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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Maverick (1994) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Maverick (1994) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994).
About the movie:
Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
This movie was released in 1962. At the end of the movie there is a parade review that features the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
b.
One of only two films to win a directing Oscar without also being nominated for best picture, the other being
The Divine Lady
.
c.
10 minutes before shooting the scene makeup artist/actress Brittany Moyer was asked to play one of the topless Vagina-Faced Models when one of the hired actresses went missing for the day.
d.
The initials of the stagecoach line in the movie are "GMC" which continued the use of GMC trucks in the
Richard Donner
/
Mel Gibson
Lethal Weapon series. GMC trucks have been driven by Gibsons character in every Lethal Weapon movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
First film of
Philip Van Zandt
.
b.
Sam Lucas
in the title role is generally considered the first black actor in a leading role in a feature film.
c.
James Garner
, who plays Zane Cooper, was the original Bret Maverick in
Maverick
.
d.
The iconic sunglasses worn by the Matrix characters are from the cult-ish label Blinde, which prides itself on producing handmade glasses. The companys founder, Richard Walker (IV), had to tender against large companies such as Ray-Ban and Arnette to win the films sunglasses contract, and set himself apart by scratch-designing pairs of glasses based purely on the characters unusual names. When his tender was successful, Walker was flown into Sydney where he spent the duration of the Matrix shoot custom-designing sunglasses for the cast in the back of an Oxford Street optometrist.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Meg Ryan
was the original choice for Annabelle.
c.
James Beckett
interviewed for Mordred.
d.
Spawned a short-lived ABC television series,
Delta House
; also
Brothers and Sisters
on NBC and
Co-ed Fever
on CBS, which was canceled after only one episode.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
The script underwent 36 different drafts which involved six different writers.
b.
Mel Gibson
had special lessons to learn how to draw a gun from a holster.
c.
This was intended as a 20 minute art movie with no dialog. The director eventually decided to give it a story, thought the original intent shows in some scenes.
d.
This script was originally written for
Woody Allen
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
After Bret Maverick escapes from his botched hanging, he is shown plodding through the desert, dragging a tree limb behind him as the sand swirls around him. This mirrors a situation from
Mad Max 2
, when The Gyro Captain is chained to a log by Max, also played by
Mel Gibson
, and forced to find his way out of the desert.
b.
When moving through a crowd,
Robert Patrick
patterned himself after a shark moving in on its prey.
c.
The only Free Willy film not to feature a song by
Michael Jackson
.
d.
The audition scene the producers chose for actresses who wanted to play Marcy was her notorious "Its like being on a plane..." scene, in which Marcy compares her dire situation to being on a plane doomed to crash. This was an unfortunate choice, on the part of the producers, as was the scheduled date for the auditions; September 11, 2001. The producers made efforts to call off the auditions, but due to the general chaos gripping the US that day, they found it impossible to contact many of the actresses before their scheduled audition times. Consequently, the auditions went ahead as planned.
Cerina Vincent
s portrayal of this scene won her the role of Marcy.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
The large rock formation in the distance behind Maverick when he is playing the "sick injun" hunted by the Russian archduke, is Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California. Its partially visible first when Maverick is attempting to ride the bicycle and again later when Maverick leaves the Native American village.
b.
Two "Misery" novels can be seen beside Dannys typewriter while he watches a ball game.
Misery
was also directed by
Rob Reiner
.
c.
McLeachs full name is Percival C. McLeach. He says it just prior to his death.
d.
Twentieth Century-Fox wanted either
Jane Wyman
or
Olivia de Havilland
for the role of Constance MacKenzie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 23, 1945 with
Katharine Hepburn
reprising her film role.
b.
This film is loaded with cameos by famous country singers, such as
Carlene Carter
(playing a waitress on the riverboat),
Hal Ketchum
(bank robber),
Vince Gill
(spectator at the poker game),
Clint Black
(gambler who gets thrown off the boat for cheating),
Waylon Jennings
and
Kathy Mattea
(two people with guns on the riverboat).
c.
The last film project of
John McIntire
.
d.
Carol Marsh
insisted on doing some of the most difficult sequences herself, when a double would have been permissible. Falling down the rabbit hole to Wonderland entailed a hair-raising thirty-foot drop into a net. A famous French trapeze artist, Mile Roselie, showed her how to make the fall, but Carol completed the scene with bruised knees, scratched legs and six ruined pairs of stockings. Carol found the most difficult scene was the one where she slides down an enormous table leg. It was an almost perpendicular drop, and Carol admits she was very frightened while doing it.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
Viggo Mortensen
was originally cast to play John Dunbar. Mortensen will, however, be playing John Dunbar in the upcoming sequel to this movie,
The Holy Road
, as
Kevin Costner
has stated that he will not be reprising his character.
b.
Final film of
Leo Gordon
.
c.
Dan Duryea
plays Oscar Hubbard in this film, eight years after he had played Oscars son Leo in
The Little Foxes
.
d.
An early cast list included
Henny Youngman
,
Benny Baker
and
Red Buttons
, but they were not seen in the movie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
Oren Koules
: one of the films producers plays
Shawnee Smith
s dead cell mate.
b.
Leo Gordon
, who plays a poker player here, wrote episodes of the original
Maverick
TV series, and made regular guest appearances as Big Mike McComb.
c.
First full length movie for
Bob Hope
, where he first sings his future theme song "Thanks for the Memories" with
Shirley Ross
.
d.
During the famous clock tower stunt,
Harold Lloyd
is not as far from the ground as he appears. The building on which he climbs was actually a fake wall constructed on the roof of an actual skyscraper and skillfully photographed to maintain the illusion.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Maverick (1994)?
a.
Stuntwoman
Marcella Arnold
was killed on location at Oak Grove Park, Pasadena, California, when the car she was in overturned.
b.
The stage rights were originally bought by United Artists in 1928, and sold to Paramount the following year.
c.
The name of
James Garner
s character, Zane Cooper, is taken from novelist Zane Grey and actor
Gary Cooper
, both of whom worked almost exclusively in the Western genre.
d.
The nineteenth of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
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