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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kansas City (1996) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kansas City (1996) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kansas City (1996)

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About the movie: Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930's Kansas City...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kansas City (1996)?
a.		The cult featured in the film, the Black Circle, was based on an actual group. In 1984, in Northport, Long Island, a few High School dropouts formed a cult named the Knights of the Black Circle. Two of its members, who were both heavily involved in drugs, brutally murdered one of their friends when he refused to profess allegiance to Satan. Their story became the basis of the book, "Say You Love Satan". Incidentally, the exteriors of the Besler house were shot in Northport, only one block away from the crime scene itself.
b.		Many film critics credited this films actors improvisational techniques but in truth the film was not ad libbed or improvised. The film was shot completely scripted, the script was kept to.
c.		At one time, Penny Marshall was intended to direct the film.
d.		Robert Altman grew up in Kansas City.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kansas City (1996)?
a.		Bobby E. Goins and Dakar Lawrey went to high school together.
b.		The rhyme about crows comes from the original comic book "The Crow" by James OBarr.
c.		The movies line "Is it safe?" was voted as the #70 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
d.		Harry Belafonte improvised or wrote most of his own dialog.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kansas City (1996)?
a.		In a curious bit of film-within-a-film, two sequences of "The Battle of the Hearts" are screened by Hedda Hopper in her documentary Hedda Hoppers Hollywood No. 1. Both Hopper and William Farnum starred (it was Heddas film debut) in the The Battle of Hearts and both are present at the 1942 screening in addition to Hoppers son and daughter-in-law. "The Battle of Hearts" appears to be a lost film today except for the quick sequences in Hoppers documentary, alas she seems to have had a print of the whole film in 1942. The whereabouts of her print are unknown.
b.		Parts of the Ship bar were salvaged and later used in a Kansas City bar of the same name.
c.		Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer)s odd meld of "father" and "fucker" after he says to Tyrell, "I want more life" is deliberate. Hauer was instructed to pronounce it in such a way that it could be both; "fucker" was to be used in the theatrical cut, "father" in all versions of the film for TV.
d.		Jeffrey Jones movie debut.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kansas City (1996)?
a.		Robert Altman gathered together some of the greatest living jazz musicians, put them on a set representing the Hey Hey Club and asked them to play period material in the style of the Kansas City jazz giants like Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. He filmed this separately after he had done the fictional plotline, and then intercut it with the narrative.
b.		The "German" aircraft flying over the sub in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is an Italian Fiat G.59 trainer, first flown in 1948.
c.		Tromadu shots were filmed in the Playboy Mansion, and the black and white film clip of Tromadu was an homage to the opening scene of Citizen Kane.
d.		This was intended to be the first of the two back-to-back Terminator movies developed by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in 1999. It was to be originally written by Tedi Sarafian, while the second-half, codenamed Project Angel by Warner Bros (eventually became Terminator Salvation) was to be written by David C. Wilson due for a 2003 release which is to take place immediately after the events of this film. Had there been no script revisions, the film could have been released in 2001. After the films release, actors work commitments, including Arnold Schwarzeneggers term as Governor of California prompted the Project Angel script to be rewritten again from scratch- including moving the time setting by writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris under Jonathan Mostows supervision. However, by 2006, Kassar and Vajna decided to end their business relationship and sold their rights to Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson. The original idea for the fourth film was ultimately scrapped.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kansas City (1996)?
a.		According to Reverge Anselmo, Dori Lawrence was based on a real actress in the 1970s who did four movies - two of them big hits - before disappearing from the industry. On the DVD commentary, Anselmo reveals that the actress brother plays the character of Silvio. The actor is David Holcomb leading many to believe that the actress is Sarah Holcomb of Animal House and Caddyshack. Someone listed as "S.H." is thanked in the end credits.
b.		Kim Basinger was originally cast as Carolyn.
c.		This was in development for 6 years.
d.		The Hollywood Reporter confirmed at the time, that Patricia Owens and Stuart Whitman had both been cast, neither of whom went on to even appear in the film.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kansas City (1996)?
a.		Director Jerry Schatzberg told Faye Dunaway about the idea for the film when he was photographing her for Esquire. Dunaway, then a beginner in cinema, lobbied for the project.
b.		Entire production filmed in 11 1/2 days.
c.		The "Dreamland Theatre" shown in the film is actually The Ward Theatre in Kingston, Jamaica.
d.		The movie is partially based on a true incident. In 1933, Mary McElroy, the opium-addicted daughter of Henry McElroy, Kansas Citys City Manager, was kidnapped from her home by a group of amateur kidnappers. After a $30,000 ransom was paid, Mary McElroy was released unharmed. Her four kidnappers were later caught and sentenced to life in prison.

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