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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
About the movie:
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
The scene in which
Deborah Kerr
cuts her own hair and then cuts to her sunning with a perfectly coiffed hairstyle got such a big laugh at the initial screenings of the film that producers debated removing the scene. However, they couldnt figure out another way to explain Kerrs change of hairstyle, so they kept the improbable scenes intact.
b.
The real bank robber (John Wojtowicz) had watched
The Godfather
to get ideas the day he robbed the Chase Manhattan bank. Both
Al Pacino
and
John Cazale
were in "The Godfather".
c.
This film was shot in 10 days.
d.
Estelle Getty
s last feature film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
The movie was released theatrically in South Korea, Japan, Italy and Spain notably, but directly to home video in most countries.
b.
After the initial title sequence (
Elton John
, "Amoreena") there is no background or incidental music on the soundtrack (the start of the Loony Tunes opening music is heard after the TV/phone interview, but its cut-off after a few seconds).
c.
The knife Micah is wielding when talking to Katie during the making dinner scene at the beginning of the movie is the same knife he is killed with in the alternate ending.
d.
In West Germany, this movie set a record for the number of video-cassette units sold. There, ten thousand tape sales of the home video were sold in two months thereby producing royalties of over $ 0.5 million in its first year on video-tape.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
Despite a rather extensive publicity campaign, a predominantly French setting, its hero being a French detective and the presence of one of Frances most popular actors (
Jean Reno
) in the cast, the film was a huge commercial failure in France, lasting merely one week in most major multiplexes.
b.
A vampires diet is revealed by the color of the eyes - the Cullens feast only on animal blood and therefore have topaz eyes, whereas the Nomads and the Volturi have red eyes indicating they feast upon human blood.
c.
In the original script, Sonny and his trans-sexual lover were supposed to take part in a scene outside the bank in which a heart-felt goodbye was to take place along with a kiss.
Al Pacino
refused to do this, claiming it would take away from the phone conversation between Sonny and Leon.
Frank Pierson
was forced to make appropriate changes. This resulted in the just telephone conversation instead.
d.
The poetry that Justice writes was actually written by Maya Angelou. Maya Angelo makes a cameo appearance as Aunt June.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
Al Pacino
s performance as Sonny Wortzik is ranked #4 on Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
b.
Whenever the timer is shown counting the minutes until the next stage of "Death Race", the clock always dissolves as the seconds read "32".
c.
The film also pioneered the virtual studio, a technique which allowed
Steven Spielberg
to walk through a virtual version of Rouge City with his camera and select shots. This technique was later used on "The Lord of the Rings" films.
d.
Paul Newman
did most of his own stunts, including climbing up and down the bent stairwell railing.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
b.
One of Mulans ancestors is known as Fa Deng (the beheaded one). In real life, there was a member of the Communist party of the same name; the last President of the party before
Zedong Mao
.
c.
Instead of the standard Blue Mountain opening logo used between 1975-87, the opening logo was a version of the Paramount logo used in the 1940s or 1950s which read: "A Paramount Picture". The only difference is that it also read "A Gulf+Western Company". This logo was also used in the sequels instead of the Blue Mountain logo or the CGI Majestic Mountain (in the case of
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
.
d.
The real robbers got $213,000 in the robbery.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
The 5.1 sound mix that appears on the final DVD was completed using only a personal computer.
b.
Halfway through the production,
Al Pacino
collapsed from exhaustion and had to be hospitalized for a short time. After production was completed, he decided to stop doing films for a while and return to stage work.
c.
Wes Anderson
established such a good working rapport with cinematographer
Robert D. Yeoman
that he has been the directors cameraman on every one of his subsequent films.
d.
The film was a surprise hit in Japan where its obvious love for crumbling tradition struck a chord with Japanese audiences.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
Al Pacino
and
Chris Sarandon
s phone conversation was improvised.
b.
Jeffrey Winner gained thirty pounds to play the part of Oscar.
c.
In the first scene in which Walter first kisses Phyllis, we see a wedding ring on Walters hand.
Fred MacMurray
was married and the ring was not noticed until post-production.
d.
Thurston Moore
of the band
Sonic Youth
originally gave the book to
Sofia Coppola
. After reading it she decided to make it into a movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
The dialog was largely improvised by the cast of mostly non-actors, which included a professional female bodybuilder, a marine biologist, a female wrestler and a professional dominatrix.
b.
John H. Auer
directed retakes and new scenes after
Chester Erskine
left the picture.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #3321-3332
d.
Frank Pierson
wrote his Oscar-winning script around only 12 sequences.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
As a joke,
Walter Huston
kept fumbling his walk-on cameo so his son John had to do lots of different takes.
b.
The outdoor sequences were actually filmed in cold weather. So that their breath would not be visible, the actors placed ice in their mouths before each take.
c.
People on set commented that
Jemaine Clement
and director
Jared Hess
bore a striking resemblance, which Clement explained by joking, "Ive found directors often hire people who look like them."
d.
This is the first James Bond movie where James Bond is seen inebriated. Bond has never actually been shown drunk (he may have appeared as this in
Casino Royale
but he had been poisoned). The scene in a bar on the plane in this movie clearly shows he has been affected by alcohol and it is mentioned that he has drunk six Vesper martini cocktails.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)?
a.
When Mouse is cornered by the SWAT team during the raid, the guns he pulls out are a pair of cam-operated, electrically-driven 12-gauge automatic shotguns with 25-round drum magazines, capable of firing at 900 RPM. They were built specially for the movie by
John Bowring
, the films key armorer.
b.
Cast members
John Hurt
and
Bill Nighy
have both played prominent roles in adaptations of another well-known fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings. Hurt was the voice of Aragorn in
Ralph Bakshi
s 1978 film
The Lord of the Rings
. Nighy was the voice of Sam Gamgee in the BBC Radio broadcast.
c.
John Cazale
s role as Sal was originally intended for an 18-year-old, which was the age of the real Sal.
d.
The movies line "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you." was voted as the #97 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
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