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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Up in the Air (2009) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Up in the Air (2009) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009).
About the movie:
With a job that has him traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham leads an empty life out of a suitcase, until his company does the unexpected: ground him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
The studio wanted
Vin Diesel
to play Hellboy.
c.
On
Stanislaw Lem
s personal website, shortly before he passed away, he posted that he felt this adaptation had overemphasized the human relationship dilemma in his novel, when he had been trying to propound what an Encounter with something truly Alien might be like. The planet Solaris is about as far from any preconceptions of Alien life as you can get, so identifying with Rheas Phi-Creature misses the point that all the Phi-Creatures are Solaris.
d.
When the character Bob, played by
J.K. Simmons
, shows Ryan a photo of his two children, it is a photo of Simmons real children.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
Based on a previous play written by Gardner McKay, titled Untold Damage. The live stage performance was filmed and aired in 1971 starring
Richard Dreyfuss
and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
b.
The newspaper headline "Cougars Take State" appeared in the Waupaca Daily Times. There is no newspaper in Waupaca, WI called the Daily Times. (Also, the Waupaca school mascot is the Comets, not the Cougars.)
c.
Felix the Cats face appears as the masks of tragedy and comedy on the keystone of the entrance to Toontown.
d.
When the movie was in its scripting stage,
John A. Russo
had developed an idea that was basically described as "teenagers from outer space". This version was not filmed, but the version that was filmed uses stock music from the movie
Teenagers from Outer Space
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
Ulrich Matthes
was offered the role of Le Chiffre but had to decline due to his commitment to a theatrical production of "Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".
b.
The statement "Ill say" is used three times in the movie, each time by a different person.
c.
Opened on the same weekend as
A Nightmare on Elm Street
, and briefly out-grossed the latter by around $161,800 before profits fell about 45% by the second weekend.
d.
Acting debut of
Harry Anderson
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
This
Charles Bronson
movie was theatrically released between his pictures
The White Buffalo
and
Love and Bullets
.
b.
Joel Thurm
, who served as supervising producer on the film, appears uncredited as the town barber.
c.
Co-writer/Director
Jason Reitman
stated that if
George Clooney
had passed on the role of Ryan Bingham, he would have rewritten the part for
Steve Martin
. Reitman claimed that the movie would have become "much more like
Lost in Translation
was for
Bill Murray
."
d.
Shelley Winters
dedicated her performance to
John Garfield
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
James Cagney
turned down the role of Joe Lorenzo.
b.
At a press screening,
Jason Reitman
said that his father and producer,
Ivan Reitman
, had written "the best line in the movie." However, he declined to reveal which line in particular.
c.
The theme song from Pinocchio, "When You Wish upon a Star," was ranked #7 in the 2004 American Film Institutes List of the Top Movie Songs of All Time, the highest-ranking song on the list among Disney animated films.
d.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Moves Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
Jason Reitman
and
Ivan Reitman
are one of only two father/son producing teams to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. The other is
Mario Cecchi Gori
and
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
for
Il postino
.
b.
Marilyn Monroe
s lifelong bouts with depression and self-destruction took their toll during filming; she frequently muffed scenes and forgot her lines, leading to sometimes as many as 40 takes of a scene before a satisfactory result was produced.
c.
When
Ernest Hemingway
told
Ingrid Bergman
she would have to cut off her hair for the role of Maria, she shot back, "To get that part, Id cut my head off!" She would rehearse tirelessly until all hours of the night, begging to repeat a scene long after the director was satisfied.
d.
William Grissoms wardrobe and manner of walking are an homage to
Charles Chaplin
, a famous silent-film actor.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
During the filming, the cast and crew endured (in no particular order) a broken hand, a nail through the foot, eviction, unemployment, car accidents, ghostly encounters, band breakups, stolen jewelry, lost love, burnt flesh, embarrassing one night stands, and kidney failure.
b.
Milla Jovovich
s character uses a more authentic variant of "Gun Kata", a unique blend of gunfighting and martial arts developed by director
Kurt Wimmer
for his previous film
Equilibrium
.
c.
Both screenwriters
Jason Reitman
and
Sheldon Turner
never met or even knew from each other during writing the screenplay. When the novel was released in 2001, Turner read it and wrote a spec script adaptation which he sold to Dreamworks in 2003. However, Reitman also discovered the book and persuaded his father
Ivan Reitman
to acquire the film rights. Ivan Reitman then commissioned a screenplay by writers
Ted Griffin
and
Nicholas Griffin
who used some elements from Turners spec script. Finally, Jason Reitman developed his own screenplay by using some elements from the Griffin script that (unbeknownst to Reitman) originated with Turner. Reitman initially claimed a single screenplay credit for himself but the WGA ruled that he should share his credit with Turner as certain elements of his spec script remained in the film.
d.
Rod Lurie
s previous film
Resurrecting the Champ
also dealt with a journalist seeking a big story and trying to get the Pulitzer Prize. Both films were also influenced by true events.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
In an early attempt to sell the project to a studio,
Stanley Kubrick
and producer
James B. Harris
rented military uniforms and gathered several male friends to pose for a photograph that would capture the essence of their story. They affixed the photo to the cover of each screenplay copy.
b.
Jackie Gleason
reportedly modeled his character, Sheriff Buford T. Justice, after
Burt Reynolds
description of his father, a Georgia sheriff. Among the character traits that came from this was the use of "sum bit" instead of "son of a bitch". Gleason later stated that one of his greatest joys was learning that people in the Deep South had picked up using "sum bit" from the film.
c.
This film was completed in 1979, but not released until 1981.
d.
Craig Gregory has a Chicago Bears helmet in his office.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
In an interview conducted in November 2009,
Jonathan Lynn
stated that he had cast the film himself. He said that whilst actors were recommended to him via the casting department, it was his final decision on whom he would cast. His original choice for Wadsworth was British actor
Leonard Rossiter
, most famous for the role of Rigsby in Rising Damp, but he sadly passed away in 1984 just prior to pre-production, he was followed by
Rowan Atkinson
who was well known in England for his roles in
Not the Nine OClock News
and
The Black Adder
, but the studio felt he was to unknown to American audiences to be the leading actor in an American Production. Ironically Atkinson would go on to huge success with his character Mr. Bean in America some years later. Jonathan Lynn had known
Tim Curry
since they were teenagers, and personally asked him to be in the film.
b.
The catsuits the jewel thieves wear during their heist are inspired by the outfits worn by Black Widow and Black Cat in their respected Marvel comic books.
c.
Almost every set was built in a local high school gymnasium, including the two-story Russell house.
d.
Natalie wears a business suit in every scene in the film. Even at the party she is wearing a suit with the coat off, the shirt untucked and her hair down.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Up in the Air (2009)?
a.
During the swordfight scene between Jack Sparrow and Will Turner in the blacksmith shop. The clanging of their swords are just about in sync with the rhythm of the incidental music.
b.
In 2010,
George Clooney
, who played a character named Ryan Bingham, was only nominated for an Oscar (as an Actor in the Leading Role), while that same year a real-life person named
Ryan Bingham
won an Oscar for the song "The Weary Kind" he wrote together with
T-Bone Burnett
that featured in
Crazy Heart
.
c.
The aircraft shown carrying the President to Connecticut is an actual VC-137 (Boeing 707) Presidential aircraft used by President Kennedy. The 707 shown wasnt in service until a month after the Cuba crisis though. At the time another 707 with a different color scheme was used.
d.
Producer and director
Michael Ritchie
had his named removed from the films credits so as not to run into trouble from the striking writers guild. Instead, screenwriter Mickey Rose was given on-screen directors credit.
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