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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Almost Heroes (1998) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Almost Heroes (1998)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Almost Heroes (1998).

About the movie: A road comedy about 2 guys whose mission is to beat Lewis and Clark.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Heroes (1998)?
a.		The filmmakers did not have the budget to pay James Stewart his requested fee of $200,000, so he suggested they take the then-unusual step of paying him a cut of the profits instead. This deal, the first of its kind since the advent of talkies, would soon become the norm and change the studio-agent-actor relationship, leading to the demise of the long-term contract and the studio system. Stewart is believed to have made around $600,000 from this film.
b.		Calgary was chosen as the main filming location because of its dry weather. Naturally, once the production started there, they were met with record rainfalls.
c.		The entire cast was composed of Native American Indians.
d.		This film marks the last leading role for Chris Farley who died five months before the film released. However it is not his last film appearance as he had a cameo for the film Dirty Work released later that same year.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Almost Heroes (1998)?
a.		Shot in 1996 as a student film for a total budget of $50,000. Filmed on 16mm with a crew made up of students, and featuring a cast of unknowns, the film went on a college tour and had a brief release in October of 2000.
b.		Elias, the shop owner that Bartholomew Hunt goes to for a bath, a shave, and a tooth removal is loosely based on Charles Willson Peale, a painter of pre-Revolutionary times that also practiced taxidermy as well as dentistry.
c.		The custom 1950 Mercury driven by Cobretti in the film was a car actually owned by star Sylvester Stallone. The studio produced stunt doubles of the car for use in some of the action sequences, such as the jump from the second floor of the parking garage.
d.		The credits give descriptive names to several of DAmicos "goons" for correct character attribution. Five of these goons, listed as "Posh", "Scary", "Sporty", "Ginger", and "Baby", were named for each of the Spice Girls.