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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grindhouse (2007) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Grindhouse (2007) - 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: Grindhouse (2007).
About the movie:
Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
The Mexican restaurant shown during the reels is Acuña Mexican. Acuña is the town in which
Robert Rodriguez
s
El mariachi
and
Desperado
were filmed. In
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
, The Bride goes to Acuña to track Bill down.
b.
The Hays Office--the industrys censors--initially was reluctant to approve the script because of its suggestion that the sheriff condoned the lynchings. The treatment of the lynchings and the characterization of those participating were discussed by the PCA and the studio at great length, and in a June 9, 1942 letter, PCA director
Joseph Breen
advised studio public relations head Jason S. Joy that the script would be approved if: "Major Tetleys" suicide is retained, "thus constituting a punishment for the ring-leader of the lynching party;" there is an indication that the whole gang will be arrested; the character of "Gil" is rewritten to make him less callous and more active in trying to stop the lynchings; and "Davies" denunciation of the killings is retained.
c.
Harold Ramis
based the character of Carl Spackler on a slightly deranged police officer who was a shell-shocked war veteran.
d.
Whoopi Goldberg
s daughter,
Alex Martin
, appears in this movie as one of the classroom children. She says the "Yo Mama" line about Skittles.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
The cheerleader costume worn by
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
in
Death Proof
says Vipers in homage to the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS) in "Kill Bill". It is also the same colors as the jump suit
Uma Thurman
wore and Bruce Lee wore before her in
Game of Death
; yellow with black stripes.
b.
Kirk Douglas
was originally cast to play Colonel Samuel Trautman. Because of script issues (Kirk wanted Rambo to die at the end, as in the novel), he dropped out of the film and
Richard Crenna
was cast at the last second.
c.
The film was based on a situation which happened to the director in his youth.
d.
Plans were announced in 1938 for a sequel entitled Heartbreak Town, about a child actor but it was never made.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
In
Children of Men
,
Clive Owen
s character also delivers a baby in an awkward situation.
b.
Oharas mother and grandmother were bombed out of their homes three times during WWII air raids. So she felt a personal connection to the story of German women rebuilding their country after the war. She shot "The Potato Woman" scene in Baitz, formerly East Germany.
c.
The idea for a double feature movie came from
Desperado
.
Quentin Tarantino
loved it, and immediately signed on for it to be his follow up to the Kill Bill series.
d.
Beyond the Blue is inspired by the real life story of singer and beauty queen
Anita Bryant
s campaign against a pro-homosexual ordinance in the state of Florida in 1977. Actress
Gloria Todd
s character "Bonita Ryan" is a parody of Bryant.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking its own theater chain, devised a 3-tiered branding system to target independent theater owners: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures made to command higher roadshow ticket prices). The studio would end this marketing system in late 1929.
b.
James Stewart
wasnt impressed with the script, but accepted the role of Grant McLaine because he believed the part would allow him to show off his skills as an accordion player. However, all of his accordion playing was re-recorded by a professional prior to the movies release.
c.
"The poem that Jungle Julia has her listeners recite to Butterfly is an excerpt of the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by
Robert Frost
." - it is also a reference to the 70s thriller
Telefon
," where the poem was used as a posthypnotic signal to activate Russian sleeper agents.
d.
Received a condemned rating from the Legion of Decency for "irreverent use of Scripture" and "lustful complications." Even after the studio made the changes demanded, distribution was sharply cut by cities refusing to book it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
Verdell the dog, was played by six Brussels Griffons, named
Timer the Dog
, Sprout, Debbie,
Billy the Dog
, Parfait, and
Jill the Dog
. Jill was the star.
b.
In the
Death Proof
segment when Kim, Zoe and Abby are in the Challenger, ready to go on their "test drive", they pull up by Mary and Abby says, "Hey good looking, well be back later for YOU!" This was a line in a commercial for a cheesy Ronco product, Mr. Microphone, in the 70s.
c.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
performed most (some sources say all) of the climbing/gymnastics in the rafters herself during the "I stole the Rembrandt" sequence at Macs castle.
d.
When the brothers meet Rocco at the bar in their dream, a black cat walks past Rocco across the counter. The cat is a sly reference to Roccos girlfriends cat Skippy, who Rocco accidentally shot in the first film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
Dawn Addams
replaced
Kay Kendall
.
b.
Rhys Ifans
was rumored for the role of King Richard, but
Danny Huston
was cast.
c.
Due to superstition, The distributers decided to release the film before Friday the 13th, on Easter weekend instead. The film did below projected grosses anyway.
d.
Director
Tony Richardson
(Natashas father) once lived on the exact street that Natashas character Elizabeth James lived on.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
Body Count: 4
b.
In the uncut European version of
Death Proof
, there is a scene where Stuntman Mike feels Abernathys feet while she is asleep in the car and Lee isnt paying attention. When she wakes up from it, he pretends he just touched them by accident as he was walking by going to his car. Later when he attacks the girls driving the challenger, this explains how Abernathy is the only person who recognizes him from earlier.
c.
The interior scenes of New Yorks City Hall actually were filmed inside a mansion in Teaneck, New Jersey.
d.
Mel Gibson
has stated that he will give $100 million of the films gross to the Traditional Catholic Movement.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
Chronologically,
Death Proof
takes place before "Planet Terror". Stuntman Mike is seen in the exact same Texas hospital as the exposed patients in "Planet Terror".
b.
This films opening prologue states: "This is a true story. Exterior scenes were photographed whenever possible in Borneo, in the exact locales associated with the events as related by Mrs. Keith."
c.
In the original script Lester enjoyed country music, much to the annoyance of Jane and Carolyn.
d.
On
Roger Ebert
s year-end list of the 20 best movies of 2008. Ebert did not rank his picks this year, opting instead for an alphabetical list. (He later said that
Milk
was the most deserving of all the Best Picture Oscar nominees.)
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
named the character "Jungle Julia Lucai" after his personal assistant,
Victoria Lucai
.
b.
Following the death of Caesar, the two princes supporters carry banners with the same colors as modern Romes two rival soccer teams: A.S. Roma (yellow/red) and S.S. Lazio (white/pale blue). Director
Julie Taymor
, however, has said that this was unintentional.
c.
The first flat widescreen color Western. Although shot in 1.37:1 Academy ratio, the studio dictated that it be cropped in the movie projector to compete with the new CinemaScope format. The music was also recorded in stereo.
d.
The "semen conversation" was mostly improvised, and lasted for about 4 minutes. It was edited to under a minute for the final cut.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Grindhouse (2007)?
a.
A substantial amount of the finance was Japanese although, bizarrely, the Toho studio and their partners have persistently denied that they sunk $2 million dollars into the film. Director Paul Schrader : " I moved to Japan and we had a Japanese producer who was able to raise half of the budget through his own money and from Fuji Television and Toho-Towa. Then, of course, the Japanese financiers tried to pull out at the last minute because of pressure from the widow. There was another drama involving that and the end result was that they gave us the money but claimed that they didnt. To this day, they claim that they did not finance the film."
b.
The visual effects comprise roughly 20% of the entire film.
c.
In
Death Proof
, the Acuna Boys seen in the movie is a reference to The Acuna Boys mentioned in
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
.
d.
Lawrence Kasdan
and
Stephen Norrington
were attached to make the film in 2007.
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