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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : El Norte (1983) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : El Norte (1983) Quiz
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About the movie:
Mayan Indian peasants, tired of being thought of as nothing more than "brazos fuertes" ("strong arms"...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Norte (1983)?
a.
The opening scene between McClane and Lucy was filmed on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The building that serves as Lucys dormitory is actually Doheny Library.
b.
Roger Ebert
noted in his review that
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
is terrified of rats in real life, but insisted that the filmmakers use actual (domesticated and trained) rats for the scene where she goes through an underground tunnel to reach the U.S.
c.
The shorts that form this movie were originally intended to be released separately, but were combined to form this movie because it had been decided that each short would only be of interest to the people whose country it depicted. Therefore, footage of the Disney team on location in South America was used to make the framing sequence around the original shorts.
d.
Voted "Best Film of the Noughties" by UK newspaper The Times.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Norte (1983)?
a.
The director was studying at Valencia Community College in Florida while in production of this film.
b.
The piano girl (
Kym Malin
) actually performed her own stunts.
c.
The horse who plays Al-Hattal is a black Arabian show champion named TC Bey Cedar. He is owned by Black Silver Arabians stables, located in Burson, California.
d.
The production of the film encountered major problems with Mexican police while shooting on location in Tijuana. According to director
Gregory Nava
: "One day, men with machine guns took over the set. I had guns pointed at my head. We were forced to shut down production, bribe our way out of the country, fight to get our costumes back, and start shooting again in California." Nava also recalled that Mexican police kidnapped the films accountant and held him for ransom, and that his own parents had to pose as tourists to smuggle rolls of exposed film across the U.S. border. Back in California, Nava and his crew had to re-create a movie set of the Mexican shanty town where Rosa and Enrique stay before crossing the border.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Norte (1983)?
a.
Mia Wallaces comment "An Elvis man should love this" is a reference to an earlier cut scene where Mia claims that everyone can be classified as either an "Elvis" (
Elvis Presley
) person or a "Beatles" (
The Beatles
) person. She bets Vincent that he is an "Elvis", and he confirms it.
b.
The film was originally shot for TV to premiere on PBS in 1983. But after an overwhelmingly positive reception at the Telluride Film Festival, the producers of American Playhouse decided to give the film a theatrical release and delayed the PBS TV-premiere for two years.
c.
The film is based on a letter written by Cassady to Jack Kerouac in 1950.
d.
This film features newsreel footage of the Boulder Dam opening in 1936.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Norte (1983)?
a.
The surprising success of this film forced American International Pictures to fast track
Pam Grier
s next picture,
Foxy Brown
, which they released only nine months later.
b.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1995.
c.
Despite receiving generally favorable reviews, the film proved to be only a moderate hit at the box office. This may have been partly due to the fact that it was released at the same time as
Teachers Pet
, also starring
Clark Gable
.
d.
Kristina Wayborn
as Magda says a romantic au revoir to James Bond by way of an elegant elegiac window exit. She actually performed this stunt herself, swirling down to the ground, her dress acting as her support and being unwound as she alighted safely to the ground. Weyborns departure was filmed in two different locations: her fall from the balcony was filmed at Pinewood Studios in England and her landing was filmed on location in India.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Norte (1983)?
a.
The immigration office scene was shot in an actual immigration office in California.
David Villalpando
and
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
were legitimately anxious while filming this scene, because they did not have official working papers that would have permitted them to work legally in the United States and were only carrying travel visas. Fortunately, none of the actual immigration officers second-guessed.
b.
Originally starred
Sally Field
and Matthew Broderick in 1981, but production shut down after director Martin Ritt had a heart attack.
c.
The original ending of the film included a scene in which the World Trade Center towers opened up, releasing a swarm of UFOs into the air. Following the towers destruction, the films ending was changed. Unfortunately this meant the film had a short running time, so when it was shown in theaters it was packed with trailers and the short film
The Chubbchubbs!
to fill the gap.
d.
Donald OConnor
s last Francis movie.
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