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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Muscle Beach Party (1964) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Muscle Beach Party (1964) Quiz
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About the movie:
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Muscle Beach Party (1964)?
a.
Bill Murray
was set to star in the main role, but backed out in the last minute because he wanted to take a break after filming
Broken Flowers
. He was later replaced by
Jeff Daniels
.
b.
Average Shot Length = ~5.4 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.9 seconds.
c.
Scripted with Disneyland as the Griswolds destination, but Disney objected, pointing out that they are open 365 days a year.
d.
Fabrizio, Michaels Sicilian bodyguard who planted the bomb that killed Appolonia, was supposed to be found by Michael at a pizza parlor he opens in America and subsequently blown away with a shotgun at the end of the movie as per "The Godfather" novel. This scene was filmed but ultimately cut because the makeup artists plastered
Angelo Infanti
with so much fake blood that the scene looked ridiculous. Photos of Michael Corleone with a hat, shotgun blazing, appeared in many magazines, despite the scenes eventual excision. Fabrizios death was filmed again, for
The Godfather: Part II
, this time by car bomb (as the ultimate form of poetic justice), but that scene was also deleted from the theatrical version. It was restored in
The Godfather: A Novel for Television
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Muscle Beach Party (1964)?
a.
This was the first acting role for
Peter Lupus
who is playing Flex Martian under the name "Rock Stevens". This would lead to an early career in Europe where he would play the lead role in various sword and sandal/mythological muscleman movies that were then in vogue.
b.
The policeman seen during Godzillas arrival is the same policeman (both played by same actor) seen suddenly leaving his patrol car in the middle of an intersection in
Independence Day
.
c.
Footage from this movie was used in a 2008 DirecTV commercial.
d.
In the original theatrical release, Simone was credited "as herself". In subsequent versions of the film, this was changed to "and introducing
Rachel Roberts
as Simone."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Muscle Beach Party (1964)?
a.
The first day shot was the sequence ending with Arty Clay (
Frank Gio
) urinating on Joey Dalesios (
Paul Calderon
) shoes.
b.
Gustav Hasford
began working on "The Short Timers" (the book on which this film is based) while serving in Vietnam, and based many of the characters (and names) on soldiers he served with.
c.
Mary Hughes
s film debut.
d.
Film debut of
Celeste Yarnall
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Muscle Beach Party (1964)?
a.
The film
Godfrey Cambridge
is watching on his TV when attacked by the Blob is
The Blob
. The audio-only tracks are from the film within the film,
Dementia
, aka "Daughter of Horror", from which stock footage is used in the theater sequences in "The Blob".
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 8, 1949 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
c.
One of the "20 Nose Jokes" that was in the theatrical release but removed for TV viewing was, "Finally a man who can satisfy two women at once."
d.
During the climactic fight scene,
Frankie Avalon
and
Peter Lorre
stare at each other for a few seconds with Frankie saying that Lorre looks familiar. This is in reference to the fact that the two of them worked together previously in the film
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Muscle Beach Party (1964)?
a.
The general plot is based on a true story that the author, Ernest Gann related in his 1961 autobiographical book about his flying career, "Fate is the Hunter". He and other pilots searched successfully for a lost fellow pilot in the wilds of northern Canada during World War II.
b.
This movies development was as so described by director
Roger Corman
; ". . . Bob Campbell
R. Wright Campbell
, who had just done Racers
The Young Racers
for me, had finished a script titled The Dubious Patriots. Once again, the theme was one I liked very much: bad men sent to do good as a way to redeem themselves and win their freedom. In New York - on the way back from Racers - I gave Picker
David V. Picker
the script on a Friday and he said, Well look at it. But were backed up with scripts and it might be a few weeks before I can get to it." Picker rang Corman on the Monday and the picture was given the go-ahead. Corman was surprised because his experience with the major studios was slow and not always positive. Corman added: "It went that fast. Right place at the right time. The title was changed to
The Secret Invasion
, which was believed to be more commercial. UA budgeted the production at $600,000, which was double my bigger Edgar Allan Poe pictures. The film was shot in the summer of 1963."
c.
Michael Jai White
was scheduled to play as Jax, but eventually he got the lead part in
Spawn
instead.
d.
This is the only film in the series not to feature Eric Von Zipper and his gang the Rats.
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