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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shark Tale (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shark Tale (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004).
About the movie:
When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidently killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother both decide to use the incident to their own advantage.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
Noted rock and country music journalist
Chet Flippo
wrote about the making of this movie for Rolling Stone. His article "When Theres No More Room in Hell, the Dead Will Walk the Earth" was published in the March, 1978 #261 issue. Moreover, Flippo appears in the film in an uncredited bit role as the zombie with a nasty gash across his cheek whos wearing a cowboy hat and a leather jacket with fringe hanging off the sleeves.
b.
The name of the GEM character is a reference to the GEM graphical environment that ran on Atari ST machines. It was also available on the original IBM PC but never became popular with PCs, its use and development only continued on Atari machines.
c.
Future leading director
Fred Zinnemann
was briefly an extra on the film, before getting fired for impudence.
d.
When Oscar goes to the time clock, theres a note on the wall saying "If you dont come in Saturday, dont bother..." A reference to a famous memo
Jeffrey Katzenberg
sent to execs while he was with Disney.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
When Carl is watching television, and is interrupted by Russell knocking at the door, he is watching a home shopping channel. This particular program has become a well-known blooper video of a pitchman making a gaff in which he describes a picture of a horse, except the picture he is describing is actually that of a moth.
b.
Fred Willard
s character Buck Laughlin was based on baseball legend
Joe Garagiola
, who had co-hosted the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in years past, to similar effect.
c.
Ernie the Jellyfish (
Ziggy Marley
) sings the song "Three Little Birds" - a song written by Ziggys father,
Bob Marley
, with the small difference of Ziggy changing "birds" to "fishes" in keeping with the films aquatic theme.
d.
The tagline seen on the DVD box art says "In space, no one can eat ice cream". This is a play on words that pays homage to the tagline for the 1979 film
Alien
, which states "In space no one can hear you scream".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
The locations in Thailand were so remote they were only accessible by boat. Cast, crew and equipment had to be transported by long canoes. An outhouse was built in a secluded area near the set so that the crew didnt have to make constant trips to and from the mainland.
b.
Director
Ken Russell
made the movie as a response to
Pretty Woman
.
c.
Barry Levinson
: with his back to the camera in the opening scene at the movie studio.
d.
The original title was "Sharkslayer", but it was changed to "Shark Tale" about a year before release because
Jeffrey Katzenberg
thought the title might scare families away (the title still appears in some early promotional material). The change is clear in the movie, as in the song before the credits, the singers interlock between calling the movie "Sharkslayer" and "Shark Tale".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
Among the other actors mentioned as possible candidates for the role of Count Dracula were
John Wray
,
Paul Muni
,
Conrad Veidt
,
Chester Morris
, and
William Courtenay
.
b.
Anthony Anderson
was cast as a sperm whale, but the roles suggestive dialogue got his character cut down. Anderson has only a few non-risqué lines: when the whale meets Angie, and when Oscar cleans the whales eye.
c.
Timothy Spall
plays Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew) for the fourth time, and is credited on the poster for this film, but in both
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
and this film, he does not have a single line of dialogue.
d.
The project was turned down by every major studio in town.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
This film appears to be lost.
b.
In the German version Tuke and Rutt are called Benny and Björn after the two male members of the Swedish pop group
ABBA
. In the weeks before the theatrical release in Germany they appeared in short funny clips telling the audience to switch off cell phones during the movie.
c.
Tom Conder
(Jesus) was cast in the role because of his fabulous "Jesus like" hair.
d.
According to
Hans Zimmer
, he asked producer
Jeffrey Katzenberg
that he couldnt deal with any more epic films, but wanted to do a fun animated movie instead, and so got the chance to compose for this film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
Martin Scorsese
has said he offered the role of Travis Bickle to
Dustin Hoffman
. According to Hoffman, he turned the role down because he "thought Scorsese was crazy!" He has since regretted his decision.
b.
Some of the actors - notably
Robert De Niro
and
Martin Scorsese
,
Will Smith
and
Jack Black
, and Smith and
Renée Zellweger
- recorded their lines together.
c.
Sharon Gless
film debut.
d.
The entire cast and crew worked for free.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
Working titles included "Beyond the Call" and "Beyond the Call of Duty."
b.
In the late Thirties,
Fred Astaire
s box-office appeal temporarily dimmed somewhat. This film has been labeled a financial disappointment. Following next, the final two Astaire-
Ginger Rogers
pairings of the decade failed to equal the hefty profits of their seven prior match-ups.
c.
The shark gangster voiced by
Peter Falk
was originally called Don Brizzi. Bowing to pressure from the Italic Institute of America, an organization protesting Hollywoods stereotyping of Italians as mobsters and gangsters, Dreamworks agreed to change the name of the character to Don Feinberg just before release.
d.
Kurt Peterson (Peter) lived in the equipment storage room the entire duration of filming.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
Considering the fact that both Blackwolf and Avatar are described as polar opposites of the same power that gave them birth, neither one can live without the other. That means that Blackwolfs power was passed on to his son after his death.
b.
In the films early stages of production,
James Gandolfini
was considered for the voice of Don Lino,
Christopher Walken
was considered for the voice of Luca the Octopus and
Sacha Baron Cohen
was considered for one of the Jellyfish.
c.
The Desert Song opened at the Casino Theatre on November 30, 1926 and ran for 471 performances.
d.
EASTER EGG: On disc 2, on the menu for Evolution of an Epic, theres a directors chair on the left-hand side of the menu. Pointing your remote on it will cause a little red symbol to appear. Click on the symbol, and it takes you to a short featurette showing how much Turkish delight
Skandar Keynes
had to eat.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
In the racetrack sequence, there are more than 16,000 computer animated 3D characters in the stands.
b.
The climax was originally intended to be an airport shootout.
c.
The signpost on the Applehurst set places the fictional village in the same place as the real village of Finchingfield, Essex, UK.
d.
William Hansen
s feature film debut.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shark Tale (2004)?
a.
When
Sean Penn
asked
Eddie Vedder
to do the soundtrack, he agreed on the spot, before he knew anything about the film.
b.
Some of the fishified products are "Coral Cola", "Gup", "Fish King", "Old Wavy" and "Newsreef".
c.
The house used as Crowns Caribbean get-away is owned by one of the 30 original families who settled in Martinique in the 1600s.
d.
Ravenscar Hospital is named for a mental institution that features in the Hellblazer comic book series. John Constantine spent four years in and out of Ravenscar after he had a nervous breakdown due to a botched exorcism.
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