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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hardware (1990) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hardware (1990) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hardware (1990).
About the movie:
A wandering nomad finds a robot head in the post-apocalyptic desert. He brings it back to the city and sells it to a wandering soldier...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hardware (1990)?
a.
The melody for the theme song ("Sincerely Yours") is taken from an Etude by
Frédéric Chopin
.
b.
This was two-time Best Actress Oscar winner
Luise Rainer
s last theatrical film until
The Gambler
.
c.
Working title: Number Please?
d.
The story for this film first appeared in the British comic based 2000 a.d annual of 1981.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hardware (1990)?
a.
According to the documentary
Going Hollywood: The War Years
, for this movie, the MGM studio recreated the section of an air craft carrier flat top on a sound stage large enough to fit four genuine B25 bomber planes whilst a whole sixty foot miniature was also built, placed in the studio tank doubling as the ocean. Moreover, this special effects Academy Award winning movie utilized model planes, hydraulic jacks, wires, motors, pulleys, and a miniature model of Tokyo used to show the bombing of that city with mini explosions.
b.
Joan Fontaine
replaced
Gene Tierney
after Tierney collapsed, but Fontaine had an emotional breakdown as well, after which
Jane Wyman
signed for the role.
c.
The sound of the apartment "door bell" is that of a BBC Micro (computer) being turned on. It is used several times in the film.
d.
The coin the Accountant uses throughout the movie is an Obolos, from ancient Greece. In those days, Obolos were placed in a dead mans hand (or two over his eyelids) by mourners as payment to Charon the Ferryman, who was in charge of crossing souls over river Styx into Hades, the Greek version of Hell. This would support the Accountants role as a retriever of lost souls.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hardware (1990)?
a.
This film was originally given an X rating by the MPAA in America because of its graphic scenes of extreme violence. Significant cuts had to be made in these scenes in order to secure an R rating.
b.
Stars 49 of the men from Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital.
c.
On the television series, "The Directors",
Peter Hyams
stated that when MGM offered him the project following the success of
2010
, the script focused on two old New York City cops who want to retire. Hyams suggested his idea of two young Chicago cops who dont retire and MGM agreed.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hardware (1990)?
a.
Debut of
Anthony Caruso
.
b.
According to Stanley, Vernons death was supposed to be one of the movies nastiest moments: he was originally meant to get shot in the balls, then cut up with a chainsaw while he was still alive.
Paul McKenzie
had a page in the script of screaming and begging as his spine was severed so he couldnt move, beseeching Jill to help him, with the droid basically using him as bait to get her. The scene wasnt shot because it would have taken two days and the production was at the end of the schedule, so it was decided to shoot Vernon in the head. The scene was supposed to make Chiefs comment after the chess match "Machines dont understand sacrifice... and neither do morons!" foreshadowing of Vernons fate.
c.
Darbys ring tone is "Bloodline" by
Slayer
.
d.
While the films test screening tested really poorly,
Joe Jackson
s score was ultimately replaced by
John Barry
before its new release date in 1984. However in a very strange occurrence, Joe Jacksons rejected score and the songs he wrote and were left in the final film, was released by A&M Records around 1983. This would mark a very rare occurrence in that film that was delayed without a release date would have a soundtrack released beforehand, let alone a rejected score.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hardware (1990)?
a.
Tom Cruise
,
Robert Downey Jr.
and
Jim Carrey
were all considered for the role of Cry-Baby until
Johnny Depp
was cast.
b.
The old car that Daria is driving is a 1952 Buick Special De Luxe.
c.
When Jill smashes up the Mark 13 with the baseball bat, Stacey Travis actually broke the bat (especially noticeable in the slow motion shots).
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hardware (1990)?
a.
Director
Mark Waters
installed a ping-pong table at both Crane Estate and Elm Bank Reservation, where the present-day wedding scenes were filmed, and would regularly challenge
Micah Sherman
,
Albert M. Chan
, and
Michael Anastasia
, who play the groomsmen.
b.
Lee Strasberg
came out of retirement to play Hyman Roth after a specific request from
Al Pacino
. He was unwilling at first, but agreed to do it after a 45-minute meeting with
Francis Ford Coppola
s father,
Carmine Coppola
.
c.
The song that Lincoln Wineberg sings and claims to have made up himself is actually based on the 1912 song "They all walk the wibbly-wobbly walk" written and composed by Paul Pelham and J.P.Long, and originally performed by music hall comedian Mark Sheridan.
d.
An amputee actor played the legless zombie climbing the back of the Dead Reckoning. His name is
David Campbell
and was also in Dawn of the Dead (2004) as the "Squished Zombie"
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