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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Magic (1978) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Magic (1978) Quiz
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About the movie:
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
This film had been pitched to DreamWorks nearly 20 times before, following the successes of
Old School
and
Elf
. DreamWorks had little faith in the film, doubting
Will Ferrell
and
Adam McKay
were able to pull off an entire film based on news anchors. Despite the doubts the film would bomb, it grossed $84 million domestically and the director had so much extra footage they were able to make a second film out of it.
b.
Throughout the film, Count Mora (
Bela Lugosi
) has an unexplained bullet wound on his temple. In the original script, Count Mora was supposed to have had an incestuous relationship with his daughter Luna, and to have committed suicide. After filming began, however, MGM deleted references to the crime (and any remaining references may have been deleted when 20 minutes of footage was removed after the films preview). Because director
Tod Browning
s previous film,
Freaks
, had been a box office disaster, Browning was unable to object to any changes made by the studio.
c.
Norman Jewison
was set to direct the movie before
Richard Attenborough
signed on.
d.
To prepare for the part,
Ray Milland
spent one night in Bellevue Hospital as a patient. He also stopped eating as much, as most alcoholics forget to do so.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
The last film role of
Charles McGraw
.
b.
Rob Minkoff
was approached to be the director, but the studio turned him down because he wanted complete creative control.
c.
Steven Spielberg
: [stars] when Indy is talking to Short Round on the hill above the village.
d.
The role of Corky was originally offered to
Jack Nicholson
, but upon hearing that he would have to wear a hairpiece to play the role, Nicholson turned it down.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
All three lead actresses are given both a sex scene and a dance scene to represent the three stages of womens sexuality: virgin, mother, crone.
b.
As of 2007, one of only three films since the advent of the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar to win the award without receiving a Best Picture nomination as well. The first was
The Bad and the Beautiful
, the second was
Sling Blade
.
c.
Mike Nichols
briefly considered directing this film.
d.
Michael Dougherty
,
Dan Harris
: the two writers of the screenplay make an appearance as school kids making notes as Lex Luther arrives to steal the meteorite.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
Upon seeing Fats for the first time,
Anthony Hopkins
was allowed to take the doll home to work with it. However, he wound up being so unnerved by it that he called the consulting ventriloquist in the middle of the night, threatening to throw Fats into the canyon if someone didnt come and get the doll immediately.
Richard Attenborough
ended up going to Hopkins house to calm him down.
b.
Jann Wenner
, who plays the character Scully, is the publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine, for which writer-director
Cameron Crowe
once worked.
c.
Harold Smith
is credited as Harold Smitty Smith in the beginning credits, and as Harold Smith in the end credits.
d.
Mike Crawford wore many hats during the filming of The Despair. He wrote directed, produced, edited, acted, and even wrote some of the music for the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
Robert Redford
was originally cast as Bellocq, but turned it down.
b.
Clarence Nash
also provides the voice of Donald Duck in the Spanish-dubbed version, giving Donald a charming American accent that complements José Cariocas Brazilian and Panchitos Northern Mexican ones.
c.
Wes Craven
claims that he did this film because he was in need of money and since then has disowned it.
d.
After the success of
A Bridge Too Far
, producer
Joseph E. Levine
wanted to work with writer
William Goldman
and director
Richard Attenborough
again and bought the rights to Goldmans book with the intention of having Attenborough direct it. Attenborough accepted the assignment because he could use it to finance the film he really wanted to make,
Gandhi
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
The movie never explains if the dummy is evil, but intimates that Corky is imagining that the dummy is alive. However, there is one scene in the movie where the dummy appears to blink, even though Corky is not touching it.
b.
The character named Franz Tomczeszyn has the same surname as costume designer
Lisa Tomczeszyn
.
c.
Divine
was intended to play the role of Mole McHenry (played by
Susan Lowe
), but he was in a play for which he had a long-term contract, making him unavailable.
David Lochary
was also intended to act in the film, but he bled to death after falling on a glass while under the influence of PCP.
d.
Upon its 1934 release, this film was banned in Nazi Germany for its depiction of gangsterism and gun play.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
The character played by Asia Argento is inspired by her half-sister Anna (Nicolodis daughter from a previous marriage) who actually suffered from anorexia. Anna died in a scooter accident in 1994 shortly after the films release, but she is seen in the actual movie during the closing credits dancing in the balcony.
b.
Ann Sothern
s character proved so popular in this movie, it was spun off to create series of "Maisie" films.
c.
The "Fats" dummy was created specifically to look like
Anthony Hopkins
.
d.
Charlies limo is a classic 1969 Mercedes Benz Pullman - one of only 200 ever built.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Magic (1978)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
Dan OBannon
and
John C. Wash
animated the Death Star schematics seen on the computer screen as R2D2 searches the Death Stars computer memory. They were influenced by similar sequences they produced for the film
Dark Star
.
c.
Director
Kevin Smith
s childhood friend
Walter Flanagan
appears in several different roles. Due to this, Smith later said that Flanagan was the
Lon Chaney
of the 90s.
d.
Sir
Laurence Olivier
was set to play Ben Green, but had to drop out due to illness.
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