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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993).
About the movie:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
When getting into character,
Leonardo DiCaprio
remarked of it: "I had to really research to get into the mind of somebody like that. I spent a few days at a home for mentally retarded teens. We just talked and I watched their mannerisms. People have these expectations that mentally retarded children are really crazy, but that isnt so. Its refreshing to see them because everythings so new to them."
b.
This is the second Disney film to switch aspect ratios, the first being
Brother Bear
. Like Brother Bear, the film starts in a 1.75:1 aspect ratio when in animated Andalasia, and then switches to the CinemaScope ratio of 2.35:1 when Giselle becomes a live-action character.
c.
Guidos license plate is 4329. Adding all of the numbers together equals 18. Adding those digits together (1 + 8) equals 9, the title of the movie.
d.
In Russian Federation the movie is being shown translated by
Dmitri Goblin Puchkov
, a famous independent translator. All obscenities are translated to Russian obscenities, which is very unusual for movie translations in Russia. The movie has Russian rating "Not for people less than 18 ages old".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
The films script originally contained a mention of Alexander Dane (
Alan Rickman
s character) having been knighted by
Queen Elizabeth II
. Rickman asked that this be changed because he believed it was inconsistent with the character, and all mentions of the knighting were removed. However, the character is still listed in the credits as "Sir Alexander Dane".
b.
During the scene where
Darlene Cates
(Momma) climbed the staircase, she climbed only the first two or three steps. This footage was reused to show her climbing the entire staircase. The room which served as her upstairs bedroom was actually a downstairs room.
c.
At the time of filming,
Peter Sarsgaard
was not yet
Jake Gyllenhaal
s brother-in-law. Sarsgaard first started dating Jakes sister,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
, in 2002. The couple got engaged in 2006, the same year they had a daughter and were finally married in 2009.
d.
The brand of cigarettes the Oracle smokes is "Double Destiny".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
The ENCOM laser bay was real. It was actually the target bay for the twenty-beam SHIVA solid-state laser facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It was used for nuclear fusion research in the late seventies and early eighties, and was capable of delivering up to 28 trillion watts of power on target.
b.
Momma Grapes real name is Bonnie, but the credits still call her Momma. Probably because the only people who ever see her are her children.
c.
Hugh Jackman
was originally set to star as Phil Kaufmann before dropping out due to his commitments to
X2
and
Van Helsing
.
d.
The films story was inspired by a segment in the 13 November 1997 episode of
ABC News Nightline
featuring
Daniel Yergin
. It was seen by producer
Barbara Broccoli
on a plane in November 1997. The episode reported the last great oil discovery on the planet was in the region of Eastern Europe. It covered pipelines in the area and discussed the grand reservoirs of oil that exist below the Caspian Sea. It told of the rise of small towns in the region that have grown into centers of grand affluence which has included the building of a number of casinos. The episode showed how this oil reserve was now an opportunity for the western world to capitalize on as it was no longer a Russian jurisdiction and as such major oil companies now had interests there. Producer Broccoli hypothesized how a James Bond villain might want to create a monopoly by removing all competitors and owning the only pipeline in the region.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
Mia Farrow
does the vocals on the title-sequence lullaby.
b.
Before he sold the property and the services of
Alfred Hitchcock
to Frank Lloyd Productions for $20,000,
David O. Selznick
had originally planned to film it himself with
Gene Kelly
, who had not as yet made a movie, in the leading role.
c.
Darlene Cates
was chosen for the part of Bonnie Grape after a casting director contacted the
Sally Jessy Raphael
show and was sent a tape of her appearance as a guest a few months earlier.
d.
The film introduced the new Universal Logo.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
The projectionists records have revealed that over the years this has become one of the most frequently shown films in the screening room of The White House.
b.
The picture of Mrs. Grape as a young woman is a real life picture of
Darlene Cates
as a young woman.
c.
Amanda Foreman
played a college counselor but was cut from the film. Her scene is among the deleted scenes included on the DVD.
d.
Matrix goes into battle with an Valmet M78 light machine gun, an Uzi submachine gun, a Remington Model 870 combat shotgun and a Desert Eagle automatic pistol. He also commandeers an M60E3 belt-fed machine gun and an M16A1 assault rifle.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
Generally considered to be the first all-talking B-western.
b.
Jennifer Lopez
turned down the role of Sara Melas.
c.
Johnny Depp
felt bad about having to ridicule
Darlene Cates
s character "Momma" and would often apologize to her after shooting. Depp once said to Cates, "Man, I want you to know how much I hated having to say those things about you, or about your character."
d.
In January 2008, Warner Bros. announced the film was on indefinite hold, allowing options to lapse for the cast. The studio felt the script needed perfecting, which was impossible because of the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
Renny Harlin
s first film to direct with his production company Midnight Sun Pictures.
b.
Wilson Fisk aka the Kingpin was originally a Spider-Man villain who first appeared in the 50th issue of the Amazing Spider-Man series in 1967. It wasnt until Issue 170 of the Daredevil series in 1981 that he became an official enemy of Daredevil during the Frank Miller run, and since then he became a major part of the Daredevil comics.
c.
Leonardo DiCaprio
created Arnies trademark flicking his finger against his nose, describing it as a sort of "brain wipe... like Arnie is massaging the inside of his brain."
d.
Aaron Eckhart
,
Brad Pitt
,
Charlie Sheen
and
Thomas Jane
were considered for the role of Leonard before
Guy Pearce
got the part.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
Despite the fact that animal protection agents were onset to monitor the wellbeing of the grasshopper Arnie decapitates in the letterbox,
Leonardo DiCaprio
accidentally killed it.
b.
Vernon Wells
wasnt the original actor cast to play Bennett. He did audition for the role, but another actor got it. On the first day of filming however, director
Mark L. Lester
fired the other actor and hired Wells. This is the reason that Bennetts clothes seem so tight, because Wells was bigger than the original actor, and the production didnt have time to make a new costume. Over the years, a rumor has developed that Wells originally auditioned for the part of Matrix, but this is false.
c.
Whoopi Goldberg
: As one of the women throwing dirt on a coffin in the funeral scene.
d.
After
Joe Pesci
s mother saw the film, she told her son that the movie was good, then asked him if he had to swear so much.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
Leonardo DiCaprio
said that playing Arnie was "the most fun Ive ever had".
b.
The group playing in the street near the end is
Skunk Anansie
, playing the song from the soundtrack.
c.
When Farva is handcuffed to the toilet, it is a lime that is taped into his mouth.
d.
Two cameos that ended up on the cutting-room floor:
Harvey Keitel
as a priest and
Jonathan Richman
as Pats father.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)?
a.
The house which served as the interior of the Grape residence was also the set of the
Roadie
.
b.
Illness prevented
Mervyn LeRoy
from directing, so he handed the reins over to
Lloyd Bacon
.
c.
When this film was released in Spain, its title was changed to "Colorado Jim" and the name of James Stewart (I)s character was also changed from "Howard Kemp" to "Colorado Jim", for unknown reasons.
d.
The Hispanic prison gang "La Onda," depicted in this film, is a fictional creation of
Jimmy Santiago Baca
and
Taylor Hackford
, but the gang is based on the real-life Mexican Mafia prison gang.
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