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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Busters (1984) - Part (7) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Busters (1984) - Part (7) 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.
The filmmakers used two different shopping malls for the scene where the doctor injects Tuck into Jacks rear. The opening scenes where the doctor runs in and heads for the elevator were shot in the Northridge Mall in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles (also the epicenter of the 94 quake). The scene where he reaches the top and rams the syringe into Jack was filmed on the top floor of the Sherman Oaks Galleria, another mall several miles away.
b.
In 1982 producers
Ivan Reitman
,
Joe Medjuck
and
Michael C. Gross
were planning to make a film of the sci-fi novel "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy".
Douglas Adams
wrote three drafts for them per his contract. In this occasion Medjuck and Gross were considering
Bill Murray
or
Dan Aykroyd
to play Ford Prefect, but then Aykroyd sent them his idea for this movie and they decided to do it instead.
c.
In September 2007, thieves broke into
Francis Ford Coppola
s home studio in Buenos Aires and stole all the electronics, including his computer with the films script.
d.
The Scottish Fusiliers were originally meant to have an on-screen role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Harold Ramis
really had no intention of starring in the film, only writing it. But he decided to star in this film as Dr. Egon Spengler after he felt he was the best person suited for the role.
b.
The script initially contained more elaborate deaths for the characters which were ultimately trimmed for budget reasons. Herman was to have a flaming poker shoved into his crotch with Angela proclaiming it " a wienie roast!" Tawny and her entire news team were meant to die in a fiery explosion after Angela cut the break lines to their van.
c.
Actor Sam Tarpley died during the making of the film
d.
Charles Bronson
was about fifty years of age when he appeared in this movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Eddie Murphy
was to have originally played Winston but did
Beverly Hills Cop
instead. That movie ended up beating this one as the years highest grossing film.
b.
Director
David F. Wheeler
wanted Al Pacino to wear glasses throughout the film but Pacino did not want to. So they compromised by having Pacinos character wear glasses only when he was reading.
c.
The Denver Mint featured in the film as the producer of the cash stolen by Qualen and his associates actually only produces coins. $100 Million from the Denver Mint would weigh 2,500 tons.
d.
The song "Golden Earrings", written for this film, went on to be hit records by several artists, including Peggy Lee (I) (qv) who co-wrote it.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The Running Man gameshow seen in the film was based upon an early 1980s Japanese gameshow called Trans American Ultra Quiz, in which contestants were tortured in various ways. The prize went to whichever contestant could stand the pain/humiliation the longest.
b.
225 E. 5th Street in Los Angeles, named as one of the locations (Firehouse #23, Ghostbusters HQ interior shots) runs parallel to Winston Street (to the North).
c.
Queen Gorgo had, indeed, said the line, "Because only Spartan women give birth to real men" but not to the Persian messenger. According to the Greek historian
Plutarch
(in book III of his Moralia, called "Sayings of the Spartans") she said this phrase to an Athenian lady who asked her, "Why can Spartan women speak amongst men?".
d.
James Wong
was on board to direct
The Final Destination
in 3-D, the fourth installment in the franchise he created, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with
Dragonball Evolution
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Conceptual designer
Brian Froud
was behind the look and feel of virtually every aspect of the films production, from creatures and landscapes right down to the font of the opening title. In total, it took up five years of his life.
b.
This film sat on the shelf unreleased for six years until is was picked up by distributor
Jerry Gross
(of Cinemation Industries), who needed a horror film to play on the bottom of a double bill with his in-house production
I Drink Your Blood
. The title was changed to "I Eat Your Skin" (1970).
c.
Probably by interesting coincidence, the name "Zuul" corresponds to "Zuhl", an Alien Being George Adamski claimed to have met in his 1955 book "Inside the Space Ships".
d.
A video copy of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The cloak Jigsaw wears in the film is actually turned inside out.
b.
Jean Kasem
s feature film debut.
c.
John Williams
had actually written two themes for the film. He played them both for
Steven Spielberg
on the piano and Spielberg loved them so much, he suggested that Williams use both of them. He did and the result was the famous "Raiders March," performed by
Star Wars
s London Symphony Orchestra (who did not perform in any more Indiana Jones films). The March has become one of the most popular movie themes of all time.
d.
Offered to
Kris Kristofferson
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The term proton pack was never actually used until the middle of
Ghostbusters II
when Spengler, in the subway tunnel said "before we go any further I think we should get our proton packs."
b.
First film to use the Handschiegl Color Process.
c.
Eric Bana
commented that the mood during shooting was "ridiculously serious and morbid."
Ang Lee
explained to him that he was shooting a sort of superhero tragedy and he would be making a whole other movie about the Hulk at the Industrial Light and Magic studios. Ironically, the film was criticised as being an overly serious superhero film.
d.
Although playing a 19-year-old,
Audrey Hepburn
was actually 35 in real life.
Jeremy Brett
was cast as 20-year-old Freddie so Hepburn would not seem too old in comparison.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The probe Venkman uses in Danas apartment is actually a United Technologies/Bacharach 300 Series "Sniffer", normally used to locate utility gas leaks or low-oxygen hazards. The squeeze-bulb is standard. It is conceivable such a detector could be modified to find other gases-perhaps even paranormal ones.
b.
This film was an adaptation of a one-act play by
Tennessee Williams
that was originally performed Off-Broadway on a double bill with another one-act play by
Tennessee Williams
, "Something Unspoken". The double bill was presented under the title of "Garden District" and opened on January 7, 1958 at the York Playhouse in New York. The original stage production of "Suddenly, Last Summer" starred
Anne Meacham
as Catherine,
Hortense Alden
as Mrs. Venable, and
Alan Mixon
as George Holly. This same double bill of one-act plays was presented on Broadway, again under the title "Garden District", in 1995. This production starred
Elizabeth Ashley
as Mrs. Venable,
Jordan Baker
as Catherine and
Mitchell Lichtenstein
as George Holly. This version opened Oct 10, 1995 at the Circle in the Square Theater and ran for 31 performances.
c.
David Lynch
: when Merrick returns to London, he is chased by an angry mob, and flees underground. The shot of the crowd descending the stairs in pursuit features Lynch in full costume.
d.
During the party at Plays house, all of the dance sequences were done with no music. A.J. Johnson choreographed her and Tisha Campbells routine for the battle. The toe-touch and kicks were actually signature moves for Kid-N-Play. They had become very popular as back up dancers for Salt-n-Pepa using these and more acrobatic stunts. The music was added after the dancing had been shot.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The film on mute in
Fred Savage
s room is
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari.
.
b.
Iggy Pop
shaved his hair for the film.
John Waters
still has a lock of his hair in a scrapbook at home.
c.
Vin Diesel
signed on to star in May 2006, with
Kevin Bacon
,
James Franco
, and
Sophie Okonedo
set to co-star. Diesel left the project in June, with filming starting in July, causing the project to be shelved.
d.
Christopher Walken
,
John Lithgow
,
Christopher Lloyd
and
Jeff Goldblum
were all considered for the role of Dr. Egon Spengler.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
In the Jack Rabbit Slim scene Mia never actually eats the cherry from her five dollar shake.
b.
At their first brush with a ghost, Peter (
Bill Murray
) chides Ray (
Dan Aykroyd
) by calling him "Francine" ("Come here Francine."). This may have been Murray poking ad-lib fun - or a jibe by the writers, including Aykroyd himself - at Aykroyds real-life friendship with
Fran Drescher
(see her bio).
c.
Ronald Reagan
was a serious breeder of horses during this period of his career and insisted on riding his favorite mare in this film.
d.
Rian Johnson
wrote the original screenplay in 1997. It took him six years in order to fund the project.
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