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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Deranged (1974) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Deranged (1974)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974).

About the movie: Based on the Ed Gein case, a deranged rural farmer becomes a grave robber and murderer after the death of his possessive mother whom he keeps her corpse, among others, as his companions in his decaying farmhouse

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		This film was shot in about four weeks in July, 1976.
b.		Writer/co-director Alan Ormsby cameos as the picture of Maureen Selbys late husband.
c.		Spider-Man 3 combines all three Raimi brothers. Sam Raimi as the director, Ivan Raimi as one of the writers and Ted Raimi as an actor in the role of Hoffman.
d.		During the end credits, Crazy Joe the hermit crab taps on Head of Artistic Development Frank Gladstones name and yells out "What! You see this guy? He hardly worked on the movie at all! Always on the phone yakking yakking yakking...".

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		Helen Ryan, who played Princess Alex, also played the same person in the mini series Edward the Seventh.
b.		There was supposed to be a bungee stunt for Adam that Johnny Yong Bosch was excited about performing. Adam uses the bungee cord from his Power Box to save his new love interest Mandika the mermaid from one of Divatoxs torpedoes while on the island of Muiranthias. The scene was filmed, but cut out because of the films running time and because the character Mandika was cut from the film.
c.		The t-shirt Matt Murphy wears is from Uncle Toms Tavern in Stone Mountain Georgia. The place was famous for its rowdy fights. It has been closed for many years now.
d.		Producer Tom Karr raised $200,000 budget from the money he earned as a concert promoter for acts such as Led Zeppelin, Three Dog Night, The Temptations and Rod Stewart.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		Based on the story of real-life Wisconsin serial killer / cannibal Ed Gein.
b.		Debbie Reynolds reportedly wanted to play the role of Doris Mann, loosely based on herself. However, director Mike Nichols personally requested Shirley MacLaine.
c.		The CD that can be seen in the CD player above Dougs bed when Steve tries to wake him up is of the U2 album Pop.
d.		During the production of Bamboo Shark, the producers were presented with an award at the Reel Awards for respectfully casting over 35 impersonators.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		The condition that Jenny was being treated for at the end of the movie was probably HIV. She says in the movie that the doctors do not know what the virus is and that they can do nothing about it. She mentions that she is being treated in Atlanta; the Centers for DIsease Control in Atlanta did some of the first US research on the epidemiology and treatment of HIV/AIDS; and the time that she died was the time the virus was first being discovered. Based on what we see of her life, she is in several of the categories that were at the highest risk for contracting HIV, including IV drug users and women who have unprotected sex with many partners.
b.		In July 1951, Hollywood Reporter reported that Universal had set Budd Boetticher as director of Son of Ali Baba, but replaced him with Kurt Neumann when Boetticher moved over to Bronco Buster.
c.		For the last scene the set was relocated to a cold storage facility at the Port of Palm Beach in order for the breath to be visible.
d.		The films theme music is an instrumental version of an old religious hymn called The Old Rugged Cross.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		The play, "Cornered." opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 8 December 1920 and closed in April 1921 after 143 performances. The opening night cast included Madge Kennedy in the lead.
b.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on Monday, November 19th, 1951 with Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature reprising their film roles.
c.		Christopher Reeve turned down the role of Bellocq, in order to prepare for his role in Superman.
d.		Cosette Lee, who played Roberts Blossom elderly mother in the film, was in actuality only 14 years older than Blossom.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		Harvey Keitel auditioned for the role of Ezra Cobb.
b.		Before development was put on hold in 2006, Annette Bening and Uma Thurman were rumored to have been considered for the roles of Mary Haines and Crystal Allen respectively. Also Lisa Kudrow and Anne Hathaway were in talks for the roles of Mirian Aarons and Peggy Day, but the roles were cut out of the final script.
c.		Lucille Balls involvement in this film began in an interesting way. She felt that Rosalind Russell had clearly gotten some of her "inspiration" for her performance in the non-musical Auntie Mame from Miss Balls character on the TV series, I Love Lucy. She then put up $5,000,000 on the agreement that she would be considered for the lead.
d.		This movie was the first since 1979 to be allowed to film on Harvards campus.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		This picture represents one of a handful of films released during the 1980s that had the word Border forming part of the title and examining immigration across the Mexico-USA border, many dealing with issues relating to corruption, profiteering, border protection and illegal immigration. The movies included The Border, Borderline, Border Heat (aka Deadly Stranger), Border Radio and The Border (aka aka The Blood Barrier aka The Border aka The Border, USA).
b.		During production, controversy erupted amongst some fans, on the internet and the British press regarding the casting of Daniel Craig, a blond James Bond.
c.		Bob Clark, who previously made Children Shouldnt Play with Dead Things and Dead of Night with Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen, was originally approached to direct this film too. However Clark felt the script was too disturbing for his taste so he opted to produce the film, though he was uncredited.
d.		Dedicated to Wolfgang Gullich, Sylvester Stallones double in the film, who was killed in a car accident shortly after filming had finished.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		This film is lost. Please check your attic.
b.		According to Kris Kristofferson, Sam Peckinpah hired Donnie Fritts, a log-time collaborator of Kristoffersons as a favor, and cast him as Billy the Kids gang member, Beaver. Because Fritts had no scripted lines, all he does is repeat whatever anyone says in the movie.
c.		Tom Savini said in an interview that the corpses in the film were made using plastic skull kits which were glued to bodies built of chicken wire and painted cotton. The faces were created by taking plaster castings of various relatives of the crew, including producer Tom Karrs wife.
d.		Author James Thurber acknowledged that the character Walter Mitty was based on his friend, writer Robert Benchley. Thurber said that he got the idea for Mitty from the character created by Benchley in a series of shorts that he made for Fox and MGM, respectively, in the 1920s and 1930s. Thurber is also on record as saying that he hated this film and that Danny Kayes interpretation of Mitty is nothing at all like he intended the character to be.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Deranged (1974)?
a.		When Uncle Nutsy asks "Billy" what his last name is, the boy spits on his nose, before the shot switches to a wide shot of Nutsy answering the horn of Bobbo the Clown, the boy can be seen laughing, he rests his chin on his hand in an attempt to hide it. This scene was filmed several times and this was the best take filmed. In another scene, George leaves a long message on Teris answering machine, wherein he begs her to take him back, she also covers her mouth, apparently in contempt, but her smile can be seen stretching from behind her hand (the answering machine phone call was actually Weird Al on-set, but off camera).
b.		Selected to premiere at Festival de Cannes 2010 in the Short Film Corner section of this prestigious international film festival.
c.		The art school brochure shows a picture of the University of Washington Campus. The gothic library and the Red Square towers are clearly visible in the picture.
d.		Before the release of In the Light of the Moon, this was the most accurate portrayal of Ed Geins story.

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