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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Big (1988) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Big (1988) - 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: Big (1988).
About the movie:
When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
The native village huts were left over from RKOs
Bird of Paradise
. The Great Wall was part of the Temple of Jerusalem set for
Cecil B. DeMille
s Biblical epic
The King of Kings
. The Great Wall set was later reused in Selznicks
The Garden of Allah
and finally redressed with Civil War era building fronts, burned and pulled down by a tractor to film the burning of Atlanta munitions warehouses in
Gone with the Wind
.
b.
John Landis
initially wanted to keep the werewolfs screen time to a minimum, having it only appear in a couple scenes, just enough to give an impression of something huge and ferocious. The long shot of the werewolf cornering Gerald Bringsley on the Underground escalator was an example of this. Landis decision to show the werewolf as much as it was shown was based on the fact that Landis loved
Rick Baker
s design of the monster.
c.
The films budget was estimated at $17 million.
d.
The telephone number that
Robert Redford
dials for the White House is the real number of the White House Switchboard: 456-1414.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
The camp in Uganda where we first meet Mr White and Le Chiffre was actually filmed just outside of London.
b.
Susans car is a 1988 Subaru XT6.
c.
At the start of the movie, when Uma Thrumans character is flipping through radio stations, one of the songs you hear is "Shes not there" by The Zombies (1964), which was covered under the title "About Her" by
Malcolm McLaren
. That cover was used in
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
which Uma also starred in.
d.
Although the film was shot sporadically over the course of the summer of 2008, only 11 full days were used for shooting.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
In the first classroom scene, Mr. Thorn is writing rules on the blackboard, and at the bottom it says, "No Slackers." Mr. Thorn is played by
James Tolkan
, who played Mr. Strickland in the "Back to the Future" series, and was fond of calling both Marty and his father slackers.
b.
Susie Garrison
, who plays Vivian in the film, voiced Sheilas character in the stage version of the show. Sheila was an offstage character who called on the phone.
c.
The musical version of "Big" opened at the Shubert Theater on April 28, 1996, ran for 193 performances and was nominated for the 1996 Tony Awards for the Best Original Book and Score.
d.
William Wyler
was an assistant director on the original
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
and 34 years later directed its remake,
Ben-Hur
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
Detective Loomis eats in every single scene, and the food he eats (chips, cake, pie, chocolate, sweets, etc.) is always something different.
b.
Ben Folds re-wrote the lyrics to the closing song "Rockin the Suburbs", replacing the teenage angst and nu metal parodies with a more child-friendly attack on Suburbia. This version also features a spoken part by William Shatner, who plays Ozzie in the film
c.
The bombs are made from an HO scale piggyback trailer kit and parts of 1/25th scale model car kits; "Matra", the name of the car, can be seen on some parts in some shots.
d.
The football jersey Susan is wearing to bed is a NY Jets Jersey with #99 on it. At that time
Mark Gastineau
wore #99 for the Jets.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
Composer
James Newton Howard
composed an elegant and beautiful score for Harvey Dent, which would serve as a jarring contrast to Two-Faces persona.
b.
A little-known band in Manchester, UK have adopted the name of Eli and The Third Revelation in homage to the film.
c.
When they get to the party Ronna introduces her and Claire as Kelly and Donna, characters from the original
Beverly Hills, 90210
.
d.
Ranked #10 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Fantasy" in June 2008.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
Dino De Laurentiis
, who had produced
Manhunter
, passed on Silence of the Lambs because Manhunter had flopped. He gave the rights away free to Orion Pictures.
b.
According to actor
Robert Loggia
, on the day they filmed the famous keyboard scene at F.A.O. Schwarz, he and
Tom Hanks
noticed that doubles dressed like them were on hand just in case the two could not do the dance moves correctly. It became their goal to do the entire keyboard number without the aid of the doubles. They succeeded.
c.
The name of Stowes character, Miyrea, is an anagram of Stowes real-life, Costa Rican mother, Mireya.
d.
"Let justice be done though the heavens fall" is an old Roman maxim: Fiat justitia ruat caelum.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
A model miniature was used for some of the shots in the climactic scene. At least part of the illumination coming out of the ship was created by a set of Christmas lights strung up on the back of a metal plate, behind little tiny alien figures, creating the silhouetted look we see. This was composited into a shot with real-life actors.
b.
Close to 800 girls auditioned for the part of Lolita Haze.
c.
The fine print beneath the newspaper photo showing the spray-painted police car credits
Wil Shriner
as the photographer.
d.
Josh and Billy attend a Yankees game in July 1987.
Tim Stoddard
is pitching to Angel Salazar with
Bo Jackson
leading off first base.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
Kevin Smith
had previously acted alongside
Bruce Willis
in
Live Free or Die Hard
. Smith also appeared in
Manchild
, which was written by the screenwriters,
Mark Cullen
and
Robb Cullen
.
b.
There is actually no establishment called "Stan Makitas Donuts" in or around the Chicagoland area, although many moviegoers will claim to have been there or driven past it.
c.
Six people received the films six Golden Raspberry Award nominations, each in a different category. None of them won.
d.
The offices of an actual advertising agency on 23rd Street in the Chelsea district in New York City was used for the scenes involving the fictitious MacMillan Toys Company, which were very hard on both the film crew and the actual workers of the agency. The location fee of $25,000 was donated to the American Craft Museum by the agency and Twentieth Century-Fox.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
Kelly MacDonald
(Pia) was considered for the role of Stella.
b.
The world premiere was at the Liberty Theatre in Seattle, Washington, where
Frances Farmer
once worked as an usherette.
c.
Debra Winger
was original considered for the Susan Lawrence role but could not take the part because she was pregnant at the time. She recommended
Elizabeth Perkins
.
d.
Puente Antiguo, the name of the town in which most of the film takes place, means old bridge, a possible reference to it being the frequent destination of the Bifrost bridge.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Big (1988)?
a.
Albert Brooks
turned down the role of Josh Baskin.
b.
Canadian pop singer
Corey Hart
was asked to screen test for the part of Marty.
c.
Dastan is a name from Ferdowsis Shahnameh that means "the trickster".
d.
Writer/Director Brad Eggerton used Sherlock Holmes novels to come up with some of the names for the characters in his screenplay for "The Fifth". (i.e., "Baker" comes from Baker Street). The name Maycomb was taken from the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" which was the town in which Atticus, Scout, and Jem Finch lived in.
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