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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : House of Games (1987) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : House of Games (1987) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987).
About the movie:
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led my a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987)?
a.
Mike Evans
final movie.
b.
Danny Trejo
s character is named Cuchillo. "Cuchillo" is Spanish for "knife". Many of Trejos characters in
Robert Rodriguez
movies have been named after knives or sharp instruments: Machete in
Spy Kids
,
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
, and
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
; Razor Charlie and Razor Eddie in
From Dusk Till Dawn
,
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
, and
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangmans Daughter
, Navajas (Spanish for "blades") in
Desperado
, and he also plays another character called Machete in
Machete
, a feature length version based on a fake trailer featured in the Robert Rodriguez/
Quentin Tarantino
collaboration
Grindhouse
.
c.
The films release was delayed several times. Indeed, it was originally to come out for Christmas 2007, which was pushed back to March 19th 2008 before finally premiering in Germany on December 11th 2008, and a day later in the UK.
d.
The red and white Cadillac convertible used by the con artists in this film also appears in the car dealers showcase room in
David Mamet
s
The Spanish Prisoner
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987)?
a.
The last names of the main characters in the film were slightly different from the John Hersey novel. In the novel, "Buzz" Ricksons last name was Marrow, and "Bos" was Bowman, not Boland.
b.
This is the first film that
Jerry Bruckheimer
produced without the late
Don Simpson
. The new Jerry Bruckheimer Films logo was featured for the very first time in front of this film.
c.
Mamets first film as director. He replaced the original first choice,
Peter Yates
.
d.
All four chapters were shot at the same time primarily during weekends of August 2004. Scenes involving the same locations were shot on the same day.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987)?
a.
The numeral 187 appears in the film in different instances. A license plate reads "HSX 187". Also it is the number of the airport locker used at the end. 187 is the police code for murder.
b.
During the dance scene,
John Cusack
is wearing a WLS t-shirt. Although it currently has a talk-radio format, in 1984, WLS was a top-40 station in Chicago.
c.
Some, though not all, of the characters in the film have different names from their historical counterparts. For example, Colonel Franz Ritter (
George C. Scott
) was Colonel Fritz Erdmann in real life; the Countess (
Anne Bancroft
) was actually Margaret Mather; Martin Vogel (
Roy Thinnes
) represents Karl Otto Clemens; Captain Fellows (
Stephen Elliott
) is based on U.S. Navy airship commander Charles Rosendahl; Karl Borth (
William Atherton
) was named Eric Spehl in real life; his mistress, Freda Halle (
Lisa Pera
) was Beatrice Friedrich; Mr. and Mrs. Reed Channing (
Peter Donat
and
Joanna Moore
) were Leonhard and Gertrud Adelt; the Breslau family (
Alan Oppenheimer
,
Katherine Helmond
,
Jean Rasey
,
Johnny Lee
and
Stephen Manley
) was actually the Doehnerr family; Dimmler (
Rex Holman
), while there was an engineering officer by that name, is shown stationed in the main control gondola and likely represents either Captain Albert Sammt or Captain Anton Wittemann. Captain Ernst Lehmann, Captain Max Pruss, Joseph Spah, Edward Douglas, Ludwig Knorr, Hugo Eckener and Joseph Goebbels are among those who were called by their real historical names in the film.
d.
The MPAA insisted on the removal of the term "screw you" from the film where it was replaced with the term "God damn you" but allowed the terms "screw" and "hump the hostess" to remain in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987)?
a.
This films opening prologue states: "This is not the story of a beautiful city - not as we know it today - but as it was in its most perilous and also its most glorious hours. Paris in 1944, after four years of bitter occupation, was seething on the verge of revolt against the Nazi oppressors. With the allies almost at the doorstep, the French Resistance in the city, composed of many divergent groups, struggled bitterly among themselves to find the way to liberation. TIME WAS TERRIBLY SHORT . . . "
b.
Guy thinks Dean Buckley knows
Wayne Newton
, since he is seen in a photograph wearing a "Newt" shirt, but he is actually in the picture with
Newt Gingrich
.
c.
The hotel room that Mike takes Margeret to is room #1138 which is yet another reference to
George Lucas
s
THX 1138
.
d.
"The Black Box" was spawned after a lengthy discussion between the filmmakers about why there arent more anthology films in existence. Over time, this discussion eventually spawned "The Black Box".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987)?
a.
Jack Lemmon
admitted to having had a serious drinking problem at one time, which is one reason he looks back on his Oscar-winning role as Harry Stoner in
Save the Tiger
as perhaps the most gratifying, emotionally fulfilling performance of his career.
b.
Filmed in Whitehall, NY. The town is home to not only the Champlian Canal Lock 12, the final lock of the Champlain Canal before entering the southern terminus of Lake Champlain, but also the birthplace of the U.S. Navy.
c.
This was originally intended to be a larger-budget film with many "name" actors, but
David Mamet
chose to direct on his own with his wife (Crouse) and friends (Mantegna) in the cast.
d.
Filming began before the script was completed.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987)?
a.
Sean Astin
reckons that there were 50 separate days of the 15 month shoot were the Hobbits had their prosthetic feet applied and they were never seen on camera.
b.
The character Stoick is 72" tall.
c.
The talk show scene the Club Kids appear on was shot on set of
The Montel Williams Show
, free of charge.
d.
Ricky Jay is a sleight-of-hand artist and an acknowledged authority on the art of the con. In an NPR interview, Jay related that when David Mamet needed a short-change scam to be explained in "House of Games", he asked Jay for details of an authentic short-change hustle. However, Jay did not want to betray the confidence of the hustlers he knew who still used various short-change cons for their "livelihood". The envelope switch you see in the final film is an original switch invented by Ricky Jay specially for the film. Later, it was reported that an amateur thief had been caught attempting to use the switch as he had learned it from the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: House of Games (1987)?
a.
The second movie in two years (after
17 Again
) in which
Leslie Mann
plays the wife of a man who switches bodies with someone.
b.
Brad Pitt
was offered the role of Junuh but turned down.
c.
The highland backdrops were over 600 feet long, and 60 feet high, and cost $382,280.
d.
According to Mamet, despite the excellent reviews the film received in a limited showing in four theaters, Orion decided against spending the money for the prints and publicity that would have accompanied a general release and sent the film almost directly to TV and video.
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