Pop Quiz: New Year’s Movie IMDb Trivia – with Answers!

Name the movie that depicts a New Year’s Eve celebration based on the trivia pulled from its IMDb page.

In the opening scene, set in 1977, [title character]’s hair is styled after that of Farrah Fawcett from the popular TV series Charlie’s Angels. It was the most widely copied women’s hairstyle of the era. [1989]
Hyman Roth’s character is loosely based on real-life mobster Meyer Lansky. Lansky, who was living in Miami at the time of the film’s release, reportedly phoned Lee Strasberg and said, “Now, why couldn’t you have made me more sympathetic? After all, I am a grandfather.” [Hint: won the Best Picture Oscar – 1974]
Several funny moments in the film came about by accident. Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche) having trouble catching the money clip wasn’t supposed to happen that way, but the actors kept going with it and not breaking character, so it was kept in the movie. Ophelia’s Swedish disguise came about because Jamie Lee Curtis couldn’t do the correct Austrian accent. [1983]
Alfred Molina wore noise-canceling earpieces to appear oblivious to the sound of the firecrackers. The involuntary flinching of the other actors in the scene was genuine. [1997]
The famous interior “capsizing” sequence was done in two parts. The first part had the hydraulically-controlled set tilted to its maximum 45 degrees. The cameras were then stopped and the set was redressed so that the floor (deck) became the ceiling (overhead), and vice versa. The actors were then returned to the set which was then tilted further to complete the sequence. [1972]
The scene between Tom Hanks and Victor Garber crying over the movie The Dirty Dozen was completely improvised. [1993]
C.C. Baxter is given a ticket to The Music Man and asks Fran Kubelik to meet him at the Majestic Theater on 44th Street. The Music Man ran at the Majestic from December 19, 1957 to October 22, 1960. It won the 1958 Tony Award for Best Musical. [Hint: won the Best Picture Oscar – 1960]
First-time producer Betsy Beers was a huge Elvis Costello fan and told him on set that Imperial Bedroom was her favorite album. He was pleasantly surprised and told her, “No one ever mentions that album.” He became instrumental in securing rights to songs they never could have afforded on their limited budget and even recommended little-known artists to whom the characters would likely be listening in 1981. [1999]
The exterior shots of the firehouse were filmed at Hook & Ladder 8 in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. [1989]
The name “Norma Desmond” was a combination of silent film star Mabel Normand and director William Desmond Taylor, whose still-unsolved murder is one of the great scandals of Hollywood history. On the morning of February 2, 1922, Taylor – who had been romantically involved with Normand – was shot and killed in his Hollywood bungalow. His killer was never identified. [1950]
The drawings in the tail section of [film title] were illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette, the original artist of the graphic novel Le Transperceneige. [2013]
As of 2020, this is the only PG-rated movie directed by the Coen Brothers. All of their other films have carried either R or PG-13 ratings. [1994]
Chuck Jones, who directed the animated opening and ending segments, starred as Mr. Jones in the original 1984 film. [1990]
One of three movies – the other two being Apollo 13 and The Green Mile – in which Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise appear together. All three movies were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, but only [film title] won. [1994]
This was the Disney Channel’s most successful movie at its time, with 7.7 million viewers for the premiere broadcast. [2006]
The shot of Will reflected in the mirror when he is depressed was actually taken when Hugh Grant was taking a break. The directors [the Weitz brothers] noticed him doing this, and from behind he looked depressed, so they shot it without him knowing. [2002]
This film was referenced in the movie Sleepless in Seattle, in a scene where Rita Wilson’s character explains the story to Tom Hanks [and Victor Garber] and breaks down in tears doing so. [1957]
During the car burning scene, Angela Bassett’s monologue was completely improvised. [1995]
This was Daniel Day-Lewis’s final film role. On June 20, 2017, he announced that he was retiring from acting. [2017]
All the scenes in the [film title] were filmed last, after the cast got to know each other. The dialogue in those scenes is a combination of scripted and improvisational. Although not part of the “boys’ club”, Ellen Barkin got along well with the actors. Steve Guttenberg later noted how she was “really cool to talk to” and would set him straight about his own problems with women. [1982]