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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Body Double (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Body Double (1984) Quiz
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About the movie:
Jake comes home to find his girlfriend with another man and has to find a new place. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire B-movie...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body Double (1984)?
a.
Focus Features was involved very early on but dropped out in 2004.
b.
Other patrons of Bullocks Wilshire ("where all the stars shopped") were Mae West,
William Randolph Hearst
(who shopped after the store closed), Cary Grant,
Clark Gable
, and
John Wayne
.
c.
This was the first release from TriStar Pictures.
d.
Tatum ONeal
,
Jamie Lee Curtis
and
Carrie Fisher
all auditioned for the role of Holly, but turned it down.
Brooke Shields
was offered the role, but turned it down in order to study French Literature at Princeton.
Linda Hamilton
turned down the role in order to prepare for her role in
The Terminator
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body Double (1984)?
a.
Porn star
Annette Haven
was originally cast for the role of "Holly", but Columbia Pictures decided to turn her down when their executives saw what kind of movies she had been making. Haven later stated that she was happy because of that, because she hadnt liked the script and hadnt liked to be in a film with gory violence.
b.
Jack Nicholson
was offered the role of
Richard Nixon
, but declined.
c.
Shot across the lake at the same time the original
Friday the 13th
was being filmed.
d.
The role of Sefton was originally written for
Charlton Heston
. But as the role evolved and became more cynical,
William Holden
emerged as the directors choice. Holden was asked to see the play on which the movie was based. He walked out at the end of the first act. He was later convinced to at least read the screenplay.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body Double (1984)?
a.
The film garnered a lot of unwarranted PR as it was released roughly around the same time that
Rob Lowe
s infamous sex tape came to light.
b.
Filmed when the X-Games (then called X-Games 101) started becoming popular and in-line skating was the craze. Chris Edwards (Walt) was a well known for his X-Games appearances and was one of the members of Team Rollerblade.
c.
Deborah Shelton
s voice is dubbed.
d.
The Desert Song and the Cold War: The original refrain for The Riff Song includes the lines: "Ho!/Thats the sound that comes to warn you/So!/In the night or early morn, you know/If youre The Red Shadows foe/The Riffs will strike with a blow/That brings you woe!" In this remake, filmed in the early Fifties at the height of the Cold War and McCarthyism, the "Red Shadow" sounded uncomfortably like the Soviet and Chinese communists, so the lyrics were changed to "If youre El Khobars foe". When
Gordon MacRae
re-recorded the songs for the record album featuring Dorothy Kirsten as Margot, the original lyrics were restored.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body Double (1984)?
a.
Bret Easton Ellis
book
American Psycho
references this film many times, it is one of the main character, Patrick Batemans, favorite movies.
b.
Clark Gable
did not get along with director
John Ford
during filming, and at one point walked off the set in protest at Fords treatment of
Ava Gardner
. Ford also made several remarks about Gables age and weathered appearance.
c.
Jonathan Winters
, who voices Papa Smurf, provided the voice for Grandpa Smurf in several episodes of the original
Smurfs
animated series, notably for the Christmas special,
Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
.
d.
Derek Long
and
Matthew Montgomery
were both pleased that they werent asked to shave off their body hair for the film - a common practice for male actors in gay films.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body Double (1984)?
a.
Brian De Palma
originally planned for this to be the first Hollywood film to boast unsimulated sex scenes. The studio thought differently.
b.
Since there were no running 2009 Chevrolet Camaro automobiles during production, Saleen Inc., working with the Pontiac GTO and using Camaro designs from General Motors, was able to build up a running Camaro in 30 days, to serve as Bumblebees alternate mode. Saleen also provided one of their S281 automobiles (basically a modified Ford Mustang) to serve as Barricades alternate mode.
c.
In the film, the plague that causes the end of the world was unleashed by germ warfare as the result of a border war between China and Russia. In fact, China and Russia had some very serious border skirmishes during 1969 that had many world leaders concerned about the possibility of an all-out war between the Communist superpowers.
d.
Robert Duvall
s first movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Body Double (1984)?
a.
This movie was originally planned to be a made-for-television. The Universal studio thought they could get some more mileage out of the Academy Award winning special effects sequences from their movie
Tobruk
made four years earlier. By releasing the film theatrically, the studio could generate some more income out of those Oscar winning f/x scenes.
b.
Second part of actor/director
Edward Burns
unofficial "Long Island" trilogy which began with
The Brothers McMullen
and concluded with
No Looking Back
.
c.
The last line of the movie "Today is the first day of the rest of our lives." is a paraphrase from the famous
Abbie Hoffman
quote: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life - make the most of it."
d.
Dennis Franz
based his portrayal of Rubin the Director on
Brian De Palma
.
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