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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mr. Baseball (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mr. Baseball (1992) Quiz
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About the movie:
A fading baseball player is traded to a Japanese team and has trouble fitting into the society.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. Baseball (1992)?
a.
As publicity for this movie, MGM offered $2,000 to the first woman that year to name their twin daughters Rose and Marie. The prize went to Mrs. Esker R. Owens of Fort Smith, Arizona.
b.
In 1993, after attending the world premiere,
Robin Quivers
from the Howard Stern Show said it was the best movie shed ever seen.
c.
At the end of the movie, both
Anton Walbrook
and
Fay Bainter
are introduced as "two new RKO Radio Pictures personalities."
d.
This was
Ken Takakura
s 200th movie appearance.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. Baseball (1992)?
a.
Includes a large amount of stock footage from
Deluge
.
b.
The family name "McTeague" is also the name of the novel by Frank Norris that
Greed
was based on.
c.
Jamie Bell
was originally cast as Columbus but dropped out.
Taylor Lautner
was considered to replace him but couldnt due other commitments.
d.
At the end of the film,
Tom Selleck
s character is wearing the uniform of the Detroit Tigers. Hes wearing the same baseball cap that he wore during his days on the television show, "Magnum P.I."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. Baseball (1992)?
a.
According to writer
Nora Ephron
in a March 16, 1969 New York Times article,
Jack Lemmon
had "originally wanted to play Yossarian" in a film version of
Joseph Heller
s book.
b.
The product bottle called Monster Soap that Kevin buys at Duncans Toy Chest, is the green substance used for the ladder which Harry slips off and the slip for Marv in the basement.
c.
The fifth movie directed by
John Sayles
that stars
Chris Cooper
.
d.
The rookie who pushes
Tom Selleck
s character off the Yankees roster was played by
Frank Thomas
, who went on to become one of the best MLB hitters in the 1990s and won two MVP awards.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. Baseball (1992)?
a.
James Duff
wrote the original story as well as the screenplay. He is also a producer of this film.
b.
In the scene where Alma puts the movie selections of several store patrons into a black trash bag and picks two at random (settling a dispute about which titles to "swede"), Jerry says "Without civilization, life is nasty, brutish... and short!" This is an almost verbatim quote from Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, one of the most important works in political philosophy.
c.
At one point in the movie, when the pitchers refuse to pitch to Sellecks character because they dont want him to break the home run record, Selleck turns his bat the other way around and challenges pitchers to pitch to him as a sign of protest. This comes from a real-life incident a few years before the movie in the Japan Leagues when Hanshin Tigers slugger Randy Bass was on the verge of breaking the single season home run record there and pitchers refused to pitch to him. Bass similarly turned his bat upside down to protest.
d.
Footage of New Guinea was recycled from a Merian C. Cooper picture that was never completed.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. Baseball (1992)?
a.
The football game on television that causes some family friction during Jacks Thanksgiving dinner is actually a 1970s Canadian Football League game between the Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos.
b.
The baseball cards
Tom Selleck
s character gives the management of the Chunichi Dragons team upon arriving in Japan are Upper Deck brand trading cards.
c.
Director
Peyton Reed
spent a lot of time with
Jim Carrey
to find the right tone for the film, one which would be in between Carreys manic comedies and his more serious-minded films, as well as to complete the subjects Americanization, as the source book comes from a British author.
d.
Shot in sequence.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mr. Baseball (1992)?
a.
Chapter Titles: 1. Jungle Ambush 2. Savage Strategy 3. The Beast Fiend 4. Voodoo Vengeance 5. The Lion Pit 6. Underground Tornado 7. Cavern of Doom 8. The Water Trap 9. Trail to Destruction 10.The Flaming Ring 11.Bridge of Death 12.The Avenging River
b.
Dennis Haysbert
who plays Max, previously played for the Cleveland Indians as Pedro Cerrano in
Major League
.
c.
Playwright Clifford Odets was invited on the set by the director Nicholas Ray, where he worked on re-writing the final scene of the film. Ed Avery (Jamese Mason), still delirious out of his coma, starting to talk about Abraham Lincoln was Odets contribution.
d.
The Green Destiny Sword Li Mu Bai carries translates to Green Dark World Sword - a place where the dead go. The Mu in Li Mu Bais name translates to a kind of positive jealousy or longing - as in wanting something but probably never getting it.
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