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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Being There (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Being There (1979) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979).
About the movie:
Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Tibor Takács
was offered to direct, but didnt took the job because the shooting would have started in couple of weeks.
b.
Henry B. Dawkins
, who plays Billings-the X-Ray Technician, really was an X-Ray Technician. He was the head of the Radiology Department at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (in Asheville, North Carolina, one of the shooting locations of this film) in the early 1990s.
c.
The artificial snow was produced with snow candles.
d.
The footage of the cargo retrieval ship, and docking with the spaceship are from
Android
but the footage of Ugs ship at the end are taken from
Critters 2
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Peter Sellers
was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. Some said the reason Sellers lost was because of the outtakes at the very end of the movie as the credits are rolling. Sellers himself later said the outtakes "broke the spell" of the movie.
b.
The movies line "Come back, Shane!" was voted as the #69 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
c.
At his Bar Mitzvah, Danny reads a "Parshah" or portion of the Torah scroll known as "Behar" (Leviticus 25:1 - 26:2) which details the events of the Jubilee year, including the release of slaves and return of ancestral lands. Because the reading of Torah portions follow a set yearly cycle, this means that Dannys Bar Mitzvah occurred in early May of 1967.
d.
Hugo Stiglitz
s dialogue is dubbed in the English version by Ed Mannix.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Completed April 1946, but not released until February of 1947 (copyright 1946).
b.
Howard Hawks
always wanted someone who would connect with teenagers to play Colorado. Reportedly, his first choice was
Elvis Presley
, who was enthusiastic about the opportunity. Unfortunately, Presleys manager, Col. Tom Parker, wanted too much money and top billing. Neither Hawks nor Wayne would have any of it, so the search continued.
c.
When the immigration officers are interrogating Claire Shepard (
Alice Eve
), there is a brief mention of IMDb. In order to get an American green-card, Australian Claire affirms shes a famous TV star in her origin country; therefore, she could get a visa for outstanding accomplishment and become an American citizen. However, the agents later tell her theyve searched her career profile and, "according to The Internet Movie Database, the only Claire Shepard that matches her spelling, age and place of birth has two credits on little known Aussie TV shows."
d.
Every contract that
Peter Sellers
signs includes a clause which stipulates that his accommodation must have the bed facing East-West. Chance says: "I like to sleep with my head facing North". The attorney hes with says "But this bed is facing west!"
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
The helicopter rescue of Morpheus took over six months to prepare and plan.
b.
Laurence Olivier
was offered the role of Benjamin Rand, but passed when he read the completed script. He said he didnt want to be in a movie where
Shirley MacLaine
has to masturbate.
c.
The time travel aspect of the story was the most difficult part of the story to develop: time travel was used previously in the series a few times, but in this case it would create serious jeopardy for the crew (by messing up the history everyone knows) and it serves a good purpose in creating a new set of adventures for the original characters. The time travel also enabled
Leonard Nimoy
to make an appearance in the film, to help usher in the new cast.
d.
Although
Lon McCallister
is "introduced" in the credits as one of the "three young players in their first featured roles," he was a featured player in
Stage Door Canteen
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Walt Disney
came up with the idea for
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
when he was only 15, working as a newsboy in Kansas City. He saw a major presentation of a silent film version of the tale starring
Marguerite Clark
. The screening was held at the citys Convention Hall in February, 1917, and the film was projected onto a four-sided screen using four separate projectors. The movie made a tremendous impression on the young viewer because he was sitting where he could see two sides of the screen at once, and they were not quite in sync.
b.
Alex is driving such a pile of garbage car because the production was running low on money when it came time to get a car for his character.
c.
Most of the clothes used on the film are original polyester clothes from the 1970s. They were bought brand new from a warehouse.
d.
It took
Peter Sellers
nearly nine years to get this movie made by a studio, mostly because by the 1970s Sellers career had hit rock bottom and no studio in Hollywood would dare work with him. After the revival (and success) of the Pink Panther movies, Lorimar pictures finally greenlit the project.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Shot on 35mm film,
Walter Murch
then cut it on Final Cut Pro.
b.
The film was planned during production of the first film.
c.
The Mansion used in the movie was The Biltmore Mansion in North Carolina.
d.
Exterior of the arcade is the actual exterior of the warehouse in which the arcade set was built.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Martin Scorsese
has stated that he "probably should not have made" the film.
b.
The role of Ducky was
Judith Barsi
s favorite of her own film roles.
c.
Shot in eight days.
d.
Peter Sellers
patterned the voice for Chance the gardener after his idol,
Stan Laurel
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Despite
Peter Sellers
repeated requests, the producers would not remove the out-takes from the version they submitted to Cannes.
b.
Holly Lynn Ellis
was the voice on the phone of both Megs mom and Mikes mother-in-law.
c.
In his helicopter mode, Blackouts vertical stabilizer reads 4500X. The same registration also appears on
Michael Bay
s privately-owned jet.
d.
The play was inspired by playwright John Herberts own experiences in the Canadian prison system. Like the character Mona, he was sent to prison (in 1947) after he was robbed and beaten by a group of teens who then accused him of having made a pass at them. Like Queenie, he performed in drag in the prison Christmas show.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Originally there was a different last shot planned for the funeral sequence at the end of the film. Director
Hal Ashby
was chatting with another director one day about filming when he commented how well everything was going. "Its like walking on air," he said, then suddenly was struck with a thought. He changed the last shot to the one that appears now in the movie.
b.
The bell in the tower of Friar Tucks church was a real bell added into the film.
c.
Stan Lee
: man watching news footage.
d.
Original cast members
Berton Churchill
(President Arthur) was replaced by
Emmett Corrigan
and
David Landau
(Hook) was replaced by
Lee Kohlmar
.
John Marston
(Gelsey) was not seen in the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
At the end of the movie, David Grant (
Kurt Russell
) asks Jean (
Halle Berry
) if she likes hockey, and Jean replies, "Hockey? No, I only like baseball." At the time, Halle Berry was married to then-Atlanta Braves outfielder
David Justice
.
b.
Abigail Breslin
wore a fat suit for the part of Olive.
c.
Within the film industry, no one understood the vision of the film at first since the director wanted the waves to be the only "bad guy". Then the tsunami hit on 26 December 2004, and every company came knocking.
d.
In different versions, the end credits are either shown over retakes of Chance saying a line that was not in the movie, (the message from Raphael, restored to the home video version) or shown over TV white noise.
Peter Sellers
was at the films screening at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival and was furious with director
Hal Ashby
and the producers for including the outtakes version of the end credits at this performance as well as the audiences reaction to them. This incident may have finally made the producers change their minds. When the film opened soon after in Australia in late May 1980, the entire end credits were removed from all prints (leading to a deafening thud on the soundtrack after the films final line). These prints were all replaced with versions including the white noise end credits, including the films main theme by composer
Johnny Mandel
.
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