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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : God Told Me To (1976) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : God Told Me To (1976) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976).
About the movie:
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
Director
Gary Ross
acknowledges these cinematographic homages: The scene of
J.T. Walsh
in front of the bowling alley scorecard recalls Pattons speech in front of the American flag in
Patton
; The courtroom segregated into black-and-white characters downstairs and "colored" characters upstairs recalls
To Kill a Mockingbird
; The scene in which
Tobey Maguire
spins in the rain recalls
The Shawshank Redemption
.
b.
Tony Lo Bianco
replaced
Robert Forster
.
c.
Derek Smalls (
Harry Shearer
) is wearing a Shrewsbury Town Football Club shirt in the airport metal detector scene.
d.
In order to cash in on
Frank Capra
s popularity in England, Columbia pictures released this film in London as "A Frank Capra production, produced by Frank Capra." Capra who had never even seen the film was furious. This led to a bitter year-long dispute between the head of Columbia
Harry Cohn
, and Capra (who sued Columbia for libel). It almost cost Cohn his job and almost resulted in Capra leaving the studio. It was resolved when Cohn relented and promised to buy for Capra, the rights to the play "You Cant Take It with You" for $200,000, and pay him some back salary if he would drop the suit. And Capra did.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
As in
Matthew Broderick
s movie
Ferris Buellers Day Off
, both mothers are real estate agents.
b.
The toys that
Steve McQueen
s character tinkered with during the movie were from his own collection.
c.
Composer
Bernard Herrmann
, Larry Cohens first choice to score the film, died that night after seeing the film without music. The film is dedicated to Hermann in his honor.
d.
Quentin Tarantino
and his producer
Lawrence Bender
used to joke that they were the most inexperienced people on the set. They were probably right.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
The last scene to be filmed was the opening scene in the desert.
b.
The movie showing in the theater where Howard goes to view the premiere with the B-movie actress is called "Die Watching". Actress
Melanie Good
, who plays the B-movie actress, starred in a movie of that name in 1993 (
Die Watching
).
c.
Shot on location, except for the bus scenes. According to
Sean Penn
they abandoned the idea of shooting at the real bus out of respect for Christopher and the McCandless family. Instead, they built a set in the wilderness, with an exact replica of the real bus.
d.
The book carried by Casey (Debra Ruffin) early in the movie is "The Philosophy of Andy Worhol."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
Final film of
Henry Armetta
.
b.
Christina Ricci
turned down an offer to play the character of Lauren Hynde.
c.
Will Yun Lee
plays a character named Colonel Moon. There is a James Bond novel by
Kingsley Amis
, written (under the pseudonym Robert Markham) shortly after
Ian Fleming
s death, entitled "Colonel Sun". It was Amiss only Bond novel. The full name of Colonel Moon is Colonel Tan-Sun Moon, making the connection to Amis novel even more explicit.
d.
When Larry Cohen asked composer Miklos Rozsa to score this picture, Rozsa replied, "God told me not to."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
Shelley Duvall
is the only actor/actress playing a member of the Torrance family whose character name is not the same as his/her real life name -
Jack Nicholson
plays a character named Jack and
Danny Lloyd
plays a character named Danny.
b.
The actor playing Manny Goldstein (Danny Dante) would not get out of character for days after the shoot. After Mannys big scene, Danny spent the entire night telling dirty jokes in character to the assembled cast and crew.
c.
First movie in which
Andy Kaufman
was cast.
d.
Twentieth Century-Fox originally planned to have
Alice Faye
and
Betty Grable
star in this movie. However, Miss Faye, becoming weary of musical roles, declined to team again with her "sister" from
Tin Pan Alley
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
One shoot, at an abandoned hospital, fell on Friday the 13th. The crew became convinced the location was haunted as throughout the evening the lights and the elevator turned on and off by themselves.
b.
Larry Cohen
did not have a permit to film the scene at the St. Patricks Day parade, but he did it anyway.
c.
Aki Ross was named #87 on Maxim Magazines "Hot 100" list for 2001, and was featured on the cover of the supplemental insert. She is the only nonexistent person to date to make that list.
d.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title Radio.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
The script originally called for
Kyle Eastwood
s character to get high from smoking marijuana, but
Clint Eastwood
, who is very anti-drug, refused, even with Kyle even using a prop cigarette. Eastwood finally relented to his sons character getting high from a contact buzz.
b.
The yacht on which much of the action takes place belonged in real life as the "Zaca" to
Errol Flynn
. Flynn skippered the Zaca between takes, and he can be spotted in the background in a scene outside a cantina.
c.
The newspaper scenes were filmed in the newsroom and press room of the Jewish Press in Brooklyn, NY.
d.
Owen Wilson
was considered for the role of Jimmy Silk.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
Joe Eszterhas
came up with the idea for this script while on vacation at his home in Maui, Hawaii. Based on the idea he scribbled on a napkin, he was advanced $2 million to write the script and picked up an additional $1.7 million when the studio produced it into a film.
b.
The original Broadway production of "A Passage to India" by
Santha Rama Rau
(born in Tamil Nadu, India) opened at the Ambassador Theater in New York on January 31, 1962 and ran for 109 performances.
c.
The only
Mae West
film to receive an Academy Award nomination.
d.
According to
Larry Cohen
, during the St. Patricks Day Parade scene, he was organizing the crew, only to see
Andy Kaufman
, dressed in his policemans uniform, antagonizing and making faces at the crowd. Some of the crowd members then attempted to jump the barricades and beat Kaufman, and Cohen had to hold them back.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: God Told Me To (1976)?
a.
Marlon Wayans
was originally slated to play Robin/Dick Grayson in
Batman Forever
when
Tim Burton
was considering directing it, but once
Joel Schumacher
ultimately took the helm his vision for the character did not jive with placing Wayans in the role and instead cast
Chris ODonnell
.
b.
Tony Lo Bianco
accidentally broke actor
William Roerick
s rib performing CPR in the heart attack scene.
c.
This movie was originally conceived to be a historically factual account of the Battle of Midway as well as being a biographical treatment of Torpedo Squadron 8 and Ensign George Gay.
d.
Thomas F. Wilson
s movie debut.
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