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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blown Away (1994) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blown Away (1994) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994).
About the movie:
An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
Director
Paul McGuigan
was much more interested in the character element of the picture than in its action element, stating that though it was an action movie, the characters were very developed, much more so than in most such genre films.
b.
The scene where Otto sits up in the background behind Wanda (
Jamie Lee Curtis
) is reminiscent of a scene in
Halloween
, in which the character of Michael Myers sat up behind Curtis character.
c.
Outtakes of the shots of the Volkswagen traveling towards the Overlook at the start of the film were plundered by
Ridley Scott
(with
Stanley Kubrick
s permission) when he was forced to add the happy ending to the original release of
Blade Runner
.
d.
Loyd Catlett, who plays Bama, is Jeff Bridges stand-in/stunt double in this film and in several other films.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
Matthew Perry
was originally offered the role of Captain Jimmy "Raven" Wilder but pulled out at the last minute. His father
John Bennett Perry
plays a secret serviceman in the movie.
b.
The location where
Sterling Hayden
proposes the deal to
Kola Kwariani
is a mock-up of the 42nd Street Chess and Checker Parlor in New York City. Director
Stanley Kubrick
was a regular chess player there as was Kola.
c.
The building where Max was "Blown Away" is now condos in Charlestown. Was originally a Catholic school which was closed in a cutback by the Archdiocese of Boston.
d.
While Taliesin maintains (at 64:10) that pomegranates always have 611 seeds each, Jewish tradition teaches that the pomegranate is a symbol for righteousness because it is said to have 613 seeds which corresponds with the 613 mitzvot or commandments of the Torah. A web site (aquaphoenix.com) records that counting the seeds in 206 pomegranates from 6 countries resulted in a minimum of 165 seeds and a maximum of 1370 seeds, but achieves an average of 613.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
Knife thrower Steve Clemente was supposed to hit the post next to
Ronald Colman
with his knife, but the crowding caused it to be deflected and Colman was hit by the handle in the chest.
b.
The pair of claws that
Tommy Lee Jones
refers to in the beach scene is from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot.
c.
Eliza Dushku
turned down the role of Paige Matthews.
d.
The scene with the snake was not in the script and was an idea from
Tom Savini
after an experience in his own cabin during filming. The snake in the scene was real, including its on-screen death.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
The title song was written by
John Barry
and
Duran Duran
and was sung by
Duran Duran
. It has been the only ever James Bond song to reach #1 in the USA. It stayed at the top position for two weeks out of its seventeen week run in the charts. It entered both the UK and USA charts on 18 May 1985 and it peaked at No. #2 in the UK charts. The soundtrack album charted in the UK on 22 June 1985 where it went to No. #81. In the USA, the soundtrack album peaked at No. #38 after entering the charts on 29 June 1985.
b.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
was a big fan or the Japanese movie
Batoru rowaiaru
so he cast
Chiaki Kuriyama
(who played Takako Chigusa in
Batoru rowaiaru
) as Gogo Yubari.
c.
The 2 EMS persons who rush in at MIT were not extras but were there for medical coverage for the actors from Boston EMS, which only cover the City of Boston. Unless they are going to help with a police action, bomb incident or warrant serving.
d.
The "Johnny Gossamer" novel Harmony picks up at the party opens to show the contents as Man in the Uniform by Maureen Child.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
During "The Worlds Greatest Criminal Mind", when Felicia first appears, a piece from Gorts
The Day the Earth Stood Still
is played on the soundtrack.
b.
The movies line "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." was voted as the #65 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
c.
Writer
Sidney Howard
was paid $2,000 a week to do the screenplay. Many other writers contributed to the final script, with the final sum paid to every one of them being $126,000.
Sidney Howard
received sole screen credit.
David O. Selznick
also wrote much of the screenplay.
d.
There is a scene where a copy of the Boston Globe is seen with an article reading "2 More Bomb Squad Officers Killed in Mystery Blast". Behind it you can see the Business section with a headline "Bay State Bankruptcy Filings...". This article appeared in the 1 July 1993 Boston Globe.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
Storyboarded but never shot included: A scene with Egon testing the proton pack, which is charged by being plugged in. The pack melts the plug. A models mink coat comes to life on a runway. Note that this scene does happen in
Ghostbusters II
to a woman on the street.
b.
Though
John Wayne
was playing an older character he declined to wear a gray toupee in the film. He would not be seen with gray hair until
True Grit
.
c.
Originally bought as a property for
Freddie Bartholomew
in 1938. Production was so far under way (including Bartholomew posing with Indian elephants for newsreel cameras), that the project was eventually abandoned to save costs.
d.
Stephen Rea
refused a major role in this project.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
Just before the scene where Jimmy claims to have contacted Interpol, a newspaper is shown with the headline "Dichotomy evident as NOW meets in Boston". This appeared in 2 July 1993 Boston Globe.
b.
Favorite film of US Senator
John Kerry
who even named his yacht "Scaramouche".
c.
Voted #8 on Empire magazines 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (September 2008).
d.
"Diamond Lil", the play on which this was based, originally opened Apr. 9, 1928 at the Royale Theatre and ran for 176 performances. It was revived 3 times between 1949 and 1951, each time starring
Mae West
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
Matthew Vaughn
instructed the cast to do away with all accents in their performances.
James McAvoy
had planned to copy
Patrick Stewart
s voice (since McAvoy was going to play a younger version of Stewarts Xavier), but Vaughn quashed it; Vaughn also told
Rose Byrne
that Moira MacTaggart would not have her trademark Scottish accent in the film (to the Scottish McAvoys mild disappointment).
b.
Vestron Pictures were unhappy with director
Dennis Hopper
s original 180 minutes cut of the film and re-edited it without his knowledge. Hopper was so enraged he sued the company, but they had already gone bankrupt. He nevertheless insisted on the anonymous Alan Smithee credit.
c.
The shockwave from the exploding ocean liner shattered 8,000 windows in East Boston.
d.
Animation in the tone poem "Blue Bayou" was originally created for the deleted "Clair de lune" sequence of
Fantasia
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blown Away (1994)?
a.
Body Count: 8 (with an implied 9th).
b.
A piece of shrapnel from the exploding bomb truck nearly killed
Jeff Bridges
.
c.
The film opens with Horace Greelys famous quotation: "Go West, Young Man, go west."
d.
Director Trademark: fricassee Daniel Teague tells Everett "Thanks for the fricassee,"in the picnic scene under the tree. The Coens also included this dish in "Fargo" when Margie and Norm are eating in a restaurant and another cop asks her, "Hows the fricassee?"
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