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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : El mariachi (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : El mariachi (1992) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992).
About the movie:
A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
Susan Strasberg
was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "The Diary of Anne Frank" as the title character.
b.
The most expensive Disney film in the animated canon at US$260 million dollars.
c.
Although
Viva
and
Joe Dallesandro
got some good reviews, the film was not considered one of
Andy Warhol
s best. The show-business trade paper "Variety" called it a "dull and rambling Andy Warhol comedy about a homosexual half-trying to go straight."
d.
In addition to the subtitled version, Columbia had an English-dubbed version prepared for release on home video. According to director
Robert Rodriguez
, the dubbing job cost more than he spent to shoot the original film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
Dylan Walsh
plays Dr. Peter Elliot, a primatologist whos returning a gorilla to the wild. The real Peter Elliot is a gorilla choreographer and ape performer in many movies, including this one.
b.
For the moving camera shots,
Robert Rodriguez
sat in a broken hospital wheelchair and was pushed around.
c.
The appearance of
Albert Whitlock
as Arthur Brisbane is yet another of the films many homages to
Alfred Hitchcock
; Whitlock was Hitchcocks special-effects man on several films.
d.
Wherever possible, costume designer
Ngila Dickson
followed
J.R.R. Tolkien
s descriptions of the characters clothing to the very letter. One such example is Bilbo Bagginss waistcoat which does indeed sport brass buttons, as referred to in "The Hobbit".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
Sound was recorded with an ordinary cassette recorder and mike. The sequence with the pit bull terrier was shot specifically so that
Robert Rodriguez
could synchronize the sound with the picture later.
b.
The teleportation that causes Andre and the fly to switch atoms is never seen.
c.
The date for the end of everything, according to the film, is 10/19/09.
d.
In Dr. Flammonds laboratory, the sound effects heard in the background are taken directly from
The Man in the White Suit
, which also featured
Michael Gough
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
This film initially cost $7000 to make. Director
Robert Rodriguez
raised $3,000 of the $7,000 by volunteering to be a human "laboratory rat". He was used to test a cholesterol reducing drug. Paid $100 a day for 30 days, he wrote most of the script while locked in the lab.
Peter Marquardt
was a fellow "rat", but could not speak Spanish. He delivered his lines from card held in his hand or out of shot. Most of the $7,000 was spent on film for the camera. The version seen in most cinemas has had approximately $1 million of post-production work and promotion behind it.
b.
Final film of
Ruth Roland
.
c.
Over the course of a year the studio considered at least 100 directors for the film before finally settling on
Dennis Iliadis
after being impressed by his 2004 film
Hardcore
.
d.
Dedicated to the memory of Alek Talevichs childhood friend
Nick Papac
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
Harris Yulin
: As Detective Oller.
b.
The guns which were borrowed from the local police station had a drawback, blanks could only be fired one at a time because they jammed the gun.
Robert Rodriguez
fixed this in editing by "double-cutting" the gun firing then cutting to the bad guys getting squibbed with machine gun sound effects.
c.
In Columbia, Xander (
Vin Diesel
) jumps a motocross bike over the barn where hed been tied up. The building explodes with careful pyrotechnics, and Xander makes it safely to the other side. This stunt had never been done before for any film.
d.
Alfonso Cuarón
coached
Daniel Radcliffe
in one scene where the latter had to act awed: "Pretend youre seeing
Cameron Diaz
in a G-string". It worked.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
Actually takes place the day after the events of Part 2, making it Saturday the 14th. While the beginning of the movie takes place on the evening of Saturday the 14th, when the store owner and his wife are killed, the majority of the movie takes place on the following day, making it Sunday the 15th.
b.
According to host Oswald Hoffmanns autobiography, co-producer Arnon Zuckermann was the former head of Israeli television.
c.
The US Army loaned several UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for the rescue scene at the end, prompting the Canadian authorities to reassure the people of Montreal that they werent being invaded by the USA.
d.
Robert Rodriguez
claims the other actors were "innocent" passers-by. He gave them lines as and when they were needed.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
One of the stuntmen dislocated a shoulder in the scene where the Hobbits tumble down off the road to escape one of the Ringwraiths. This was also the very first day of shooting.
b.
In his book "Rebel Without a Crew",
Robert Rodriguez
explains that the gangsters peculiar names are meant as a joke: they are all nicknames the characters had as children but never outgrew. As such they are named La Palma (Spanish for "palm"); Azul ("blue"); Pepino ("cucumber"); Moco ("booger").
c.
François Truffaut
regarded this as the best British film since
Alfred Hitchcock
had left for America.
d.
Stuntman
Roger Lewis
(the cowboy in the blue shirt) broke vertebrae in his neck during the scene where Jedediah and Octavius let the air out of the vans tires. Luckily his injury was minor.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
This film is dedicated to
Michael Kamen
, the films composer.
b.
Director
Russ Meyer
stated in an interview that this film was his "statement" film against racial bigotry.
c.
Robert Rodriguez
was producer, director, writer, special-effect man, etc, the only job he didnt do was act, as there would be no one else to operate the camera.
d.
The novelization also fills in some trivia about Maggie. When her boyfriend just walked out on her, she hired a skip-tracer to find him. She got so hooked on the process she decided to become one herself. By the time she caught up with her ex, she wasnt interested anymore in why he left.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
Victor Young
s lush background music, nominated for an Academy Award in the competition for 1950, would become his penultimate best-score recognition, followed by his posthumous win for
Around the World in Eighty Days
. In the years between, the Academy failed to nominate two superlative, nuanced Young scores - for
The Quiet Man
and
Shane
.
b.
Shiloh Fernandez
and
Wilson Bethel
auditioned for the role of Jared.
c.
The movie was intended to go "straight to video".
d.
The head of Globotech is named Gil Mars. Mars was the Roman god of war.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El mariachi (1992)?
a.
There was two alternate endings to this movie that were actually shot. One had Chris doing the same thing to kill Jason, except Ali barely survives (he dies in the used ending), both of them escape, and Jason walks away--or the viewer assumes so--because when the police arrive, Jasons body isnt there. The other ending had Chris kill Jason, then go out in the canoe and fall asleep. In her dream, Jason decapitates her with a machete.
b.
Robert Rodriguez
says he made the movie to "practice".
c.
During the rehearsals for the lying game, the cast had to stay in character. If they ever said their own names by mistake, Wadlow would kick them out the room.
d.
The sign outside of Bradshawe Auto where Rudy works says, "In East L.A. Where every car is a foreign car."
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