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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flubber (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flubber (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flubber (1997)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997).

About the movie: An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		During the scene in Which Philip Brainard (Williams) is talking to the basketball player Dale, the Fight song that is playing in the background is the fight song from Duke University.
b.		It reportedly took only one take for William Warfield to pre-record his rendition of "Ol Man River" prior to filming.
c.		Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
d.		From 1954-56, Arthur Freed had to battle the Hays Code in order to bring Colettes tale of a courtesan-in-training to the cinema. He eventually convinced the film industrys Code Office to view the story as condemning rather than glorifying a system of mistresses.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		Film debut of Pippa Scott.
b.		Hal Needham: The movies director as the driver of a Porsche 928 wearing a cowboy hat.
c.		Film debut of Richard Bakalyan.
d.		John Hughes first choice for the lead role was always Robin Williams, but at the time he was in a bitter fall out with the Walt Disney Company and refused to be in the film. Hughes lined up some other choices including Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow and Patrick Stewart. As soon as Robin Williams made peace with the Walt Disney Company, Hughes immediately cast him in the lead.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		The police cruisers seen during the finale were real Houston Police squad cars. Ford LTD Crown Victorias were used by HPD from 1983 - 1987; the last use of these squads was in 1993.
b.		Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
c.		When Michael and his daughter Mary pick up Kay, Mary turns around to take a picture of her parents, facing the camera, and says "Hey Dad, smile!", meaning of course Michael. Behind the camera is Francis Ford Coppola, the director, who is the father of the actress Sofia Coppola, playing Mary.
d.		Jennifer Jones, who was married at the time to studio mogul David O. Selznick, complained constantly during the filming of the movie, often yelling, "Im going to tell David about this!" After complaining about William Holden, the two stars barely spoke to each other on the set. Finally, Holden tried to negotiate a peace, offering Jones a bouquet of white roses. She tossed them back into his face.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		The movie was scripted as the first film of a potential trilogy.
b.		When the triplets and Webby are breaking into the Bin to get back the lamp, the code they use to enter in the "back door" is CASH.
c.		William Hurt and his son are big fans of the Hulk.
d.		Nancy Olson: Nancy Olson, who played Betsy Carlisle in the original _Absent Minded Professor, The (1961)_, appears as a Secretary at Ford Company (uncredited).

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		While appearing in a nightclub act with his wife at Lake Tahoe, Gordon MacRae received an emergency phone call to replace Frank Sinatra as Billy Bigelow in the film version of Richard Rodgerss and Oscar Hammerstein IIs stage hit Carousel, after Sinatra walked out on the filming when he discovered that every scene was to be filmed twice - once for regular CinemaScope and once for CinemaScope 55. Within three days MacRae, who was already familiar with the Broadway show and had wanted to play the role, reported to the set. Ironically, the producers then discovered a way to shoot in CinemaScope 55 and then convert it to regular CinemaScope without filming the movie twice.
b.		Charles Bronson was about seventy-two years of age when he appeared in this movie.
c.		Charles Walters was originally signed to direct the film, but he quit when Judy Garland replaced June Allyson, as he refused to work with Garland again after Summer Stock.
d.		Wil Wheaton was cast because he resembles Tommy Kirk who was in The AbsentMinded Professor.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		Sound designer Andrew M. Somers created the sound of Flubber by using a rubber balloon filled with water, Metamucil, and air. The Metamucil became "gloopy" and in the balloon, it helped make a rubbery, gurgly sound. The voice of Flubber was performed by Scott Martin Gershin, and was processed to raise the pitch to sound small and squeaky.
b.		All the guns in the film are named after types of swords. The handguns belonging to Benvolio (SWORD 9mm Series S), Mercutio (DAGGER 9mm) and Tybalt (RAPIER 9mm) are Taurus PT99 9mm Parabellum pistols, identifiable by the adjustable rear sights. The handguns used by Romeo, Sampson and Gregory (DAGGER .45s) are Para-Ordnance P-13 .45 caliber pistols. In the scene where Mercutio is holding Romeos pistol, it changes to a Para-Ordnance P-14. The other handguns used by Abra and Petruchio are a two-tone and reverse two-tone Beretta 92FS 9mm pistol. Ted Montagues "Longsword" is actually a South African MAG-7 shotgun.
c.		This was Rin Tin Tins first film. He was replacing a wolf who would not behave as intended by the writer and director, and he would be cast as a wolf or wolf/dog hybrid on occasion from that time onward.
d.		Although rated by the MPAA, there is no evidence that this film was ever theatrically released.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		According to Wil Wheaton, in the scenes that he was in with Robin Williams, they would film a take the way it was supposed to be filmed. After that take, Williams would often want to improvise scenes differently than the script, just for fun. Those scenes were not added to the actual film, but there were enough scenes to make an entirely different movie.
b.		The skater who says to the breakdancers, "For wimps," is pro skater Christian Hosoi.
c.		Datas cat Spot, and Picards family album both make an appearance. The last time they were seen was in Star Trek: Generations.
d.		Merle Oberon and Walter Huston had starred in a Lux Radio Theatre version two years before.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flubber (1997)?
a.		First film in the series where Robert Englund receives top billing in the opening credits.
b.		As with most film biographies, this film is more screenwriters fancy than fact. Among other things, Jeanne Eagels was never a carnival dancer and was never known to have been the cause of another performers suicide. Further, the character of Sal Satori was a fictional compilation character based upon several men in Ms. Eagelss life.
c.		Eddie Egan, Sonny Grosso: the real-life models of Doyle and Russo appear in the movie, Egan as the detectives supervisor and Grosso as Klein, the BNDD Special Agent, Mulderigs partner.
d.		During late 1993, when this movie was first announced, Steven Spielberg considered being the executive producer of this film, and have the film released under the Amblin label. But he decided not to go through with it because his only choice for the lead role, Robin Williams, was at the time in a bitter fall out with the Walt Disney Company and refused to be in the film.

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