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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miller's Crossing (1990) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miller's Crossing (1990) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990).
About the movie:
Tom Regan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
The white house used in the first segment, "The Dolls House", was the home of Producer Bo Buckley.
b.
The line "Jesus, Tom" is said 7 times: 3 times by Leo, and once each by Frankie, Mink, Chief ODoole and Mayor Levander.
c.
In the theatrical release, the reel markers are The Incredibles logo.
d.
Barneys snow cone van plays the theme song from
The Jetsons
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
Inside Captain Spauldings gas bar/fast food/museum of horror, behind the cash on the wall are reproductions of Aleister Crowleys paintings of demonic figures which were later discovered under whitewash in his former Abbey of Thelema, in Cefalu, Italy.
b.
Merle Oberon
was married to the cinematographer of the film, Oklahoma-born
Lucien Ballard
, at the time "Berlin Express" was made.
c.
The word "sir" is used 164 times during the movie. Thats an average of once every 50 seconds.
d.
Cinematographer
Barry Sonnenfeld
told the Coen brothers that the forest scenes should be shot during overcast days only. The brothers did not want to delay the filming based on the weather, but as luck would have it, on all but one of the scheduled days, it was overcast anyway. Sonnenfeld further muted the colors by using Fuji film instead of Kodak for the forest scenes. In one scene, when the Dane, Tom, Frankie and Tic-Tac are in the woods at Millers Crossing, some sunlight can be seen faintly and out of focus in the background.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
Yegg is a US slang term, with three main meanings - safe-cracker, itinerant burglar, or thug. The last is the most likely meaning used in the context of this film.
b.
"Honorable Mention" at the 2009 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.
c.
Before shooting the scene where Pulver identifies himself and tells the Captain that hes been on the ship for "14months, sir",
James Cagney
realized that he would have to rehearse the moment with
Jack Lemmon
again and again so he wouldnt burst out laughing during the actual filming. Lemmon agreed, and when the scene was filmed Cagney claimed he was just barely able to hang on with a straight face, even after all the rehearsal time.
d.
Ann Reinking
s movie debut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
Walter Matthau
received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his role as Kotch in this movie. Matthau did not win but a few years later
Art Carney
won a Best Actor Oscar for
Harry and Tonto
, a similarly themed movie.
b.
The film is dedicated to
Satyajit Ray
.
c.
The character Eddie Dane was originally written for
Peter Stormare
and was to be named The Swede. Stormare had to decline as he was appearing as Hamlet in the Broadway production. The part was then re-written and re-cast, and became The Dane.
d.
Close examination of the Ro-Mans helmet reveal it to be very similar to the helmets worn by the moon-men on the lunar surface in "Radar Men from the Moon", a serial from Republic released in 1951.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
The Miller of the title comes from the Coen Brothers frequent film editor,
Michael R. Miller
.
b.
This movies opening prologue states: "LIBYA - 1943. After almost three years of bitter desert warfare, Rommels brilliant use of his Panzer divisions has driven the British into a position of desperation. The fate of the Mediterranean hangs in the balance."
c.
Bruce Campbell
was set to appear in a small role, but he backed out to star in the television film
Tornado!
.
d.
The animation style was influenced primarily by
Lady and the Tramp
(for the city scenes) and
Bambi
(for the bayou scenes). Those films were, in the directors opinion, "the peak of animation in the classic Disney animation style."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
When asked why Philip Marlowe (
Robert Mitchum
) cares about Moose Malloy (Jack
OHalloran
), he says, "I dont know. Ever since I saw that movie, King Kong, Ive been a sucker for any gorilla that falls in love with a girl." OHalloran would appear in the King Kong remake, the following year.
b.
When Tom visits Clarence Johnson, he searches for his flat number on the mail boxes. The last one of these belongs to Louis Medrano.
Louis Medrano
worked in the art department on the movie.
c.
Actors
Tobin Bell
and
Shawnee Smith
spent several weeks before filming getting to know each other personally so the relationship between their characters would appear believable and real.
d.
Clyde Bruckman
is the credited director, but most of the film was actually directed by
Harold Lloyd
due to Bruckmans often being incapacitated due to his alcoholism.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
John Turturro
based his performance on the films cinematographer
Barry Sonnenfeld
.
b.
The cast and crew totaled more than 10,000 people.
c.
In the original script, the "F"-word was used 41 times, the "S" word was used 13 times and the "C" word was used 3 times. The uses of these words were later cut down in the final script so as to receive a lower rating of PG-13 (the movies target audience) as opposed to a rating of R.
d.
Pernell Roberts
final film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
The character Izzy is named after director
Stephen Sommers
dog.
b.
Writers
Joel Coen
and
Ethan Coen
suffered writers block while writing
Millers Crossing
. They took a three week break and wrote
Barton Fink
a film about a writer with writers block. The name of Tom Regans residence is "The Barton Arms". In one of the newspapers an article reads Seven Dead in Hotel Fire, another reference to Barton Fink.
c.
Filmed in 1990.
d.
The film was actually a "spin-off" from one of the writers previous screenplays in which Nicole and Amy appeared as a sub-plot. The previous script was a straight romantic comedy but the writer felt the Nicole and Amy sub-plot was a much more compelling story.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
Chapter Titles: 1. Arctic Intrigue 2. Murder or Accident 3. Fangs of Death 4. Underground Inferno 5. Pursuit to Destruction 6. The Boat Trap 7. Flames Versus Gun 8. Highway of Horror 9. Doomed Cargo 10.Human Quarry 11.Mechanical Homicide 12.Cavern of Revenge
b.
The last film for
Bob Steele
.
c.
The character of Leo was written for
Trey Wilson
, who played Nathan Arizona, Sr, in the Coens previous film,
Raising Arizona
. Wilson died shortly before production began, so
Albert Finney
took over the role.
d.
For the scene in which Marky is thrown from a horse,
Shirley Temple
was wired to an overhead crane and carefully lowered to the ground.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)?
a.
The fight poster in Drop Johnsons apartment (mentioned above) has as the under card a fight featuring "Bunky Knudsen." Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen was the President of Ford Motor Company in 1969, and before that a top executive at General Motors.
b.
Marc McClure
: Annabelles love interest (Boris) in
Freaky Friday
as Boris the delivery man.
c.
Jann Wenner
: When William runs out of the NY party after Penny and is checking the cabs the man in the back of the cab he looks into is Jann Wenner. He is listed near the end of the movie credits as Legend in Cab.
d.
In early storyboards, the character of Ryan Whitaker (voiced by
Ving Rhames
) was equipped with a cybernetic right arm, in what would have been a reference to the
Fainaru fantajî VII
video game.
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