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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : More American Graffiti (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : More American Graffiti (1979) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979).
About the movie:
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
According to the book The United Artists Story by
Ronald Bergan
, "The Bridge at Remagen was the last bridge standing over the Rhine River in 1945, which both German and American forces fought to control."
b.
Danny Archuleta is the name of
Rubén Blades
s character in
Predator 2
. His friend in this movies name is also Archuleta.
c.
Since long hair was the fad in the late 1970s, extras were recruited from the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, due to their required short haircuts, and their campus was close to the Marin and the Fremont Raceway filming locations.
d.
George Lucas
planned to score the film with existing classical music like
Stanley Kubrick
had done on
2001: A Space Odyssey
before
Steven Spielberg
introduced him to composer
John Williams
. Lucas and Williams agreed on a classical 19th-century Romantic music style with liberal use of leitmotif for the score. Since the movie would show worlds never seen before, the music had to serve as an "emotional anchor" for the audience to relate.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
In the scenes where you can see the actors breath it is early in the night and they were still relatively warm in their costumes. If you cant see their breath it means it was a scene shot much later in the night when their body temperatures had dropped substantially.
b.
The working title was Purple Haze.
c.
Herb Voland
s final movie.
d.
The Smithereens
were commissioned by
Cameron Crowe
to write the theme song for the movie, and they came up with "A Girl Like You". Crowe thought that the lyrics were too leading (they outline the entire plot), so he rejected it in favor of
Peter Gabriel
s "In Your Eyes". "A Girl Like You" went on to be included in
The Smithereens
next album, "11", and in the movie
Backdraft
by
Ron Howard
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
The open call for Max was huge. It took several months and thousands of boys auditioned from several countries worldwide.
b.
The two escort carriers were ex Rabaul (which was acquired by the navy after WWII but never commissioned and never saw service of any kind) and ex USS Badoeng Strait. (which was completed too late to serve in WWII but saw action in the Pacific - including combat in the Korean War).
c.
Rory Culkin
s brother
Kieran Culkin
starred in
It Runs in the Family
, which completely unrelated to this film of the same title.
d.
This sequel cost eight times as much as the original
American Graffiti
, but was brought in within its $6 million budget and forty five day schedule.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
During the party held after the Salute to the Sixties Night show, the music Take Me to The Mardi Gras can clearly be heeded, which is a song written by Paul Simon, while made a hip-hop classic by Bob James. The song in the film is Bob James version from his album Two.
b.
George Lucas
s original four story lines were about Curt (
Richard Dreyfuss
s character) and Laurie (
Cindy Williams
and the changes they underwent in the sixties, Debby (
Candy Clark
) being a topless dancer who had an affair with a local politician, Milner (
Paul Le Mat
) trying to beat the Factory Racing team at the local drag strip and Toad (
Charles Martin Smith
) in Vietnam. When Dreyfuss refused to sign on, Lucas had to invent a new character, Lauries younger brother Andy (
Will Seltzer
, who also auditioned for
Star Wars
).
c.
Silvia Colloca
is terrified of heights and joked in an interview that she wasnt acting for the scene where Verona and Aleera are hanging upside down.
d.
The stage production of "Lil Abner" opened at the St. James Theater in New York on November 15, 1956 and ran for 693 performances. Edith (Edie) Adams won the 1957 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Musical for "Lil Abner" for portraying Daisy Mae.
Stubby Kaye
,
Billie Hayes
,
Julie Newmar
,
Robert Karl
and
Hope Holiday
recreated their stage roles in the movie version.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
This Tarzan movie is a departure from preceding Tarzan pictures in that the films major subject focuses on Jane rather than Tarzan as the central character.
b.
The film was originally entitled "The Night Crew", but distributors felt that the film would be more marketable if it was given a more generic slasher movie title. It was released as "Intruder".
c.
Kenneth Branagh
offered
Gérard Depardieu
a small part in the 4-hour version of the film out of gratitude for his active support on the release of his first feature
Henry V
in France (not only was he the main distributor of the film but also dubbed Branaghs voice on the French version).
d.
George Lucas
came up with the idea of shooting each of the four story lines in a different aspect ratio. Milners Drag racing was in the 1950s exploitation style using a wide angle, stationary camera. The Vietnam sequences were shot on 16-milimeter film, like the TV reports of the time. Laurie and Steves campus riot resembled a Hollywood version of student rebellions like
The Strawberry Statement
or
Getting Straight
. Debbies trip were in multiple-image split-screen, inspired by
Woodstock
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
Includes a lot of references to
Elvis Presley
, including songs and posters. Those were added by director
Andy Fickman
and
Dwayne Johnson
who both are Elvis fans.
b.
Makeup artist
Steve Neill
plays the alien who is killed in the opening scene.
c.
In the scene where Ampipes team bus is pulling into Walnut Heights for the big game, Johnstowns Vo-Tech School in Richland Township was used as the Walnut Heights School which is actually about 5 miles away from where the game was played (the Point Stadium in downtown Johnstown).
d.
An uncredited
Marcia Lucas
edited the split-screen scenes for the 1966 sequence (many of which were incorporated to cover up the story defects).
George Lucas
, also uncredited, edited the Vietnam scenes for the 1965 sequence, making footage of just two helicopters seem like a dozen.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
George Lucas
, inspired by
Francis Ford Coppola
s
The Godfather: Part II
wanted to make his sequel darker and more complicated. Writer/director
Bill L. Norton
thought that cutting between four different time frames would be to jolting for most of the audience and also didnt like the various film formats used for each of the four story lines. Years later Lucas would admit that Norton was right.
b.
Those originally considered for the cast included
Leslie Howard
as Henry Frankenstein and
Bette Davis
as Elizabeth. Director
James Whale
insisted on
Colin Clive
for the role of Henry.
c.
During the scene with Cherry and Ponyboy talking before the rumble,
Diane Lane
said that
C. Thomas Howell
was making funny faces at her when the camera was only showing her face which made it hard for her to concentrate and not laugh. During the commentary almost 20 years later, she reminded him of that and he responded "Francis told me to do it."
d.
The offended customer in the "jizz mopper" scene is buying paper towels and glass cleaner.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
The code that Phil and Randy are stealing, while Milo broke into the daycare center, is from lnx4win or "Linux for Windows", another piece of Free Software.
b.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3050,
Marilyn Miller
speaks to the audience about the film.
c.
Karl Malden
: [name] At the hearing, Slim gives his name as "Mladen Sekulovich", actor Karl Maldens real name. Malden always deeply regretted having had to change his real, very ethnic name for the sake of his movie career, and attempted to make amends over the years by making sure his real name always showed up in his movies, one way or another.
d.
The climactic Drag race needed four thousand people in the grandstand. They were attracted by the promise of free
Star Wars
toys.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
Johnny Depp
s character, Captain Jack, is portrayed as having gold teeth in the film. The gold teeth were Depps idea, but he predicted that executives would want fewer gold teeth, and told his dentist to implant more gold teeth as a bargaining tool. Sparrows final number of gold teeth in the film was what Depp had envisioned all along.
b.
Producer
Howard G. Kazanjian
was asked by
George Lucas
to come up with a list of young California screenwriters to write the screenplay based on Lucas outlines. When he picked
Bill L. Norton
, Lucas told him that if he did a good job on the script, he could direct the movie.
c.
John Travolta
was considered for the role of Manny Ribera.
d.
This modest (by MGM standards) black-and-white musical failed to be noted by a contemporary New York Times review. In addition, this was the only monochrome song-and-dance picture in which
Debbie Reynolds
and
Bob Fosse
appeared.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: More American Graffiti (1979)?
a.
Members of the Rome Opera ballet corps were hired to play some of the nuns, and complex convent rituals were literally choreographed for them.
b.
The New York waterfront sequences were shot on the still standing
Twinkletoes
set left over from the 1926
Colleen Moore
vehicle, in which in stood in for Londons Limehouse District.
c.
George Lucas
commented that this film was so bad that "it made all of ten cents," and that he has no clue why he made it.
d.
Ron Howard
was originally set to direct the film, but left the project to direct
Ransom
. He stayed on as Executive Producer on the film.
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