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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Caveman (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Caveman (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Caveman (1981)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981).

About the movie: A caveman seeks revenge on a much larger competitor for the hand of a beautiful cavewoman.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		Moira Shearer was to have played Doro, the prima ballerina, but had to withdraw when she discovered she was pregnant
b.		When Rosemary receives the book "All of Them Witches," she is told that the name is an anagram. At first she tries to rearrange the letters of the books title, but then realizes that the clue referred to a name within the book. However, the title actually is an anagram for Hell a Cometh Swift.
c.		The film opens up with "One Zillion BC - October 9th" October 9th was John Lennons birthday. This was in memoriam of Ringo Starrs former friend and former band mate with the Beatles.
d.		There are over a hundred different styles of art featured in this movie.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		The motorcycle in the movie is a 1976 Kawasaki KZ1000, requested by Keanu Reeves himself. Fox bought five bikes for different scenes, all painted flat black to prevent the spotlights from being reflected.
b.		There is a wanted poster for Steve McQueen on the left wall in the Sheriffs Office.
c.		In a scene deleted from the original release, Scotty explains that Peter Preston (Ike Eisenmann), the young engineering cadet who dies during Khans first attack, was his nephew. This was restored in the directors edition.
d.		In an interview, Shelley Long said that at her audition, she didnt speak any English. She responded to everything with an ad-libbed series of grunts. It obviously worked.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		The production company Haxan Films borrowed its named from Benjamin Christensens witchcraft documentary, Häxan, a source of inspiration for the film. Häxan is the Swedish word for witch.
b.		Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland kept calling each other "Shirley" on the set. Gould did it in one shot, cracking Sutherland up, and Robert Altman decided to keep it in the film. "Shirley" was a reference to Donald Sutherlands second wife, Shirley Douglas.
c.		Before she met Ringo Starr and the two fell in love, Barbara Bach is on the record as saying that she was originally disappointed that the lead part had gone to the ex-Beatle instead of "a top comedian like Dudley Moore".
d.		Marlon Brando wanted to make Don Corleone "look "like a bulldog," so he stuffed his cheeks with cotton wool for the audition. For actual filming, he wore a mouthpiece made by a dentist; this appliance is on display in the American Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		Based upon an incident that happened in California in the early 1950s. A man named Billy Cook murdered a family of five, including three children, and then killed a traveling salesman. He then kidnapped two hunters and took them across the border into Mexico, intending to kill them, too, but before he could he was captured by Mexican police and subsequently extradited to the US, where he was tried for the murders, convicted, and died in the gas chamber at San Quentin on Dec. 12, 1952.
b.		The church at the end of the movie is St. Brendan Church.
c.		Directorial debut of a theatrical feature for Carl Gottlieb.
d.		According to director John Coney (I), the film utilized a sound stage that was controlled by Artie Mitchell and Jim Mitchell (IV), who were concurrently filming Behind the Green Door. The production teams from both films shared the sound stage expenses, as well as the sound stage itself: the riser on which the Arkestra performed was also used by the Mitchell Bros. for "other purposes."

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		This movie was filmed entirely on location in Mexico. Specifically, it was shot in Durango, Durango, Mexico. Exteriors were filmed near Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico at the Sierra De Organos.
b.		When the role of Dr. Tuskin was still written as male, Chris Sarandon, George Segal, and David Carradine were considered. John Boorman passed on Sarandon, and George Segals salary demands were too high. When the decision was made to make Dr. Tuskin a woman, the screenwriter suggested Jane Fonda or Ann-Margret before Boorman decided upon casting Louise Fletcher.
c.		The film deleted a musical number, "Mr. Monotony," in which Judy Garland wears the same costume she would immortalize two years later in Summer Stock in the number "Get Happy"; the costume was a mans tuxedo coat and hat. For years, there were rumors that "Get Happy" was cut from another film and inserted into Summer Stock. It is believed that this song being removed from "Easter Parade" is the origin of that rumor. An abbreviated version of the "Mr. Monotony" number was included in Thats Entertainment! III, and the complete number is included as an extra on the Warner Home Video Easter Parade DVD.
d.		Joe Spinell filmed all of his scenes in one day.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		The Roman forum built at Cinecitta was three times the size of the real thing.
b.		Although Russell Crowe had reservations about the first drafts of the script that he had been sent, the chance of working with Peter Weir was what ultimately convinced him to commit to the project.
c.		Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach began their long relationship after meeting on the set of this movie. The two were married just over one year after they met.
d.		A song sung by the enchanted objects entitled "Human Again" was cut before production started. The song was later added to the Disney on Ice and theatrical productions and was recorded and animated for the 2001 Imax re-release. It was also added to the special edition released in October 8th 2002, making the movie a bit longer.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		The only actor who speaks any English in this movie is Evan C. Kim as Nook. This standout plays like Marcel Marceau being the only actor who speaks in Mel Brooks Silent Movie. When Nook speaks normal English in this movie, it is funny because none of the other actors can understand him, but the audience can.
b.		Director George Sluizer now owns the material and has suggested that he might use some footage as documentary material about River Phoenix.
c.		With the failure of Errol Flynns non-action films Escape Me Never and Never Say Goodbye, Warners producer Jerry Wald argued that the star should return to a large-scale swashbuckler, especially after Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk and The Adventures of Robin Hood had enjoyed recent successful theatrical revivals. Unfortunately for Flynn, this film continued his string of critical and financial flops, and the budgets of subsequent Flynn films were reduced considerably.
d.		John Sayles wrote his first draft in Spanish, the second in English and then polished it back into Spanish for his third draft.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		For the most part, there is no English dialogue heard in this movie. The language heard is grunt like Cavespeak. Technically, the language (other than the small amount of English) that is heard in this movie could be described as Gibberish just like the grunt language was so described for the classic French cult movie Themroc.
b.		Rumor had it that Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty were having an affair during filming which led to the breakup of Natalies marriage to Robert Wagner. In reality the two stars didnt get along during filming and started dating after Natalies marriage had ended.
c.		According to the films cinematographer - Vilmos Zsigmond - the scene where the deer is shot by Michael (DeNiro) was filmed by giving the trained deer a sedative; it took half an hour for the drug to take effect; they had fenced off an area limiting the deers range and two cameras were used.
d.		An Incomplete Print of this film (Reels 2,3 and 5) Survives in the Library of Congress.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		Abel Ferrara claims Wesley Snipes was living in his car during production of this film.
b.		Tobe Hooper: Frolicking during a party scene.
c.		The following Cavespeak from the movie translates as follows: "alunda" - love ; "bobo" - friend ; "haraka" - fire ; "macha" - monster ; "nya" - no/not ; "ool" - food ; "pooka" - broken ; "ugh" - like ; "zug zug" - sex.
d.		The main characters name is Joseph, and he invents a "process." In Kafkas "Der Prozess" (English title: The Trial), the main character, Joseph, is also framed, and nothing is what it seems.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Caveman (1981)?
a.		Jerry Maren (the pitcher in the kitchen baseball scene) was actor in the movie who was originally in The Wizard of Oz, where he played a Munchkin in the Lollipop Guild. He later said he regretted making this movie because it was in such poor taste and nothing remotely like that ever happened while filming the original movie.
b.		When showing at the old drive-in theaters in Australia every ticket holder was given a pamphlet with approximately 30 "caveman words" and an English translation for each word to listen for through the movie.
c.		Bill Murray was undergoing a divorce at the time of filming and was obsessing about the film. He would ring Harold Ramis constantly, often in the early hours of the morning. Ramis eventually sent writer Danny Rubin to sit with Murray and iron out all his anxieties, one of the reasons why Murray stopped speaking to Ramis for several years.
d.		Joe Eszterhas wrote the screenplay with Jane Fonda in mind to play the female lead. Both Eszterhas and producer Irwin Winkler wanted to cast Fonda but director Costa-Gavras thought that she was too old for the part and cast Jessica Lange instead. Fonda was paid $1.25m in compensation for losing the part.

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