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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fear No Evil (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fear No Evil (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981).
About the movie:
High school student turns out to be personification of Lucifer. Two arch angels in human form (as women) take him on.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Marisa Tomei
s first day of shooting was the scene where she gives
Mickey Rourke
a lap dance.
b.
Fred Goodich
s cinematography in the film was stylized after many medieval paintings, particular those of Rembrandt.
c.
This is a semi-autobiographical piece on writer/director James Westbys life.
d.
Emmanuelle Chriqui
,
Adam Hann-Byrd
, and
Heather Matarazzo
also filmed scenes that were cut from the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Frank LaLoggia
was strongly opposed to having zombies included in the film, however producer
Charles M. LaLoggia
insisted on having zombies in the film since zombie movies were popular at the time.
b.
This movies title is listed on a theater marquee in the background of a scene in the
Hawaii Five-O
episode "...And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin" from November 1968. The marquee is evident for some time through the window when Chin Ho questions a man in a seedy pool hall.
c.
The hotel owner and bartender were both local newscasters who were talking negatively about the movie. In order to get them to stop
Robert Rodriguez
gave both of them small parts in the movie.
d.
Michael Chapman
: janitor at the Health Department. Appears when Elizabeth cries in Matthews arms and later when they sneak into the building.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "Six Degrees of Separation" opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on November 8, 1990, ran for 485 performances and was nominated for the 1991 Tony Award for Best Play.
Stockard Channing
reprises her role in the movie while her fellow Broadway stage actors
Kelly Bishop
,
John Cunningham
and
Sam Stoneburner
have cameo roles. Stockard Channing was nominated for the 1991 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
John Guare
wrote both the stage play and the screenplay for the movie adaptation.
b.
An executive at Avco Embassy wanted the seduction scene between Andrew and Gabrielle to be cut from the film, but director
Frank LaLoggia
wanted the scene left in. A deal was struck where the scene would be left in the film if the executive would be given associate producer credit. The scene remains in the film.
c.
The film was animated in the French studio Mac Guff in Paris, and although a US production, it was written and directed by Spaniards and Frenchmen, making
Despicable Me
a very cross-cultural production.
d.
Ogilvys yard was at a real farmhouse. Because the existing exterior cellar door was on the "wrong" side of the house (visually anyway), the crew built an old-looking fake cellar doorway on the opposite side - complete with edging of cast-cement replicas of the local building stone. It looked real and was used in the film, but it leads nowhere. The crew scooped out a foot of earth from under it so that Ray, Rachel, and Ogilvy (when fleeing "into the basement") could appear to descend a little after their first few steps. Action then cuts to the basement interior - filmed on a studio soundstage.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Zach Galifianakis
: [Chuck E. Cheese] Alan makes a joke about him not being allowed near schools or a Chuck E. Cheese, a direct reference to one of his staple jokes in his stand up: "When you look like I do, its hard to get a table for one at Chuck E. Cheese."
b.
Although the memories of many Los Angeles residents insist that this opened at the famous Cinerama Dome on Sunset Blvd., it actually opened at the Warners Cinerama Theater on Hollywood Blvd., and played there for months. It did not play at the Dome for several years.
c.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
and
Jack Black
both auditioned for the role of Cubby Barnes.
d.
Richard Jay Silverthorn
, who plays Lucifer in the film, also did the makeup work on the film. Later Silverthorn would also write a published novelization of Fear No Evil.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Avco Embassy Pictures picked up the film for release solely based on the fact that zombies were featured in the film. This was the element upon which they marketed Fear No Evil, note the zombie image used on the early video releases.
b.
Characters are loosely based on
Charles Starkweather
and
Caril Fugate
, a young Nebraska couple who in 1958 embarked on a mass murder spree across the Midwest that horrified the country. The characters in
Terrence Malick
s
Badlands
are also loosely based on Starkweather and Fugate.
c.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
was the original choice for Emmeline but her father
Vic Morrow
made the role turned down.
d.
Because the film is an "unauthorized" biopic, many of the skits and song numbers performed on Saturday Night Live were copyrighted by NBC, so in the film, some were made-up and not in fact actual skits and numbers John performed (i.e. "The Samurai Baseball" skit and the "634-5789" Blues Brothers number)
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Based on Neil Simons Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
b.
The films origin came about when producer
Charles M. LaLoggia
discovered the filming location of the Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay, New York. LaLoggia thought it was an ideal place to set a horror film and approached his cousin director
Frank LaLoggia
to write a film around the location.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
filmed one of his usual cameos, standing in a restaurant as Manny sits, but decided on using a narrated prologue instead.
d.
The name of the school, "CWM Derwen Comprehensive" is shown (at 27:42) on the gate and can also be seen at 88:27 in the crest on Taliesins school jumper (pullover sweater). From the Welsh language, "cwm" means "valley" in English and "derwen" means "oak tree". In the United Kingdom, a comprehensive school is a secondary school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16. CWM Derwen Comprehensive could then be translated as Oak Valley Secondary.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
This movie was released the same year as the similarly themed movie
Little Darlings
.
b.
Co-producer
Kip Ohman
was the person who originally had the idea of remaking the original film. He had recently landed
Charles Edward Pogue
as a client, and suggested that he should be the one to right it. They pitched the idea to Twentieth Century-Fox, who agreed to finance it. After reading Pogues first draft, however, they rescinded the offer. Not only would they not finance the picture, they refused to relinquish the rights so that Ohman and Pogue could take it to another studio. Ohman finally convinced Fox to distribute the picture if they could get someone else to finance it. Ohman ultimately found producer
Stuart Cornfeld
, who had previously produced
The Elephant Man
, and therefore knew
Mel Brooks
. Brooks agreed to allow Cornfeld to use Brooksfilms to produce the picture, but decided a new writer was needed. Pogue was therefore booted off the project, and
Walon Green
was hired in his place. It was decided that Greens draft was even worse than Pogues, so he was fired and Pogue was re-hired. Pogue was ultimately booted off the project once again once
David Cronenberg
demanded to be able to re-write the script to his own satisfaction, as a condition of coming on board to direct. Cronenberg and Pogue didnt actually meet until after the film had come out. When they spoke, Cronenberg told him "apparently we made a hit movie together."
c.
The movies fictional location is Melbourne, New Hampshire. Melbourne is the name of the directors home city in Australia.
d.
The school used for the high school in the film was the junior high school that director
Frank LaLoggia
attended as a child. Many of the extras were actual local students.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Directorial debut of a theatrical feature for director
Dick Lowry
.
b.
Painted cornflakes were used for zombie makeup.
c.
Christopher Collet
, who played Paul, had a latex version of his head created for the final scene. Someone on the set took the head.
d.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
plays Edward Morgan Blake, the Comedian. Morgan initially turned down the role after reading the first 3 pages of the script, assuming the character was only a cameo. His agent persuaded him to read the entire script and then make a decision.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Riggs intentionally dislocates his shoulder in this film in order to get out of a straitjacket, then has to slam his shoulder back into place. This becomes a running gag throughout the series, where he slams his shoulder back into place after riding a motorcycle off a bridge in
Lethal Weapon 3
and Ku (
Jet Li
s character) dislocates both of Riggs shoulders in a fight scene in
Lethal Weapon 4
.
b.
Tom Savini
, head of makeup effects, was unhappy with how the blood mix (produced by 3M) photographed; it looked fluorescent. Director
George A. Romero
felt it was perfect for the films comic book style.
c.
Castle wanted as a "gimmick" to install brushes near the seats that would rub against theater patrons legs to simulate bugs crawling but it was turned down.
d.
The voice of
Jeff Richter
, who plays the Christ in the passion play, was dubbed by director LaLoggia in post production.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear No Evil (1981)?
a.
Robin Williams
had to shave most of his arms, upper chest and hands for this movie because of his extremely hairy body.
b.
This was the highest-grossing movie from Canada for 24 years. As of 2010, it is now third highest, having been beaten by
Bon Cop, Bad Cop
and
Resident Evil: Afterlife
.
c.
Shot in 7 weeks.
d.
Anna Chlumsky
auditioned for the role of Lex.
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