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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Deathtrap (1982) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Deathtrap (1982) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982).
About the movie:
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
The play, "The Ghost Breaker," by
Paul Dickey
and
Charles W. Goddard
, was filmed twice as a silent film, in 1914 (directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
), and in 1922. Both silent versions are considered lost. The play was filmed a final time as
Scared Stiff
, starring
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
.
Bob Hope
made a cameo appearance in the film.
b.
This comedy-mystery-thriller is famous for it gay plot twist. In the
Sleuth
remake also starring
Michael Caine
, a tacked-on possible gay plot twist was added by writer
Harold Pinter
to
Anthony Shaffer
s story which was not in the original
Sleuth
(which also starred
Michael Caine
).
c.
At one point in the movie, one of the turtles refer to Walker (
Stuart Wilson
) as the "Zorro dude". Wilson later starred in
The Mask of Zorro
as Zorros arch-nemesis, Don Rafael Montero.
d.
The part of Louis XV was first offered to
Alain Delon
. Allegedly, he met
Sofia Coppola
for dinner and brought the American director a huge bouquet of flowers and explained he did not think this was the type of role his fans would appreciate him in. Privately it has been speculated the French icon did not have confidence in the young American director to do justice to a film on this period of French history.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 29, 1944 with
Miriam Hopkins
reprising her film role.
b.
Most scenes in the film were shot several times in an improvised style, straight through with no cuts. Each scene was then edited to give the appearance of several moving documentary-style cameras shooting simultaneously. Only one camera was used.
c.
The Batmobile from the TV series
Batman
is parked in the street in some of the Western town shots.
d.
This was the first and only time actor
Michael Caine
worked with director
Sidney Lumet
. Caine originally was going to star in Lumets
The Hill
seventeen years prior to this movie but pulled-out to star as
Alfie
. Caine once commented: "This is terrible Sidney, and you may never want to work with me again. But Ive been offered the role of a lifetime - and I want out of The Hill." Lumet has said: "I couldnt turn him down. The other role of course, was Alfie, and it was the turning point in Michaels career. Despite that rocky start, we became good friends. And weve been trying to get together professionally ever since."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
Because
Orson Welles
was having tax problems during the production, at the end of shooting his salary for the movie was garnisheed by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. This upset Welles so much that just before he finished looping his dialogue in post-production, he stormed off the studio and left the country. All that was left to be looped was the last 20 seconds of his end speech in the courtroom. Incredibly, editor
William Reynolds
fixed this problem without needing Welles. Reynolds took words and pieces of words Welles had spoken earlier in the movie, and pieced them one by one into those 20 seconds.
b.
Some mild controversy erupted with the on-screen gay kiss between straight actors
Michael Caine
and
Christopher Reeve
. This scene did not appear in the
Ira Levin
source play of the same name. According to the book The Celluloid Closet by
Vito Russo
,
Christopher Reeve
said that this scene was booed by preview audiences in Denver, Colorado, USA. Moreover, apparently a Time magazine expose revealed the gay kiss story element plot twist which cost the movie an estimated US $10 million in box-office receipts.
c.
The traditional Twentieth Century Fox opening fanfare theme was not used in this film.
d.
Prior, director
Craig R. Baxley
had another project that dealt with an alien called "Man to Man" that was to be produced by
Joel Silver
, but it got canceled a a few days before filming.
Dolph Lundgren
had also been rumored to be attached.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
The Jiffy Pop popcorn in the first scene acts as a clock. It goes from normal to out of control as does the scene
b.
Joel Siegel
: The New York theater critic as himself panning Sidney Bruhls new play.
c.
To add to his deformity,
Gerard Butler
had a string tied just below his eye to cause it to appear more deformed when pulled down. Cast members would often tug on it as a joke between takes.
d.
The final scene of the movie in which the girls jumped off the cliff was requested by Amber, America and Blake. While in Greece they had seen two teenage boys jump off the cliff; the boys were fans and convinced them to do it too, and the girls asked the director that this be a scene in the movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
In an interview with
Will Smith
and
Tommy Lee Jones
, Smith said: "It was great working with Frank the Pug in the first film, but since we came back hes been acting like an a-hole." Jones then said, "Yeah, Franks had a bit of an identity crisis since the neutering."
b.
Will Smith
hired Orange County Choppers of TLCs
American Chopper: The Series
to build an "I, Robot" themed chopper that was unveiled at the premiere of the movie.
c.
The name of Dr. McCoys dying father, according to
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
, is David.
d.
Stewart Klein
: The New York theater critic as himself panning Sidney Bruhls new play.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
Christopher Reeve
once said of the gay love scene with
Michael Caine
in this movie: "We kiss on the mouth. We handle it straight on. But I hope that audiences will not over-focus on the homosexual aspects of a thriller."
b.
Jon Favreau
was originally going to direct
Captain America: The First Avenger
in the manner of a superhero comedy adventure, but he instead chose to direct this film and give it a more serious tone. Ironically,
Nick Cassavetes
, who was chosen to direct that film, had been filled in to direct this film in December 2004.
c.
Prison scenes were shot at a closed womens prison in Stockton.
d.
According to the DVD commentary,
John Travolta
used two suits in the climax of the film, he had to switch suits between takes because one would become heavily soaked with sweat and had to be dried while he was wearing the other one for subsequent takes.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
replaced
Albert Lewin
, who was fired shortly before production began.
b.
The controversial gay kiss scene was not actually in
Ira Levin
s source play of Deathtrap and was an idea conceived for this movie.
c.
Mark Bowden
, a staff reporter on the Philadelphia Inquirer, first detailed the disastrous 1993 Mogadishu raid in a serialized, 29-part story that appeared in the paper during November and December 1997. This was expanded into a book the following year.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
Peta Wilson
was offered the role of Jean Grey, but had to film the fourth season of "La Femme Nikita" (1997-2001) (TV)_ instead.
b.
One of this films main posters shows a cartoon drawing of the bottom half torsos of three characters from this movie. There is an implication that they are dead as they are all lying on the ground and the title of the film is Deathtrap. They are all seen in clothing and shoes befitting their characters. The three characters that these people are implied to be (from left to right) are Sidney Bruhl (
Michael Caine
; Myra Bruhl (
Dyan Cannon
and Clifford Anderson (
Christopher Reeve
. As all these three characters effectively die by the end of this movie, in essence, this poster of the film gives this away.
c.
In reality the Irish were allied with the English against Wallace.
d.
Thurl Ravenscroft
was originally going to sing "The Headless Horseman".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
In an interview in the late eighties, Steve James stated that when he came on board American Ninja he wanted to change a lot of the dialogue, as it was written like "no problems, whatever you say....partner."
b.
According to separate interviews with
Michael Caine
and
Christopher Reeve
, they had hesitations regarding the filming of the infamous "kissing" scene. Once they decided to go through with it they both consumed large amounts of alcohol in order to keep themselves calm and drunk enough that theyd do anything anyone asked them to do. Caine reportedly later regretted the scene and vowed to never film another homosexual sequence. To this day he never has.
c.
American International Pictures released this film to many drive-in theaters on a double bill with
Blood of Dracula
with the tag line: "Warning! Can You Take It? Fiendish! Frenzied! Frightening! It Will Haunt You For Days Afterwards!"
d.
When Peter is in Sydneys man cave for the first time he sees a photo of Sydney with friends in high school, the school name in the picture is Westlake high. In real life
Jason Segel
went to a middle/high school named the Harvard-Westlake school.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deathtrap (1982)?
a.
Some of the early scenes at the mental hospital were not actually shot by director
Larry Stewart
. Another director was originally attached to the film but the production got off to a rough start as shooting fell behind schedule and the budget started to be exceeded. Producers brought in director Larry Stewart to replace the original director on the film.
b.
The film was only in very limited theatrical release in Texas and was released on home video in a small number of international markets.
c.
The stunt where the man crawled under the carousel was not done with trick photography.
Alfred Hitchcock
claimed that this was the most dangerous stunt ever performed under his direction, and would never allow it to be done again.
d.
Jeffrey Lyons
: The New York theater critic as himself panning Sidney Bruhls new play.
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