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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : When a Stranger Calls (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : When a Stranger Calls (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006).
About the movie:
During an otherwise routine babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
Henry Stephenson
and
Ted Thompson
are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
b.
Soon after completing "Gentleman Jim," Flynn became embroiled in an infamous rape trial. During screenings of "Gentleman Jim," his closing line of "Im no gentleman" was met with laughter and derision. The line was cut from the conclusion of the 1944 radio broadcast.
c.
Director
Simon West
opted not to show the crime scene Detective Hines has to see at the beginning of the movie to secure a PG-13 rating.
d.
In the book rack in the train station behind
George Peppard
and
Audrey Hepburn
can be seen in soft focus copies of a paperback version of "Peter Gunn (1962)" which was the TV show on which
Henry Mancini
and
Blake Edwards
worked.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
Roger Corman
: The veteran filmmaker and president of New World Pictures played the FBI Director.
b.
Evan Rachel Wood
turned down the role of Jill.
c.
Katharine Hepburn was first choice for the aging Southern belle, but because of Spencer Tracys bad health she opted to continue to care for him, and she was replaced by Vivien Leigh.
d.
According to Sir
Michael Caine
s autobiography, the girl dancing next to him in the disco scene is Caines real-life daughter, Natasha. Shes the tall girl with straight black hair.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
Jills high school is "Fernhill". Director
Simon West
went to a "Fernhill High School" in his native Herfordshire, England.
b.
Originally, Kevin Interdonato (Meegosh) auditioned to play the Mayor and John Charles Hunt (Mayor Fingstal) auditioned for the part of The Boss.
c.
The director specifically wrote only four scenes for his character so he could concentrate on being behind the camera.
d.
On German advertisement materials all swastikas were removed or covered up, as it was unclear to the distributor if the swastikas violated German law (which prohibits the exhibition of Nazi symbols except for purposes such as historical accuracy).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
Based upon the play by Dave Freeman.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: While Russ is talking to Amy, someone screams on TV in a movie that Rusty is watching.
c.
According to the directors commentary, when you see the shot of the truck exploding into the petrol station the helicopter in the sky is a shot from the original that was added in post-production.
d.
Even though the stranger is played by Scottish-born actor
Tommy Flanagan
, the voice in the phone-calls is actually
Lance Henriksen
s. Henriksen fit the voice, whereas Flanagan fit the build of the stranger.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
The front of the Mandrakus house was built at an unused reservoir, while the interior was in a studio.
b.
Robert Rodriguez
was originally attached to direct, but the studio didnt agree with his much-more violent and R-rated proposal.
c.
Jennifer Hamorsky
became pregnant shortly after receiving the part of Debra. Her first appearance in the opening scene and the rest of her scenes were shot almost a year apart.
d.
The People Mover transportation system is an homage to the old Disneyland attraction "The Goodyear PeopleMover," which was located in Tomorrowland from 1967 to 1997. It was eventually replaced by a short-lived attraction called Rocket Rods, but today the original PeopleMover track is still standing vacant. The PeopleMover was also built for Walt Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom park, and while it is still in operation, it has since been renamed the Tomorrowland Transit Authority (TTA).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
A poster on the wall in the hospital in the final scene reads "No shame, no blame, no names". The strangers name is never revealed in the movie.
b.
When this film was released,
Adolf Hitler
banned it in Germany and in all countries occupied by the Nazis. Curiosity eventually got the best of him and he had a print brought in through Portugal. He screened it not once but twice. Unfortunately, history did not record his reaction to the film. When told of this,
Charles Chaplin
said, "Id give anything to know what he thought of it."
c.
One of the Viking ships used in the movie is now to be found in the Norwegian pavilion in the EPCOT-center, Walt Disney World, where it is used as a playground for kids. The Disney-company is also the owner of Touchstone Pictures that made the movie.
d.
Back when the movie was supposed to start filming in 1997 actress
Alicia Silverstone
was originally cast in the role of Page and
Doug Liman
(the director of
Go
and
Swingers
) was set to direct, but as time passed
Jennifer Love Hewitt
ended up playing Page and David Mirkin (I) (who also directed
Romy and Micheles High School Reunion
) took over directing duties.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
Goofys car is an AMC Pacer.
b.
Cinematographer
Jacques Haitkin
wore an eyepatch during filming so as not to be distracted by anything else on set.
c.
The voice of "Stacy", the unseen girl during the opening credit sequence, and victim of the killer that targets Jill, is that of director
Simon West
s 12 year old daughter Lilly.
d.
Richard Kelly
said that the movie had a very difficult time finding a US distributor. Since the film embodied myriad genres and tones, distributors were confused by the movies message, and how to market it. Additionally, Kelly also claims that "Darko" was very close to premiering on the Starz network until Newmarket Films picked up the film for theatrical distribution.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
John Lithgow
was called in to replace another actor and his part was filmed in only three days during a break from filming for
Footloose
.
b.
Because it took 36 hours to turn
Nikki Reed
s brown hair blond, it was reported that she would wear a wig to play Rosalie.
c.
Al Pacino strongly considered releasing the film after the success of
Pulp Fiction
because it is also about two nihilists.
d.
Mary Harron
was offered this film because of her work on
American Psycho
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
When
Walt Disney
rejected original screenwriter
Bill Peet
s submitted screenplay, Peet quit the project.
b.
In preparation for her role as Jill,
Camilla Belle
had to do two months of weight training and learning how to run.
c.
Heywood and Floyd are the names of two Shawshank inmates. Heywood Floyd was the main character in
2010
.
d.
Some reviews claimed that all the songs sounded the same. In response, songwriters
Alan Bergman
and
Marilyn Bergman
said they wanted the songs to reflect the lessons of the Talmud, in which each lesson often reflects the lesson before it.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: When a Stranger Calls (2006)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #3061-3067
b.
When approaching the film, one of the main questions director
Marcus Nispel
asked himself was what aspects of the Friday The 13th mythology would moviegoers want to see again and again. He was also concerned about giving the audience what they wanted, but not what they were expecting.
c.
There were at least five different versions of the peach/coral colored t-shirt Jill wears throughout the movie; a special "waterproof wet-look" version was made for her to wear through her scenes with water.
d.
The Mah-lank-ee diamonds were named after Police Academy creator/producer
Paul Maslansky
.
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