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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Backdraft (1991) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Backdraft (1991) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991).
About the movie:
Two Chicago firefighter brothers who don't get along have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
The tune Pete Sandich whistles when hes nervous is an Irish jig titled "Garry Owen". This song was the official song of the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S. Army - General Custers cavalry. When he is nervous, Pete whistles the theme song of a doomed man.
b.
Much of the soundtrack was later used for the Japanese cooking show,
Ryôri no tetsujin
, AKA "Iron Chef".
c.
Lester Dorr
as "Assistant",
Raymond Brown
and
Walter Brennan
are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
d.
Jon (
Philip Seymour Hoffman
) is older brother to Wendy (
Laura Linney
). In real life, Linney is older than Hoffman.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
Beverly Todd
and
Don Cheadle
also played mother and son on an episode of
Hill Street Blues
.
b.
Directors Trademark (
John Woo
):rainbow
c.
Many of the extras in the film are actual Chicago firefighters. A casting call was put out in a Department memo prior to the start of shooting. In addition, many suburban firemen participated in the funeral procession.
d.
Christopher Eccleston
did not actually have his drivers license during the shoot. He did not choose to take the drivers test until several years after the film was released.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
Rigby Reardon tells
Lana Turner
he left her sitting at a counter at Schwabs. Turner is rumored to have been discovered sitting at the counter in a Schwabs drugstore.
b.
The song "The Ladys Got Potential" originally appeared on the concept album for Evita with an entirely different set of lyrics. There was a subplot on the concept album that involved Che developing an insecticide with hope for financial success, and the original lyrics for "The Ladys Got Potential" centered around a comparison between the death of flies and the death of democracy. When the insecticide subplot was dropped on the shows journey to the stage, the song was dropped as well. However,
Andrew Lloyd Webber
and
Tim Rice
almost completely rewrote the song for inclusion in the film.
c.
Most of the other kids names listed on the back of the preschool photo are of the films crew members: costumers
Sukari McGill
and
Lizzie Cook
, researcher
Nancy Lumb
, set production assistant
Carrie Bush
, art director
Craig Jackson
and graphic artist
Bret August Tanzer
.
d.
After reading the films script,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
reportedly told director
Ron Howard
that she wished she was the fire because it has the best part.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
Judy Garland
missed 13 days of work causing the production taking 70 days to complete from the original budgeted 58 days.
b.
Some sequences were shot in Cornwall, England. A small woods called Golitha Falls was used in one sequence when the musketeers are being pursued by guards. The small harbour village of Charlestown is home to the galleon that was used in a night-shoot.
c.
The numbers of the fire companies are all "dead" numbers in the Chicago Fire Dept. Engine 17, Truck 46, Engine 24, Truck 6 (now back in service as of March of 2004), & Engine 33, (referred to, not actually seen in the movie), are all out of service. The Chicago Fire Dept. has 24 battalions, battalion 25 was created for the movie.
d.
Upon its release, the film generated enough buzz to warrant a spread in Life magazine.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
Originally going to be a direct-to-dvd movie.
b.
Stephen King
s Dark Tower novels connect many other novels into a single fictional universe. Walter ODim, AKA The Man in Black, is later revealed to use the alias Randall Flagg (
Jamey Sheridan
), under which guise he caused the events of
The Stand
. The fourth novel, Wizard and Glass, involves Roland and his ka-tet traveling to the world in which The Stand takes place. Father Callahan, the Catholic Priest from
Salems Lot
appears in the last three books in the series. The last book features appearances by Ted Brautigan, the character played by
Anthony Hopkins
in
Hearts in Atlantis
, and Dinky Earnshaw, the character played by
Michael Flores
in
Everythings Eventual
. Another character from the final book, Patrick Danville, first appears as a toddler in the novel Insomnia, which has not been filmed. The alternate universe in which the Dark Tower novels take place is also the setting of
The Talisman
and its sequel Black House.
c.
Project was originally titled "Fred Claus", but was changed due to a potential rights issue. It was then retitled "Joe Claus." After the rights were cleared, the title returned to "Fred Claus."
d.
The production company totally refurbished 6 pieces of fire apparatus, and upon completion of filming, donated 5 of them to the Chicago Fire Dept., who used 4 of them as front line equipment for several years, and one as a spare. The only one that was not donated to the city was the truck that was flipped over, which was totaled for that shot.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
This is the first film for which a digital cinema distribution master was made using the new DCI standards using JPEG2000 compression and a 12 bit 4:4:4 XYZ color space.
b.
At the party on the boat,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
seems to refer to one of the guests as
Larry DeWaay
. He was a producer of the movie.
c.
The form that the children do at the beginning of the movie is Koryo, the first form learned in WTF Tae Kwon Do as a black belt, although many schools teach it sooner.
d.
The post-Science Fiction Convention orgy (in which Harlan briefly appears straddled on a chair by two naked women), as well as several other scenes, were shot at Harlan Ellisons home which is recognizable for its funky decor and the voluminous number of books lining its walls. As with most of Harry Novaks films, the trailer largely consists of alternate shots, so if you watch it you can see an even longer shot of Harlan (although his face is obscured in that shot by his hair).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
Kay Francis
s last film.
b.
Later on in life,
Robert Mitchum
, who was usually indifferent to such matters, said that
Charles Laughton
was his favorite director and indicated that this was his favorite of the movies in which he had acted.
c.
Jim Carrey
s ex-wife Melissa Womer has a small part as a Comedy Store waitress in the film. She is credited as
Melissa Carrey
.
d.
There are three arson victims, Donald Cosgrove, Alan Seagrave, and Jeffrey Holcomb. Cosgrove is after the real life Chicago Fireman/Author
William Cosgrove
who served as
Robert De Niro
s technical advisor for the movie. Seagrave is the name of a fire apparatus (fire and ladder truck) manufacturer. The firehouse where Engine 17 and Truck 46 were quartered is the real, in-service firehouse of the Chicago Fire depts Engine 65 and Truck 52.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
Hidden Mickeys: - when Jim and Sara are at the gate to the mansion, Sara picks up the lock on the gate which is shaped like a Mickey head. - When Ramsley pours the powdered poison in Sarahs drink, a Mickey forms when the powder and drink mix. - The couch in the library is vaguely shaped as Mickeys head.
b.
Though a main character and one of the first to be introduced, Jack Kehoe (played by
Sean Connery
) does not speak a line until the 40th minute of the film.
c.
Robert De Niro
s character, Don Rimgale, is a real arson investigator with the Chicago Fire Depts Office of Fire Investigation.
Don Rimgale
also appears in the movie.
d.
There was considerable opposition to the casting of
Humphrey Bogart
, since he was much older than Captain Queeg was supposed to be. In addition, Bogart was already seriously ill with espohagal cancer, although it would not be diagnosed until January 1956.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
Following tradition,
Ron Howard
cast his brother
Clint Howard
in this movie. Clint plays Ricco the pathologist.
b.
Ernst Lubitsch
and
Sol Lesser
had formed a partnership, Ernst Lubitsch Productions, Inc., but it was dissolved when this movie did poorly at the box office.
c.
As is common in casting child actors, Alfred Lutters personality contained many of the characteristics the filmmakers sought for his character, Tommy.
Martin Scorsese
mentions (11:33 in the 53 minute selected scene commentary) that the pointless shoot-the-dog story was improvised into the script after a long van ride back from a location shoot during which Alfred incessantly repeated the story to Martin. Martin wanted to get that feeling of being a captive audience subject to the relentless retelling of the nonsense story into the film, so they improvised it into the script as Tommy repeating it to his mother and later to David.
d.
Most of the music was taken from
James Horner
s score for
Battle Beyond the Stars
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Backdraft (1991)?
a.
The appearance of the saber-tooth at the end of the movie marks one of the first - if not _the_ first - time for a furry CG character in a feature film. A specific, complex algorithm (for its time) had to be developed to calculate the movement of every single hair of the fur.
b.
The photos of firefighters seen on the walls of the investigators office are of the Los Angeles Country fire fighters who were on scene during the filming of the fire scenes as a precautionary measure.
c.
Steven Spielberg
: [music]
John Williams
score.
d.
Aside from his odd color, Absolem the Caterpillar is modeled after the larva of the Monarch butterfly (which are striped in white, yellow and black). When we see Absolem as a butterfly by the end of the film, the pattern on his wings is that of a Monarch, save again for the coloration (Monarch butterflies have orange wings).
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