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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Children of the Corn (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Children of the Corn (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984).
About the movie:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
This film has been an influence on hip-hop culture and rap music since the late 1980s. The Houston-area rap group The
Geto Boys
sampled several lines into their rap songs, and one rapper (Brad Jordan aka
Scarface
, now the CEO of Def Jam South) in the group took the name of this film as his stage name. Many rappers, including
Sean P. Diddy Combs
claim this is their favorite film.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 3, 1944 with
Jack Oakie
reprising his film role.
c.
According to Karloff biographer Peter Underwood the temperature on the Yuma locations could be as hot as 150 degrees and actors were limited to working two hours a day.
d.
In the original theatrical trailer,
Stephen King
s name is misspelled as "Steven".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
Michael and Corey Frizzell, the nephews of legendary country music stars Lefty & David Frizzell and Sons of Country Gospel great Allen Frizzell (once married to country star Shelly West), played extras at the age of 8 and 9. Michael was also
Robby Kiger
(Job) stunt double. Corey who is now an artist to country music stars was also a stand in actor for
Robby Kiger
(Job).
b.
Contrary to belief, the film is not based on actual events.
c.
Jed (White Fang) also played the dog/alien in
John Carpenter
s
The Thing
.
d.
Rand Ravich
did rewrites on the script.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
Although the onscreen credits specify the movie was based on s story by novelist
Louis Joseph Vance
, no such story has been found.
b.
The
Audrey Hepburn
character was inspired by
Suzy Parker
, who made a fashionable cameo appearance in the film (her first film) in the "Think Pink" sequence.
c.
George Lucas
had hoped to remake the original
Flash Gordon
, but when he learned that
Dino De Laurentiis
had already bought the rights, he wrote
Star Wars
instead.
d.
The tagline "And a child shall lead them" comes from Isaiah 11:6 in the Old Testament, which reads, "And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
Delores Taylor claims that the lyrics of "The Theme from The Trial of Billy Jack" came to her in a dream.
b.
R.G. Armstrong
filmed his scenes in one day.
c.
Akeems apartment building is supposed to be in Queens, but its actually located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at S. 5th Street and Hooper.
d.
Howard Hawks
remembers: "When the movie was released a certain critic said Its the only picture Hawks ever made that didnt have any truth in it. I wrote him a letter and said, Every blooming thing in that movie was true. I knew the men that were in it and everything about it. But it was just where truth was stranger than fiction."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
Damones locker was # 671.
b.
Movie features many songs by Michigan-native band "Nineteen Wheels".
c.
Filming began late in 1962 but the movie was not released until 1964.
d.
On the dashboard of Burt and Vickis car is a copy of Night Shift, the
Stephen King
short story collection in which Children of the Corn originally appeared.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
In real life,
Joey Coyle
and the mobster did not force the car into water, but simply drove to New Jersey and abandoned it. Also, in real life, three people saw Coyle find and take the money, unlike in the movie where the movie Coyle does stop to check to see if anyone was around when he found the money and sees nobody (in fact in the movie a homeless boy saw him, but was hidden from view).
b.
In the original story, Isaac and Malachais names were William Renfrew and Craig Boardman, respectively.
c.
Steven Spielberg
asked
Michael Jackson
and
Quincy Jones
to contribute a song for the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Story Book Album. Spielberg was so pleased with their song "Someone in the Dark" that he asked them to make the entire album, which, in spite of the size of the task, they agreed to do. This boxed set included an LP, a book to read along with it and a poster of E.T. and Jackson. Epic Records allowed Jackson to record the album for MCA Records on the conditions that it not be released until after Christmas of 1982 so as to not compete with Thriller and that "Someone in the Dark" not be released as a single. Both of the conditions were breached by MCA Records; they released the storybook in November 1982 and gave promo copies of "Someone In the Dark" to radio stations. MCA Records were forced to withdraw the album and were prohibited from releasing "Someone In the Dark" as a single after court action was taken by Epic against them in a $2 million lawsuit, which MCA settled by paying Epic chief
Walter Yetnikoff
$500,000. Jones claims neither he nor Jackson received a dime for making the record, in spite of the large cash settlement involved and its considerable success: The audio book earned Jackson a Grammy Award in 1984 for Best Recording for Children. Upon collecting the award, and taking home a record eight Grammys from an unprecedented twelve nominations, the singer stated that of all the awards had gotten that night, he was "most proud of this one".
d.
Flynn suffered a broken ankle during filming, and while he was recovering, Universal took advantage of the unused sets by scripting and shooting a hastily assembled B picture,
Yankee Buccaneer
with
Jeff Chandler
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
The scene in which
Keanu Reeves
barely escapes on the motorcycle was shot mainly with blue screens and explosion effects added in post-production. The live sequences had Reeves riding a motorcycle hooked up to the back of truck with a camera filming tight close ups.
b.
Though real corn was used for most of filming, polyurethane corn had to be used for the more difficult action sequences.
c.
The President questions Coles idea of addressing the nation while wearing a cardigan sweater; this is based on a real-life incident in which then-president
Jimmy Carter
addressed the nation in a cardigan during the height of the fuel shortages in the 1970s.
d.
Johnny Haymers film debut.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children of the Corn (1984)?
a.
Elizabeth Taylor
gained nearly 30 pounds to play the role of a middle-aged wife just for this film.
b.
A special effects explosion went awry, sending shards of metal flying into the crew, resulting in the death of key grip,
Jean-François Bourassa
.
c.
The person who places the flower on top of the stones in the closing credits is
Liam Neeson
and not
Steven Spielberg
, as some people think.
d.
In the original ending of the story
Linda Hamilton
s character Vicki was killed by the children. She joined "the blue man" on a cross and had her eyes cut out.
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