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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blazing Saddles (1974) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blazing Saddles (1974) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974).
About the movie:
To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
In Yiddish means, to "shtupp" means to "push" or to "stuff", which is a double entrendre. It has been replaced with "shhh" on some television broadcasts.
b.
The interrogation scene with Chuck played by
Damien Colletti
was so realistic that Damien was actually cut with the prop razor blade and had a 4 inch mark for several days on his face after filming it.
c.
Robert Stephens
said in a radio interview that most of his part was deleted from the final print.
d.
This remake of
Cat People
was made and released around the same time as
The Thing from Another World
was being remade as
The Thing
. Both originals were horror movie classics from the RKO Studio.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
The soundtrack CD won the 2010 Grammy Award for best comedy album.
b.
Though credited on screen as "Gum Chewer",
Don Megowan
actually played a different role in the film: he was the man who
Madeline Kahn
pushed into the audience after he lurched drunkenly toward her while she was on stage.
c.
Oscar Levant
, more of a pianist than an actor, signed onto the film because he was actually a friend of
George Gershwin
.
d.
Philip Baker Hall
had also previously starred in
The Zodiac
, another film adaptation of the Zodiac Killer. He played Frank Perkins.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
Both this movie and the original film Pet Sematary (1989) feature songs by The Ramones during their closing credits.
b.
Financed entirely by Japanese private equity.
c.
The sound effects for the famous wind-breaking scene (with the cowboys around the camp fire letting nature take its natural course after a meal of beans) were added in the cutting room by
Mel Brooks
and any passer-by, who rubbed soap onto their hands and placed the hand under the armpit, and then closing the armpit.
d.
The TCM print had an onscreen copyright statement which read "copyright 1945 by Ermo Productions." It suggests that associate producer
Joseph N. Ermolieff
obtained the rights to the movie and modified the title page. All other onscreen credits, however, agreed with those listed in the AFI Catalogue and the IMDb database.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
The scene in which
Cleavon Little
draws a gun upon himself to save himself from the townspeoples wrath was based on a childhood incident from
Mel Brooks
. Brooks said that once, to his disbelief, he stole some gum and a water pistol from a drugstore; when a store worker tried to stop him, Brooks held the worker at bay with the very water pistol he had just fingered from the store.
b.
According to
Robert Mitchum
s autobiography, Mitchum himself was openly contemptuous of
Shelley Winters
throughout the shooting of the film, and later claimed to have wished
Charles Laughton
had actually used Winters in the scene when her characters body is seen dead underwater.
c.
Christopher Hitchens
is the internationally known author and commentator whose recent book God Is Not Great makes an argument for religion being a poison to modern civilization.
d.
Julie Andrews
was considered for the role of Susy Hendrix.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
The "electric jacket" worn by
Robin Williams
was created by the Italian actor
Giancarlo Giannini
.
b.
Although set during WW2, this is a deliberate allegory of the conflict that was raging in Vietnam at the time.
c.
When auditioning for the role of Lilly,
Madeline Kahn
was asked by
Mel Brooks
to pull up her skirt so he could see her legs. She was quite hesitant, being unclear of Brookss intentions. Brooks actually just wanted to see if she had legs good enough to approximate
Marlene Dietrich
s famous "gams".
d.
Filmed in only 20 days.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
After writing his first two feature films on his own,
Mel Brooks
was nostalgic for the collaborative group writing style of his days on
Your Show of Shows
, so he employed 4 other writers to work with. According to co-writer
Andrew Bergman
, who wrote the treatment on which the film is based, almost all of the scenes include some contribution from the 5 writers.
b.
Mick Gould
: Gould is shown nodding his head at Hanna and Casalas in the hallway before capturing Hugh Benny.
c.
Most of the license plates are all abbreviations for titles of films by
John Hughes
. Katies = VCTN (National Lampoons
Vacation
); Jeannies = TBC (
The Breakfast Club
); Toms = MMOM (
Mr. Mom
); Rooneys = 4FBDO (
Ferris Buellers Day Off
). The exception is Camerons Ferrari (seen when Ferris first pulls out of the garage), the license plate of which reads NRVOUS.
d.
The music during Miss Jones first entrance is the same music that
Nelson Riddle
used as the Penguins Theme in the
Batman
TV show.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
Although there are many claims of real Mafiosi as cast members
Francis Ford Coppola
stated in a May 2009 interview with
Howard Stern
that no organized crime members were cast or used as consultants. Coppola went on to explain there are expectations of reciprocity once one is provided a "favor" by an organized crime member or otherwise involved in a business action with the same. He specifically denied the connection of
Gianni Russo
to organized crime. The closest Coppola claims to have come to a real gangster during production, at least to his knowledge, was an interaction with
Lenny Montana
, who played Luca Brasi. Coppola said when he asked if Montana knew how to spin the cylinder of the revolver Montana replied "You kiddin?".
b.
When
Harvey Korman
s character purchases a ticket at the Graumans Chinese Theater box office, you can see the original film title, "BLACK BART" in the poster case in the background.
c.
Unlike
Ridley Scott
s previous film
G.I. Jane
, this production received the full co-operation of the US military.
d.
Film debut of
Noah Beery Jr.
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
Don Coscarelli
has revealed that some elements of this movie were influenced by
Stephen King
, specially a few aspects of his novel Salems Lot. A small part of it at the end, when the characters go out on the road chasing down vampires, gave him the "road movie" idea of Mike and Reggie chasing The Tall Man.
b.
Marlon Brando
and
Robert De Niro
are the only two actors to ever win separate Oscars for playing the same character. Brando won Best Actor for
The Godfather
and De Niro won Best Supporting Actor for this movie, both in the role of Vito Corleone.
c.
One studio executive stopped
Mel Brooks
in an elevator at the Warner Brothers lot and told him that several scenes were offensive and needed to be cut in order for the picture to be released. Brooks nodded and agreed to be polite even though he had no intention of changing a thing, being that he had final cut written into his contract.
d.
Daniel Stern
declined the riding lessons offered for the movie in order to better convey his characters inexperience at horse riding.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
The films costs were proving too much for Universal, so MGM bought the rights for $300,000 from them. Ultimately the film cost MGM about $2 million to make, a huge amount in its day. It did however go on to earn over $40 million.
b.
CHAPTER TITLES: 1. Bloody Money; 2. The Mushroom Bullet; 3. Stolen Evidence; 4. Facing Death; 5. The Black Wallet; 6. The Lions Claws; 7. Over the City; 8. Treachery; 9. Dynamite; 10. The Mystic Power (aka The Mystics Power); 11. Man and Beast; 12. Deep Waters; 13. A Fight for Life; 14. Out of the Clouds; 15. The Woman in Black; 16. The Cradle of Death; 17. The Final Reckoning; 18. The Lost Heritage.
c.
Madeline Kahn
started working on the movie the day after being fired from the role of Agnes Gooch in
Mame
.
Lucille Ball
believed that Kahn got herself fired (by deliberately acting poorly) so that she could take the role of Lili Von Shtupp in this film, but still get paid for the Gooch role in "Mame", which by her contract wouldnt have happened if shed merely quit.
d.
The first time that
Zachary Quinto
met
Leonard Nimoy
in the set, Nimoy said to the young actor: "You have no idea what youre in for."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blazing Saddles (1974)?
a.
Irwin Fletchers daydream of playing in the NBA was based partly on another "Earvin"; former L.A. Laker
Magic Johnson
. In the movies promotional poster, Fletchs team ID card bears the name "Magic Christian" (a reference to
The Magic Christian
, a 1969
Peter Sellers
movie based on a
Terry Southern
novel).
b.
The Battle of Helms Deep features hundreds of spears made of cardboard tubes so that none of the charging horses would be injured.
c.
Just like
George Furth
s character is named after
Van Johnson
,
David Huddleston
s character Olson Johnson is named after comedy duo
Ole Olsen
and
Chic Johnson
, aka Olsen & Johnson.
d.
Reportedly, when this movie was being cast, producers
Paul Joseph
and
Lance Hool
sought a leading man that women could respond well to and that ordinary men could identify with. Joseph said: "You have to look for a character who will fit hat mould. Thats what Bogart was. I have to think back to my father, whose favorite actor was
Humphrey Bogart
mainly because he could relate to him as a man. And that is the truth of Bronson, too. Bronson is not as pretty as say
Paul Newman
. More men can relate to Bronsons looks."
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