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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : World Trade Center (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : World Trade Center (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006).
About the movie:
Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
Actors
Jim Carrey
,
Owen Wilson
,
Mike Myers
and
Sacha Baron Cohen
were all considered for the role of Mitty during the development of this film.
b.
The outdoor shots of Spenser Academy were made at Bishops University, in Sherbrooke, Quebec, filmed in the fall of 2005. The director had to compromise on many of the shots as it rained for much of the duration of filming.
c.
In an interview,
Rob Schneider
claimed that the film crew gave
Sylvester Stallone
extra fire retardant on the back of his costume for the fiery exhaust shaft scene, while Mr. Schnieder got no fire retardant at all.
d.
Mel Gibson
was one of director
Oliver Stone
s first choices for the role of Sgt.
John McLoughlin
. Gibson liked the script very much, but turned it down to direct
Apocalypto
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
Jean Stapleton
s last film before her retirement.
b.
When
Gary Cooper
first met
Shirley Temple
on the set of this movie, he asked her for her autograph.
c.
Director
Oliver Stone
s first two choices to play
John McLoughlin
were
Mel Gibson
and
George Clooney
.
d.
At the beginning, which shows a train coming out of a tunnel, this is what would have been seen in a train LEAVING New York. The train, with its magnificent GG1 electric locomotive, emerges from the tunnel and is seen in Newarks Penn Station. Trains do not burst into the light, an important metaphor in the film, entering New York City but arrive at dark, underground platforms. However the now demolished sky lighted departure hall of New Yorks Penn Station is seen. Trains between Cleveland and New York generally traveled over the New York Central line and arrived at Grand Central Terminal.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
The majority of the Can Can dancers at the Moulin Rouge have a specifically designed persona, most of them based on different male fetishes. The full list of names of the Can Can dancers and their persona is as follows: Antoinette - Based on the famous French Queen, Marie-Antoinette. Arabia - Based on Arabian courtesan garb. Babydoll - Dressed in Infant Clothing (Often mistook for Bo Peep) Chinadoll - Dressed in Chinese silks. Dominatrix - Self explanatory. French Maid - Self explanatory. Garden Girl - A hippie/bohemian/earthy seeming girl. Gypsy - Self explanatory. Harlequin - Based on a court jesters diamond patterned costume. Historic - Based on the Statue of Liberty. Juno - Dressed as an Angel. Liberty - Dressed in Napoleonic garb. Mome Fromage - Dressed in candy/cake/confectionery type colors and fabrics. Nini Legs-In-The-Air - Costume decorated with windmills, as the character is said to have the best legs in the Moulin Rouge and is always showing them off, waving her legs around, likening her legs to a windmill. Dances in the center. Pearly Queen - Decorated in sophisticated clothing; pearls, furs, jewels. Petite Princess - A dwarf woman in a princess costume. Polka Dot- a spirit of winter with evergreen trees drawn on her dress. Schoolgirl - Self explanatory (strongly resembles
Gigi
or
Madeline
). Spanish - Dressed in a flowing, veiled Spanish costume. Tarot - Costume is decorated with various imagery from tarot cards. Tartan - Costume is a full traditional Scottish Garb, with the skirt designed to look like a kilt. Tattoo - Dancer is covered entirely from the neck down in tattoos. Travesty - Cross-dresser, upper half is of an upper-class man; top hat, tuxedo, and bow tie. Dances with Nini. Urchin - Dressed as a poor street girl (strongly resembles Eponine from
Les Misérables in Concert
); bowler hat, patchwork costume.
b.
The blue dye was tattoo ink that was sprayed in several layers on his body occasionally throughout the day to keep it topped up. According to
Paul Giamatti
(Marty Wolf), it was fairly easy to apply, but was a bit more difficult to get off, particularly his feet, for some reason. They stayed blue for several months.
c.
As a fan of the comic strip,
Warren Beatty
was initially offered the directors job. He signed on only if he could play Tracy himself. The producers, having trouble casting the lead role, happily complied with his wish.
d.
Oliver Stone
thought of casting
Kevin Costner
as Sgt.
John McLoughlin
, his
JFK
lead. Costner had narrated the 2006 documentary
On Native Soil
, about the 9/11 Commission Reports investigation of the causes of the terrorist attacks and what could have been done to prevent them from happening. Paramount Pictures was concerned that Stone and Costner would then delve into another conspiracy theory.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
The DVD version is missing a couple of minutes of crucial
Samantha Fox
dialogue explaining her masturbation scene.
b.
In the final duel between Andre Moreau and the Marquis de Maynes, Andre (
Stewart Granger
) jumps at the Duc from the back of a row of theatre chairs. During the filming of this scene, Granger narrowly missed serious injury to his groin when he landed astride the next row of chairs, and filming had to be halted temporarily.
c.
As part of his research,
Michael Peña
moved into Officer
William Jimeno
s home in New Jersey.
d.
Clancy Brown
, who plays Captain Hadley in this film, played another character named Captain Hadley in
The Guardian
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
According to Gorezone Magazine, the film was intended for a direct to DVD release in October of 2009, however after positive test screenings in the fall of 2008, it was decided to release the film theatrically.
b.
Due to her infamous quote that "America is responsible in some way" for the 9/11 attacks,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
personally offered to withdraw from the project to Officer
William Jimeno
and his wife
Allison Jimeno
. They both declined and gave their blessing for Gyllenhaal to take the role.
c.
Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.
d.
Final film of
John Hamilton
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
Shooting began mid October, 1938, released Jan. 6, 1939.
b.
John Wayne
s first film in CinemaScope.
c.
After seeing his performance in the film,
Crash
,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
recommended
Michael Peña
for the role of Officer
William Jimeno
.
d.
The Cowboy Palace in Chatsworth, California was where
Ritchie Valens
was very nervous about the reception hed receive from an Anglo crowd. The bar is still in business and was used for the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
WALL-E is the first Pixar film to be nominated for 6 Academy Awards. This ties it with the only other animated film to garner this many nominations:
Beauty and the Beast
.
b.
A scene that was storyboarded but not filmed involved Seward and Holmwood coming across the dead bodies of Harker, Morris, and Van Helsing impaled on posts before the climactic confrontation, and then realizing that this is simply a hallucination conjured by Dracula using his powers of psychological persuasion.
c.
Debbie Reynolds
remarked many years later that making this movie and surviving childbirth were the two hardest things shes ever had to do.
d.
Oliver Stone
used many of the East Coast www.PoliceActors.com members to play cops in the film. All members of PoliceActors.com are active or retired members of a Law Enforcement agency who are also Screen Actors Guild members.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
Three weeks before its August 9 nationwide release, producer
Michael Shamberg
and director
Oliver Stone
held private screenings of the finalized film for Port Authority officers and firefighters who risked their lives at the World Trade Center. The screenings were held in local multiplexes in the New Jersey/New York area.
b.
Originally, a sequel was planned when it seemed that Disney and PIXAR would split over creative differences in 2004-2005. Disney started up an animation division titled Circle 7, which would have been in charge of churning out sequels for PIXAR films that would not involve the original creators at PIXAR. Entertainment Weekly published an article that said the original plot for Toy Story 3 was going to be about Buzz Lightyear having a defect. Buzz would then be shipped to Taiwan to be fixed, but the other toys find out that the toy company is just replacing the broken Buzz toys with new ones, so they ship themselves to Taiwan to rescue him. This script had to be canned when PIXAR and Disney made amends. Part of their agreement was not to further develop projects that had been planned during their fallout.
c.
In her autobiography,
Shelley Winters
says that she tore a ligament in her foot during production of this film.
d.
Walter Huston
(on loan from MGM) worked 4 weeks and 6 days on this production.
Louis B. Mayer
exercised a provision in his 1931 contract extending it for his participation in this film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
A billboard for
Zoolander
is visible in one shot, as the shadow of a hijacked airliner descends over New York City. That film, released shortly after the 9/11 attacks, had images of the World Trade Center digitally removed.
b.
Chi-Chi fights at the "Toisan Tournament of Champions", and the temple is also apparently located in Toisan. In real life, Toisan is a coastal level city in Guangdong Province, China, well-known for being the hometown of a large number of Chinese-Americans; celebrities of Toisan include politicians Adrienne Clarkson and Hiram Fong, cinematographer
James Wong Howe
, and actors
Donnie Yen
and
James Hong
.
c.
The movie provided some of the visual basis for
Midnight Cowboy
, which Warhol was invited to appear in, but declined. Several of Warhols people do have cameos in "Midnight Cowboy", though, including
Viva
and
International Velvet
.
d.
Sissy Spacek
s feature film debut.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: World Trade Center (2006)?
a.
Hilary Swank
was once slated to star as
Donna McLoughlin
when
Kevin Costner
was attached to the role of Sgt.
John McLoughlin
. They had both narrated the documentary,
On Native Soil
which investigated the 9/11 terrorist attacks. When Costner dropped out of the project, Swank went on to pursue other projects as well.
b.
According to the films commentary,
Paul Mazursky
considered this film his finest.
c.
In order to get approval for a film he very much wanted to make,
The Quiet Man
,
John Ford
had to agree to
Herbert J. Yates
, head of Republic Pictures, to make this film, starring both
John Wayne
and
Maureen OHara
. Republic believed that "The Quiet Man" would tank at the box office and thought a western would recoup that films expected losses.
d.
Most of the actresses playing bikers were actual bikers.
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