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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost (1990) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost (1990) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990).
About the movie:
After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
The subway scenes were filmed on the abandoned lower level of the 42nd St. station of the IND 8th Ave. line. Trains appearing in the film wrong railed through the station; that is, they ran in the opposite direction of normal operation.
b.
The empty bottle Jack pulls from his desk drawer near the beginning is a bottle of Goslings Black Seal Rum, from Bermuda.
c.
Ian Keith
, who plays Rochefort in this film, also portrayed the character in the 1935 version of
The Three Musketeers
.
d.
The role of Miri was originally written for
Rosario Dawson
. However, due to prior commitments with the
Steven Spielberg
produced
Eagle Eye
, she had to decline.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
Stephanies two children in the film had to be dubbed by Liebermans three year old daughter. The reason for this was the parents of both the child actors pulled them from the shoot after seeing the potentially disturbing attack scene being shot. Unfortunately the two children were taken before they could be looped for the audio.
b.
Diana Wynyard
was honored with a footprints ceremony at Graumans Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, in connection with this film.
c.
Vincent Schiavelli
played the subway ghost in the scenes with
Patrick Swayze
s character. Both men subsequently died of cancer at the age of 57.
d.
When Xeda and Trion are at the office with the virtual reality programs, the company is called Virtual Encounters. Director and writer
Cybil Richards
also directed a series of films called Virtual Encounters.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
Patrick Swayze
got women coming up to him for years asking him to say "Ditto" from the movie.
b.
Was voted the third greatest sports movie of all time after
Rocky
and
Bull Durham
by ESPN.
c.
Kevin Kline
was originally going to play Buck Howard.
Colin Hanks
stated this in an interview at the premiere of
Zathura: A Space Adventure
.
d.
Each part in the script were written with each specific actor in mind.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
Sydney Greenstreet
was used as one of the models for Jabba the Hutt.
b.
James McManus
initial plan for the story was based on the idea of a man in a wheelchair rolling down a hill with guns blazing, akin to
John Wayne
in
True Grit
.
c.
Vincent Schiavelli
s ghost character breaks open a cigarette machine and longs to be able to have another smoke. In real life, Schiavelli would later die of lung cancer.
d.
According to director
Mike Nichols
, producer/screenwriter
Ernest Lehman
had written a different ending for the film where George and Marthas son had hung himself in the closet years before. Nichols refused to shoot it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
The use of oranges and orange juice is the same as in the
The Godfather
-trilogy.
b.
The combination for Slys alarm system at the beginning of the film is "1673."
c.
This picture was
Charles Bronson
s second movie which had a title that referenced a time of day. The first was
From Noon Till Three
.
d.
Molly tells Sam that he "leads a charmed life." This is a line from
William Shakespeare
s Macbeth. Macbeth also claims to lead a charmed life - meaning he cannot be killed. Immediately after making this claim, however, he is killed. Sam is killed after seeing a production of Macbeth.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
While standing in the Fountain of Love at the beginning of the Film, Beth looks down at the coins and though shes in Rome, all of the change is in US currency.
b.
Two replica ships were built on the Warner Brothers sound stages before
John Howard Lawson
s screenplay for this movie was even completed.
c.
Meg Ryan
turned down the part of Molly.
d.
The actors had very limited knowledge of what would take place in each scene, with Alex Cassun giving them rough instructions about a half an hour before the camera was ready to role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
Barbra Streisand
was considered for the part of Dwan.
b.
Shortly before production began,
Whoopi Goldberg
was not sure that she was going to be able to put this movie into her work schedule. The part was then verbally offered to
Jackée Harry
who accepted. However, at the last minute Goldberg was able to do the film and Harry was dropped.
c.
While playing for the minor league Los Angeles Angels in 1914, one of Fred McMullins teammates was a journeyman pitcher named "Sleepy" Bill Burns, the same character portrayed in the movie.
d.
Unusually for a Platinum Dunes release, this is not a remake of an existing horror property.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
The movie begins with the words "A Billy Jack Film" appearing on the screen, but it has nothing to do with the Billy Jack movies. Instead, this relates to the production company, Billy Jack Enterprises.
b.
Star Trek "technobabble" seen on walls throughout the Regula space station includes: Geoplastics, Gravitronics, Thermowave Multiplexer, JBK Sensors Synthostasis, Thermonics, Wave Matrix ETM Storage, and Bellus.
c.
When passing through solid objects, ghosts appear to absorb some of the material they are going through.
Jerry Zucker
had some difficulty explaining what he wanted this effect to look like. Finally, he illustrated it by dipping a napkin into coffee.
d.
Film was shot in Summit, NJ, at the Video Station, which at the time was owned by
Gwyn English Nielsen
, who has a cameo as the video store clerk along with her daughter
Saxony Nielsen
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
Bruce Joel Rubin
wasnt sure at first if
Jerry Zucker
should direct his script, what with Zucker coming from a background of screwball comedy.
b.
Paul Villabrille (The Producer) is often seen with a bottle of hand sanitizer. The idea developed that his character had a bit of a germ phobia.
c.
The film was a notorious flop when it was released in 1970, earning back a little over 10% of its $11-million budget, an enormous sum for the time (approximately $55.4 million in 2005 dollars). The films failure solidified
Sean Connery
s reputation for being box office poison outside of James Bond and torpedoed co-star
Richard Harris
chance at superstar status. Connerys career continued its non-Bond stall throughout the 1970s (with the notable exception of
John Huston
s
The Man Who Would Be King
), and Harris career as a leading man continued to decline until it went into eclipse in the middle of the same decade. While Connery would re-establish himself as a superstar in the 1980s, Harris never again was a front-rank star, though he wound up as a respectable and in-demand character actor later in his career.
d.
The whoosh sounds during the famous business card scene was created by slowing down the sound of a sword being drawn from its sheath.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost (1990)?
a.
Bruce Joel Rubin
wanted
Patrick Swayze
to play Sam Wheat after he saw an interview Swayze gave. When he brought up his father, he burst into tears. Rubin thought if a macho guy like
Patrick Swayze
could cry over a loved one, hed be perfect for
Ghost
.
b.
Russell Crowe
lost more than 50 pounds, weighing only 176 pounds for his role (compare to 228 pounds in
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
).
c.
John Ford
originally wanted to cast
John Wayne
as Marty Maher.
d.
In later years,
Richard Harris
would buy the rights to the stage version of "Camelot" for $1 million, revamped the musical and took it on tour. This made him a very rich man.
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