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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Major League (1989) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Major League (1989) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989).
About the movie:
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #3351-3359.
b.
The part of Doyle was originally meant to be played by
Roddy McDowall
.
c.
Shots of the Scoreboard in the movie show a logo for WTMJ, the NBC Affiliate for Milwaukee.
d.
The guns which were borrowed from the local police station had a drawback, blanks could only be fired one at a time because they jammed the gun.
Robert Rodriguez
fixed this in editing by "double-cutting" the gun firing then cutting to the bad guys getting squibbed with machine gun sound effects.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
A process of applying chrome to rubber was developed during production, allowing lightsaber hilts to be made of rubber and used in stunts without hurting the actors.
b.
Stephen Dorff
and
Elle Fanning
spent a lot of time together prior to the shoot in order to build the father-daughter relationship their characters have. For example, Dorff sometimes picked Fanning up after school.
c.
This film was completed the same week of writer James Phillips daughters birth.
d.
The Yankees are described as the defending American League Champions. At the time of the movies release the Yankees had last won the AL Pennant in 1981, and the previous years American League champions was the Oakland Athletics.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
After Vaughn strikes out Heyward, he is congratulated in the dugout by a player named "Keltner". Ken Keltner was the 3rd baseman on the 1941 Indians whos fielding heroics ended Joe DiMaggios 56 game hit streak.
b.
In the DVD Documentary,
Bill Phillips
says that he cut out the novels plot line of the dead owners spirit possessing Arnie and actually causing Christine to kill not only to save time and compress the story, but also because he didnt want it to look like they were copying
An American Werewolf in London
where Jack does the same thing to David.
c.
The most expensive shot in the movie is the transformation scene where Jessica catches the sacred dagger that can kill Jason.
d.
Bill Collins
writes in his book Bill Collins presents The Golden Years of Hollywood, "With the co-operation of the Ministry for Information and a second-unit camera team headed by
Ronald Neame
. . . to shoot exciting RAF action in England, Daryl F. Zanuck livened-up the substance of the script and had a perfect vehicle for two of the 20th Century Fox companys top stars,
Tyrone Power
and
Betty Grable
. The box-office success of the movie was ensured by the stars . . ."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
When Cerrano hits the homerun in the final game against the Yankees, it was not in the script for him to run around the bases with the bat in his hand. What actually happened was that
Dennis Haysbert
actually did hit a homerun during the take and was so shocked that he forgot to drop the bat before he started running.
b.
Michael Biehn
turned down a role in the movie because he was not satisfied with the script.
c.
Director Mike A. Martinez got the idea to ask Gordon Mitchell to act in the film shortly after reading an interview with him in "Filmfax" magazine in January, 2001 titled the "Muscle Beach Maciste", an issue Martinez picked up on a whim in a coffee shop while on vacation.
d.
Bruce Campbell
helped promote the movie by bringing it along with him on his book tour for his autobiography, "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
The opening credits are not shown until 13 minutes into the movie and when they are shown, they only mention cast members.
b.
In
Jeffery Deaver
s novel
Angelina Jolie
s character Amelia Donaghy was named Amelia Sachs. The filmmakers changed it because it "sounded a lot like sex".
c.
This movie utilizes Second World War story elements relating to the military campaign in World War II North Africa which were quite current and topical current affairs at the time and were only months old at the time of production and release.
d.
Because of the stadium filmed in the movie and the fact that the Indians played a home series at Milwaukees new ballpark, the Indians were unofficially dubbed "The Cleveland Indians of Milwaukee." Coincidentally, the team they played was "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
In the final game, Willie Mays Hayes makes a great catch at the wall, in front of a Minnesota Twins banner. Hall-of-Famer Kirby Puckett (of the Twins) was legendary for his gravity-defying catches off the center-field wall, especially in the 1991 World Series. This catch was also rumored to pay special homage to Stormin Gorman Thomas of the Milwaukee Brewers for his famous wall-catch in a game against the Baltimore Orioles, which preceded their trip to the world series in 1982
b.
When Kate Smith played the female lead in the original Broadway production, her characters name was Pansy Sparks. When
Charlotte Greenwood
took over the role in the film, the character became Pansy Potts.
c.
The part of Ricardo Quintana was intended for
Desi Arnaz
, but when he was forced to withdraw from the project for personal reasons,
Don Ameche
was cast as Ricardo Quintana, and his singing voice had to be dubbed completely.
d.
Several scenes were completely improvised.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Moves Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
b.
Working title "Dead Last".
c.
The writer reportedly wrote the role of Boss with
Sam Elliot
in mind, but changed his mind immediately upon meeting with Muse Watson.
d.
The sword that Kenji is wielding during the final fight is a Jian, a traditional Chinese sword, while Lee is using a Katana, a traditional Japanese sword.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
In this movie, the pilot character of Captain Hank Tucker of the Royal Canadian Air Force, played by
Scott Hylands
, was based on Captain Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, OBE, DFC who was the real life pilot who assisted the manhunt with aerial surveillance.
b.
MGM did not want to fund the arduous, expensive trip to Death Valley to shoot the final part of the film, and instead wanted von Stroheim to take the scenes in Oxnard, California. The director ended up getting his way.
c.
When the movie opened nationally on 10 February 1933, there was a "bank holiday" because of the Depression. With all the banks closed, theater managers accepted IOUs from patrons wishing to see the movie, and
Cecil B. DeMille
reported most of those were eventually redeemed.
d.
Many tricks were used to make the actors seem like they were as good as their characters. For example, the pitching mound in a real baseball stadium is 606" away from the home plate, but to give the impression that
Charlie Sheen
s 85 mph fastball was traveling 100mph, they moved the mound up 10 feet and shot from behind the plate so the viewer wouldnt notice the distance difference. Also, all
Wesley Snipes
running scenes are shown in slow motion to give the impression that he is running faster than he actually is.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
Jodie Foster
turned down the role of Emma Horton, due to her commitment at Yale.
b.
In Sept. 1972, Paramount was widely distributing this on a double bill with another comedy,
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
.
c.
In the scene where Jake invades Lynns party, one of the guests asks how much Jake makes in the Majors. He replies, "I make the league minimum." At the time(1989) the MLB salary minimum was $62,500. Average household income in 1990 is roughly $30,000. So he was making a very respectable double the average household income.
d.
All the outdoor scenes were shot with natural light.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Major League (1989)?
a.
At the 7-11 hideout, Kyle Reese can be seen eating what appears to be a Twinkie, which is jokingly referred to as a food item that can withstand nuclear fallout.
b.
Although much of the movie is fictitious, its interesting to note that Emperor Commodus historically accurate killer, Narcissus, was born in the same Roman African province as the one in the movie where Maximus becomes a gladiator.
c.
This film is ranked as #6 on AFIs 100 Years...100 Cheers, and as #3 on the AFIs top 10 science fiction films.
d.
Charlie Sheen
admitted to Sports Illustrated that he took steroids to prepare for his role. He believed the steroids he took caused him to increase his fastball to 85 MPH.
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