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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Moonstruck (1987) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Moonstruck (1987) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987).
About the movie:
A widowed Brooklyn book-keeper is torn between her fiancé and his brother.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
Method Man
was nervous about saying "titties" in front of
Natalie Portman
.
b.
The film was an Official Selection for the London Sci-Fi Film Festival, 2-6 February 2005.
c.
Filmed in 1976.
d.
Nicolas Cage
plays Ronny, a man with only one hand. In Cages previous role in
Peggy Sue Got Married
, Cages character begged Peggy to marry him, saying he doesnt know what the future might bring: he might lose his arm.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
Cher
had just done two movies back-to-back and was so tired, she originally turned this part down. She also thought she could not play a bookkeeper because she is such a lavish spender in real life.
b.
Third movie of six that star actor
Charles Bronson
made with director
Michael Winner
. Prior to this film they made
Chatos Land
and
The Mechanic
and after-wards they collaborated on
Death Wish
,
Death Wish II
and
Death Wish 3
.
c.
The bird droppings were actually mayonnaise and chopped spinach. However,
Mel Brooks
reported to
Johnny Carson
on "The Tonight Show" that the helicopter spraying the fake bird droppings scared the pigeons so much that he believed half of the bird droppings were real.
d.
The scene where Ben (
Seth Rogen
) dances with Allison takes place at a Club in Los Angeles called Plan B. Ironically (given this movies unwanted pregnancy plot), "Plan B" is a brand name for the progestin-only emergency contraception Levonorgestrel.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
The production had 36 real landing craft and 2 real German planes at its disposal.
b.
Film debut of
Meshach Taylor
c.
Director
Norman Jewison
was fined by the actors union for not allowing his actors to go to lunch until they perfected the moods of their characters for the climax scene in the kitchen.
d.
Lucille M. Oliver
, who plays Franks hostage on the subway, had never acted before. Walken prepared her for the scene by telling her "Im going to do something awful to you, but I will not hurt you."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
David S. Goyer
said that the graphic novels "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" by
Jeph Loeb
were a huge influence on his screenplay. When he was asked the question, "What about
Frank Miller
s "Year One"?", he replied, "Our story is not "Year One"." An early draft of
David S. Goyer
s script leaked onto the Internet in April 2004.
b.
The opening credits show a sign advertising the opera "La Bohème", conducted by "Roger Paradiso".
Roger Paradiso
was involved with the production of this film.
c.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
d.
Mike Wallace
voiced the promotional radio spots.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
The filmmakers shot one scene which was supposed to take place on the roof of the clinic and had Lisa, sitting in a wheelchair, drinking vodka and getting very drunk. She was working up the courage to commit suicide but Kerri intervened and eventually talked her down. The scene was eventually removed from the film two weeks before the films World Premiere at the 2007 AFI Dallas International Film Festival.
b.
The Palazzo Pisani-Moretta was used as a "stand-in" for the real Hotel Danieli.
c.
James Leers description of heaven as a greenhouse is a reference to the houses in
Zardoz
, which features a Utopian society who wore white and lived in crystal houses.
d.
Watch the shot where Johnny kneels down in the Grand Ticino, as he kneels down and his face nearly leaves the camera with the nervous expression, you see him burst out laughing for about one second. If you listen closely, you can hear people laughing at him, obviously the camera crew.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
Under the insurance conditions of the large budget films, the death of a principal actor is covered and the cost of any re-shooting is paid by the insurance company. After the death of
Oliver Reed
,
Ridley Scott
had the option to re-shoot all the scenes for Reeds character. Scott estimated the cost at around US$20m. However, he did not want to lose Reed from the film and following consultation with his visual effects department the script was re-written. The insurance company gladly covered the additional expenses as it was a fraction of the cost of re-shooting.
b.
Production of the movie was set to begin on June 22, 2009, but it was surprisingly dropped by Columbia Pictures. Studio co-chairman
Amy Pascal
axed the movie after objecting to changes which original director
Steven Soderbergh
made to
Steven Zaillian
s script.
c.
Originally, the film was called "The Bride and the Wolf".
d.
According to the films make-up expert
Ed French
, it took four hours to apply the prosthetics to
James Marsters
to change him into Piccolo. At first it took 17 hours, but Marsters had difficulty breathing and Piccolos look also seemed overdone, so some prosthetics were removed, thus shortening the time to 4 hours.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
Uschu teacher
Qingfu Pan
and
Mark Salzman
play themselves.
b.
Helen Hunt
was injured while filming the scene where the truck drives through the corn, when the door was forced back into her head. For later shots, the door was wedged open.
c.
The original screenplay featured a subplot that showed the characters played by
Cher
and
Vincent Gardenia
volunteering at a mens homeless shelter as penance for their sins. The subplot was discarded.
d.
The "brains" in the severed head were made up of steer meat by-products, ground beef and fake blood and when they shot the scene in the autopsy room with the severed head being thrown out the door and then smashing onto the hallway wall, the crew were all behind the cameras with garbage bags over their clothes because no one knew just how much the brains would splatter.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
No copies of this film are known to exist. Please check your attic.
b.
Final feature film role for
Mary Martin
.
c.
The most commercially successful of both the Alien and the Predator movies, grossing over $172 million.
d.
The "Old Man" is played by
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
(although credited in the film as Feodor Chaliapin). He is the son of
Feodor Chaliapin Sr.
, who was one of the greatest basses of all time - a Russian who often performed at the Metropolitan Opera in the early 1900s.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, where the films climax takes place, is the largest fully steerable single aperture antenna in the world.
b.
In this film, comedian
Eddie Izzard
plays an English soldier who cross-dresses. Eddie is a transvestite himself, and one of his stand-up routines (concerning transvestites in the armed forces) goes, "The main element of attack is the element of surprise. So what could be more surprising than the first battalion transvestite brigade?" (See
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
).
c.
John Turturro
decided to star in the movie because his son, a big fan of
Stephen King
, convinced him to.
d.
Originally written with
Sally Field
in mind for the lead role.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Moonstruck (1987)?
a.
When the "Nautilus" rams a ship and we see how it sinks down through the water, some of the bubble-streams are animated to hide the wires that support the ship-model.
b.
Philip Rosenberg
, in charge of production design, is also credited on the billboard at the Met for the production of La Boheme attended by Loretta and Ronnie.
c.
Patrick Warburton
, who plays Officer Walter Kramitz, played in
Daves World
, a sitcom based around writer/journalist Dave Barry, who wrote the book on which this movie was based. He was Daves neighbor Eric.
d.
Kevin Costner
was reportedly also offered the Judge Wakefield part.
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