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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Downhill Racer (1969) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Downhill Racer (1969) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Downhill Racer (1969)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Downhill Racer (1969).

About the movie: Quietly cocky Robert Redford joins U.S. ski team as downhill racer and clashes with the team's coach, played by Gene Hackman. Lots of good skiing action leading to an exciting climax.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Downhill Racer (1969)?
a.		The part of Teddi was played by the directors sister, Ginny. Previous to the film they performed together in numerous theatre productions.
b.		The song "The Childrens Marching Song", more commonly known as "This Old Man", was better-known in England than the U.S. at the time this film was made. When the film became a hit in America, so did the song, helped in no small measure by Mitch Millers popular recording.
c.		This was going to be Roman Polanskis first American film. Robert Evans of Paramount needed someone to direct Rosemarys Baby so Polanski was given that project due to the nature of some of his recent films. Robert Redford was also considered for the male lead in that film.
d.		The film is a fictionalized account of the early days of Def Jam Recordings and Rush Management. Rick Rubin and almost all of the musical acts played themselves in the movie. Russell Walker, the character played by Blair Underwood, was based on Russell Simmons, who appeared in the film as the club owner who said, "Lets get these kids on stage," just before the infamous Runs House scene.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Downhill Racer (1969)?
a.		The lunch box-gun that Hob uses was not created for the film, but an actual firearm called the UC-M21, developed in the early 1980s as an easily disguised weapon for secret service agents.
b.		Howard Hawks wanted Albert R. Broccoli to work as an assistant director on the film, but when Howard Hughes heard it he said: "I cant give a good friend a job, the studio will be very upset with me!" But Hawks replied: "I want Cubby!" (Albert R "Cubby" Broccoli, who later became famous for the James Bond films).
c.		The trophy room scenes were much longer in the preview version of 78 minutes: there were more heads in jars. But there was also an emaciated sailor, stuffed and mounted next to a tree where he was impaled by Zaroffs arrow, and another full-body figure stuffed, with the bodies of two of the hunting dogs mounted in a death grip. Preview audiences cringed and shuddered at the head in the bottle and the mounted heads, but when they saw the mounted figures and heard Zaroffs dialog describing in detail how each man had died, they began heading for the exit - so these shots disappeared.
d.		The movies poster was as #4 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Downhill Racer (1969)?
a.		Ten days before shooting began, Robert Redford accidentally drove a snowmobile over a cliff, tearing his tendon and requiring seven stitches in his knee.
b.		Although Carroll Baker disdainfully recalled in her biography that she refused to carry a purse in the film because she was allegedly so fed up with the studios focus on such trivial details as which handbag shed be using in each scene, she does indeed carry a purse in at least one scene - in the sequence where Jane is struck by a car.
c.		The film started shooting on 11 October 1995, which was Michelle Trachtenbergs 10th birthday.
d.		George Newmans (Weird Al Yankovic) ad for his show "Town Talk", where the show becomes more advanced with more controversial guests, was primarily a parody of Geraldo Riveras now defunct talk show Geraldo. Long before Jerry Springers show, Geraldos guests would frequently get into fights, which at one point resulted in Geraldo breaking his nose, as referenced by the bandage George wears over his nose at the end of the commercial. Rivera also hosted the notorious two-hour live special, The Mystery of Al Capones Vaults, in which enormous hype was set up that a treasure would be discovered, but in fact almost nothing was found; this is parodied by Georges "Inside Al Capones Glove Compartment" segment.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Downhill Racer (1969)?
a.		Although the source of the movie is listed onscreen as "Life in the Latin Quarter," this is a rough translation of the actual French "Scènes de la vie de Bohème" by Henri Murger, which was serialized in "Le Corsair" in 1847-1849.
b.		The name of Zoë Lunds character, Thana, is reminiscent of the Greek god of death, "Thanatos". Sigmund Freud used the word to refer to the human "death instinct", which leads people to take risks, seek thrills or behave destructively in ways that could lead to death.
c.		The first USA skier to win an Olympic downhill medal was Bill Johnson, who won gold in 1984 - 15 years after the release of the movie.
d.		The view of the "city lights" is a model which includes a suburb that looks suspiciously like a circuit diagram, complete with logic gates and an integrated circuit.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Downhill Racer (1969)?
a.		Top-billed Noah Beery Jr. plays a character named Pidge Laurie,whose nickname is "Flash" (because hes a news photographer). In real life, the actors nickname really was Pidge. His father, Noah Sr., passed away in 1946.
b.		This film, a box-office failure, was bankrolled by Libyas Col. Muammar Gadaffi.
c.		American director Michael Ritchies theatrical film debut after directing in television.
d.		Dennis Haysbert who plays Max, previously played for the Cleveland Indians as Pedro Cerrano in Major League.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Downhill Racer (1969)?
a.		Director of photography Jean-Yves Escoffier based the look of the film not from the neon garishness of New York but on somber Flemish art.
b.		Just before Larry the lizard leaves Blackwolfs chamber, the corpse he has been devouring turns around and reveals a tattooed Star of David on it.
c.		Warner Brothers released this as a double feature with Johnny Trouble.
d.		Natalie Wood worked as an assistant behind the scenes of this movie. She typed script revisions, shopped for wardrobe and props, and also appeared, well-disguised, as an extra in some crowd scenes.

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