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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Back Roads (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Back Roads (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981).
About the movie:
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
The scene where
Timothy Hutton
and
Ronny Cox
s characters are discussing terms was shot with three to four cameras, one of them operated by Director of Photography
Owen Roizman
. Roizman made a bet with Director
Harold Becker
for $75.00 that his close-up shots would make the final cut of the film. It was Roizmans tight close up shots that made the final cut of the film, and Roizman who is $75.00 richer.
b.
This was the first ever movie from production house CBS Films, a theatrical division of CBS Television whose existence was short-lived.
c.
This was the last film of veteran sci-fi stars Kenneth Tobey, John Agar, Gloria Talbot, John Harmon, Robert Shayne and Les Tremayne.
d.
"Adopt a Sailor" is an actual program with USO.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
The first Batman film since
Batman Returns
to not feature Arkham Asylum.
b.
Buddy Joe Hooker
burned his face performing a fire stunt in this film.
c.
At first,
Sally Field
felt that her character in this movie may be too similar to her character in
Norma Rae
.
d.
Director of Photography
Haskell Wexler
was dissatisfied with some of the outdoor Whispering Glades scenes because they were being filmed at high noon and the trees were not casting significant shadows, which he felt was necessary to give the shot proper depth. To compensate, he had the crew paint tree "shadows" on the ground. This is plainly visible in some scenes, as the trees "shadows" are entirely dissimilar from those of the actors standing next to them.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
The sniper scene was based on the Charles Whitman incident at the University of Texas in 1966.
b.
When composer
Lalo Schifrin
was scoring the film, he told director
Don Siegel
that he wanted to use female vocals for the scenes with the Scorpio killer in them. When Siegel asked him why, Schifrin replied that he believed Scorpio was conflicted about what he was doing as he wore a peace symbol belt buckle yet he was a murderer. Schifrin believed that Scorpio heard voices in his head and the female vocals would represent that. (This particular score was later sampled by rap group N.W.A in 1991 for the rap song Approach to Danger.)
c.
This movie was made a couple of years after its co-star
Sally Field
and director
Martin Ritt
had made and had success with
Norma Rae
which won two Academy Awards (Oscars). This was actually Ritts next picture after
Norma Rae
and this film actually marks a reunion of Field and Ritt. The two would re-team again for a third and final time with
Murphys Romance
which co-starred
James Garner
.
d.
The "rare" Canary Island Pine is actually one of the most common trees in the world.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
The character Dirk played in his first movie was "John", a reference to real-life porn legend
John Holmes
, upon whom Dirks character was based. Dirk mentioned that he had just came back from the Marines, and Holmes actually served some time in the army.
b.
Reportedly, stars
Sally Field
and
Tommy Lee Jones
disliked each other and did not get along during the making of this picture.
c.
Jake Kasdan
s father,
Lawrence Kasdan
, wrote the screenplay for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
Colin Hanks
s brother
Chet Hanks
appeared in
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
.
d.
The directors reason for making the film? "I have a 12-and-a-half-year-old daughter whos beautiful, and Im sure shes going to come home one day with some Lithuanian, Samoan, punk-rock drummer dude, and I thought if I did this movie Id be able to work out my issues before that day comes."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "Whose Life is It Anyway?" by
Brian Clark
opened at the Trafalgar Theater in New York on April 17, 1979, ran for 223 performances and was nominated for the 1979 Tony Award for the Best Play.
b.
The beer the surgeons are drinking throughout the movie is Pabst Blue Ribbon.
c.
Sally Field
received top billing for this movie,
Tommy Lee Jones
received second billing.
d.
Nearly 70 dogs were used for the making of this motion picture, many of which were actually rescued from the pound. Several of them were adopted by crew members after filming wrapped.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
When the Google Earth satellite views zoom-in they show the real locations where the scenes were actually shot.
b.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
c.
Arthur C. Clarke
: on the cover of Time magazine, as the American President.
d.
Sally Field
bowed-out of the movie
Raggedy Man
so she could do this picture.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
According to TV Guide, this movie was an "attempt to recapture the mood of
Frank Capra
s films of the 1930s" whilst Allmovie states that this picture was "Reportedly, Ritts homage to
Frank Capra
s films of the 1930s."
b.
Samantha says that Caroline must have flunked nine grades because of her mature figure for a high school student. In actuality,
Haviland Morris
was 25 years old during filming.
Michael Schoeffling
(Jake Ryan) was 24.
c.
It was hibernation season during the shoot so Emma the king snake was always sleeping while also shedding her skin. Needless to say, she was very uncooperative.
d.
The main character, even though its a live action film, will be done with CG animation and will be shot in 3D using the stereo imaging system that
James Cameron
had been developing for his documentaries.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
The line "Im gonna make him an offer he cant refuse" was selected by the American Film Institute on its list as one of the top 100 movie quotes, it was at #2 right behind "Frankly my dear, I dont give a damn" from
Gone with the Wind
.
b.
The American title of the French poster with
Humphrey Bogart
and Lauren Bacall is
To Have and Have Not
.
c.
Heath Ledger
declined to go to the one month cowboy camp that had been organized as he had grown up on farms in Western Australia.
Jake Gyllenhaal
was required to attend, however, as he needed "roughing up".
d.
Apparently, director
Martin Ritt
once said that he blamed the failure of this picture on its screenplay and its stars,
Tommy Lee Jones
and
Sally Field
, inability to get along and work well together.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
The play opened in London, England on 22 January 1930. It opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 1 November 1930 and had 98 performances, with
Leslie Banks
and
Isabel Jeans
as the leads.
b.
Don Red Barry
s last movie.
c.
Angelina Jolie
auditioned for the role of Connie.
d.
The name of Mrs. Blankenship is a reference to
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
, in which Ellie says her father had an appointment with Minnie Blankenship.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back Roads (1981)?
a.
This movie was made a few years after the similarly titled Australian film
Backroads
. The two movies are however spelt slightly differently, the earlier films title is one word whereas this movies title has two words.
b.
The number of the cab used in the chase at the end of the movie is MN 44.
Moon 44
is the title of an earlier film that was directed by
Roland Emmerich
and in which
Dean Devlin
appeared.
c.
When filming began in Mexico, problems arose with the local censors, who demanded changes to the ways that the Mexican villagers would be portrayed.
Walter Newman
, who had written the screenplay, was asked to travel to the location to make the necessary script revisions, but refused. The changes written in by
William Roberts
were deemed significant enough to merit him a co-writing credit. Newman refused to share the credit, though, and had his name removed from the film entirely.
d.
An early draft of the script introduces Freedonias new dictator Rufus T. Firefly as an agent for an ammunition company, which led to lots of ammunition-salesman jokes and intertwined with the movies war theme.
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