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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : High Anxiety (1977) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : High Anxiety (1977) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977).
About the movie:
Dr. Richard Thorndyke arrives as new administrator of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, VERY Nervous to discover some suspicious goings-on...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
The bird droppings were actually mayonnaise and chopped spinach. However,
Mel Brooks
reported to
Johnny Carson
on "The Tonight Show" that the helicopter spraying the fake bird droppings scared the pigeons so much that he believed half of the bird droppings were real.
b.
The original inspiration for the film came from The Making of the Shining by Vivian Kubrick.
c.
Marlon Brando
was once interested in playing Pablo Picasso and was trying to reduce weight on a banana diet.
d.
The character of Alvin was based on the popular newspaper columnist
Walter Winchell
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
Martin Scorsese
ends the film with a shot of the New York skyline which includes the World Trade Center Towers, even though the film was finished after the buildings were destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Scorsese chose to end on that shot rather then continue with a skyline without the WTC because the movie is supposed to be about the people who build New York, not those who tried to destroy it.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Paul Dreyfus (
Charles Hallahan
) falls into the white lava (mud flow) when the bridge tips over.
c.
This film was shot in fifteen days.
d.
Richard H. Thorndike is hesitant to reveal his middle name (Harpo) to
Madeline Kahn
. In
Alfred Hitchcock
s
North by Northwest
,
Cary Grant
s Roger O. Thornhill never reveals his middle name.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
In some theatres, patrons were given a "Pink Phlegm-ingo Barf Bag."
b.
The appearance of
Albert Whitlock
as Arthur Brisbane is yet another of the films many homages to
Alfred Hitchcock
; Whitlock was Hitchcocks special-effects man on several films.
c.
When
John Dillinger
s body was lying in the street outside the Biograph theater, many by-standers dipped handkerchiefs in his blood to keep as a souvenir.
d.
Most of the pimp-style clothing for the fictitious "Pimps & Hos" store in the movie was made by Los Angeles designer Marc Vachon whose Melrose Avenue shop specialized in club wear. Right next door to Vachons former store location is the real "Barbershop Club" which served as inspiration for
Ice Cube
s next movie,
Barbershop
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
Rene Russo
was originally cast to play Dr. Chase Meridian when
Michael Keaton
was still attached to the project as Batman. However, when Keaton dropped out of the project and was replaced by
Val Kilmer
, Russo was deemed too old to play his love interest and was replaced by
Nicole Kidman
.
b.
It was while supervising post-production on this film that
George Lucas
decided that technology was good enough to begin work on the Star Wars prequels. Appropriately,
Samuel L. Jackson
was able to appear in those films as well.
c.
In yet another reference to
Alfred Hitchcock
, Dr. Thorndyke is told that a "Mr. MacGuffin" changed his room reservation. Hitchcocks MacGuffins were objects or devices which drove the plot but which were otherwise inconsequential and could be forgotten once they had served their purpose.
d.
Previously filmed as a 1958 segment of the TV series
Wagon Train
, bearing the same title.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
During one of the three screen stunts sequences, Chief Coffeestache puts a huge dent into the hood of his car.
b.
On 9 January 1940 in U.S. Federal Court in Los Angeles, William J. Rapp and Lowell Brenatano filed a suit for $75,000 against Harold Lloyd and the Harold Lloyd Corporation, for alleged plagiarism by the film "Professor Beware" of the plaintiffs play "Greek To You".
c.
This tribute to
Alfred Hitchcock
contains references to more than 10 of his films: see the links to other titles.
Mel Brooks
held a private preview of the movie for Hitchcock to see his reaction. When Hitchcock walked out at movies end without saying a word, Brooks feared that Hitchcock hated the movie. But days later, Hitchcock sent a congratulatory case of wine to Brooks, knowing that Brooks was a wine connoisseur.
d.
Jeanette MacDonald
was originally cast as the female lead, but due to health problems, was replaced by
Ilona Massey
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
As Gib and the others approach the Florida Keys in the jet, the pilot
Mike Cameron
, speaking to Air Traffic Control, uses the callsign "Jetstar 6479 Delta". N6479D was the tail number of a Cessna 172 at the flight school in Bermuda Dunes, CA where Cameron learned to fly.
b.
Ron Carey
s character, Brophy, is obviously named after
Edward Brophy
, a character actor in the classic Hollywood era that played sidekicks in dozens of movies.
c.
Shia LaBeouf
stated that during filming an F.B.I. Agent told him and the cast that 1 in every 5 phone calls someone makes is recorded. To prove this, the agent had him listen to a phone call he made 2 years prior to filming.
d.
Steven Seagal
wrote and performed the song "John Crow" together with
Jimmy Cliff
. This is the first singing appearance by Seagal.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
Gene Wilder
was originally considered for the part of Dr. Richard Thorndyke, but scheduling forced Wilder to turn the role down.
b.
Ben Folds said on his blog about the title credits song "Family of Me": "The original lyric was Ooh, Im an asshole but obviously that didnt last for long. The directors and producers got a good laugh and then they stopped laughing when I tried to explain why its okay to say asshole in front of kids. I think its the hole part. Ass might be all right. I dont know..."
c.
Melanie Griffith
s first film.
d.
This film was produced before the Production Code. When it was re-made only 20 years later, as
House of Wax
, all references to drug use were removed and a character was changed from a junkie to an alcoholic.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
The stadium spanned the length of three US football fields, and featured a headclipper that was 5 stories high and 150 feet wide.
b.
Producers
Oren Koules
and
Mark Burg
stated actress
Shawnee Smith
was battling a terrible case of the flu, complete with a fever of 104 degrees, while shooting her scenes.
c.
Mel Brooks
performed a number of duties on this picture. Brooks performed the lead role of Richard H. Thorndyke, directed, produced, co-wrote the screenplay and for the title song was both composer and lyricist.
d.
The American Cathedral in Pariss choir were hired to sing the "Boggis, Bunce and Bean" limerick. They were recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, in Studio Two, which is most famous for having been where
The Beatles
recorded almost all of their music.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
In another
Alfred Hitchcock
reference, the location where Dr. Thorndyke is attacked in the phone booth beneath the Golden Gate Bridge is Fort Point, where the crucial water rescue scene takes place in
Vertigo
.
b.
The multi-colored pads that Dr. Cockroach dances on use the same sound effects as the light-up memorization game "Simon". The dancing in sync with the lighted pads is a reference to the arcade game
Dance Dance Revolution
, in which you do the same thing, only in sync with the on-screen prompts.
c.
This is
William Shatner
s only "Star Trek" appearance without
Leonard Nimoy
.
d.
Designs of the cars: - Ramone is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala or Bel Air two door hardtop, a very popular car with the low riders. - Luigi is a 1959 Fiat 500. - Guido is an ISO Isetta, a "bubble car" originally designed and built in Italy by ISO; the design was later licensed to BMW and to manufacturers in France and Brazil. - Mater is a 1951 International Harvester L-170. - Sally is a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera (Type 996).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: High Anxiety (1977)?
a.
The voice of Scooby in the "Scooby-Doo" scene is voiced by
Mark Hamill
.
b.
Mel Brooks
once said of
Alfred Hitchcock
: "Anyone who has ever rolled a foot of film owes something to this man."
c.
Stuntmen had practiced for weeks for the oar walking scenes.
Kirk Douglas
told director
Richard Fleischer
that he could do it and did several times. At one point when he did fall in the icy water he calmly swam over to the camera boat and asked if they had gotten good shots. He then swam back to the Viking longboat. Fleischer noted they were watching and filming an activity that had not been done in a thousand years.
d.
This film was reissued in 1982 with a new tagline: "The film that J.R. shot!", as
Larry Hagman
had gone on to major latter success as J.R. Ewing in the TV series
Dallas
. (The tagline plays on the fact that J.R. was shot in a 1980 cliffhanger.)
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