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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Appointment with Death (1988) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Appointment with Death (1988) - 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: Appointment with Death (1988).
About the movie:
Emily Boynton, step-mother to the three Boynton children and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Appointment with Death (1988)?
a.
This was the last film that
Meryl Streep
made before her Best Actress Academy Award winning role as Sophie in
Sophies Choice
.
b.
As with the source novel, this film evoked
Agatha Christie
s relationship with archaeological husband Max Mallowan as the desert regions the movie and novel are set in are evocative of archaeological digs. Filming location Qumran in the Red Sea is where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
c.
An item in the Schenectady Gazette, dated September 5, 1934, announced this as a forth-coming production. The small article titled Leisen Directs Sylvia gave Red Woman as the films title.
d.
James Karen
s character, Ed, says "Im gonna get me cremated." This is how his character eventually dies in the previous film,
The Return of the Living Dead
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Appointment with Death (1988)?
a.
The line, "Im saying Im an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it, but now that dream is over and the insect is awake," is a reference to author Franz Kafkas 1912 story "The Metamorphosis," in which a man wakes from a nightmare to find himself transformed into a giant insect.
b.
The last movie
Janet Gaynor
was ever in.
c.
Steven Spielberg
: [music]
d.
This film was one of two pictures that director
Michael Winner
filmed in 1988. The other movie was
A Chorus of Disapproval
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Appointment with Death (1988)?
a.
First filmed version of
Agatha Christie
s "Appointment with Death" novel. The second version would be made about twenty years later see:
Appointment with Death
.
b.
According to
Kevin Feige
, the filmmakers placed the Foo Fighters song "Walk" in the film because they thought its lyrics were strangely appropriate for the film: "If you asked two months ago if we would have a Foo Fighters song in this movie, I would have said I dont think so. But we heard the song, and it just has these eerie appropriate lyrics and themes. Ken in particular just loved it with these lyrics about learning to walk again and the way that fit the themes of the movie about redemption, learning to be a hero."
c.
Director Michael Tolkin deliberately intended the closing credits to have no music. He felt that it would maintain the impact of the films closing scene.
d.
Shot in 11 days.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Appointment with Death (1988)?
a.
This movie attempted to utilize the formula of an all star cast using exotic locations which had been the trademark of the
Richard B. Goodwin
-
John Brabourne
Agatha Christie
movies
Death on the Nile
and
Evil Under the Sun
. Their
Murder on the Orient Express
and
The Mirror Crackd
also had all star casts albeit the exotic locations.
b.
Preachers description of
Albert Einstein
s Theory of Relativity (Tom Scoggins: "I spent four years at CalTech, and thats the best physics explanation Ive ever heard.") is adapted from a quote by Einstein himself: "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THATS relativity."
c.
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions copyrighted
The Birds
twice; on 28 Mar 1963 with a running time of 119 minutes and on 20 Apr 1963 with a running time of 120 minutes. Filming March 5-July 10 1962.
d.
The person laughing during the Gramercy title sequence is a cellist in
Ira Newborn
s orchestra.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Appointment with Death (1988)?
a.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
Production of the movie turned out to be so enduring and challenging that director
Peter Jackson
lost 70 lbs.
c.
Final filmed screenplay of
Anthony Shaffer
.
d.
Actor Steven Molony (Alex) is a devout method actor. He immersed himself so deeply into the role of Alex that he found himself having in-character dreams. He also lost seven pounds over the course of production. The cast and crew, having met him on set, realized they had to somewhat remake friends with him after the production, as they found they had become close with the character, and not actually with the actor portraying him.
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