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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dolls (1987) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dolls (1987) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987).
About the movie:
A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers, and their haunted collection of dolls.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987)?
a.
Longtime MGM hair stylist
Sydney Guilaroff
appears uncredited attending to the hair of
Geraldine Page
. He was extremely well respected, serving as chief hair stylist at MGM from 1934 until the late 1970s. Although he did not receive onscreen credit, he designed
Judy Garland
s hair styles for
The Wizard of Oz
and made
Lucille Ball
s hair red for
Du Barry Was a Lady
, the color she kept it for the rest of her life.
b.
The film was considered groundbreaking at the time for the amount of full frontal male nudity by
Peter Firth
. Firth was shown completely nude three times in the film, and the final scene in the stable is one of the longest scenes of full frontal male nudity in any mainstream film. However, Firths penis was not allowed to be shown erect at any time.
c.
Frank Miller
: (One of the screenwriters) Frank the chemist who makes the Nuke drug for Cain.
d.
Because Empire Pictures wanted the film to be more like
Stuart Gordon
s previous film,
Re-Animator
, additional gore footage was shot for the death of Rosemary. One shot was filmed where one doll used a pitchfork to pull out some of her intestines. The footage was eventually scrapped when the filmmakers decided that the scene didnt really fit the tone of the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987)?
a.
The close-up shot of Enid grabbing her "Boy Toy" belt was actually
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
s niece filling in for
Cassie Stuart
, who was not available at the time for the shoot.
b.
This actually started life as a live action project.
c.
One of the reasons the film takes place in Italy is that
Ray Harryhausen
always wanted to vacation there but could never afford to go on his own.
d.
Jose Rosete
was given the role of Darren the night before day one of shooting, after the original actor playing the role had to drop out.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987)?
a.
June Foray
did some uncredited voice work for Michael and Sean during some of the out door scenes.
b.
During the shootout between Detective Atwood, Meeks and Sarah in the darkened hotel hallway, the flashes of light that appear were created by a lighting rig hooked up to an audio trigger, which was programmed to respond to the sound of their gunshots. The actors were essentially directing their own lighting.
c.
Alanna Ubach
, who plays Greg Fockers former nanny, Isabelle, is actually 10 years younger than
Ben Stiller
.
d.
This film was actually shot before
Stuart Gordon
s next film,
From Beyond
, and was shot on the same sets, but released almost a year afterwards due to all the doll effects in post-production.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987)?
a.
Stuart Gordon
was, at one point, very interested in directing a sequel to this film. The initial storyline would have followed Judy and Ralph back to Boston, where Ralph would have indeed married Judys mother and they would all become a family. One day Judy would receive a box sent from England that would contain the toy makers, Gabriel and Hilary, as dolls.
b.
In the scene in which
Powers Boothe
picks up the scorpion and then crushes it with his bare hand was done in one take.
c.
The buffalo hunt and several other sequences were filmed on the 55,000-acre Triple U Ranch owned by
Roy Houck
, who had served as South Dakotas lieutenant governor in the 1950s; he gave the filmmakers considerable assistance in managing the logistics of the sequence.
d.
Ruthies movie "Prom Queen Muitlator" only took 45 minutes to shoot.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987)?
a.
Unlike other Star Wars installments,
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
was shot and completed in less than one year. Photography was done within June 1982-September 1982
b.
The whispering sounds of the dolls were done by a group of
Stuart Gordon
s friends and family, including his kids and his wife,
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
.
c.
There is a poster advertising J.R.R. Tolkiens "Lord of the Rings" books at the bookstore. The director
Peter Jackson
s previous movies were, of course, the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
d.
Production designer
Gene Allen
was never given a budget to work from. He just designed and had built all the sets without having to worry about how much they cost.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987)?
a.
To avoid the unpleasant effects of having to remove Scotch tape from
Leelee Sobieski
s hair and skin after the take, she was tied up with a strong, thick plastic film (like thick Saran Wrap) which looked like tape and stuck almost like tape, but which was glueless, making its removal simple and fuss-free.
b.
This movie made the Pontiac Trans Am a superstar. Trans Am sales jumped from 68,745 in 1977 to 93,341 in 1978. And just one year later that number swelled to 117,108 units sold.
c.
Guy Rolfe
had to bleach his hair white for this film. He wasnt particularly happy when his hair originally came out yellow.
d.
This was the second Lonesome Luke comedy produced by Pathé, but
Harold Lloyd
does not appear in it, nor did Hal Roach produce or direct it. Pathé re-named the character Lazy Luke and aborted the series after four entries, in deference to the Roach/Lloyd Lonesome Luke series being produced at Rolin.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dolls (1987)?
a.
The film was intended to be released in time for Christmas, 1976, but production ran three months over schedule.
b.
Gaming hosts
Jim Lange
and
Jimmy Fallon
recorded the voice of the Magic Mirror (Lange in particular hosted
The Dating Game
, which the Mirror parodies). Eventually, however, the Mirror was voiced by storyboard artist
Chris Miller
.
c.
For the scenes in the attic,
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
portrayed the character of Isabel.
Bunty Bailey
had already been let go by the time the attic sequences were shot.
d.
Boris Karloff
was to star as Dr. X.
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