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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Goodfellas (1990) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Goodfellas (1990) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990).
About the movie:
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
The name Alexander de Large (
Malcolm McDowell
s character in
A Clockwork Orange
) can be seen on Micks order book when he is working as a salesman.
b.
The "You think Im funny?" scene was based on a story that
Joe Pesci
acted out for
Martin Scorsese
. While working in a restaurant as a young man, Pesci once told a mobster that he was funny and the mobster became very angry. Scorsese allowed Pesci and
Ray Liotta
to improvise the scene. He did not tell the other actors in the scene what would happen because he wanted their genuine surprised reactions.
c.
The film was shot in 39 days.
d.
The original stage play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by
Tennessee Williams
premiered at the Morosco Theater in New York on March 24, 1955 and ran for 694 performances. It was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play.
Elia Kazan
directed the production, and amongst the replacement cast members during its long run was
Jack Lord
as "Brick".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
Expanded from a Canadian TV production
Arthur Hailey
wrote called
Flight Into Danger
, whose cast included Canadian actor and future
Star Trek
engineer
James Doohan
.
b.
Patricia Neal
has admitted in interviews that she was completely unaware during the filming that the film would turn out so well and become one of the great science-fiction classics of all time. She assumed it would be just another one of the then-current and rather trashy flying saucer films that were popular at the time, and she found it difficult to keep a straight face while saying her lines.
c.
The story revolves around Leo (
Elijah Wood
), Spurgeon (
Robert Duvall
), and Jenny (
Téa Leoni
). Jenny has two scenes with the President, but Leo doesnt have a scene with either of them. In the script Leo was supposed to have a scene in the White House watching the launch of Atlantis with the President.
d.
Mike Starr (I), who plays "Frenchy" in the film, plays the same role in
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
, a Jimmy Burke/Conway telling of the Lufthansa heist portion of "Goodfellas".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
The movies line "They call me Mister Tibbs!" was voted as the #16 movie quote by the American Film Institute
b.
The working title for the film (Je MAppelle Crawford) was rejected by Warner Bros because they doubted it would receive high audience appeal with a French title.
c.
The word "fuck" is used 296 times, for an average of 2.04 fucks per minute. About half of them are said by
Joe Pesci
.
d.
This is the third film in what
John Carpenter
has called his Apocalypse Trilogy, the first being
The Thing
and the second being
Prince of Darkness
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
When Henry and Karen Hill are negotiating to enter the Witness Protection Program, former U.S. Attorney
Edward McDonald
plays himself, re-enacting what he did in real life.
b.
As Iris Hilliard in this film, this was
Sylvia Sidney
s first screen appearance for about four years. She had last appeared on-screen in 1941 as Flo Lorraine in
The Wagons Roll at Night
.
c.
When
Mark Wahlberg
tumbled down the stairs for Izzys first Steel Dragon performance, he did it at a real rock concert. At first the unaware fans thought hed fallen for real and were shocked into silence. After a few takes they realized it was an act and stopped caring.
d.
Despite the title, Tony Montana is called "Scarface" only once throughout the movie, and in Spanish at that ("Caracicatriz").
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
John Carpenter
and
Brian De Palma
were offered the chance to direct but both backed out because they feared that the story was too similar to
Play Misty for Me
. De Palma also felt that
Michael Douglas
was not a good leading man. De Palma has since admitted he was wrong about Douglas.
b.
After
Joe Pesci
s mother saw the film, she told her son that the movie was good, then asked him if he had to swear so much.
c.
This was
Edward D. Wood Jr.
s only financially successful film upon original release.
d.
The climactic waterfall rescue scenes were filmed on a set built over the swimming pool on the Keaton lot. Production stills kept secret until decades after the film was released show the entire set, including the miniature valley constructed below the pool for the long overlooking shots.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
One of the first productions from
Harry Belafonte
s own company, HarBel Productions.
b.
Director
Martin Scorsese
s mother,
Catherine Scorsese
, plays Tommys mother. She and the cast ad-libbed the dinner scene. Scorseses father,
Charles Scorsese
, plays the prisoner who puts too many onions in the tomato sauce.
c.
Based on true events. The Director wrote the script regarding real life hazing and brutality experienced while serving as an Infantryman in the United States Marine Corps stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Air Station.
d.
In her A&E Biography special,
Elizabeth Taylor
remarked that her performance as Martha remains her personal best.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
Although
Arthur Lubin
was a contract director at Universal, on a set weekly salary, this film was such a huge hit ($4 million gross on a $180,000 budget) that Universal gave him a $5,000 bonus.
b.
The title of the movie, along with a musical number in the movie, gets its name from an incident in 1976 when US President
Gerald Ford
s Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
was forced to resign after it was reported that he joked that "the only thing the coloreds are looking for in life are tight pussy, loose shoes, and a warm place to shit."
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 2, 1948 with
Betty Grable
and
Dan Daily
reprising their film roles.
d.
Based on the book "Wiseguy" by
Nicholas Pileggi
. The movie was renamed to avoid confusion with the TV series
Wiseguy
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
Both actor Ray Stevenson and director Jonathan Hensleigh have been with The Punisher film series (despite all three films have been reboots). Ray played The Punisher in
Punisher: War Zone
and Jonathan directed
The Punisher
.
b.
Jimmy Burke, on whom Jimmy Conway was based, wouldve been eligible for parole in 2004. He died of lung cancer in 1996, while still in prison.
c.
This was the first film in the series that did not use the character of Alvin Fuddle. The child actor who portrayed him,
Danny Mummert
, was appearing in
Frank Capra
s
Its a Wonderful Life
. Mummert would return as Alvin in the next entry in the series,
Blondie Knows Best
.
d.
Not one of Sadors fighters manages to gain a kill during the movie. All of the heros vessels, which are destroyed, are destroyed by the flagships actions or sacrificed by the pilot.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
At Churchill Downs, the announcer credits Vice President
Charles Curtis
, who is clearly visible.
b.
The "viper" in the film was in reality an eight-foot boa constrictor, which was made to look larger via special effects.
c.
For the famous "Layla" montage,
Martin Scorsese
actually played the "piano coda" section of the song during the shooting of each scene so that certain bars of the piano piece would match up with certain shots.
d.
In the scene when Nicholas (
Blair Underwood
) is giving a rap/speech in the limo to Catherine (
Julia Roberts
) he says the line "briefly be seen kissing a pretty woman under a pelican moon". Julia Roberts starred in
Pretty Woman
and
The Pelican Brief
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Goodfellas (1990)?
a.
Ann-Margret
was first choice for the title role but turned it down.
b.
It was claimed that at the time the real life gangster Jimmy Burke was so happy to have
Robert De Niro
play him that he phoned him from prison to give him a few pointers. Author/screenwriter
Nicholas Pileggi
denies this, saying De Niro and Burke had never spoken, but admitting that there were men around the set all the time who had known all of the principal characters very well.
c.
A scene in the film shows a large drawing by the artist Don Bachardy, the longtime companion of
Christopher Isherwood
.
d.
The final scene (in which Lucas returns to school a "hero" and gets the lettermans jacket) was a re-shoot. 20th Century Fox came back to Glenbard West for one day to re-shoot that entire sequence. It was supposed to take place in the fall, but they shot it in December of 1985 (around Christmas time) and the temperature was around zero, yet they still had to present the image that it was fall like weather, so they had us (the extras) wear shorts and t-shirts. Due to the cold, the breath of the extras could be seen outside so the cinematographer had to put gels on the windows to obscure the visible breath. That entire final sequence; Lucas entering the building, going up the stairs and him opening his locker was shot in one long day. The film crew had to be on set at 7:00 in the morning and they didnt finish shooting until well after midnight.
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