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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Eight Men Out (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Eight Men Out (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988).
About the movie:
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
This was
Woody Allen
s first movie in a deal of five with DreamWorks Pictures.
b.
The film originally received an R rating, but won a PG-13 rating on appeal without making any edits.
c.
Publicity for this picture stated that it took some dramatic license with
Ralph Thorson
s life but the major events depicted in the movie actually occurred in real life.
d.
In an early scene, Eddie Cicotte (
David Strathairn
) walks by a Chicago storefront with the name Oppenheimers in the window. In the movie
Day One
, Strathairn plays Dr.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
, leader of the Manhattan Project, the program that eventually developed the atomic bomb.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
The predicament of being able to see future disaster while fearing no-one will believe you is called The Cassandra Complex, after a Greek myth.
b.
Director
John Sayles
bore such a striking resemblance to newspaper writer
Ring Lardner
that he played the part himself.
c.
Then unknown actor/stuntman Yuen Biao provided the acrobatic doubling for actor Ku Feng in the final fight.
d.
To make the movie acceptable for TV showings, the nude hustler (
Lou Milione
), has been digitally altered. In the scene after he is discovered with Paul (
Will Smith
), he is chased around the apartment. In the original version, he is completely naked. But in the TV version, white jockey underwear has been added digitally.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
In the final scene, Joe Jackson is playing for a minor league team in New Jersey in 1925. On the outfield wall there is an ad for Harry Kurkjian confections. He was a real merchant that worked in nearby Queens NY during the 20s and 30s.
b.
Reportedly one-sixth of the films budget was spent on acquiring the rights to 1970s pop hits on the soundtrack.
c.
Wayne Kramer
was shocked to find out that the movie got the R rating on the first submission. He states in the DVD commentary that he thought that he would get NC-17, but he luckily didnt.
d.
As the head of story,
Walt Dohrn
would perform all the voices during storyboard meetings. No other actors came close to matching the voice he had come up with for Rumpelstiltskin and so he was cast.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
Richard Moll
only worked one day on the film.
b.
Tak Fujimoto
: The cinematographer appears as a doctor in the hospital immediately following the birth scene.
c.
While on the stand, Sox manager Kid Gleason tells the lawyer that he was a pitcher during his playing days which is true, but he played almost 1600 games as a second baseman which is about 1200 more than he pitched.
d.
The first fully digitally animated film from Japan.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
Phylicia Rashad
s movie debut.
b.
The actors had 3-4 days of dog training with the dogs used in the movie.
c.
Opening credits: The scroll of names in the opening credits follows the path of a fly ball.
d.
The film ends with the Newborn being sucked out of a tiny hole in the spaceships hull, an idea that was considered for the first film but abandoned because of budgetary constraints. It was also proposed for dispatching a minor character in one of the drafts of
Alien³
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
Body Count: 9 (7 female, 2 male). A parakeet is also found murdered.
b.
A child in the movie utters the famous quote "Say it aint so, Joe!" In real life, a Chicago reporter was standing close by when a boy said something to the effect of "Say it didnt really happen Joe." In order to make a more emotionally-grabbing news article, the reporter took creative license, and created the "Say it aint so, Joe!" quote.
c.
A presentation copy of the script was recently found on a garbage pile in Madison, Wisconsin. It was brought on to the show "Antiques Roadshow" where it was appraised for about $4000.
d.
The submarine scenes were shot at the Point Loma Submarine Base in San Diego, CA. Some of the extras were serving Navy sailors.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
Director
John Sayles
was contractually obligated to a running time under two hours. To inspire the cast to talk fast, he showed them the film
City for Conquest
. The final cut of the film is 12 seconds under two hours.
b.
Sam Warner
, the Warner Brother, that was nicknamed the "Father of the Talkies", because he insisted that
Al Jolson
s ad-libbed speech be included in the movie, died on Wednesday, October 5th, 1927, just one day before the film debuted, to the remaining cast and crew, on Thursday, October 6th, 1927.
c.
Linda Hamilton
broke her ankle prior to production, and had to have her leg wrapped every day so she could do her chase scenes. Those scenes were also moved towards the end of the shooting schedule.
d.
The night of the premiere, producer
Mark Hellinger
received a telegram to help calm his nerves. The telegram read: From all the wonderful things I hear of
The Roaring Twenties
. I dont need to wish you good luck. Hope you dont suffer too much.
Joan Crawford
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
This was reported to have been the first time a film crew was allowed to film on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles.
b.
The ballpark used to make the film, Bush Stadium in Indianapolis, was converted to a dirt race track and is now known as the 16th Street Speedway.
c.
The film was re-released in 1997 solely due to a petition led by late-night talk show host
Conan OBrien
in which he asked viewers to send letters calling for the films re-release. When exhibitors finally agreed, OBrien joked that he actually didnt like the movie all that much.
d.
A 1945 trade publication announced that
Claudette Colbert
was being considered for a role as a French aristocrat, but by the time this film came out in 1948, that role no longer existed.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
Robin Williams
was originally going to play Red Jackson, but dropped out shortly before filming began.
b.
At the behest of the films writer / director
Steven James Creazzo
, "The Ascent" was being pushed to shoot in Alaska, June/July 2010. However, the executive producers pushed for Austin, TX in November/December 2009. In the end, the (Austin) locations worked adequately. But pick-ups were then required to open up the film a bit and give it more scale, as far as mountains and such - which would not have been needed if the production had waited and shot in Alaska.
c.
On January 23th, 1987 Italian President
Francesco Cossiga
visited the set of this movie following the opening ceremonies of 50th anniversary of the Cinecittà Studios inauguration. The troupe, including director
Jerry London
, director of photography
Giuseppe Rotunno
and stars
Burt Reynolds
and
Liza Minnelli
took a break from work to greet the President.
d.
The trial actually ends in August of 1921, nearly two years after the fix. The movie makes it seem as if it all took place in the time between the 1919 and 1920 baseball season.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eight Men Out (1988)?
a.
The race sequence uses stock footage of actual road races that were held in the Southern California area along with racing scenes filmed for the movie.
b.
In several scenes, White Sox players are seen tossing their mitts on to the field as they head towards the dugout. This was an actual practice by major league players to share equipment. The home team players would often leave the mitts on the field for the opposition to wear during the upcoming inning. The tradition slowly died off during the 1920s.
c.
A bottle of Rubicon wine can be seen on the dinner table. This is a wine produced by the vineyard owned by
Francis Ford Coppola
.
d.
Celluloid art created the special effects of the Red Sea parting by pouring 300,000 gallons of water into a tank and then playing the film backward.
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