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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : First Monday in October (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : First Monday in October (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: First Monday in October (1981).
About the movie:
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Monday in October (1981)?
a.
According to
Jack Lemmon
,
George Raft
spent hours teaching him and
Joe E. Brown
how to tango.
b.
On July 7, 1981, President Reagan announced the appointment of
Sandra Day OConnor
to become the first woman on the Supreme Court. Paramount rushed this film, which had been scheduled to open in February 1982, into release in late August 1981 - before OConnor took her seat on this films titular date - in order to capitalize on the publicity, as well as to keep the film from looking dated by the time of its release.
c.
Filmed entirely at night.
d.
Michael Rooker
was originally cast as Sam but dropped out in January 2007. Rooker was replaced by
Aaron Douglas
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Monday in October (1981)?
a.
The airport that Justice Loomis (
Jill Clayburgh
) flies into when she returns to Orange County, California actually is John Wayne/Orange County Airport as it existed prior to undergoing major improvements in the late 1980s.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: In a deleted scene where Dick and Jane rob a toy store (available on the DVD), the stock scream can be heard two times - as an elderly security guard leaps towards Dick, and again as the guard is thrown out a window.
c.
The film was inspired by the many paranormal investigator shows on television.
d.
Richard Roxburgh
said that despite the on-set security, he feared for his life several times during the shoot.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Monday in October (1981)?
a.
The Equifax.com website that is shown in the film is a fully-functioning mock-up of the actual Internet site, created by Equifax webmasters by copying the real site and connecting it to a database containing the credit data called for in the film. Thus, the "look and feel" of the site is absolutely accurate to the real site at the time of the films release. However, at the request of the film producers, the credit report was embellished somewhat: for example, a real Equifax credit report wouldnt contain gambling debts.
b.
When the project began in the late 1980s, the role of Mary Jane Watson was considered for many actresses, including
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Ally Sheedy
,
Jodie Foster
,
Natasha Richardson
,
Phoebe Cates
,
Tatum ONeal
,
Bridget Fonda
,
Lori Loughlin
,
Diane Lane
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
,
Brooke Shields
,
Kyra Sedgwick
,
Justine Bateman
,
Nicole Kidman
,
Julia Roberts
,
Molly Ringwald
,
Jennifer Aniston
,
Uma Thurman
,
Jennifer Connelly
,
Winona Ryder
,
Christina Applegate
,
Cameron Diaz
,
Alyssa Milano
,
Tori Spelling
,
Neve Campbell
,
Tiffani Thiessen
,
Alyson Hannigan
and
Drew Barrymore
. But when the project eventually went into pre-production, all of them were considered too old for the part.
c.
The character played by
Walter Matthau
is based on real-life Justice Douglas.
d.
The illusion of Fozzie driving the Studebaker was achieved by having a midget drive the car via remote control from the trunk, using a television monitor to guide his steering. The puppeteers would lay on the seat or floor and couldnt see a thing. The first time they tested it, the television monitor went on the blink, and the driver had to be talked through the scene by an assistant director on a walkie-talkie ("A little to the right, now, to the left...hold it...").
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Monday in October (1981)?
a.
Sat on the shelf for almost two years before its initial release.
b.
The original Broadway production of "First Monday in October" by
Jerome Lawrence
and
Robert E. Lee
opened at the Majestic Theater in New York on October 3, 1978 and ran for 79 performances starring movie legend
Henry Fonda
and
Jane Alexander
who was nominated for the 1979 Tony Award for Actress in a Drama.
c.
The woman who says "I gave up an ass lift for this?" is played by
Kelsey Grammer
s wife, Camille.
d.
Director
David Silverman
had
Julie Kavner
do over 100 takes of a monologue in which Marge makes an impassioned plea to Homer.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Monday in October (1981)?
a.
Jan Sterling
s final feature film.
b.
During the shooting of the film,
James Ivory
called one of the takes of a scene with
Raquel Welch
"a bit dull" and asked for a retake. Because of this, Welch walked off the set and refused to return until Ivory apologized to her in front of the entire cast and crew. Ivory capitulated and they continued with the scene.
c.
This is the third live-action adaptation of
Akira Toriyama
s "Dragon Ball" manga; there were two other films before this, both of which were unlicensed and thus unofficial adaptations. The first was
Xin qi long zhu
("Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins"), which was made in Taiwan. The second, "Doreagon Boeru" ("Dragon Ball") was made in South Korea in 1990.
d.
When the film was being cast,
John Ford
lobbied hard for
John Wayne
but producer
Walter Wanger
kept saying no. It was only after constant persistence on Fords part that Wanger finally gave in. Wangers reservations were based on Waynes string of B-movies, in which he came across as being a less than competent actor, and the box office failure of
Raoul Walsh
s
The Big Trail
in 1930, Waynes first serious starring role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Monday in October (1981)?
a.
Winner of "Best Comedic Short Film" at the Wilmington Film Festival 2002.
b.
When Jack is rummaging through his destroyed Jeep he throws out a couple of magazines including the July 1983 issue of Playboy before finding the picture of his dream yacht.
c.
All of the characters names stem from the staff members of the law firm and the detective agency that
Christopher McQuarrie
worked at when he was young.
d.
James Stephens, who plays law clerk Mason Woods to Supreme Court Justice Dan Snow (Walter Matthau), had played a law student on the television show "The Paper Chase" during the 1978-1979 television season. Although his character has a different name in this motion picture, the producers undoubtedly wanted to create a sense of verisimilitude and continuity by casting Stephens as a law clerk here - as though he had graduated from law school and moved on to this position.
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