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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lost Highway (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lost Highway (1997) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997).
About the movie:
After a bizarre encounter at a party, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins leading a new life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
After
Gene Siskel
and
Roger Ebert
gave the film a negative review on their show,
David Lynch
issued a new poster calling the thumbs-down verdict "two more reasons to see Lost Highway." Asked for his opinion, Gene Siskel said, "I found it petty."
b.
The Alto Nido apartment building in Hollywood, where the Faberge egg may be hidden, means "high nest" in Spanish. In
Sunset Blvd.
Joe Gillis (William Holden (I)) lives at the Alto Nido at the beginning of the film.
c.
The Naperville Central High School marching band was asked to be in that parade, and the song they are playing is their schools fight song.
d.
Within the film industry, no one understood the vision of the film at first since the director wanted the waves to be the only "bad guy". Then the tsunami hit on 26 December 2004, and every company came knocking.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
The movies line "Precious" was voted as the #93 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
b.
The voice of director
Gene Kelly
can be heard coming from a television set.
c.
Freds phone number ends in the digits 666. This is revealed when he dials it at the prompting of the mystery man.
d.
Bruce Jenner
turned down the role of Clark Kent to appear in the Village People musical
Cant Stop the Music
.
Valerie Perrine
appears in both films.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
Although the character of The President (played by
Franchot Tone
) carries no role name, at one point in the script Munson (played by
Walter Pidgeon
) calls him "Russ".
b.
This is the only film by Martin Scorsese to be released on a Friday the 13th, long considered to be an unlucky day for studios to release films.
c.
James Van Der Beek
was cast for the role of FBI Agent Jake Kelly just a few days before filming began.
d.
In a recent interview, director
David Lynch
confessed that Lost Highway and Twin Peaks take place in the same world.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Joe Berlinger
: appears as Burkittsville resident "Joe" during the documentary opening sequence.
c.
Robert Loggia
only appeared as Mr. Eddy because of his former desire to play Frank Booth in
Blue Velvet
. He showed up for an audition, unaware that
Dennis Hopper
had already been cast, and proceeded to wait for three hours, growing increasingly agitated. Upon seeing Lynch and learning of Hoppers casting, Loggia proceeded to give an extremely profane rant, which remained in Lynchs head for years as what would eventually become Mr. Eddys road rage scene. Loggia, years later, received a phone call from Lynch requesting his performance for this movie.
d.
The film was almost lost forever. The master copy of it used today was made using a print that was found in Paris, in 1968, and a master positive copy of nearly the entire film, found in 1991. In modern copies of the film, the quality of the image varies dramatically; the scenes with best quality were obtained from the material found in 1991.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
The street that Barry, Erics step-father, lives on is Ligeia Drive, another reference to an
Edgar Allan Poe
story ("Ligeia").
b.
Originally a much more serious film. After picking up some confused reviews Paramount insisted that it be recut.
c.
This was
James Gregory
s final appearance as Matts boss, MacDonald.
d.
Some scenes that were filmed but edited from the final version: more conversation between Fred/Renee and the police officers a scene where an M.E. brings two girls to the autopsy of Renees corpse, and chats with them about the murder - more prison scenes a scene in which Pete stands in front of his parents, but they are unable to see him a scene in which Pete cannot be seen by Sheila, his girlfriend.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
William Bendix
was a friend of producer
A.C. Lyles
, and he literally talked his way into doing a cameo role as the blacksmith, which was nowhere in the original script.
b.
David Lynch
said he has only recently (2002) realized what subconsciously inspired the film: the
O.J. Simpson
trial. He said that the trial was a major influence on his mind during the stage of writing this script, which deals with a man who killed his wife. Curiously enough, Lynch cast
Robert Blake
to play the Mystery Man, who is a major character in the film - years later, Blake would be put on trial for killing his own wife.
c.
The college football team the Bulldogs was named in tribute to writer/director
Fred Dekker
s high school football team.
d.
One day, while filming a scene,
Elvis Presley
swallowed a tooth cap and had to be hospitalized to remove it.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
According to the book The MGM Story by John Douglas Eames, "Battleground was a remarkable case of MGM history repeating itself. When Thalberg planned to make "The Big Parade" Mayer said no one wanted a war drama in 1925. Now Schary, the new Thalberg, had brought a pet project over from RKO, where Howard Hughes had vetoed it, and Mayer said no one wanted a war drama in 1949."
b.
According to director
David Lynch
, the first scene in the film is based upon an incident which occurred in his own life. He says that early one morning, his intercom buzzed, and when he answered it a voice he didnt recognize said, "Dick Laurant is dead." However, by the time he got to the front of the house to look out the window, there was no-one outside.
c.
During some of the wrestling scenes they used blow up dolls to replace some of the audience. Supposedly, they cost much less than extras and they looked real.
d.
The play "The Gold Diggers" by
Avery Hopwood
opened at the Lyceum Theatre in New York on 30 September 1919 and closed in June 1920 after 282 performances. The opening night cast included
Ina Claire
and
Lilyan Tashman
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
This was one of the few American movies from the 1950s to place its credits at the end rather than at the beginning.
b.
The aeroplane shown in this film (G-AMOF) was a Viscount 701 owned by BEA.
c.
The house that Fred Madison lives in, along with most of the furniture in it, belongs to, and was designed by
David Lynch
.
d.
James Franco
s hair was dyed brown to give him some resemblance to
Willem Dafoe
, his screen father. This decision was only made after filming had begun. Indeed, in the scene where Harry visits Aunt May in hospital, you can see that Francos hair is his usual black.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
Body Count: 8.
b.
The film made only £76 on its UK cinema release, making it the lowest box office taking of 1998.
c.
Many first-run theatrical releases showed a glimpse of Clorette topless during Pintos moral dilemma scene right after she drunkenly unhooks her bra and passes out, leaving Pinto holding the tissue with which shed stuffed her bra. Later in the movie, right before they about to have sex on the football field, she admits she is only thirteen. By the time home video became widespread, some American obscenity laws forbade showing minors nude in sexual situations - actual or "depicted". The latter was meant for illicit composite images, but could be construed to mean acting also. The actress was 18 at the time of filming, but when her character announced her age as thirteen, a legally-problematic situation arose. Her bare chest is absent from nearly all home-use copies of the film.
d.
Robert Blake
told director
David Lynch
he was not going to give him a hard time about the script because Blake did not understand it. Blake also said he felt his character was the Devil.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Highway (1997)?
a.
Grant Williams
film debut.
b.
The interior shots of the so-called Lost Highway Hotel were filmed at the Amargosa Hotel in Death Valley, which is said to be haunted.
c.
The movie took one hundred and thirty days to shoot the picture, i.e. about one third of a year or four months.
d.
The extended driving scene with Amanda (
Shawnee Smith
) and Cecil (
Billy Otis
) seen in the Unrated Directors Cut was supposed to have a track from Smith & Pyle, Shawnees country-rock band, playing over the radio but it was unable to be included in the final cut.
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