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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Against All Odds (1984) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Against All Odds (1984)

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About the movie: A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		The necklace worn by Lt. Dan is a rosary with a Saint Christopher medal, inscribed "Protect Us In Combat". It was worn in Vietnam by Gary Sinises brother-in-law, Jack Treese, in 1967-68.
b.		First feature film appearance of Carolyn Jones.
c.		Originally this movie was to be made with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, but after John Belushi asked his brother James Belushi, who had starred in the play previously, James Belushi said that he didnt want John Belushi to take the part because James Belushi didnt want to be compared with his brother.
d.		The fictional football team named the L.A. Outlaws is supposed to be the L.A. Raiders.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		This is the only Jerry Lewis solo film that mentions Dean Martin by name. Ed Sullivan includes Martin & Lewis in a list of famous acts that made their debuts on his show.
b.		At the 1940 Academy Awards, the film got five nominations. It failed to win any Academy Awards, and Charles Chaplin was hurt by this. He already had spent twenty-seven years in Hollywood. James Stewart, the winner of the Best Actor Award (for which Chaplin was nominated), was not even planning on going to the ceremony until someone told him to go there hours before it began. Interestingly enough, this was the first year in which the winners remained secret until the moment they won their Awards.
c.		Gerrit Grahams first motion picture.
d.		James Woods and Jeff Bridges both loved working with Richard Widmark, and fondly remembered the late actors love of pancakes. He used to have a plate waiting for him while shooting a scene, and Woods and Bridges would often hide it. Widmark refused to go back to shooting before the cakes had been recovered.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		Lite gives Otto a book called "DIORETIX" to "help change your life". This is a reference to L. Ron Hubbards "Dianetics".
b.		The bead work on Brooks Indian headdress in the movie poster says "Kosher for Passover" in Hebrew (kosher lpesach) although jokingly misspelled; it actually reads "Posher for Kassover" (posher lkesach).
c.		This is the only film of The Marx Brothers where Harpo Marx is initially teamed with Groucho Marx instead of Chico Marx.
d.		Jane Greer, who played the "mother" in this movie, played the "daughter," Kathie Moffat, in the original version, Out of the Past. The daughter in this version was renamed Jessie Wyler and played by Rachel Ward. Paul Valentine, who played Councilman Wienberg, played Joe Stephanos in the original.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		Jurnee and Jake are brother and sister in real life.
b.		Taylor Hackford originally wanted Mark Knopfler to score the movie.
c.		The "JFK Airport" that appears in the movie is in actuality the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center located in midtown Manhattan.
d.		The film was considered groundbreaking at the time for the amount of full frontal male nudity by Peter Firth. Firth was shown completely nude three times in the film, and the final scene in the stable is one of the longest scenes of full frontal male nudity in any mainstream film. However, Firths penis was not allowed to be shown erect at any time.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		Jeff Maxwells film debut.
b.		In the film, Will Smiths character holds up a CD, calling it "the best album ever made." The album is Bob Marleys "Legend". It is a greatest hits compilation that was released after Marleys death.
c.		Busy Bistro, the restaurant seen in the film, was a real restaurant that was in operation at the time of production. It closed shortly after shooting wrapped.
d.		Jeff Bridges modeled the character of Terry Brogan on Bob Chandler, a Hall of Fame wide-receiver for the L.A. Raiders.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		Although the time allocated to do all the graphics work (head changes etc.) was just over two weeks, it was in fact completed in just under two days thanks to new software that had just came on the market.
b.		THis film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.
c.		Jeff Bridges was initially director Taylor Hackfords preferred choice for the lead in An Officer and a Gentleman, but Bridges had a packed schedule that particular year (he starred in three big movies) and had to turn it down. Hackford kept Bridges in mind when creating the character of Terry Brogan for this movie.
d.		The actors who portray the monks in the movie are real martial artists from the Sunny Tang Martial Arts Center located in Toronto, Canada.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		Emma Stone was in early talks to star as Amber, but dropped out to star in Easy A.
b.		Was originally planned as an Eleanor Powell movie, but studio executives decided to use it as a vehicle for Lana Turner.
c.		The helmets and uniforms used by the football team Jeff Bridges is playing for were from the now-defunct USFLs LA Express.
d.		The long shots of Kronos moving were accomplished by animation, presumably the work of animator Gene Warren.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		Originally, director John Badham filmed the dance rehearsal sequence with Tony and Annettes characters playing music in the background at the same time with the action and dialogue; a form of production conduct not usually done. The song was "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs. However, after filming the scene, John Badham got word from Scaggs people they did not want the song in the picture, and so the sequence was dubbed, with John Travolta and Donna Pescow recording their lines in a vocal booth, and in the end composer David Shire orchestrated an instrumental piece for the sequence; ultimately the song (the title still unknown to this day) was picked up by the National Football Leagues, and used to open and close the Monday Night Football program for over 20 years.
b.		Phil Collins was contacted by director Taylor Hackford to record a song for the movie. Phil Collins had written "Against All Odds" in 1981 for his first solo album, "Face Value", and the song was originally entitled, "How Can You Just Sit There". Phil Collins left the song off of the album because he felt he had too many ballads on "Face Value" already. After Phil Collinss contact with Taylor Hackford, he recorded the song in two days, one day in New York, the other in Los Angeles.
c.		Director Melville Shavelson and Kirk Douglas fought throughout the shoot. At one point, Shavelson even walked off the set, leaving his assistant to take over for the day.
d.		Walkouts were quite high during the films initial run, as many audience members were unused to its improvisatory nature.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Against All Odds (1984)?
a.		Audie Murphy received most of his military decorations before he had turned the ages of nineteen and twenty.
b.		Writer and director Eric Bruno Borgman plays the deserter however in the titles The Deserter is listed as, "himself".
c.		"Against All Odds" won Phil Collins the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1985, and it was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Collins was the only nominee in the category not invited to sing his song on stage, and sat in the audience as Ann Reinking performed it. His perceived negative reaction shown on the telecast is considered to be one of the most awkward moments in the history of the ceremony, and has been a favorite reference for Dennis Miller to relate someone reacting in a horrified fashion.
d.		When the astronomer (Wolf) drives down the road to deliver an envelope, we see that it is addressed to Carolyn Shoemaker.

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