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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cape Fear (1991) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cape Fear (1991) - 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: Cape Fear (1991).
About the movie:
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
Both
Robert De Niro
and
Nick Nolte
had to alter their physiques for the film because the 61", bulky, Nolte is clearly larger than the 510", slimmer De Niro. Nolte lost a good deal of weight while shooting the film and De Niro bulked up his muscles considerably until De Niro was clearly Noltes physical superior. Interestingly the original Sam Bowden (
Gregory Peck
) was also slightly taller than the original Max Cady (
Robert Mitchum
).
b.
The music playing as Juliet shoots herself at the end of the film is Isoldes Liebestod from
Richard Wagner
s opera
Tristan und Isolde
, where it is used in the exact same context.
c.
The film was picketed by Roman Catholic groups, most notably the Catholic League.
d.
The human characters are hand-drawn. John Silvers mechanical arm and the robot B.E.N. are flat-rendered CGI. The ship was created using Disneys Deep Canvas process. In some scenes, all 3 types of animation appear simultaneously.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
An alternate ending was filmed in which Lt. Col. Anderson (
Dennis Farina
) arrives and sees Millers dead body.
b.
The photo
Timothy Norman
s character Stormin is holding is a picture of him and his younger brother
Connor Norman
in Ireland from years before. The plaque they are pointing to says "On this site in 1897 nothing happened".
c.
Originally slated to be the premier movie for Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS) in theatres, but development was delayed. SDDS premiered with The Last Action Hero instead.
d.
Drew Barrymore
tested for the role of Danielle Bowden but failed the audition. She later said she had "acted all over the place and it was just the biggest disaster of my life".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
The fortieth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies.
b.
Donner was disgusted that production designer
John Barry
and cinematographer
Geoffrey Unsworth
received no recognition from the Academy for their work on the film. He was particularly aggrieved that one of the nominees for Best Art Direction was "California Suite" which merely duplicated an existing hotel, whilst Barry created an entire fictional city and a fortress in the Arctic.
c.
Amblin Entertainments first "R" rated motion picture.
d.
The medical condition experienced by Leonard in this film is a real condition called Anterograde Amnesia - the inability to form new memories after damage to the hippocampus. During the 1950s, doctors treated some forms of epilepsy by removing parts of the temporal lobe, resulting in the same memory problems.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
Director
Martin Scorsese
s first choice for the role of Bowden was
Harrison Ford
. He had
Robert De Niro
call Ford to try convincing him to take the part.
b.
Paul Sorvino
wanted to drop out of the role of Paulie three days before filming began because he felt that he lacked the cold personality to play the character. He called his agent and asked to be released from the film. Sorvinos agent told him to think about it for one day before making a final decision. That night, Sorvino looked in the mirror and was frightened by the look on his face. He realized that that look was the look he needed to play Paulie.
c.
Former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier
Mick Gould
trained
Liam Neeson
in combatives and weapons handling skills to prepare him for the role.
d.
Oprah Winfrey
stormed out of the premiere during the first reel, disgusted by the amount of blood in the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
Script was based upon the 1933 kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart. Son of the owner of Harts Department Store in San Jose, California. The two kidnapping suspects were pulled from jail by group of vigilantes who dragged them across the street to St. James Park and lynched both of them.
b.
Reese Witherspoon
auditioned for the role of Danielle Bowden.
c.
Although the lighting and sweat indicate the sweltering heat inside the pod, it was actually just a spray bottle of water and a yellow gel over the light. In fact, it was quite cold on the set, and in between takes, the actors would huddle by the heaters.
d.
More than half the movie had to be re-shot due to recasting and production issues.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
This film was one of the first movies to land on the UKs Video Nasties list, specifically because of the infamous raft massacre.
b.
"Battle of Angels", the original version of Tennesse Williams play "Orpheus Descending" that the movie is based on, flopped in Boston in 1940 and did not make it to Broadway. The 1957 Broadway production of the reworked play, starring Cliff Robertson and Maureen Stapleton as Val and Lady Torrance, also was a flop. It wasnt until the 1989 revival starring Vanessa Redgrave as Lady Torrance that the play was a success on Broadway.
c.
The hospital at the end of the film is the same hospital used on the show
Supernatural
also starring
Katie Cassidy
.
d.
This was
Gregory Peck
s final appearance in a theatrical film release.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
Screenwriter
Amy Holden Jones
wanted
Jason Alexander
to be cast in the role of David and Dianas lawyer, but couldnt get
Adrian Lyne
to support the idea.
Oliver Platt
was cast in the role instead.
b.
At the start of film, when Eastland is on the couch sleeping, at the top of the couch, a book in the Gold Eagle series S.O.B.S. can be seen.
c.
The people riding the Steel Python as Meatwad explains his plan are animated versions of the cast in crew and the CIA agents from the intro.
d.
This is the first film that Martin Scorsese uses optical FX.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
The song performed by Adams dad for his birthday was actually written and composed by
Kevin Kline
, who plays the character.
b.
The rapper
Common
was offered the role of Heavy Dutys cousin Roadblock, but when he turned it down the character was changed to Heavy Duty, who will be played by
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
.
c.
Jason Bateman
and
Amy Poehler
were originally cast as the leads, when
James Bobin
was signed on to direct the film, replacing
Barry Sonnenfeld
.
d.
Robert Redford
was also considered for the role of Sam Bowden.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
This was
Pierce Brosnan
s first appearance as James Bond. After
Roger Moore
retired, considering himself to be too old to play Bond any more,
Timothy Dalton
was offered the role, but was unavailable. Pierce was then offered the role of James Bond in
The Living Daylights
, but lost out due to his contractual obligations to
Remington Steele
.
b.
The building used as the Island Fortress is actually a water filtration plant in the Beaches area of Toronto. It has been the scene of other movies, including the mental institution in
In the Mouth of Madness
. Filming can no longer take place inside this building following the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001.
c.
This was Scorseses first picture to be shot in 2.35 : 1 aspect ratio.
d.
In the
Norman Mailer
novel, Lieutenant Hearn is killed when Sergeant Croft allows him up to walk into the Japanese machine gun nest Martinez had discovered on his one-man night reconnaissance. Martinez had shared the knowledge of the machine gun nest only with Croft, who in turn kept it from Lieutenant Hearn and the other men.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cape Fear (1991)?
a.
"Float like a Cadillac, Sting like a Beemer" is a reference to boxer
Muhammad Ali
s "Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee," a catch-phrase he made popular during his rookie years.
b.
The logo for the Regional Organ Bank of Illinois (ROBI) can be seen on the envelope containing the anonymous donor letter, which Grace discovers in Bobs house. ROBI (now called Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network) coordinates the donation of organs in the Illinois where the movie takes place, including correspondence between donor families and recipients.
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.
When
Steven Spielberg
was attached to direct he had plans on casting
Bill Murray
as Max Cady.
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