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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : La Bamba (1987) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : La Bamba (1987) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987).
About the movie:
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
PCA director
Joseph Breen
objected to the robbery scene details which were against the production code. Specifically, he listed "no flash of a mans face contorted with agony, no showing of a woman lying on the sidewalk, no hurling of bombs, no cop lying on the street, his face contorted with pain, no truck crushing out the life of a cop, no terrible screaming, no shots of bodies lying around, no figure of a little girl huddled in death, no shrieks." The print received by the PCA ran 100 minutes, and it is clear from the released print that some of these items and other scenes were cut, and the PCA finally gave it an approved certificate.
b.
Watch the shot where Johnny kneels down in the Grand Ticino, as he kneels down and his face nearly leaves the camera with the nervous expression, you see him burst out laughing for about one second. If you listen closely, you can hear people laughing at him, obviously the camera crew.
c.
Director
Mike Newell
wanted the Dark Mark to "bubble up" out of the skin of Voldemorts followers. The makeup department achieved the effect by applying variations of a silicone skull-and-snake to each actors arm, gradually making the mark appear more "raised and angry looking". Digital effects were then used to create the snakes movement.
d.
At the first family party, the old lady sitting by Ritchie and the man is
Ritchie Valens
mother,
Connie Valenzuela
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
The Parr familys original car resembles a 1950s Nash. Bobs new car is essentially a combination of a 1960s Jaguar E-Type (the front), has a hood logo resembling the Lotus logo, and the back end is basically from a 1963 split-window Corvette.
b.
One song "I Fell In Love (With the Leader of the Band)", by
Jule Styne
and
Herb Magidson
, was filmed but not used. The footage was used in
The Great Morgan
.
c.
The weapon that Blain (
Jesse Ventura
) is using is a minigun. This is a weapon most commonly mounted on the side of a helicopter (or an aircraft carrier) and many, many modifications had to be made to make it usable in the film. It was powered via an electrical cable hidden down the front of Blains trousers. The firing rate was slowed down to approximately 1/3rd the normal rate of fire, both to reduce consumption of blanks, and to make the spinning of the barrels visible on film. It is rumored that Ventura had to wear a bulletproof vest because of the forceful ejection of spent cartridges, but this is false. Unmodified miniguns eject out of the bottom, with the cases essentially falling out due to the force of gravity. Close examination of the film (especially the scene in which Mac fires the minigun at the fleeing predator, along with the other commandos) show that the ejection of the minigun was not changed.
d.
According to
Lou Diamond Phillips
in the VH1 documentary "Behind The Music: The Day The Music Died" (1990),
Ritchie Valens
sister was on the set the day they filmed the "coin toss" scene where Ritchie wins (or rather, loses) the chance to fly on the plane with
Buddy Holly
and
The Big Bopper
. As the scenes were being shot, Ritchies sister began to weep uncontrollably and when Phillips tried to console her, she hugged him and sobbed, "Why Ritchie? Why did you get on the plane?"
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
In 1987, on the set of
Barfly
,
Faye Dunaway
told film critic
Roger Ebert
that she was originally cast in the role of Stephanie Anderson.
b.
The first time we see Ray he is operating a towering crane, a structure similar to the aliens in their huge tripods.
c.
Gladys George
s only starring role.
d.
The actors who played Ritchie, Buddy and The Big Bopper were all much older than the stars they played. Twenty-five-year-old
Lou Diamond Phillips
played teen-aged
Ritchie Valens
, 31-year-old
Stephen Lee
played the 29-year-old Big Bopper, and 33-year-old
Marshall Crenshaw
played 22-year-old
Buddy Holly
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
put up $1.4 million of his salary to ensure that a key scene where a construction crane smashes into a glass building was shot. Director
Jonathan Mostow
, was apparently worried that the film was going to run behind schedule and over budget.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 17, 1946 with
Lana Turner
and
John Hodiak
reprising their film roles.
c.
According to
Tommy Allsup
(the one who "lost" the fateful coin toss), the toss occurred in the SURF ballroom and not on the airfield as depicted in the movie.
d.
At 32 years, this holds the world record for the longest delay between the completion of the script and the making of the movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
Jaye Davidson
s dislike of the attention that he received after
The Crying Game
made him reluctant to take the role of Ra in
Stargate
. He didnt want to just turn the offer down so made what he expected to be an unacceptable demand of $1 million. This was accepted and he appeared.
b.
In the movie,
Esai Morales
plays Bob, the older brother of Ritchie Valens, played by
Lou Diamond Phillips
. In reality, Phillips is older than Morales.
c.
This movie and
Sleepy Hollow
are the only 2 films in U.S. history to open on the same day and each gross $30 million their opening weekend.
d.
The names of some of the characters, such as Pseudolus and Miles Gloriosus, are actually the titles of ancient Roman plays by Plautus who was known for his comedies.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
On the left sleeve of Harleys jacket appear the initials "SRV" and under that the roman numerals "MCMLVI-XC". this stands for "
Stevie Ray Vaughan
1956-90" (although Vaughan was actually born in 1954).
b.
The band playing the traditional folk version of "La Bamba" at the club in Tijuana is, in reality, the band
Los Lobos
, who performed all of the
Ritchie Valens
music for the film. The guitar player next to the bass player is
David Hidalgo
, who provided the singing voice of for
Lou Diamond Phillips
.
c.
While Tulsa (
Elvis Presley
) is singing "Doin the Best I Can", one soldier puts a coin in the jukebox and choose from the list "Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley".
d.
About a third of the film was directed by
Geoffrey Edwards
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
Actor Sam Tarpley died during the making of the film
b.
The name of the saloon translates to "The Black Cat".
c.
Whitley Striebers Alien Contact books are usually cataloged as "Psychical Research" or "Paranormal". However, the cassette audio-book of Communion, read by Roddy McDowell and produced by a Hertfordshire company called "Redback", simply has the word "FICTION" on the back of the inlay. This could have been a compromise to preserve the credibility of a start-up company and increase publicity for Strieber at the same time.
d.
Original title was "Lets Go".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
The Cowboy Palace in Chatsworth, California was where
Ritchie Valens
was very nervous about the reception hed receive from an Anglo crowd. The bar is still in business and was used for the film.
b.
In the fight scene in the steel mill between the two Terminators, the set was liberally dressed with rubber so the actors wouldnt hurt themselves when being flung around.
c.
The movies line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." was voted as the #12 movie quote by the American Film Institute, and as the #45 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
d.
Expanded from the 1955 hour-long live TV play "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall," broadcast on "Philco Television Playhouse (1948)," also with Sidney Poitier in the role of Tommy.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
In West Germany, this movie set a record for the number of video-cassette units sold. There, ten thousand tape sales of the home video were sold in two months thereby producing royalties of over $ 0.5 million in its first year on video-tape.
b.
A few weeks before the film opened,
Elton John
was given a special screening. Noticing that the films love song had been left out, he successfully lobbied to have the song put back in. Later, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" won him an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
c.
The little girl that plays young Selene is
Lily Mo Sheen
, the daughter of
Kate Beckinsale
and
Michael Sheen
.
d.
The Indian motorcycle that Bob rides throughout the movie is really a Harley-Davidson Sportster mocked up to look like an Indian.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: La Bamba (1987)?
a.
Most of the characters in Deep River are based on real people and the stories told to
Scott Kessler
.
b.
Many family members from the production team, and
Luis Valdez
s and the Valenzuela family, appear in this film.
c.
In the original draft for Vegas Vacation, the Griswolds do not stay at the Mirage Hotel. They stay at the Walley World Hotel and Casino, and Roy Walley was a part of the script. This is a reference to the Griswolds vacation destination from the first film. The Griswolds house is located on the same block as the Murtaugh House from the Lethal Weapon movies.
d.
This film was unseen for many years after its original release. Like other Warner Brothers films of the early talkie era, the movies soundtrack was recorded onto Vitaphone disks, but the disks for this film were lost for decades. The soundtrack was eventually recovered and restored to the film in 2004.
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