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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Busters (1984) - Part (8) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Busters (1984) - Part (8) 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.
In the storyboards for the film (included in a gift booklet for the Ghostbusters two disc set), the guns for the proton packs were actually wands, like magic wands. They were long sticks with a ball on the end. They fired by the Ghostbusters flicking their wrists as a magician would and pointing the wands at the ghosts. The wands were changed to laser guns to fit the idea that the Ghostbusters created their gear from practical equipment.
b.
The audio FX were designed by sound effects technician
Ben Burtt
, who is noted for his work on
Star Wars
. To recreate the sounds of photon torpedoes and warp drive,
Ben Burtt
capped a long spring against a contact microphone, and mixed in the sound of cannon fire. To give a musical hum to the sounds of warping/transporting, Burtt used a 1960s oscillator.
c.
The electric guitar that Lazarus plays is a Gibson ES-335.
d.
Originally to be released in 3-D, this decision was scrapped just weeks before release, due to the difficulty of converting the film into the format.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
When the triplets and Webby are breaking into the Bin to get back the lamp, the code they use to enter in the "back door" is CASH.
b.
When Janine is interviewing Winston for the job, the scene originally began with Winston listing his qualifications. According to
Ivan Reitman
in the DVD commentary, Winstons qualifications included: An Army veteran (which meant he would have the courage to face ghosts), a former paramedic (which meant he would be able to go on call at a moments notice) and that he was also a construction worker. They decided to open with Janines questioning instead as it was considered a funnier opening. Incidentally, in the cartoon series,
The Real Ghost Busters
, there is an episode where the Ghostbusters fight spirits on a construction site run by Winstons father and he chides Winston for quiting the construction business to become a Ghostbuster.
c.
Welles 156-page personal working copy of the script for the film sold for $97,000 in 2007.
d.
The flashback scenes in ancient Egypt were designed to resemble a silent film, with no dialog, exaggerated make-up and gestures, and a faster camera speed, to suggest the great antiquity of the events portrayed.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Coincidentally with a movie about ghosts and ghost-busting, the filming of the jail scene was actually a prison reported to be haunted, and the dailies had many scratches all over with no apparent physical cause.
Ivan Reitman
was concerned about returning there, but the crew was very relieved to find enough footage to complete the scene without returning.
b.
At 1:16:29 as Linguini & Colette roller skate down the sidewalk, a Mime is performing for some people. The CG Model for the Mime is the same model used in The Incredibles for the character Bomb Voyage!
c.
With the exception of the Bridge and some arches under the stairway leading to it, there are no curves or circles in the architecture of Moria - only polygons.
d.
One of the Kermits used in "The Rainbow Connection" was a mechanical; you can tell by the way it strums the banjo, and the colors of Kermits "skin".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
According to
Harold Ramis
, the name "Egon Spengler" is a conglomeration of two people. He went to high school with a foreign exchange student named "Egon" and "Spengler" comes from Oswald Spengler.
b.
This was originally released to theaters in 3D.
c.
There had been some opposition to the casting of
John Wayne
, since the producers thought that at 68 he was too old to be believable as a gunfighter.
d.
Originally
Laurence Fishburne
was keen to provide the voice for Galactus. He happily switched to the role of the Silver Surfer when it became clear that Galactus was not going to be represented in "human" form.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
In Stan Rosss 2nd at-bat of his last game, if you watch the long shot behind the second baseman frame-by-frame, he was indeed safe at first.
b.
The films climax between
Audrey Hepburn
and
Alan Arkin
is #10 on Bravos TVs
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments
.
c.
For the films climax, the
World Poker Tour
set was shipped to New Orleans for filming.
d.
John Candy
quit the role of Louis Tully because his ideas for the character were being rejected. According to
Ivan Reitman
in the DVD commentary, among Candys suggestions he wanted the character to have a German accent and have a pair of schnauzer dogs. No one felt the German accent was appropriate for the character and since there was "dog imagery" in the movie (i.e.: the Terror Dogs), they felt having Tully own dogs was "too much". So John Candy quit early in production and
Rick Moranis
was cast at the last minute; Candy and Moranis are both veterans of
Second City TV
, along with
Harold Ramis
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The movie makes connections to three of the four historical assassinations of American presidents. 1) Frank Horrigan was on the Secret Service detail of
John F. Kennedy
. 2) Mitch Leary call himself Booth, the assassin of
Abraham Lincoln
. 3) Mitch Leary tries to shoot the president with a gun concealed in a handkerchief, which was how
Leon Czolgosz
assassinated
William McKinley
. The fourth, James A. Garfield, was assassinated by Charles Julius Guiteau, July 2, 1881.
b.
Originally a project for
Tim Burton
to direct.
c.
In the shots showing the T-shirt salesman, the T-shirt in the very lower left says "Bones", which is the production studio for Cowboy Bebop, the series and the movie.
d.
Had
Eddie Murphy
accepted the role of Winston, the character was actually meant to appear in more of the film. He was to have joined the team much earlier, and it would have been he who was slimed at the hotel. When Murphy declined the role, the script was re-written to have him appear about half-way through the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
In the library scene, as an addition, there is a part where books are stacked, cover to cover, one on top of another. This is discovered with Ray calling it "symmetrical book stacking." The whole scene was thought up by director
Ivan Reitman
that very day as he was driving to the set.
b.
Adam Robitel
, who plays Lester, Mayor Buckmans sheep lovin son, is also the editor of the film.
c.
Britta Phillips
actually played the bass before getting the role of Billie. She learned to play the guitar for her character in the film.
d.
In the scene where
Busta Rhymes
is eating dinner with his mother, he is wearing a Bushi T-shirt. Bushi is Bustas new clothing line.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
The eagle often refused to fly on cue so in order to shoot footage of it in the air it was dropped from a trapdoor in a hot air balloon.
b.
The only Best Picture winner initially released before the previous years Best Picture (2005 Best Picture,
Million Dollar Baby
, release date was 15 December 2004 and 2006 Best Picture, this film, release date: 10 September 2004).
c.
CNN Host
Larry King
s film debut.
d.
As of 2008, the cast includes four actors (
Alan Arkin
,
Jack Lemmon
,
Kevin Spacey
and
Al Pacino
) who have won Academy Awards and two others (
Alec Baldwin
and
Ed Harris
) who have been nominated for Academy Awards.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
In both Kyle and Kimberlys room, you see an Aerosmith poster for Get a Grip, which has the track Living on the Edge. Edward Furlong starred in the video.
b.
Originally scheduled to be shot over six weeks, ended up taking 16 months.
c.
Dan Aykroyd
s original title for the film was "Ghost Smashers".
d.
Margot is said to keep a secret studio under the name
Helen Scott
, named for one of
François Truffaut
s closest American friends and confidants.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Busters (1984)?
a.
Henry King
was originally set to direct the film with
Tyrone Power
in the leading role, but in May 1951 King requested a transfer to another picture and Power left too.
b.
Jeremy Renner
tripped and fell down some stairs while carrying an Iraqi boy on the films set. Shooting was stopped for several days while Renners ankle healed.
c.
Almost none of the scenes were filmed as scripted and, in fact, almost all of the scenes had at least one or two ad-libs.
d.
In the final battle preparations
Kiefer Sutherland
had to put on a "squib blood pack" vest underneath his clothes. It was supposed to be rigged to go off by Sutherland himself, to simulate when he gets shot, by pressing a hidden button; the whole rig took an hour to set up. When it came time to shoot the scene he got on to the horses and accidentally depressed the trigger and all the blood packs popped. Another hour had to be taken to re-do the pack.
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