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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Die Laughing (1980) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Die Laughing (1980) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Die Laughing (1980).
About the movie:
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Laughing (1980)?
a.
Some of the cast dubbed their characters in Spanish
b.
Executive produced by
Tom Cruise
, this marked the last collaboration between him and
Nicole Kidman
prior to their divorce.
c.
Bud Corts first film after his near-fatal car accident, which he was filming at the time of his accident. He was still recovering from his injuries when he completed the film. Bud was encouraged to show the scars on his forehead and his bandaged forearm to enhance his character, Mueller.
d.
Lockheed 12, Ryan St and Stinson Reliant airplanes were used in the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Laughing (1980)?
a.
Lars von Trier
originally cast himself as the angry man who chastises Selma and Cathy in the movie theater. However, due to the contentious on-set relationship between himself and
Björk
, he feared that he might end up losing control and overacting, so the part went to
Michael Flessas
instead.
b.
Jean Arthur
planned to remake the picture with her as the devil and the title "The Devil and Mr. Jones," but that project never materialized.
c.
The "Russian" ship in the movie was really the "Golden Bear" berthed at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, CA.
d.
When the movie was first released on VHS in 1991, the tapes were light or "ghost" grey.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Die Laughing (1980)?
a.
Film historians tend to cite this film (regarded as the worst film made by MGM to that time) as the point where Loews Inc. chairman Nicholas Schenck lost confidence in
Louis B. Mayer
s leadership. Schenck would soon bring producer
Dore Schary
back to the studio from RKO and groom him as Mayers replacement.
b.
Rodgers and Hammersteins ballad, "Boys and Girls Like You and Me," is famous for its three deletions. First, the song was intended as a duet for
Alfred Drake
and
Joan Roberts
in the trailblazing 1943 Broadway musical, "Oklahoma!" Then screen rights to the tune were bought by MGM producer Arthur Freed and scheduled to be sung by
Judy Garland
to
Tom Drake
in
Meet Me in St. Louis
. Five years later, the ditty was to be interpolated in this
Arthur Freed
project, set to be sung by
Frank Sinatra
to
Betty Garrett
. The Sinatra prerecording holds a place on the Rhino CD box set, "
Frank Sinatra
in Hollywood 1940-1964." Still in existence, the Sinatra-Garrett scene has been included on the CD from Warner Home Video.
c.
Terry
(Rags) is the same dog that played Toto in
The Wizard of Oz
.
d.
Elsa Lanchester
s final film.
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