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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978).
About the movie:
Suddenly Laura Mars can see through the eyes of a serial killer as he commits his crimes. She contacts the police and with the aid of a police detective...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
In the films prologue, the "author" photograph of
Faye Dunaway
glimpsed on the inner dust jacket of the prop book "The Eyes of Mars" is from a 1977 sitting with American photographer
Francesco Scavullo
(1921-2004).
b.
The poster art was done by
Saul Bass
. It is his first film credit.
c.
Star Paul Smith reportedly had no interest in the films story, deeming it "really weird." Smith only decided to take the role of Slue after seeing the other names signed to the cast.
d.
The movies line "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine." was voted as the #52 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
Faye Dunaway
was dating ace British photographer
Terry ONeill
at the time who coached her for the role. (They later married, then divorced).
b.
The poem Howie recites in the car is "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" by Walt Whitman.
c.
The musical play, Sons O Guns, opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York on 26 November 1929 and closed on 9 August 1930 after 295 performances. Co-Writer
Jack Donahue
played Jimmy Canfield in the opening night cast, which also included
Lili Damita
as Yvonne and
William Frawley
as Hobson.
d.
Liev Schreiber
s second movie, by one day.
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
premiered on television the day before Mixed Nuts opened in theatres.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 13, 1950 with
June Allyson
,
Margaret OBrien
, Peter Lawford and
Janet Leigh
reprising their film roles.
b.
According to director
Irvin Kershner
, the brief moment in which Laura walks into her warehouse studio office and opens the window overlooking featured a glaring continuity error that required post-production lab work to fix. The wide shot of Laura at the window was cold in tone, while the medium shot was much warmer. Allegedly, editor
Michael Kahn
resorted to gradually altering and "warming up" the tone of the wide shot to better match the color temperature of the medium shot that follows. (For those who notice, this explains why the central area of the wide-shot suddenly shifts in color temperature.)
c.
When Rose is arrested the camera pans behind the Jeep showing the Ohio license plate "C3J 46E5" with a county code sticker "75" in the bottom left corner indicating Shelby County, Ohio. The license plate is a custom plate as in that standard issue plates are formatted as 3 letters and 4 numbers (AAA 0000) and was registered after 2004 because Ohio license plates changed formats in 2004.
d.
The initials "Z.B." can be found carved in the porch when
Zach Braff
s character Michael is sleeping in front of the house waiting for
Jacinda Barrett
s character Jenna.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
Prop photos supplied by
Helmut Newton
and
Rebecca Blake
.
b.
Rondo Hatton would play a different CREEPER in two follow-ups not related to this film, "House of Horrors" and "The Brute Man, " both completed in 1945, but released following Hattons death, which occurred on February 2, 1946.
c.
"The Hard Ride" is a landmark film for Talmarc Productions. It is the companys first production that will go into theatrical release before being offered on DVD.
d.
Charles Kaufman
, in the directors commentary, said that a very ironic thing happened during filming: an actress who played one of the victims and one of the actors who played a son hit it off and starting dating when not filming - even though his character terrorizes and brutalizes her. Concerned that neither would be able to project the sense of terror needed, Kaufman asked them to postpone their relationship until after the film wrapped. They complied.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
Richard Crenna
plays Denton Walters. In the TV series
Our Miss Brooks
, Crenna played a character called "Walter Denton".
b.
In both posters and newspaper ads, with taglines like "You cant always believe what you see..."
Faye Dunaway
s face appeared a little bit at a time, beginning just with the over-bright image of her eyes, and the rest of the facial features appearing in subsequent ads, until the face was featured completely in the final poster.
c.
Some of the actors who auditioned for the part of Remo Williams claimed to be proficient in the martial art of Sinanju, not realizing it was a fiction derived from the Destroyer novels on which the movie was based.
d.
Three weeks into shooting the New York scenes, the Screen Actors Guild unexpectedly shut down the production for real and/or imagined violations. After nearly all night negotiations, with the help of a sympathetic SAG Rep and the posting of an additional $11,000 cash bond, production resumed at 5am that morning.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
William Faversham
s last movie.
b.
Barbra Streisand
, who was originally attached to star as Laura Mars, sings the theme song "Prisoner" from this movie. Its the only song that Streisand sings from a movie in which she does not appear.
c.
Hugo Weaving
based the Red Skulls accent on renowned German filmmakers
Werner Herzog
and
Klaus Maria Brandauer
.
d.
When the novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" by
Choderlos de Laclos
was first published in 1782, it was considered so scandalous that when Queen Marie-Antoinette commissioned a copy for her personal library she had to have it bound in a blank cover so that no-one would recognise the authors name or title
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
Suspended from video release for years due to its dark content.
b.
The film was shot at Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, outside the towns of Darrow and Burnside, Louisiana (just south of Baton Rouge). The home and grounds are open to tours, and the tour guide points out several bits of trivia pertaining to the film on the tour, including the bedroom where
Bette Davis
slept while filming and the spot where her character pushes the potted vase onto
Olivia de Havilland
and
Joseph Cotten
.
c.
Prior to the release of this movie, a fan had written to Screen Stories magazine, inquiring as to what movie
Dean Martin
would next be appearing in. The response was that one of the movies would be Korea - but there was no mention of Career. While the movie does have a brief character introduction set during the Korean War, Dean Martin never appeared in a movie called Korea.
d.
Michael Miller
was hired by
Jon Peters
to direct this film in 1976, but was replaced in 1977 by
Irvin Kershner
because of "creative differences".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
Both this film and the next entry
Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave
stray away from the series rules that the Trioxin zombies are no longer the indestructible juggernauts of the first movie three movies, but instead much weaker and sometimes are seen to be dispatched with no more than a few body gun shots. Prior to this film, nothing short of incineration or electrocution with extreme high voltage would destroy a Trioxin zombie.
b.
A Jewel Production. Lacking its own theater network, Universal devised a 3-tiered branding system for its product: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced to potentially command higher roadshow ticket prices). This branding system would end in late 1929.
c.
Faye Dunaway
uses a Nikon FM (fitted with an MD-11 motor drive) for her fashion shoots.
d.
Director-actor Clint Gaige is seen in the final scene reading his own novel. Production assistant
Matt Walker
can be seen in the background in the same scene reading the same book.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
Science fiction author
Harlan Ellison
sued
James Cameron
, claiming that the film was plagiarized from the two
The Outer Limits
episodes that Ellison wrote, namely
Soldier
and
Demon with a Glass Hand
. The concept of "Skynet" could also have been borrowed from an Ellison short story called "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." The suit was settled out of court and newer prints of the film acknowledge Ellison.
b.
David tells Consuela that she looks like Goyas Maja Desnuda.
Penélope Cruz
(who plays Consuela) plays Pepita Tudó in
Volavérunt
, possibly a model for the Maja Desnuda.
c.
The spec script that
John Carpenter
sold producers was simply entitled "Eyes".
d.
Rafe Perry was "an English lend-out to the FBI" according to
Renny Harlin
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)?
a.
Tommy Lee Jones
actually wrote his own monologue, unbeknownst to the Writers Guild, but accredited it to films director
Irvin Kershner
.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 22, 1942 with
Loretta Young
reprising her film role.
c.
The bathroom scene before the 2nd bar shootout was directed by
Antonio Banderas
.
Robert Rodriguez
said he didnt like using 2nd unit crews and Banderas asked if he could direct the scene, so Rodriguez agreed.
d.
The casting directors name was
Jaki Brown
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