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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Joysticks (1983) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Joysticks (1983) Quiz
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About the movie:
When a top local businessman and his two bumbling nephews try to shut down the town's only video arcade, arcade employees and patrons fight back.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joysticks (1983)?
a.
The "long dolly shot" in which the camera slowly pulls away from the window while Blake plays inside took seven takes to successfully complete. As the crew only had three pieces of dolly track, crew members had to take track from the front and run it around to the back while the dolly moved backward.
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 director credit is missing from TCMs print, which also lists the title of the movie as "Wanted! Jane Turner".
d.
Director
Greydon Clark
has stated that he developed the idea for the film after seeing teenagers waiting in line to enter an arcade. He decided that an arcade-themed film could tap into that market.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joysticks (1983)?
a.
Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt were interviewed for roles in this project
b.
The song Big Bill Shelley and his guys are singing when Bertha rescues them is an A Capella by Vera Hall, called "Trouble So Hard".
c.
Despite being referred to by name, and helping bring Optimus Prime back to life, Jolt doesnt have a single line of dialogue.
d.
The house used as Joseph Rutters home had once belonged to Nat King Cole, at a time when Cole was the only African-American in the neighborhood.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joysticks (1983)?
a.
The hardcore band "Cold War from Orange County, California" quotes this movie several times throughout their CD "From Russia With Love." Some of the lines quoted are: ("Quote" - Character / Song in which quote is used) "From Russia with love, ah?" - Doug The Head / Love Betrays "Heavys good, heavys reliable." - Boris the Blade / Painful Delight "Do you know what "nemesis" means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an orrible c*nt... me." - Brick Top / Retrace My Steps
b.
Was the #1 movie in the country the week it was released.
c.
Emma Stone
was considered for the lead female role but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with her other movie,
The Amazing Spider-Man
.
d.
Filmed in the high security wing of Agnew State Hospital, Milpitas CA. The wing was closed down for many years, had no power, and used to house the most violent and dangerous patients. Since most of the movie was filmed at night, the empty wing really added a very creepy feel to the process.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joysticks (1983)?
a.
Anthony Hopkins
was suffering from a slipped disc throughout filming, and incorporated the pain he felt from this into his performance.
b.
Jodie Foster
was interested in this movie as early as 1995. After initially deciding to drop out, her interest was resparked by a new revision of the script.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 24, 1938 with
Johnny Downs
reprising his film role.
d.
Exterior of the arcade is the actual exterior of the warehouse in which the arcade set was built.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joysticks (1983)?
a.
Tom Cruise
turned down the part later played by
Jason Patric
as he didnt like the idea of scenes involving him taking drugs.
b.
Russell Bobbitt
tracked down a model of the original tricorder from
Star Trek
and brought it to the set, but the actors found it too large to carry for filming action scenes, so technical advisor
Doug Brady
redesigned it to be smaller.
c.
When Greydon Clark approached game company Midway about using the image of Pac-Man in the film, he also requested that they allow him to feature a yet-to-be-released game in order to increase the films appeal. The game Midway chose to feature was Satans Hollow, which is played in the face-off between King Vidiot and McDorfus.
d.
When
Jake Gyllenhaal
and
Dustin Hoffman
are sitting on the park bench talking, the scene is actually two locations. When you see them from the front, that is in Marblehead, Massachusetts. When you see them from behind, youre seeing Gloucester, Massachusetts (where Perfect Storm was filmed). You can see evidence of the two locations in the bench they are sitting on - the numbers and thickness of the slates change at the different points of view.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Joysticks (1983)?
a.
Jane Alexander
: Robert Gould Shaws mother.
b.
Shot in three weeks.
c.
According to costumer
Gloria Bava
, Neos original coat was silver gray leather. It was changed because the directors wanted something that was able to billow and float. There is a reference in the script to "liquid sky"; a coat that would liquefy with the surroundings and billowy. Even putting a wind machine under the coat didnt move because leather was too heavy. Costumers finally changed the fabric.
d.
During the lovemaking scene, director
Franco Zeffirelli
squeezed
Brooke Shields
big toe off camera to provoke a reaction that would look like an orgasm.
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