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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Days of Heaven (1978) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Days of Heaven (1978) - 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: Days of Heaven (1978).
About the movie:
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Days of Heaven (1978)?
a.
Screenwriter
Ehren Kruger
was signed on for his encyclopedic knowledge of the Transformers and because he was a good friend of
Alex Kurtzman
and
Roberto Orci
.
b.
The entire production took just over a month.
Robert Hays
was doing the television show
Angie
at the same time.
c.
Joe Pesci
won the Academy Award for
Goodfellas
while making this film and brought the award to the set to show cast and crew.
d.
In an interview conducted for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film in 2007,
Richard Gere
speaks of a shot in the film during the wheat fire where a "monstrous" antiquated tractor is driven through the flames. According to Gere, director
Terrence Malick
was the driver.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Days of Heaven (1978)?
a.
Edited using Apples "Final Cut Pro 3.0.2" software.
b.
Cinematographer
Haskell Wexler
, who got an "additional photography" credit in the film, complained to
Roger Ebert
that more than half of the footage was shot by him.
c.
Many of the actors did not know that the arrest was going to happen, and thought it was real. The crying and screaming during the yacht scene was real. The real cops were called after mayhem ensued on the yacht.
d.
Billy Wilder
claimed the liquor industry offered Paramount $5 million to not release the film; he also suggested that he would have accepted, had they offered it to him.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Days of Heaven (1978)?
a.
For reasons unknown, the German title of the original theatrical release was "Das Ende" (which, quiet obviously, translates back to "The End"), a title completely unrelated to the movies content.
b.
The music behind the titles is "Aquarium," from Camille Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals."
c.
The baseball stadium at the end of the movie is George C. Page Stadium on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
d.
Roger Moore
had some cosmetic surgery before filming began.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Days of Heaven (1978)?
a.
Sidney Lumet
was introduced to digital film techniques through this production and reportedly loved working with digital film, primarily due to its convenience. This was his first and ultimately only film to be shot in the digital format.
b.
Al Pacino
and
Dustin Hoffman
turned down the role of Bill.
c.
This
Charles Bronson
movie was theatrically released between between his pictures
Messenger of Death
and
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
though
The Indian Runner
was also released in between but that was not a Bronson vehicle as he had only a supporting role in that film.
d.
According to
Wes Craven
,
Robert Englund
was not the first choice for the role of Fred Krueger; he had initially wanted a stunt man to play the part, but upon testing several stunt men, he realized he needed an actor.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Days of Heaven (1978)?
a.
Marlene Dietrich
:
b.
The whole cast and crew stayed in the cabin where Drew takes Mark. Matthew Montgomery (Mark) and Aaron Orr (Drew) shared a room. It can be seen in the film: Its the room Mark sleeps in.
c.
Cinematographer
Néstor Almendros
was going blind during production. Before each shot, he would have his assistant take a picture with a Polaroid camera and then would view it under a high-powered magnifying glass.
d.
In the Rust-eze commercial following the first race, the green car in the background has a license plate number of "EVILLE". This is short for Emeryville, the town in California where Pixar is headquartered.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Days of Heaven (1978)?
a.
The car driven by Steven Bauers charterer is a 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster.
b.
The seventh of fourteen films based on
Arthur Conan Doyle
s fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring
Basil Rathbone
as Sherlock Holmes and
Nigel Bruce
as Doctor Watson.
c.
John Travolta
auditioned for and won the lead role of Bill, but ABC-TV wouldnt let him out of his contract for his series
Welcome Back, Kotter
, and the part was eventually given to
Richard Gere
.
d.
The 13th highest grossing silent film, taking in more than $2.5 million at the box office in 1927.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Days of Heaven (1978)?
a.
The name of Jeffs son is only said once throughout the entire film, even though the characters death is important in the movie. Its Dylan.
b.
The scenes in which Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is in the water were filmed at a tank in St. Johns, Newfoundland (normally used for testing boats and marine technology). The tank, which normally contains cold Atlantic sea water, had to be specially filled with warm water for Spaceys comfort.
c.
When Lynda sits in the farmers house reading a book that has illustrations of animals, including a tiger, water buffalo, and a snake, the book is an illustrated edition of
Rudyard Kipling
s "The Jungle Books".
d.
Meg Ryan
and
Tom Hanks
only share approximately two minutes screen time together.
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