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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Burnt Offerings (1976) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Burnt Offerings (1976) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976).
About the movie:
Haunted house chiller from Dan Curtis has Oliver Reed and Karen Black as summer caretakers moving into gothic house with their young son...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
In his DVD commentary, director
Dan Curtis
explains that he dropped an entire 15-minute opening with the family in New York, seeing the ad about the house in the paper and Ben getting a parking ticket, because it was "boring".
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 15, 1941 with
Charles Boyer
and
Bette Davis
reprising their film roles.
c.
In an effort to give a more realistic atmosphere, professional racing broadcasters were brought in to play the broadcast reporters and track announcers. Key among these were members of ESPNs racing crew, including booth announcer
Bob Jenkins
and pit reporter Dr.
Jerry Punch
.
d.
This movie and
Alfred Hitchcock
s
Notorious
are the only dramatic / serious World War II movies that feature
Cary Grant
. All the others are comedies, see
I Was a Male War Bride
;
Operation Petticoat
Father Goose
, and
Youre in the Navy Now
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Director
Dan Curtis
s cameos as one of the pictures seen sitting among Mrs. Allardyces photograph collection.
b.
The political talk show at the end of the film lists its phone number as 1-(800)-555-0199. This number is also Lester Burnhams office number in the film
American Beauty
as well as Lowell Bergmans fax number in the film
The Insider
c.
The films original working titles were "Swamp Lord" and "Pazuzu", however when the film was purchased for distribution it was renamed "Pick-Up" as the distributors felt it would be more marketable under that title.
d.
Terry Gilliam
, who was
J.K. Rowling
s personal choice to direct
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
, was approached to direct this film. However, Gilliam said, "Warner Bros. had their chance the first time around, and they blew it."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Richard Donner
was originally planning to direct
Damien: Omen II
when he was hired to direct this film for $1,000,000. Donner began by throwing out the script and hiring
Tom Mankiewicz
to write him a new one.
b.
Scheduling conflicts with
Braveheart
forced
Mel Gibson
to turn down the role of Harvey Dent/Two-Face.
c.
The Dunsmuir House, located in Oakland, California would also be featured in
The Vineyard
, and
So I Married an Axe Murderer
, as well as in
A View to a Kill
,
True Crime
, and even
Little Girls Blue
.
d.
When the film was in production, the IRA exploded a bomb in Londons Canary Wharf, thereby ending a ceasefire in the Northern Ireland conflict.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Keanu Reeves
initially turned down the lead as he found
Graham Yost
s original script to be too much like a
Die Hard
clone. He signed on after
Jan de Bont
brought in
Joss Whedon
to retool the script.
b.
Although The Bride has Hattori Hanzo craft a sword to exact her revenge against Bill and the Vipers, the only member of her former team it is used to kill is O-Ren Ishii.
c.
Judy Garland
filmed this along side her other 1943 feature film
Girl Crazy
.
d.
The haunting flashbacks that Ben Rolf has about the creepy chauffeur were based off of an actual childhood experience of
Dan Curtis
. Curtis recalled as a young child being at his mothers funeral and seeing a chauffeur laughing outside of the funeral parlor which disturbed him deeply. He wrote the memory into the film and the chauffeur became a most eerie character.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as the "Highest Box Office Gross - Comedy", accumulating $533,000,000 internationally.
b.
Todd Field
had planned to follow up
In the Bedroom
with this film, but he decided to make
Little Children
(also starring
Kate Winslet
and
Ty Simpkins
) instead.
c.
The shot where the vines seize
Oliver Reed
s legs during the escape attempt were actually done in reverse. The vines were originally unwrapped from the legs and dragged off, but in reverse the vines appear to grab his legs.
d.
Leonid Kinskey
s final movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Chris Columbus
script went through a few drafts before a shooting script was finalized. His original version had the creatures killing the dog and cutting off the moms head and tossing it down the stairs. These elements were never shot due to the fact that both,
Joe Dante
and Warner Bros. wanted the movie to be more family oriented.
b.
In the commentary with director
Dan Curtis
, he says that he actually read the novel Burnt Offerings years before he got the offer to direct this film. Curtis said that he hated the open-ended conclusion of the novel and at the time thought to himself that he would pity anyone who would attempt to make it into a movie. Ironically years later the offer to direct the movie version of the novel came to him and the first thing he did was write an ending that he liked - the one featured in the film.
c.
The film continues where Trail of the Pink Panther leaves off.
d.
Vin Diesel
originally wanted to make the 4th and 5th films back to back, but Universal decided to take some time to see how the current movie would work out before moving on to a fifth. Diesel was allowed to direct an 18 minute short film set in the Fast And Furious world, which will be available on the DVD.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
The script was originally called "Tennessee", and was sold to Disney for approximately $2 million.
b.
Although he goes uncredited, the baseball announcer we hear over the radio during one of the beach scenes is sports announcer,
Charlie Jones
. He was mostly known for football. All of the players he announces here are fictional.
c.
Last of eight features to team Wally Brown and Alan Carney, RKOs long forgotten answer to Universals popular Abbott and Costello.
d.
While shooting the films finale, where Ben flies out the attic window and falls, the films stunt man had a near-disastrous accident. He projected himself too far out from the window and the crew waiting below had seconds to move the safety padding for his landing. The stunt man almost missed the pad, landing a mere foot or so from the end of the safety pad.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Ironically, production on the flip camera was suspended in spring, 2011. What had been the pinnacle of digital technology when Levy began his film was suddenly obsolete.
b.
According to
Dan Curtis
there were no sets built for the film at all, it was filmed entirely on location.
c.
The paint scheme of the Metroville Union locomotive is based on the paint scheme that the long-defunct Green Bay & Western RR used on some of its locomotives (ALCo RS-3s and FA-1/FB-1s).
d.
Although the film consists of only three short horror stories - and the wrap-around animation story, there were, just like the original Creepshow, originally five stories written. One of these, "The Cat From Hell", was later used in the the similar anthology film "Tales From The Darkside: The Movie", released in 1990, and directed by the original Creepshows composer, John Harrison. The other story originally intended to be in Creepshow 2 was the Stephen King short story, "Pinfall", about ghostly rival bowling teams.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Pieces of 80s pop culture shown on Adrian Veidts bank of monitors include Apples "1984" commercial for the Macintosh and the music video for "Addicted to Love" by
Robert Palmer
.
b.
Although there is an onscreen copyright statement, the film is not listed in the copyright catalogue.
c.
Finnish censorship visa #017416.
d.
The house featured in this film would later be used as the funeral home in the film
Phantasm
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)?
a.
Melanie Lynskey
auditioned for the role of Abigail Williams.
b.
László Kovács
, the director of photography, decided that the best way to show a lobotomized Frances Farmer was to take out the eye lights hed been using the entire film.
c.
Karen Black
was four months pregnant during the shoot, and explains that her belly was concealed with some clever wardrobe tactics.
d.
This film was executive produced by
Mel Brooks
, who was responsible for hiring director
David Lynch
and obtaining permission to film in black and white. He deliberately left his name off the credits, as he knew that people would get the wrong idea about the movie if they saw his name on the film, given his fame as a satirist.
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