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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Being There (1979) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Being There (1979) - Part (2) 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.
Tim Burton
: [music] music by
Danny Elfman
b.
If you look very carefully at Puss-in-boots eyes in the famous "doe eyes" scene, you can see a reflection of the RE/MAX real estate agency logo and characteristic balloon.
c.
Last cinema role of
Richard Basehart
.
d.
It took 42 days to edit the final duel between Barry and Lord Bullingdon.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Shirley MacLaine
s masturbation scene was shot seventeen times.
b.
The directors decided that
Vincent Price
was all they needed, so they hired no other actors from the first movie. Filming was completed in March 1959 for July release.
c.
Valerie Perrine
and
Sally Kellerman
were mentioned in columns as possible Carole Lombards.
d.
This movie was made and released about three years after its
Charles McCarry
source novel The Better Angels was first published in 1979. This film was loosely based on this book.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
The car used in the movie is a FIAT Regata - it was produced from 1983 to 1990.
b.
The inscription "Life is a state of mind" is on Rands tomb and also serves as the last line in the movie. These words were also inscribed on
Peter Sellers
own tomb, when he died a year after the movie was released.
c.
The release of this movie was delayed to be released after
The Princess Diaries
so that the film makers could capitalize on the success
Anne Hathaway
had in that film.
d.
Wikus as a prawn is slightly different looking than other prawns. His antennas are shorter, and he stands over a foot shorter than the other prawns. The prawns, such as Christopher, stand at roughly seven feet tall. Actor Sharlto Copley (Wikus) stands 5ft 11.5 inches, making him a full foot shorter than the prawns. Biologically speaking, it is very unlikely Wikus would gain a foot of height when he transforms, making him a much shorter prawn.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
The space suits are made to resemble the space suit of the Mattel action figure "Major Matt Mason", which was used in slightly modified form as a miniature for effects shots.
b.
Peter Sellers
prepared for the role of Chance by recording his voice over and over again, experimenting with different styles and tones. He chose a deliberately blank style to convey the character.
c.
According to filmmaker Shatzberg, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were early champions of the film, helping to get it financed via their film production company at Universal.
d.
David Lean
cast
Julie Christie
as Lara after seeing her in
Billy Liar
(which also featured
Tom Courtenay
), and on the recommendation of
John Ford
, who had directed her in
Young Cassidy
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
The members of the band "Sons of Thunder" (
Monty Colvin
,
Alan Doss
,
Ben Huggins
and
Mitchell Dane Sonnier
) are actually members of another group called "The Galactic Cowboys".
b.
Based on the lives and careers of vaudeville comics
Joe Smith
and
Charles Dale
(né Sultzer and Marks). Unlike the characters in the Broadway play and later film, Smith and Dale were almost inseparable friends. In fact, when Dale died in 1971, Smith commissioned a single tombstone to be prepared for them both, ordering that the inscription read "Smith and Dale."
c.
The role of the Sheriff of Nottingham was originally offered to
Richard E. Grant
.
d.
Finnish certificate # 88400 delivered on 31-7-1980.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Ruth Attaway
s last screen appearance.
b.
After five months of filming and ever-escalating budgetary and production problems, the studio fired director
Joshua Logan
and had assistant director
Tom Shaw
complete the film, without credit.
c.
P.J.s intials stand for "Pete Junior".
d.
The police officer radios in an accident at mile marker 180 (the accident where the news van eventually blows up). Also when Kim is standing next to her SUV at the exit ramp just before the officer pulls her out of the way of a truck, she sees a road work sign "next 180 feet". These are references to flight 180 in the first movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Tim Burton
turned down an opportunity to direct so he could direct
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
.
b.
After the novels release and the subsequent purchase of rights to the book,
Peter Sellers
successfully lobbied for the lead role by sending a telegram to author
Jerzy Kosinski
with the message "Gardener available for work". It was during casting and after the success of the later Pink Panther movies that Sellers was the only choice for the lead role.
c.
After his embarrassment before the Senate Appropriations Comitte,
J. Edgar Hoover
is telling his assistant to release a press statement through
Walter Winchell
to discredit the senator who humiliated Hoover. Walter Winchell was famous radio show host and New York news columnist who was friends with Hoover. Winchell also hung around with famous New York gangsters like
Lucky Luciano
,
Meyer Lansky
, and
Frank Costello
.
d.
There are many references to the actual fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: - 7 dorks : 7 dwarfs - #1 on "Hot or Not" list : Fairest of them all - Poison Apple Virus : Poison Apple to eat - The Vortex : The cottage - Tyler kisses Sydney to wake up from sleep : Prince kisses Snow White to wake up from death - "Things are looking grim, brothers" : The Grimm Brothers wrote the original Snow White - Rachel has tried to socially "kill" Sydney, but failed : The Evil Queen tried to physically kill Snow White, but failed - Tyler and Sydney were good friends early : The Prince and Snow White were good friends early
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Some years ago in a shop dealing with historic documents, a photo still from
Casablanca
was found, showing Rick sitting at the chess board. Accompanying the photo was a letter from
Humphrey Bogart
to a friend in New York, indicating a specific chess move. The document dealer explained that the chess game in the movie was a real game Bogart was playing by mail with his friend during the course of filming.
b.
Will Ferrell
had earlier appeared in the animated series
Cow and Chicken
, which had lampooned the Superman story by having a Spanish-speaking hero named Supercow.
c.
The New Hampshire greetings office and Toms apartment were filmed in the same building.
d.
Hal Ashby
: The bearded man at a filing cabinet in the newsroom, just before Chances TV appearance.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Being There (1979)?
a.
Paul W.S. Anderson
: During the opening dream sequence, a book floats past the camera, featuring a picture of the director and his name.
b.
The South African Publications Control Board ordered that the final minutes of this film be cut from the South African release print as the scene showing Chance walking on the water surface "might offend many South African Christians".
c.
Susan Sarandon
owns the dog who plays Doris pet. The dogs name is Penny, a Pomeranian Maltese.
d.
When Farva is handcuffed to the toilet, it is a lime that is taped into his mouth.
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