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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : After Hours (1985) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : After Hours (1985) Quiz
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About the movie:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
One reel of this 6 reel film survives in the Library of Congress.
b.
The scene with
Griffin Dunne
at the subway station is a reference to his earlier appearance in
An American Werewolf in London
.
c.
In his autobiography,
Elia Kazan
said of this film: "Its the only picture Ive ever made that Im ashamed of. Dont see it."
d.
Matt Damon
and
Brad Pitt
were previously attached to play
Dick Eklund
, but the role went to
Christian Bale
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Casey Siemaszko
, who plays one of Biffs cronies, is named 3D because he wears 3D glasses. In 1955 he wears the paper kind you would be issued at a 50s style 3D movie, but for his scenes in 1985 a pair of real sunglasses with red and blue frames were made to better suit the era. By 2015, Griffs goons wear holographic-type shades.
b.
Ranked #51 on Entertainment Weeklys "100 New Movie Classics" list in 2008.
c.
Peter Briggs
wrote a version of the script while the project was still at Miramax. Before writing the script, Briggs re-watched all the "Highlander" movies as well as the TV series, then joined the official Highlander message boards (www.highlander-community.com) and researched what fans wanted in a sequel. He kept his identity secret, but was known to be an insider on the project. He soon became one of the most popular and respected members of the board, and remained so even after he was kicked off the project. He revealed his identity well after he was kicked off the project. It was the death of a close friend on the forum, named Eric, that sparked Briggs to finally reveal himself.
d.
The "key drop" shot, where the camera drops vertically while tracking on
Griffin Dunne
, was done in two takes. In the first take, the camera lens was put through a hole in a wooden board and then the board was dropped from the roof with bungee cords. After the first take was done, producer
Amy Robinson
, director
Martin Scorsese
, and cinematographer
Michael Ballhaus
refused to do the shot like that again for fear of Dunnes safety. According to Robinson, the bungee cords started smoking. Dunne, on the other hand, was oblivious to the danger and was ready to do another take. Ballhaus filmed the second take with a fast crane move.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Scenes in the film explicitly foreshadow
The Avengers
: When Tony goes through his fathers case an old Captain America comic book can be seen inside; later he uses Captain Americas shield (a prototype) to build a reactor a news report of
The Incredible Hulk
s campus battle is seen near the end of the film Stark and Fury discuss Starks membership throughout the film and Agent Coulson finds Thors hammer in a crater in the post-credits scene.
b.
In the boys restroom at the high school, there is graffiti on a stall that reads: LISA + JOYCE ARE SLUTS, an in-joke referring to star Joyce Hyser and director Lisa Gottlieb.
c.
Tim Burton
was the second choice for director after the producers saw
Vincent
. When
Martin Scorsese
became available after production delays on
The Last Temptation of Christ
, Burton, according to
Griffin Dunne
, gracefully bowed out of the project, saying he didnt want to stand in the way of Scorsese.
d.
According to historian Eric Schaefer, this was the first film about nudism shot in color.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
The role of Nevada Smith was originally created by
Alan Ladd
in
The Carpetbaggers
. A prequel highlighting the Smith character with Ladd was proposed, but the actors untimely death at age 50 precluded that.
b.
When Paul rings Kikis doorbell, one of the buzzers is labeled "Czapsky Gallery". This is in honor of
Stefan Czapsky
, who served as gaffer on this film. He would later go on to shoot critical darlings like
Ed Wood
and box-office blockbusters like
Blades of Glory
.
c.
Margaret OBrien
s film debut.
d.
The film was originally scheduled for release on September 26, 2008, but was moved to August 22, 2008.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Almost all of the dialogue in the Enterprise bridge scenes had to be overdubbed by the actors in post-production. This was due to the fact that the animation/graphics seen on the bridge station display monitors was projected from behind the bridge set walls by dozens of 16 mm projectors (one for each display screen), as computer technology was not advanced enough at the time to use real computer monitors on a practical basis. As a result, the clattering sound of the noisy projectors nearly drowned out the voices of the actors, and their dialogue had to be dubbed over later at considerable added time and expense.
b.
The Ford Coupe driven by
Paul Le Mat
s character had a 1966 Chevrolet 327 cu.in. engine. The black 1955 Chevy driven by
Harrison Ford
had a Chevrolet 454 cu.in. engine capable of doing 11-second quarter-mile times.
c.
Martin Scorsese
told
Griffin Dunne
to refrain from sex and sleep during filming in order to get a more realistic feeling of paranoia.
d.
Most of the "mock" posters in the store are projects that
Matteo Ribaudo
wrote and plans to direct, including "Butterfly Kisses for Antonio", which he wrote for
Patricia Rae
, with
Chazz Palminteri
in mind to play the grandfather role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
The project sported authentic period uniforms, weaponry, and armored vehicles. The main battle sequences involved 300 reenactors, and was shot on a United States National Guard base.
b.
The main theme from
Charles Chaplin
s score is based on a theme from
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
s 6th Symphony.
c.
The "House" of the title is located at "34 Bisgrove Street" in the fictional "Pacific County", California.
d.
The building used for Hacketts office building is the Met Life Tower near Madison Square Park.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Three lifelike dummies were placed at key points in the chariot race to give the appearance of men being run over by the chariots. The best of these was the stand-in dummy for
Stephen Boyd
s character that gets tangled up under the horses hooves and gets trampled to death. This resulted in a realistic death sequence that shocked the theater audiences of the time, and spawned an urban legend that this was a real death.
b.
Joseph Minion
s script was his thesis for Columbia Film School. He got an "A" from his teacher, Yugoslavian director
Dusan Makavejev
.
c.
Being the first Predator movie they only show the thermal vision and infrared vision from the Predators point of view (in Predator 2 they introduce many other vision modes for the predator), but with good attention to details you can get hints that the Predator has different vision modes even in this movie; The Predator can obviously see and avoid the trip wires they hide everywhere in the forest (which would actually not be visible if the Predator only used thermal visions). The predator can also see if the soldiers are carrying any kind of weapons or knives and if they are unarmed, indicating the Predator has a different vision mode which makes him able to detect solid metal.
d.
Most of the credits that appear on the end of the film are fake. The crew was very small and rather then repeat the same names over and over again they decided to just make up names.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
20th Century Fox bought the screenplay largely because
George Lucas
had hired conceptual artist
Ralph McQuarrie
to create paintings of a number of scenes to help sell it in.
b.
A technique known as "end slating" was used to capture Pauls reaction as he enters the nearly-vacant Club Berlin. Right before filming the shot,
Griffin Dunne
went to a bar around the corner, ordered drinks for the customers, then ran out without paying. The scene opens on him after this had just happened off-camera.
c.
Bette Davis
claims that
Edmund Goulding
worked on the script and added the character of Judiths best friend Ann so that Judith would never have to complain about her tragedy.
d.
Mr. Perkins, the boss at the Bank of Evil, has two tufts of pointy hair, possibly modeled on the "Pointy-Haired Boss" of Dilbert fame.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Robert De Niro
and
Joe Pesci
are really punching each other in the famous "hit me" scene.
b.
This is the only film by Martin Scorsese to be released on a Friday the 13th, long considered to be an unlucky day for studios to release films.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
ran a deliciously droll and terse radio ad in the summer of 1960. In an era when sponsors used "Brand X" to describe their competitors products, Hitchs voice said he wanted to compare his new movie with "Brand X". Then, the sound of a horse neighing and horse clippity-clop sounds. Hitchs voice said simply "Brand X is a western." "Now for my picture", followed by a loud scream. End of commercial!
d.
The cemetery seen in this movie was
Alfred Hitchcock
s favorite location according to production designer
Henry Bumstead
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
The Edgar Allan Poe award on Andrew Wykes mantel is actually the one given to
Anthony Shaffer
for his play "Sleuth".
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
also won an Edgar for the movie
5 Fingers
.
b.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
c.
Number 2 on
Lisa Schwarzbaum
s Entertainment Weekly Magazine list of the 10 best movies of 2008.
d.
The conversation between Paul and the bouncer at Club Berlin is mostly from
Franz Kafka
s "Before The Law."
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