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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dead Again (1991) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dead Again (1991) Quiz
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About the movie:
Mike Church is a Los Angeles private detective who specialises in finding missing persons. He takes on the case of a mystery woman who he calls Grace...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
When the producers approached
The Beatles
about this film, the group, which hated the TV cartoon show of them (
The Beatles
, also produced by
Al Brodax
and
George Dunning
), agreed to it only as an easy way of completing their movie contract. As such, they contributed only a few old songs and four quickly produced numbers: "Only a Northern Song", "Hey Bulldog", "All Together Now" and "Its All Too Much". However, when they saw the finished film, they were so impressed by it that they decided to appear in a short live action epilogue to the film.
b.
The cover of the LIFE magazine in Mr. Madsons shop shows
Laurence Olivier
in
Hamlet
; another Shakespeare reference is on the bridge where Mike and Doug fight (it reads "Shakespeare Bridge," the real name of a bridge in L.A. where the movie was filmed).
c.
Brian Peck is the only person to have a role in the first 3 movies in the Return of the Living Dead franchise. Playing the role of Scuz in the first, many of the closeup zombies in the second (Pussface, Thriller, Jaw, Eye-Pop, Zombie on Car Roof) and finally Ballistics Technician in the third.
d.
The photo of Vanessas father that she shows to Bob is of mass murderer
Richard Speck
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
The number on Romans prison uniform, 25101415, stands for "25 October 1415", the date of the Battle of Agincourt, fought by Henry V, subject of director
Kenneth Branagh
s previous film,
Henry V
. Branaghs birthday (December 10) is shown on the first newspaper clipping in the opening sequence.
b.
The radio show listened to by Eliot Ness and his wife early in the movie is an actual episode of Amos and Andy. In the episode they have just bought a clunker for their new cab company from their friend The Kingfish.
c.
In 1995, BBC Radio broadcast a new version with Paige OHara in the title role.
d.
This movie was once nicknamed as "Dirty Harry Goes To Atlanta" by
Burt Reynolds
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
The thought of filming in an actual hospital was considered. However, MGM thought it make the film look cheesy since a lot of television shows were being filmed in actual hospitals at the time, so they decided to spend extra money to create their own hospital that would be more of a controlled and easier set to shoot in.
b.
Co-producer
Douglas Gresham
s voice is heard early in the film, as a radio announcer giving news of the German bombings in London. Gresham is
C.S. Lewis
s stepson, and the executor of Lewiss estate, who manages the rights to the "Narnia" books. He is the son of the American poet Joy Gresham, Lewiss wife. (See
Shadowlands
).
c.
Two additional double roles (besides Mike/Roman and Grace/Margaret) are in the film: the nun at the orphanage turns up as a snooty starlet at a party in the 1940s, and the cop at the mental hospital is seen again as an obnoxious party guest.
d.
The part of Lana was written with
Michelle Williams
in mind.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
Frank Langella
admits that he usually enjoys playing cards and joking around on movie sets, but felt it would compromise his character if he didnt remain presidential on this set. While working on this movie other cast and crew referred to him as "Mr. President." Langella suggests almost none of the crew ever met Frank Langella.
b.
Among the items in Ida Sessions pocketbook, which Jake Gittes rummages through, are a $2 bill and a Screen Actors Guild membership card.
c.
According to an on-line interview with MTV,
Jean-Claude Van Damme
was originally offered the role of Guile for Foxs
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
. He wouldve been the only original cast member to reprise the role for the Street Fighter reboot, but Van Damme turned down their offer. After the theatrical release of "The Legend of Chun-Li", which was intended to be better and more successful than the Jean-Claude Van Damme "Street Fighter", "The Legend of Chun-Li" actually made less money at the box office than "Street Fighter" and was considered by many fans and critics as a worse film than the original 1994 "Street Fighter" movie.
d.
Hanna Schygulla
played
Derek Jacobi
s mother, even though she was five years younger than him in real life.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
The convent is the same building that was used for exteriors of Bruce Waynes home in the television show "Batman" (1966/II)
b.
George Kennedy
broke his glasses while riding on the running-board of the fire truck at the airport in Salt Lake City.
c.
Actor Gordon Standing was mauled by a lion on-set and died the following day, May 21, 1927, at Los Angeles General Hospital. Friend and co-star Elmo Lincoln (the big screens first Tarzan) took this as his cue to retire from show business. When he returned to the screen in 1939, Lincoln was relegated to bits and extra roles, never regaining the stature of his silent film days.
d.
This is believed to be the first feature film based on real life serial killers
Charles Starkweather
and
Caril Fugate
. Mainstream Hollywood would not produce films inspired by the pair until a decade after this one. A number of films were inspired by the duo (some very loosely) and included such major examples as
Terrence Malick
s
Badlands
and
Oliver Stone
s
Natural Born Killers
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
The word "fuck" and its derivatives are said a discernible 74 times throughout the movie, mostly by
Brad Pitt
.
c.
In the opening credits, the newspaper stories (other than the obvious headlines) consist of the same five paragraphs printed 37 times in succession.
d.
Natalie Wood
turned down the part of Anne Frank.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
Shot on a Sony HDR-FX1, sound recorded on a Tascam Audio recorder, and edited on Final Cut Pro.
b.
John Phillip Law
was a last-minute substitute for
Brian Kelly
, who had originally been cast as "Robin Stone", and who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident just prior to shooting. Law, considerably taller than Kelly, was compelled to wear some of Kellys original wardrobe, and the too-short clothes are apparent in the final film.
c.
Donald Sutherland
was first choice for Franklyn Madson.
d.
In the original script,
Quentin Tarantino
made all the Fullers and the Geckos survive the ordeal, but changed it to only one of each group surviving, because he felt itd be more exciting with victims.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
The scene with Grace and Mike walking along the lake at night was shot at Echo Park in Los Angeles three months after the rest of the film. It was felt that the scene was needed to show the characters growing closer together.
b.
Max Carey was modelled after
Lowell Sherman
himself, who was known to be an alcoholic, as well as silent film director
Marshall Neilan
and actor
John Barrymore
(who was Shermans brother-in-law at the time).
c.
When Stan (
Mark Ruffalo
) scares Mary (
Kirsten Dunst
), director
Michel Gondry
asked Mark to hide at a different spot each take to actually scare her.
d.
The Marin County Civic Center, filming location of the Gattaca Corporation, was also used in
George Lucas
s
THX 1138
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
The film was shot entirely in color and was intended to be released that way. It was decided during editing, however, that the movement between past and present could be made clearer by printing the scenes in 1947 in black and white. Branagh comments on the DVD that the costume and set designers were disappointed by this, because they would have used different colors for those scenes, which would photograph better in black and white, had they known this.
b.
One of the real-life officers who survived the battle was LT Rick Rescorla, who is the main figure on the cover of Gen. Moores book on which the movie was based. A biography of Mr. Rescorla very interesting life was published in the mid 2000s called Heart of Lion. He died in the 9/11 attacks while employed as head of security of Morgan Stanley, while making sure all the companys employees had gotten out pf the WTC (they had).
c.
The opening scene featuring the characters talking by the swimming pool was the first scene to be shot.
d.
Vitaphone production reels #3621-3628.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dead Again (1991)?
a.
Robin Williams
didnt want his name to appear in the opening credits as it might have misled audiences into thinking the film was a comedy.
b.
One night during filming, the production was stopped by the local police.
c.
Sean Connery
was director
Jonathan Demme
s first choice to play Hannibal Lecter, but he turned the part down. Connery later did a similar serial-killer thriller called
Just Cause
, where
Ed Harris
plays a sort of bible-bashing, redneck rip-off of Hannibal Lecter. The film was neither a critical or commercial smash like
The Silence of the Lambs
was.
d.
11:21 - the time Mulder goes to the Dallas Field Office, where Scully joins him and analyses the fossils. 11/21 is the birthdate of
Chris Carter
s wife.
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