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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - 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: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
About the movie:
Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
First color film to win the Best Picture Oscar.
b.
Bobby Connolly
shot the Hawaiian number on the biggest set ever constructed at Warner Bros. studio up to that time. He followed with the military wedding number, using 400 professional dancers.
c.
In the original script, the time machine was a 1969 Chevy Van, but the filmmakers thought that it would be a rip-off of
Back to the Future
. So, they changed it to a phone booth (apparently unconcerned that
Doctor Who
uses a police telephone box as its time machine). Also, when they used the van, Bill and Ted picked up more historical figures than they did in the final film.
d.
When the guys first realize theyre in the 80s and images are flashing up on the TV, there is one shot of
Chevy Chase
from his appearance in a
Paul Simon
music video "You Can Call me Al" from 1986 which is the year the movie is set. Chase plays the repair man in the movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
The Kentucky Derby footage was the actual 1955 race, won by Swaps (
Willie Shoemaker
up) over over Nashua (
Eddie Arcaro
up.)
b.
At the time some of the German dubbed catch phrases (ie. "Volle Kanne, Hoschi") became so popular that they were adapted by many people and used as common language.
c.
Thomas Ikimi does the voice for the radio station Adam listens to in his apartment when he comes home from the roof.
d.
John Cusack
actually took some marionette-puppeteering lessons in order to prepare for the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
The 1974 Universal Studios annual report contained an advertisement for "Radioland Murders" as being in preparation. The ad gives the credits as "screenplay by
Willard Huyck
and
Gloria Katz
" "Produced by
Gary Kurtz
" and "Directed by
George Lucas
"
b.
The source play and subsequently also this filmed adaptation were inspired by the kidnapping and war-crimes trial of
Adolf Eichmann
, the events themselves later becoming the subject of their own movie,
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
.
c.
In the film, Bill and Ted claim that they need
Edward Van Halen
in their band to make it better. After the film was released, he jokingly said he would have joined their band if they had asked.
d.
The finale rescue was shot on location in the sea at Long Beach, California and on the ship the USS Alfred E. Cunningham (DD-752), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. Other location filming sites included the Pacific Ocean near Oahu, Hawaii for scenes on the USS Whitehurst portraying the USS Haynes.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
Principal photography was completed in 1987, but the films release was delayed because the films original distributor, DEG, went bankrupt before it could be released. Finally, Orion Pictures and Nelson Entertainment bought the rights to the movie in 1988, and it was released in 1989.
b.
One of two films released in 2009 to feature a talking fox. The other was
Lars von Trier
s controversial
Antichrist
. Both films feature actor Willem Defoe.
c.
The character played by
Walter Matthau
is based on real-life Justice Douglas.
d.
According to producer
Roy Huggins
, Gerards line in response to Richard Kimbles claim of innocence ("I didnt kill my wife") was originally read in the script as, "That isnt my problem." But at the request of
Tommy Lee Jones
, it was changed to, "I dont care."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
Joseph Olita
, who plays Idi Amin, also played him in
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
.
b.
The Circle K is in San Dimas at the corner of Walnut and Bonita Ave. The scenes at the convenience store were at least partially filmed at the Circle K at the northwest corner of Broadway and Hardy in Tempe, Arizona.
c.
When fully dressed and in make-up,
Natalie Portman
and
Keira Knightley
resembled each other so much, that even Knightleys mother
Sharman Macdonald
, who visited the set, had trouble identifying her own daughter.
d.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
During the scene where Batman and Robin bid for Poison Ivy, Batman pulls out his credit card. Its expiration date: FOREVER
b.
According to Director
Harold Ramis
he casted
John Candy
in the role of Laskey the Guard because he had enjoyed working with him on
Second City TV
(aka SCTV, Canadas version of
Saturday Night Live
) and that he also loved Candys "Paul Fistinyourface" character from the show. For the role of Laskey the Guard, Ramis directed Candy to portray the character as a sort-of relative to Paul Fistinyourface. Also worth mentioning is that
Eugene Levy
(the car salesman) also worked with Candy and Ramis on SCTV.
c.
Anthony Michael Hall
was asked to reprise his role from the first movie. Hall instead opted to do
Weird Science
.
d.
The footage for Napoleons battle in Austria (presumably Austerlitz) was taken from the American movie
War and Peace
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
Traci Lords
was in contention for the role of Holli Would but lost out to the more widely recognized
Kim Basinger
.
b.
This film marks the debut of Lola Bunny, Bugs love interest.
c.
Even though there isnt a note of music during the spectacular car chase,
William Friedkin
cut that sequence to the tempo of
Carlos Santana
s "Black Magic Woman"
d.
In the original outline for the movie, Rufus was a 28-year-old high school sophomore who befriended Bill and Ted. There was also a character named John the Serf, whom Bill and Ted picked up in medieval England.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
When
Joe Cornish
is on screen, we see
Lucy Akhurst
(Sophie in season two of (
Spaced
) as a zombie getting shot in the back. Shes the blond girl in the center of the screen, with Cornish to her right.
b.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3365, cast members re-enact dramatic moments out of the film.
c.
Bill and Ted began as a stand-up act in which the characters would discuss current events without knowing what they were talking about. Originally there was a third character named Bob, but the comedian who played him lost interest after a few performances
d.
In
Back to the Future
, when
Michael J. Fox
first enters his hometown, circa 1955, this film is playing at the local cinema.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
The cast and crew of the movie who did not live in the immediate area stayed at two of New Orleans signature properties, the Renaissance Pere Marquette and the Renaissance Arts for the duration of the filming.
b.
Vito Scotti
s final film.
c.
The majority of John Ottmans original score was rejected late in post-production and replaced with Marco Beltramis scores to
Scream
,
Scream 2
, and
Mimic
. The producers wanted a darker, more Scream-like score, while Ottmans score wasnt strong enough to fit the bill. Some of what remained of Ottmans score was heavily edited and often was used for scenes for which they were not originally intended. Nonetheless, Ottmans music was later released in its entirety on an album entitled "Portrait of Terror", from Varese Sarabande Records.
d.
The Three Most Important People In The World are played by
Clarence Clemons
,
Fee Waybill
and
Martha Davis
. Joan of Arc was played by
Jane Wiedlin
, guitarist for the Go-Gos. And
Stevie Salas
provides the fingering for Rufus during the jam session at the end of the movie.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)?
a.
350,000 feet of film were used.
b.
When Gattaca was first released, as part of a marketing campaign there were adverts for people to call up and have their children genetically engineered. Thousands of people called, wanting to have their offspring genetically engineered.
c.
On the cover of the British VHS re-release of the film (by BMG Entertainment International U.K. and Ireland Ltd. by Canal+ distribution) in 1997, there is a picture of Bill and Ted wearing tuxedos, linking arms with the Princess Babes. This is clearly from a deleted high school prom scene, which would have appeared near the end of the film.
d.
Cheapskate producer
Nat Levine
scored a windfall by being able to cast
Harry Carey
and
Edwina Booth
, who just came off starring in the major MGM hit
Trader Horn
. Booth was still recovering from a serious bout with a tropical disease contracted in Africa while filming this serial.
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