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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle Mile (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle Mile (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Miracle Mile (1988).
About the movie:
A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle Mile (1988)?
a.
According to a story told by casting director
Billy DaMota
in the documentary
I Dont Know Jack
, the role of Fred the Cook was originally offered to
Eraserhead
star
Jack Nance
, who refused the role because he wanted to focus on his day job as a security guard.
b.
In May of 2010,
Cathy Konrad
, the producer of all three previous movies in the Scream series, filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Company stating her production company had a first-rights deal with the Weinstein Company to produce all films in the Scream series. The lawsuit was eventually dropped.
c.
In a TV profile on British TV in 2002,
Anthony Hopkins
confirmed that he had found the experience of working on this film so stressful that he decided at the time to retire from film acting. In the same interview, Hopkins points out that in the dinner scene towards the end of the film he mimics the great British "Knight" actors of Shakespeare:
John Gielgud
,
Ralph Richardson
, and
Laurence Olivier
.
d.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle Mile (1988)?
a.
The original play takes place in the heart of bandit-infested Mexico, but to capitalize on the interest in China, the location was changed to China.
b.
Dorothy Dell
and
Shirley Temple
became good friends while filming this movie. When Dell died in a car crash shortly after the movie was completed, Temple was shielded from the news for as long as possible.
c.
Originally written to be one of the segments in
Twilight Zone: The Movie
.
d.
During first-run engagements of
The Actress
, selected movie houses around the country projected the films opening sequence - a recreation of a production number from the play, "The Pink Lady", in wide screen to emphasize the larger-than-life quality of
Ruth Gordon
s fascination with the stage.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle Mile (1988)?
a.
Three of the statuettes still exist and are conservatively valued at over $1 million each. This makes them some of the most valuable film props ever made; indeed they are now worth more than the film cost to make.
b.
The punch line to the unfinished joke the loudmouth at the bar was telling (Its the mailmans last day on the job, he goes to a womans house and she invites him in, makes loves to him, makes him a wonderful breakfast and then gives him 5 dollars) is: Mailman: What was that for? Woman: Well I asked my husband what to do for you on your last day and he said, "Screw him, give him 5 dollars." The breakfast was my idea!
c.
Although Nick Doetsch was not accepted for the role of Bela due to a striking resemblance to Johnny Depp, he was featured as a Captain Jack Sparrow in a Newser.com ad. Menzel thought he looked better as the demon inspired by Lord Licorice of Candy Land. Doetsch loved the role. Doetsch has also been featured as Captain Morgan.
d.
In the latter half of the film
Martin Sheen
s character McKinney says to
Charlie Sheen
s Bean that he has a son "about your age." Martin Sheen is, of course, Charlie Sheens father in real life.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle Mile (1988)?
a.
Although his characterization of Mrs. Hardys brother is a highlight among fans,
Charley Chase
hated the part as being too far removed form his usual screen character. Ironically, he repeats this type of character in "The Heckler", one of his last, and most critically acclaimed, shorts.
b.
Marions white 1957 Ford sedan is the same car (owned by Universal) that the Cleaver family drove on
Leave It to Beaver
.
c.
Neera tells Lem "the times, they are a different" on the court house steps; spoofing the
Bob Dylan
song "the times, they are a-changing"
d.
The name of the burger shop that Julie works at is called "Fat Boy". This is a nod to the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Fat Man and Little Boy.
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