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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Windcroft (2007) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Windcroft (2007) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007).
About the movie:
On a remote farm in the sweeping hills of Pennsylvania, three lives are torn apart by love, abandonment, deception and murder.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
When Noah first controls a spider at the beach house (at 19:30), director
Robert Shaye
mentions in the commentary that Visual Effects Supervisor
Eric Durst
"got hold of the special effects house in Australia that did all of the visual effects for
Charlottes Web
- they happened to have the computer program for making spiders crawling on webs."
b.
Wayne Kramer
was shocked to find out that the movie got the R rating on the first submission. He states in the DVD commentary that he thought that he would get NC-17, but he luckily didnt.
c.
During the film
Ann Blyth
has no dialogue. She laughs, sings (without words) and cries but does not talk.
d.
Official Selection, DANCESWITHFILMS 2007
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
In the ATM scene, the PIN code that John Connor types into the laptop is 9003
b.
Director
Michael Winterbottom
had originally hoped to use the films sets on the productions off days to shoot his own science fiction comedy. Permission was never worked out and Winterbottoms film was canceled.
c.
Official Selection: Bare Bones International Film Festival
d.
To prepare for his role as James Rhodes,
Terrence Howard
visited the Nellis Air Force Base on March 16 2007, where he ate with the Bases airmen and observed the routines of HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopters and F-22 Raptor jets.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
The movie was deliberately filmed at the end of 1954 because
Clark Gable
had also signed to star in
The Tall Men
and wanted to avoid a huge tax bill in 1955.
b.
The film was originally released in February of 2000 to almost universal praise (especially for the performance of Michael Douglas) but with very little fanfare. Paramount, the films distributor, decided to re-release the film that November with a different marketing campaign that highlighted its strong supporting cast, and hopes that it would garner some Oscar nominations, despite Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Friedmans acknowledgment that no studio had ever successfully re-released a picture that initially flopped.
c.
Official Selection: Tenerife International Film Festival
d.
Robert Downey Sr.
redubbed all of
Arnold Johnson
s lines. According to Downey, he did this because Johnson had trouble remembering his lines and often flubbed them during filming.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
First public screening was held in Lebanon, Kentucky on October 1st, 2010.
b.
Official Selection: Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival
c.
The shadow dance idea for "Bojangles of Harlem" occurred to choreographer
Hermes Pan
and
Fred Astaire
during rehearsals, when three different light sources illuminating Astaire produced three shadows.
d.
Harvey Keitel
auditioned for the role of Ezra Cobb.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
Close to the end of the film, after landing on Vulcan. While Spocks body is being carried up the long staircase to begin the fal tor pan ritual, the "maidens" carrying Spock are not actually touching him. They are actually holding their hands above him, effectively levitating his body to the altar.
b.
Official Selection: Salento International Film Festival
c.
The novel Under Fire (2002) by
W.E.B. Griffin
has the production of this movie as one of its story elements. The novel is Book IX of The Corps Series which feature the United States Marine Corps.
d.
The "South Carolina Buzz" were actually the Salt Lake Buzz - which was the Pacific Coast League farm team of the Minnesota Twins. Formerly the Portland Beavers, the franchise moved to Utah in 1994 and had 7 straight winning seasons. In 2001, the team became part of the Anaheim Angels organization under the name Salt Lake Stingers. Both team were named in honor of the Salt Lake Bees, who played in SLC on and off from 1915 to 1970.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
Among the many punk-rocker extras in the club scene at Double Wide, many members of the crew can also be seen.
b.
Dawn French
was originally cast as Rosie. After the creators described her character as "the fat, funny one," and the musical director was clearly not impressed with her singing, she declined the role. In her autobiography "Dear Fatty," Dawn said that she is a fan of
ABBA
, but she is not a fan of Mamma Mia!, and only originally agreed to do the film because
Meryl Streep
was starring.
c.
The resort Windemere House in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada burned down while filming scenes there. Production company had to rework the scenes in Collingwood, Ontario. Windemere House has since been rebuilt.
d.
Official Selection, 2007 Salento Fearfest; Salento, Italy.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
The film was picketed by Roman Catholic groups, most notably the Catholic League.
b.
Official Selection: Beijing International Film Festival
c.
In an Associated Press article that was published prior to the films release, writer/director
Richard L. Bare
revealed, "I have an old lady recounting how grandly she once lived; on the other side of the screen we see that she had really been a hooker." In the final print of the film, the character is briefly seen on stage dancing nude but its never made explicitly clear that she was also a prostitute.
d.
The production was beset with problems from its very inception. Firstly, the intended star,
Patrick Swayze
dropped out, then principal photography began without a completed script. As mentioned above,
Sylvester Stallone
had the original director of photography,
Barry Sonnenfeld
fired. Then, the director,
Andrey Konchalovskiy
was fired by producer
Jon Peters
. The film ultimately went over $20 million over-budget, and had to be completely reedited by
Stuart Baird
prior to its release.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
Film debut of
Earl Holliman
.
b.
The only Star Wars Original Trilogy film that does not take place on the desert planet Tatooine (although it is mentioned by name at the end of the film). Tatooine also appears in Episodes I, II, and III, making it the only planet that appears five times in the entire saga.
c.
Official Selection: Rainier Independent Film Festival
d.
This movie was filmed between 1989-1991 as a micro-budget indie, then spent the next 7 years seeking completion funds. Finally finished in 2000, it was released as a rental title by Spartan Home Entertainment, then picked up a year later as a sell-through title by Fox, who proceeded to botch the manufacturing and mistakenly only release the full screen version with bad sound and no extras.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
Official Selection: Indie Spirit Film Festival
b.
Within three weeks of the films release, 20th Century Foxs stock price doubled to a record high.
c.
Patton Oswalt
did the Foley work (voice) for the scene where
Ben Stiller
is having his private time. "...with sour cream on top..."
d.
In the scene in which
Gerrit Graham
s character starts shooting at Roy L. Fuchs cars for the commercial, real ammunition was used to shoot the windshields and the headlights.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Windcroft (2007)?
a.
Monica Knight
won two Best Actress awards for her role as "Mindy" in Windcroft. (Fright Night Film Festival & Salento International Fear Fest).
b.
Robert Ames last screen appearance before his untimely death in 1931.
c.
This movie was released about six years after
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
premiered.
d.
Several references to the Disney theme-park ride include: - the singing busts - the breathing door (even the doorknob is the same) - Madame Leota (and the spectral instruments) - the busts that follow Jim - the ghostly carriage (a prop outside the ride) - the old man and the dog in the cemetery - Master Gracys hanging - the ghostly ballroom dancers. - the Raven seen throughout the movie - the hitchhiking ghosts - the hangman - the eyes in some of the walls - morphing pictures in the hallway. - several lines throughout the movie that are also used in the rides narration, such as: "Welcome, foolish mortals", "Final arrangements have been made", "Theres always my way" - the floating candelabra in the credits - the brides dress in the attic - the screeching cat sound effect in graveyard scene - the skeletons hands that start to open coffin in the mausoleum - the knights in the hallway attacking Jim - the door knockers heard rapping in the bedroom hallway - the pipe-organ in the ballroom - the clock strikes 13 during the prologue
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