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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Visions of Violence (2007) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Visions of Violence (2007)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007).

About the movie: Picking up a camera to record one's life is quite a challenge. And this writer/director tries just that. Using different video and film formats, he tries to record life during the turbulent 1990's.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		Colin Farrell did as many of his own stunts as Les Mayfield would let him do.
b.		John Candy died during filming. His few remaining scenes were either not filmed, or were filmed using a stand-in, then re-written not to involve him. His second bar sequence re-uses footage from his earlier bar sequence.
c.		Kooz and Jake had a real problem on the set and in their fight scene, the two were actually throwing haymakers at one another.
d.		for The Graduate) Lying among the video boxes when Ike is looking for the wedding tape: The Graduate, which has a famous aborted-wedding scene.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier. This was also one of the 12 Columbia titles, the other 61 all being Universals.
b.		Most of the video footage in the 1998 section was actually shot during the very hot summer of 1999.
c.		In the main cabin of the Dawn Treader with the map of Narnia there are also paintings of places in Narnia on the walls of the cabin. Tashbaan, the capital of Calormen and a city visited in the Narnia book The Horse and His Boy, is frequently shown.
d.		Director Scott Derrickson was an ardent admirer of sci-film director Robert Wise, and had wanted to remake Wises The Day the Earth Stood Still since 1993.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		The EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle was built from a 1973-1978 GMC Motor Home.
b.		Irving Abrahams, who plays Irv the police mechanic, was the real-life NYPD mechanic who helped Egan and Grosso crack the "French Connection" case. As depicted in the film, Abrahams helped Egan and Grosso tear apart the car that French smugglers were using to sneak heroin into the U.S. When the movie was made, Sonny Grosso arranged with William Friedkin for Abrahams to play himself in the garage scene.
c.		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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and was not televised until many years afterward.
d.		During the fake interview scenes when Chris talks to the vandals - filming was shut down as the guys were kicked out of their location. They were in a mall parking garage and told filming wasnt permitted there.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		Only days before the role of Batman was cast, eight actors were asked to audition for the part. The actors were Christian Bale, Joshua Jackson, Eion Bailey, Hugh Dancy, Billy Crudup, Cillian Murphy, Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal. While Bale won the part, Christopher Nolan liked Murphys audition so much, he cast him as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow.
b.		32,000 costumes were used in the film.
c.		During the 1997 section, when the boys visit NJ, the bridge they drive over, while filming, is the George Washington Bridge in NY.
d.		The final scene when Forrest Taft gives the speech about the oil companies and air pollution, was originally 11 minutes long. Audiences complained that it was overlong and preachy. The scene was re-edited before release.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		The voice-over for the film was actually an after thought and added late in production.
b.		The twenty-third of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.
c.		The helicopter is a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane (CH-54 Tarhe). It is now being used to fight bush fires across Australia.
d.		While teaching the two little boys to play guitar, Buddy sings, "...were gonna love Teddy Jack with all our might". Busey was a drummer with the stage name of Teddy Jack Eddy.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		The night the scene between Dave (and Barbara), whom he calls, was shot on, was a bitterly cold night in the Northeast.
b.		Steve Guttenberg did most of his own stunts for the film.
c.		Eric Valette was originally hired to direct the film.
d.		During the final fight sequence between McLeod and Kurgan on the roof of the Silvercup Studios building, cables can be seen in the foreground pulling the studios neon sign down. After filming had been completed, the production discovered that they had done so much damage to both the set and the actual roof of the Silvercup studios building as to make re-takes impossible.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		In an interview, Director John Roecker claimed he chose Billie Joe Armstrong to play Charlie because "no one thought he could". According to the director, he was told by friends that Billie Joe couldnt perform as the infamous Charles Manson because he was "too nice of a guy".
b.		The first Muppet movie in which the fourth wall is not broken, nor do the characters acknowledge they only exist in a movie.
c.		The whip-its that Jeff and Randy are seen doing - are 100% real. This added to the effect of the scene as the 2 then engage in a conversation that is not entirely coherent.
d.		Mindy Marin whos the films casting director was featured in the part of Kim Cattralls assistant because she looked the part and they werent able to find an actress who was capable of playing the role prior to shooting according to director John Herzfeld.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		The scene in the 1998 section that features Chris and Dave driving towards a party totals only 12 minutes in the final film. The scene was filmed in real time as the 2 drove. It took over 75 minutes to make the drive as the 2 drove in circles (at times) yet the scene was filmed in 1 take and 1 take only. The footage was then cut down to the 12 minutes in the finished film to make the conversation more interesting.
b.		Mark Schaffer, AKA Schaffer the Darklord, was friends with the director and dashed off the brilliant lyrics for the theme music just before moving to NYC.
c.		Several golf-related organizations, including GOLF DIGEST, have pledged their support to this film.
d.		The Something Weird DVD reissue includes 30 minutes of "before" scenes, showing what footage was replaced in additional material written by M.A. Ripps which has different characters and new subplots literally "phoned in" by added personages representing police and psychiatrists.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		Chapter Titles: 1. Pirate of the Air 2. Hovering Death 3. A Leap For Life 4. A Fatal Crash 5. The Hawk Strikes 6. Bridge of Destruction 7. The Hawks Treachery 8. The Aerial Third Degree 9. Attack on the Mine 10.The Hawks Lair 11.The Law Strikes 12.The Mail Must Go Through
b.		Was the first digitally-edited film to win an Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Walter Murch). Murch began editing the film mechanically, but then switched to the Avid system after his son suffered a medical emergency so that he could work from his home while his son recovered. Murch writes about the experience in his book "In the Blink of an Eye (2nd Ed.)."
c.		During a recorded phone call, Chris pleading to Jeff, concerning a girl, was 100% real. This was then placed into the film to help the story.
d.		James Camerons original screenplay began with Col. Trautman finding Rambo in a psychiatric hospital instead of a prison. The psychiatric hospital concept was instead depicted in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Visions of Violence (2007)?
a.		This Australian film was retitled Death Games for its release in the USA.
b.		After the argument between Michael Corleone and the members of the Vatican, he leaves the building, saying, "Were back with the Borgias". Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, later wrote a book about the Borgias called The Family. It was later revealed, during the broadcast of the television series The Borgias, that the Borgias were the original inspiration for the Corleones. Vito was based on Rodrigo Borgia, AKA Pope Alexander VI. Michael was based on Cesare Borgia, Sontino on Juan Borgia, Fredo on Gioffre Borgia, and Connie on Lucrezia Borgia.
c.		The cocaine that one character snorts is actually powdered sugar.
d.		Gino Conforti repeated his stage role as the barber for the movie (a part also played briefly by James Coco on Broadway).