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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Get Shorty (1995) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Get Shorty (1995) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995).
About the movie:
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995)?
a.
When people in West Hollywood first saw the billboard with
Danny DeVito
dressed up as
Napoléon Bonaparte
credited with Martin Weirs name, they thought it was a real one and DeVito might have changed his name. The film crew had to explain to residents it was just a prop in DeVitos latest movie.
b.
When Elder Wiggs breaks up the fight between Sandy and Jackson, a dog joins in and tears one of the legs of his pants. This was not in the script. It just happened on the set, and
John Ford
had liked it so much he kept it in the film.
c.
Anne Ramsey
s last film.
d.
The scrolling ticker sign in the toy factory reads "378 Years without an accident".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995)?
a.
Dooley Wilson
was borrowed from Paramount at $500 a week.
b.
Penny Marshall
: Plays the director of the movie-within-a-movie.
c.
Tom Waits
acting debut.
d.
Not only was the traditional Twentieth Century Fox fanfare music not utilized at the films opening,
Alfred Newman
s ubiquitous "Street Scene Theme" is whistled over the unique opening credits, appropriately written in chalk on a sidewalk.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995)?
a.
Writer
David Rayfiel
did some uncredited work on the script.
b.
Although Harry Zimm is never explicitly referred to as being Jewish, throughout the film, he is shown wearing a necklace with a pendant in the shape of the Hebrew word "Chai" (life).
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 1, 1942 with
Barbara Stanwyck
reprising her film role.
d.
Burt Reynolds was the original choice for director but he had a falling out with producer Joel Silver and left the project.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995)?
a.
The license plate on Frank Castles car reads "Year One". This is the auto customizer that worked on the GTO. It was just a coincidence that The Punisher also had a Year One title.
b.
As the movie was released in Costa Rica, local theater owners scratched/blurred the San Jose tag during the scene when Nedry waits for his contact in what supposedly was the countrys capital, because the local audiences reacted negatively to inaccuracies in the scenes geography.
c.
The surname of Omar Ulmer is a reference to German Expressionist filmmaker
Edgar G. Ulmer
.
d.
Barry Sonnenfeld
: A hotel doorman (top hat, red tunic, etc.) greeting
David Paymer
as he exits a limo.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995)?
a.
In the opening scene in Paris, the Mime resembles
Trey Parker
.
b.
Warner Brothers granted
Paris Hilton
permission to sell t-shirts that read "On May 6th, Watch Paris Die" in order to promote the film before its release.
c.
Contains a spoiler for
Touch of Evil
.
d.
The film is largely based upon actual reported encounters with a Bigfoot creature in the Fouke-Boogy Creek, Arkansas area throughout the 60s and early 70s. Most of the actors in the film were the real people from the encounters playing themselves.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995)?
a.
All four actors portraying the parents are Oscar winners for acting.
Robert Duvall
(
Tender Mercies
),
Sissy Spacek
(
Coal Miners Daughter
),
Jon Voight
(
Coming Home
), and
Mary Steenburgen
(
Melvin and Howard
).
b.
Catalina Sandino Moreno
did not practice swallowing pellets during rehearsals. Since the character of Maria did not know how to swallow them, Moreno and
Joshua Marston
agreed that it would be more realistic for her to try swallowing them for the first time on-camera. The pellets were made of easily digestible substances but neither Moreno nor Marston will reveal what exactly they were made of.
c.
The MPAA gave this film an R rating, accompanied with the specific explanation "For graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets."
d.
Ernest Chili Palmer
:
Elmore Leonard
s friend, namesake of the main character, as one of Ray Barbonis friends.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Get Shorty (1995)?
a.
Harvey Keitel
: Plays Ray Barboni (
Dennis Farina
s character) in the movie-within-a-movie.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 4, 1940 with
Joan Bennett
and
Ralph Bellamy
reprising their film roles.
c.
George Lucas
used photos from real crime scenes in the Mattress Sequence. One of the most prominent photos shows two cops kneeling beside what looks like a man sleeping on the ground with his head propped up against a fence. That man is "The Enforcer"
Frank Nitti
,
Al Capone
s right-hand man who had, in fact, committed suicide with a gunshot to the head.
d.
David Lynch
: [Clueless detectives]
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