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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Groundhog Day (1993) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Groundhog Day (1993) - Part (6) 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.
One of the groundhog officials is
Brian Doyle-Murray
, one of
Bill Murray
s five brothers.
b.
Kellie Martin
s film debut.
c.
This is the smallest budget film ever to have its world premiere at the famous Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
d.
Outside of the six main characters, no one else plays a role in the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Harold Ramis
kept
Bill Murray
s overcoat.
b.
Script originally offered to
Sonny Bono
and
Cher
.
c.
This is not Glenn Closes first involvement in a Tarzan movie - she dubbed the voice of Andie MacDowell in 1984s "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes".
d.
This was advertised with the tagline "See the Ghastly Ghouls in Flaming Color!" However, most of the movie was in black and white with only the final two reels in color.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Andie MacDowell
asked
Harold Ramis
if she could speak with her normal (and rather heavy) South Carolina accent.
b.
John Barry
agreed to score the film immediately after reading the script.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 6, 1939 with
William Powell
reprising his film role.
d.
The movie gives a nod to another collaboration between
R. Michael Gull
and
Jason Williams
. The character Detective Emily Cross appears in both
Victim
and "New Day", and is played by the same actress in both films.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The now-famous closing line, "Nobodys perfect," was actually never intended to make the final film. It was apparently to be replaced by the writers once they thought of something they liked better. Furthermore, both
I.A.L. Diamond
and
Billy Wilder
credit the other for the genesis of the line.
b.
A family of groundhogs was actually raised for the production.
c.
Highest selling title in the Maverick Entertainment Library
d.
Body Count: 48
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
The lead role was originally meant for
Gary Cooper
, who turned it down because he didnt like the script or director
Louis J. Gasnier
. He was threatened with suspension by Paramount Pictures, but eventually the studio relented and the role was given to
Neil Hamilton
.
b.
George Fenton
s music brief was to come up with a
Nino Rota
type score.
c.
Filmed in
Buster Keaton
s own house.
d.
Aimee Mann
: The musician is the nine-toed Nihilist woman who we see briefly at the diner.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Andie MacDowell
was hired on the basis of her performance in
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
s film,
The Object of Beauty
.
b.
Actor/Writer
Billy Burke
was originally meant to star in the role of "The Drifter", but he landed a role in the film
Ladder 49
and had to take it. So, he suggested to the director that their friend
Brent David Fraser
would be a good choice to replace him.
c.
In the final battle, B Rabbit says that Papa Doc went to Cranbrook, this is a reference to an exclusive private school outside Detroit, whose features include its own on-site science museum and planetarium.
d.
Bernard Rose
removed the music from the Columbia and Focus opening segments; he thought they sounded "cheesy" compared to Beethoven.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Vadim Mikhailov is the head of the Diggers of the Underground Planet in Moscow. He worked on the film
The Saint
with
Val Kilmer
by showing director,
Phillip Noyce
, the Moscow underground for a small scene in the movie. Mikhailov is quoted in Outside magazine in September of 1997 as saying, "After I took him down," Mikhailov says ruefully, "Phillip said he was going to help me make a movie about my life. I gave him some tapes and, well, I havent heard from him since." Val Kilmer was in both movies. Moscow Zero also depicts exactly how Mikhailov described the underground in The Outside magazine, including the river.
b.
The red carpet premier of this film was at the Spartan Twin theaters in Frandor Shopping Center, Lansing MI.
c.
The second animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. The first was
Beauty and the Beast
. However it is the first Disney/Pixar film to do so.
d.
The song that greets
Bill Murray
every morning - "Ive Got You Babe" by Sonny and Cher - was in
Danny Rubin
s original script from the very beginning.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
b.
While filming the scene where Sam rushes through the river after Frodo,
Sean Astin
stepped on a shard of glass that was sticking up from the riverbed. It pierced his foot, even through the prosthetic foot, which bled so much he had to be airlifted to hospital.
c.
Final film of
John Barrymore
.
d.
After Andrew Lees parole in 1998,
Sean Penn
hired him as a personal assistant.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
One of Roger Eberts Great Movies.
b.
When the idea was first pitched to
Ellen Burstyn
, the film was supposed to be more of a thriller, like
The Exorcist
. Burstyn was not impressed with that approach, so when she heard the approach offered by writer
Lewis John Carlino
, she was impressed and this film is the result.
c.
Tom Skerritt
recalled that the dialogue was about 80% improvised. In order to create a different kind of atmosphere, Altman cast some of the parts from improvizational clubs who had no previous movie experience.
d.
Russell Crowe
brought in
Akiva Goldsman
to polish up the script.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Groundhog Day (1993)?
a.
Oliver Stone was given a copy of Jim Garrisons book, "On the Trail of the Assassins", by a friend to read on the plane to the Philippines during the filming of "Platoon". After reading the book, Stone knew hed found a new film project.
b.
In the comics there is a mutant named Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), who was named after a former classmate of "X-Men" writer
John Byrne
. When this film released, reporters tracked down Pryde in Calgary to interview her about the film (she has now changed her name to K.D. Pryde, and states that she appreciates the comics, but wishes to be known as more than just a heroines namesake). The comic-book Pryde appears in all three X-Films, but is played by different actresses (
Sumela Kay
,
Katie Stuart
,
Ellen Page
) and only has a major role in
X-Men: The Last Stand
.
c.
According to
Bob Gale
in the Commentary, producer
Steven Spielberg
was appalled by Rudys line about President
Jimmy Carter
: "Hey, he fucks with us..." Spielberg was a supporter of Carter.
Robert Zemeckis
and Gale refused to remove the line because where they came from (Gale is from Missouri and Zemeckis is from Chicago) politicians are (in their opinion) corrupt.
d.
The store Lloyds - always seen in the background in the scenes where
Bill Murray
encounters
Stephen Tobolowsky
- tried to sue the production for several thousand dollars for lost business, a rather spurious claim seeing as their suit exceeded the stores average earnings.
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