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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Delicate Balance (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Delicate Balance (1973) Quiz
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About the movie:
A well-to-do Connecticut family is upended when the grown daughter's godparents, seized by a nameless terror, decide they've come to live with them.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Delicate Balance (1973)?
a.
When he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor,
Kevin Spacey
famously said "Well, whoever Keyzer Soze is, I can tell you hes gonna get gloriously drunk tonight."
b.
A subtle reference to
William Shatner
: once, while recording lines for
Star Trek
The Animated Series, Shatner pronounced "sabotage" strangely and was asked twice to repeat the line. He finally blurted, "Dont tell me how to act - it sickens me!" In
Mystery Men
, this line is repeated by
Ben Stiller
. Later,
Janeane Garofalo
says to Stiller, "You say sabotage, I say saboTAGE," another Shatner quote from the Star Trek recording session.
c.
Two different little girls were used for the role of the daughter.
d.
This was the first (and only) time that
Joseph Cotten
and
Katharine Hepburn
appeared together since they starred in the original Broadway production of "The Philadelphia Story" in 1939.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Delicate Balance (1973)?
a.
In an interview,
Christian Bale
spoke of the eccentric directing styles of
Terrence Malick
. He said that he wanted to see what Malick would do if he just walked out of a shot and towards the crew. Malick followed Christian with the camera and, as Christian put it, "the crew were running, and they were diving behind bushes to get away from the camera."
b.
The play "A Delicate Balance" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1967.
c.
Gooses real name is Nick Bradshaw. His name is briefly seen on a flight patch on top of his dresser when Maverick goes to retrieve Gooses belongings after he dies. It can also be seen numerous times written on the side of the F-14 he and Maverick fly. It is most noticeable when Goose hits the canopy after ejecting. Hes only called Goose throughout the movie, even by his wife, and in the credits.
d.
Guest director
Quentin Tarantino
directed the scene involving Dwight (
Clive Owen
) and Jackie Boy (
Benicio Del Toro
) in the front of the car, before Dwight is pulled over by a police officer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Delicate Balance (1973)?
a.
Annas exhibition is the only time all four characters are in the same room.
b.
Hume Cronyn
was nominated for the 1967 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "A Delicate Balance" as the character Tobias.
c.
Omid Djalili
s film debut.
d.
Warner Brothers rejected
Gabriel Yared
s score for the movie for being too old-fashioned.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Delicate Balance (1973)?
a.
Oliver Pratt previously played Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner in the ESPN mini series The Bronx Is Burning. In 1974, Steinbrenner was convicted and suspended from baseball due to illegal contributions made to Nixons 1972 Re-Election Campaign.
b.
Kate Reid
replaced
Kim Stanley
during rehearsals due to Stanleys erratic behavior. Reid would also play roles for which Stanley was original choice in
This Property Is Condemned
and
Atlantic City
.
c.
In order to prepare for the scene in which Marcy tries to prostitute herself on the streets of L.A., actress Tara Walker actually drank part of a flask of vodka hoping to really come across drunkenly as her character, Marcy, is in the scene. For this scene she says she drew inspiration from actress Audrey Hepburns drugged out scene at the fountain with Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday.
d.
for The Graduate) Lying among the video boxes when Ike is looking for the wedding tape:
The Graduate
, which has a famous aborted-wedding scene.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Delicate Balance (1973)?
a.
Marian Seldes
won the 1967 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Drama for "A Delicate Balance" for her portrayal of Julia.
b.
Robert Z. Leonard
took over as director for about 10 days when
Clarence Brown
fell ill with the flu.
c.
When Taran looks for Hen in the Forbidden Forest, we see him crawl under a small branch and weave in and out of a few small trees. This animation was recycled from
The Sword in the Stone
when Wart goes into the forest to retrieve Kays arrow
d.
Jane Campion
: the bar waitress in the first date between Frannie and Detective Malloy
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Delicate Balance (1973)?
a.
The movie (aka "The Gaslight Addition") was actually written about a town in Indiana named Winchester, and its gaslight addition. The author of the story
I. Marlene King
grew up there, as did the director
Robert Wise
, in vastly different years. Winchester declined to have their name associated with the movie, so the name became Shelby, but later Winchester began to preserve areas mentioned in the movie.
b.
Patricks insult to Tamara early in the film, "trailer-trash whore", was ad-libbed by the actor. This was not in the script since writer Jeffrey Reddick himself grew up in a trailer.
c.
Adapted from a play by
Edward Albee
. The original Broadway production, starring
Jessica Tandy
and
Hume Cronyn
, opened at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on Sept. 12, 1966, ran for 132 performances and was nominated for the 1967 Tony Award for the Best Play.
d.
Prior to the films release, there was speculation that the photo-realistic computer-generated "actors" would revolutionize moviemaking. There were news reports of plans for the "digital actress" used for Aki Ross to appear in another movie, or possibly be included in a live-action production amongst real actors. The box office failure of this film put those plans on hold, however a special sequence created for the special edition version of the DVD, which opens disc 2, does in fact show Aki and other FF characters interacting with real people.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Delicate Balance (1973)?
a.
Raymond Chandler
seems to have gone out of his way to behave disagreeably to
Alfred Hitchcock
. When Hitchcock arrived at Chandlers home for a story meeting, Chandler hollered from his window, "Look at the fat bastard trying to get out of his car!"
b.
Columbia first optioned the film rights to
Dennis Lehane
s novel in 2003 when it was first published but after many delays, the rights relapsed back to the author.
c.
Kim Stanley
suffered a nervous breakdown shortly after filming began and was replaced by
Kate Reid
. Stanley wouldnt make another film until
Frances
.
d.
The code name for this film was "Toastie". This is a reference to the toasted sandwiches which were a favorite snack of the cast and crew during filming of this film and
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
.
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