
Tor Johnson
s final movie.
c.
The director wanted to cast actual Polish actors to play the immigrant Polish workers in the film, but couldnt due problems and delays getting work visas for the Polish actors from the Italian government.
d.
Character actress
Ruby Dandridge
served as the live-action reference model for Hyacinth Hippo in the "Dance of the Hours" sequence.
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