Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dead & Buried (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dead & Buried (1981) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981).

About the movie: A suspense horror film set in a small coastal town where, after a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses begin to come back to life.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		The scene where Janet comes home and speaks to Dan briefly was done in one long, elaborate tracking shot. The shot began with a gigging that attached the front door of the Gillis house to the camera. The camera captures Janet pulling up, pulls back as she approaches, and the crew quickly bolts the door in the door frame (detaching it from the camera rigging). The shot then continues to pull back revealing the door as Janet opens it, then follows her as she enters the living room and speaks to Dan. Then it was suppose to continue to a front window where we would see Janet leave again (though this bit was cut from the film).
b.		The title of the film is a reference to the opening track of The Hold Steadys Boys and Girls in America album.
c.		George Gershwin himself features in the Rhapsody in Blue segment. Hes the slender man seen playing the piano through his apartment window, above Rachel and her piano lessons.
d.		Whenever Mr. Rooney and Ferris have a conversation with each other, only one of them speaks throughout the entire conversation; the other is completely silent.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		Melody Andersons reactions to being shot were very authentic. One of the squibs set to explode under her dress actually flew upward very close to her ear and gave her a scare, it also caused her to lose hearing in her right ear for a few moments.
b.		Despite numerous critical accolades, the film was not a box office success on first release.
c.		A number of injuries were sustained by both leading actors.
d.		Many have speculated that Tom Cruise based his performance as a vulgar movie mogul on Sumner Redstone, with whom Cruise had a public falling out after Redstone had Paramounts terminate their development deal with Cruise. Regardless, his physical appearance is more than likely based on Tropic Thunder producer Stuart Cornfeld.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		The term Paper Street refers to a road or street that has been planned by city engineers but has yet to be constructed. A paper street is sometimes published in common street directories by accident, but does not yet exist.
b.		Most of the cast appeared on the dance floor during the bar scene, albeit in disguise.
c.		Stan Winstons special effects went beyond creating gore for the film. The figure in the full body cast lying in George LeMoynes hospital bed was a mechanical dummy built by Winston. The life-like detail and elaborate movements the dummy was rigged to make gives the appearance that its a real person and makes the infamous needle-eye stab all the more startling.
d.		It was Alfonso Cuaróns idea to have a Hogwarts Choir singing as the students enter the school, and he suggested using "Double, Double Toil and Trouble" from William Shakespeares Macbeth. John Williams agreed, so the tune - and lyrics - ended up being used throughout the film, titled "Double Trouble". The Shakespeare/Macbeth motif went so far that that the film was marketed under the tagline "Something wicked this way comes".

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		Steve Martin: the waiter in the small-town restaurant where Kermit and Piggy eat their first dinner.
b.		Ralph Richardson played the role successfully in London, and subsequently Cedric Hardwicke did the same in New York.
c.		The shot where Paul Haskel pulls into the gas station next to Dan was shot from inside Dans Jeep and required the crew to build a track across the inside of the vehicle for the camera move.
d.		Sam Mendes rehearsed the film with his cast for 4 weeks.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		The Groove Tubes "Channel One Evening News" skit and its tagline, Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow, was the direct inspiration for "Weekend Update" on Saturday Night Live. Chevy Chase, the original Weekend Update anchorman, was featured in The Groove Tube, although Ken Shapiro played the Channel One anchorman in the movie.
b.		Walter Matthau once said of this movie: "Its filled with very real emotions . . . there were a few seconds while I was acting when I flashed back to my childhood when my father deserted us . . . I was exhausted at the end of each day. Some roles are easier but comedy, such as Neil Simon writes, is twenty times more difficult than straight acting or tragic acting. I prefer the challenge of comedy. It requires a great deal more energy, a great deal of kinetic output."
c.		Ewan McGregor apparently asked if he could also play one of the Emperors red-robed Imperial Guards. However its not known whether he did or not.
d.		The distributors didnt understand the purpose of Dobbs classic big band music being used so much in the film and often tried to get it removed from the film in favor of more contemporary music.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		Author Patrick Süskind is known to be very skeptical and for a long time did not want to sell the movie rights to his novel. His experience with producer Bernd Eichinger and others who desperately wanted to turn "Das Parfum" into a movie was shown in the satire Rossini, for which he wrote the screenplay himself. His character is the strange author Jakob Windisch, Producer Bernd Eichinger is portrayed in the character Oskar Reiter. In Rossini, the book everybody was fighting over was changed into a novel about the Loreley-legend. Other characters in this movie are caricatures of the Munich media business.
b.		The films UK release, scheduled for 28 December 2007, was postponed for almost six months because of the films similarity to the real-life case of four-year-old Madeleine McCann who disappeared from the holiday apartment where she and her family were staying in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on 3 May 2007.
c.		On the day when the opening beach scene between Freddie and Lisa was shot, the weather conditions were too beautiful for director Shermans liking. The crew constructed a huge flag to hang from a rigging on a cliff overhanging the beach to block most of the sunlight out so the scene could be shot with the films dim atmosphere.
d.		John Travolta was considered for the role of Maverick, but his agents asking price for him was too high, especially in lieu of his recent box-office flops.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		Tim Pocock (Scott Summers - Cyclops) describes this film as Scotts big transition moment, when Scott goes from a troubled teenager to a leader in the span of the film.
b.		Brett Ratner was original attached to direct before being replaced by Marcus Nispel.
c.		Director Sherman originally intended this movie to be a dark comedy
d.		All the cast performed their own singing.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		The effects team who created the "dissolving head" effect for Docs murder mentioned in an interview that the director had originally told them that he wanted to do the scene in one unbroken shot, meaning they had to build a head that was both convincing and also would "melt" the way they wanted it to. They lamented the fact that, while they did the best they could with what they had, the director ended up using a cutaway shot anyway, which would have given them the opportunity to make the scene much more realistic.
b.		Susan Sarandon was originally cast to play Madame Merle, but had to pull out when the shooting schedule was delayed and interfered with the beginning of her daughters school year. Barbara Hershey played the role instead, and received her first Academy Award nomination for her performance.
c.		Lowry drives a 1993 Porsche 911 Turbo II 3.6. The designation on the rear end "Turbo 3.6" can clearly be seen at various points throughout the movie. The 93 Turbo 3.6 is actually a fairly rare car, as less then 1,000 copies were produced. The front plate is a French plate (pre-1993 system) registered in Paris (district 75). The whole registration number is 447 DB 75. After 1993, front plates on French registered civilian vehicles had black fonts on white glossy bottom.
d.		The film happens entirely in "real time". In other words, the time portrayed in the story is about 90 minutes, the running time of the film.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		The film suffered a lot of interference from PSO International, the third financer who bought out the second financer, Aspen (who in turn had bought Guinness, the original financer). PSO wanted to emphasize gore over comedy, the latter of which Gary Shermans directors cut had concentrated on. As a result, numerous scenes were cut or shortened, and two scenes of graphic violence were tacked on at PSOs request: the killing of the drunk fisherman (Ed Bakey) and the acid death of Doc (Joe Medalis). The death of the fisherman (which was originally an off-screen kill in the first cut) was done by Stan Winston, but they could not get Winston back to off the doctor (which was not in the first cut at all, as he was supposed to be dead already), so another FX team was used on that one sub-par effect.
b.		Riot footage shown on TV during the Movie, are from the "Göteborg Riots" during the EU Summit in Göteborg, Sweden in June of 2001 (Courtesy of Swedish TV4) and from riots following the seizure and clearing of the Youth Collective "Ungdomshuset" in Copenhagen on March 1st. of 2007 (Courtesy of Danish PBS Station DR1)
c.		Many of the scenes from the trailer were not in the movie, including Brad Pitt riding a bike while shooting and Keith David ordering someone to "bring in everyone," after finding out "its the Smiths".
d.		The film was shot on color film on a grayscale set, then color-corrected in post.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead & Buried (1981)?
a.		Jim Carrey auditioned for the film. Joel Schumacher turned him down because he felt Carrey was too talented to be in an ensemble.
b.		Due to child labor laws, the filmmakers could not get permission to use the boys who played Jamie at night. Because the kids entire part took place at night, a huge tent was constructed that completely covered the family car and the haunted house, making it look like it was nighttime underneath it. To properly ventilate inside the tent so that the cast and crew could breathe, fans were set up. But they made so much noise that the live sound that was recorded during filming was unusable. So all of these scenes had to be dubbed by the actors in post-production. This is why Nancy Lockes mouth is frequently moving when shes not talking.
c.		According to a Henry Fonda interview seen on the DVD version of this movie, many locals of Jackson Hole, Wyoming were used as extras for scenes in the movie, such as the graduation of Clayboy.
d.		Mr. Sleep is played by twins, a girl (Satya Gumbert) and her brother (Noah Gumbert). Both were fond of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and they (and the rest of the cast and crew) were frequently entertained by Richard OBrien, who played Mr. Hand in this film and Riff Raff in "Rocky Horror", with recitations from that film.

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