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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Brewster McCloud (1970) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Brewster McCloud (1970) - 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: Brewster McCloud (1970).
About the movie:
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of the stadium...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
The lines, "I dont care that you and Binky found the worlds biggest pine cone ever" and "First of all, its not Binky, its Bucky, and it wasnt a pine cone it was a pine nut" said by Kenai (
Joaquin Phoenix
) and Koda (
Jeremy Suarez
) was an accidental improvisation because Phoenix messed up his line and Suarez corrected it.
b.
The original title of the film was "Brewster McClouds Amazing, Sexy Flying Machine".
c.
The part of Doc was originally offered to
Spencer Tracy
, who declined.
d.
Arch Hall Jr.
based his performace as psycho killer Charlie Tibbs on "Tommy Udo,"
Richard Widmark
s character in
Kiss of Death
, right down to the giggle.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
Opening film at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
b.
When Abraham Wright is seen rolling downhill, the M & M Building is seen in the background. At the time of filming, the building was used by South Texas Junior College until 1974, when the University of Houston system took over the building and rechristened the building as the University of Houston - Downtown. The southbound lanes seen in the film during this particular scene was reconstructed in 2002 as part of the northern terminus of the METRORail line, which officially opened on January 1, 2004.
c.
The role of Farkas was originally written for a man.
Pam La Testa
came to the audition with her boyfriend and introduced herself to director
Roberta Findlay
. Findlay was so impressed by La Testa that she cast her in the part.
d.
The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 10 April 1941 and closed 27 April 1941 after 22 performances. The opening cast included
Shelley Winters
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
Shot over a period of 12 weeks.
b.
First feature film to be filmed inside the Houston Astrodome.
c.
Whilst on the set of
Scarlett
,
Timothy Dalton
officially announced his resignation from the role of James Bond on 11 April 1994.
d.
Final film of
Albert Salmi
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
Johnson is seen driving west on the Southwest Freeway (U.S. 59) in one scene of the film - at the time of filming, there was a road sign where eastbound traffic had to exit northeast. This particular exit is known to Houstonians as the Spur 527. This stretch of the Southwest Freeway was completed in May 1961; as of February 2004, plans are underway to reconstruct the freeway below grade level (in other words - the freeway will be in a trench). The freeway reconstruction was completed in June 2006.
b.
Body count: 26
c.
Final film of
Ruth Roland
.
d.
During the shooting of the film,
Helena Bonham Carter
insisted that her makeup artist (
Julie Pearce
) apply all of her eye makeup with her left hand, because Bonham-Carter felt that Marla was not a person who would be particularly skilled at (or concerned with) correctly applying makeup.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
Gloria Stuart
initially turned down this film because she felt that the material was not up to her dramatic acting abilities.
Darryl F. Zanuck
, however, convinced her to do the film and explained that she would be seen by millions, due to
Shirley Temple
s popularity. Miss Stuart relented and agreed in a 1998 interview that Zanuck was certainly correct.
b.
In the film, most of the greenspace surrounding the Astrodome was undeveloped (e.g. where Fannin and Knight Road intersect, along with a stretch of Holly Hall Road) back in 1970 - most of the area surrounding the Astrodome has been developed, either as retail or as part of the Texas Medical Center.
c.
Vincent Sherman
wanted
Eleanor Parker
for the role of Deidre, but the studio stuck with original director
Edmund Goulding
s choice of
Dolores Moran
for the part.
d.
Andrew Hardaway
met his biological father, Alvin Hardaway, in 2007. He plays the principal part of Calvin in Weeping Mary. His Great Grandmothers name is Josephine, and his Grandmothers name is Mary. Tying it all together: the train trestle scene in which Hardaway teases the character Josephine about Weeping Marys namesake is less than half a mile from the cemetery the actors ancestors are buried in Gonzales County, Texas. The film was shot in late 2006 before Hardaway was aware of the eerie similarities.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
When
Doran William Cannon
was writing the script, he had in mind
Austin Pendleton
to play Brewster. Pendleton, who was in
Skidoo
written by Cannon passed on it so he can do
Catch-22
b.
Danny deVito was considered for the role of Senor Oliveira de Figueira, but the character was cut from the script.
c.
Jonathan Kaplan
s directorial debut.
d.
Film debut of
Slim Pickens
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
A billboard next to a railroad crossing (location unknown) during the hot pursuit scene has an advertisement for the former MacRobert Chevrolet dealership in Houston, Texas.
b.
The scene in which a train goes off the tracks early in the film is footage from
The Invisible Man
.
c.
Because
Walt Disney
Pictures did not have its own music publishing company when the earlier animated films were produced, all the rights to publish the music and songs from this film are actually still controlled by the Bourne Co. In later years, the Studio was able to acquire back the rights to the music from all of the other films, except this one. Prior to
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
, a movie soundtrack recording was unheard of and with little value to a movie studio.
d.
David Moscow
wore colored contact lenses to match the eye color of
Tom Hanks
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
The theatrical trailer on the Universal DVD contains a brief shot of Dr. Glendon in werewolf form slashing Dr. Yogamis face with his claws as they fight in the laboratory. This shot is not seen in the finished film, although we do get to see Dr. Yogamis slashed face at the end of the scene in the film.
b.
While the identity of the person assigned to direct the re-shoots of the film following the departure of
Brian Helgeland
was originally unknown,
Mel Gibson
revealed in a Hong Kong newspaper interview that that person was production designer
John Myhre
. Meanwhile, on his website, director
Paul Abascal
explained that he was the director hired for the re-shoots.
c.
To prepare for his role as Tim Corentino, Trey Moore spent five days a week weight training under supervision of an Ex-Marine. He also studied the mental disease of Schizophrenia in order to portray Tim Corentino.
d.
On 5 December 1970, a record 23,930 people attended the premiere of the movie at the Houston Astrodome.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
According to Altman, the original setting was a New York airport.
b.
For one week during filming,
Robert Englund
was working 24 hours every day. By day, he was wrapping up filming on his TV series
Downtown
and then would report to the
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
set at nights.
c.
Footage from this film (namely the destruction of the Atlantis space shuttle) was utilized in a hoax which purportedly featured actual satellite photographs of the February 1st, 2003 destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia.
d.
Ronald Reagan
was rejected for a role in this film because a studio executive didnt think he had "that presidential look."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Brewster McCloud (1970)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 30, 1939 with
Miriam Hopkins
reprising her film role.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: During the marriage road test, an old man on a scooter crashes into a car.
c.
Debbie Reynolds
remarked many years later that making this movie and surviving childbirth were the two hardest things shes ever had to do.
d.
Doran William Cannon
had a clause in his contract prohibiting anyone else from receiving writing credit on this film. Thus he received the sole writing credit, although very little of his script beyond the basic story ended up in the movie.
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