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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Back to the Beach (1987) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Back to the Beach (1987) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Back to the Beach (1987).
About the movie:
Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back to the Beach (1987)?
a.
Fifty days before shooting began, the captains chair on the bridge set was stolen. A new one had to be used, one made of fiberglass around foam on an old first season frame.
b.
After filming was completed,
Annette Funicello
was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. During filming, as a result of fatigue from long hours shooting the film, she had noticed an increase in the frequency and severity of minor MS symptoms that she had experienced off-and-on for several years. and requested that her husband tell no one on the set.
c.
The original play opened in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, and starred
Noel Coward
(who also directed),
Gertrude Lawrence
,
Laurence Olivier
and
Adrianne Allen
. After a 5-week tour of England, it opened a scheduled 3-month engagement in London on 24 September 1930, after which it came to Broadway, New York City, on 27 January 1931 and ran for 256 performances, closing in September 1931.
Jill Esmond
replaced Allen in New York for the role of Sybil. The very popular play had 6 Broadway revivals alone, the last in 2002, and is continually revived the world over.
d.
The 8-bit Universal logo at the beginning of the film was
Edgar Wright
s idea; it was then designed by his brother
Oscar Wright
, the concept designer and storyboard artist on the film. The logo seen in the final film was actually only a first-draft. It was not yet considered finished when test screenings began, but audiences reacted so positively to it that it was decided that no further work need be done.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back to the Beach (1987)?
a.
This was the first film that both star
Charles Bronson
and director
Michael Winner
made with Cannon Films and producers
Menahem Golan
and
Yoram Globus
. The two would make a number of movies with them throughout the 1980s, including one more together,
Death Wish 3
.
b.
In Junos locker there is a sticker for punk band
Bad Religion
.
c.
Throughout the movie, Frankie Avalons character is only referred to as "The Big Kahuna", and never once is called by his first name. He is listed as "Annettes Husband" in the end credits. The name "Frankie" could not be used anywhere in the film, because Avalon played "Frankie" in the 1960s beach movies and legal issues were involved since this film was made by a different studio and with different producers. However, "The Big Kahuna" was actually a character from the 1959 film "Gidget," rather than from the Beach Party series.
d.
The name "Nomi Malone" came from
Joe Eszterhas
s wifes nickname, Nomi (her real name is Naomi). He chose "Malone" because he thought of Nomi as being "alone" in the world.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back to the Beach (1987)?
a.
The "Illustra" scenes were filmed at a real department store, Boscovs. It easy to distinguish by the square chandeliers and neon department signs on the walls.
b.
Shavers was originally meant to be impaled by a golden eagle.
c.
Alan Hale Jr.s last movie role.
d.
At $7 million - a drop in the bucket by todays movie budgets - this was the costliest of the
Ray Harryhausen
films to date.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back to the Beach (1987)?
a.
Annette opens a kitchen cabinet and replaces two jars of peanut butter on a shelf filled with nothing but Skippy peanut butter (10 jars).
Annette Funicello
was the star of a series of television commercials for Skippy peanut butter at the time. (The other shelves are similarly strangely stocked: the top shelf is nothing but Heinz ketchup (16 bottles), while the next is nothing but Campbells soup (29 cans)).
b.
For the sequence where Bud is applying the gray makeup to his mother, the color of the makeup was actually green. When they had to "black-and-white" the scene, the shades of green came out the best for the appropriate shades of her "gray" make-up. Conversely, when Betty first visits the soda shop, she is in full gray makeup which meant that
Joan Allen
was shot wearing full green make-up that is subsequently removed by Bill Johnson (
Jeff Daniels
).
c.
The "Mil-24 Hind" in reality is a Sikorsky S-62 modified to look like a gunship. The same helicopter was also used in the movie
Braddock: Missing in Action III
.
d.
The name of
Michael J. Fox
s character, Jamie Conway, is almost an anagram of author
Jay McInerney
s name. In the novel, the primary characters full name is never given, he is referred to as "Coach" by Tad, and in the second person ("you") in the narration.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back to the Beach (1987)?
a.
Bob Denver
s last film.
b.
The name of the Judge is A.D. Mantle, a reference to
Anthony Dod Mantle
. He was the director of photography of three Dogme 95 films (
Festen
,
Mifunes sidste sang
, and
Julien Donkey-Boy
). Director
Lars von Trier
was one of the founders of the Dogme 95 movement.
c.
Blanchard Ryan
is in fact deeply afraid of sharks and as a result
Daniel Travis
had to enter the shark infested waters first each day to assure her they were not in danger.
d.
Wendy O. Williams
would come to work and do 200 sit-ups before coming onto the set.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Back to the Beach (1987)?
a.
The real Lafayette Escadrille actually had a pair of lion cubs as mascots. One was indeed named "Whiskey," as in the film. The other, appropriately enough, was named "Soda."
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Lees sister is fighting with the thugs.
c.
The exterior shot of Delaware D High is a real school named the Everett Meredith Middle School in Middletown, Delaware. For interior shots, seven different schools were used for filming.
d.
Borrowed producer
Kirk R. Thatcher
s punk song "I Hate You" from fellow Paramount production
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
.
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