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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dick Tracy (1990) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dick Tracy (1990) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990).
About the movie:
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
Director
Jason Hunt
has kept a running production diary, from the first days writing the script through post-production.
b.
Harry Harvey
and
Murdock MacQuarrie
are listed as cast members by a modern source, but they were not seen in the film.
c.
Make-up designers
John Caglione Jr.
and
Doug Drexler
said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that they treated the original looks for
Chester Gould
s comic strip as their bible for the villains make-up, because the screenplay for "Dick Tracy" didnt include any physical descriptions of the mobsters. The only exceptions were for certain self-defining villains, such as the Rodent and the Brow.
d.
Director of photography
Rodrigo Prieto
encountered a problem while filming a track shot where Richard and the villagers carry the wounded Susan to the top of a steep hill: he tried running backwards to get the shot, but each time he tripped, often falling. However, director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
ruled out using a Steadicam and insisted on hand-held camera work. Finally, key grip
Joseph Dianda
came up with a solution: Prieto filmed the shot while seated in a hotel chair carried by four grips. The resulting footage became known to crew members as "The Joey Chair Shot".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
There is many references to the story of Peter Pan in Wendys house: In the nursery the window clasp is in the shape of Captain Hooks hook; the wall boarders are painted scenes from the Peter Pan story; in Toodles room is a scale model of the Jolly Roger in a bottle; Wendys brother Johns top hat and glasses; Wendys youngest brother Michaels teddy bear.
b.
Dick Van Dyke
who only worked on the film for three days, broke his shoulder when he was shooting the scene where his character is murdered by The Blank. That take was the one that was eventually used in the film.
c.
Elijah Wood
dressed up in breeches and a flowing shirt and went out into the hills to shoot his audition tape. His friend
George Huang
, directed the video.
d.
Natalie Daryll
Had her waist-length hair completely shaved off for this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
The sequence of the train transporting the big guns was expanded with additional footage shot after principal photography. The extra footage consisted of POV shots from the front of the train and shot at a lower frame rate to make the train appear to be traveling very fast around the curves in the track. This was done to show off the Cinerama process in much the same way as the famous rollercoaster sequence in
This Is Cinerama
. Much of this footage was removed from the general release version.
b.
Macaulay Culkin
was considered for the role of The Kid, but turned it down as he preferred to do
Home Alone
over this film.
c.
Vincent Schiavelli
played the subway ghost in the scenes with
Patrick Swayze
s character. Both men subsequently died of cancer at the age of 57.
d.
During the filming,
Jock Mahoney
contracted amoebic dysentery and dengue fever, and finally pneumonia, going from 220 to 175 pounds before finishing the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
Trigger
is the same horse that carried
Olivia de Havilland
as Lady Marian in
The Adventures of Robin Hood
.
b.
Released on the 25th anniversary of
Transformers
.
c.
Dustin Hoffman
wore a bald cap and wig, rubber eyelids, rubber lips, and a rubber chin to play Mumbles. When Hoffman was in the makeup chair having his make-up applied, he used that time to practice his lines for his role as Shylock in the London and Broadway productions of "The Merchant of Venice". Make-up artist
John Caglione Jr.
commented about Hoffman in an interview to Entertainment Weekly, "We had a real drama class. He was riotous."
d.
This movie was released in the same year as the similarly titled
Lucky Lady
.
Funny Lady
came out in the USA on 15 March 1975 whilst
Lucky Lady
was released there later on 25 December 1975.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
Stars
Alec Baldwin
and
Kim Basinger
fell in love and married shortly after working on this project.
b.
Though
Al Pacino
had his own slicked-down hairstyle, the make-up artists had to add a fake chin, nose, upper lip, a mole on his cheek, and plugs behind his ears to make them stick out in order to turn Pacino into Big Boy Caprice.
c.
Dorothy McGuire
s movie debut.
d.
Morgan Freeman
s son,
Alfonso Freeman
, played the part of a fingerprint technician.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
Carroll Baker
, who plays
Elizabeth Taylor
s daughter, was older in real life than Taylor.
b.
During their praise of the film,
Roger Ebert
and
Gene Siskel
noted that
James Coburn
was the perfect kind of person that seems like he could intimidate a man like
Nick Nolte
, who is famous for playing domineering and blustery men.
c.
The first British film to be shot in 65mm in over 25 years since David Leans
Ryans Daughter
was made in Ireland;
Far and Away
(also shot in 65mm in Ireland) was a Hollywood production on location.
d.
When Dick Tracy jumps off the building and slides down a pole watch carefully because when he lands on the pole he smacks the hell out of his face, it looks pretty bad.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
Gilbert Gottfried
was the first choice for the role of Mumbles.
b.
Fellow filmmaker
Paul Thomas Anderson
collaborated with
Wes Anderson
on the soundtrack.
c.
Marlene Dietrich
lived in the Art Deco house in the early 30s. In the driveway would have been her cars of the time, a 1931 Rolls Royce or a 1932 Cadillac (chauffeur-driven; Dietrich claimed to drive but actually did not).
d.
A scene of Egon and Ray experimenting on the bowl of slime, with them wearing head devices with multiple wires connecting to the bowl (which would have gone before the scene with the dancing toaster), was filmed but not used in the final edit, but a shot from the scene was a commonly used publicity still for the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
Hobb is an old word which was used to refer to the devil
b.
For the films nationwide midnight premiere, film goers had to purchase t-shirts at the theatre in advance imprinted with an Admit One ticket, and the t-shirt had to be presented to gain admission. No tickets were to be sold at the premiere showing, but some theatres "cheated" and sold t-shirts that evening.
c.
Don Siegel
: a cook at a diner
d.
To heighten the tension of
Spencer Tracy
s final summation to the jury, the scene was filmed in a single take.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
This film was conceived, written, shot and edited in 28 days.
b.
Chris Cornell
(of Soundgarden and
Audioslave
) saw a list of Citizen Dick song titles, all completely made up, which would appear briefly in the film and decided to pen songs to match each title. One of those songs, "Seasons", appears on the film soundtrack. Another, "Spoonman", was later recorded by
Chris Cornell
s band Soundgarden. It became a hit in 1994 and can be heard in a rough version (perhaps a demo) in the film when an unseen person is posting Citizen Dick flyers.
c.
Mystery writer
Max Allan Collins
, who began his career writing scripts for the Dick Tracy comics in the 70s and 80s, wrote the movie tie-in novel. He actually wrote two endings for the novels. To prevent spoiling the plot, the books released before the movie did not feature the revelation that The Blank was really Breathless Mahoney. The novels released after the film featured this reveal. Also, Collins wrote a direct sequel to the movie called "Dick Tracy Goes To War". In the novel, Nazi spies (including Prunefaces widow) take over Big Boys Club Ritz and use it as a base for sabotage operations. Dick Tracy, now working for Military Intelligence, battles the spies who are also using mobsters like BB Eyes, Shakey (Breathlesss dad in the comics), and The Mole as muscle.
d.
Edgar Buchanan
s movie debut.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dick Tracy (1990)?
a.
The driver of the 1922 Buick in the flashback shootout scenes, Rusty Snell, was recruited to act in the film while working on set preparing cars for their close-up.
b.
Make-up designers
John Caglione Jr.
and
Doug Drexler
said they often had trouble keeping the Boy Boy Caprice make-up on actor
Al Pacino
. Caglione told Entertainment Weekly that their biggest scare came when Drexler discovered Al Pacino, in full make-up, was eating a big bowl of spaghetti that could have potentially disfigured his make-up. After that incident, several production assistants were designated as MPs, or "Make-up Police", to follow the actors around and to keep them out of pasta when in full make-up.
c.
In the scene where a parrot flies into Saras room off of Ram Dazs (
Cesar Romero
) shoulder, originally a small monkey was to be used. However, the monkey did not seem to like
Shirley Temple
and kept trying to bite her. So for safety sake, they used a Macaw parrot instead.
d.
It took
John Travolta
four hours to put on the 30-pound fat suit and 5 gel-filled silicone face prosthetics to become Edna Turnblad.
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