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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dark Blue (2002) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dark Blue (2002) Quiz
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About the movie:
A robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dark Blue (2002)?
a.
James Ellroy
declared that he had nothing to do with this film.
David Ayer
entirely rewrote his script and only conserved the names of some characters.
b.
The city hall building seen in the film is the actual Beverly Hills City Hall. However, the exterior was very run-down and the plants were dying, so the film crew had to clean it up and grow new plants so it would look better on film.
c.
Joan Crawford
had it in her contract that her trailer be placed so many yards from
Bette Davis
. The trailer was set up at the back of the house, with her own golf cart to take her back and forth when filming.
d.
For the limo scene after the team escapes the sewer, the film crew had called various actors, trying to get someone to sit in the limo for a cameo, but they chose to have actors as high school kids when nobody wanted to come on scene in the middle of the night to do a cameo.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dark Blue (2002)?
a.
While re-writing the Jack Collins character,
Josh Becker
wanted the average guy to have a profession where he knew how to fight. After
William Lustig
shot down the idea of Collins being a Vietnam vet, an idea he was "completely sick to death of", Becker came up with Collins being a carpenter. Becker thought Collins should at least know how to use his hands. Lustig shot that down as well. Upon meeting
Jan-Michael Vincent
, Becker found out he was into carpentry and was also a Vietnam vet.
b.
On the Decca Records boxed album of selections from the
Johnny Burke
-
Jimmy Van Heusen
film score, substitutions were made in the way that two songs were presented.
Bob Hope
was under contract to Capitol Records at this point, so the Hope-
Bing Crosby
duet of the agile city tune, "Apalachicola, FLA," was semi-recast on the album by teaming Bing with
The Andrews Sisters
, already guest-starring in the movie.
Dorothy Lamour
, recording for the Coast label at this point, delivered in this feature the comically sly "Experience," which was transformed by Decca into a pairing of Mr. Crosby and
Nan Wynn
, who did not participate in the picture.
c.
Most of the fire trucks used in the movie were made by the Crown Corporation, a fire apparatus maker now closed down. The Crown fire trucks in the movie can be easily recognized by the double-vertical headlights.
d.
The footage of an anxious
Kurt Russell
in the hotel room was shot in one take, then intercut with itself and other scenes.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dark Blue (2002)?
a.
The film proved to be a complete failure at the box office. This was largely blamed on the casting of
Carroll Baker
, since she was not yet established as a major star.
b.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
Wes Craven
discovered the Ghost Face mask while scouting for filming locations in California. Craven was walking throughout a possible filming-house, and inside one of the rooms he saw the mask hung on a wall. He sent a photo to Dimension Films and they told him to have the prop department make a mask similar to the mask in the bedroom, as they did not own the rights to the mask.
d.
Standing in the background during Eldons briefing to the SWAT team is
Peter Weireter
, who really is LAPD SWAT.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dark Blue (2002)?
a.
One shot shows the name of the corporation as "Ayjax", not "Ajax". This shot was added after production to prevent additional suing from Ajax.
b.
The script was set in the midst of the 1960s Watts Riots.
James Ellroy
updated the original story in 1992 after the request of producer
Caldecot Chubb
for budgetary reasons but asked that his name not be used to promote the movie after he had seen it.
c.
Judge Doom picks up a record and reads its label: "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down". Then he says, "quite a loony selection for a bunch of drunken reprobates." The song "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" is the familiar theme song for the Looney Tunes cartoons.
d.
In the flyover shot of the early construction of the Transamerica Pyramid, the "box" foundation is completely devoid of any piles or columns. Unlike most conventional high-rise foundations, the Pyramid was uniquely constructed without any piles driven into the bedrock. The weight of the building actually rests on trusses at the first two levels, and the trusses rest on top of this "box".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dark Blue (2002)?
a.
Freddy Krueger and Nancy are the only character names that reflect the original
A Nightmare on Elm Street
. In the remake, however, Nancys surname has changed from Thompson to Holbrook.
b.
Filmed in the Imperial Valley in Southern California, which features conditions very similar to Iraq. Marines did use one of the local towns, Brawley, for training purposes due to similarities to Iraq.
c.
This was an original screenplay written by
James Ellroy
entitled "The Plague Season". It was in development for eight years. One time the film was set up at Universal Pictures.
d.
The Roman taxi driver (
Roberto Benigni
) has an 8-ball as a gearstick knob. In
Down by Law
, Benigni played a character who killed a man using an 8-ball.
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