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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : California Split (1974) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : California Split (1974) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974).
About the movie:
A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974)?
a.
The Filmmakers have won several awards at festivals across the country, including Best Director, Best Comedy, Best Sound Design & Editing, "Best of Faux" Audience Award, an Accolade Award, and The "Precious Award" given to them for their Walter Keonig cameo.
b.
The Swedish Film Institute holds two, newly restored, fragments of this film in their archives. They publicly screened these fragments on the 27th of February 2011.
c.
Salma Hayek
only took her part in the film after insisting that she rewrite it.
d.
In the office scene after the seat switch on the bus, the outer office manager mentions getting in touch with
Jerry Weintraub
. Weintraub is an actor and director.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974)?
a.
Wilder preferred shooting in black-and-white, but Monroes Fox contract called for all of her films to be shot in color.
b.
In Britain it was given an X certificate though it later played on childrens television.
c.
The original ending actually spilled outside the casino. Bill leaves Charlie and hails a cab when Charlie suddenly comes out and decides to go with him so as to prove that he can walk away from gambling. However, a couple of people climb out of the waiting cab and ask Charlie how the action is, and he is drawn right back in and thus Bill leaves alone.
d.
Debbie Reynolds
drove
Shelley Winters
to work each day. One morning on her way to pick up Shelley, Debbie noticed a woman standing on Santa Monica Boulevard in a nightgown trying to flag down a ride. When Reynolds stopped and asked why she wasnt waiting at home, Winters replied, "I thought I was late."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974)?
a.
Reels 1 to 4 of this five-reel film survive in the Library of Congress.
b.
"Frank Wirtanen" is the name of the man who used to sell Christmas trees to the Vonnegut family.
c.
Alan Alda
had previously acted in
Rod Lurie
s earlier film
Resurrecting the Champ
. Not only are both films based on true stories, but they also deal with the issues of journalism, family vs. work, and identity.
d.
The film is dedicated to actress Barbara Ruick, who appears in the movie as a barmaid, and who died during the filming.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974)?
a.
When the film was re-titled and re-released in 1946, sixth-billed
Alan Ladd
s name was raised to the top-billed, over-the-title position, and thus it has remained ever since.
b.
Peter Benchley
was not happy with
Steven Spielberg
s ending where the shark is killed when a compressed air tank explodes in its mouth, claiming it was unrealistic. Spielberg defended himself by saying he will have held his audiences attention for two hours and they would believe anything in the end no matter how unrealistic or unbelievable the ending really was.
c.
Humphrey Bogart
s tour-de-force performance in the climactic courtroom scene was so powerful that it completely captivated the onlooking film technicians and crewmen. After the scenes completion, the company gave Bogart a round of thunderous applause.
d.
Robert Altman
discovered
Jeff Goldblum
in a play in New York called "El Grande Coca-Cola" and cast him in the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974)?
a.
Professional card players were used in the background of the opening scene when Charlie Waters is accused of cheating at the table.
b.
The phone booth is supposedly on the north side of West 53rd Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. The filming began there but it was already November 2000 and much too cold for the cast and crew. After one day, the shoot took over in a historic section of downtown LA on 5th Street. It looks like NY, save for the well-known Studio 54 and
Ed Sullivan
Theatre which are on the original locations block.
c.
When Jackie Boy and his "troops" enter Shellies apartment, one of them is wearing a t-shirt with a peace sign embedded with a star and flag (the symbol also appears as one of Beckys (
Alexis Bledel
) earrings). This is the symbol of PAX, the paramilitary peace force from
Frank Miller
s Martha Washington series of graphic novels, beginning with "Give Me Liberty."
d.
In the scene in which John visits Shirleys apartment, a poster from the
Stephen Sondheim
musical Follies can be seen.
Stephen Sondheim
had contributed an original song ("I Never Do Anything Twice") to
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
,
Nicholas Meyer
s previous film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974)?
a.
When Azamat opens the fridge at his apartment in Hollywood, you can see the head of Oxanna the bear.
b.
The last live-action film of
Michael Gough
.
c.
Steven Spielberg
was originally going to direct.
d.
This movie was based on the real-life activities of American volunteers in the Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) according to an article in the 5 November 1940 Hollywood Reporter and the Twentieth Century-Fox Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Arts Special Collections Library.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: California Split (1974)?
a.
First non-Cinerama movie to use eight-channel recording of dialog on the set.
b.
The PRSF uses the former Alcatraz maximum security prison to hold the Mayor of San Francisco hostage; at the time of the films release, Alcatraz was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Some of the buildings seen in the film were destroyed during the Native American occupation between 1969 - 1971.
c.
Melissas original death was Agnes ripping her eye out and dragging her down the hall by her eye socket as she screams helplessly. Glen Morgan decided to re shoot her death to being chased and having part of her head sliced off by an ice skate. The eye death became the UK Version death, while the ice skate death was the US Version death.
d.
Director
Robert Mulligan
and producer
Alan J. Pakula
traveled to
Harper Lee
s hometown of Monroeville but found it unsuitable for filming. The town had been modernized. Therefore the production team constructed their own ideal version of Monroeville on a backlot at Universal. When Lee saw their recreation, she said it was perfect.
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