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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Busters (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Busters (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984).
About the movie:
Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Sandra Bernhard
was originally offered the role of Janine.
b.
When Wolverine visits the adamantium processing chamber of Strykers Alkali Base, there is a wall covered with x-rays detailing the adamantium bonding process. On the far right is an x-ray of what appears to be a left wing. The DVD acknowledges this as a hint to a winged character named Angel. In the comic books, Angels wings are replaced with metal ones and he becomes Archangel.
c.
The college scenes were filmed at Fordham University, which was also featured in
Michael Douglas
s previous film
Solitary Man
.
d.
The film was such a huge flop on its initial release, and proved to be such a financial strain on
Cecil B. DeMille
s production company, that he was forced to accept a three-picture contract with MGM, where he made his next film,
Dynamite
, released later that same year.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 18, 1945 with
Charles Laughton
and
Margaret OBrien
reprising their film roles.
b.
Filmed in sequence.
c.
Dennis Hopper
s last film.
d.
Dan Aykroyd
s original version of the script began with the Ecto-mobile flying out of Ghostbusters HQ, but director
Ivan Reitman
suggested that it would be better to show how the team got started.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Director
Noel Marshall
s concept for this movie was to allow the big cats do pretty much do as they wanted thereby, like with an unobtrusive scientific technique methodology, find the most natural and truest expression of their personality and behavior.
b.
Almost all of the dialogue in the Enterprise bridge scenes had to be overdubbed by the actors in post-production. This was due to the fact that the animation/graphics seen on the bridge station display monitors was projected from behind the bridge set walls by dozens of 16 mm projectors (one for each display screen), as computer technology was not advanced enough at the time to use real computer monitors on a practical basis. As a result, the clattering sound of the noisy projectors nearly drowned out the voices of the actors, and their dialogue had to be dubbed over later at considerable added time and expense.
c.
Steve Martin
received name-above-the-title sole first top billing,
Charles Grodin
received second billing.
d.
The role of Peter Venkman was originally written for
John Belushi
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Adam Sandler
wears a different New England area college shirt or hat in nearly every scene.
b.
According to
Ivan Reitman
and
Harold Ramis
in the DVD Commentary, in
Dan Aykroyd
s original rough draft of the movie, the story was going to take place in the future and that there would be teams of Ghostbusters like there are paramedics and firefighters (thus explaining basing the Ghostbusters HQ in a firehouse). According to Reitman, such a film would cost "at least $300 million in 1984 dollars". So
Harold Ramis
was brought in to rewrite the script and bring it into modern times.
c.
The character Buddy Johnson, who drove and died when driving the Atlas Van Lines boat in the film was loosely based on Bill Muncey, who was however, fatally crashed in 1981 on a boat bearing the same name.
d.
Contains 1,400 VFX shots
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Rated #1 of the 25 most controversial movies of all time. Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2006.
b.
The extras in the Babylonian scenes were supposedly paid $2.00 a day, per head, an astronomically generous sum at the time. They were also each given a box lunch and had temporary latrine facilities built for them.
c.
Voted #1 on the American Film Institutes list of 100 Funniest Movies.
d.
The role of Louis Tully was originally written for
John Candy
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
When the shark is destroying the cage after Hooper swims away, you can see the shark turn and twist upside down. This was actual footage shot by
Ron Taylor
. As seen and explained in a recent
Jaws
documentary, the Great White Shark the couple had been filming became entangled in the cages suspension ropes. The cage broke loose and sank to the bottom, however the shark managed to escape and swim off (as can also be seen in the film). After the shark had cleared the area, Ron had to take a second cage to the bottom in order to rescue the first. Ron and
Valerie Taylor
eventually went on to develop the chain-mail shark-proof diving suit.
b.
Gozer was originally going to be played by
Paul Reubens
, who turned down the role. In the original script, Gozer took on the form of Ivo Shandor (the ghost buildings architect, who started the original Gozer cult), who resembled a pale, slender, unremarkable man in a business suit.
c.
Jack Albertson
(Grandpa Joe) appeared with
Roald Dahl
s wife
Patricia Neal
in the movie,
The Subject Was Roses
. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for that film, defeating his co-star on this film,
Gene Wilder
, then nominated for
The Producers
.
d.
Angie Dickinson
said the scene where her character gets seduced in the back of a cab was filmed on location in New York, where several gawkers observed the scene and shouted, "Right on, Police Woman!" (referring to her previous TV role).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The Stay-Puft marshmallow man was originally supposed to come up out of the water right next to The Statue of Liberty, to get a contrast of size, but the scene was too hard to shoot.
b.
The role of Jason Colvin was originally offered to
Tobey Maguire
.
c.
Lawrence Pressman
in this film reprized his role as Charlie Cohn from the Broadway stage production of "The Man in the Glass Booth".
d.
The voice of one of the Ceniza twins (Pedro Ceniza) is dubbed by Roman Polanski himself.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The poem that Miss Katherine reads to the young Linda and Sam finished is "Annabel Lee" by
Edgar Allan Poe
.
b.
The role of Winston was originally written for
Eddie Murphy
.
c.
In a number of scenes, including the one where Julien carries a dead fetus onto a public bus,
Harmony Korine
used hidden "spy cameras" in order to get genuine reactions from unsuspecting onlookers.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 6, 1950 with
Betty Hutton
reprising her film role.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The character Prince Leopold says during a performance of Eisenheim at the palace: "He tries to trick you ... I try to enlighten you. Which is the more noble pursuit?" This reference is to a famous slogan the RJ Reynolds tobacco company used in the 1930s that said "Its fun to be fooled ... its more fun to know." The slogan was combined with adverts showing the secrets behind famous mysteries. The impetus for this was a tribute to the popularity of the American magician Horace Goldin.
b.
Punk rocker
Anne Carlisle
was originally offered the role of Zuul, but turned it down.
c.
A very unusual film for its time in that it features an Afro-American character as one of the main voices of conscience.
d.
Unknown actors (at least then) were cast for all the major parts.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Based on a book called "A Day With Wilbur Robinson".
b.
Irving Berlin
got the idea for the film after writing the song "Easter Parade" for his 1933 show "As Thousands Cheer", and planned to write a play about American holidays, but it never materialized. He later pitched the idea to
Mark Sandrich
who got the ball rolling for this film.
c.
Danas apartment building actually exists at 55 Central Park West in New York City. The building is actually only 20 stories high. For the film, matte paintings and models were used to make the building look bigger and with more floors. According to the commentary on the DVD, the top of the building is modeled after the top of the Continental Life Building in St. Louis, MO.
d.
According to the book on the making of the movie, the CGI cow picked up by the twister sisters was originally a CGI zebra from
Jumanji
.
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