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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984).
About the movie:
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
The movie got almost no promotion, due to a feud between
Mathieu Kassovitz
and Fox studios over the final version.
b.
Robert Wagner
s first film.
c.
Inspector Todd of the Detroit Police was played by then Detroit Police Department Homocide Dectective
Gilbert R. Hill
. Det Hill later ran and won a seat on and served as President of the Detroit City Council.
d.
In a newspaper photo of the first valor award given, the presenter of the award was
Edmund Mortimer
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
The scene where Cole and Rowdy race rental cars on the beach shows birds scattering out of the way. The birds were lured onto the beach by birdseed, and in the first take most of them were run over.
b.
Bronson Pinchot
got the accent and mannerisms for his character Serge from a crew member he worked with on a earlier project. Like his character, that crew member always said, "Dont be stupid."
c.
This was director
Robert Stevenson
s last feature.
d.
Notre Dame University got a court injunction to delay the release of the film, claiming the studio had "knowingly and illegally misappropriated, diluted and commercially exploited for their private profit the names, symbols, football team, prestige, high reputation and goodwill" of the university. After three months of court battles, the studio won out.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
The house belonging to
James Woods
character Quentin was owned by
Phil Kaufman
, road manager for
Gram Parsons
at the time of his death. Kaufmans subsequent actions became the basis for the film
Grand Theft Parsons
.
Night Moves
cast and crew were shooting at the house the day the police came to question Kaufman, and as they were taking him away,
Arthur Penn
turned to
Gene Hackman
and said, "Man, were shooting the wrong movie".
b.
The T-shirt that
Eddie Murphy
wears in the film is from Mumford, an actual Detroit area school attended by one of the filmmakers. When film came out, the school received orders for the shirts from customers all over the world.
c.
The mannequin who gives the female lead something to drink is actually Schmoellers then-wife.
d.
John Ford
deliberately shot this film on soundstages in an effort to distance it from his Monument Valley epics.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
All of the paintings in Dr. Nevilles house were provided by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
b.
Gary Oldman
s (Ivan Korshunov) chilling performance earned him the nickname "Scary Gary" during production, however he did not stay in character between the scenes. Director Wolfgang Peterson called the filming experience Air Force Fun because of how comedic and genial Oldman would be off-screen. He also said that Oldman would suddenly return to the menacing film persona like a shot. Harrison Ford has since named Oldman as his favorite on-screen nemesis.
c.
Axel Foley was originally going to be played by
Sylvester Stallone
or
Mickey Rourke
. Stallone left the project and used some of his script ideas to make
Cobra
. Other actors who were considered for the role of Axel Foley were
Al Pacino
and
James Caan
.
d.
last US Studio film of
Andy Devine
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
The name of the character Kjell takes his name from the owner of the LEGO company: Kjeld
b.
The little toy soldier on the horse prop which is seen in the extended version now belongs to
Lisa Ellzey
who keeps it on her office desk.
c.
Robert Mitchum
had just returned from spending four months in Tobago filming
Fire Down Below
with Jack Lemmon and
Rita Hayworth
when he learned that his agent had committed him to this movie, filming in Tobago.
d.
Eddie Murphy
improvised much of his comic lines, as did
John Ashton
and
Judge Reinhold
. Literally hundreds of takes were ruined by cast members or actors or the director himself, who were unable to stop laughing during shooting because of this. During the "super-cops" monologue, Ashton is pinching his face hard and looking down in apparent frustration. If you look closely, you can see that he is actually laughing. Reinhold put his hand in his pocket and pinched his thigh really hard to prevent himself from laughing.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
In the art gallery, there is a large art piece containing several figures. One of the figures, a maitre d with a chain around its neck, is modeled after director
Martin Brest
.
b.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
When Cooper blows Jody off after the performance and walks off with another girl ( leaving Jody standing alone by the door) the "other girl" is played by Ethan Stiefels real-life girlfriend, ballerina
Gillian Murphy
.
d.
In the future scene when Reese throws a grenade under the wheel tread of one of Skynets machines, it took 26 attempts to get right.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
This film marked the first ever joint production by two big-name movie companies; Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox.
b.
During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be writing an article called "Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the World" for Rolling Stone magazine. In real life, Playboy ran an article called "Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World."
c.
According to Marc Eliots
Clint Eastwood
biography American Icon, the superstar cast
George Kennedy
because of the friendship that they had formed on their previous picture,
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
.
d.
This is the only real live action movie that
Burt Reynolds
and
Loni Anderson
made together though they both did do voice work for the animated pic
All Dogs Go to Heaven
. Reynolds and Anderson formed a relationship which lead to a five year marriage between 1988 and 1993, a marriage that began five years after this movie was made. Reportedly, their messy divorce drew much publicity from the media. The two first met on the set of
The Merv Griffin Show
in 1981 but did not start dating until 1982. This movie was made and released in 1983.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
Third Best Picture winner (along with
Crash
and
Casablanca
) to have originally premiered in the year before it qualified for Academy Awards consideration.
b.
All four Terminator films have had their climactic battle scenes take place in industrial settings.
The Terminator
saw Kyle and Sarah face a skinless T-800 in an automated factory;
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
had the T-800 and the T-1000 face off in a steel mill;
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
placed John, Kate and the T-850 at Cyber Research Systems, where John and Kate escaped the TX in a particle accelerator; and
Terminator Salvation
sees John and Marcus face off with the very first T-800 in a Skynet factory.
c.
The shooting script was literally pasted together from the half dozen or so scripts written for this project over the years. When they were stuck,
Eddie Murphy
would improvise dialog or create a scene.
d.
Variety reported that the film was rushed into release because of a gang shooting in Harlem in which several children were shot and the police could not get witnesses to talk. The Motion Picture Herald also reported that Warner Bros. gave the proceeds of the first two performances at The Winter Garden to families of 5 children who were shot by gang warfare in Little Italy.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
Shot in 33 days.
b.
This was made by blacklisted director
Herbert J. Biberman
, screenwriter
Michael Wilson
, producer
Paul Jarrico
and composer
Sol Kaplan
largely in retaliation to the fact that they had been blacklisted. They reasoned that since they werent allowed to work in Hollywood, they might as well make a film as pro-Communist as possible to fit the crime of which they had been accused.
c.
The earliest version of the script involved a cop in East L.A. who was transferred to Beverly Hills, before evolving into the story of a cop from the East Coast who came to Beverly Hills to avenge the death of his friend. Drafts before the script was locked in (and became more of the comedy it ended up being) gave the cops name as Axel Elly and set the out-of-Beverly Hills action in Pittsburgh.
d.
The soldiers in the film wear a unit patch with a large "22" on it. This is a fictional unit. The actual 22nd Infantry Division was a "Phantom Division" that never actually existed. It was created in World War II to fool German intelligence. The patch created is different from the one in the film, though.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)?
a.
Originally, two men were supposed to be working in the art gallery scenes. When the director heard
Bronson Pinchot
s Serge impersonation, however, he thought it was so hysterical he scaled back the other part to give Pinchot more screen time. The second actor shows up only briefly with his shirt collar open too wide, on which Serge comments.
b.
The famous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant swordsman was not in the original script.
Harrison Ford
was supposed to use his whip to get the swords out of his attackers hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful tries, Ford suggested "shooting the sucker."
Steven Spielberg
immediately took up the idea and the scene was successfully filmed.
c.
The only film based on a comic book, comic strip, or graphic novel to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
d.
In the beginning, Melissa hears in the mall "Does Anybody Know What Time it Is?", by Chicago. Its lyrics has to do with a stranger asking for the time. She is again approached later by an unrecognizable (at first) Max.
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