Tuesday 30 September 2014

Trivia Round-Up: September


You know the drill by now, don't you? Here's a list of trivia snippets Jenna and I found for the films we reviewed this September.

This is the third movie that pairs Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, High Crimes and Kiss the Girls being their previous collaborations.

Originally, Loki wasn't going to be in this movie (WTF!!) but after the popularity of the character in Avengers Assemble, the script was re-written to include him - thank god for that!!

Mark Wahlberg did 90% of his own stunts. (surprisingly there was limited interesting trivia for this film so that's all you're getting!)

On the March 21st edition of Late Night with Conan O'BrienDavid Schwimmer discussed the scene between Hank Azaria and Simon Pegg that takes place in the locker room. Generally, if males have to be nude for a scene, they will use a nude (flesh)-colored pouch to cover themselves. However, for some reason, the pouch wouldn't stay put and Azaria ultimately decided to forgo wearing it - but told Schwimmer not to say anything to Pegg. The reaction of shock we see from Simon Pegg when Azaria drops his towel is genuine.

CAMEO SPOILER: In the scene were Bruce and Drew are dancing in the parking lot a car beeps to pass by and in the car is Simon Pegg.

The film was shot in the 2-perf Techniscope format to provide a grainy image reminiscent of older horror films and to save money on film stock and processing. Despite this, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

Jon Favreau did all his own cooking in the food truck after training with food truck chef Ray Choi who said "he really became part of it"

Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin both agreed to do this film but Brolin had to wait over a year for Winslet to be able to start work on it.

10 comments:

  1. Cool post! I entirely forgot that Judd and Freeman have starred in so many movies together, and that David Schwimmer directed Run Fatboy Run. Great trivia girls!

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    1. Thanks! The David Schwimmer thing totally threw me, I had to look into it further before I would really believe it!
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  2. I seriously can't even comprehend how they were planning to do Thor 2 without Loki, haha. Some nice trivia here. :)

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    1. I'm not even sure it would have been worth watching!!

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  3. That Simon Pegg cameo made me chuckle :) In Empire Magazine, Pegg actually said that the cameo was unscripted, and he was simply visiting Frost on set in that same car when they decided it'd be funny to throw it in there. I'm glad they did :) Awesome post as always ladies!

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    1. Did not know that about the Simon Pegg cameo, I too am glad they did, it saved the whole movie for me!! :-)

      - Jenna

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  4. Love these trivia posts! Hmmm...High Crimes, Kiss the Girls, and Dolphin Tale. Which one of these things is not like the others? Thor: The Dark World without Loki? Incomprehensible. Do they really call it Avengers Assemble across the pond? In this case, less is more. Hate to come across like a raving Yank, but the simpler The Avengers or even Marvel's The Avengers sounds so much better. The Run Fatboy Run tidbit is absolutely hilarious. Thanks for all of these, ladies!

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    1. Yes unfortunately this side of the pond it is called Avengers Assemble due to a British film called The Avengers released in 1998 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118661/?ref_=nv_sr_3. I agree the title is rubbish!!

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  5. LOL at Azaria! I love those kinds of genuine reactions. I recently saw Fast Times at Ridgemont High and read that the scene where Phoebe walks in on Judge masturbating, her look of horror is genuine because she didn't know he had brought a massive dildo into the bathroom with him. It just adds so much hilarious context to the scene.

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    1. That is brilliant! These are definitely my favourite kinds of trivia bits :D
      - Allie

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