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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fletch (1985) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fletch (1985) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fletch (1985)

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About the movie: Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fletch (1985)?
a.		After seeing credited director Gordan Chans rough cut, Columbia hired Doug Aarniokoski to shoot new sequences and re-edited the film extensively.
b.		When Mr. Underhill comes to collect the money for his lunch bill, Fletch searches for the time on his non watch-wearing wrist. This is a trademark of Chevy Chase.
c.		The films literary consultant was Professor William Strunk Jr., co-author of the famous treatise on the English language, Strunk and Whites "The Elements of Style." Producer Irving Thalberg hired Strunk to work with the screenwriters to make sure that the Hollywood adaption of Shakespeares play stayed true and respectful to its original source. Thalberg told Strunk, "Your job is to protect Shakespeare from us."
d.		There are two cats in the film - Lexi and Bruno. Lexi is the striped cat that Nina and Dave had in San Francisco. Bruno is the black cat that Nina has in her apartment in New York. According to Nina Paleys Directors Commentary, Bruno does, in fact, sleep in Ninas armpit, as shown at the end of the movie.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fletch (1985)?
a.		When Fletch tells Frank that he is quitting, he says that hes going to try out for the Lakers, because, according to Fletch, "they need a good power forward". In 1985, the Lakers Power Forward was James Worthy, who would go on to become a member of the National Basketball Hall of Fame.
b.		James Caan actually hung out with various disreputable characters in order to better understand the underworld lifestyle.
c.		All of the injuries and bruises in the film were real injuries that the actors received during filming.
d.		In reality, Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie, both inmates on whom Sean Penns character Matthew Poncelet is based on, were executed by the electric chair in Louisiana in 1984; by 1993, Louisiana switched that penalty to lethal injection as the most humane way to execute. Both Tim Robbins and Helen Prejean opted to use lethal injection in the film instead of the electric chair because, according to Prejeans interview, "We dont want to give people the moral (of the most humane death) out whereby people could say Oh well, we used to do electrocution but thats too barbaric so now we are humane and inject them."

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fletch (1985)?
a.		In order to use the title, producers bought the rights to Dan Simmons novel "Hollow Man". The novel has nothing to do with invisible men.
b.		The "missiles" were actually model rockets manufactured by a company in Raytown, Missouri. The filmmakers were so impressed with their accuracy over distance that they restaged some of the battle scenes to take advantage of this.
c.		Harold Faltermeyer replaced Tom Scott as the films composer. However, Scotts name is visible on the early poster releases for the movie as well as the trailer included on the DVD.
d.		Dr. Crusher tells the holographic Doctor to "do a dance" as a method of distracting the Borg. In Datas Day we learn, when she gives Data dancing lessons, that Dr Crusher was known as the dancing doctor.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fletch (1985)?
a.		There are several deleted scenes, totaling over 25 minutes. These scenes never made it into the final edit. Two scenes were soft core sex scenes between Tad and Dyanne, each of which lasted over 6 minutes. One deleted scene depicted Dyanne masturbating while two campers watched. Another scene was a soft core sex scene between Nurse Brenda and a camper. The actor turned out to be only 17 years old, so the scene was removed and the footage destroyed.
b.		In one of her apparitions, the News Reporter (played by Melanie Hebert) explains that Martin Jordan died in 1993 during a flight crash. According to this version, Jordan was 8-years-old when the accident took place, and Hal Jordan is 26 years old in the movie. His actor, Ryan Reynolds, is 9 years older than his character.
c.		Fletch tells beach drifter in one scene that he "feels like a hundred dollars". This line is also said by Ty Webb in Caddyshack, a role also played by Chevy Chase.
d.		The photograph of Joe Lucass late wife is one of Marilyn Monroe, who was then under contract with Columbia.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fletch (1985)?
a.		The dinner at the beginning of the film was shot in a real restaurant in Los Angeles. The film crew damaged the interior, leaving marks all over the walls. That scene was the first in which all the key characters were filming together at the same time.
b.		Before his accident, Johnny Smith is an English teacher. Stephen King was also an English teacher before becoming a full-time writer.
c.		Gregory McDonald, the author of the Fletch novels, had casting approval over the film. He rejected both Mick Jagger and Burt Reynolds before he decided on Chevy Chase for the lead.
d.		The photographs shown in Harlen Maguires (Jude Law) apartment also appear in a book by Luc Sante titled "Evidence." According to Sante, the photos are part of a collection held by the Municipal Archives of the City of New York and were taken by members of the NYPD during the years 1914-1918.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fletch (1985)?
a.		The wallpaper in Bartons room only peels when John Goodmans character is in or has just left Bartons room.
b.		The original Broadway production of "Bus Stop" by William Inge opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 2, 1955, ran for 478 performances and was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award for the Best Play.
c.		Irwin Fletchers daydream of playing in the NBA was based partly on another "Earvin"; former L.A. Laker Magic Johnson. In the movies promotional poster, Fletchs team ID card bears the name "Magic Christian" (a reference to The Magic Christian, a 1969 Peter Sellers movie based on a Terry Southern novel).
d.		The scene where Phil picks up the alarm clock and slams it onto the floor didnt go as planned. Bill Murray slammed down the clock but it barely broke, so the crew bashed it with a hammer to give it the really smashed look. The clock actually continued playing the song like in the movie.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fletch (1985)?
a.		Well-known underground comic artist Richard Corben created the poster art and video box for this film.
b.		In 1994, Judy Lewis went public with the information that she is indeed the love child of Clark Gable and Loretta Young, which had been the subject of speculation in Hollywood for years. (Loretta Young always claimed she went away for a while, found the girl, and adopted her.) Thus, in an interesting coincidence, Clark Gables real life daughter Judy Lewis is a close friend of Gables on-screen daughter in this film, Cammie King Conlon (Bonnie Blue Butler).
c.		The award banquet Fletch interrupts is in honor of Fred Dorfman. Fred Dorfman the name of Kent "Flounder" Dorfmans brother in Animal House, which was originally going to feature Chevy Chase as Eric "Otter" Stratton. Otter was eventually played by Tim Matheson, who also appears in this movie as Alan Stanwyk.
d.		During the filming of the Ludovico scene, star Malcolm McDowell scratched one of his corneas and was temporarily blinded. He suffered cracked ribs during filming of the humiliation stage show.

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