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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Jaws (1975) - Part (10) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Jaws (1975) - Part (10) 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.
Raul Julia
chose to be uncredited because producers would not agree for him to be billed alongside
Robert Redford
.
b.
During Mickeys escape from prison during the tornado, there is a shot where a convict falls under a galloping horse. This was completely genuine, as the stuntman really did lose his footing and fall under the horse. Despite the possibly injuries however, he was fine.
c.
Bobby Vinton
was played by his son
Robbie Vinton
, who lip-synched to his fathers recording.
d.
Was voted the 48th greatest film by the American Film Institute on their list of the 100 greatest movies in 1998. Ten years later, it dropped eight ranks to #56.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
This film was actually offered to
Bruce Springsteen
as a acting project (for what became the
Michael J. Fox
role) when he was thinking about going into film acting. He ultimately passed on this project (and dismissed the idea of going into films altogether).
b.
As of 2007, one of only three films since the advent of the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar to win the award without receiving a Best Picture nomination as well. The first was
The Bad and the Beautiful
, the second was
Sling Blade
.
c.
To keep up the films frenetic mood, most of the action sequences were shot practically, with the actors performing their stunts live on camera. All computer-generated imagery was restricted only to the robots and certain essential scenes. Due to the intensity of the action (a majority of car crashes and explosions), the camera was kept in a box of bulletproof glass.
Shia LaBeouf
later quipped, "The cameras protected, but the actors are expendable!"
d.
Voted #5 on Empire magazines 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (September 2008).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
Composer
Craig Safan
wrote an original score for this film and was replaced at the last minute by future Academy Award winner
James Horner
.
b.
Some of the incidents that befell the troubled production included writer
Carl Gottlieb
and
Steven Spielberg
nearly getting killed in seafaring accidents.
c.
While in pre-production, director
Francis Ford Coppola
consulted his friend and mentor
Roger Corman
for advice about shooting in the Phillipines. Cormans advice: "Dont go."
d.
It took
Peter Sellers
nearly nine years to get this movie made by a studio, mostly because by the 1970s Sellers career had hit rock bottom and no studio in Hollywood would dare work with him. After the revival (and success) of the Pink Panther movies, Lorimar pictures finally greenlit the project.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
Bartons resort is based on The Tyler Place resort in Highgate Springs Vermont, where screenwriter/producer
Hector Hill
grew up.
b.
The shark was ranked the eighteenth greatest villain on the AFIs list of 100 Heroes and Villains.
c.
268 Sony Pictures Imageworks employees spent around 358,000 hours animating the Smurfs.
d.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
died of a heart attack before finishing the novel. It was based on the life of the late head of production at MGM,
Irving Thalberg
. Fitzgeralds old friend and Princeton classmate Edmund Wilson edited the uncompleted manuscript for publication. It was published, in its incomplete form, in 1941, in a volume that also included "The Great Gatsby" and a selection of short stories.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
After filming was completed
Steven Spielberg
said "My next picture will be on dry land. There wont even be a bathroom scene". He was true to his word. His next film was
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
.
b.
During the preproduction phase of filming, several sources reported that Haverford College, a prestigious liberal arts college in the "Main Line" area outside Philadelphia, had been approached for production design and costume items meant to imply that the two main characters, Cal McAffrey and Stephen Collins, had first met while attending Haverford. Although a plaque with the Haverford logo does appear in the background in one scene, there is no further on-screen acknowledgment of the characters shared alma mater.
c.
All scenes in which horses appeared to fall or be in pain or distress were faked using a combination of specific horse training and clever editing.
d.
There were plans to do a sequel which never materialized.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
Scott Alexander
: The other writer plays Client #3, sitting at the bar at the beginning of the movie.
b.
Originally the Producers intended to shoot an extended fight sequence and love scene near the African mud pit, however the extremely cold temperatures and loss of sunlight caused Producer Roland Lanza to suggest shooting a dream sequence inside the cabin they had rented at the remote location instead.
c.
This is the only Howling sequel that directly follows the original films events, and is also the only Howling film to feature the input of the original novelist,
Gary Brandner
, despite the fact that this film is not actually based on his 1979 novel, The Howling II.
d.
Jaws
single-handedly caused a downturn in the package holiday trade.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
The number 420 can be spotted several times in the film. It appears as a house number, on a sign in the church, as a time of day in the Reefer Den (when Mae and Jack go out for Chinese) and on the town sign.
b.
The music by
John Williams
was ranked at #6 by the American Film Institute for their list of the 25 greatest film scores.
c.
Steven Soderbergh
is quoted saying that if the audience does not enjoy the first 10 minutes of the film then they might as well leave.
d.
During the hypnosis session,
Kevin Bacon
is told to imagine a movie theatre where everything is painted black (walls, chairs, everything but the screen). Later, during the rape scene, a stereo plays the Rolling Stones song "Paint it Black", performed by Gob.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
The sandwich that causes the outbreak of zombies is a Ham steak, and American cheese sandwich on wheat that has been dyes green. The adjoined milkshake was a mint chocolate chip shake.
b.
Lou Browns (
James Gammon
) hospital scenes were filmed at the hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania while filming the spring training scenes.
c.
As the shoot ballooned from 55 days to 159, with the budget likewise spiraling, the film earned the nickname amongst the crew of "Flaws".
d.
Actors that were asked to play the role of Bo Laramie included
George Clooney
,
Tom Cruise
,
Kurt Russell
, and
Vince Vaughn
. Clooney is also referenced in the script.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
Eric Bana
was not a fan of the Hulk comics, which this film is based on, but he was a big fan of
The Incredible Hulk
, which the sequel was based on.
b.
This movie and its two prequels, combined as a trilogy, was voted the best movie of all time in a 2005 Australian Movie Poll.
c.
A real shark became entangled in a line that had been lain down over the underwater cage. This footage was subsequently used in the film.
d.
Writer-director Steven E. Mallorca also composed and performed much of the original music, including the Van Rivers country tunes, the 70s falsettos ballad from the opening credits, and several featured hip-hop tracks throughout the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Jaws (1975)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
almost accidentally came across the property when he spotted the galley proofs for Peter Benchley (I)s book sitting on producer
David Brown
s desk.
b.
Footage of the Presidential inauguration seen in this movie is actually that of President
Ronald Reagan
s inauguration.
c.
Almost all of the new characters that appear in the Movie were newly designed. The Hasbro toys were based on the Movies character designs. The exception was Ultra Magnus, who already had a toy in the Japanese "Diaclone" line. His character model was based on the toy, and given new colors.
d.
Jim Morrison
s comment while being interviewed about spending more money on alcohol and tobacco than education is taken from "The Doors of Perception" by
Aldous Huxley
.
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