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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Boomerang (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Boomerang (1992) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992).
About the movie:
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
In
2001: A Space Odyssey
, HAL tells Dave that his teacher was Mr. Langley. In this film, we are told that Dr. Chandra (
Bob Balaban
) was his teacher. This is actually not a continuity error. The novelization of 2001 identifies Dr. Chandra as HALs teacher, but
Stanley Kubrick
changed that name for the film.
Peter Hyams
may not have known this, as he didnt make the corresponding change for this film. Mr. Langley and Dr. Chandra are really meant to be the same character.
b.
Soon after filming of Boomerang wrapped, Martin Lawrence and
Tisha Campbell-Martin
were re-teamed in a pilot which eventually became the sitcom
Martin
.
c.
Oliver Stone
said he voted for Nixon in 68, based on his pledge to end the war in Vietnam.
d.
When Henry is riding on horseback to catch the stagecoach carrying Julia, the horse loses its footing and plows into a ditch throwing Henry several feet in the air. The scene was not planned and that was actually director
Jack Nicholson
flying head first into the ditch. Fortunately, neither the horse nor Nicholson was injured save for some bruises. Later, upon viewing the footage in dailies, Nicholson exclaimed, "Thats A Keeper!"
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
Eartha Kitt
was reluctant to take the role of Lady Eloise because she found some of her lines offensive. The lines were deleted from the script.
b.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
suffered a back injury (among other various assorted injuries) while filming when the dogs who were chasing him jumped him from behind and he fell down the rock he was climbing to escape them.
c.
The roller coaster featured in the main climax of the movie is the Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA. It opened in 1976 and was the first roller coaster to feature a complete 360-degree vertical loop.
d.
Footage from this movie was used in a DirecTV commercial.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
Among the actresses considered for the role of
Janis Joplin
were
Renée Zellweger
,
Britney Spears
,
Nikka Costa
,
Scarlett Johansson
and
Lindsay Lohan
.
b.
Although she played the younger sister to the character of
Brady Corbet
,
Evan Rachel Wood
is actually older than him.
c.
Reginald Hudlin
based Marcus obsession with womens feet on a friend of his who would not date a woman if he did not like their back teeth.
d.
According to
John Harkness
s book "The 1999 Academy Awards Handbook",
Maurice Jarre
, in his speech accepting the 1984 Best Original Score Oscar for
A Passage to India
, expressed his gratitude that
Amadeus
had not been Oscar-nominated for Best Original Score. An obvious joke, since none of Amadeus score was original.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
Wes Craven
was set to direct, but was replaced after creative differences with star
Christopher Reeve
.
b.
Ranked #5 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
c.
Ewen Bremner
refused to see his Scottish friends off set for fear that he would break from the American accent required for the role.
d.
Hudlin drew inspiration from
Jules et Jim
,
His Girl Friday
, and
Annie Hall
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
The
Star Trek
episode that Angela and Marcus are watching is Episode 57: Elaan Of Troyius.
b.
At the start of filming,
Gregory Peck
disliked General
Douglas MacArthur
. After filming he changed his mind, understanding the challenges MacArthur had faced. He also stated he believed President
Harry S. Truman
was wrong to relieve MacArthur of his command in Korea in April 1951.
c.
Mickey Kuhn
, who played
Vivien Leigh
s nephew Beau Wilkes, also played the young sailor who helps her onto the streetcar in
A Streetcar Named Desire
. When Kuhn mentioned to someone else on the set that he had acted with Leigh as a child, word got back to her and she called him into her dressing room for a half-hour chat. In an interview in his seventies, Kuhn stated that Leigh was extremely kind to him and "one of the loveliest ladies he had ever met."
d.
The acronym of the organization SIC in this movie stands for Security Intelligence Command.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
Jonathan P. Hicks
was cast as Lady Eloises butler after the original actor fell sick. Hicks is a reporter for the New York Times and a friend of Hudlins.
b.
To keep various aspects of the production secret, the official fake working title from Marvel Studios was "Rasputin". Two more fake titles were also used during additional photography: "Murphys Law" (named after John Francis Murphy, the recently-deceased father of
Susan Murphy
) and "The Adventures of Angus McDonald" (named after William Angus McDonald, the great-great-grandfather of
Scott Trimble
).
c.
Condemned in the US because of its brutal handling of the narrative, but praised in Europe for its stylistic vigor.
d.
An arcade video game machine called "Smashing Drive" features the car, painted as a New York taxi on a rampage in the city. The games "attract mode" sequence begins with the car sitting on one of the stainless steel Deco eagles on the Chrysler Building, and then jumping off to the street below.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
The cast rehearsed for two weeks before filming started.
Eddie Murphy
told Hudlin that he had not rehearsed since his time on
Saturday Night Live
, and that he was going to rehearse for all of his movies from then on.
b.
In the segment "The Range" Native American actor Nick Swan plays "Chata The Brave". This comes from the 1966 movie _Duel at Diablo (1966)
c.
According to the DVD commentary,
Melissa Molinaro
asked
Jesse Woodrow
to attend church with her during filming. Woodrow has since become a Christian.
d.
The man in the office building that is destroyed in the initial attack is played by
Volker Engel
, the movies visual effects supervisor.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
Shot in six days.
b.
Afternoon Delights shares a title card with
Prisoner of Pleasure
with some cast credits applying to the former, some to the latter and some applying to both films.
c.
The studio was nervous about
Robin Givens
being cast as Jacqueline. At the time, she was labeled as a cold-hearted golddigger by the media and the general public during her marriage to
Mike Tyson
. Hudlin felt her public image made her perfect for the part because she could be seen as a strong woman who could control Marcus.
d.
During principal photography it remained unclear if Sir
Alec Guinness
would return as Obi Wan Kenobi. Guinness was suffering from an eye infection at the time and was still a bit upset about the last minute decision of his character being killed off in
Star Wars
. He finally did agree and worked one day on the film: Wednesday September 5 1979
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
Jaime King
broke her finger during filming, but not in any of the stunts - just while walking up the stairs talking on the phone.
b.
According to
Ilene Woods
, who did the voice for Cinderella, it was
Walt Disney
who suggested the layered harmonies in the "Sweet, Sweet Nightengale" sequence. She thinks that it might have been the first time that it was attempted (
Mitch Miller
claimed to have invented the technique during his tenure as A&R man at Columbia Records a few years before Cinderella started production)
c.
The scene in which Marcus decides that he wants to go back to Angela while with Jacqueline was a major rewrite to the script. Originally, Marcus would not end up with either woman and the film would end with him making up with Gerard. A friend of Hudlins told him that Marcus had to make a decision and the ending was rewritten. An ending was filmed with Marcus going to Angelas art class to win her back but was replaced with the final version with Marcus going to her new job.
d.
Stephenie Meyer
cited the band
Muse
as her source of inspiration to write her books, and another of her favorite groups is Linkin Park. Both bands contributed a song to the movies soundtrack.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boomerang (1992)?
a.
Kevin Spacey
had the fingers on his left hand glued together to make his characters disability more realistic, and filed down his shoes to make them look worn by his characters gimp.
b.
As the movie was actually shot in early spring in southern California (as opposed to Illinois in late October), the crew had to buy paper leaves from a decorator and paint them in the desired autumn colors, then scatter them in the filming locations. To save money, after a scene was filmed, the leaves were collected and reused. However, as
Jamie Lee Curtis
and
John Carpenter
note on the DVD audio commentary, the trees are quite full and green and even some palm trees can be seen, despite that in Illinois in October, the leaves would probably be mostly gone and there would be no palm trees.
c.
This film features two actors who have played Catwoman:
Eartha Kitt
(
Batman
) and
Halle Berry
(
Catwoman
).
d.
Frankie Laine
had a million-selling record with the title song "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling)", though
Tex Ritter
s version of the song, heard on the soundtrack, has fared well over the years.
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