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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Breakfast with Blassie (1983) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Breakfast with Blassie (1983) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983).
About the movie:
Comedian Andy Kaufman & professional wrestler Classy Freddie Blassie eat breakfast & discuss life.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)?
a.
Paul Tuerpe
appears in all four Lethal Weapon movies, but always in slightly different roles. He played Mercenary in the first, Hitman in the second, Henchman #3 in the third, and Helicoptor Co-pilot in the fourth.
b.
Sambos was an actual restaurant chain which lived out its life in the early to mid-1980s. Midway through the chains history, its inexcusably objectionable name was abbreviated, and Sambos became Sams.
c.
Mack Sennett
intended this film to be Keystones first entry out of the comedy genre and into drama. When it was previewed (as "Heart Balm"), however, audiences howled with laughter, much to Sennetts embarrassment. Not one to let embarrassment stand in the way of making a buck, however, he did some rewriting, performed some judicious editing, changed the title and released it as a comedy. None of the changes worked, however, and the film was one of Sennetts bigger flops.
d.
Michael Pleckaitis
and his wife posted audition notices for cast and crew on various Internet forums and received a huge response. They narrowed the pool down to about 60 actors and five crew members. None of them was paid.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)?
a.
The Thai waitress was the actual waitress who worked at the Sambos restaurant.
b.
Original title of the film was "Déjà Vu".
c.
A real taxidermic snake was used for the scene in which Jake shoots the cobra sent to kill him; it had been killed and stuffed by the Indian crew the night before filming, against the wishes of director
Fred Olen Ray
.
d.
This was the first full-length feature film to utilize stop-motion animation in the creation of its creatures.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)?
a.
This is the last in a series of films that
Otto Preminger
made as a director-for-hire for Twentieth Century Fox in the 1940s. The series includes
Laura
, which also stars
Gene Tierney
and
Dana Andrews
,
Fallen Angel
and
Whirlpool
.
b.
This film is considered to be lost (check your attic).
c.
When studio execs first saw the dailies, they complained to
Robert Altman
that the soldiers looked dirty compared to the soldiers in
Tora! Tora! Tora!
and
Patton
. Altman, a veteran of WWII, replied that soldiers in war are dirty. The next day the execs told the producers of those two films to make their soldiers look dirtier.
d.
Rockabilly singer
Ray Campi
was also considered as a possible foil for wrestler
Fred Blassie
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)?
a.
During filming in India, government officials made visits to the set and the cast had to improvise fake scenes which avoided the nudity and sexuality that was critical to the plot.
b.
Frank Langella
recorded lines as the Voice of the Dragon, but his dialogue was later cut.
c.
This film was shot in four and a half hours in a single day.
d.
Universal was in dire straits in 1937-38 as it sought to plug the cash drain created by the Laemmles, who had been ousted during the costly production of
Show Boat
. While none of these B-pictures was especially successful, the Crime Club deal is an example of the new regimes willingness to work creative marketing tie-ins.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)?
a.
Richard Gere
was originally cast as Gideon, but dropped out three weeks before shooting to do
The Flock
.
Pierce Brosnan
was then offered the role and immediately accepted.
b.
The painting, featuring cats and a child, shown in the Reeds home and described as Irenas favorite piece of art, is the Goya work, "Don Manuel Osorio".
c.
The entire movie was improvised; all the customers who interact with Kaufman and Blassie are plants. The "vomit" the fan spews onto the table is actually ice cream and the fan is actually Andy Kaufmans writing partner Bob Zmuda. Andy Kaufman met his future girlfriend Lynne Margulies on the set of this movie. They meet for the first time on camera.
d.
Faye Dunaway
mentions in her autobiography that she screamed herself hoarse during the filming for the notorious wire hanger tantrum scene in this movie. She called
Frank Sinatra
for help, and he gave her some pointers on how to get her voice back into shape.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Breakfast with Blassie (1983)?
a.
At the beginning of the film, Jennifer buys $19.78 worth of gas. 1978 is the year the original film
Day of the Woman
was released.
b.
When Ruth Gordon won her Supporting Actress Oscar for
Rosemarys Baby
in April 1969, she was asked backstage by the reporters if
Mia Farrow
was upset at being overlooked for a nomination in the same film. "Nahhh," Gordon replied, "Besides shell win it next year for
John and Mary
." Alas, Farrow was snubbed for this film as well.
c.
Andy Kaufman
made his last public appearance at the Los Angeles theatrical premiere for this movie.
d.
The filmmakers were accused of being "Satanically-inspired" by Christian fundamentalist groups for their portrayal of the undead feeding on flesh and of the Coopers zombie child (
Kyra Schon
) attacking her mother (
Marilyn Eastman
).
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