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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Borderline (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Borderline (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980).
About the movie:
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
Veteran United States Border Patrol Agents acted as technical advisers to the production. One of these included living legend border patrolman
Ab Taylor
.
b.
Hanging on a mirror in Isabel Bigelows dressing room is a picture of the late
Elizabeth Montgomery
- the original Samantha Stevens from the
Bewitched
TV series.
c.
The play, "Kongo", opened in New York on 30 March 1926.
d.
Added to the National Film Register in 2004.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
When
Charles Bronson
s head Border Patrolman character in this movie decides to hunt down a killer outside of his legal jurisdiction, his character becomes a variation on his famous vigilante screen persona which was first popularized in the movie
Death Wish
.
b.
Kevin Smith
: [comic books] Brodie is a comic book collector; there is a comic book store in the mall; comic book creator
Stan Lee
appears in the movie; Brodie and T.S. discuss Supermans sex life.
c.
Originally, Fiona was supposed to have been very fat when she was younger, but
Parker Posey
suggested that instead Fiona have a speech impediment.
d.
The comic book film with the most Academy Award nominations (8).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
The play was first produced at Stevenson University in Baltimore as a mixed media production. The play was then adapted for film and shot on the same photo realistic stage set.
b.
Henry Fonda
and
Van Johnson
had both co-starred with
Lucille Ball
once before: Fonda in
The Big Street
and Johnson in
Easy to Wed
.
c.
This movies opening prologue states: "U.S. - Mexican Border 20 Miles East of San Diego, California - December, 1979."
d.
Sir Leigh Teabings plane is a Hawker 700.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
The sixteenth of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.
b.
Enforcement Droid 209s voice is that of producer
Jon Davison
, its growls are of a jaguar, and its squeals are of a pig. ED-209s body was based on the design of a Bell helicopter and the overall appearance is reminiscent of a line of toys named
Robotech
which were based on a 1980s Japanese anime series.
c.
This movies credits state that in 1979 over a million immigrants were captured, refused entry to the USA and expelled. However, over two million escaped detection, werent caught and were able to assimilate into the North American society undetected.
d.
Although uncredited,
David Raksin
is named by Dr. Engelstaat as composer of "Toy Concertino" before it is performed.
Johnny Green
encouraged Raksin to extend the piece to make it suitable for concert performance, resulting in a slightly longer version that received its premiere by the New York Philharmonic on December 19, 1954. It was included in the MGM Records 10-inch soundtrack LP.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
In preparation for the role,
Colin Farrell
read all seven of John Smiths books he published back in England on his accounts of The New World.
b.
The disastrous production of Shakespeares Richard III, in which Elliot Garfield (
Richard Dreyfuss
) portrays the title character as gay, was based on an actual production that
Marsha Mason
attended and told her husband,
Neil Simon
, about. Like the production in the film, it took place at Joseph Papps Public Theater in New York, in 1974, and starred Michael Moriarty.
c.
Liv Tyler
was offered the role of Tabby but passed.
Jane Kaczmarek
was offered the role of Eve at Miramaxs insistence - over the objections of the directors - but passed and was replaced by the directors choice for the role:
Kathleen Quinlan
.
d.
Publicity for this picture stated that this was the first film to examine the serious problem of illegal immigration into the USA across the southern border with Mexico. But in fact, the
Telly Savalas
-
Eddie Albert
movie Border Cop aka The Border, USA aka The Border aka The Blood Barrier See:
The Border
was actually the first.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
Stan Lee
: the man who tells Peter how great Spider-Man is.
b.
At the film premiere in Minot, North Dakota, when Bobby said "Welcome to North Dakota," the audience broke out in laughter.
c.
In the Star Wars novel, Tatooine Ghost, it is related that Anakins slaughter of the Tusken Raiders passed into their folklore. The battle is commemorated with a dance to the sounds of a lightsaber.
d.
This
Charles Bronson
movie was theatrically released between between his pictures
Caboblanco
and
Death Hunt
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
An alternate ending with a second twist, in which
Lionel Barrymore
s character receives a telegram from the vaudeville actors apologizing for not being able to make their train for the castle assignment, was proposed, but Browning rejected it.
b.
Julia Roberts
,
Sharon Stone
, and
Demi Moore
were all rumored to be in the running for the part of Poison Ivy, before
Uma Thurman
was cast.
c.
In all but one scene in this movie
Vera-Ellen
s neck is covered. She suffered from anorexia and her neck and throat were thin and wrinkled.
d.
Second theatrically released movie for director
Jerrold Freedman
. It was the first for Freedman since
Kansas City Bomber
, a gap of about eight years. Also the penultimate theatrically released movie for Freedman,
Native Son
was the last.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
Although in the film, Grady allows Oola to keep the jacket, in the Michael Chabon novel upon which this movie is based, Grady returns it to Walter, and then when Grady and Sara get married, she wears the jacket (just as Marilyn Monroe did for her marriage to Joe DiMaggio).
b.
This movies closing epilogue states: "In 1979, more than one million undocumented aliens were apprehended crossing the border into The United States. It is estimated more than twice that number of undocumented aliens successfully enter this country every year."
c.
On the DVD commentary,
Armie Hammer
and
Josh Pence
recount meeting the real Divya Narendra and taking him to meet
Max Minghella
, who plays him in the film. As a practical joke, Hammer and Pence told Narendra to talk in an Indian accent, as Minghella had been worried about his portrayal and wanted it to be as accurate as possible. Narendra played along, much to the horror of Minghella. Hammer recalls, "Max just turns white and he just starts going, Im so sorry! Im so sorry! Im so sorry! And profusely apologized to him, for, like, thirty minutes."
d.
First cinema film of
Ken Stott
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
First big lead role in a theatrical movie for
Ed Harris
.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.
c.
Chris Tucker
ad-libbed many different versions of his short speech to Hu Li at the end of their fight.
Brett Ratner
felt the speech was not working and told Tucker to call her a "bitch". Tucker refused to say the word and it took hours of convincing by Ratner before Tucker finally agreed.
d.
In a scene where
John Stockwell
s character is under his car fixing it,
Fisher Stevens
says to him: "Ya know, I seen this movie where this haunted car flames guys out.", referring to
John Carpenter
s
Christine
in which Stockwell had a major role.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Borderline (1980)?
a.
This movie is based on real events in the life of a real USA-Mexico Border Patrolman.
b.
The woman who appears topless for a few moments, thus creating a mainstream movie milestone for that time, is
Thelma Oliver
.
c.
Based on a hit play of the same name that ran for 147 performances on Broadway in 1917-18.
d.
The only time actresses complained that they felt uncomfortable was during the scenes with the monkeys, who constantly stared at their bare breasts.
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