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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Messiah of Evil (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Messiah of Evil (1973) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973).
About the movie:
Meet Albert. Albert likes good music, motor trips by moonlight, and...eating human flesh. Albert is one of the...(Dead People)
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
Director, writer, and producer Willard Huyck is married to Gloria Katz who also served as writer, producer, and uncredited director on the film.
b.
The script had called for a battle scene between Maximus and a rhinoceros. Since it was too difficult to train and CGI could not make it realistic enough, the rhinoceros was omitted.
c.
Unlike
Ronny Cox
with his guitar, actor
Billy Redden
did not know how to play banjo for the famous "Duelling Banjos" scene. To simulate the realistic chord playing on the banjo, another boy, who was a skilled banjo-player, played the chords with his arm reaching around at Reddens side while Redden picked. On the soundtrack, musicians
Eric Weissberg
and Steve Mandel (I) are actually playing.
d.
Nai Bonet
s bathing scene (as well as many of the other interiors of the Transylvanian castle) was shot inside a huge church in New York. The crew was careful not to let anyone from the church know that they were filming a nude scene.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
Sauls grandmother was not part of the original script.
James Franco
came up with the part, suggesting that it would be funny for his drug dealer character to have a Bubbie.
b.
Star Michael Greer was once pulled over by cops who appeared in the film but were unpaid for their roles. The cops then contacted director Willard Huyck and demanded payment for their roles or they would throw Greer into jail. The cops were paid.
c.
Despite the fact that this was filmed with Hawk anamorphic lenses, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
d.
Both of Director
Lee Fanning
s grandfathers worked in some capacity in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
Eric Mabius
, who played in the lead for
The Crow: Salvation
auditioned for the role of Funboy.
b.
A print of this film survives at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, according to Joel Lobenthal, author of 2005s biography, :Tallulah! The Life and Times of a Leading Lady".
c.
Prior to the films release, Warner Bros. distributed a promotional short subject to theaters documenting a press junket to Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida where reporters watched a preview of the movie erroneously hailed as "the worlds first underwater movie premiere." (The audience sat in a submerged auditorium and watched movie through a glass wall as it was projected on an underwater lagoon screen.) Actually, the same sort of stunt had been staged at least once before, when reporters donned swimming suits and oxygen tanks to view the 1955 Jane Russell movie Underwater! (produced by Howard Hughes) in another Florida lagoon.
d.
The character of Arletty is named after the french actress best known from Children of Paradise (1945).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
In a book that Jack is browsing through, it clearly shows the name "Clarice Starling", a character from
The Silence of the Lambs
.
b.
Ground corn was used as sand because it reflected well on camera.
c.
As Vicky passes Tim in the beginning of the movie, he says to her, "Well, if it isnt
Ethel Barrymore
!"
Gene Kelly
said the same thing to
Debbie Reynolds
in
Singin in the Rain
, in which
Donald OConnor
also starred.
d.
Shot over the course of two months in 1971, though not released until 1973.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
The talk show scene the Club Kids appear on was shot on set of
The Montel Williams Show
, free of charge.
b.
In the wedding Scene where LoPan is putting the Needle of Love in Miao Yin,
James Hong
actually jabbed
Suzee Pai
too hard. You can even see her jump as he puts it in her.
c.
Co-writer Gloria Katz cameos as the woman in the box office at the theatre.
d.
Brenda refers to Cynthias ex-husband and his girlfriend as "Louis and Lestat". This is a reference to Interview With the Vampire, in which Louis and Lestat are two vampires.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
Several photos exist showing the deleted scenes (the fireside chat between the Monster and Talbot beneath the icy catacombs of the castle for instance; where Talbot & the audience learn that the Monster is still blind). This has been confirmed by several sources, including screen writer
Curt Siodmak
. In the mid-80s a search was made through the Universal Studio vaults for a print or negative of the uncut prerelease version. As of this date, it has not yet been found.
b.
Rumors began to reach the studio that director
Sam Peckinpah
was unable to work due to his heavy drinking. So as a joke, a photo was taken which showed Peckinpah on a stretcher being fed whiskey through an IV bottle while cast members carried him.
c.
Shirley Temple
s producer,
Darryl F. Zanuck
, decided to make this film after he mistakenly took the success of
The Wizard of Oz
as a sign that childrens fantasy films were popular. With World War II fast approaching, however, audiences had no interest in Temples unsympathetic character.
d.
Many of the extras in the film were unemployed NASA workers.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
In 1957, United Artists distributed this film on a double bill with
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
starring
Jane Russell
.
b.
Star Michael Greer plays an uncredited role as the dark stranger during the flashback scene and at the finale of the film.
c.
Kenneth Branagh
apparently banned the term "Monster" from the set. He insisted that everyone refer to DeNiros character the way he was identified in the credits, as "The Sharp-Featured Man".
d.
David Hewlett
and
Kate Hewlett
play two siblings, as they are in real life. They also play a brother and a sister in the science fiction TV show
Stargate: Atlantis
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
The title refers to an old superstition that those sitting in church of the Eve of St. Marks Feast Day (April 24) will see ghostly images of all who will die during the coming year.
b.
In recent interviews with actress Joy Bang she said that she recalled very little about being in this film except that she didnt think her co-stars delivered good performances.
c.
Final film of
Wanda Hendrix
.
d.
The first Disney/Pixar film to receive PG rating.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
All of the comic panel flash back sequences were taken directly from the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels.
b.
Elisha Cook Jr. was only required for one days shoot on the production.
c.
Nicolas Cages computer generated skull was made from a three dimensional x-ray taken of his actual skull.
d.
Noel Neill
plays Gertrude Vanderworth. She played Lois Lane in the 1950s TV series and the 1940s movie serial. She also played Lois Lanes mother in
Superman
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Messiah of Evil (1973)?
a.
Every time the White Rabbits watch is seen, it is always 12:25.
b.
It has long been rumored that a subplot involving a connection between Thom and the Dark Stranger was cut from the film. Michael Greer (Thom) played the role of the Dark Stranger, theres a scene where Thom tells Arletty of dream he had similar to the legend of the Dark Stranger, and during an interview before the filming star Michael Greer said he would be playing the role of "the devils son" in Messiah of Evil (Dead People).
c.
The tagline on the original theatrical release movie poster for this film read "Forget whats legal ........... do whats right!" whilst other tag-lines have stated "Bronson is back on the streets" and "Back in town... with a vengeance!". At the time of release, these tag-lines connected with
Charles Bronson
s vigilante persona from his box-office hit
Death Wish
and its sequel
Death Wish II
. The character that Bronson plays in this movie is actually a variation on his vigilante screen persona.
d.
Peter Howitt
was originally signed to direct.
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