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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cannonball Run II (1984) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cannonball Run II (1984) - 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: Cannonball Run II (1984).
About the movie:
The original characters from the first Cannonball movie race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
While filming his scenes as Professor Dumbledore,
Michael Gambon
wore street clothes under his flimsy costume. He also kept his cigarettes tucked into his socks.
b.
The stretched Chrysler Imperial limousine (stretched by 36 inches) used by Burt Reynolds was converted by ASC (American Sunroof Corporation) outside Detroit, Michigan using the front doors from a 1979-81 Dodge St. Regis sedan. This limousine was used in Reynolds previous film Sharkeys Machine and Stick. Co-star
Frank Sinatra
had a similar limousine converted by the same coachbuilder - which is still owned by the Sinatra family (which was confirmed by a friend of Frank Sinatra Jr. in 2006).
c.
The films soundtrack album became one of the most successful movie albums ever released, more successful than the 1943 original Broadway cast album of "Oklahoma!", although the Broadway production was the biggest stage hit of its time, and for many years after. The film soundtrack album continues to be a popular seller even to this day.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
The video title comes from the film "Paura nella città dei morti viventi", which was released in America in 1983 as "The Gates of Hell".
b.
Elia Kazan
s first collaboration with
Tennessee Williams
.
c.
As this movie features
Frank Sinatra
,
Dean Martin
, Sammy Davis Jr and
Shirley MacLaine
, this movie is arguably the final ever "Rat Pack" movie (i.e. of the 1960s Rat Pack stars, note
Joey Bishop
and
Peter Lawford
are not in this film). For this movie, it was the final cinema theatrical movie for both Martin and Sinatra.
d.
Ted Raimi
: at least four characters: The cowardly warrior who doesnt want to die, the man who shouts "you can count on my steel", the swordsman with an eye-patch and the S-marts store clerk.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
The actual correct full name of the real Cannonball Run race was the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. Besides The Cannonball Run, it was also known as the Cannonball Baker.
b.
Vanessa Redgrave
s part was originally written for a man.
c.
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.
d.
Guy Moshe
managed to sign
Woody Harrelson
and
Demi Moore
onto
Bunraku
because both actors really liked
Holly
and responded immediately to the
Bunraku
script.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
The script was based on the unproduced play "Everybody Comes to Ricks".
Samuel Marx
of MGM wanted to offer authors (
Murray Burnett
and
Joan Alison
) $5,000 for it, but MGM boss
Louis B. Mayer
refused;
Irene Lee
of the Warner Brothers story department praised it to
Jack L. Warner
, who agreed to buy it for $20,000.
b.
Roger Moore
parodied his James Bond persona in the first
The Cannonball Run
movie, driving an Aston Martin and frequently, when on camera, a scene was introduced with James Bondesque music. Though Moore does not return in this sequel (see above trivia item), there are a number of new James Bond connections in this follow-up. This movie features
Richard Kiel
who had played Jaws in
The Spy Who Loved Me
and
Moonraker
and
Telly Savalas
who had played Ernst Stavro Blofeld in
On Her Majestys Secret Service
. This movie features a car that can turn itself into a submersible vehicle a la the underwater car from
The Spy Who Loved Me
whilst Kiel is often seen brandishing his teeth (real, not metal) in a number of shots.
c.
Six reels.
d.
The directors wife makes a cameo appearance as a plague victim.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
Great care was taken to either partially or completely hide
James Coburn
s hands, which are obviously suffering the effects of arthritis.
b.
Final Cannonball Run movie for all the acting cast except
Jamie Farr
who appeared in the third movie
Speed Zone!
, the only actor from the series to do so.
c.
Three different types of smoke were used in the film, one of which has since become illegal to be used on movie sets.
d.
During filming of the famous rainbarrel sequence, Jean Harlow reportedly stood up - topless - and called out something along the lines of "one for the boys in the lab!" Director
Victor Fleming
quickly removed the film from the camera to prevent any footage from reaching the black market.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
Because of a protest from the Japanese Association of Southern California,
Sessue Hayakawa
s name and nationality was changed for the 1918 re-release. Originally he was a Japanese called Hishuru Tori; in the re-issue he was a Burmese called Haka Arakau.
b.
Chris Columbus
,
Raja Gosnell
and
Peyton Reed
were each attached as director at some point.
c.
Frank Sinatra
: Sinatra made a cameo appearance in this film after listening to
Dean Martin
and Sammy Davis Jr go on and on about how much fun they had during the first film (this is according to director
Hal Needham
in the first films DVD commentary).
d.
Steven Spielberg
wanted to work with Indian actor
M.R. Gopakumar
in the movie, but due to his passport traveling issues he was unable to accept that offer.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
The "Sarah Siddons Award" which Eve receives was invented by writer/director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
. In 1952 a small group of eminent Chicago theater-goers, including Mrs. Loyal Davis, mother of future First Lady
Nancy Davis
, began to give an award of that name which is also physically modeled on the one in the film. The 1967-1968 Actor of the Year award recipient was
Celeste Holm
. In 1973, during the Sarah Siddons Society Anniversary Gala, an honorary Sarah Siddons award was presented to
Bette Davis
, even though she never appeared in a play in Chicago. Around 1960 Davis did appear in the
Tennessee Williams
play "The Night of the Iguana" at the Blackstone in Chicago.
b.
The hardcore band "Cold War from Orange Country, California" quotes this movie several times throughout their CD "From Russia With Love".
c.
When
John Huston
first started working on the project in 1941, the studio had
George Raft
,
Edward G. Robinson
and
John Garfield
in mind for the three main roles. Then World War II intervened. By the time Huston came back from making several documentaries for the war effort,
Humphrey Bogart
had become Warner Brothers biggest star. This was entirely appropriate, for when Bogart first got wind of the fact that Huston might be making a film of the
B. Traven
novel, he immediately started badgering Huston for a part.
d.
Burt Reynolds
once said in 1982, about a couple of years before this picture, that he wasnt going to make any more "car chase" movies.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
At one point in the film, Mater is prompted to think of insurance agents, and he sings the State Farm Auto Insurance jingle, with modified lyrics. State Farm Insurance was one of the sponsors for the film, and Pixar created an animated television ad for them.
b.
The Desert Eagles the Russians use have the hammer and sickle symbol just below the bore of the gun.
c.
The actual family did not have any twins. All the children were single births and the father regretted this because he felt multiple births to be more efficient.
d.
Final of the 1970s-1980s action car stunt comedies for
Burt Reynolds
. These films included the Smokey and the Bandit and Cannonball Run movie series as well as
Stroker Ace
and
Hooper
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
Sixteen original
Cole Porter
songs were utilized for this musical film.
b.
Frank Sinatra
receives second top billing (after
Burt Reynolds
in this movies closing credits list even though he only has a small cameo role and appears only in two sequences in the movie.
c.
Fast action shots were filmed from the back of a pick-up truck.
d.
DVD has alternate ending.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cannonball Run II (1984)?
a.
John Barry
agreed to score the film immediately after reading the script.
b.
This film is one of three pictures that actors
Jim Nabors
and
Burt Reynolds
made together, all of them being early 1980s movies. They are:
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
,
Stroker Ace
and
Cannonball Run II
.
c.
The two police officers are named Reese and Foley, which are the names that director
Robert Zemeckis
and screenwriter
Bob Gale
use for any police or government agents in the films they have written.
d.
A major piece of advertising art (a shot of Nureyev embracing Michelle Phillips) had to be retouched in mid-campaign after someone noticed he was wearing a trendy Seventies tank watch that didnt exist in the Twenties - a mistake clumsily corrected by airbrushing out the chunk of his wrist bearing anachronistic timepiece.
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