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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973).
About the movie:
Six friends dig up a corpse named Orville. They use it in a satanic ritual to make the dead rise from their graves. Look out!!!
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
The script was written in ten days.
b.
The movie ending and the novella ending are drastically different. In the novellas ending, after Dussanders death, Todd murders Mr. French and then goes up on an overpass and begins to snipe people in cars going by, until the police kill him. In the movie he essentially gets away with everything, without having to kill Mr. French.
c.
First cinema film of
Kate Beckinsale
, who shot this film during her summer break from studying Russian and French at New College, Oxford.
d.
Final 8-minute sequence is filmed in one continuous take.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
The tombstones were made out of Styrofoam.
b.
Mark Zuckerberg
originally planned never to see the movie. He ended up taking several of his employees to see it. He later remarked that, despite some of the films inaccuracies, they got his clothing right.
c.
Doc Ocks lab where he has his initial accident is actually Anthology Film Archives, one of New Yorks most famous venues for avant-garde cinema, founded by legendary filmmaker
Jonas Mekas
.
d.
The sheriff played by
Brad Dourif
is named in memory of
Leigh Brackett
, a screenwriter and (mostly) science fiction novelist. Her long Hollywood career included co-writing films as diverse as The Big Sleep_,
Rio Bravo
, and
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
. Rio Bravo was the inspiration for a previous John Carpenter movie,
Assault on Precinct 13
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
Jane Daly
was still a senior at the University of Miami when she acted in this film.
b.
The character name of Ridley Kraid is a combination of the names of two boss villains in the Metroid video game series.
c.
Frederick Coffin
s last film.
d.
Shooters license plate number is CTO 27Q.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
Stars
Alan Ormsby
and
Anya Ormsby
were married at the time of the filming.
b.
The battle between the Thuggees and the British Indian army was added when RKO considered the ending too bland.
c.
According to
Robert Englund
his Freddy makeup was so thick that he didnt really know how hot it was from the fires during the filming. When he got in to have his makeup removed, it had literally bonded itself to the side of his face.
d.
Michael Keaton
spent only two weeks filming his part in the film, which lasts 17.5 minutes out of the 92-minute running time. It is Keatons favorite film of his own.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
The car chase ends in front of Uncle Als Seafood at the corner of First and Elm streets in Long Beach, CA. This is the same intersection where Riggs and Murtaugh blew up a gas station in
Lethal Weapon 4
.
b.
The films Italian title is "L Assedio dei morti viventi", which translates to "The Siege of the Living Dead".
c.
Director
F.W. Murnau
wanted the title of the film to be "Our Daily Bread", but the studio refused. In addition, the film, which had been shot silent, was scheduled by the studio to have parts of it reshot with sound. Murnau refused, wanting nothing to do with "talkies", and after this and other clashes with the studio he left the picture before it was completed. An assistant director finished it.
d.
Stan Lee
, the creator of Iron Man, had originally based Tony Stark on
Howard Hughes
, whom he felt was "one of the most colourful men of our time: an inventor, an adventurer, a multimillionaire, a ladies man and finally a nutcase."
Robert Downey Jr.
further described his portrayal of Stark as "a challenge of making a wealthy, establishmentarian, weapons-manufacturing, hard-drinking, womanizing prick into a character who is likable and a hero."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
Nia Long
who plays Lonette had a no-nudity clause in the contract for this film.
b.
After finishing filming the "Make em Laugh dance sequence,
Donald OConnor
found the effort so taxing that he went to bed for three days.
c.
Previously produced as the silent film
Romance
starring
Doris Keane
, who had originated the role of Rita Cavallini in the stage play.
d.
Director
Bob Clark
shot this film back to back with
Dead of Night
as part of a two picture deal. Both films were shot in Florida and featured several of the same cast members.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
To extras waiting to join the "Terrible Neighborhood" and "Terrible Flat" scenes, a wardrobe specialist announced, "Please remove your personal jewelry including school rings and wedding bands; this is supposed to be a gritty neighborhood full of crackhouses and youre poor... you hocked all of your jewelry - for drugs."
b.
The rundown old house belonged to a popular local photographer in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida.
c.
The scene in the garage where Jernigan sees a pair of legs dangling out of the storage attic and he pulls on them which are actually the legs of a dummy attached to a lawn mower starter which starts and falls through the door onto Jernigan was derived from the novelization of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in which the exact same incident happens to Marv when hes searching the garage for Kevin.
d.
Both
Richard Gere
and
John Travolta
were considered for the part of
Billy Hayes
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
The names on the tombstones are the names of various crew members.
b.
Ursula Teresa Taherian (Juliet) was seen alongside Susan Lucci (of "All My Children" fame) in a national infomercial.
c.
While filming the scene in which Doc notices Rudy waiting in ambush outside his hotel room,
Michael Madsen
dropped his pants off camera in order to get the desired look of surprise out of Baldwin.
d.
Warner Bros. erected 67 sets for this movie, a record at the time.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
This movie is inspired by the Bulgarian movie
Yo ho ho
.
b.
The film had no script, but there was a storyboard that the director destroyed when he was denied the films last cut, in 1971.
c.
Michel Legrands Theme from "Summer of 42" was released as a single in the spring of 1971 on a 78 rpm record, Warner Brothers 7486. The B-side was Summer Song, from the movie Picasso Summer.
d.
Director Bob Clark (III) was planning to do a remake of "Children Shouldnt Play With Dead Things" in 2007. Tragically though, Clark died in an automobile accident before production plans could get underway.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)?
a.
When Orville is sitting on the couch with Alan, they move his arm and for a moment, you can see his normal "flesh colored" skin between the fake right ghoul hand and suit sleeve.
b.
Actor Robert Denton was originally cast in the role of Grayson Abernathy as the filmmakers did not believe he could fill the role of Chevy due to the characters emotional range. It wasnt until they lost the first Chevy that they gave in to the Casting Directors suggestions and cast him in the role that would ultimately define his career.
c.
Many of the actors worked for a significantly discounted salary to make this production possible.
d.
This is the first live-action movie trilogy based on a video game.
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