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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Breakdown (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Breakdown (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Breakdown (1997)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997).

About the movie: A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		The guitarist and white percussionist (playing an udu) in the El Monaco Bar Band during the limbo scene are members of the funk/folk band Flearoy.
b.		Film debut of Monte Hale.
c.		Kurt Russell has starred with J.T. Walsh three times before, in Tequila Sunrise, Backdraft and Executive Decision.
d.		The meaning and relevance of this movies The Villain and Cactus Jack titles are that they both refer to the name of the films central antagonist character of Cactus Jack Slade played by Kirk Douglas.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		Anna Wintour, the powerful Vogue editor on whom Streeps character was widely believed to be based in the novel (Weisberger once worked as her assistant), reportedly warned major fashion designers who had been invited to make cameo appearances as themselves in the film that they would be banished from the magazines pages if they did so. Wintours spokespeople deny this claim; however, it is notable that Vogue and other major womens and fashion magazines have avoided reviewing or even mentioning the book in their pages.
b.		Reds (JT Walshs) 18-wheeler is visible in the background behind Earl (M.C. Gainey) when he first approaches Jeff at the gas station.
c.		For playing Myra Bruhl in the play Deathtrap on the New York stage, actress Marian Seldes was nominated for the 1978 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress. In this movie version, Myra Bruhl was played by Dyan Cannon. Seldes became famous for playing Myra for the entire run of Deathtraps Broadway season of 1793 performances, never missing a show. According to the 8 June 1982 edition of The New York Times, Seldes "won a listing in the next edition of the Guinness World Book of Records as most durable actress". Seldes apparently held this record for a time before the record was eventually beaten.
d.		The boxing gloves used in the championship fight were called Casanovas. They were illegal in the U.S. but Sylvester Stallone says the producers chose them anyway because of their sleek appearance.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		Charles Chaplin named Paulette Goddards character after his mother, Hannah.
b.		Reds truck is a Peterbilt 377.
c.		Barry Switzer: former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys as a television commentator for the game between the Miami Sharks and the Dallas Knights (supposedly set in Texas Stadium, where Switzer once coached).
d.		The hostage scene where a former city council member holds the mayor and his staff hostage was based on a real-life crisis where former San Francisco supervisor Dan White wanted his old job back.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		To prepare a draft of the script, writer Norman Mailer barricaded himself in a Rome hotel with whiskey bottles, boxes of Cuban cigars and a typewriter for three weeks. Mailer then had a meeting with Harry Grey to appropriately complete the draft, but Sergio Leone did not find it acceptable.
b.		Paul Newman had an assist with his accent from Irish writer Frank McCourt, the author of "Angelas Ashes", who gave him a tape of him speaking. McCourt has lived in the US for many years but still has some vestiges of his native Irish accent, which is what Newman wanted to emulate.
c.		Writer/Director Jonathan Mostow got the idea for the film while driving through Las Vegas with his wife.
d.		When the camera first shows us the palace in North Korea, several of the smaller buildings are actually Chinese food take-out boxes.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		Woody Allen plays clarinet in the music score.
b.		In the original script, Red talks briefly to Amy in the gas station store at the beginning of the film.
c.		Never legally released on any home video format until the 2010 DVD edition, which was prompted by the popularity of Alice in Wonderland in cinemas. The more famous Alice in Wonderland, already available in several home editions, had an "un-anniversary" DVD repackaging at the same time.
d.		An urban legend states that a tornado hit a drive-in theater in the town of Stoney Creek, Ontario while this movie was playing. What really happened was that on May 21, 1996 a tornado hit a drive-in theater that was scheduled to play this movie. The movie was not actually playing when the tornado hit.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		Film composer Basil Poledouris had to record two scores for the film because the first one was rejected.
b.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.		Robert Altman hated the script so much, he tossed it out and actors were coached on lines as they shot scenes.
d.		In the original script, the Cute Woman is overcome by the cuteness of the babies in the parade during the Celebration of Specialness, and she dies. Later, after Louis marries the Lazy Woman, during the reception in her bedroom, Louis looks wistfully out of the window. At that point, there was to be a cut to a graveyard exterior scene in which the Cute Womans funeral was attended only by a few, including the Narrator (David Byrne) and Mr. Tucker (Pops Staples). The scene was shot, but later cut from the film, as was the Cute Womans death. For the scene, the art department actually found a commercially available pink fur casket which was purchased from a company in Fort Worth, to which they glue plastic flowers and a plastic fountain topped with a spinning ballerina. It was a very cute casket indeed. After production wrapped, the art department, which was in an old dentist office on Prescott in east Dallas, held a yard sale. The coffin and many other props and set pieces were sold, and whatever was left went to a local prop shop.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		The false title given to the film during production, Rorys First Kiss, was named after Christopher Nolans son, Rory. When filming began in April 2007, the production was code-named to thwart onlookers and trespassers. All over downtown Chicago, fliers were posted with this pseudonym (alongside an "RFK" logo) and also listed the address for the films production offices.
b.		Damian Harris asked Ellen Barkin to portray her character three different ways: 1) Palmer knew she was attracted to Vickie, 2) Palmer wasnt attracted to Vickie, and 3) Palmer wasnt sure if she was attracted to Vickie. Harris would then edit the takes together, giving the audience an unsure vibe of what Detective Palmer thought of Vickie.
c.		Originally the director was to be Tony Richardson, but he was discarded after he said that the entire movie should take place in a convent.
d.		The road outlay in the opening credits sequence is from a map of north central New Mexico. However, the road names have been changed and the landmarks and town names have been changed or new fictitious ones added.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		The game Reds son is playing at the house is Doom.
b.		The mime that appears early in the film is a homage Mel Brooks Silent Movie, in which Marcel Marceau, a famous mime, had the only spoken line.
c.		Sharon Maughan has stated in interviews that a huge chunk of her role was deleted in editing.
d.		Because of time constraints, the producers had still not found an actor to play James just before shooting was set to start, so they asked the casting director, Jason L. Wood, to play the part, because they liked how he had read the part as the other side of dialogue during actors auditions. Wood was hesitant to take an acting part because he was worried that it might be a conflict of interest with his career as a casting agent, but he finally relented when the producers assured him he wouldnt have to cry in the film.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		Kurt Russell was helicoptered in and out of the areas of shooting so he could be with his family in Los Angeles at night.
b.		According to producer Merv Bloch the movie originally came with an especially shot intermission which he eventually decided to cut out. During the intermission Andy Warhol was shown sitting in a chair eating popcorn until the actual movie would continue again, which was meant as a sort of in-joke to Warhols own films that often showed the most mundane things for an extended amount of time, like a person sleeping for several hours or a person eating something without anything extraordinary happening. The footage of this intermission is currently (2010) considered lost.
c.		James Francos film debut.
d.		According to Lou Diamond Phillips in the VH1 documentary "Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died" (1990), Ritchie Valens sister was on the set the day they filmed the "coin toss" scene where Ritchie wins (or rather, loses) the chance to fly on the plane with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. As the scenes were being shot, Ritchies sister began to weep uncontrollably and when Phillips tried to console her, she hugged him and sobbed, "Why Ritchie? Why did you get on the plane?"

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Breakdown (1997)?
a.		Some scenes were filmed in the same location and at the same time as scenes from Conan the Destroyer.
b.		Although there was an internet rumor that Jerry Goldsmith was originally contracted to score this film but quit due to budget cuts (and then supposedly used his "unused" P3 score later in The Haunting), this rumor is untrue. Goldsmith was unhappy with the results of Poltergeist II: The Other Side and did not have an interest in doing the third film. Also, its clear that MGM did not want to spend the extra money they knew it would cost to hire Goldsmith, considering that "Poltergeist III" was being made on a lower budget than the last film. Ultimately, "Poltergeist III" was scored by Joe Renzetti, who director Gary Sherman recommended, having worked with Renzetti previously on his other low-budget movies.
c.		The original opening in the script shows Jeff Taylor as a photographer in an unnamed war-torn area. He blames himself for the death of a woman, and upon returning to America, quits freelancing and takes a job in San Diego
d.		This film was completed the same week of writer James Phillips daughters birth.

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