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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : City Heat (1984) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : City Heat (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: City Heat (1984).
About the movie:
A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
Biggest grossing action film with a woman in lead role. Second is
Aliens
.
b.
Original director of this movie and its story and co-screenwriter,
Blake Edwards
, is credited for this movies writing under the pseudonym of Sam O.Brown, something he apparently requested after leaving the film during pre-production. This nom de plumes initials are S.O.B., which perhaps suggested Edwards feeling about his involvement on this picture. These initials also form the title of another Edwards film, the earlier comedy,
S.O.B.
.
c.
Amitabh Bachchan
had shot for a scene as an extra in a funeral scene, his scene was removed from the final print.
d.
The curved knife used in the final fight is a karambit. Its an Indonesian /Malaysian weapon and the finger hole in the handle makes it very difficult to disarm, which was evident in the fight scene.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
DVD Talk states that "According to
Richard Schickel
s book
Clint Eastwood
, Blake Edwards was originally signed to direct the film from his screenplay Kansas City Jazz. Problems arose over Edwards insistence on casting his wife
Julie Andrews
in one of the female leads. Reynolds and Andrews had not gotten along very well during the production of
The Man Who Loved Women
, and of course, Reynolds had major reservations about a reprise of previous problems. Eastwood supported Reynolds, and to make the long story short, Edwards quit the production. Eastwood brought in
Joseph Stinson
to rewrite the script..."
b.
According to the script, the movies last shot in the film centering on Michael as he gazes at the lake occurs in 1968. That accounts for
Al Pacino
s additional wrinkles and slightly receded and graying hairline. It was actually the concluding aspect of a scene with his son, Anthony, who declares he will not follow in his fathers footsteps. Anthony was portrayed by an actor about 18 years old; the scene was half filmed, but
Francis Ford Coppola
lost the light before wrapping for the day and was unable to return to complete the scene.
c.
Average & Median Shot Lengths = ~4 seconds.
d.
John Travolta
suffered from insomnia during the shoot. His lack of sleep helped him create a very moody performance and is why his character seems so downtrodden throughout the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
This film is based partly on the life of director
H.B. Halicki
, who moved to Los Angeles from Dunkirk, New York, to start a junkyard business and ultimately become a prominent movie director. All of lead character Harlan Holliss business, ranch and home locations are Halickis actual properties, as well as all of the props/vehicles he uses and owns.
b.
Stan Laurel
always referred to this film as "Fra Diavolo."
c.
After director
Blake Edwards
was allegedly fired from this picture, a number of other directors were approached to direct the film until eventually
Richard Benjamin
was hired to direct.
d.
Nick Dunning
(Attalus) and
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
(Cassander) would later appear in the TV series The Tudors together.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
This film is the only ever time that
Burt Reynolds
and
Clint Eastwood
starred together in a movie.
b.
Norman Maclean often recounted the story of how his semi-autobiographical story collection was rejected by every large commercial publisher he sent it to, including one that rejected it on the basis that it contained "too many trees." It was eventually published instead by the University of Chicago Press (in 1976) and went on to sell extraordinarily well for them.
c.
Writer
Ben Hecht
consulted many of the leading psychoanalysts of the day when he was penning the screenplay.
d.
The text at the end of film reads: "In 1941, a Kentucky mountaineer returned to a remote sinkhole, the place where during the Civil War he had killed and buried a Union Soldier. This film was inspired by his story as told to the folklorist Harry Caudill."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
The movie mentions that Sid Hatfield married Mayor Testermans widow. There is speculation from historians that Sid Hatfield himself killed Mayor Testerman in the confusion so that he could marry the mayors wife.
b.
The motorcycle Trinity rides is a jet black Triumph Speed Triple.
c.
Jodie Foster
and
Jennifer Jason Leigh
were in talks to play Susie.
d.
Though the setting of Kansas City was clearly indicated in two of this pictures working titles, the films city setting remained unnamed throughout the final cut of this movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
As the marines are leaving the Oakridge station, a billboard behind them is advertising
The Miracle of Morgans Creek
, another film by
Preston Sturges
.
b.
Adapted from a Broadway play that opened on September 2, 1924 at the Imperial Theatre in New York and ran for 557 performances.
c.
The set for the whorehouse was laced with Christmas lights on the ceiling.
d.
When this movie was made and released, its stars,
Burt Reynolds
and
Clint Eastwood
, were two of cinemas biggest box-office stars in the world. This movie is notable for their star-teaming here.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
James Cameron
is planning to shoot some footage seven miles underwater in the Challenger Deep, the deepest point of the Mariana Trench and also the deepest location on earth. The pressure at such a depth would be over 8 tons per square inch - far beyond the capabilities of even the most advanced Russian military subs, which can handle only 1,600 pounds per square inch.
b.
It was mentioned in some interviews that Kanes co-stars were a little uneasy around the 7 man. Fangoria magazine mentions the director having to ask Kane to remain seated during cast introductions, since one of the women, who only came up to his sternum, wouldnt come near him.
c.
Superman creators
Jerry Siegel
and
Joe Shuster
were both delighted with the results.
d.
The credits bill the film as a Malpaso/Deliverance production. The Malpaso Company is the production company of
Clint Eastwood
and is synonymous with many of his films as is Deliverance synonymous with
Burt Reynolds
whose film
Deliverance
is one of his most notable works. This was the second and final film though for Deliverance Productions, Reynolds earlier movie
Sharkys Machine
was the first.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
William Katt
,
Barbara Hale
s son said in a 2007 interview that she was pregnant with him during the filming of this movie as well as
Lorna Doone
.
b.
Madeline Kahn
plays the part of Caroline Howley in a role that original writer-director
Blake Edwards
intended for his wife
Julie Andrews
.
c.
Several of
Arnold Schwarzenegger
s female employees were cast as extras in the opening bar scene, where The Terminator first arrives in search of clothing.
d.
A modern source lists
Billy Gilbert
in the cast, but he was not seen in the movie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
Universals press copy boasted that they had spent $200,000 to produce the film. They also claimed that it featured 700 scenes and a cast of 800 players. None of this was true.
b.
The digitally-rendered 1933 NY is so detailed that it contained 90,000 separate buildings.
c.
Crystal Lowe
s first leading role.
d.
This movie was the first theatrically released picture that
Jane Alexander
starred in after having been nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award Oscar for her lead performance as Carol Wetherly in
Testament
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: City Heat (1984)?
a.
Known mostly for her music,
Irene Cara
both acts in this movie and worked on three songs on the soundtrack, co-writing "City Heat" and performing "Get Happy" and "Embraceable You".
b.
While
Topher Grace
was a big comic book fan and had read the first Venom stories as a boy, he found the suit he had to wear as Venom extremely unpleasant. It took an hour to put on (and four hours to apply the prosthetics); and it had to be constantly smeared with goo to give it a liquid organic feel. Grace also had to wear fangs, which bruised his gums.
c.
Cyrano, Carls pet, was originally scripted as being a frog.
d.
Actors considered for the role of Indiana Jones included
Nick Nolte
,
Steve Martin
(who chose to do
Pennies from Heaven
instead),
Bill Murray
(who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with
Saturday Night Live
),
Chevy Chase
,
Tim Matheson
,
Nick Mancuso
,
Peter Coyote
, and
Jack Nicholson
.
Harrison Ford
was cast less than three weeks before principal photography began.
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