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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Four Dead Batteries (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Four Dead Batteries (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004).
About the movie:
Four New York improvisers struggle with love, commitment, and understanding the women in their lives, in "Four Dead Batteries," an ensemble indie comedy.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
By mid-July 1957, the songwriters had still not come up with the title song. One evening,
Frederick Loewe
was at a piano while
Alan Jay Lerner
was indisposed in the bathroom, and when Loewe began playing a particular melody, he later recalled Lerner jumped up, "his trousers still clinging to his ankles, and made his way to the living room. Play that again, he said." That melody ended up as the films title song.
b.
Rick Moranis
feature film debut.
c.
Richard Nixons resignation speech can be heard under Patricks introduction.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 10, 1952 with
Van Johnson
and
Kathryn Grayson
reprising their film roles.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
As part of the promotion for the movie, "official" Web sites were created for most of the fictional movies featured in
S1m0ne
.
b.
Bill Paxton
has been killed or assaulted in same way by one of the
Aliens
, the Predator and
The Terminator
c.
The "answering machine" opening came together from discarded shots of a depressed Hennessy. As scripted, the answering machine played a key role in the original, unused, ending, but was re-arranged with dialogue from another scene to start the movie.
d.
The movie was not released in the U.S. on Halloween weekend, as was the original, for fear of going head to head with
Saw IV
. It was instead released two months earlier on the last weekend in August 2007.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
The real Helen and Frank Beardsley had two children following their marriage: Joe and Helen.
b.
Ida Lupino
was considered for the role of Alice.
c.
The movie originally opened with a restaurant scene between Liz and Hennessy. That scene was cut, but actual dialogue from it can still be heard as part of a message Liz leaves on Hennessys answering machine.
d.
Chevy Chase
s favorite film of his own.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
Production time was greatly reduced by the use of computer animation to create elements such as flocks of birds that would have taken much longer to animate traditionally.
b.
Pat Buttram
s final movie role.
c.
The only building which was not destroyed in Silverado is the "Lucky Hotel."
d.
Though shot on Digital Video, a decision was made early on to shoot as little hand-held as possible and employ dollies and strict camera placement to differentiate the film from the more typical hand-held "edgy" look associated with DV.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
John Dierkes
, who plays The Tall Soldier, also narrates the trailer.
b.
The waitress Hennesy addresses near the end is played by the production script supervisor.
c.
First film of
Lee Patrick
.
d.
According to the DVD commentary, most of the
Bruce Campbell
memorabilia in Jeffs room was real, including a spare Brisco County Jr. costume that Campbell owned. A few fake items, such as a poster for "The Stoogitive," were made to fill up space.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
According to several historical sources, Shaw was shot through the heart and fell into Fort Wagner rather than falling outside of it. His men went in after him, and they were all killed.
b.
Many of the sets from this movie - including Marys garden and fountain, the shoe house, the pumpkin house and the trees from the forest - were on display at Disneyland in Anaheim from November of 1961 through 1962 as a walk-through attraction.
c.
The film is in the public domain, and has been distributed by many home video companies over the decades. An "official" version has been released (with the box title March of the Wooden Soldiers) in 2008 on DVD by MGM, now the ancillary rights holder (having inherited the film from the Samuel Goldwyn Company, the former owners of the picture), and, in a twist of irony, the original producing studio, making this one of the few pre-1986 MGM films that did not end up with Warner Bros./Turner Entertainment. The title "Babes in Toyland" (instead of "March of the Wooden Soldiers") has been restored to the opening credits.
d.
A subplot with Hennesy laying out his entire relationship with Liz on index cards to figure out what went wrong was dropped during filming.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
In order to research his role in the film, Danny Glover actually went incognito as a homeless person to get the feel for the struggles and hardship that homeless people endure.
b.
Has the biggest opening weekend gross for a movie that did not reach Number 1 at the US box office.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
: at the start of the film walking two dogs out of the pet shop (the dogs were actually his own).
d.
The man and woman in the car dealership at the end of the movie are actually the film editors parents.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
Actors were encouraged to improvise after they nailed their scripted takes, with the exception of two brief scenes, which were completely ad-libbed. The first is Nick begging his wife for sex, the second features Nick pleading to be allowed back in the bedroom.
b.
Vitaphone production reels #2331-2337; a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
c.
Judd Nelson
made up many of the terms used in the movie, including Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebie.
d.
The last feature film of
Anthony Nicholls
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
At about 6½ minutes, the police department uses IBM punch cards and a sorting machine to search a database. This may be the first display of that technology in film.
b.
The fraternity having the party in the morgue is Delta Tau Chi (seen on the wall) which is the same fraternity as in
Animal House
.
c.
The name of Paddy ONeil, the IRA spokesman played by
Richard Harris
, is taken from the name used by the IRA organization to sign all statements originating from them, P. ONeil.
d.
The soundtrack is done exclusively by The Hot Club Of Cowtown.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Four Dead Batteries (2004)?
a.
A speech by President Reagan can be heard in Judys sisters house when Harold comes to apologize.
b.
Jennifer Beals
(Gina) took all of the pictures on the walls in the house, just as her photographer character would have.
c.
Patty Jenkins
wrote the screenplay in only 7 weeks, while the production itself only took 2 months to be set up.
d.
When Matt is talking with Tori at Suncoast Video, a movie poster can be seen behind Matt for the film American Graffiti, which followed a similar plot of one summer night in the lives of a group of California youths in the year 1962.
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