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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waitress (2007) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waitress (2007) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007).
About the movie:
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
Ian McKellen
enjoyed acting with
Robert Downey Jr.
in
Restoration
, and asked him to play the part of Rivers, expecting him to turn the role down as too small. To McKellens surprise, Downey immediately cleared his diary and and took the part.
b.
The idea for the five minute date Dawn (
Adrienne Shelly
) goes on was inspired by Adriennes experience with them years earlier.
c.
Director
Russ Meyer
once said he considers this film to be his "most important".
d.
All cars used in the movie for the races had to pass inspection and qualify.
Bobby Hamilton
qualified one of the movie cars in the top ten; they removed the cameras and he was allowed to enter the race.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
Had a 20-day shoot.
b.
There are many mentions and references to
Bruce Campbell
s other films. Examples are phrases sugar baby, groovy and boomstick along with name checking of people like
Sam Raimi
(director of the Evil Dead trilogy).
c.
In
Mira Nair
s segment, a clip of
Monsoon Wedding
, Nairs previous film, is shown on television.
d.
Masons mansion is actually the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
Adrienne Shelly
s final film.
b.
A subtle reference to
William Shatner
: once, while recording lines for
Star Trek
The Animated Series, Shatner pronounced "sabotage" strangely and was asked twice to repeat the line. He finally blurted, "Dont tell me how to act - it sickens me!" In
Mystery Men
, this line is repeated by
Ben Stiller
. Later,
Janeane Garofalo
says to Stiller, "You say sabotage, I say saboTAGE," another Shatner quote from the Star Trek recording session.
c.
Third part of
Gregg Araki
s Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy. The other two parts are
The Doom Generation
and
Totally F***ed Up
.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 30, 1946 with
Peggy Ann Garner
,
Allyn Joslyn
and
Barbara Whiting
reprising their film roles.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
The last name of Jennas doctor, Pomatter, is the combination of three of
Adrienne Shelly
s favorite Yankees players.
b.
This film is considered by many as
Joan Crawford
s last important picture. After this film, Joan was typecast in some lesser horror pictures until her last picture in 1970 and her last TV appearance in 1972.
c.
Jodie Foster
and
Daryl Hannah
turned down the role of Deborah. Hannah specifically did
Splash
instead of this film.
d.
Vitaphone production reels #589-596; 6th feature film produced by Warner Bros. to be released with Vitaphone musical accompaniment and sound effects.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
Old Joes check was apparently for $270,450, although the cursive total is partially covered by a thumb and the digits are off screen. (If you have zoom and freeze frame you can see the first part of the cursive writing when she first starts opening the check.) The amount was obscured on purpose through these methods and quick editing, according to the DVD commentary, in order to help avoid making the film seem dated in any way. The prop department, however, never did get the check quite right; Joes address on the check is seen as "Box 12, Rural RT. 83, Southern USA."
b.
After viewing a rough cut,
Francis Ford Coppola
insisted on cutting the first half hour of the film. When director
Kenneth Branagh
refused, Coppola publicly denounced the film.
c.
The movie originally opened with a restaurant scene between Liz and Hennessy. That scene was cut, but actual dialogue from it can still be heard as part of a message Liz leaves on Hennessys answering machine.
d.
Dustin Hoffman
s three children make appearances in the movie. His youngest son,
Max Hoffman
plays 5 year-old Peter Pan. His daughter,
Rebecca Hoffman
plays Jane in the play at the beginning of the movie, and his oldest son,
Jake Hoffman
plays a little league player in Jacks baseball game.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
One of a handful of films shot with "The new Garutso lens for 3-Dimensional effect". The lens in question was hardly "new", having been developed and used in films since the 30s, but it made great ballyhoo. The lens is an extreme wide angle device that could be used with a large assortment of diopter filters, hence making everything seem, from foreground to background, in perfect focus.
b.
It was actually Katie Madonna Lees mother, Bernadette Bauer who played the older Julie Ann Mabry.
c.
The hallucination where Harry falls involved placing a camera on the end of a bungee cord and testing to make sure it could stop within inches of the ground. (It did.)
d.
Writer-director-actress
Adrienne Shelly
wrote the screenplay while she was pregnant with her daughter, Sophie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title Broken Dishes.
b.
Whenever the timer is shown counting the minutes until the next stage of "Death Race", the clock always dissolves as the seconds read "32".
c.
The scene in which Susans dress is ripped was inspired by something that happened to
Cary Grant
. He was at the Roxy Theater one night and his pants zipper was down when it caught on the back of a womans dress. Grant impulsively followed her. When he told this story to
Howard Hawks
, Hawks loved it and put it into the film.
d.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 1, 1946 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
Film debut of
James McEachin
, who appears uncredited.
b.
The movie was shot in only eight days, before post production started.
c.
Leslie Orr and
Maureen Allisse
became close friends during shooting and often stuck together on set rehearsing their lines off of each other. Orr stated that she would usually shy away from the nude scenes but did them if Allisse was on set as a comfort factor.
d.
Even though
Cheryl Hines
character smokes in the movie, Hines herself is actually a non-smoker.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waitress (2007)?
a.
The toddler who plays Lulu in the movies final scenes is
Adrienne Shelly
s daughter,
Sophie Ostroy
.
b.
A Who holding a plate of Green Eggs and Ham is visible during the crowd scene at the end of the film.
c.
Mikael Håfström
attended exorcisms to prepare for directing the film. He was not allowed to witness them, but he could hear what was happening from outside the door.
d.
Kevin Costner
was considered for the role of Richard Kimble.
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