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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Easy Rider (1969) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Easy Rider (1969) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969).
About the movie:
Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
Samuel Z. Arkoff
at American-International Pictures turned down the picture. He later said that not doing this film and
Night of the Living Dead
were his two biggest regrets.
b.
James Horner
wrote three different original scores for this film before he ultimately left the project in favor of director
Walter Hill
s preferred composer
Ry Cooder
.
c.
Dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Jean Scott (died 2001), mother of
Tony Scott
and
Ridley Scott
.
d.
Brendan Fletcher and
Katharine Isabelle
starred in this film together, and later, both were on
Supernatural
playing "special children" created by The Yellow-Eyed Demon.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
Director
Oliver Stone
s first two choices to play
Jim Garrison
were
Harrison Ford
and
Mel Gibson
.
b.
Peter Fonda
got the idea for this movie after seeing a picture of himself and
Bruce Dern
on their motorcycles. He got
Dennis Hopper
(who was planning to get out of the acting business and become a teacher at the time) involved when he promised him he could direct the film.
c.
In the robbery scene, it really was
Kevin Kline
who shot the crossbow at the sensor. Kevin got the shot off correctly on the second take.
d.
The entire cast and crew of Perception worked for free - including the producers, writer/director, DP, and lead actors.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
Diego (
Horatio Sanz
) says, "Things are going to change, I can feel it." quoting
Beck
s song, "Loser".
b.
Charles Bronson
, who portrays the chief tunneler, brought his own expertise and experiences to the set: he had been a coal miner before turning to acting and gave director
John Sturges
advice on how to move the earth. As a result of his work in the coal mines, Bronson suffered from claustrophobia just as his character had.
c.
Dennis Hopper
and
Jack Nicholson
- huge fans of Italian director
Michelangelo Antonioni
- invited their idol to the first screening of their film. Antonioni was sufficiently impressed to cast Nicholson in his next feature film,
Professione: reporter
.
d.
Principal photography occurred between February and late April 1941. The film was criticized by pacifists for its pro-war stance.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
This is the last Rocky film until
Rocky Balboa
to feature a traditional version of the Rocky Theme "Gonna Fly Now" with lyrics.
b.
This was the only time that
Myrna Loy
worked with
Boris Karloff
; she had already worked with
Bela Lugosi
in 1930s "Renegades," and would conquer her femme fatale typecasting by 1934s "The Thin Man".
c.
For the famous soliloquy that
Peter Fonda
does in the cemetery while tripped on acid, Director
Dennis Hopper
asked Peter to talk to the statue as if he were talking to his mother, who died a suicide when Peter was 10 years old. Peter didnt want to do it, as he had never confronted his feelings about his mother. But Hopper insisted, which is why you hear Peter call the statue "Mother", and he states that he both loves her and hates her, which expresses his conflicted emotions. This scene persuaded
Bob Dylan
to allow the use of his song "Its Alright Ma" in one of the final scenes, which contains lyrics referencing suicide. Peter told Dylan, "I need to hear those words", and he agreed to its use.
d.
Her role as Judy became the final on-screen feature film role for former child star
Darla Hood
of Our Gang/Little Rascals fame.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 6, 1949 with
Marlene Dietrich
and
John Lund
reprising their film roles.
b.
A few years after the release of
Easy Rider
Peter Fonda
appeared in and narrated a short educational film about motorcycle safety entitled Its Not So Easy.
c.
Dr. Hugo Bronfenbrenner, the psychiatrist who evaluated Norville for the board, was likely named after famous developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner.
d.
Louis B. Mayer
reportedly disliked the script. "Wheres the romance?" was his reported complaint.
Clark Gable
initially objected to playing Christian but was talked into it by executive
E.J. Mannix
who told him hed be "... the only guy in the picture who gets anything to do with a dame."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
Martha Hyer
s last feature film
b.
This was adapted from a Broadway musical that originally opened at the Vanderbilt Theater on Nov. 18, 1919 and ran for 675 performances.
Irene Dunne
and
Jeanette MacDonald
were replacement cast members during its long run. The musical was later revived with
Debbie Reynolds
in the lead. This version opened at the Minskoff Theater in New York on March 13, 1973 and ran for 594 performances.
c.
Captain Americas (
Peter Fonda
s) chopper was so "squirrely" to ride that at one point
Jack Nicholson
(who was on the back) squeezed his knees on Fondas side to balance himself and broke one of Fondas ribs.
d.
The part of Ricardo Quintana was intended for
Desi Arnaz
, but when he was forced to withdraw from the project for personal reasons,
Don Ameche
was cast as Ricardo Quintana, and his singing voice had to be dubbed completely.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
James Foley was offered the job of director by Princes management after seeing a rough cut of "Reckless". He said he was too busy and declined, but recommended his editor Albert Magnoli.
b.
Coleman Francis
: [props] Light aircraft used to transport main characters
c.
Both the Captain America bike and the Billy Bike were designed and built by an African-American bike builder named Ben Hardy.
Peter Fonda
met Hardy when Hardy built the bike he rode in
The Wild Angels
.
Dennis Hopper
is interviewed in the documentary "History of the Chopper" and confirms that it was Hardy who built the bikes.
d.
Actress
Lynda Carter
was initially given gold bracelets to wear as an homage to her 1970s
Wonder Woman
role. Warner Bros., who owns copyright to the Wonder Woman character, didnt want the bracelets shown in a Disney movie so they were removed from Carters wardrobe for the film. She did however get to say the line "Im not Wonder Woman, you know" in one of the last scenes of the movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
When
Guy Ritchie
told
Brad Pitt
that he would be playing a boxer, Pitt became concerned because he had just finished shooting
Fight Club
and did not want to play the same type of role again. Pitt book the role anyway because he wanted to work with Ritchie so badly.
b.
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.
c.
Dennis Hopper
was going through a very bad time during production. He was in a state of drug-induced paranoia and he screamed at everyone. Crew members secretly recorded his tirades and sent the tapes to the production company in Los Angeles to explain why so many of them quit the film.
d.
The script was written in 1999 and it took 9 years to finally get filmed.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
The scene on the bridge where Clarence saves George was filmed on a back lot on a day where the temperature was 90 degrees Fahrenheit. This is why
James Stewart
is visibly sweating in a few scenes.
b.
Dennis Hopper
and
Peter Fonda
did not write a full script for the movie and made most of it up as they went along. They didnt hire a crew but instead picked up hippies at communes across the country, and used friends and passersby to hold the cameras and were drunk and stoned most of the time.
c.
Gene Tierney
starred in the Broadway production as Patricia Stanley, she was to be loaned out to Warner Bros. but was cast in
John Ford
s
Tobacco Road
instead.
d.
Richard Burton
was heavily criticized for playing his character with an English accent.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Easy Rider (1969)?
a.
Several actors in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in this movie. These were (with their character names):
William Worthington
(Banker),
Isabel La Mal
(French Teacher),
Al Bridge
(Tony - Factory Worker) and
John Harron
(Freddie).
b.
Features more than 12,000 extras, including several Indian tribes.
c.
The total length of film printed for the movie was approximately 1,250,000 feet. That number roughly translates to a total of around 230 hours worth of footage.
d.
The swimming scene (Billy and Wyatt go swimming with two commune girls) was shot at two different times. When they shot the scene
Peter Fonda
was in the hospital. You cant see him together with
Dennis Hopper
or one of the girls in the entire scene. The legs you see are from a stand-in. The images of Fonda were shot separately, weeks later.
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