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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waking Life (2001) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waking Life (2001)

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

About the movie: A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		The story told by Steven Prince at the bar about shooting a tire thief was also told by him in Martin Scorseses American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince.
b.		In the background outside Machetes shop, there is a sign which reads "Baile an Liopaird" (Irish for "Town of the Leopard"). Leopardstown is an actual suburb of Dublin, Ireland, but its correct name in Irish is actually "Baile na Lobhar" ("Town of the Lepers" - hence originally Leperstown), which comes from a leper colony that was originally in the area.
c.		The initial advertising campaign for Captivity featured a multi-paneled poster. The first panel was labeled "Abduction," featuring actress Elisha Cuthbert appearing petrified, her mouth covered by a black gloved hand. The second panel was labeled "Confinement" and showed Cuthbert behind a chain-link fence with a bloody thumb poking through. The third was labeled "Torture" and featured Cuthbert on her back, her face hidden within a white cast and red tubes going up her nose. The fourth panel was labeled "Termination" and featured what appeared to be a limp body hanging over a table. The poster was placed on several billboards across Los Angeles, causing a significant uproar and resulting in many complaints. Distributor Lionsgate - who were not involved in the films advertising campaign and claimed to know nothing of the poster in question before the posters were distributed - and producer After Dark Films ultimately decided to remove the controversial poster from the advertising campaign and took the billboards down.
d.		In 1962, producer-director Robert Aldrich was preparing the prologue to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? He chose a scene from Parachute Jumper and this film to document the fact that the young Jane was a flop as a movie star.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		In the Italian post-synchronized version of the film, the actors are dubbed by: Lidia Simoneschi (Elizabeth Taylor), Andreina Pagnani (Katharine Hepburn), Giuseppe Rinaldi (Montgomery Clift), Giorgio Capecchi (Albert Dekker), Rosetta Calavetta (Mercedes McCambridge), Massimo Turci (Gary Raymond) and Wanda Tettoni (Mavis Villiers).
b.		Ben Afflecks directorial debut in a major motion picture, although he did direct two other movies that never made it to the big screen.
c.		Projected at a unique aspect ratio of 2.65:1.
d.		Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke reprise their roles as Celine and Jesse from Before Sunrise written by Richard Linklater.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		The man in the car shouting through the loudspeaker is Alex Jones who has a public television and radio talk show in Austin, Texas, as well as a shortwave radio show, where he expresses similar and even sometimes harsher viewpoints.
b.		After hearing the French message via the loudspeaker Rick predicts "Nothing can stop them now. Wednesday, Thursday at the latest they would be in Paris". In fact, the Germans entered Paris at the morning of June 14th, 1940 - Friday.
c.		The reason Dirk Julian wore a gray T-shirt in the opening scene was actually as an homage to the director who often touted gray T-shirts on set (and off).
d.		First film produced by Irwin Winkler.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		The real PT 109 had been engaged in continual combat for five months when JFK took command, but was not the derelict, inoperative hulk depicted in the movie.
b.		The whole film was shot and edited into a complete live-action version before animation began.
c.		This was the last RKO project which began with the original radio-transmitter logo. Later movies from the revived RKO Pictures would start with a modern reproduction of the transmitter.
d.		Jay Anson who wrote the book "The Amityville Horror" actually wrote out a screenplay for this film only for the producers to turn it down. Eventually they found Sandor Stern and liked his take on it so he was hired for the job.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		Shot entirely on video cameras, mostly handheld, then rotoscope-animated on Mac G4 computers and later transferred to 35mm film.
b.		Topher Grace revealed that the heavy drug use in the film caused the delayed release. Grace and director Michael Dowse wanted to "do something that felt like it was literally made in the 80s" and not a parody of that generation. Grace believed it wouldnt be the 80s without heavy cocaine use, so there was "real hesitation" on part of the studios. The film ended up sitting on the shelf until Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment came to the rescue. According to Grace, they even ended up "putting stuff back" in the film, rather than having to cut.
c.		Brooke Shields, who has played Miley Cyrus mother in flashbacks on the TV show, appears momentarily in a photo shown in the movie.
d.		"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 24, 1949 with Fred Astaire reprising his film role.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		When Steve Rogers is admitted to a hospital after taking two bullets (shortly after his transformation in 1943), Col. Lewis is seen speaking with a doctor about Rogers condition. The actor playing the doctor is none other than Scott Paulin, the man who portrays the Red Skull later in the film.
b.		All of the characters in Living the Dream have different background stories that show how they themselves have been victims of indoctrination and how it affect their interactions with others.
c.		The pinball machine that Richard Linklater plays at the end of the movie is the same one that Kevin Pickford plays at the Emporium in Dazed and Confused, another of Linklaters films.
d.		William Lustig: makes a brief cameo as a motel-manager.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		"Cucuy" or el cucuy is the boogeyman of Latin American cultures.
b.		Joaquin Phoenix and Macaulay Culkin both turned down the role of Willard.
c.		"Mo chuisle" literally means "my pulse," but can mean "my love" or "my darling". Its a term of endearment taken from the original phrases "A chuisle mo chroí" or "Pulse of my heart".
d.		During the lecture by the monkey, a clip from "Akira Kurosawas Dreams" (_Yume (1990)_) is shown of a man running awkwardly down a hill.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
b.		"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 22, 1947 with Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake reprising their film roles.
c.		The scene where the cop turns away, when he sees the masked armed robbers getting away, is based on an actual event that occurred in the life of a bank robber. Ben Affleck added this to the film after interviewing a bank robber in prison.
d.		This film was shot primarily in Austin, Texas. Not Houston, Texas.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		A man is seen wearing a "Slacker" t-shirt. Slacker was director Richard Linklaters first film.
b.		The phone that Ryan is using is actually not functioning, but he did have an earpiece in so he could talk to someone.
c.		Kevin Smith, a big fan of John Hughes claims this movie to be the favorite of his.
d.		Tiger is a Persian cat and his voice was performed by Omid Djalili who has Iranian (Persian) descendant .

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waking Life (2001)?
a.		The couch in the loft living area has a painting on the backrest of Derek, Jones and Travis; the mouths on the characters are blurred out deliberately.
b.		Disney and Pixar were planning to bring a French-produced Ratatouille-branded wine to Costco stores. That was until the California Wine Institute complained, suggesting that a wine sporting cartoon characters would only encourage under-age drinking.
c.		Several scenes (e.g., the automobile with the loudspeakers on top) are similar to those in Slacker, which was also filmed by Richard Linklater, using some of the same actors. Several of the locations in Austin, TX were also featured in Slacker (1991).
d.		Little people were chosen to double the main characters when an action shot by one of the mutants was required. Six mutants ranging in size from 51" to 63" acted in these shots with the little people to keep the size ratio correct. This was necessary because the primary Mutants were 82" and 77" and rather ungainly in their movements due to costuming restrictions.

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