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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Unstable (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Unstable (2005) Quiz
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About the movie:
Friends become enemies after one of them is accused of committing a hate crime against a gay teenager during a weekend camping trip.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
Sir
Ian McKellen
plays Death, a character out of
Ingmar Bergman
s film
Det sjunde inseglet
. In that film, Death was played by Swedish actor
Bengt Ekerot
.
b.
Product placements, brand integrations, promotional tie-ins and sponsorships for this movie include Perrier Mineral Water; British Airways; IBM Computers; Parker Pens; Jack Daniels Black Label scotch whiskey; Omega Watches, James Bond wears an Omega Seamaster watch; BMW, the first part of their three picture deal featuring the BMW Z3 roadster convertible; Smirnoff Vodka;
Yves Saint-Laurent
; Sharper Image; British Telecom and Nintendos spin-off video-game,
GoldenEye
and later Electronic Artss
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
.
c.
The second half of the film was so intense for the actors that they remained in character even when the camera wasnt rolling.
d.
French visa # 104222.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
There was no script. The entire film was improvisation.
b.
The character of Wolf Zinderneuf, played by
Jay Robinson
in this movie, is meant to resemble
Lionel Atwill
.
Humphrey Bogart
and Atwill never worked together though.
c.
Ranked #3 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
d.
The scene in which shoes laced together are hanging from telephone and electric wires was shot on East Capitol Street a few blocks behind the U.S. Capitol. The production crew left several pairs of shoes behind and they remained hanging on the wires for years.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
According to the script, the song intended to be played over the closing credits was "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppethead" by
They Might Be Giants
.
b.
After Margot tells Richie that Eli has told her of Richies letter to Eli that he dictates whilst on the Cote DIvoire ship in which he confesses his love for Margot, Richie goes to Elis house to confront him. Having knocked on Elis door, the sound of a bird is heard and Richie looks up to see if he can see the bird, it is implied that the bird that made the noise is Richies recently released bird Mordecai, who comes back to Richie later on in the film
c.
Anthonys house in the film actually belonged to
Benjamin P. Ablao Jr.
d.
Many of the cast members had also appeared in the Broadway stage revue "Shuffle Along" in 1921. Director
Oscar Micheaux
had seen the production and wanted to incorporate parts of the material into his film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
Despite the films subject matter (hate crime), there is no actual onscreen violence (except for some minor pushing and shoving).
b.
Because the only widescreen process that Paramount used at the time was VistaVision, the screen used for the original release of
The Ten Commandments
was not as wide as those used for processes such as Cinemascope and Todd-AO, although the movie was a 1956 Technicolor epic.
c.
last US Studio film of
Andy Devine
.
d.
In one scene a television is showing
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
, a film starring
James Mason
and mainly set on a sea-going vessel.
The Last of Sheila
also stars
James Mason
and is mainly set on a sea-going vessel.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
Steve Carr
: plays the voice of the Mastiff in the AA dog meeting with Dolittle.
b.
Tupac Shakur
was originally considered to play Sharif and was hired to play O-Dog, but was fired without his knowledge which led to a physical fight with directors The Hughes Brothers allegedly due to his work with their rival John Singleton in
Poetic Justice
.
c.
The first part of
Anthony Spadaccini
s 3-part "Film Truth Collection", a cinéma vérité story about the consequences of ones careless actions. This is followed by
Aftermath
(which is a prequel) and
Hatred
.
d.
George Clooney
agreed to do this film without having read the script.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
In a curious bit of film-within-a-film, two sequences of "The Battle of the Hearts" are screened by
Hedda Hopper
in her documentary
Hedda Hoppers Hollywood No. 1
. Both Hopper and
William Farnum
starred (it was Heddas film debut) in the
The Battle of Hearts
and both are present at the 1942 screening in addition to Hoppers son and daughter-in-law. "The Battle of Hearts" appears to be a lost film today except for the quick sequences in Hoppers documentary, alas she seems to have had a print of the whole film in 1942. The whereabouts of her print are unknown.
b.
Brinke Stevens
was originally asked to do a brief cameo in the beginning as the mother of a serial killer (in Anthonys award-winning short film). However, subsequent re-writes deemed this scripted scene unnecessary to the plot. Ironically, she later played the mother of serial killer Wayne Montgomery in
Anthony Spadaccini
s horror film
Head Case
and its sequel
The Ritual
.
c.
The actual "Space Station 5" model, which was about 7 feet across, was found a few years after
2001: A Space Odyssey
was made, discarded in an English field with wild grass growing over its rapidly decaying surface. The model was destroyed by vandals a few days later.
d.
Larry Blackmon
of the band Cameo was to make a cameo appearance in the film but the scene was deleted.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 9, 1946 with
Robert Taylor
reprising his film role.
b.
Steve Brown
s original role in the film was that of Anthonys attorney in a scene scripted but never shot. He requested that his role be increased due to the films subject matter, so he was added to the main cast as the "peacemaker" of the group.
c.
Patrick Dempsey
s film debut.
d.
This films opening prologue states: "In June 1942 things looked bleak indeed for the British Eighth Army. It was beaten, scattered, and in flight. Tobruk had fallen. The victorious Rommel and his Afrika Korps were pounding the British back and back toward Cairo and the Suez Canal."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
The events in this film take place three months after the events in
Aftermath
.
b.
There is an image of a hand hanging on a piece of paper in the mail room (about 1/2 through the movie) that matches the configuration of
Heather Graham
s hand on the window, as she looks out of her apartment (about 1/4 through the movie).
c.
Ridley Scott
and
Jordan Cronenweth
achieved the famous shining eyes effect by using a technique invented by Fritz Lang known as the Schüfftan Process; light is bounced into the actors eyes off a piece of half mirrored glass mounted at a forty five degree angle to the camera.
d.
Look and lighting director
Adolph Lusinsky
and his team traveled to several of the films "real-life locations" such as an Ohio trailer park, the San Francisco docks, New York streets and the desert surrounding Las Vegas to study how the light in those places interacted with the scenery.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
James Woods
was cast in the
Peter Coyote
part but dropped out.
b.
The mask of the monster suit was altered considerably. When
Ray Corrigan
was fitted for the monster suit, the mask was initially too tight.
Paul Blaisdell
, the maker of the monster suit, had to remove and rebuild the monsters lower jaw so the mask would fit better. Unfortunately, Corrigans chin stuck out through the opening made in the mask. Blaisdell made up Corrigans chin to look like the monsters tongue. The masks original eyes (large and catlike, a Blaisdell trademark) were also removed so that we see Corrigans own eyes behind the mask.
c.
The version presently in circulation bears a 1936 re-release production code seal of approval #2316-R, modernized title credits, and the newer post-1935 Columbia logo.
d.
The very first treatment of the film had an excerpt from Anthonys award-winning short film (also entitled "Unstable").
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstable (2005)?
a.
Although Dr. Harlan Williams (
Chris Noth
) military service is never specifically addressed in the movie, he is seen wearing the insignia of the 45th Infantry ("Thunderbird") Division on one of his uniforms. This unit fought in both World War II and Korea.
b.
The lines spoken, during the night club scene, when the bartender is complaining about his hub caps beong stolen, was an actual event. The first assistant director,
Paul Domick
, who also portrayed the bartender, had this happen to him outside the production offices during the first week of pre-production. He parked his rental car in the Theatre lot, came into the office for an hour and half and went out to do some errands. When he came out, the hub caps had been stolen. There was a hub cap store directly across the street.
c.
The movie was shot in sequence over a period of just 4 days.
d.
Martha (
Dorothy Jordan
) was the real life wife of film producer
Merian C. Cooper
.
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