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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Story (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Story (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981).
About the movie:
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
When The Penguin first decides to run for mayor, someone puts a cigarette in his mouth, with a cigarette holder. A reference The Penguin from the batman TV show.
b.
Interiors were constructed inside the abandoned Union Station, the former New York Central Railroads passenger train station on Broadway in Albany, NY and included a two story set. The murder or death scene was filmed on the second floor of that set. Scenes were filmed in sequence and the two story set was significantly aged after the death scene so that it later appeared as the derelict house. After the movie, the old station was refurbished and restored to its former grandeur and served as office space for Fleet Bank and now Bank of America.
c.
In the original musical, Merlin is lured away from Camelot by the spirit of Nimue, who sings the song "Follow Me." Nimue was dropped from the film, and the song is sung by a chorus during the last of the scenes with Merlin.
d.
Bernard Herrmann
s score is largely inspired by
Richard Wagner
s "Tristan und Isolde" which, like the film, is also about doomed love.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
Melvyn Douglas
(Dr. John Jaffery) is actually mentioned in the novel on which the movie is based.
b.
To prepare for his role,
Shia LaBeouf
spoke with many former house arrest detainees, which is where the idea for the Twinkie Tower came from.
c.
During production shooting of this movie, actress
Natalie Wood
was nicknamed "Miss Stratosphere of 1957" by the United States Air Forces Strategic Air Command whilst in Merced County, Wood was also given the pet name of "Sweetheart of Castle Air Force Base" by that Californian US Air Force base.
d.
Wendell Newton never speaks.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
Robin Curtis
film debut.
b.
Columbia Pictures was originally going to make the film before it ended up at Savoy Pictures.
c.
Alfonso Arau
, (El Guapo), also starred in
Tres amigos
, which translates to Three Amigos.
d.
Mike Flanagan
wrote the first draft of the screenplay in two sittings.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
Fred Astaire
(Ricky Hawthorne) is actually mentioned in the novel on which the movie is based.
b.
James Cameron
had been a serious consideration for director but was already immersed in
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
.
c.
Bela Lugosi
can be seen on TV pulling a lever. This is a scene from
Edward D. Wood Jr.
s
Bride of the Monster
.
d.
An intended videocassette release of the film under the title TARGET MASSACRE was banned on February 1, 1987 in the UK by the British Board of Film Censors.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
The "Aramaic" Frankie writes on the wall, is actually ancient Hebrew, because Rupert Wainwright thought looked more intriguing.
b.
Young Ricky Hawthorne says, "I cant dance." Old Ricky Hawthorne is played by
Fred Astaire
. This line wasnt in the novel.
c.
To create this movies vivid, stylized appearance, cinematographer
Jeff Cronenweth
digitally color-timed the movie to simulate the appearance of three-strip Technicolor.
d.
The background set was so realistic that some birds from outside flew into it.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
The pipe organ used is the same organ that was used by
Lon Chaney
in
The Phantom of the Opera
.
b.
Principal Photography lasted 70 days.
c.
When the guys first realize theyre in the 80s and images are flashing up on the TV, there is one shot of
Chevy Chase
from his appearance in a
Paul Simon
music video "You Can Call me Al" from 1986 which is the year the movie is set. Chase plays the repair man in the movie.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
Mark Romanek
was originally slated to direct the film.
b.
Composer
Jordan Lehning
wrote 70+ songs for the film over the course of four years from 2004 to 2008.
c.
Dick Smith designed and created a faceless apparition that never appeared in the final cut of the film. The apparition finally made an appearance in
House on Haunted Hill
.
d.
This movie was the first major theatrical role for
Shelley Long
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
Sam Peckinpah
not only wrote the screenplay, but also began shooting, but was later on replaced by
Arnold Laven
.
b.
The last feature film for veteran actors
Melvyn Douglas
,
Fred Astaire
, and
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
.
c.
Bo Derek
was first choice for the role of Jane Spencer.
d.
A 35mm copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and a 16mm copy survives at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Story (1981)?
a.
The last cinema film of
Edward Jewesbury
.
b.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Point of Origin".
c.
Searching for someone qualified to score a story dealing with elderly people, the production team was reminded of
Le chat
, a French film about a bitter old couple spending time arguing. Thats how Philippe Sarde was hired and why some of the main theme of that precise film is repeatedly used in the score of "Ghost Story."
d.
The "Nightmare" sequence for Molly was filmed in the old IMAX theater of the defunct Boardwalk & Baseball theme park (which had previously been Circus World).
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