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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beetle Juice (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beetle Juice (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988).
About the movie:
A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
Voted #8 on Empire magazines 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (September 2008).
b.
The only installment of the Indiana Jones franchise in which Indy does not make physical contact with a snake. There is however a nod to his fear of them, and to a scene from
Raiders of the Lost Ark
: After he retrieves the Sankara stones from the Kali shrine, he looks up at a statue of a cobra poised to strike (like the one he famously faced in the Well of Souls scene in "Raiders") and straightens his hat...
c.
Madeleine Carroll
played the role of Agatha Reed on stage.
d.
Michael Keaton
spent only two weeks filming his part in the film, which lasts 17.5 minutes out of the 92-minute running time. It is Keatons favorite film of his own.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
The receptionist in the waiting room is Miss Argentina.
b.
A modern source lists Jack Normand as "Goon," interpreted as a typo by a submitter, who listed
Norman Willis
instead (Willis aka is Jack Norman). However, Willis was not seen in the film.
c.
Tally Johnson in Chester talks about all the hauntings of the Chester S.C. Theater in his book, Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry.
d.
The idea for the movie was created when Wachowski Bros were thinking for some new story for a comic book series. They wrote the entire script before their first directorial venture
Bound
, and worked on it up until the time of production.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
During the sequence where Adam and Barbara enter Junos office and see her speaking to a recently deceased football team, a movie theater full of ghosts can be seen through Junos office window. When the film was first released in theaters, the scene created the illusion that the audience were themselves being watched by the ghosts. Among the ghosts in the audience are a red skeleton and a green skeleton (identical to the ones seen in
Tim Burton
s later movie,
Mars Attacks!
), a woman with red hair, and two men in suits and Ray-Ban style sunglasses.
b.
The name "Chupa" comes from the Spanish word chupar, which means "to suck." Chupacabras (sucker of goats) is a famous vampire legend from Latin America.
c.
Doris name is taken from DOR-15, which is the number of the chamber that she is placed into in the rejected inventions room at Robinson Industries.
d.
William Holden
was originally cast as Bill Starbuck. After Holden backed out,
Burt Lancaster
read about it in
Hedda Hopper
s column and phoned producer
Hal B. Wallis
. Lancaster agreed to star in
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
if he would get the role of Bill Starbuck in this film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
It took a group of around 100 people three years to complete this movie. For one second of film, up to 12 stop-motion moves had to be made.
b.
Chevy Chase
turned down the role of Dr. Peter Venkman, he claimed that the script used in the movie wasnt the original script and in the original script was very dark and even more scarier.
c.
When Danny Archer arrives in South Africa, there are two women standing in front of the airport and he walks by them. These women are
Leonardo DiCaprio
s mother and grandmother.
d.
The title character of
Beetle Juice
is named for a bright red star in the constellation of Orion, Betelgeuse. The studio disliked the title and wanted to call the film "House Ghosts". As a joke,
Tim Burton
suggested the name "Scared Sheetless" and was horrified when the studio actually considered using it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
As the Geffen logo rolls during the intro, soundtrack composer
Danny Elfman
is heard singing "Day-o, he say day-ay-ay-o." This was added during post-production and is heard on the released soundtrack.
b.
During production, the code title used for this film was "Cat Dont Dance".
c.
During the auction scene,
Robert Redford
s character is to leave the room. Redford kept missing his cue because he was listening to the jokes auction MC
Billy Connolly
was saying.
d.
The film happens entirely in "real time". In other words, the time portrayed in the story is about 90 minutes, the running time of the film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
The game that Ben is playing while Jack is talking to him about the Fourth of July camping trip is the first Wing Commander game.
b.
The only cast member who would initially commit to the project was
Geena Davis
.
Michael Keaton
,
Winona Ryder
,
Catherine OHara
, and
Sylvia Sidney
all said no at least once. Producer
David Geffen
convinced Michael Keatons manager to convince Michael to meet with director
Tim Burton
. Once Michael said yes, Tim Burton personally called Sylvia Sidney and begged her to do the movie, and he flew out to meet with Catherine OHara to convince her as well.
c.
In 2007 a video game based off of the movie was released for the Nintendo DS and Play Station Portable counsels.
d.
The gator is fighting a real live alligator.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
2.4 million gallons (~321,000 cubic feet), of water was used to create rain for the film.
b.
Several scenes/sequences were cut from the film, including scenes where Frenchy tries to help Michael become a "cool rider", Michael talking to Stephanie and comforting her after the talent show scene, and a sequence at the very end of the film where Michael and Stephanie fly off into the sunset on a motorcycle, similar to the ending of "Grease", where Danny and Sandy fly off into the sunset in a car.
c.
Catherine OHara
was a replacement for an ill
Anjelica Huston
as Delia. On the set she met her future husband, production designer
Bo Welch
.
d.
Ian McKellen
said that one of the things that convinced
Bryan Singer
to cast him as Dussander despite him being British, and considerably younger than the character, was when Singer raved to McKellen about about a performance by an actor he had recently seen in
Cold Comfort Farm
, and McKellen informed him that he was the same actor he was talking about.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
The World Premiere of the film took place at Tulane Universitys McAlister Auditorium in New Orleans.
b.
Don Coscarelli
has revealed that some elements of this movie were influenced by
Stephen King
, specially a few aspects of his novel Salems Lot. A small part of it at the end, when the characters go out on the road chasing down vampires, gave him the "road movie" idea of Mike and Reggie chasing The Tall Man.
c.
In the wedding scene, Lydias dress is a bright red. According to the old rhyme about wedding dress colors, its "Married in red, better off dead."
d.
1. The Torture Trap 2. The Iron Chair 3. Trapping the Traitors 4. The Ride to Death 5. Through the Flames 6. Trails of Treachery 7. The Leap of Despair 8. In the Hands of the Hun 9. The Precipice of Death 10. When Woman Wars 11. Betwixt Heaven and Earth 12. Tower of Tears 13. The Huns Hell Trap 14. Code of Hate 15. The Reward of Patriotism
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
The plot to kill the Irishman (Danny Greene) involved an unprecedented breach of FBI security when a clerk was bribed by the mob and actually stole a list of confidential informants from a top secret room. Cleveland agents acted quickly, plugging the leak and arresting their clerk.
b.
This film marks Joanne Woodward and Paul Newmans first cinematic collaboration.
c.
Much of the film was filmed in the gold rush town of Columbia, CA. Today it is a state park right by Sonora on Highway 49.
d.
The original script was a horror film, and featured Beetlejuice as a winged, reptilian demon who transformed into a small Middle Eastern man to interact with the Maitlands and the Deetzes. Lydia was a minor character, with her six year old sister Cathy being the Deetz child able to see the Maitlands. Beetlejuices goal was to kill the Deetzs, rather than frighten them away, and included sequences where he mauled Cathy in the form of a rabid squirrel and tried to rape Lydia. Subsequent script rewrites turned the film into a comedy and toned down Beetlejuices character into the ghost of an wise cracking con-artist rather than a demon.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beetle Juice (1988)?
a.
Tim Burton
originally wanted
Sammy Davis Jr.
, a favorite star of his since childhood, to play the role of Betelgeuse but studio executives didnt like that idea at all.
b.
Shia LaBeouf
s first scene filmed was where Sam is attacked by guard dogs. One particularly fierce dog kept chasing him even after the scene was shot. He later summed it up as "Welcome to
Michael Bay
s set. Release the hounds!"
c.
Buster Keaton
s final silent feature, as well as the final film in which MGM allowed him any creative control.
d.
The Hollywood Reporter announced in April 1952 that some filming for this movie was shot on location in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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