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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flashdance (1983) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flashdance (1983) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983).
About the movie:
A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
Director
Adrian Lyne
turned down the project twice.
b.
The movie is very loosely based on
Jack Engelhard
s novel. While it does contain the story idea of "a million dollars for one night with a mans wife", most of the book focuses on Arab-Israeli intrigue.
c.
According to
George Lopez
, Papi, the chihuahua he voices in the movie, was one day away from being put down before he was rescued for the movie.
d.
At a cost of $1.8 million, this was one of the most expensive films ever made by RKO Pictures. The Notre Dame replica alone cost $250,000.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
During filming, a boat accident endangered the life of several crew members, including director
Danny Boyle
and
Leonardo DiCaprio
. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt.
b.
Paramount Pictures gave production rights to the original script for the film to
Don Simpson
after he was fired from his executive job with the studio, and many observers felt Paramount deliberately gave him a terrible property in hopes he would fail and his career would be ruined. In addition, Paramount had so little faith in the box office potential of the film that they sold off 25% of the project days before it opened.
c.
Rob Schneider
s mother
Pilar Schneider
appears in the film as the woman he mistakes for his date in the Japanese restaurant.
d.
In the scene where Kristen is in the hospital after hitting her head; when the nurse changes into Freddy and he had the vials of blood in his right hand, one of the vials (the one closest to the camera) says "Englund" - the last name of the actor who plays Freddy.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
Marine Jahan
was
Jennifer Beals
body double for the dancing scenes. Jahan was kept hidden from the press because the filmmakers did not want to ruin the illusion. Alexs leap through the air in the audition scene was done by gymnast
Sharon Shapiro
and the break-dancing was done by
Crazy Legs
. Jahan appeared in the music video for "Maniac".
b.
The film was completed in 1998 after 24 days of production, but was never released because it lacked a distributor. In July 2001, Cloud Ten Pictures snatched up the film rights.
c.
The park used for Durham Bulls home stadium was actually the new Dell Diamond in Round Rock Texas. The stadium was the home of the triple-A Astro farm team that has since changed to the triple-A Texas Rangers farm team. The teams name is the Round Rock Express.
d.
Stephen Stills
wrote the song "Find the Cost of Freedom" at
Dennis Hopper
s request, for use with the final scene (when the camera pans up into the sky). Hopper ended up not using it, and the song was eventually released as the B-side to
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
s single "Ohio". CSNandY often used it to close their concerts.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
Shot in 1981, not released until 1986.
b.
Due to budget restraints, only one horse could be hired per day, hence a different colored horse was filmed each day, with footage cleverly montaged and edited to create the battle scenes.
c.
According to his autobiography "Is That It?"
Bob Geldof
was offered a role in this film, after director
Adrian Lyne
was impressed by his performance in
Pink Floyd The Wall
. Geldof turned it down.
d.
Anthony Quinn
did this film when
Lawrence of Arabia
went on a two month hiatus between October and December of 1961. The film was released before "Lawrence" came out.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
The role of Alex Owens was originally offered to
Melanie Griffith
, who turned it down. Executives at Paramount Pictures wanted an unknown for the part. A nationwide search for a young actress was narrowed down to three finalists:
Leslie Wing
,
Demi Moore
, and
Jennifer Beals
. Reportedly, a Paramount executive took pictures of the three actresses to a group of construction workers on the studio lot, asking them "Which of these women do you most want to fuck?" and being given the answer "Jennifer Beals".
b.
Title refers to the song "Dont Lets Start" by They Might Be Giants.
c.
Bret Easton Ellis
, author of the novel on which the film is based, revealed in an interview that director
Roger Avary
asked him to play the role of Patrick Bateman in the film after
Christian Bale
, who portrayed Patrick in the film adaptation of
American Psycho
, turned down Avarys offer to return as Patrick. Ellis also turned him down, saying that he thought it was "such a terrible and gimmicky idea". The scenes with Patrick were eventually shot with
Casper Van Dien
playing the role, but they were cut from the film.
d.
The final game, specifically the endgame position, was composed for the movie by Josh Waitzkin and Bruce Pandolfini (the real-life game ended in a draw, and no one saved the score sheets). In the October 1995 issue of Chess Life, Grandmaster Larry Evans states that the position is actually unsound; Jonathan could have actually won the game.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
The soundtrack to the movie sold 700,000 copies in its first two weeks of release.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 10, 1944 with
Wallace Ford
reprising his film role.
c.
The role of Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Madison was originally offered to
William Holden
, while
James Garner
was considered for the part of "Bus" Cummings.
d.
Previous to her role as Miss Adelaide in theater and this film,
Vivian Blaine
had the leading role of showgirl "Doll Face" Carroll, in the film
Doll Face
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
Brian De Palma
was set to direct, and was a few weeks into preproduction before dropping this film to do
Scarface
.
b.
Quentin Tarantino
: [corpse view] After Marsellus is hit by Butchs car we see the camera from Marsellus "corpse" of the pedestrians looking down at him.
c.
Gallo decided to shoot on reversal stock (the equivalent of color transparency film - expensive both to buy and process), without even knowing if it was going to be developed.
d.
In the middle of the lettered board in the bank that Norther Winslow robs reads "ROMANS 12:1-2." This refers to the passages in the Bible that says, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
This film was originally intended to be a minor subplot in
The Ritual
. However,
Anthony Spadaccini
liked it so much that he decided to make it a separate film.
b.
Tom Savini
was originally hired by
George A. Romero
to do the makeup effects for this film. The two were first introduced to each other when Savini auditioned for an acting role in an earlier film that never got off the ground. Romero, remembering that Savini was also a makeup artist (he had brought his makeup portfolio to show to Romero at the audition), called Savini to the set of his horror movie. However, Savini was unable to do the effects because he was called to duty by the US Army to serve as a combat photographer in Vietnam.
c.
During the "Fighting Back" Black & White film montage, a ship with hull number 53 is shown exploding. This true footage is actually of the destruction of the ex HMAS Torrens, a Royal Australian Navy Destroyer Escort sunk as a target by the Collins Class Submarine HMAS Farncomb in 1999.
d.
David Cronenberg
was offered the chance to direct but turned it down.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
During much of the shooting, director
Michael Curtiz
was seriously ill (he died of cancer shortly after the films release). On the days when Curtiz was too ill to work,
John Wayne
took over direction of the film, and when it was completed he told the studio that he did not want credit as co-director and insisted that Curtiz name alone appear as director.
b.
The film was inspired by a trip to a Toronto strip club.
c.
Trevor Howard
filmed his key cameo in 3 days.
d.
Director
Byron Quisenberry
did not give his actors the ending to the script.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flashdance (1983)?
a.
This was
Matthew Lillard
s first film. When he noticed that
Kathleen Turner
had memorized everyones names from the call sheets, he asked her why she did it. Her reply was, "Oh, honey, thats the first thing you do!"
b.
The dog in the final scene is
Famke Janssen
s dog Licorice.
c.
Paramount held dancer auditions for a proposed sequel to this film. That film was never made.
d.
The following dialogue from the film is a direct quotation from the Bible (I Corinthians 13): "When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am a man, I have no more use for childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete-as complete as Gods knowledge of me".
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