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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Desperate Living (1977) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Desperate Living (1977)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977).

About the movie: A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		The final credit is a reference to a strip club and the dancers across the river from St Louis.
b.		John Gielgud turned down the role of Hobson several times, finally accepting it only because the salary he was offered was too good to pass up.
c.		The rifle that Charley uses in the shootout is an 1873 Winchester sporting rifle.
d.		The first John Waters film to obtain an R-rating from the MPAA.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		Out of all the actors and actresses appearing in cameos in the film, Liza Minnelli is the only actress that appeared in an episode of The Muppet Show, back in 1979.
b.		Newspapers refused to run the original ad for this film, a photo of a cooked rat on a plate.
c.		Many viewers reviewed the motion picture in comparison to the cartoon, when it really was an adaptation of the toys only (which initially depicted He-Man as a barbarian in the first mini-comics (not Prince Adam or Orko). Ed Pressman was interested in the property before the cartoon was even aired and purchased the movie rights of the Mattel characters, not Filmations who had no involvement whatsoever in the film. Also it was logistically too complicated and expensive to include creatures such as Battle Cat.
d.		In 1948, when "A Song Is Born" was released, the American Federation of Musicians was striking the record companies and union musicians could not legally make records. Nonetheless, the union allowed Capitol Records to make an album of music from the film because the company agreed to donate the proceeds to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, In the year between the film shooting and the recording sessions, Benny Goodman had radically changed the personnel of his band - notably adding two bebop musicians, trumpeter Theodore "Fats" Navarro and tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray - so the version of "Stealin Apples" on the record doesnt sound at all like the one heard in the movie.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		The producers, one of them being director Kevin Reynolds longtime friend, Kevin Costner, took over the editing of the film, going to the extent of physically locking the original editor Peter Boyle out of the editing suite. However they were contractually obliged, under Directors Guild rules, to show their cut to Reynolds. He was less than impressed with what theyd done to his film.
b.		The film was shot completely on location, including a homeless shelter for teenagers in Hollywood.
c.		The hands that are cutting up the rat during the opening credits are those of Mink Stole.
d.		Film debut of Nan Leslie.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		Has the distinction of being the last major Hollywood movie to be released in the VHS format.
b.		This film launched the Rock and Roll era by using "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets as its theme music. The song was chosen for the theme after it was heard among records owned by Peter Ford, the son of the films star, Glenn Ford. For years it was thought the producers daughter had discovered the song, but this has since been proven incorrect. "Rock Around the Clock" went to No. 1 around the world and eventually sold an estimated 25 million copies.
c.		Production designer Vincent Peranio cooked a real rat so that it could be "eaten" during the opening titles.
d.		Alfred Hitchcock ran a deliciously droll and terse radio ad in the summer of 1960. In an era when sponsors used "Brand X" to describe their competitors products, Hitchs voice said he wanted to compare his new movie with "Brand X". Then, the sound of a horse neighing and horse clippity-clop sounds. Hitchs voice said simply "Brand X is a western." "Now for my picture", followed by a loud scream. End of commercial!

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		Sam Hardy had been signed for the role of "Copple," but he died after an emergency operation and was replaced by William Frawley.
b.		Scream 4 opened in US theaters 15 April 2011, 15 years to the date after the original began filming.
c.		The large breasts that are thrust at Peggy Gravel through a pair of glory holes are those of Liz Renay.
d.		The movie provided some of the visual basis for Midnight Cowboy, which Warhol was invited to appear in, but declined. Several of Warhols people do have cameos in "Midnight Cowboy", though, including Viva and International Velvet.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		The running time was given variously by different magazines and newspapers as 67 minutes (Film Daily), 50 minutes (Variety) and 51 minutes (Motion Picture Herald).
b.		The skateboarder who jumps into the pool behind the motorcycle is professional skateboarder Chad Fernandez.
c.		Malia Scotch Marmo did some rewrites on the final script but remains uncredited.
d.		While most viewers recognize the portraits of Charles Manson and Adolf Hitler in Queen Carlottas "art gallery", many are confused by the appearance of a heavyset black man in a military uniform. This is former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		In the final segment, "The Dead Girl", Krista tells Rosetta over the phone that they will run away together the next day, to some place with "trees and grass". In the first segment, "The Stranger", Arden tells her date the last thing the dead girl saw was "trees... and sky".
b.		Another Microsoft reference: one of the characters working at NURV is called Redmond Schmeichel. Microsofts headquarters are in Redmond, Washington
c.		The Mortville extras are mostly homeless people who were bussed in for the day. The crew had to work fast to get shots of them before they wandered off.
d.		Two of director Jerry Pariss children were cast in this movie. While his daughter Julie Paris was given a small role as the checkout girl Zed talks to, his son Andrew Paris played Bud Kirkland, the punchy brother-in-law of Eugene Tackleberry.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		In the opening scene at the ballpark, the base runner has a decided limp because he pulled his hamstring on one of the first dozen takes of the shot. The shot in the film is one they settled on after approximately 20 takes, due to the fact that the hitter was unable to hit the ball into center field. The hitter was a college player, not a professional as originally dictated to the casting department.
b.		Laird Hamilton (Burkhart), Gerry Lopez (Vince Mokaloka), Mark Occoluppo (Occie), and Alex Rogers (Robbie Page) are among the main cast who were real-life pro-surfers.
c.		Reportedly, football player David Beckham was offered a supporting role in this movie but opted out due to his obligations to his club, Real Madrid.
d.		Divine was intended to play the role of Mole McHenry (played by Susan Lowe), but he was in a play for which he had a long-term contract, making him unavailable. David Lochary was also intended to act in the film, but he bled to death after falling on a glass while under the influence of PCP.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		Ronald McCall had to cut his dreadlocks to play the character of Papa Justify.
b.		This not only marks the first time Ken Watanabe starred in an American-made film, but it is also the first time he spoke English in a film.
c.		The nasal spray used by Jack Lemmon was actually milk. Real nasal spray would not have shown up on camera.
d.		The flashback of the babysitter throwing a party is based on the sort of prank John Waters would pull when he babysat in high school.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Desperate Living (1977)?
a.		This is the seventh film adaptation of George Barr McCutcheons 1902 novel.
b.		With its win of 10 Academy Awards, this became the biggest Oscar-winning musical of all time, beating the record Gigi set three years before with its nine Oscars.
c.		Some viewers who are angered by the scene of the baby in the fridge become even more outraged when they learn that the scene in the film is take two.
d.		The consensus of opinion according to nearly everyone who saw the original conclusion - which included a tour of the decaying Amberson mansion - was that it was much more powerful than the tacked-on "happy" ending.

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