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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bird (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bird (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Bird (1988).
About the movie:
The troubled life and career of the jazz musician, Charlie "Bird" Parker.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bird (1988)?
a.
Melody Pattersons dialog in the opening scene was dubbed over by famed voice actress
June Foray
. After the first scene, the dialog is spoken by Patterson.
b.
British resident for many years
Bob Sherman
died before this film came out there.
c.
The project was originally intended for
Richard Pryor
at Columbia Pictures eight years earlier. Persuaded by
Clint Eastwood
, Columbia traded it to Warner Bros. for
Revenge
, for which he was originally the director.
d.
Jackie Chan
s first American film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bird (1988)?
a.
The producers were set on casting
Bill Murray
as
Larry Flynt
but according to
Milos Forman
, Murray never returned his phone calls.
b.
This movie was included in the National Board of Reviews Top Ten of its 1949 year, ranking at number eight.
c.
The title is a poke at Hollywoods trend to exploit any popular trend by turning it into a movie. Before the "Pizza: The Movie" was settled on, "Roadwaiters" was also strongly considered as a title.
d.
Clint Eastwood
approached Chan Richardson,
Charlie Parker
s common-law wife on whose memoirs the script was based, for input. She gave Eastwood a collection of lost recordings unlocked from a bank vault.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bird (1988)?
a.
Though the actual saxophone playing is original
Charlie Parker
performances, the body and fingering during those are performed by
Charles McPherson
, who had to learn to breathe exactly like Parker did in the recordings.
b.
Two Dodge Chargers were purchased for a total of $2, given that after the making of the film they would be sold back to the original owner for $1.25 a piece.
c.
The camera operator used a cowboy saddle to be on top of the shark in a few scenes.
d.
Screenwriter
Robin Morningstar
approached the property owner
Jordan Mechner
with a script based on the original
Prince of Persia
game of the franchise, the aim being working as a team to get a film made. He and his materials were abruptly exorcised before Disney bought the film rights to the series. The Disney film focuses on the much-later
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
story arc, whilst the game canon seemingly reboots well clear of its origins with a new game titled simply
Prince of Persia
. Morningstars script, much like the original 1989 canon, is out in the cold. (This was referred to briefly during interview in Retro Gamer Magazine Issue 51.)
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bird (1988)?
a.
When Data is malfunctioning, Picard gets him to recite Gilbert and Sullivans "H.M.S. Pinafore". In the Isaac Asimov story "Runaround" a malfunctioning robot recites Gilbert and Sullivan while evading capture by his human masters. Much of Datas character is taken from Asimovs writings (such as Datas "Positronic Net", adapted from Asimovs "Positronic" brains).
b.
Clint Eastwood
, a lifelong jazz fan, had been fascinated by
Charlie Parker
and his music since seeing him play in Oakland in 1945.
c.
Marni Nixon
(who dubbed for
Natalie Wood
) had to do the end of quintet for
Rita Moreno
. The reason was that
Betty Wand
and Moreno both had colds and could not sing, so the filmmakers asked Nixon to do the end. So she is singing two voices at once.
d.
The image of a skull can be seen on one of the fishing lures as it turns. This can be seen in the beginning of the movie as
Ewan McGregor
, as narrator, talks about how some fish cannot be caught.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bird (1988)?
a.
The scene where the fake Santa is chasing Buddy had to be done in one take because it was too hard to rebuild everything.
b.
Keith David
and
Forest Whitaker
had previously co-starred in
Platoon
.
c.
Zelda Rubinstein
filmed her part in six days.
d.
Gossip columnist Elwell (
David White
) is also a character in
The Comedian
. Both productions are from material by
Ernest Lehman
.
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