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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).
About the movie:
The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken total control over the building of a media mogul.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
The mother scolding the theater manager regarding the movies inappropriate tone for children was based in fact. During a screening of
Gremlins
,
Joe Dante
really was excoriated by a mother who walked out of the theater with her daughter during the infamous kitchen massacre sequence. The daughter begged to be let back in the theater, got free from the mother, and hid in the theater to watch the rest of the film.
b.
The film takes place in Kitsap County, Washington. The Kitsap Penninsula is across Puget sound from Seattle, and is home to both the Bremerton Naval Shipyards and the Bangor Submarine Base. A large part of the population are military personnel, and unlike in the movie, the area has a very low crime rate.
c.
The Dinobots, a faction of Autobots who took the forms of dinosaurs, received strong support from fans to appear in the film.
Alex Kurtzman
dismissed them as an unlikely concept for an alien robot film, but decided to reserve them for a sequel because of their popularity among fans.
Michael Bay
however, claimed that he disliked them and that they would not make an appearance in the films.
d.
The last part to be cast was Cochise.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Russell Brand
filmed scenes performing as rock star Aldous Snow at his sell-out comedy show "Scandalous", in front of 20,000 people, at the O2 arena in London.
Jack Black
and
Jason Segel
joined him on stage.
b.
Most of the scenes where Gizmo (or the other mogwai) were on their own, were filmed with double scale puppets.
c.
Shot in three weeks.
d.
Jack Bennett wrote the moment when Jolene inflates and explodes the condom after taking a stroll near the Virginia Tech campus with Vanessa Ragland. As they passed a safe-sex advocacy booth that was giving away contraceptives, Ragland grabbed a strawberry-flavored condom and without hesitation did exactly what appears in the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Oliver Stone
plays the off-screen interviewer of Hannah Nixon.
b.
At one point,
Joe Dante
,
Michael Finnell
,
Steven Spielberg
and
Charles S. Haas
thought what the movie needed was some kind of SWAT team character, a soldier of fortune who could come in during the fourth act, and there would be a lot of Road Runner-Coyote gags between this guy and the Gremlins.
Charles Napier
was their first choice for this character.
c.
The films original title was "Squeeze Play" which is also the title of the theme song played by
The Cyrkle
. After the completed product was deemed disappointing director
Raymond Jacobs
added extra sex scenes to secure an X rating and the film was retitled.
d.
Every previous Star Trek series gets some sort of mention or reference. Theres a maneuver named for Captain Kirk from
Star Trek
. There is mention of the Dominion War from
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
. Captain Janeway from
Star Trek: Voyager
has a cameo. And one of the ships that the Enterprise was to rendezvous with is the USS Archer, named for the captain in
Enterprise
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
The writers werent sure what the Martians should sound like so the script read "ack, ack, ack, ack" for all of their lines of dialogue. This became the actual words spoken by the Martians in the film.
b.
In a deleted scene, the Gremlins release all the animals in the "Splice o Life" lab. During the filming of this scene, the monkeys in the lab set were genuinely so terrified of the Gremlin puppets, that they refused to leave their cages when their trainers called for them.
c.
Fifteen minutes were cut from the film after the Hollywood preview and before the New York release.
d.
The football jersey that Daniel is wearing while talking to Mr. Miyagi on the bed is a #89 San Diego Chargers jersey, which in 1984 would have been wide receiver
Wes Chandler
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Clamps automatic office doors open and sound the same as the doors of the Enterprise from
Star Trek
.
b.
Dianna Agron
auditioned for the role of Melanie Stryder.
c.
At one point during filming,
Michael Cimino
decided that the spacing of the buildings on one of the sets didnt look right, despite it having been built to his exact specifications. He ordered both sides of the street razed and rebuilt, at a cost of $1.2 million over the objections of his crew, who reasoned that it would be easier and cheaper to knock down one side of the street and rebuild it twice as far away.
d.
School used in film is Stadium High School, Tacoma, Washington. The school was first built as a grand, chateau-style railroad station hotel but after it suffered fire damage, was renovated into a high school.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Supposedly
Natalie Wood
was an early contender for the role of Daisy but she allegedly became furious when the producers insisted on a screen test since the actress hadnt been in a movie for over 5 years. She balked and negotiations ended.
b.
The shot of locusts ascending to the sky was shot in reverse with the helicopter crew throwing peanut shells down, and actors walking backwards.
c.
Audences who bothered to look at Republics advertising for this film mightve felt cheated: one of the 1-sheets clearly shows the films killer being hauled off by the police.
d.
Gizmo refers to Mr. Wing as "
Keye Luke
", which is, of course, the actors real name.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Sylvester Stallone
wrote some of his own dialogue.
b.
Last film of
Thayer David
.
c.
The opening aerial shot of New York City was stock footage from
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
.
d.
Although it has been long believed that
Lorraine Bridges
dubbed
Billie Burke
s singing voice in the film, she actually did not. Ms. Burke did her own singing as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Voice specialist
Paul Frees
is given credit for special voice effects. His contributions included the vocal sounds of the cyclops, the breathing sound of the giant lizard and the "Mexican" voice heard on the planes radio.
b.
In the cartoon intro, Daffy Duck says to Bugs: "Fifty years of you hogging the spotlight is enough". This movie was released the year of Bugs Bunnys 50th birthday.
c.
The sign for the Manhattan Comiccon notes that the event is presented by "Flanagan Events". This is a reference to
Walter Flanagan
, who played several roles in both
Clerks.
and
Mallrats
. He was supposed to be in this film as Walt the fan boy, but his scenes were deleted.
d.
At the beginning, which shows a train coming out of a tunnel, this is what would have been seen in a train LEAVING New York. The train, with its magnificent GG1 electric locomotive, emerges from the tunnel and is seen in Newarks Penn Station. Trains do not burst into the light, an important metaphor in the film, entering New York City but arrive at dark, underground platforms. However the now demolished sky lighted departure hall of New Yorks Penn Station is seen. Trains between Cleveland and New York generally traveled over the New York Central line and arrived at Grand Central Terminal.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Robert Picardo
controlled Greta, the "female" gremlin when it was attached to him instead of the puppeteers because the puppet had so much contact and movements with his character. This technique is also used in the scene where Daniel Clamp (
John Glover
) pushes the gremlin in the paper shredder.
b.
According to screenwriter
Max Allan Collins
, the original script for The Expert was more akin to The Dirty Dozen, with a group of ex-Green Berets breaking into death row to fulfill the executions after the courts repeal the death penalty. When
Jeff Speakman
was cast, the producers had the script re-written as a vehicle for him.
c.
Josh Brolin
had to lose 30 pounds in a month to physically prepare for his role.
d.
Two separate locations had to be used for the final battle in the woods at the end because it was illegal to use fire within Houston City limits.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)?
a.
Special effects director
Eiji Tsuburaya
deliberately gave King Kong a semi-comical personality, because he did not want Kong to frighten young children, and wanted the general audience to root for Kong over the more frightening Godzilla.
b.
Popular early punk band The Misfits copied their logo from the poster for this movie. Frontman Glenn Danzig saw the poster and decided it fit the look of the band.
c.
In a corridor of the Clamp Tower, one nameplate says "Dr. Quatermass". Quatermass is the main character in a number of British television series and movies, including
The Quatermass Experiment
.
d.
The DVD sleeve notes state that for this movie
Lauren Bacall
returns to the screen.
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