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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : American Graffiti (1973) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : American Graffiti (1973) - 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: American Graffiti (1973).
About the movie:
A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
The film was originally produced and scheduled for release by Twentieth Century-Fox; it was prominently featured in their 1977 exhibitors guide. However, the studio brass were greatly disturbed by the violence in the finished film, and the decision was made to sell it off to American International Pictures.
b.
More money was spent on advertising and promotion for the film than the film itself.
c.
Actual Flying Tigers
Lawrence Moore
and
Kenneth Sanger
were technical advisors.
d.
As the plane takes off in the final scene, a Drive-in Movie screen can be seen in the distance. This was the original screen at the Solano Drive-in, which operated until the fall of 2004, and has since reopened, showing double-features as of December 2008.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
The title rights, not the story rights, to this film were purchased so that the title could be used on
The Fast and the Furious
, another film about racing.
b.
There is a rumor that while
George Lucas
and a co-worker were editing the film, the co-worker asked Lucas for "reel two, dialogue two", which abbreviated to R2-D2, a name which surfaced in Lucas later film,
Star Wars
.
c.
"Forests of Mystery" is a mockumentary, but in order to allow viewers to fully immerse themselves in the experience, websites have been created with additional background information for the fictional businesses of Stephens Logging and the Cascade Forest Research Center.
d.
Clay Aiken
was at one point confirmed for the role of Flynn Ryder during the films pre-production in 2005.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
Carson Grant sat for four hours while special effects makeup artist, Anthony Pepe created plaster casts of facial, head, neck, and teeth forms of Carson to mold the Master Vampires- Reverend Bob Rivington transformation prosthetics. Anthony cast another four hours with Tom Cahill for Dr. Bruno Gants transformation.
b.
The Marine Corps drill team was portrayed by Texas A&M Universitys Corps of Cadets Fish Drill Team.
c.
The scene where Mack is nearly killed by a bus, was taken from writer/director Lawrence Kasdans own life.
d.
The number 327 appears quite often in Lucas movies. Here it is printed on the side of an engine. See also:
Star Wars
,
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
, and
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
The gun blast in the end is hand painted.
Alfred Hitchcock
used a form of hand-coloring for the orange-red gun-blast at the audience.
b.
In order to make "forced perspective" a bit more interesting, the filmmakers devised a totally new system consisting of a pulley and a platform. When the camera moved (which is normally impossible as the forced perspective would become obvious) the actor(s) also moved, and the perspective (7-foot Gandalf - 4-foot hobbits) would always be okay. They also used three differently sized props (large, medium, small) to interact with the different sized characters
c.
The scene after the drag race in which John admits to Terry that he was losing when Falfas car lost control and rolled was improvised by
Paul Le Mat
and
Charles Martin Smith
. They had not had time to prepare for that scene, as it had been scheduled to be shot at another time.
d.
As a publicity stunt to promote this movie,
Alfred Hitchcock
held a press conference junket in a mocked-up fake cemetery. Journalists had their names embossed on mock gravestones and the whole event was a reference to this movies
Family Plot
cemeterial title.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
The entire sock hop sequence was filmed in one day.
b.
Kirsten Dunst
was in talks to play the role that became Alma but she dropped out for unknown reasons.
c.
Michael Tucker
, who plays "Bagel", was born and raised in Baltimore and talks in his native accent in the film.
d.
Although it has been claimed that the film was banned in parts of the UK after the killing spree of
Michael Ryan
, and that he was inspired by the Rambo movies, neither was in fact the case. A scheduled screening of the original
First Blood
was pulled from UK TV (as was a screening of
Nevada Smith
), leading the UKs Daily Mail and other media outlets to assume a direct link that never existed and which quickly became a popular urban legend. The film was heavily cut by the BBFC (by 1min 25secs for theatrical release and 3mins 3secs for home video), primarily for knife violence and cruelty to animals, but never banned. The DVD release has all the cuts reinstated apart from a two second shot of animal cruelty, in this case it being a horsefall.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
At one point in the "Ghandi II" scene, Ghandi slams a bad guys head repeatedly into the roof of his Ferrari. When doing this on-set, it actually left a dent in the roof of the car, which caused great concern because it wasnt immediately clear if the damage to the car was covered by studio insurance. Fortunately, it was.
b.
This film is
Kathleen Quinlan
s first credited screen appearance. She plays Peggy, a girl who comforts Laurie, who just broke up with her boyfriend. Lauries boyfriend is played by
Ron Howard
, director of
Apollo 13
, in which Quinlan starred.
c.
When
Stephen King
learned that
Bryan Singer
was to direct, he sold the film rights for just $1.
d.
The book sequel has been optioned, but considering the poor box-office reception of
City of Ember
, it remains to be seen if it will be made into a film too.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
Filmed for $14,000 - $8,000 was paid to cast and crew.
b.
Screenwriters
Willard Huyck
and
Gloria Katz
wanted an additional title card at the end detailing the fates of the women, but
George Lucas
refused, arguing it would prolong the ending.
c.
Barry Levinson
: with his back to the camera in the opening scene at the movie studio.
d.
In the original script, the Stranger was killed off along with the grandmother. The scenes where Eben and Stella find him in the station, and then when Marlow comes back to him, were written during production and squeezed in the shooting schedule with the understanding that they would most likely go unused.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
Eric Bana
s character, Nero, is missing the tip of one of his Romulan ears. In the movie
Chopper
, Banas character Mark Chopper Reed has both ears cut off in order to be moved to a different jail.
b.
When Danny McGuire (
Gene Kelly
) in the movie jokes that "they used to have wrestling here" he was actually making a true statement as the the Pan Pacific Auditorium used to stage wrestling matches.
c.
The scene at the liquor store in which Terry asks Debbie for money was shot in one take.
Candy Clark
wanted to do a second take because she flubbed her "Did you get it?" line, but Lucas said that was it, they were printing that first take.
d.
Dirk Bogarde
turned down the lead role after Brando bowed out.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
Made its debut at the Visual Communications Filmfest preceding the documentary _Whats Wrong with Frank Chin (2005)_ about the legendary writer/activist
Frank Chin
.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 4, 1944 with
Jeanette MacDonald
and
Nelson Eddy
reprising their film roles.
c.
Homer Murray
:
Bill Murray
s son has a quick role at the very end of the film. He looks into the camera as the car he is in passes by.
d.
Filmed in 29 days.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Graffiti (1973)?
a.
The standard practice when filming a musical is to have the performers sing the songs in a studio and when they film the songs being sung, they move their lips to a play back of the already recorded tune. This musical was filmed with the performers singing live as the camera rolled. That caused many delays and technical problems.
b.
Jerry Orbach
s final film.
c.
The films writer,
Shane Black
, walked away from this sequel after he decided to kill off the character of Martin Riggs. Warner Brothers disagreed with that decision, and he left the project.
d.
Two cameras were used simultaneously in scenes involving conversations between actors in different cars. This resulted in significant production time savings.
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