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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Legend (1985) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Legend (1985) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985).
About the movie:
A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Shortly after her Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actress, a rumor started circulating that
Marisa Tomei
had won by mistake because presenter
Jack Palance
had incorrectly read out the wrong name. This is a highly unlikely occurrence - the Academy specifically has 2 officials stationed offstage to intervene and read out the correct name if such an event should ever transpire. It never has.
b.
In his autobiography,
Elia Kazan
says he wanted
Marlon Brando
to play the protagonist of his film, Eddie Anderson. Brando initially agreed to play the role, but backed out after the assassination of
Martin Luther King
, saying he could not go on with the film in light of such terrible events. While Kazan, a political person himself, took Brandos exit graciously, he wondered whether Brandos excuse was just a con and that he didnt really want to play the role. Kazan says that Brandos interest in playing the role, during their discussions, never got beyond his desire that the studio use a particular Italian wigmaker for his hairpieces. On his part, Kazan had urged Brando to lose weight so that the character would be "lean and hungry."
c.
Martins invitation to his high school reunion, which is tucked into the mirror as he gets ready, requires attendees to Dress to Kill.
d.
When it came time to assemble the full directors cut, the original session masters for the
Jerry Goldsmith
score could not be located. However,
Mike Ross-Trevor
of Hit Factory Studios in London had kept a two-track digital copy, mixed down from eight-track session masters, which he knew "would be worth preserving." Most of these tapes contained complete takes, which had to be re-edited from scratch to match the cues in the recut print.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Composer
Jerry Goldsmith
s original score was removed by the studio after the first round of test screenings. In an effort to appeal to "the kids", executives commissioned
Tangerine Dream
to create a replacement. Until 2002, Goldsmiths original score was heard only with the films European release.
b.
Craig Bierko
joined the cast the day before shooting began, replacing the original actor cast as Randy.
c.
Various items from the video games appear, in at least name, throughout the film. These include Bob-ombs (A deceptively tiny wind-up bomb in the film), Thwomps (Thwomp Stompers are oversize footwear), Koopahari Desert (Most of the world is this desert), Yoshi (A small lizard child), The Koopa family (Who are humanized lizards) Goombas (who are just devolved citizens in the film) and Bullet Bills (a bullet with a face, seen when Mario inserts one into a Thomper Stomper to hit Koopa with)
d.
After casting was completed, the actors had only two weeks to prepare and rehearse for the shoot.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Scenes of frenzy caused by the enactment of Prohibition were originally used in
The Public Enemy
.
b.
Johnny Depp
,
Robert Downey Jr.
and
Jim Carrey
were all considered for the role of Jack.
c.
For the scenes when we can hear Jack typing but we cannot see what he is typing, Kubrick recorded the sound of a typist actually typing the words "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". Some people argue that each key on a typewriter sounds slightly different, and Kubrick wanted to ensure authenticity, so he insisted that the actual words be typed.
d.
When the college recruiters approach Homer at the end of the science fair, the last one identifies himself as being from "Virginia Tech", the real life Homer Hickams alma mater
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Finnish certificate censorship # 33288 delivered on 6-3-1951 (K-16, 120m cut).
b.
The scene where Emily and Oliver are standing naked behind the car and Oliver says to her that she just "looked" (at his genital area) hadnt primarily been shot for the movie. It was actually a real moment between
Amanda Peet
and
Ashton Kutcher
, which the director decided to use for the film afterwards.
c.
Annette Benings Film Debut
d.
Filming stopped when the "007" soundstage burned to the ground. The remainder of the film was shot on hastily constructed sets.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Benny Andersson
: playing piano during the Dancing Queen sequence
b.
The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 8 September 1920 and closed in June 1921 after 303 performances. The opening night cast included
Genevieve Tobin
as Pat ODay,
Douglas Wood
, as Cornelius Vanderbuilt and
Donald Meek
.
c.
The voice of Gump (
David Bennent
) was re-dubbed by
Alice Playten
(Blix). For the German version, the voice of Blix (Playton) was dubbed by Bennent (Gump), who also voiced himself.
d.
Originally the film was about lawyers then changed to Con Artists, simply because the writer could not see any difference between the two.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Ridley Scott
drew most of his inspiration for "Legend" from the 1946 version of
La belle et la bête
, as well as such Disney animated classics as
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
,
Fantasia
and
Bambi
.
b.
After the filming of this movie,
Bruce Willis
and
Richard Gere
reportedly vowed to never work with each other again.
c.
The sailor that "kicks" the block from under the tire of one of the planes is Charles M. Burton.
d.
The "German couple" which tries to buy Bramasole when the main character appears on the scene has been edited into a French couple in the German dubbing of the movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
First movie to receive Icelands 18 rating.
b.
Ridley Scott
admits that comments made by some pot-smoking attendees at a screening got the director second-guessing himself, and influenced him to cut the film from 150 minutes to 98.
c.
In a scene with Wood and Dolores, the camera angle showing the ceiling is similar to a scene in
Citizen Kane
. In the very next scene Ed stands in front of a poster for "Citizen Kane".
d.
Lev Zhurbin composed a musical theme for each of the main characters prior to production. During casting, a sample of the music was sent to each actor along with the script.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Producer
Robert Jones
raised $3 million from Rysher Entertainment, a television company looking to break into movies.
b.
Director Mark Tapio Kines ran out of funds shortly after filming wrapped in August 1997, leaving him unable to complete post-production. Thanks to his experience as a web designer he was able to create an official website for the film ("forcor.com") to spark interest among the Internet community. A year later the director had received $90,000 in investments from complete strangers (including fans of principal star Melanie Lynskey) and a further $60,000 from friends and acquaintances, enabling the film to finally be completed. The makers of The Blair Witch Project later employed a similar technique of using the Internet to market their film.
c.
The "icicles" in the treasure cavern were made out of several hundred pounds of paraffin wax.
d.
The helicopter chase was twice as long in the original preview cut and was edited down about 97 different times for time and pacing.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Ed Rosenbaum
: as Himself.
b.
The sound of the unicorns at play is actually a recording of humpback whales.
c.
When Walter first drives to the King Edward Hotel the O and the T of the Hotel are broken, however, the H, E and L are lit up. 2 unlit letters and 3 lit letters. 2 and 3 = 23
d.
John Hamilton
, who plays Flashs father Professor Gordon, is best known to 1950s TV fans as editor Perry White of
Adventures of Superman
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Legend (1985)?
a.
Boxing is on TV in four separate scenes.
b.
The face of goblin Blix (played by
Alice Playten
) was designed after that of
Keith Richards
of
The Rolling Stones
. According to Playten, she thought up the idea, which was supported by director
Ridley Scott
. He then had
Rob Bottin
(special make-up effects) implement the concept.
c.
According to
Carey Mulligan
, rehearsals lasted for three weeks.
d.
Lynn Swann
s (Super Bowl MVP) touchdown can be seen from behind the end zone in one of the scenes.
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