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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : An American Werewolf in London (1981) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : An American Werewolf in London (1981) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981).
About the movie:
Two American tourists in Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
Emily Blunt
was cast before
Anne Hathaway
. In several scenes, she is seen running about in the background - though never written or directed, she felt her character would always be busy and wanted to keep her alive in the film. Also, most of her wardrobe is from
Vivienne Westwood
.
b.
In the beginning sequence of the scrap book, the photo of Elle Woods as a little girl is actually that of Bruisers trainer.
c.
After his stint in the army during WWII, Tyrone Power wanted to tackle meatier roles. This was one of his first upon his return to Hollywood.
d.
When Jack is killed by the first werewolf, makeup artist
Rick Baker
told
Griffin Dunne
to be careful with the wolfs head as it was new and quite delicate. During the first take Griffin rip the foam rubber off the head. Rick was so irritated by this that he considered putting hard teeth in the wolf but instead used the backup head to beat the crap out of Griffin.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
Just at the start of the re shoot,
Renny Harlin
was involved in an accident and broke his leg. He had that leg supported by metal support and a cast.
b.
The woman whom David runs into at the zoo was not told that
David Naughton
would be nude, but she was told that a man would come out and say something.
c.
The ailment acquired by Steve, hydrogen psychosis (or "crazy-eye") is a play on an actual diving malady known as nitrogen narcosis.
d.
On the DVD cover and in commercials, the dogs appear to be flying Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk airship-launched fighters. US Navy airships such as the Macon and the Akron based at Moffet Naval Airstation between the first and second World Wars were actually designed to carry and launch these fighters.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
The missile launcher with the two big wheels is an IG-227 Hailfire droid tank. It was inspired by the Russian Tsar Tank, designed in 1914.
b.
Rick Baker
performed the action of the werewolf biting off Inspector Villiers head.
c.
Screenwriter/executive producer
Grant Cogswell
sold his house and everything he owned to help finance Cthulhu.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
: [bathroom] Thornhill hides in a bathroom three times.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
Griffin Dunne helped puppeteer the "zombified" version of his character Jack in the porno theater scene, saying his lines at the same time.
b.
Good Times
can be seen on the TV. Chip Fields, who appears here as Zekes wife Caroline, had a memorable set of guest appearances on that series as the mother of Penny (Janet Jackson.)
c.
The storyline for this film is loosely based upon the notorious 1977 St. Valentines Day murders in rural Indiana known as the Hollandsburg Massacre. The killings took place about 35 miles north of screenwriter/co-producer Anthony Bruces Indiana boyhood home. His reference material for the script included personal interviews with the sole survivor of the murders, the District Attorney who successfully prosecuted the case, a face-to-face jail house interview with the youngest of the four convicted killers 25 years after the murders, the confidential files of the FBI and the Indiana State Police as well local law enforcement officials.
d.
Patrick Warburton
replaced
Tim Allen
as the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the animated series, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
John Landis
initially wanted to keep the werewolfs screen time to a minimum, having it only appear in a couple scenes, just enough to give an impression of something huge and ferocious. The long shot of the werewolf cornering Gerald Bringsley on the Underground escalator was an example of this. Landis decision to show the werewolf as much as it was shown was based on the fact that Landis loved
Rick Baker
s design of the monster.
b.
Cast and Crew worked 5 days from 9 a. m. until midnight and one night until 4.50 a.m.
c.
For the duration of the shoot, the cast and crew also resided at the location, literally sleeping on the sets for the shoot.
d.
The footage shot in 1989 were shot in just 2 days.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
John Landis
: [SYNW] the porno film showing when David meets Jack and his zombie friends. A poster for the film appears in the London Underground when the man is killed.
b.
Janet Margolin showed up to audition for the role of Lisa carrying a doll.
c.
This film was adapted from a story thought up by
Roy N. Sickner
, an actor and stuntman. Writer
Walon Green
wrote the script, which was then rewritten by
Sam Peckinpah
. Green felt that Peckinpahs rewrite was substantial enough to deserve credit, but Green had to lobby the writers guild to allow Peckinpah a credit. Green has always said he was grateful to Peckinpah for not rewriting too much of the script just to get credit. Green, Sickner and Peckinpah all shared Academy award nominations for best screenplay (the only Oscar nomination Peckinpah ever received in his entire career.) They didnt win.
d.
Patrick Leahy
: . the older gentleman that confronts the Joker at the party thrown by Bruce Wayne for Harvey Dent. Senator Leahy is a huge Batman fan and arranged an early showing of the movie on July 12th as a fund-raiser for the childrens section of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vermont, the states capital. He has also appeared in
Batman & Robin
and as a
Batman
cartoon voice.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
The word "Manos" is Spanish for "hands". Therefore, the title really says "Hands: The Hands of Fate". The masters outfit has two red hands on it and Torgos walking stick has a hand on top of it.
b.
The countdown timer blip sound effect on the computer used by Travis Dane (
Eric Bogosian
) is a blip sound from a Motorola-brand pager.
c.
John Landis
: [
Frank Oz
] The Miss Piggy/Yoda creator/voice talent plays Mr. Collins of the American embassy, who attempts in vain to console David. His voice is also heard later, during a Britian-only excerpt of
The Muppet Show
. He appears in all of Landiss films as a good-luck charm.
d.
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
played President Hector Lopez, named after
Héctor López
, production supervisor in Mexico. Armendarizs father
Pedro Armendáriz
played Kerim Bay in
From Russia with Love
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
Rick Baker
and
John Landis
had several disagreements over what the design of the werewolf should be. Baker wanted it to be a two-legged werewolf saying he thought of werewolves as being bipedal. Landis wanted a "four-legged hound from hell".
b.
The work print version, currently circulating as a bootleg, contains the sheriffs backbreaking death in its entirety. The ending is also slightly altered; it excludes the profanity Tommy spouts at Jason, and the ensuing fight between Tommy and Jason both above and below the lakes surface is longer. Also after Megan rescues Tommy and shoves the boats propeller into Jasons neck, the shot of the gore spilling into the water is eliminated
c.
Ginnas husband, played by John Ridghely, is named Cary Abbott, and his Lake Tahoe cabin is referred to as the Grant cabin, a probable in-joke.
d.
According to the director, on the commentary track of the DVD, the film was shot in the Mens House of Detention, AKA "The Tombs". They were given an entire floor of their own to work in, but the prison was operational around them. They could hear men screaming, and see prisoners being taken away and brought back in chains. The director said he stayed there overnights and on weekends, locked in so no one could get at him.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
John Landis
: appears briefly near the end of the film. He is the bearded man who gets hit by a car and thrown through the plate glass window in Piccadilly Circus.
b.
For this film, the producers decided not to use the storyline of
Herman Melville
s original novel, but that of the
John Barrymore
silent film,
The Sea Beast
. "Moby Dick" would not be filmed as Melville wrote it until 1956.
c.
After 38 days of shooting, director
Jules Dassin
replaced
Norman Z. McLeod
. Although a news item stated it was due to a "difference of opinion," many believe it was done on the insistence of
Charles Laughton
. At the same time,
William H. Daniels
replaced
Robert Planck
as director of photography.
d.
The poisonous snakes were not defanged during production. Five King Cobras were imported from Thailand for this feature, they ranged from 10-15 in length. They were recently wild caught and in good health with full venom capabilities. The "Snake Park" milking scenes were real and meant to mimic what Bill Haast did at his Serpentarium in Florida daily. About one ounce of venom was collected during each take with no harm to the snakes. A different cobra was used for each take. The filming of this part of the movie took most of a day, as the cobras spent most of their time trying to escape the fenced enclosure rather than raising up in the traditional cobra attack mode.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: An American Werewolf in London (1981)?
a.
According to sources
Kurt Cobain
said that "(Over the Edge) pretty much defined my whole personality. It was really cool. Total anarchy."
b.
The original draft of the script ended by revealing that all the action took place as a movie-within-a-movie, and as the final scene was being shot, the camera panned away from the production to reveal real homeless people and drug addicts on a real New York City street.
c.
Director/screenwriter
John Landis
advised actor
Griffin Dunne
that the key to the character of Jack Goodman was that he was always to be encouraging, optimistic, and cheerful as a member of the undead, no matter what his stage of ghastly corporal decay, deterioration, and decomposition.
d.
Official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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