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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : After Hours (1985) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : After Hours (1985) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985).
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.
This is considered a lost film.
b.
Lee Phelps
is credited in studio records/casting call lists for the role of "Piano Mover" in this movie, but the two piano movers in the film were
Adrian Morris
and
Ethan Laidlaw
.
c.
Martin Scorsese
: shining a spotlight from a platform in the club.
d.
Willem Dafoe
,
David Bowie
,
John Lithgow
,
Tim Curry
, and
James Woods
, were considered for The Joker.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Sati means "friend" in Nepali, the most common language in the country of Nepal.
b.
Many ideas were considered for the films ending. One idea that made it to the storyboard stage had Paul crawling into Junes womb to hide from the angry mob, with June giving "birth" to him on the West Side Highway.
c.
On Harry Jr.s wall is a poster for
John Carl Buechler
s previous film,
Ragewar
.
d.
The "We Sell Your Stuff on eBay" store was a real store; it was written into the script after the location was chosen.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
The man that is eaten by the T-Rex next to the video store (in San Diego) is
David Koepp
, one of the writers of the film. He is credited as "Unlucky Bastard".
b.
Once again, with the involvement of
Steven Spielberg
,
Harrison Ford
is cast opposite a James Bond, in this case,
Daniel Craig
. The last time was when he worked opposite
Sean Connery
in
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
. Craig has also appeared in The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999).
c.
Lee Theodore
, who played Anybodys in the original Broadway production, served as an assistant choreographer for the film.
Russ Tamblyn
reports that he and most of the rest of the dancers in the film suffered from shin splints at one time or another, the result of extended dancing on pavement as opposed to a wooden stage or soundstage floor.
d.
Scorsese designed the film as a parody of Hitchcocks style. The elaborate camera movements echo sequences in
Marnie
, while
Howard Shore
s score emulates the style of one of Hitchcocks most frequent collaborators,
Bernard Herrmann
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
The "electronic tonalities" created by
Louis Barron
and
Bebe Barron
were reused several years later in another science fiction film
From the Earth to the Moon
that was produced by RKO.
c.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
dubbed in the murmuring voice of the sobbing prisoners visitor.
d.
In the coffee shop where Paul first meets Marcy, an elderly couple sitting at a table to Marcys right in an over her shoulder shot is the directors mother and father.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Test audiences rejected an alternate ending in which Paul remains trapped in the statue.
b.
Billy Gray
s film debut.
c.
In the scene where Judy and
Van Johnson
meet in the restaurant, the woman sitting directly behind Judy is wearing the same green and plaid costume worn by
Cyd Charisse
in
The Harvey Girls
, which also starred
Judy Garland
.
d.
After the movie was completed test audiences didnt like the name "Shoeless"
Joe Jackson
because they said it sounded like a movie about a bum or hobo. Universal called director-screenwriter
Phil Alden Robinson
to tell him that "Shoeless Joe" didnt work, and the studio changed the title of the film to "Field of Dreams". When Robinson heard the news of the change, he called
W.P. Kinsella
, the author of the book, and told him the "bad" news, but apparently he didnt care, saying that "Shoeless Joe" was the title the publishing company gave the book. Kinsellas original title was "Dream Field".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
One of the motivations behind making this movie was the indignation of many British World War 2 veterans (and civilians) over the movie
U-571
, in which the capture of the Enigma was shown to be done by American navy officers (despite the fact that the makers of that movie had indicated their movie to be a work of fiction and no accurate portrayal of the events leading to the capture of the Enigma).
b.
The original cut of the film was 45 minutes longer.
c.
Orson Welles
claimed to have only seen this film once, at the one screening that the studio provided prior to his writing of the memo.
d.
The US version of the teaser trailer was modified so you dont see any guns. In the international version the US flag was removed.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Although
Erika Christensen
is six years younger than
Keri Russell
, she plays a sister older than Russell, and
Alicia Witt
, who is only one year older than Russell, plays the eldest.
b.
Throughout the film many characters watch Horror movies, these movies were all created specifically for this film.
c.
British director
Michael Powell
was around quite a lot while the film was being made (he and editor
Thelma Schoonmaker
married soon afterwards). Nobody was sure how the film should end.
Michael Powell
said "He must finish up back at work" but this was initially dismissed as too unlikely and difficult. They tried many other endings, a few were even filmed. But the only one that everyone felt really worked was to have Paul finish up back at work just as the new day was starting.
d.
Liam Neeson
was initially cast as Father Merrin.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: After Hours (1985)?
a.
Was shipped to theaters simply under the name "Bug".
b.
Greg Lamberson
wrote the part of Alice specifically for
Debbie Rochon
.
c.
The first 30 minutes of the film is based on radio artist Joe Franks 1982 NPR Playhouse monologue "Lies". Some of the dialogue and plot elements in the film is lifted verbatim from the program including Paul meeting Marcy in the deli, the bagels-and-cream-cheese paperweights, Paul calling Marcy that same night to buy the paperweights, Paul losing his cab fare when it flies out of the window, Marcy being raped by an ex-boyfriend who came down the fire escape and falling asleep during said rape, Marcy being married to a man working overseas whom she writes to every day, and said husbands sexual quirk. Joe Frank filed a lawsuit against the producers and was then paid handsomely in a settlement.
d.
Michael Clarke Duncan
had sprained his ankle during filming and was forced to go to the hospital in his full gorilla makeup.
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