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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994).
About the movie:
A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
"Shady Acres Mental Hospital" is named for director
Tom Shadyac
.
b.
The Arctic snow scenes were filmed in Alberta, Canada, an area known for its heavy snows. Naturally when the production arrived, there was none, so the snow had to be recreated.
c.
The spaceship design was taken from
Wernher von Braun
s actual designs that appeared in a 1954 issue of Colliers.
d.
David Lean
originally wanted to direct.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
A note found in Lt. Einhorns desk is dated January 17, which is also
Jim Carrey
s birthday.
b.
To the chagrin of the stunt crew, the Turbo Trans Ams didnt have quite the performance they were hoping for. So to get a respectable amount of speed out of them, they installed nitrous oxide tanks.
c.
Diane Baker
has said that for the scene where she eavesdrops on Mark and Marnie talking outside of the house,
Alfred Hitchcock
came up to her, put his hands on her face, and physically manipulated it into having the expression he wanted for the scene.
d.
Among the props in the background aboard the ship as the group leaves Tatooine are three Hewlett-Packard Inkjet cartridges.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
Jim Carrey
insisted on having his favorite band,
Cannibal Corpse
, perform in the movie. The song "Hammer Smashed Face" is taken from their third album "Tomb of the Mutilated".
b.
A closing theme heard after the James Bond theme during the movies closing credits was not featured on the movies soundtrack. The theme is called "Crawl, end crawl" and it was composed by
David Arnold
and
Four Tet
(also known as Kieran Hebden). The track was not included on the soundtrack because it was produced at a very late stage and after the soundtrack was already in a well advanced stage of production.
c.
The scene where Frodo and Sam climb raggedly up Mt. Doom was shot on a volcano called Ruapehu. The footing was so steep on the volcano that
Elijah Wood
and
Sean Astin
were hooked up to safety wires. If one of them lost their footing, the wires prevented them from sliding halfway down the volcano. The wires were painted out digitally.
d.
The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies of All Time" by Premiere.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
The real final score of
Super Bowl XIX
was San Francisco 38, Miami 16. The game footage of Ray Finkle used in the film is actually a 1984 clip of Dolphins kicker
Uwe von Schamann
.
b.
Stanley Kubrick
originally wanted
Joey Heatherton
for the title role of Lolita, but Heathertons father
Ray Heatherton
said no for fear his daughter would be typecast as a promiscuous sex kitten.
c.
Future President Ronald Reagans movie debut.
d.
Snake wrangler Frank Weed can be seen in the film as the man milking the rattlesnake.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
Dax Shepard
,
Seth Green
, and
Matthew Lillard
all did a majority of their own stunts.
b.
This film marked the first time that a Baldwin brother worked with
Oliver Stone
. After Alecs participation, his other brothers later appeared as cameos in
Born on the Fourth of July
.
c.
After a pitch meeting with some studio execs,
Blair Underwood
s character complains, "We brought them a china cup and they told us to go back and make a beer mug." This is almost a direct quote from director
David Fincher
; he was describing his experience making
Alien³
to Premiere Magazine.
d.
Lauren Holly
screen-tested for the female lead role, but turned it down.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
The entire scene where Ace Ventura claims to be expert dolphin trainer Heinz Getwellvet was originally cut out of the theatrical release. It was added back in when the movie was released on videotape in June 1994, and was advertised as "additional footage not seen in theaters".
b.
Though the cast and crew of the film had nothing but positive things to say about
Duane Jones
(Ben),
Marilyn Eastman
(Helen Cooper) would later refer to him as a tortured individual, due to the racial tensions which were still high in the United States during the late sixties.
Karl Hardman
(Harry Cooper) had become good friends with Jones, and Jones unfortunate death in 1988 affected him greatly. He would often become emotional when talking about Jones, and believed he received a rotten deal in life due to the nations racial tensions.
c.
Steven Spielberg
gives a nod to Stanley Kubrick in the first few minutes of the film. When Marty is first over at Docs house looking for him and doesnt find him, he hooks up his guitar to Docs electrical equipment. The first dial he turns up is labeled CRM 114, which Kubrick used as a reference throughout many of his films.
d.
The office interiors were designed to resemble The Waterfall House by Frank Llloyd Wright.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
Courteney Cox
s character, Melissa Robinson, was named after original writer
Jack Bernstein
s daughter Melissa.
b.
Following the release of his first feature,
Dark Star
,
John Carpenter
was approached by a group of investors who gave him carte blanche to make whatever kind of picture he wanted, albeit with a very limited budget. Although Carpenter wanted to make a Western, he knew he wouldnt have the resources to make a period piece. He wrote this film as a highly stylized, modern-day western, essentially remaking
Rio Bravo
, which was directed by Carpenters hero,
Howard Hawks
. Carpenter acknowledges this debt to Hawks and "Rio Bravo" by using the pseudonym of John T. Chance for his film editors credit, which was the name of
John Wayne
s character in "Rio Bravo".
c.
The author of the novel that the film was based on,
Robert Ludlum
, died while the film was in postproduction, on 12 March 2001.
d.
Toad was originally a hunchback, but that was changed so as not to interfere with
Ray Park
s martial arts abilities.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
Apparently, President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
mandated that this movie make no explicit reference to either military electronics or radar.
b.
Aces car is a 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
c.
The costumes for the women of Venus were made from shower curtains.
d.
Rupert Everett
auditioned for the role of Gaston, but was told by the directors he didnt sound arrogant enough. He remembered this when he voiced Prince Charming in
Shrek 2
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
"Boats" is Navy slang for the rating of *Boatswains Mate*. "Guns" is Navy slang for the rating of *Gunners Mate*.
b.
Rich Rudish
, a Hallmark Cards employee since 1964, served as this films art director.
c.
The voice of Ace Ventura and the manner in which he speaks, was added by
Jim Carrey
only after several readings of the script. The voice was something Carrey used in his stand up routine. The "All righty then" was the catch phrase of one of his stand up characters and after the lines from the script werent feeling right, he added it to the script and read through it again using that voice for all the lines. It was such an improvement that it became the main Ace Ventura personality trait.
d.
Though the story here is fictional, there was a real dentist who called himself Painless - Painless Parker. Edgar Parker was a dentist who struggled to run a street dental business, and so he took his practice on the road. He worked in the 1890s, in the era of amusement. Inspired by P.T. Barnum, he had a horse-drawn office, show girls and buglers. Parker promised that he could extract a rotten tooth painlessly for 50 cents. If the extraction was not painless, he would give the customer $5.00. Parker had a band that he used to attract people to his office. The band also served to distract the patients and to drown out any moans of pain emitted from the patients. Patients were served with a cup of whiskey or a solution of cocaine (called hydrocaine). Parker is said to have legally changed his first name to Painless to avoid charges of false advertising.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)?
a.
Tony Curtis
does not appear until one hour into the film.
b.
The skateboarding film that the guys are watching at Javiers apartment is an old video featuring
Mark Gonzales
riding through the streets, which is
Video Days
.
c.
Lee Remick
picked out two local Charleston kids to play her children. She chose the little girl because she looked like Lee at age 7. She chose the little boy because he loved hugging and kissing Lee.
d.
The tabloid magazine in Aces apartment is called the "National Intruder."
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