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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mute Witness (1994) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mute Witness (1994) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994).
About the movie:
Billy Hughes, a mute makeup artist working on a slasher film being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
The movie created an issue in Rome due to a "creative license" made by the filmmakers. The city of Rome hosts two football teams (AS Rome and SS Lazio), fierce rivals. In
Elizabeth Gilbert
s original novel (on which the film is based) it is made clear that Mr Spaghetti was a SS Lazio fan. However, due to the limited appeal and knowledge of the "SS Lazio" team outside Italy, the filmmakers decided to made him an "AS Rome" fan. This decision enraged the local SS Lazio fans (who of course became immediately objects of mockery by the AS Roma fans).
b.
John Cusack
s performance in
Grosse Pointe Blank
had been the basis for
Clint Eastwood
s decision to cast him.
c.
John Wayne
s character, Robert Marmaduke Hightower, was named by director
John Ford
after his favorite stuntman,
Bryan Slim Hightower
, who also worked on this picture.
d.
Final film of Sir
Alec Guinness
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
Eric Christmas
first movie.
b.
Anthony Waller
met
Alec Guinness
quite by chance in Hamburg in 1985 where he asked him if he was interested in doing a one-scene cameo. To his surprise, Guinness said hed be delighted and that he would do it for free. The problem was that Guinness was fully booked for the next 18 months so Waller suggested they shoot the scene the following morning in an underground car park. Guinness readily agreed and - true to his word - took no payment.
c.
Amy Irving
admits that she originally hated the script when she first received it. After seeing the finished film, she thought it was simply magic and loved it.
d.
Lucys vehicle in the film is a 1967 RS Camaro.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
Some photos still exist showing Jeanne Eagels with British actor Anthony Bushell, who originally co-starred in the role of Pierre. Bushells voice did not register well due to the early sound technology, and he was consequently replaced by Fredric March.
b.
Alec Guinness
: The Reaper
c.
William Wyler
first considered making this film as a follow up to
Roman Holiday
; as in that film,
Gregory Peck
would have played the male lead opposite
Audrey Hepburn
. At that time he had a darker mood in mind and approached
Stanley Kubrick
, who had recently made
The Killing
, to contribute.
d.
According to Celena Haas (Caesars Palace Director of Public Relations), the suite the characters stayed at was modeled after two of the resorts luxurious suites in its Forum Tower: a well-appointed penthouse and the so-called "
Rain Man
suite," located on the 68th and 69th floors of the Forum Tower.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
The lighting changes when important events occur. For instance: When Scotty first sees Madeleine in Ernies restaurant, the light around her becomes unnaturally bright for a moment. While Scotty is listening to the story of Madeleines ancestor in the book shop, it gets very dark; once he exits the store, it brightens again. When Scotty first sees Judy made up completely as Madeleine, she is lit by a blurred, ghostly green light (the reflected light from the neon sign outside the window).
b.
Director
Anthony Waller
filmed
Alec Guinness
scenes nine years before the rest of the film from an earlier draft of the screenplay. Guinness gave his performance in one morning before catching a plane. When Waller needed an additional scene, he used the film from earlier and reversed it.
c.
This was the first 20th Century Fox-produced movie to use the 3rd type "20th Century Fox" company logo (used from 1981 to 1994), with the round/straightened "0". This was designed by veteran Pacific Title artist Rocky Longo, who also designed the previous Fox logo (the 2nd type with the slanted "0", used from 1953-1981).
d.
Joaquin Phoenix
was nearly seriously burned in the scene where the factory floor collapses. If you slow down the DVD as he is sliding down the floor you will see a ball of fire caught between the floor and his chest. Luckily the crew awaited him with a fire extinguisher as he fell to pads below.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
Temperatures in Red Square went down as far as minus 23 degrees.
b.
Starbucks Coffee franchise took its name from the character Starbuck of the Pequod crew.
c.
The premise of the film is greatly influenced by
Enter the Dragon
. Note the three fighters, the transition by way of old style boat to an island, the final battle with the old man.
d.
Composer David Helpling and Director Eller have never met. Helpling lives in San Diego and Eller lives in Charlotte. They communicated by email and phone.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
Shooting equipment for the film was flown out to Moscow whereupon it was immediately impounded by corrupt customs officials who demanded $60,000 in customs duty to release it. With a little diplomacy, a few thousand dollars and a lot of vodka, the producers were able to free the equipment.
b.
Petula Clark
, who had many hit records in French and English, does her own singing in the French-dubbed version of this film. The French audio track is included on the DVD.
c.
Two cameras were used simultaneously in scenes involving conversations between actors in different cars. This resulted in significant production time savings.
d.
Victor Sen Yung bows out of the series after a total of 18 entries, playing number two son Jimmy (Tommy in the Monograms). He was introduced in 1938s "Charlie Chan in Honolulu,"
Sidney Toler
s debut as Chan, to replace the absent
Keye Luke
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
Monica Evans
and
Carole Shelley
also reprise their roles in Disneys
The AristoCats
as a pair of English geese on a walking tour of France.
b.
Marina Zudina
did not speak English at the time, but as her character was mute anyway, she could still pose for an American.
c.
The gun blast in the end is hand painted.
Alfred Hitchcock
used a form of hand-coloring for the orange-red gun-blast at the audience.
d.
In the film, Megatron does not choose an alternate mode, choosing out of arrogance not to disguise himself on Earth. He instead maintains his alien protoform/jet mode. His original alternate mode in
Transformers
was a Walther P38 pistol, but the writers felt it was like "having Darth Vader transform into his own lightsaber and someone else swinging him around," so he was given a more realistic alien design and made more hideous to make him more menacing.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mute Witness (1994)?
a.
The director
Paul Kyriazi
was tied down with a rope in the stunt car as it had no seat belts.
b.
The original script called for a different ending in which Zeke (
William Baldwin
) turns out to be the killer, but was re-shot when it fared poorly with test audiences.
c.
Originally set in Chicago, director
Anthony Waller
changed the location when told that Moscow would provide much cheaper sets and labor.
d.
The film was shot on location in Los Angeles.
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