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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Just Before Dawn (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Just Before Dawn (1981) Quiz
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About the movie:
Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
Leslie Howard
,
William Gargan
and
Ilka Chase
originated the roles in New York when the play opened on 12 January 1932 at the Broadhurst Theater and ran for 183 performances.
b.
Director
Jeff Lieberman
said that countless strangers showed up at the filming location on the day that the scene of
Jamie Rose
swimming topless was to be filmed. Lieberman said that word of this shoot had apparently gotten out among the local forest rangers.
c.
The director shot this film in his early-20s from a script he wrote as a 14-year-old freshman in high school.
d.
The chase around Miami airport was actually filmed at three separate airports in three different countries. They were: Nassau International Airport in Nassau, New Providence Island, The Bahamas; Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Dunsfold Park, Dunsfold, Surrey, England and Ruzyne International Airport in Ruzyne, Prague, Czech Republic.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
The films German release title is Blutige Dämmerung, which means Bloody Dusk in English.
b.
The scene where Joey asks Coop to hit a homerun for him on the night of his liver operation is inspired by a real life event in which
Babe Ruth
visited a sick child in the hospital and promised to hit two homeruns for him.
c.
Ally McCoist
wanted the team to win at the end of the film to be Rangers and not Celtic, to make Rangers look the better side, in doing so, the script changed the teams around, making his part in the film that of a former Celtic player, which he also wasnt happy about.
d.
According to the writer/directors commentary, Adams actual quote following errors urging to remove the slavery clause from the declaration was "If we give in on this issue, there WILL be trouble 100 years hence." The commentary stated that the quote was NOT used because it sounded too much like hindsight. Adams forward looking prediction missed the first battle of the Civil War by only 16 years.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
According to director Jeff Lieberman despite the numerous reviews of Just Before Dawn that have implied it was inspired by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) or The Hills Have Eyes (1977), he had not seen either film at the time of making Just Before Dawn.
b.
An early draft of the script contained a cameo by Alan Scott, the first Green Lantern (Jordans predecessor, whose powers were magical rather than cosmic). Scott was going to be the United States President, and near the end would reveal his own past as a Green Lantern to Jordan, and give him his blessing. He was later revised to become an agent of the Checkmate agency (the Checkmate membership stayed true to the comics), who would approach and offer Jordan membership. Later drafts finally wrote him out of the film, and replaced him with Amanda Waller.
c.
John and Bernie run the Winchester. These are the real names of the landlord and landlady who used to run
Simon Pegg
s local pub, the Shepherds in Highgate. John used to make toasted sandwiches for regulars, hence the reference to "the Breville out back." Pegg and
Nick Frost
were regular attendees of the Shepherds Thursday night quiz, hence the line "we do the quiz" when Shaun is knocking on the Winchesters door.
Chris Martin
of
Coldplay
, who plays a zombie in the film, also used to attend quiz night.
d.
Film debut of
Gloria Henry
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
In the dance scene just before the wedding, the male dancers are some of the most famous and toughest stunt men of the period.
Chuck Hayward
,
Terry Wilson
,
John Hudkins
,
Fred Kennedy
,
Frank McGrath
and
Chuck Roberson
can all be seen dancing. After the scene the crew nicknamed them "Fords chorus girls". At the end of the scene
John Wayne
moves to the bar and Roberson says, "Lets have a drink." As he speaks, Hayward and Wilson move into the shot behind Wayne. Wayne is then surrounded by the three men who doubled him at various times in the movie.
b.
While shooting in the woods one evening the lighting went out without explanation leaving the cast and crew in total pitch darkness. After several minutes in the complete darkness the producer randomly yelled out let there be light! and sure enough the lights did indeed blare on - again without explanation.
c.
The "campus" shown outside the window of the Deans office is actually a photograph of buildings in the Walt Disney Studios. This very same backdrop was used during the run of the "Disneyland" television show for scenes shot on the set that served as Walt Disneys "office" when he hosted segments of the program. One oddity is that the building seen in the backdrop was actually the one that housed the real location of Walts office.
d.
Parts of
Bernard Herrmann
s score was lifted from the music he had composed for a radio series called "Crime Classics".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
Rick Baker
: the pilot of the airplane which is shooting at Kong at the Empire State Building.
b.
When (
Bette Midler
) was introducing The Steadfast Tin Soldier by talking about ideas that were originally going to be in the original
Fantasia
she mentions Flight Of The Bumble Bee. It was used in
Melody Time
under the title Bumble Boogie.
c.
Jay Hernandez
s corpse is reused in
Eli Roth
s Thanksgiving trailer in
Grindhouse
, because Roth filmed the fake trailer in Slovakia during a day off from making this film.
d.
Actor
Chris Lemmon
was performing a truly dangerous stunt when he was shot clinging to ropes after his fall into the rushing river. Lemmon had to psychically hang on to the ropes for a time as the powerful river pulled at him. Only a matter of feet from him was the top of a huge waterfall that was quite infamous for fatal falls.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
Actor
Richard Kiel
was at one point auditioned for the role of the films dual killers.
b.
The first color feature-length film.
c.
It took $34.7 million in its opening weekend, the most any film had ever earned during the January-April period at the time, and the most Miramax had ever earned for any debuting film.
d.
Because of the ship being mothballed in the James River Reserve Fleet, on the border of Isle of Wight County and city of Newport News, the ship was covered in rust and disrepair when the filming started. For the movie, one side of the ship was painted and dressed up, leaving the other half in poor condition. Hence, only one side of the ship was ever filmed on camera for the movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
The title of the original screenplay was The Last Ritual. The title was changed after the scripts heavy religious theme was axed and the story was rigorously revised.
c.
In the scene on the roof before the musical number "America", when the girls are mocking Bernardos speech, one of the girls say ,"We came with our hearts open", one of the Sharks says, "You came with your pants open!" This line had to be changed to "You came with your mouth open," for the movie because of censorship standards.
d.
Richard Harris
was originally cast as the doctor but after many arguments with
Barbra Streisand
he left the movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
John G. Avildsen
was the films original director. He was fired after two weeks, paid his $2 million salary, and replaced by
Christopher Cain
.
b.
George Clooney
watched many old Screwball-comedies in preparation for this movie.
c.
The school used in the film (with the bright "Neon Celery" and "Key Lime" colored classroom doors), was painted by students from the school through an innovative nonprofit youth development program called Publicolor in NYC.
d.
Director
Jeff Lieberman
cites
Deliverance
as the films primary influence.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
The little girl who belches during the dinner scene is
Bruce Willis
daughter,
Scout LaRue Willis
... and according to him, that belch was not enhanced. The other girl is another one of Willis daughters,
Tallulah Belle Willis
.
b.
The original script included a sixth camper named Eileen, who dies when she is thrown off of a cliff. It also included a climax involving Connie being forced to handle rattlesnakes by the in-bred villains.
c.
According to some history accounts, when Marie Antoinette met the rioters on the balcony of the palace, she had her eldest daughter with her. This was supposedly in order to augment a sense of sympathy for the doomed queen.
d.
Halliwells has described this film as "An attempt to recapture the simple pleasures of an Astaire-Rogers musical" See:
Fred Astaire
;
Ginger Rogers
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Just Before Dawn (1981)?
a.
The scene in which hot oil is tossed on to The Russian was scaled back due to excessive violence. Originally, blood was supposed to pour from The Russians eyes, but it was deemed "too much" by the MPAA.
b.
Six episodes are announced in the film with title frames: Episode 0, "The Blinkers" (00:07-01:56); Episode 1, "The Wishing Rock" (30:33-41:22); Episode 2, "Alien8ed" (08:57-30:29); Episode 3, "The Miscommunicators!" (54:31-69:36); Episode 4, "Big Bad Booger" (41:37-54:27 but which is announced at 43:37 when Stacey exits the decontaminator); and Episode 5, "The End" (69:50-83:03).
c.
Audiences liked the character of Beck (
John Leguizamo
) so much that they were so disappointed to see him killed off. The director took this as an advantage and shot a close up of Becks body hit the snow with the bloody bullet wound through his forehead.
d.
According to director
Jeff Lieberman
the film very nearly got picked up by Universal for release. Unfortunately business issues with the distribution company prevented it from happening.
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