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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Black Friday (1940) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Black Friday (1940)

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About the movie: When his friend Professor Kingsley is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		This movie became the first big-screen casualty of the Hollywood writers strike in 2007, because Akiva Goldsmans script still needed work, and he was on strike with the Writers Guild of America. So, production of the movie had to be postponed.
b.		Chris Farleys last film
c.		Noah Hathaway almost lost an eye during the fight-scene versus Gmork. One of the claws on his giant paws poked him in the face. The robot was also so heavy that he lost his breath as well when he was hit to the ground by it. They only made one shot due to the risk that he would get seriously wounded.
d.		Despite problems with Boris Karloff, who steadfastly insisted that the studio comply with the union-mandated eight-hour day (a rule largely ignored, except when a major star demanded compliance), director Arthur Lubin was able to bring the picture in on schedule and $5,000 under budget.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		The school that Susie attends is based on General Wayne Middle School in Malvern, Pennsylvania (now known as General Wayne Elementary School), which Alice Sebold attended in the 1970s.
b.		Bela Lugosi was originally cast as Dr. Sovac and Boris Karloff as Kingsley/Cannon, but Karloffs interpretation of the gangster was unconvincing and he was replaced by Stanley Ridges. Karloff instead got the role as Dr. Sovac and Lugosi got a minor role, although his second billing remained. (Bojarski, "The Films of Bela Lugosi", 1980)
c.		Will Smith joined the project as star and producer in June 2006, while director Gabriele Muccino followed more than a year later in September 2007. As for Rosario Dawson and Woody Harrelson, they both came on board in December 2007.
d.		In Bulgaria the film is distributed under the title BSP (Besni Strashni Pensii - which means Furious Frightful Pensioners). But BSP is also a mock title referring to the abbreviation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). Its political color is red and its voters are mainly elder and retired people - just like the REDs.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		The real house used during filming can be found at 3159 W 11th Street in Cleveland, Ohio. Pictures and a "Street View" of the house can be seen on Google Maps. A nearby street that intersects with W. 11th St is Clark Avenue.
b.		Originally budgeted at $130,750.
c.		In the original screenplay, the Icarus payload was the same size, but was made of highly compressed dark matter (there is no mention of needing fissile material) and had the same mass as the moon, so it had its own gravity (one-sixth the Earths normal). The science advisor pointed out problems with using a bomb that massive, so it was reduced to the mass of Manhattan. A take with the original line can be seen on the DVD, in a deleted scene.
d.		Official Selection - Long Island International Film Expo.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		Originally intended as a TV series; three episodes were re-edited into a movie.
b.		Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier.
c.		After finishing this film, Cary Grant was quoted as saying, "All I want for Christmas is to make another movie with Audrey Hepburn," Although this sadly never happened, Grant was offered the role of Higgins in My Fair Lady, and requested Hepburn as his co-star in Father Goose..
d.		The title "House of..." could refer to the ruins/house owned by Ludwig Frankenstein, the second son of Henry Frankenstein (portrayed by Cedric Hardwicke) in The Ghost of Frankenstein. Its also the same "house" where Lawrence Talbot discovers the Monster in ice in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man; and, of course, where Neiman discovers the Wolfman and the Monster in this film. (The castle is entirely washed away in the flood at the climax of " - Meets the Wolf Man," but is inexplicably semi-intact here.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		The play opened in New York City on 24 December 1917 and ran for 232 performances.
b.		Long after Bela Lugosis death, it was revealed that the "hypnosis" angle was a complete hoax, but Boris Karloff played along at the time of the films release, stating that he was convinced that Lugosi had been hypnotized, because he had never seen his fellow co-star keep his back to the camera so long.
c.		Phils afro is real; actor Brock Harris Hill spent one year and five months growing it. He wanted to cut it in May 2006, but director Heath McKnight insisted he grow it further for 9:04 AM (he was cast five months before production started in October 2006).
d.		The random couple in the elevator introduce themselves as "Phil Connors" and his wife "Rita". These are the same names as the characters played by Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day. Danny Rubin and Jefery Levy co-wrote the screenplays for both films.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		C3P0 was originally only supposed to appear in scenes set in and around the slave quarters. During post production George Lucas decided to optically add the droid to several outside scenes.
b.		According to contemporary publicity reports, Bela Lugosi was put under hypnosis by technical advisor Manley P. Hall to make his death scene more realistic and harrowing.
c.		Much of the information in the movie is based on the book, "Youre Okay, Its Just a Bruise: A Doctors Sideline Secrets About Pro Footballs Most Outrageous Team," by Rob Huizenga.
d.		The closing legend of the film mentions the testing of a drug named BZ in Vietnam. BZ is NATO code for a hallucinogen called 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, which was rumored to have been administered to US troops during the Vietnam War in an attempt to increase their combat abilities.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		The water tanks used in the film to act as the "cold fusion project" are similar to those used in hydro and massage therapy.
b.		Shooting lasted from December 28, 1939-January 18, 1940, released March 21.
c.		The production shoot for this movie went for nine weeks with cast and crew working six day weeks.
d.		In a couple of scenes in this movie, the No. 2 box-office star of the time, Burt Reynolds, wears a pink Members Only jacket. During the era that this movie was made, the No. 1 big box-office star of the time, Clint Eastwood, who had starred with Reynolds in his previous picture City Heat, also sports pink in a picture, as he drives a pink Cadillac in the movie, Pink Cadillac.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Friday (1940)?
a.		This was originally intended to be a John Barrymore vehicle. However Barrymores alcoholism was catching up with him and his memory repeatedly failed. After three days of production with virtually nothing shot, the producers were forced to replace him with Ricardo Cortez.
b.		Joseph Greco: The scene at 41:55 of the South Florida State Hospital as Chris sees it through a chain link fence is a cameo of sorts - the director is one of the "workers" walking past the building, "not because I wanted to, but because we had no one else and I needed someone in the background, walking, to liven up the shot."
c.		The only one of the eight films featuring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in which the two stars have no scenes together.
d.		Among its highly diverse international cast, this film contains almost zero Russian actors or even actors of Russian heritage.

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