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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)

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About the movie: A small town multiplex is turned upside down when a famous Hollywood director, Simona Wakefield, is rumored to be sneaking into a special screening of her new film...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		All-American Model Cheryl Tiegs appears briefly wrapped in an American Flag.
b.		Originally a stagehand wore the chicken suit from Jims hallucination. But when he couldnt mime Charles Chaplins walk and manners, Chaplin himself donned the suit.
c.		The Lou/Wade bathroom scene was entirely improvised on the day. A crew member used the bathroom and suggested shooting a scene there because it looked interesting.
d.		"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 17, 1949 with Dana Andrews reprising his film role.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		The film playing in the theater near the end of the film is The Longest Yard. The film ran with the sound off, and the cast and crew were only allotted the length of the film to complete the long scene. The darker shots are that way because they were shot during the end credits.
b.		The role of Alan Trent was originally intended for Leslie Howard, who was having an affair with Merle Oberon at the time. When the affair ended, Howard dropped out of the production and Fredric March replaced him - much to the disgust of director Sidney Franklin, who thought Oberon wouldnt draw audiences without Howard as her co-star.
c.		At the Academy Awards, two celebrities that show up together are Weird Al Yankovic and Vanna White. Yankovic wrote a song entitled "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White" which appears on his Even Worse album.
d.		In a making-of feature in which Richard Gere was preparing for the first rescue of Gweneviere (Julia Ormond), Gere stated that this would be the last film in which he performed an action oriented role.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		This movie turned out to be such a stinker that MGM waited to release it until after Ezio Pinzas second film, Strictly Dishonorable.
b.		Whenever a sheet of paper was needed for a scene, a page from the script was used. This included Wades fliers, Lous manager booklets, and Summers principles.
c.		The apartment building where Iris lived was 226 East 13th Street, as seen on an exterior shot, as well as in the Then-and-Now Special Feature on the 2 disc DVD. As a sad coda to the movie, in 1988, as reported by the NY Times, two young girls were killed when the stoop outside this address collapsed, crushing them both.
d.		Arnold Schwarzenegger was given a slightly used Gulfstream III airplane (worth about $14 million) by producer Mario Kassar for accepting the role.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		Simona Wakefields mother, Adona, was cut from the final version of the film, but can still be seen in one shot. When Rocky leaves the theater after getting fired, a blonde woman is standing near a bench. Thats her.
b.		Richard Dreyfuss: The Jaws star as fisherman Matt Boyd who appears at the start of this movie. Reportedly, Dreyfuss was paid $50,000 for his cameo in the film. He donated all of the money to charity. In addition, Dreyfuss appears dressed like Matt Hooper, his role in the Steven Spielbergs masterpiece.
c.		An intended videocassette release of the film under the title TARGET MASSACRE was banned on February 1, 1987 in the UK by the British Board of Film Censors.
d.		Debra Winger behaved erratically on the set of this film because she was trying to get over a severe cocaine addiction. At one point, she and Shirley MacLaine got into a shoving match.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		This film was completed in 1988 with the title Catacombs, but when its intended distributor went out of business, the film was not released. The film debuted on video and laser disc in 1993 with the title Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice in an attempt to capitalize on the mild success of the Curse films. This however, is illogical, as the film was made before both Curse II: The Bite and Curse III: Blood Sacrifice.
b.		The cop cookie jar in Lous office is a nod to the BBC comedy The Office. A second nod to the show can be seen when Lou gives Rocky the stack of books. The author of the top manual is Ricky Brent. The main character and co-creator of the office is Ricky Gervais. His character is named David Brent.
c.		As a nod to 48 Hrs., the bookie who lays down all the bets for Richard Pryor wears the exact same suit that _Eddie Murphy (I)_ also wore.
d.		Each part in the script were written with each specific actor in mind.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		One snow globe was destroyed in the spoof of Citizen Kane. It was a Winnie the pooh snow globe that belonged to the professor whose office the scene was shot in. The snow globe was later replaced by the more relevant Orson Wells snow globe.
b.		The Directors cut of the film is 25 minutes longer and is told in "story" format.
c.		Steven Soderbergh owned two of the four Red One cameras used in the movies production, which he lent to the crew. He is given special thanks in the end credits.
d.		First film for Claudette Colbert.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		Exterior shots of the Hudson house were filmed at 172 S. McCadden Pl. in Los Angeles. Right next door at 180 S. McCadden Pl. is the house Judy Garland lived in during production of The Wizard of Oz.
b.		Betty Linley reprised her role of "Mrs. Montgomery" from the original Broadway production.
c.		Gwyneth Paltrow reprises the role of Catherine that she had played on stage in Londons West End.
d.		The film playing in the projection room is a 16 mm copy of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It was given as a gift to director of photography, Chris Porto.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Luke's Father and the Sled (2006)?
a.		Frank Giroux, not Buffalo mayor Jimmy Griffin, briefly appears as an opposing team coach in the scene where Roy knocks the cover off the ball.
b.		During filming of the lunch scene, Which was done at the Rock Creek Tavern West of Portland, Oregon. Tom Berenger was to eat a burger. After several takes with Berenger trying to take bite of the burger he could not keep a straight face because the burger was made by craft services and was terrible. The cook from the Rock Creek Tavern heard of the situation and made a "real" burger that Berenger could sink his teeth into. After that, filming wrapped for the day.
c.		The DVD collection in Rockys room is actually the DVD collection and room of the director of photography on the film. The script on the table, titled Finding Direction, is a feature script written by director Zach Dehm.
d.		The song that was audible throughout the main trailer was "Wild Is the Wind," written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington and performed by Nina Simone. The song did not appear in the actual movie at least in part because it was not released until 1957 (two years after the main setting year of this film). Johnny Mathis was the first singer to record it (for the movie Wild Is the Wind) and it was nominated for a Best Song Oscar. Nina Simones recording was made in 1966.