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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) - 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: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).
About the movie:
Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogamil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
An early draft written by Bud Shrake and Dan Jenkins involved Axel going undercover as a Beverly Hills rent-a-cop who helps Rosewood, Taggart, and Bogamil stop a corrupt security service operated by a Detroit hoodlum turned businessman. The script also called Chief Hubbard from Cop 1 to return and for Axel to have a 20 something female partner/love interest named "Lucy".
b.
Tobey Maguire
s agent asked for $25 million or 10% of the gross, whichever was better, from Columbia Pictures and was denied.
c.
Some of
H.R. Giger
s design for the film involved a puma-like alien with claws. The producers also instructed him to do more sexy designs, so he created a drawing of an alien, which, in close view, had the lips of a woman. One of his ideas involved the alien kissing the victims and killing them that way (an idea that was later used in the movie
Species
where the main creature was also designed by Giger).
d.
The writer/director Roze ate a live bark beetle while preparing for the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
D.W. Griffith
invested more than $2 million on the film, an unprecedented amount of money at the time. "Intolerance" never even came close to earning back its budget - audiences in 1916 were completely unused to seeing films which ran in excess of 3 hours. Even when it was re-cut and released as 2 separate features, "The Fall of Babylon" and "The Mother and the Law", it still failed to make money.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Just before the final gun battle, Rosewood is seen pulling out guns from an arsenal in his trunk. This is a nod to co-producer
Don Simpson
. According to
Judge Reinhold
in the making of documentary for the first film, he recalls that the first time he met Simpson, the producer showed off his collection of guns in the trunk of his car.
d.
The starship Oberon is named after a selfish faerie king of immense power in
William Shakespeare
s "A Midsummer Nights Dream". Thade is based on
Hideki Tojo
, the Japanese Minister of War who decided to go to war with the United States in 1941.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
Hunter S. Thompson
: at the Jefferson Airplane show. When
Johnny Depp
, as Thompson, sees the real Thompson, Depps narration says "There I was . . . mother of God, there I am!"
b.
This movie had two working titles: The Eagle Squadron and The Eagle Flies Again.
c.
Make-up director
Gordon Bau
and a team of eight assistants spent ten hours applying the temporary tattoos to
Rod Steiger
s torso, plus another full day tattooing his hands, legs and lower body.
d.
Pay attention to Axel as he is leaving his apartment during the opening credits. As he closes the door, you can see the initials "AF" scratched into the door. Theyre (obviously) the initials for "Axel Foley".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
The Alphabet crimes are: A: Adrianos (jewellery store) B: Bogomil (Taggart and Rosewoods commanding officer) C and D: City Deposit E and F: Empyrian Fields (race track)
b.
This film served as something of a template for "Dragnet," which debuted on radio the following year, right down to the "this is the city" style opening narration, and the fact that a disclaimer appears at the beginning informing the audience that the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
c.
Lou Costello
, as he did in virtually all the films he appeared in, makes a reference to his home town of Paterson, New Jersey.
d.
Ryan Phillippe
and
Kerr Smith
were both considered for the role of Father William Francis.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
Last film of
Alfred Lynch
.
b.
The only film in the trilogy that was shot on 2.35:1 aspect ratio whereas the first and third one where shot on 1.85:1.
c.
This film was a hit in the Soviet Union at the time, as the film showed a working-class rebellion against a corrupt government.
d.
During the planning on the original incarnation of this movie back in 1999, was to feature a love stricken Randal, who instead of Dante, was going to be learning to dance/falling in love atop a roof at the Seaside Heights boardwalk, with all those dancers treading the boards below. The dance partner/love interest
Kevin Smith
had in mind for him was
Alanis Morissette
as the original Becky.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
Jurgen Prochnow (Duke Leto Atreides) and Dean Stockwell (Dr. Wellington Yueh)also appeared together three years earlier in David Lynchs Dune.
b.
Josh Lucas
was considered for the role of Christopher Pike.
c.
The original script called for Shaun to beat Mary and the hulking zombie with a girls bicycle.
d.
In many ways, it was lucky this film was made in 1970, since the star sport cars Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512, arguably the two most legendary sports prototypes ever conceived, were actually very short lived. The Porsche appeared in 1969, the Ferrari in 1970, and both were withdrawn at the end of 1971 (as official factory-cars that is). The 1970 edition of Le Mans was the only one the Ferrari appeared in. The Porsche 917 won the 1970 and 1971 editions, Porsches first two overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They would go on to become the most successful marque with 16 overall wins. The most recent was 1998.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
First-time director
David Fincher
disowned the film, citing constant studio interference and actually walked out of production before editing began.
b.
Shot on a budget of only $2,500.
c.
In the scene where Taggart and Rosewood enter Axels "house" in Beverly Hills, Rosewood remarks to Taggart that maybe
The Pointer Sisters
live in the house. The Pointer Sisters performed the song "Neutron Dance" in the first Beverly Hills Cop film and they also perform "Be There" in the second.
d.
The role of Mrs. Hardy was originally intended for actress
Mae Busch
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
Hurd Hatfield
was only cast as Pontius Pilate after a number of British heavyweights had passed on the part.
b.
Calista Flockhart
s feature film debut.
c.
When Doreen asks Carter why he went away for so long, Carter responds, "Thats a long story." Doreen replies, "Its a long ride back." These lines were also spoken in
Rambo: First Blood Part II
when John Rambo is speaking with his Vietnamese insider.
d.
Chief Lutz mistakenly refers to Detective Rosewood by the wrong name, "Roseweed". In
Beverly Hills Cop
, the Chief also refers to Rosewood by the wrong name, "Rosemont".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
During the scene where the Dwarfs wash before eating Dopey swallows a bar of soap. A sequence showing how they got the soap back out of him was filmed as a pencil test but was not included in the film. It was later shown on the "Disneyland" TV show along with pencil test segment for the song "The Music In Your Soup".
b.
One of the movies producers,
David C. Robinson
(the son of the owner of the studio that made the movie), and his wife,
Susan Ward
, appear in non-speaking, uncredited cameos in the movies opening scenes.
c.
At 1 hour 42 minutes, the shortest running-time of all the Beverly Hills Cop movies made so far.
d.
Lux Radio Theatre version starring
Marion Davies
and
Joel McCrea
aired July 13, 1936.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)?
a.
When Bogamill calls Axel, Axel answers as George "Kingfish" Stevens. "Kingfish" is a character from the "Amos & Andy" comedies.
b.
The story was originally set in Southwestern Pennsylvania, the home state of writer Tony Urban. The setting was changed to Southern Illinois when producers decided to film there. Almost all references to Pennsylvania were changed - except one. Lennys comment about the neighbors vacationing in Delaware is one of the few references that remains unchanged.
c.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Flunk".
d.
Val Kilmer
frustrated director
John Frankenheimer
so much, that, after shooting Kilmers last scene in the movie, Frankenheimer is alleged to have said: "Cut. Now get that bastard off my set."
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