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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).
About the movie:
Another spoof from the mind of Mel Brooks. This time he's out to poke fun at the Dracula myth. Basically...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
The bike that attacks Dan is a Yamaha V-Max 1200.
c.
According to production manager
Doeri Welch Greiner
, the original script was a quasi-sequel to
Enchanted
, and had Rapunzel turned into a squirrel and her place taken by a girl in the real world.
Glen Keane
eschewed in favour of a more fun and fantastical fairytale that Disney is famous for: "I think thats what Disney needs to do right now. No one else can do it. We should not be embarrassed or make excuses for doing a fairytale."
d.
The bat transformations of Dracula were inspired by the cartoonish transformations of
Bela Lugosi
into a bat in
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
Leslie Nielsen
s wig when Renfield arrives at the castle and when Dracula goes to the ball was inspired by Draculas hair in the beginning of
Dracula
.
b.
Film acting debut of singer
Aaliyah
and the only one released during her lifetime.
c.
Harry Reems
was originally signed to play Coach Calhoun. Producers got cold feet (for fear of his adult movie notoriety) weeks before filming and replaced him with
Sid Caesar
. Prosecuted by the federal government in 1976 on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines, Reems was convicted, but the conviction was overturned on appeal one year later.
d.
Walt Disney
is credited as Retlaw Yensid for the movies original story. The pseudonym is Walter Disney reversed.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
Total body count = 45.
b.
William Castle
: cop.
c.
The character of Madame Ouspenskaya (Gypsy Woman) was named after
Maria Ouspenskaya
, who played the character "Maleva" in
The Wolf Man
and
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
.
d.
Had a 45-day shoot.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
James Stewart
later admitted he was disappointed that his characters dark side wasnt explored further in the movie.
b.
When Count Dracula and Abraham Van Helsing first met in the movie, Van Helsing asks him if he descended from Vlad Tapish, the first Dracula. Its a reference to Vlad III. Draculea, also known as Vlad the Impaler. He was a Voivode of Vallachia, a former region in south Romania, from 1456 to 1462. Bram Stoker used this person to create his character Dracula.
c.
Britta Phillips
actually played the bass before getting the role of Billie. She learned to play the guitar for her character in the film.
d.
The librarian says that "Green Eggs And Ham" is 8862 days late, which is roughly 24 years and is more accurate than when David tells Victoria that he owes $6886.10 at 5¢ a day; that would be 137722 days or 377 years. He actually owes $443.10 at 5¢ a day (at that time).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
According to writer/actor
Kevin Grevioux
, the model for the Selene character was the psychic vampire of the Hellfire Club in the X-Men comics, the Black Queen Selene.
b.
In the making of included on DVD, John Woo says that the visual similarities in the lead character to Roger Thornhill from
North by Northwest
, as well as similarities in chase scenes etc. are there on purpose.
c.
All Police Officers depicted in this movie are from the fictional 53rd Precinct. This Precinct was also used in the television series
Car 54, Where Are You?
and
Baretta
.
d.
Much of the dialogue from the original
Dracula
is repeated here and spoofed, as well as Nielsen doing a spoof-impersonation of the famed
Bela Lugosi
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
Rosie ODonnell
, who provides the voice of the Octopus Masseuse, played Betty Rubble in the 1994 film.
b.
The film was originally entitled Truth, Justice, and the American Way (after Supermans famous catchphrase). However, DC Comics (which owns the rights to the Superman character) refused to allow that. It also did not allow the Superman "S" insignia to be used in any of the trailers or promotional material of the film, but oddly enough allowed it to be in the actual movie.
c.
As Renfield arrives at the hospital at the end of the film, he turns, holds up his hands and laughs exactly as Herman Munster does in the credits for the original TV show starring
Fred Gwynne
.
d.
This film was based on an episode of
The United States Steel Hour
called "Fearful Decision" that first aired live on June 22, 1954. It was so well received it was restaged on May 10, 1955. A film was made from the drama called
Ransom!
that was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
Charlize Theron
was the first choice for Greta Wegener but dropped out. Her role was then given to
Gwyneth Paltrow
, who also dropped out in order to spend more time with her family.
Marion Cotillard
was considered too. The role was then given to
Rachel Weisz
who also dropped out soon after.
b.
Crystal Lowe
s first leading role.
c.
In the segment when the police are raiding the nuke lab, RoboCop recreates the infamous "scope shot" where he shoots a sniper in the eye through the snipers own scope. This is based upon the real life exploits of Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock.
d.
When
Mel Brooks
and the rest of the filmmakers gathered together for the first time to discuss the making of the movie, one of the early questions was should the picture be made in black-and-white, mainly because Brooks earlier film
Young Frankenstein
was made in black and white in order to give the movie the feeling of the old Universal Frankenstein films. This idea was dropped, mainly because, as
Steve Haberman
said in the audio commentary of the film in DVD, a lot of the great Dracula movies were in color, specifically the Hammer pictures starring
Christopher Lee
and Francis Ford Coppolas
Dracula
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
Almost all of the technical crew from the Montreal filming location had custom made dog-tags with either "Foundation Soldier" or "Terracotta Warrior" and their names. The whole crew decided to do so after documentary filmmaker
Todd Grossman
and a few other crew members had some done for fun.
b.
Renfields laughter and crazed expression at the end of the "You are my slave" scene and at the end of the "Eating insects right off the ground" scene are tributes to the original Renfield,
Dwight Frye
, in Bela Lugosis original Dracula.
c.
This film is set in New York City, USA as was
Death Wish
and
Death Wish 3
.
d.
The
Seabiscuit
/
War Admiral
race originally held at Pimlico race track was actually filmed on location at Keeneland race track in Lexington, Kentucky. The track, as well as some of the surrounding area, had to take on some minor cosmetic changes in order to accurately reflect the time period.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)?
a.
Producer
Irving Thalberg
was short of "hedonist slave girls", so he called up
Hal Roach
and
Mack Sennett
to ask a favor: to loan out their famous "Bathing Beauties". They were happy to oblige, as many girls were making their film debuts. Among the group of 20 or so girls who eventually appeared in the film:
Janet Gaynor
,
Carole Lombard
,
Fay Wray
and
Joyzelle Joyner
.
b.
Melanie Lynskey
, who plays Munch in the film, made her screen debut in _Heavenly Creatures (1994)_ with
Kate Winslet
. Winslet was later married to the films director,
Sam Mendes
from 2003 to 2010.
c.
For the scene in which Steven Weber puts a stake in Lucys heart, Mel did not tell him that he would be subsequently covered in 200 gallons of blood, so that his reaction would appear natural.
d.
The tyrannosaur paddock set was constructed both on location and as a studio set. The former was for the daytime scene in which the creature fails to appear, and the latter for its nighttime escape, in order to accommodate
Stan Winston
s robotic t-rex. This set required a soundstage much bigger than Universal had to offer, so it was filmed at Warner Bros.
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