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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : What Just Happened (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : What Just Happened (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: What Just Happened (2008).
About the movie:
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer who's having a rough time trying to get his new picture made.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What Just Happened (2008)?
a.
Used the same Oval Office set as
The American President
.
b.
Was the closing film of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. It was screened out-of-competition.
c.
Erich von Stroheim
s attention to detail was such that he ordered an engraver to print copies of French money as props for the movie (he was playing the role of a counterfeiter). Unfortunately, the money printed was realistic enough that, shortly before shooting began, von Stroheim was arrested and hauled into court on counterfeiting charges. He escaped punishment by arguing to the judge that "the money was for use in pictures only."
d.
This film also marked the final time that Matt faced an agent from the Brotherhood of International Government and Order (a.k.a. BIG-O).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What Just Happened (2008)?
a.
Though the book "What Just Happened: Bitter Hollywood Tales From the Front Line" is a non-fiction account of
Art Linson
s experiences as a film producer, Linson chose to adapt it as a work of fiction, taking inspiration from the book.
b.
The license plate of the truck Frank steals is 656 STA 13.
c.
Richard Gere
s character Homer shares his first name with Geres real-life father.
d.
Ian Fleming
started writing the first ever James Bond novel "Casino Royale" on his Imperial typewriter at "Goldeneye", Jamaica around the 15-17th January 1952 and completed it on Tuesday 18th March 1952.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What Just Happened (2008)?
a.
First choice for the leads were Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, followed by Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. Eventually MGM had their dream casting in place: Johnny Depp, Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern. Harrelsons contract would have given him top billing. When Dern (a recent Oscar nominee) found out that she would be third billed, she quit the picture. Harrelson followed soon after, having landed the young male lead in "Indecent Proposal". MGM promptly slapped him with a $5 million lawsuit for breach of contract (which was ultimately settled out of court).
b.
Michael Bay
was disappointed with the climactic fight with Optimus Prime and the Fallen, because he had to scale it down due to running time purposes.
c.
The films tagline "In Hollywood, everybody can hear you scream" is a play on
Alien
s famous tagline "In space no one can hear you scream."
d.
At the end of the film, the remains of the fallen Decepticons are dumped into the Laurentian Abyss, in the Atlantic Ocean. Ironically, in
Transformers
the Decepticons had as their lair an underwater abyss.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What Just Happened (2008)?
a.
The subplot involving
Bruce Willis
refusing to shave his beard for a movie is based on a real life incident writer/producer
Art Linson
had with
Alec Baldwin
on the set of
The Edge
.
b.
Jamie Foxx
was considered for a role, but in the end,
Anthony Mackie
was cast.
c.
The original director of photography,
Owen Roizman
, quit the production after about a month to go work on another film. His replacement,
Gale Tattersall
, had his contribution cut short not long afterwards when he had to quit after being rushed to hospital with a severe sinus infection. Fed up with the situation, director
Barry Sonnenfeld
took over the cinematography himself, reasoning that if anything happened to him then production would be shut down, so he didnt have much to lose.
d.
This project was actually put together by two special effects men,
Jack Rabin
and
Irving Block
, who are listed as producers.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What Just Happened (2008)?
a.
The portrait shown throughout the movie as "Aunt Sophie", was a painting of actress
Helena Benda
.
b.
The reunion between director
Barry Levinson
and star
Robert De Niro
eleven years after
Wag the Dog
(which also featured a Hollywood producer as a major character) and twelve years after
Sleepers
.
c.
The theatrical trailer on the Universal DVD contains a brief shot of Dr. Glendon in werewolf form slashing Dr. Yogamis face with his claws as they fight in the laboratory. This shot is not seen in the finished film, although we do get to see Dr. Yogamis slashed face at the end of the scene in the film.
d.
The character of Billboard Rawkins, the racist senator, was based/suggested on the real-life Sen. Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, who died while the show was being written.
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