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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Groundhog Day (1993) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Groundhog Day (1993) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993).
About the movie:
A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
John Travolta
turned down the lead role (which went to
Richard Gere
) on the advice of his agent. See also
American Gigolo
.
b.
James Caan
appeared six years later almost identically in sailors garb for an uncredited cameo in
Steven Spielberg
s
1941
as the sailor who throws the first punch in the ballroom fight sequence.
c.
As part of publicity campaign prior to release of the film,
Alfred Hitchcock
said: "It has been rumored that Psycho is so terrifying that it will scare some people speechless. Some of my men hopefully sent their wives to a screening. The women emerged badly shaken but still vigorously vocal."
d.
According to an interview with
Harold Ramis
, he and
Bill Murray
argued over the tone of the film. Murray wanted the film to be more philosophical while Ramis wanted it to be more comedic. The two argued throughout the production and have not spoken to each other since.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The original voice of the computer belonged to Broderick Crawford
b.
The "Johnny Gossamer" novel Harmony picks up at the party opens to show the contents as Man in the Uniform by Maureen Child.
c.
Toombs line regarding Crematoria, "If I owned this place and Hell, Id rent this place out and live in Hell," is paraphrased from an infamous quote General Phil Sheridan made during post-Civil War Reconstruction, in which he said "If I owned Hell and Texas, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell."
d.
Chosen to be preserved by the National Film Registry in 2007.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Mark Wahlberg
had to lose 20 pounds to give Bob Lee Swagger the slim and ripped look of a field sniper to make the film more realistic.
b.
Among the list of foreign language signs the one in Korean translates to "Learn English with a Texas accent", and the one in Russian says "Learn English or leave".
c.
Fosters Social Orchestra, which performs in the film, was founded by
Michael Nyman
as a group attempting to create a post-modern, avant-garde sound by having artists with a background other than music perform the works of
Stephen Foster
in an untrained but inspired way.
d.
Harold Ramis
considered
Chevy Chase
,
Steve Martin
and
John Travolta
for the role of Phil Connors, but he considered them as "far too nice" compared to
Bill Murray
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Originally the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman and Cowardly Lion were to have more prominent roles in this film, however, budget cuts forced their appearances to be reduced to mere cameos.
b.
Jim Carrey
was originally cast as Curly.
c.
Louis Armstrong
was hired for this movie at
Bing Crosby
s insistence. Crosby also insisted that Armstrong receive prominent billing, the first time a black actor shared top billing with white actors in a major release film.
d.
The scenes showcasing
Bill Murray
filming his weather predictions at the news station, along with the introduction of
Andie MacDowell
s character were not conceived until the editing process. They had to go back and shoot them to be edited in later.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The "clocks" restaurant in Woodstock, IL is now a Starbucks.
b.
Julie Andrews
,
Leslie Caron
,
Lynn Redgrave
, and
Judy Carne
were considered for the role of Miss Price before
Angela Lansbury
was cast.
c.
The assault weapons used by the DDS troopers are (modified) Vektor CR-21 bullpup assault rifles, a product of South Africa, the major filming location of the movie.
d.
In some of the scenes where Sweeney opens his razor very quickly, it is a mechanical razor. There is a button
Johnny Depp
would press to have the razor open, which he hides with his finger. Depp personally requested the prop department design this razor for him, as he had difficulty handling the real razors.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Unlike the scenes for the bed and breakfast, the scenes at the piano teachers home were indeed filmed inside the actual house, right in the front room as it appears in the film.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 4, 1945 with
Ingrid Bergman
again reprising her film role.
c.
In the movie, when
Frida Kahlo
first meets
Diego Rivera
as a young girl, she is spying on him flirting with a nude model; Rivera tells the model that he could eat her wrapped in tortilla. This is actually a reference to Riveras real-life autobiography where he describes practicing cannibalism on female cadavers in 1904.
d.
The numbers that Mr. Weng picks to win at the roulette wheel are 11, 12 and 13 - the numbers of the three "Ocean" movies, thus far.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Julie Andrews
only movie in black and white.
b.
The interior scenes of the Cherry Street bed and breakfast were not filmed inside the actual house. The only times the crew entered the house at all were to turn on lamps for the proper lighting effects needed for the exterior shots.
c.
The hat that
Charlton Heston
wore in this movie and in about four westerns in total was a treasured item of his that got stolen.
d.
Director
Steven Spielberg
admitted in the "Making of" DVD that watching the stage hands preparing the Well of Souls set by laying out the thousands of snakes for the scene really made him nauseous--even to the point where he nearly wanted to puke a few times.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The house that was used for the piano teachers home is less than a block away from the house used for the bed and breakfast. Though not visible in the film, it is actually located on the street that Phil sees directly proceeding from his room window just a few houses down on the left-hand side.
b.
Gary Cooper
initially turned the film down because he didnt believe the American public would accept him as a devout Quaker father.
c.
During the ping-pong matches, there was no ball; it was entirely CGI, animated to meet the actors paddles.
d.
The offended customer in the "jizz mopper" scene is buying paper towels and glass cleaner.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The real mob boss Frank Costello was a contemporary of
Lucky Luciano
and
Meyer Lansky
, in New York City.
b.
The phrase Stand on It is one of this movies two English titles and also the title of its source novel. The meaning of this phrase is, according to Racing Junky, a racing term for "when a driver depresses the gas pedal as far as possible". Its meaning is similar to the term "flat-out" which they define as "racing a car as fast as possible under given conditions".
c.
Ranked #8 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Fantasy" in June 2008.
d.
One of the only films to create a series of character based vignette teasers. As of April 2010, three of the seven have been released over the Internet.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Supposedly
Paul Lynde
was the inspiration for one of the films more famous lines. After a high-speed chase through the San Fernando Valley one night when he was driving recklessly while intoxicated, Lynde crashed his car into a mailbox. The police came to the car, guns drawn, and he lowered his window and said, "Ill have a cheeseburger, hold the onions, and a large Sprite." Another account has the scene inspired by an incident involving comedian
Shecky Greene
in Las Vegas. One night, while intoxicated, he drove his car into the big fountain in front of Caesars Palace. As bystanders pulled him out, with water from the fountain raining down onto his car, he shouted, "Clean the floor mats and no hot wax!"
b.
Both
Night Shadows
and this loose remake star
Wings Hauser
and
Bo Hopkins
as the main characters.
c.
Although surnames are omitted for the character names in the cast list of the end credits for
Anne Bancroft
,
Mikhail Baryshnikov
,
Leslie Browne
,
Antoinette Sibley
and
Scott Douglas
, their full character names are printed in the soundtrack information within the film, and are used in the cast list.
d.
In 1944
Billy Wilder
was traveling from New York to Hollywood by train and stopped off at the Chicago train station to buy some reading matter for the journey. One of these books was "The Lost Weekend". By the time hed reached Hollywood, Wilder knew this would make the ideal basis for his next film.
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