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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : WALL·E (2008) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : WALL·E (2008) - Part (6) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008).
About the movie:
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
According to the 7 November 1957 issue of Jet magazine, the films producers were interested in R&B singer
Clyde McPhatter
for the role of Sportin Life
b.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #60 Greatest Movie of All Time.
c.
Hello, Dolly!
composer
Jerry Herman
allowed his songs to be used in the film without fully realizing how or why. When he saw how they worked in the film, he claimed it was "genius".
d.
When FBI Agent Andy Cross and Bill Jarvis are introduced to John McClane and Zeus Carver, Jarvis says he is "with another agency." Cross then shows them a photo which has the letters "NSA" showing. The National Security Agency (NSA) historically kept its identity secret and would have an interest in a terrorism case.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
Story supervisor
Jim Reardon
describes the film as "like if
Buster Keaton
made a movie with
Sigourney Weaver
."
b.
Producer/cinematographer/editor
Keith A. Wester
s debut film. He went on to receive six Academy Award nominations for sound mixing.
c.
The plane that Wade delivers to Bond (borrowed from a friend in the DEA) is a reference to
Licence to Kill
. Franz Sanchez attempts to escape in a plane of the same make, model, and series (but with a different registration) before his capture by the DEA. The plane is a Cessna 172 and its registration number is N96816.
d.
The first film to use the word "bugger" in its dialogue.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
According to
Kris Kristofferson
, director
Sam Peckinpah
so detested the studio cut of this film he actually urinated on the screen.
b.
Andrew Stanton
claimed that the films central theme was that irrational love can defeat everything, including programming.
c.
Willem Dafoe
was hired as The Green Goblin in
Spider-Man
after the producers watched his performance in this film.
d.
Nick Nicotera
plays the role of a BETA fraternity member in the Greek Board, however, it is completely coincidental that he is best known for his role in
American Pie Presents Beta House
. The shirts for the fraternities in the film were printed months before
Nick Nicotera
was cast for the role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
According to the flags being raised, the four medalists at Worlds were from the United States, South Korea, and Sweden. South Korea has never medaled in mens singles at the World Championships, and Sweden has not medaled in that discipline since 1929. Furthermore, in the event of a first place tie, there would be no silver medal handed out, only the bronze, meaning that Sweden would have to suffice with a bronze and South Korea would have been left empty handed in fourth place.
b.
Ben Burtt
had just completed
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
and had told his wife that he never wanted to work on another film that involved robots. He changed his mind when Pixar talked through their ideas for
WALL·E
which he found to be fresh and exciting.
c.
The hospital scenes were filmed using the set for
ER
.
d.
As a young man, De Palma, at his mothers urging, actually followed his father and used recording equipment to try and catch him with another woman. That incident inspired this film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
The Police cars are Australian Valiants converted to left hand drive. There are 2 models shown, 1976 VK and 1977 CL.
b.
Previously filmed as
Sally
, a silent film that featured
Leon Errol
, who appeared in the original Broadway show.
c.
The AN Forces Radio DJ is played by
Adrian Cronauer
, whose exploits as an Armed Forces Radio DJ in Vietnam were dramatized in
Good Morning, Vietnam
. He even gives a variation of his signature sign-on phrase: "Good morning, Shadoloo!"
d.
Ben Burtt
recorded 2500 different sounds for the film, twice the average of a Star Wars movie, and also the most that Burtt had ever recorded for one feature film. Burtts involvement with the film lasted for two years.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
Originally
Andrew Stanton
wanted to use 1930s French swing music for the opening but decided he couldnt after seeing
Les triplettes de Belleville
which he deemed to be too similar.
b.
The title comes from a line in the song "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
c.
As the family is leaving New York City, you can see a movie theater in the background is playing
Deep Throat
d.
Columbia Pictures logo dissolves into animated footage of the lady with a torch character rocking out, one of several films of the Sixties (Zotz!, Cat Ballou, Strait-Jacket, and some years later, Thank God Its Friday) in which the logo was comically altered to fit theme of the movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 7.7 seconds (fast for a
Vincente Minnelli
film)
b.
Andrew Stanton
came up with the idea of using Put on Your Sunday Clothes from
Hello, Dolly!
as he had portrayed Barnaby Tucker in a 1980 high school production.
c.
Penultimate film featuring
Mae West
.
d.
During the "Living Island" musical number, during a verse about the world, the image of the Earth and Van Allen radiation belts used by Universal Pictures as its logo at the time is briefly seen, but without the Univrersal lettering. The film happened to be distributed by Universal.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
The ninth highest grossing film of 2008.
b.
Seven studios rejected the original screenplay.
Peter Stone
turned it into a novel which was serialized in Redbook, and it was then turned back into a screenplay - which had interest from all 7 studios.
c.
At one point during the movie, a phone call is made from outside Candlestick Park (where the Giants are playing) to a pay phone that is in front of a bridge and a warehouse. The warehouse has since been torn down, replaced by AT&T Park (the home stadium of todays Giants). Fans walking to AT&T Park from the south cross the bridge to get there from the parking lots.
d.
Anthony Hopkins
character becomes the first person in any Mission Impossible episode or movie to actually use the phrase "mission: impossible."
Ronald D. Moore
and
Brannon Braga
also wrote the screenplay for
Star Trek: First Contact
which featured the first cinematic use in dialogue of the phrase "star trek."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
The infamous armor-plated "killer cockroaches" are in fact Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches. In reality, they are three-inches long (as seen in the film), and are quite benign. They make the "hissing" sound to communicate with one another, and when they are agitated. Live roaches were used in close up shots, but rubber mock ups were used in the wide and group shots.
b.
It took only six weeks for
WALL·E
to gross over $200 million in the USA.
c.
Humphrey Bogart
was involved in a serious automobile accident during production of this film, which knocked out several of his teeth and hindered his ability to speak.
John Huston
hired a young British actor noted for his mimicry skills to rerecord some of Bogarts spoken lines during post-production looping. Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is
Peter Sellers
who provides Bogarts voice during some of the scenes in this movie.
d.
At the time of filming, actress
Joan Greenwood
(Aunt Frances Ferris) was married to actor
André Morell
(Yacht Captain).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: WALL·E (2008)?
a.
Coincidentally, composer
Thomas Newman
s uncle
Lionel Newman
worked on the film
Hello, Dolly!
.
b.
Bill Murray
improvised the "Cinderella story" sequence from two lines of stage direction. Director
Harold Ramis
simply asked Murray to emulate a kid announcing his own fantasy sports moment. Murray simply asked for four rows of mums and did the scene in one take.
c.
The name Norma Desmond was chosen from a combination of silent-film star
Norma Talmadge
and silent movie director
William Desmond Taylor
, whose still-unsolved murder is one of the great scandals of Hollywood history. (On the morning of Febriary 1, 1922, Taylor was shot and killed in his Hollywood bungalow. His killer was never identified.)
d.
The rednecks in the Louisiana coffee shop who taunt the boys, and the two in the pickup truck at the end of the movie, were all local residents recruited by the filmmakers. In the case of the coffee shop denizens, the filmmakers were preparing to audition a group of local theater people when
Dennis Hopper
saw
Buddy Causey Jr.
,
Duffy Lafont
and several others watching them and making wisecracks and decided to use them instead.
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