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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Myra Breckinridge (1970) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Myra Breckinridge (1970) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970).
About the movie:
Myron Breckinridge is waiting for his sex-change operation while a stoned surgeon stumbles into the operating room...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
Although they share a scene,
Mae West
and
Raquel Welch
(who famously did not get along) never actually appear in the same frame together in the entire movie.
b.
The films original teaser trailer (which consists of blood forming the logo on a jagged surface and quick flashes of scenes from the film) was pulled from theaters by Columbia Pictures when patrons complained of it being too intense. This trailer appears on the Criterion edition laserdisc.
c.
During the mountain top confrontation, Swagger kills one of the snipers by shooting the counter-sniper through his rifle scope. This is likely based upon an infamous kill by renowned U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock during the Viet Nam War.
d.
While Zombie Farms theatrical release was very limited, it averaged $1,333 per screening.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
This film was one of the four pictures that
Burt Reynolds
made in 1975.
b.
Ellen DeGeneres
filmed a small role, but it was cut from the film before release. The cut scene was shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 23, 2007. Had it not been cut, it would be Ellen DeGeneres first film role.
c.
Although
Gore Vidal
has spent 40 years taking potshots at film, he still maintains that he has never even seen it - an allegation he makes at least twice in his 2009 photo memoir Snapshots in Historys Glare.
d.
In original drafts of the script, Satine had a three-year-old child and the story was told in flashbacks, told by Christian to the child.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
The song Wade is singing before brushing his teeth is "Muleskinner Blues" by Jimmie Rodgers and George Vaughn.
b.
In late 2008,
Stephen Chow
was set to direct and co-star as Kato. However, creative differences prevented him from doing so although, for a while, it seemed he was still set to play Kato when
Michel Gondry
became attached.
Seth Rogen
stated the reason for Chows departure was that the director wanted Kato to implant Britt with a microchip and control him with a joystick, something Rogen wasnt keen on.
c.
In the 1970s,
Gore Vidal
wrote in Esquire Magazine that when he found out Myra Breckinridges director
Michael Sarne
was now working as a waiter in a pizza restaurant, he said it "proves that God exists and there is such a thing as Divine Symmetry."
d.
Moira Shearer
was considered for the role of Anne.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
The nightclub scenes were filmed on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The murder scene was filmed in the Queen Marys pool area.
b.
At 43:06 into the movie, you can see a "Strange Tales" comic book behind Lem and Baker; this was the name of the Marvels anthology series in the fifties and sixties that dealt with horror morality tales in the fifties before switching over to science fictions stories about aliens trying to take over the earth in the sixties.
c.
C-3PO has the last words in this movie ("Oh, no!") and the first words in
Star Wars
("Did you hear that? Theyve shut down the main reactor.")
d.
Bette Davis
emphatically turned down the
Mae West
role expressing her contempt for the book.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
Many of the details and sequence of events in the movie differ from
Alice Sebold
s novel. In the novel, George Harvey dismembers Susies body and disposes of it by dropping the safe in the sinkhole immediately after the murder (instead of much later, as in the movie). But George accidentally drops her elbow, which once found by the police, forces the Salmon family to acknowledge her death earlier than in the movie.
b.
This is the seventh collaboration between composer
James Newton Howard
and Director
M. Night Shyamalan
. This would mark the fourth longest relationship between director/film music composer in Hollywood at the current time.
John Williams
and
Steven Spielberg
at over 36 years, and
Alan Silvestri
and
Robert Zemeckis
and
Carter Burwell
and
Joel Coen
at 26 years, and
Danny Elfman
and
Tim Burton
at 14 years continuously however going on for 25 years with the exception of
Ed Wood
rank ahead of those director/composers who are still active.
c.
Barry Levinson
shot most of the exchanges between Charlie and Raymond in profile because Raymond refuses to make eye contact with anyone hes talking to.
d.
This film was a comeback movie for
Mae West
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
As the lead character of Alex Rider engages in mountain climbing, scuba diving, martial arts and many other extreme sports, the role is said to be one of the most physically demanding ever undertaken by a child actor.
b.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
c.
When filming began in Mexico, problems arose with the local censors, who demanded changes to the ways that the Mexican villagers would be portrayed.
Walter Newman
, who had written the screenplay, was asked to travel to the location to make the necessary script revisions, but refused. The changes written in by
William Roberts
were deemed significant enough to merit him a co-writing credit. Newman refused to share the credit, though, and had his name removed from the film entirely.
d.
Aneta Corsaut
s film debut.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg
personally recommended
Sam Mendes
to direct this film.
b.
The tickets to Paris are on a Cunard Line steamer. Cunard Line merged with White Star Line, which built and owned the Titanic.
Kate Winslet
and
Leonardo DiCaprio
starred in
Titanic
.
c.
Bud Yorkin
was originally hired as director, but he quit and was replaced by
Michael Sarne
.
d.
Nicole Kidman
was also considered for the role of
Katharine Hepburn
. When the scheduled start date was delayed by several months,
Cate Blanchett
became available after finishing filming
The Missing
.
Martin Scorsese
claims that Blanchett had always been his first choice.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
This film jointly holds the record (with
The Color Purple
) for the film with most Oscar nominations without a single win (11).
b.
The last production of Dutch movie company First Floor Features before they went bankrupt.
c.
Cameo by Col.
Bruce Hampton
Ret. of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Code Talkers during Doyles band scene. Col. Bruce is the Tambourine player and can be seen blowing his trademark "Smokeless Smoke Ring" in a close up shot.
d.
Shortly after the films release,
Loretta Young
threatened to sue the studio if a clip from one of her old movies (
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
) was not excised because she objected to its use in a new sexual context. The clip was promptly removed from all prints in circulation.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
The Greek characters, while present in the novel, were not originally included in the screenplay. Director
Carter Smith
convinced screenwriter
Scott B. Smith
to add them back into the story.
b.
At the end of the movie, it says that
Mark Zuckerberg
is the youngest billionaire in the world. That honor actually goes to his former roommate Dustin Moskovitz who is 8 days younger than Mark. Though, Zuckerberg held the distinction until Moskovitz was named "Worlds Youngest Billionaire" by Forbes magazine in June 2010.
c.
The movie was shot entirely in a Hollywood Hills house designed by
Richard Neutra
which is owned by
Sofia Coppola
.
d.
This movie includes archival movie clips of films from the 1930s and 1940s.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Myra Breckinridge (1970)?
a.
The night before the scenes at the University of Maryland were to be filmed a half inch of snow fell. The crew then had to use fire hoses to hose down the entire McKeldin Mall and nearby locations to melt the snow for continuity in the movie.
b.
When Willie Beamen enters Tony DAmatos house, the movie that is on TV is
Ben-Hur
, starring
Charlton Heston
, who also appears in Any Given Sunday as the Commissioner.
Oliver Stone
says on the commentary that the meta connection was deliberate, and meant to show that yesterdays rebels become the establishment.
Charlton Heston
agreed to appear in the film and granted permission for his image in Ben-Hur to be used.
c.
Promotional material was shipped to cinemas in the UK under the title "Red Sun".
d.
Geraldine Page
was mentioned for role ultimately played by
Mae West
.
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