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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Death Wish 3 (1985) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Death Wish 3 (1985) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985).
About the movie:
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police detective to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
Film debut of
Denver Pyle
.
b.
Cleopatras barge alone cost about $2 million in todays dollars.
c.
The print shown on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel is a re-release and inexplicably omits the director credit.
d.
In Bennetts apartment, pictures of hall of fame baseball players Roger Peckinbach and former Yankees great Babe Ruth can be seen hanging on his wall.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
As principal photography was mostly filmed in London, the movie featured extras and background artists playing a variety of characters including police officers and gang members. Their audible dialogue, however, was in the British accent. This movie was set in New York and required American accents. As such, during post-production, director
Michael Winner
enlisted the assistance of the military personnel of the US Air Force stationed in England to dub over these UK accents.
b.
Josef Meinrad
was only cast after the big name first cast dropped out.
c.
The play, "Behold, We Live", opened in London on 16 August 1932.
d.
The scenes shot for the US version were shot at Visual Drama Inc., 129 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Today, the former studio is now the Frank del Olmo Elementary School (formerly Belmont Elementary). On March 25, 2006, a plaque was dedicated at the school in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the films release in the US, a collaboration between the Godzilla Society of North America and Platrix Chapter No. 2, E Clampus Vitus.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
Although
Clark Gable
and
Sophia Loren
did not get along during filming, he did help smuggle
Carlo Ponti
onto the island to celebrate her 25th birthday.
b.
The stylized artwork that
Ridley Scott
used to create the storyboards that got Fox to double the budget were inspired by the artwork of famed comic book artist Mobius.
c.
In March 1955, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that nine-year-old
Lana Wood
had tested to play
Lillian Roth
as a child. In May, the trade paper noted that
Thelma Ritter
was being considered for the role of Lillians mother Katie.
d.
The screenplay for this movie was written by
Don Jakoby
under the pseudonym Michael Edmonds.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
Laura Dern
s mother,
Diane Ladd
, refused to give her permission to travel to shoot on location, as she felt Dern was too young. Dern sued for legal emancipation, won it, and did the movie anyway.
b.
Final Death Wish movie that was directed by
Michael Winner
. Winner directed both the original
Death Wish
film and its first sequel
Death Wish II
.
c.
A tie-in comic called "Feeders" was released by Dark Horse comics, written by Shane Hawks with art by Mike Allred. It is a prequel to the film depicting how the brother "got so messed up".
d.
Both
Frank Mayo
and
Jim Thorpe
are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but neither of them were seen.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
The film was shot in 15 days, with a budget of $150,000. There was also no script, only a short outline prepared by the director.
b.
In an early draft of the script, Vincent Hanna had a cocaine habit, which, according to
Al Pacino
, explains his bombastic outbursts.
c.
This movie is mentioned in the
They Might Be Giants
song "Anaheim". The lyrics say: "I dont want to stay in tonight and watch Death Wish 3".
d.
Dimitri Tiomkin
s soundtrack for the film has been in continuous print for nearly 50 years.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
Roselyn Sanchez
and
Patricia Velasquez
were considered for the role of Sofia Garcia.
b.
Actor
John Qualen
dubbed the voice of the sailor who yells "Man overboard!" in the opening scene, though it is not Qualen on-screen.
c.
In 1987 a video-game tie-in of this movie was made on the ZX Spectrum 48K/128K platform.
d.
Rocky Marciano lost twice as an amateur - once to Coley Wallace and the other time was to a Sergeant De Angeles, when both were in the US army during WW2.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
Alex Winter
: As Hermosa, a punk. This was Winters second film.
b.
Dennis Storhøi
was cast as Sander but pulled out of production due to personal reasons. He was replaced by
Ulrich Thomsen
.
c.
The original Broadway production of "The Homecoming" by
Harold Pinter
opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on January 5, 1967, ran for 324 performances and won the 1967 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play.
Ian Holm
,
Vivien Merchant
and
Terence Rigby
reprise their roles in the filmed production.
Ian Holm
won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and
Vivien Merchant
was nominated for the 1967 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The plays author also wrote the screenplay play for this filmed production.
d.
When meeting with
James Coburn
to discuss the film, director
Paul Schrader
encouraged Coburn to make heavy preparations for his role. Coburn responded "Oh, you mean you want me to really act? I can do that. I havent often been asked to, but I can."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Death Wish 3 (1985)?
a.
James Schaeffer
did the makeup on Bobbys corpse for the "discovery" scene.
b.
This was the first film to mark the long relationship between
Howard Hawks
and writer
Leigh Brackett
until his death in 1977. Hawks hired her after reading a story that she wrote entitled No Good for a Corpse. But then, when she was hired, she only finished half of another story that she wrote titled Lorelei of the Red Mist. Her friend,
Ray Bradbury
finished the last half.
c.
The climactic foot chase between Coley Blake and the police was completely improvised. Moreover, Blake was more of a slick New York City criminal type in an earlier draft of the script.
d.
A variety of weapons were seen in this movies grand action finale. They included a German Second World War MG-42; a Wildey .475 caliber handgun; a Browning .30 caliber machine-gun; a .38 caliber snub-nose revolver and an anti-tank rocket launcher.
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