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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mystery Men (1999) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mystery Men (1999) - 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: Mystery Men (1999).
About the movie:
A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillian threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
Elizabeth Montgomery
s last theatrical movie.
b.
For the Christmas party scene at Mercer house, they actually invited a large number of people who had previously been at Jim Williams parties, including several members of his family. These extras praised the movie party because, not only was the atmosphere correct, but Kevin Spacey perfectly played Jim and how he meandered through his parties.
c.
When the Blue Raja (
Hank Azaria
) sits on the fork he shouts Claven - the catchphrase of Prof. Frink from
The Simpsons
whom he voices.
d.
Body Count: 5
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
Kinka Usher
: as Moe. Coincidentally, Moe is the name of one of
Hank Azaria
s (Blue Rajah) many different characters in
The Simpsons
.
b.
The original production of "Chicago" opened at the 46th Street Theater on June 3, 1975, ran for 936 performances and was nominated for the 1976 Tony Awards for the Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score.
c.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 25 seconds
d.
Warner Baxter was originally cast in the role of Dr. Braun. After eight days of shooting, director Lubitsch turned to his assistant Henry Blanke and said: "He looks like a detective." Baxter was replaced by Monte Blue.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
Al Pacino
rejected the leading role.
b.
In the scene where Nice Guy Eddie talks on his cell phone about the botched robbery, an orange balloon can be seen floating past the car. Some believe that this was intentional, as to foreshadow Mr. Orange as the rat. However,
Quentin Tarantino
claims that it was accidental.
c.
Randall and the Happy Scrappy Hero Pup lady are not actually in the room at the same time.
Jeff Anderson
refused to read the list of porno movies in front of her, and particularly in front of the child (although the reaction shots of the Happy Scrappy Hero Pup lady were obtained by reading the list to her).
d.
The sign for the diner is written in Cyrillic - it makes no sense in Russian, but the sounds the letters themselves make is indeed the English word diner.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
The real-life FBIs Behavioral Science Unit assisted in the making of this film.
b.
Paramount originally assigned the female lead to
Ellen Drew
who, tired of being given "B" pictures, refused it. The studio suspended her and gave the role to
Betty Jane Rhodes
.
c.
There is a subtle reference to the old slapstick gag of the watermelon-and-the-hammer - its when Mr. Furious, during the Sphinx strange training session, is wearing watermelon on his feet and proceeds to bash them (off screen) with the tack hammer he is supposed to balance on his head.
d.
John Waters
admitted in later interviews that he believes this film is "way too long" and should have been a short film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
Tom Cruise
began filming only days after completing work on
Vanilla Sky
.
b.
When Leigh Anne finds Collins, S.J., and Michael in the bookstore, Collins shows her the book Where the Wild Things Are.
c.
When Monica asks Mr. Furious for his name, he calls himself Phoenix Dark - a reference to the classic X-Men story Dark Phoenix Saga.
d.
The character of Elizabeth Lane was loosely based on the then popular Family Circle Magazine columnist Gladys Taber, who lived on Stillmeadow Farm in Connecticut.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
The "Herkimer Battle Jitney" is named after Nicholas Herkimer, a Revolutionary War general who died of wounds suffered during the Battle of Oriskany.
b.
In one scene Marva Munson shows Professor G.H. Dorr her dead husbands Othars fife, which was included as a homage to Othar Turner a famous fife and drum blues musician.
c.
Kurt Russell
agreed to do the film without reading the script.
d.
First movie filmed in Durangos City, Mexico, in 1954, thanks to the director of art Jack Smith, who found the stages and landscapes necessary for the movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
Production Assistant Steven Phelps was known around set as the "on-set sleeper" as he was found on several different days fast asleep during production. Several pictures are known to be floating around showing his catching some shut eye while scenes were being shot.
b.
Rodney Dangerfield
: One of the people Dr. Harvey turns into while possessed by The Ghostly Trio.
c.
The Mystery Men were the supporting cast of an underground superhero comic book called the Flaming Carrot. Mr. Furious and the Shoveler were the only ones from the comic to make it into the movie. Captain Amazing was created as a replacement for the Flaming Carrot, who was felt to be too bizarre to bring to the silver screen.
d.
The sixth pairing out of ten movies of comic actors and great friends
Jack Lemmon
and
Walter Matthau
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
Nearly every civilian vehicle seen in close proximity to the main chase (especially in downtown Long Beach) was owned by director
H.B. Halicki
. This resulted in several of them being seen multiple times throughout the 40-minute sequence. The second "Eleanor" (that Maindrian steals from the car wash) and the white Ford that he and Stanley spend much of their time in are visible parked in one street that Maindrian turns into before hitting the boat in Long Beach. The white Ford also shows up in many other shots.
b.
Both locomotives are ex-Alaska Railroad GP7s, numbered 1804 and 1812.
c.
The thirty-first of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies.
d.
Artie Lange
, who has joked about the poor reception of films hes acted in, considers this to be the worst movie he has made. After seeing his brief scene in the beginning of the film, his mother and sister called him from the theater to ask if he would have any more scenes because they wanted to leave.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
The film was shot in 1972 but it took four years before it was released due to difficulties finding a distributor.
b.
Derek Smalls bass-playing technique (playing with one hand, so the other is free to point in the air) is based on the bass player from Saxon.
c.
According to the DVD commentary, the scene where The Spleen (
Paul Reubens
) accidentally ignites a blast of flatulence standing by a barrel with a fire in it was a happy accident. Apparently, a crew member had tossed a plastic lighter in the barrel. It happened to explode (a small explosion, but an explosion none the less) while filming Reubens. The reactions that followed were created after the fact, capitalizing on the moment caught on film.
d.
George Lucas
s original four story lines were about Curt (
Richard Dreyfuss
s character) and Laurie (
Cindy Williams
and the changes they underwent in the sixties, Debby (
Candy Clark
) being a topless dancer who had an affair with a local politician, Milner (
Paul Le Mat
) trying to beat the Factory Racing team at the local drag strip and Toad (
Charles Martin Smith
) in Vietnam. When Dreyfuss refused to sign on, Lucas had to invent a new character, Lauries younger brother Andy (
Will Seltzer
, who also auditioned for
Star Wars
).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mystery Men (1999)?
a.
Cameos:
Michael Bay
(noted action director) and
Riki Rachtman
, (former host of MTVs
Headbangers Ball
) as two of the Frat Boys. Bay asks "can we bring the brewskies?".
b.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
: Towards the end of the film when Campbell (
Nick Nolte
) stands frozen in the street one of the people who pass by him in slow motion is the author of the book the film is based on (the man with a mustache in a beige suit and a blue shirt with a tie.)
c.
The guy in the cell next to Drillbits in the end of the movie asking for some of his cereal was the same guy as one of the people who were being interviewed by the three kids for the bodyguard job.
d.
The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove a closeup shot of an axe blow to a womans body and the film later found itself on the banned list of video nasties. The cut version was released on the UK HHO label in 2005 and the full uncut version (now rated 15) was released on the Stax label later the same year.
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