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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Madman (1982) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Madman (1982) Quiz
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About the movie:
At a summer camp for youths, cockey pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz"...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
Written and shot in seven days.
b.
Producer
Gary Sales
wrote the songs featured in the film.
c.
Actor
James Cagney
was sailing his boat off of Catalina Island, California, and passed the area where the films crew was shooting aboard the Bounty replica. Cagney called to director
Frank Lloyd
, an old friend, and said that he was on vacation and could use a couple of bucks, and asked if Lloyd had any work for him. Lloyd put him into a sailors uniform, and Cagney spent the rest of the day as an extra playing a sailor aboard the Bounty.
d.
Shot in one night at a cost of $2000.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
The sword that Will made for Commodore Norrington in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
has an interesting role throughout this one: Becket returns it to Norrington upon his assignment as Admiral; Norrington stabs Davy Jones with it as his answer to Jones question "Do you fear death?"; Jones takes it ("Nice sword!") and uses it in the final battle; Sparrow knocks it from Jones hand during the battle to the deck of the Dutchman, where it is found by one of Becketts soldiers; while admiring it, this soldier is killed by Jones, who takes it back, and later uses it to stab Will Turner through the heart. The sword is last seen in Wills chest as his father goes to remove his heart for the Dutchmans chest, but it has been rumored that when Will and the Dutchman return, Will has this sword at his waist, and this is the sword in the sand on the beach (along with Elizabeths) at the end.
b.
Originally Madman was suppose to be based on the Cropsy killer legend, but when word reached the production that the film _"Burning, The" (1981)_ was being based on the same legend the script was re-written.
c.
The final hit song to emerge from an RKO feature was the sensual instrumental cha cha, "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (music by noted French composer
Louiguy
), performed in the film by
Dámaso Pérez Prado
s renowned Latin band while
Jane Russell
danced. Billed as Perez Prado and His Orchestra on the RCA Victor single, Mr. Prado triumphed at the number-one "Billboard" spot for 10 consecutive weeks between April 30 and July 2, 1955. The same year on Coral Records, crooner
Alan Dale
(who did not appear in the movie) charted with a fourteenth-place vocal version (lyrics by
Mack David
). A 55 Decca release of the ditty by
Guy Lombardo
and His Royal Canadians featured vocalist Bill Flanagan. Actually, the song wasnt brand new in 1955. Singles had been on record racks in 1951 from
Georgia Gibbs
on Mercury, Cindy Lord on the MGM label, and
Jimmy Dorsey
and His Orchestra, with singers Pat OConnor and Sandy Evans, on Columbia.
d.
Michaels staying on the front door for several days is reminiscent of the East German film Die (1973) Legende von Paul und Paula(The Legend of Paul and Paula), where Paul is also camping in front of Paulas apartment in order to win her back.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
Writer/director
Elaine May
worked on the editing for months, and she only turned in a print of the film when the studio threatened legal action.
b.
Feature film debut of
Michael J. Fox
.
c.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title License to Steal.
d.
Because the film was being shot in winter, but was suppose to be set in warmer weather, the crew had to paint the leaves of trees and brushes green on location.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
A scene where Betsy runs into Richie while walking through the woods to the Mars house was cut.
Joe Giannone
felt the scene slowed down the pace of the films finale, so it was edited.
b.
Bruce Lee
had filmed over 30 minutes of fight scenes for this film when work was suspended to allow Lee to work on
Enter the Dragon
. However, Lee died before he could return. Six years later, director
Robert Clouse
fleshed out a feature around the original footage with a new cast, including two stand-ins for Lee, who faces are hidden by dark sunglasses and shadows. Close-ups and stills of Lees face (including a cardboard cut-out) were also used.
c.
Official Selection: Salento International Film Festival
d.
Both
Hooper Atchley
(Judge) and
Edward Hearn
are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but they did not appear.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 15, 1941 with
Charles Boyer
and
Bette Davis
reprising their film roles.
b.
Although passed uncut for UK cinema by the BBFC the VRO pre-cert video was briefly seized by Hampshire police during the 1980s video nasty scare, though without any prosecutions made. It was later released fully uncut on DVD by Anchor Bay in 2002.
c.
Although
Francis Ford Coppola
and
Edmund H. North
are credited as co-writers, they never worked together and actually never even met each other until they were collecting their awards.
d.
According to a
Tinto Brass
interview both
Maria Schneider
and
Isabelle Adjani
tested for the role of Drusilla. Schneider won the role but left the production after a few days filming, due to an argument over the amount of nudity revealed in her costume during Tiberiuss funeral scene.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
When Rover sees the roses that he gives Connie as her birthday present, you can see directly behind him on the wall a picture of Rodney Dangerfield under the words: Appearing Now. Rodney Dangerfield is the voice of Rover and he wrote the story for the movie.
b.
Jan Claire
, who plays Ellie, assisted with casting the film and was brought on to play the role of Ellie at last minute when the original actress dropped out.
c.
Loosely based on the marriage and divorce of director
Peter Bogdanovich
and his ex-wife
Polly Platt
.
d.
Produced as interwoven stories written independently by four separate directors with the sole commonality of killing Decker.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
Jimmy Steele
mimics the stairs for the scene where Richie goes down into the Madmans basement, because the room he was entering was actually a closet at the location house.
b.
A number of crew members heard a woman scream when shooting in the mens cell block and several were so scared they ran completely from the building.
c.
Although he wasnt keen on the idea of a film being made in his offices, Post editor Ben Bradlee realized that by co-operating he would have a better chance of influencing the production.
d.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
The illustration seen behind the credits was created by actor
Paul Ehlers
and was originally going to be the films poster, but the distributors had already created another poster for release.
b.
Gail Morgan Hickman
and
J. Lee Thompson
wrote the first screenplay to Death Wish V in the late 1980s.
Menahem Golan
decided it would be too expensive.
c.
According to writers Eric Dwight and Chad Bring, about 90% of the movie is true. It is all based on their own life experiences.
d.
Debut of
Raymond Walburn
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
Another way to tone down Godzillas darkness from the previous two movies, the monsters roar has a much higher pitch to it. For the remainder of the Showa series, this remained Godzillas roar.
b.
According to
Paul Ehlers
, the fake feet he wore as part of his Madman Marz costume were very slippery and nearly caused him to fall out of the tree in the shot where Madman watches the campers in the woods.
c.
David Schwimmer
s movie debut.
d.
Actor/director
Mathieu Kassovitz
had left a strict instructions to his agent that he would not take any acting assignments at all as he wanted to fully concentrate on directing features. However, this film was an exception. According to him, he accepted the role of Robert because he jumped at the chance to work with
Steven Spielberg
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Madman (1982)?
a.
The presence of oranges in the Godfather trilogy indicates that a death-related event will soon occur (even though production designer
Dean Tavoularis
claimed the oranges were simply used to brighten up the darkly shot film). In chronological order of such events: Hagen and Woltz negotiate Johnny Fontanes position at a table with a bowl of oranges on it, and later Woltz discovers his horses severed head Don Corleone buys oranges right before he is shot Sonny drives past an advertisement for Florida Oranges before he is assassinated at the Mafioso summit, bowls of oranges are placed on the tables (specifically in front of those Dons who will be assassinated) Michael eats an orange while discussing his plans with Hagen before Don Corleone dies, he puts an orange peel in his mouth to playfully scare his grandson Tessio, who is executed for attempting to betray Michael, plays with an orange at Connies wedding and Carlo Rizzi, who wears an orange suit right before Sonny beats him up, causes Sonnys death and is himself garrotted in retribution. The only deaths in the film that dont appear to have oranges foreshadowing them are the assassinations of Paulie, Sollozzo, McCluskey and Apollonia.
b.
Several actors in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in this movie. These were (with their character names): Diane Bryan (Martha at Age 5), Donna Bryan (Martha at Age 7), Peggy Burke (II) (Helen at Age 7), Keith Moore (I) (Percy at Age 6), Mindy Sherwood (Helen at Age 5) and Walter Wright Jr. (Percy at Age 8)
c.
The production originally wanted
Vincent Price
for the role of Max.
d.
Filmed in two separate versions - 3-D and CinemaScope - with different aspect ratios (1.37:1 for the 3-D, and 2.55:1 for the CinemaScope print). Only the wide screen version was ever released, though the 3-D elements still exist in Warner Bros. vault. Also the first wide screen Western of the 1950s. The flat (i.e. non 3-D) 1.37:1 version was also made available to theatres who were not yet equipped to project CinemaScope.
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