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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Africa Screams (1949) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Africa Screams (1949) Quiz
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About the movie:
Abbott & Costello search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Africa Screams (1949)?
a.
The comment by Boots (
Buddy Baer
) to Grappler (
Max Baer
), "Ill hit you harder than Louis ever did", is a reference to boxer
Joe Louis
who battled both Baers in the 1930s.
b.
Director
Terry Gilliam
first met
Bruce Willis
while casting his film
The Fisher King
. He was impressed by the sensitivity shown by Willis in the scene from
Die Hard
where McClane (Willis) talks about his wife while pulling glass from his feet. Talking to Willis, Gilliam discovered that this part was ad-libbed by Willis. Gilliam remembered this, and was convinced to cast him in this film.
c.
Snow was trucked in from the Sierra Mountains for use in the Alpine scene.
d.
Conrad Brooks (I) did the stunt-work for when Dirk jumped out of the moving car and rolled down the hill.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Africa Screams (1949)?
a.
In the novel, the lawsuit is filed against a tobacco company. This screenplay was in development for several years and, after the release of
The Insider
, all subsequent scripts involved a lawsuit against a gun manufacturer. Although, the movie contains various references to tobacco.
b.
The film was shot during the NHL lockout during the 1994 - 1995 hockey season, which was finally resolved later that year.
c.
The character of movie producer Lee Donowitz is loosely based on
Oliver Stone
, whom screenwriter
Quentin Tarantino
had a since-resolved grudge against at the time, based on his direction of
Natural Born Killers
.
d.
Features the only on-screen pairing of
Joe Besser
and
Shemp Howard
, who were respectively considered the 4th and 5th members of
The Three Stooges
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Africa Screams (1949)?
a.
The little "mini-car" that
Lou Costello
drives up to the office building near the end of the film isnt a movie prop car, as some have claimed. Its a Crosley, which was a real car produced by the Crosley Motor Co. from 1939-1942, discontinued during the war years, then resumed in 1946 until the company folded in 1952.
b.
The elevator shaft sequence was not in the films script when
Len Wiseman
was hired as director. Wiseman added it because he associated elevator shafts and claustrophobic spaces with
Die Hard
.
c.
After poor test screenings MGM shelved the film, only granting it a limited release in 1987.
d.
Screenwriter
Aaron Hendren
insisted on keeping an inside joke in the film. Though Sidni Fishes delivers a line that the title card claims is, "Drop Dead," lip readers will see that she is really saying an obscene phrase.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Africa Screams (1949)?
a.
The Ambassador Hotel was being torn down as the film crew shot on the property.
b.
Originally intended as a TV series; three episodes were re-edited into a movie.
c.
Numerous uses of repetition and reflection throughout, including: The mirror on the way out of Ernies restaurant; Scotty sees Madeleine reflected in it right after he has seen her for the first time. The numerous reflections and repetitions of Madeleine throughout, including at least two women whom Scotty mistakes for her. The metaphorical or dream mirrors that Madeleine describes as lining the corridor of her life. Midge paints herself into the portrait of Madeleines ancestor, and, in one shot, sits next to the self-portrait, as if doubled. After showing Scotty the portrait, Midge sees herself reflected in the glass of the window. Judy as Madeleines reflection. Madeleine as repetition or reflection of her ancestor. Scotty repeating his former life. Judy falls from the tower to her death the same way Madeleine did There is a motif of spirals in the film, as literal shapes in the opening credits, and as the more abstract shape of the movies plot, as well as the shape of the pivotal tower staircase.
d.
The gorilla was originally meant to be a female simian pursuing Costello. However, the Breen Office censors that enforced the Production Code in Hollywood demanded the gorillas gender be changed as they felt a female gorillas pursuit of a man would be on par with bestiality.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Africa Screams (1949)?
a.
Female simian astronaut Mona was played by a male Woolly Monkey named "Barney", who wore fur trunks to conceal that fact.
b.
Christopher Parker
was offered a featured role but chose a stint on British soap opera
EastEnders
instead.
c.
The film makers tried to give Ghostface a quality that no other Slasher villain had- a voice. Jason Vorhees, Micheal Myers nor Freddy Kruger had menacing voices, or voices at all.
d.
There is a scene where
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
are talking in their tent and
Joe Besser
dashes into the tent, grabs a glass of water and dashes out again. He repeats this several times until Abbott stops him and asks why hes so thirsty. Besser replies that hes not thirsty, its that his tent is on fire. That was based on an incident in Costellos childhood, when he accidentally set some clothes in his bedroom on fire. His father was in the living room, which was between the kitchen and Costellos bedroom. Costello, not wanting to let his father know that he had set his room on fire, dashed back and forth between the kitchen and his bedroom with glasses of water until his father finally asked what was going on, whereupon Costello was forced to tell what he had done.
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