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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Jaws (1975) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Jaws (1975) - 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: Jaws (1975).
About the movie:
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
played first clarinet for the beach scene.
b.
In the scene near the end of the movie where Kathy pulls into her driveway and tries to shoot herself,
Jennifer Connelly
accidentally put the car in "reverse" instead of "park", and almost severely damaged the camera positioned in the car door. After Connelly apologized profusely, she was urged by the director to continue the scene, and it ended up being one of the best takes. This is the take shown in the final print.
c.
Two thousand U.S. Marines appeared as extras, according to an article in The Los Angeles Daily News.
d.
During a certain screening,
Roger Corman
actually smacked an audience member upside the head for laughing at the film. Sometime later, another audience member poured soda all over his head from the balcony.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
The last lines, spoken by Merricks mother, are quoted from
Alfred Lord Tennyson
s poem, "Nothing Will Die."
b.
During a scene where a shot is fired at an actor, real blanks were not allowed due to a Security Council meeting that was taking place.
c.
The lighthouse in the film near the beach is an actual lighthouse on Marthas Vineyard where the filming took place. Because of the billboard in the scene, the lighthouse had to be "moved" with special effects in post-production.
d.
Actress
Catherine Deneuve
said in interviews she would have loved to have played Marnie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
There were two 300-pound weights attached to
Susan Backlinie
that were being tugged by two groups of crewmen on shore. One group would pull right, and the other would pull left. It took three days to film that sequence.
b.
In certain scenes, the Cullens irises are completely black rather than their usual golden topaz color. While never directly commented on in the movie, it is referred to in the novels as an indicator of a vampires extreme hunger when the eyes go completely black.
c.
This film features the second and third Oscar winners to appear in an Indiana Jones film.
Sean Connery
in
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
, and won his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in
The Untouchables
.
Jim Broadbent
won Best Supporting Actor for
Iris
, and
Cate Blanchett
won Best Supporting Actress for
The Aviator
.
d.
Shooting was delayed for a week from 5 May 1974 to 12 May 1974 due to extra costume and make-up tests.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
The members of the films "Greek Chorus" are all named after 50s/60s girl groups:
The Ronettes
, The Chiffons and
The Crystals
.
b.
In the actual Jersey Beach shark attacks of 1916 (which Hooper mentions in the film), the sequence of attacks is similar to that of the film: a swimmer in the surf; a dog; a boy; and the leg of a man in a tidal slough.
c.
The word "vampire" is only said once in the film.
d.
In
W.P. Kinsella
s novel, protagonist Ray Kinsella is reunited with his identical twin brother, Richard Kinsella (a subplot that was discarded for the movie).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
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.
b.
There is a painting/mural of
Nikola Tesla
shown at least twice during the Tucker trial.
c.
Executive producer
Stuart Baird
did uncredited re-editing work on this film and
Mission: Impossible II
for Paramount in exchange for the job of directing
Star Trek: Nemesis
.
d.
Steven Spielberg
named the shark "Bruce" after his lawyer.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
The opening "Raiders" sequence contains a few (almost inaudible) gag sounds, mixed in with the jungle effects: a kitten, a dog barking, and some sheep.
b.
Brodys dog in the movie was actually
Steven Spielberg
s real dog.
c.
The Blue Oyster bar used in this movie is actually called the Silver Dollar Room, located on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. Coincidentally, Spadina Avenue is also home to Protocol Entertainment, the company that would later produce
Police Academy: The Series
.
d.
Roddy McDowall
, an experienced actor, recommended to his companions in makeup that they should frequently add tics, blinks and assorted facial gestures to add a sense of realism and keep the makeup from appearing "mask-like". McDowall reportedly became a merry prankster with the makeup, driving home with his make-up on, and shocking some of the other drivers on the freeway.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
After the surprise success of the film, Hollywood insiders ascribed the films effectiveness mostly to veteran editor
Verna Fields
rather than the little-known, 28-year-old
Steven Spielberg
. Although he undoubtedly learned much from Fields, Spielberg wished to prove his worth in following films and never worked with Fields again. It should be said that from
Jaws
until Fields death, Spielberg only made three films:
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
,
1941
and
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
b.
The closing credits for this movie scroll from the top of the screen to the bottom, instead of from the bottom to the top like in most other movies.
c.
Chapter Titles: 1. Lost in the Clouds 2. Radium Rays 3. The Hand of Death 4. The Natives Revenge 5. Black Magic 6. The Death Vine 7. The Leopard Leaps 8. The Doom Ship 9. Death Rides the Waves 10.The Temple of Wu 11.Fangs in the Dark 12.The Lion Pit
d.
When the kids play outside a Col. Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, the old gentleman with the bucket of chicken who comes out and dances with them really is Col.
Harland Sanders
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
The first animated feature to be produced in the region of former Yugoslavia (and also the first from present-day Croatia).
b.
The mechanical shark spent most of the movie broken-down, and was unavailable for certain shots. This led
Steven Spielberg
to use the camera as the "shark", and film from the sharks point of view. Many think this added to the "chilling/haunting" quality in the final release saying that it would have made it too "cheesy" had they shown the shark as much as originally planned.
c.
The last line of the movie "Today is the first day of the rest of our lives." is a paraphrase from the famous
Abbie Hoffman
quote: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life - make the most of it."
d.
First Disney animated movie to be spun off from a TV series
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
After the shark was built, it was never tested in the water, and when it was put in the water at Marthas Vineyard, it sank straight to the ocean floor. It took a team of divers to retrieve it.
b.
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.
c.
The guard dog Andretti, is a reference to race car driver
Mario Andretti
.
d.
The movie performed poorly at the US Box Office grossing less than $11 million and marking the decline of the Police Academy franchise. It also earned the distinction of being the first Police Academy movie not to place first in the US weekend box office.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
The first shark killed on the docks, which is supposed to be the "man-eater" in the movie, is actually a real shark killed in Florida because there wasnt a big enough one in Marthas Vineyard.
b.
Auditions took place in the dirty Chicago apartment that would later be used as Trents place in the film. Despite the cramped accommodations and rundown apartment a large number of actors came out to audition.
c.
Julio Macat
: as a newspaper stand guy and sells a newspaper to Jennifer Lopezs character
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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised, at least not until many years afterward.
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