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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : California (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : California (1947) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: California (1947).
About the movie:
Epic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California (1947)?
a.
The movie was first optioned in 1982 by producers
Ivan Reitman
,
Joe Medjuck
and
Michael C. Gross
.
Douglas Adams
wrote three drafts for them per his contract. During this time, Medjuck and Gross were considering
Bill Murray
or
Dan Aykroyd
to play Ford Prefect, but then Aykroyd sent them his idea for
Ghost Busters
and they did that movie instead.
b.
In Feb. 1958, a reissue of this film was in wide release by Paramount on a double bill with another western,
Desert Fury
.
c.
The trike that
Johnny Knoxville
uses in the film is the original bike that
Phil Kaufman
used in 1973.
d.
The closing title card, "Based on the character of The Bride created by Q and U", refers to the first initials of
Quentin Tarantino
and
Uma Thurman
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California (1947)?
a.
James Caan
,
Al Pacino
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Robert De Niro
and
Burt Reynolds
turned down the role of Han Solo.
b.
John Varley
originally wrote the short story "Air Raid" in 1977. At the time, it was optioned as a project for FX director
Douglas Trumbull
, director of
Silent Running
and
Brainstorm
. The plan was to make it a vehicle for
Paul Newman
and
Jane Fonda
. Trumbulls production fell through, only for it to be inherited first by
Randal Kleiser
and then
Richard Rush
. With all the comings and goings over the years, Varley was able to first turn it into a novel in 1983 and then a screenplay.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #4567-4574.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 30, 1950 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California (1947)?
a.
Nicole Kidman
used an old converted bus once owned by executed Romanian dictator
Nicolae Ceausescu
as her on-location dressing room.
b.
Martin Scorsese
: shining a spotlight from a platform in the club.
c.
After viewing a rough edit it was decided that the movie was too soft, so they brought in special effects wizard
John Carl Buechler
for one day of extra "blood" filming. The thumb in the forehead and the rednecks head getting twisted were both done by him.
d.
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.
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