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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Vanilla Sky (2001) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Vanilla Sky (2001) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001).

About the movie: A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
b.		In "The Way You Look Tonight", Ginger Rogers is seen to be washing her hair. The crew tried various soaps, shampoos, and even egg white, but it always ran down her face too quickly. They achieved success with whipped cream.
c.		Shelley Duvalls skirt getting stuck in the car door was initially accidental. Robert Altman found it amusing and asked her to intentionally do it throughout the rest of the filming.
d.		David Aames birthday is 22 September 1968.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		Adapted from Lora Lee Ecobellis original stage-play of the same name.
b.		On his DVD commentary, director Michael Bay makes it very clear that he was not attempting to make a contemporary love story, but a 1940s love story; the type of story that could have been seen in films of the day. Bay claims that one of the reasons the love story plot was so derided by critics and rejected by audiences was simply because they werent able to look at it from this perspective; that they werent able to adopt the sense of innocence and carefree attitude necessary to accept it. Ben Affleck also addresses this aspect of the story on his own commentary - especially in relation to the much maligned champagne cork scene, pointing out that such a scene would be right at home in a 1940s romance film.
c.		Miguel A. Núñez Jr.s film debut.
d.		In the Times Square sequence at the beginning of the movie, one of the images that flashes for only a few frames is of Katie Holmes on the cover of a magazine.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		The large portrait of Davids "father", seen at the party is actually a portrait of the contemporary artist Robert Rauschenberg.
b.		The incantation heard in the opening sequence sounds like "Cthulhu fhtagn Rlyeh," a bastardized version of an incantation in the H.P. Lovecraft story The Call of Cthulhu. "Phnglui mglwnafh Cthulhu Rlyeh wgahnagl fhtagn", which translates as "In his house at Rlyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."
c.		Burt Reynoldss underweight, weak and thin look was because he was still suffering from the effects of an accident that occurred on the set of his previous movie City Heat. His jaw was broken when he was hit in the face with a metal chair while filming a fight scene. He was restricted to a liquid diet and lost over 30 pounds by the time that movie wrapped. Apparently this accident led to Reynolds becoming addicted to painkillers.
d.		During the scene where Michael Ironsides character falls into the hole and gets his legs bitten off, Dina Meyer hit her head, was knocked unconscious, and suffered a concussion.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		The producer and makeup artist both have cameos sliding down the Super Slide in the carnival sequence.
b.		A short scene of Björks video "Big Time Sensuality" can be seen in the movie in a vision sequence Tom Cruise has.
c.		First feature film appearance of Carolyn Jones.
d.		The identification number of the Helicopter is N3388H.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		The ending is dedicated to actor and director Adrienne Shelly who was murdered in 2006 when she caught a man, who had broken into her office, stealing money from her purse.
b.		Title is German and means "Dream of Love".
c.		The song at the end (on the roof of the skyscraper) is called "Njósnavélin" (a.k.a. "The Nothing Song") by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós. During the series of random still frames at the end of the film, one of these is an over-exposed picture of the band Sigur Rós.
d.		According to Liv Tyler, the finale had much more interaction and dialog between the victims and the villains in the original script. It was cut to keep the intruders mysterious and eerie.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		The name of the film is a reference to the magazine Weird NJ.
b.		Tara Lipinski was auditioning for a part in The Banger Sisters when she stopped by the set. Crowe saw her and offered her a cameo in the movie. She improvised a scene with Cameron Diaz. She had to stand on a box to get closer to Diazs height since Lipinski is 51" and Diaz is 59". The scene didnt make the US version but can still be seen in the international versions of the movie.
c.		The main reason Ryan Gosling quit his role as Jack before filming start was mainly because during read through sessions with Peter Jackson and the rest of the cast he felt that he was too young for the role, given he was 26, whereas Jack was supposed to be in his late 30s. Despite repeated assurances from Jackson that he can portray Jack under proper makeup, Gosling insisted that he could not portray the character well given of him being a method-actor and finally was let go. Mark Wahlberg only came in one day before start of shooting.
d.		The widow of Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, sued Blake Edwards and this movies producers claiming that this allegedly movie diminished the late Sellers memory / reputation. Fredericks lawsuit was successful and she won US $1+ million.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		40th best grossing film in USA of 1966.
b.		The character Judge John Hathorne was one of the judges at the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. He was also the only one that never apologized to the victims families. His descendant, Nathaniel Hawthorne, changed the spelling of his surname in order to appear not so closely related to such an infamous ancestor.
c.		Sofias line, "Ill tell you in another life, when we are both cats" was a phrase actually uttered spontaneously in a moment of frustration by Penélope Cruz to Cameron Crowe.
d.		The play was partly inspired by an actual case in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1810, "Miss Pirie and Miss Woods vs. Dame Cumming Gordon." Two school teachers, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, were falsely accused of having a lesbian affair by a pupil, Jane Gordon. Under the influence of Janes grandmother, Dame Cumming Gordon, the schools students were removed by their parents and the school was shut down. Pirie and Woods filed a libel suit against Dame Cumming Gordon, and won the case, but given the destruction of their lives and standing in the community, it was considered a hollow victory.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		The name of Kurt Russells character, McCabe, was inspired by Nancy Wilsons first solo album, "Live at McCabes Guitar Shop". Nancy Wilson is the wife of Cameron Crowe.
b.		"Anything You Can Do" (music and lyrics by Irving Berlin), sung by Ethel Merman and Dan Dailey, was cut from this movie. The song as filmed still exists. In 1946, Miss Merman and Ray Middleton had introduced this song in the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun", and it also appears in the film adaptation Annie Get Your Gun starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel.
c.		The role of Eowyn, the White Lady of Rohan, was first offered to Irish actress Alison Doody in December 1999, who had to decline the part because she had just given birth to her second daughter. Miranda Otto then auditioned for the same role.
d.		A "Masters of the Universe" sequel was actually written and cast, but was never filmed. Director Albert Pyun proposed to producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus that he would make the sequel and a "Spider-Man" film back to back at De Laurentiis studio in Wilmington, North Carolina. The sets for the two movies were built, the costumes were made, both films had been fully cast, and the budget for "Masters of the Universe Part 2" was set at $4.5 million. The Mattel toy company also gave their approval to many of the characters that would appear in the sequel. The only known actor cast for the sequel was surfer Laird John Hamilton as He-Man and the only aspect known about the sequels screenplay was that He-Man would have returned to Earth and was disguised as a professional quarterback. Pyun would also be using the same high school sets for Kevin and Julie later when he would direct "Spider-Man". It is not known, though, if there were any new characters introduced from the "Masters of the Universe" cartoon and/or toy line for the sequel. However, Cannon would be unable to make both the "Masters of the Universe" sequel and "Spider-Man" as Cannon Films would later go out of business.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		Ellen Brody tells her husband that Matt Hooper called to say he was on the Aurora. This is a reference to the first film. In the first film, Hooper turned down the opportunity to study on the Aurora in favor of studying the shark that was terrorizing the beach then.
b.		Robert Vaughn said in an interview that he considered this to be the worst film ever made.
c.		The scene where Maggie is sitting in the car in the rain was shot on a night when it actually was raining very heavily, but the rain did not look "real" on film. The crew had to set up an awning to cover the car from the rain, then rig up rain making equipment under the awning to achieve the look of "real" rain.
d.		Michael Keaton, Harrison Ford, and Alec Baldwin were all considered for the role of Dr. Curtis McCabe.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Vanilla Sky (2001)?
a.		Charlie Rowe was initially cast as the young Charles Xavier but, due to scheduling conflicts with Neverland, he was replaced by Laurence Belcher.
b.		Molly tells Sam that he "leads a charmed life." This is a line from William Shakespeares Macbeth. Macbeth also claims to lead a charmed life - meaning he cannot be killed. Immediately after making this claim, however, he is killed. Sam is killed after seeing a production of Macbeth.
c.		Cameron Crowe and Tom Cruise both tried to persuade legendary director Billy Wilder to make an appearance in the film, but he declined.
d.		Though a suspense-thriller, one of this movies main posters was designed completely with black-and-white artwork actually more typical of gangster movies such as the same Paramount Studios The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II.