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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
About the movie:
An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychadelic escapades.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)?
a.
During his staying in Colombia, Chilean actor Enrique Giordano (Vicente) actually lived in the same hotel where the action took place, staying 24 hours a day inside the hotel while shooting. He did not go out until the filming was completed (Hotel Dorantes, La Candelaria, Bogotá).
b.
When Raoul Duke goes out for a gamble and comes back to find Dr. Gonzo tripping out on acid in the bathtub, there is the infamous Gonzo Fist drawn with shaving cream on the pink bathroom wall behind him.
c.
The scene of Violet Beareguardes demise where she swells up into a blueberry was done in two takes. Take one was pumping air into an inflatable suit and take two involved stuffing Denise into a two piece Styrofoam cut out. When rolling Denise around in her blueberry suit, the Oompa Loompas had a hard time controlling the rolling actress and would send her crashing into the wall several times.
d.
Shot in three months on a budget of only $250.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)?
a.
The "wavishing Kay Fwancis" actually mocked herself in this film for her well-known trouble in pronouncing the letter "R." When George Brents character notices that her "april" comes out sounding like "apwil," he forces her to repeat "around the rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran," which comes out "awound the wugged wocks the wagged wascals wan."
b.
Nancy Olson
hated the script but she figured six weeks in Hawaii and a chance to work with an icon like
John Wayne
seemed a good enough reason to accept. Besides, she thought the film would flop and nobody would see it. She was right to a degree - it wasnt one of Waynes more successful pictures - but she didnt count on the constant TV exposure it has had and says people stop her all the time to say theyve seen her in the film. Olson, a staunch liberal Democrat, said she and Wayne would often have political arguments but she would always let Wayne have the last word.
c.
Hunter S. Thompson
: at the Jefferson Airplane show. When
Johnny Depp
, as Thompson, sees the real Thompson, Depps narration says "There I was . . . mother of God, there I am!"
d.
Filming began July 29 1940, the final feature in Boris Karloffs 6-picture contract with Monogram, returning only once, in 1958 for "Frankenstein-1970."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)?
a.
Edith Head
: an Oscar nominee for her costume designs for this film, appears in a scene set at a Hollywood party, when Kay calls Frank to congratulate him on his Oscar nomination, and one other scene.
b.
A major part of the movie involves a murder and a disappearing dagger.
Red Skelton
s character discovers someone has made the dagger by soaking the handle of one of his brushes in hot water and reshaping it. When the handle is put back into hot water it returns to its original shape. After trying numerous ways to make this look realistic with special effects the producers finally went to a plastics company and had them actually develop a "memory plastic". It was such a big story that it was in an article covered in "Life" magazine.
c.
Terry Gilliam
: [bookends] Raoul Duke driving down a stretch of desert road with the top down.
d.
The last of four films that
Andrew V. McLaglen
directed
Jack Watson
in.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)?
a.
Roy Thinnes
was originally hired to play Arthur Adamson, but Hitchcocks first choice
William Devane
became available so Hitchcock fired Thinnes without a reason and hired Devane. Some key scenes had been shot prior to this. Everything that had been shot was re-shot except for long shots which to this day remain as
Roy Thinnes
and not
William Devane
.
b.
The film was originally going to be directed by
Marcus Nispel
. However, Nispel left the project when budget and script problems arose.
c.
Tobey Maguire
s character is wearing a t-shirt with a Ralph Steadman drawing on it. The title of the illustration is "Mean Mouse" and depicts a character resembling Mickey Mouse wearing American flag shorts.
d.
During the scene where James Bond is hanging by a hook over the cocaine grinder,
Benicio Del Toro
s character is cutting him loose. During filming he actually cut
Timothy Dalton
s hand and the scene had to be stopped so he could be stitched up.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)?
a.
Exists in the same universe as
Thank You for Smoking
.
b.
Many reviewers noted that
James Caan
seemed miscast in the role of comedian Eddie Sparks (a caricature of
Bob Hope
) and wondered why co-star
George Segal
, who as an actor had proved equally adept at comedy and drama, wasnt cast in the role instead. The truth is that Caans career was hot again after the success of
Misery
and Segal was not, so Caan got the lead and Segal the supporting role.
c.
Laila Nabulsi
: the producer appears as
Grace Slick
of
Jefferson Airplane
performing at The Matrix.
d.
Editing began one month before filming took place.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)?
a.
Jake Skiba was a grip for the first week of production. When the actor originally cast in the role of Edgar did not show up, Travis looked around set, saw Skiba and asked if he could act Skibas response was "I can try." Travis was unaware at the time that Skiba had harbored a longtime desire to act, and was fortunately quite skilled.
b.
Hunter S. Thompson
had previously been portrayed by
Johnny Depp
s
Ed Wood
co-star
Bill Murray
in the film "Where The Buffalo Roam." Prior to filming, Murray called Depp with the advice "Be careful or youll find yourself ten years from now still doing him...Make sure your next role is some drastically different guy."
c.
Second James Bond movie to use Turkey as a location;
From Russia with Love
was the first. A big car chase through the old town of Istanbul was ultimately eliminated.
d.
Scene where Herb talks to Jim Craig about his commitment to the team was filmed on a friday night at the dorms of the University of British Columbia. Rowdy students placed Canadian flags in windows and cranked the music.
Kurt Russell
s cast chair was stolen.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)?
a.
The weapons the stormtroopers used were essentially the Sterling L2A3 9mm SMG (sub-machine gun) a military weapon developed in the late 1940s in the UK and adopted by the British and Canadian Armies in the 1950s. The curved left entry side mounted magazine was removed. And that was as much as it was modified for the film. The longer sandtrooper weapon was the MG-34 machine gun from Germany.
b.
All of the wooded area sequences that take place in the fictional Terra Ridge area are actually filmed in San Antonios Brackenridge Park. The park is located directly in the middle of the city, 5 minutes from downtown SA, and next to the citys zoo.
c.
According to director
Don Siegel
, star
Eli Wallach
was originally hostile because he was upset that, after a prestigious film debut in
Baby Doll
, he was doing a routine thriller as his second film. Midway through the shoot, however, Wallach realized he was actually playing a complex role in a well-written film and became more sympathetic to the project.
d.
Terry Gilliam
: wearing a cap and holding a microphone protruding from a large tape recorder box in the motorcycle race as the cyclists take off.
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