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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) Quiz
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About the movie:
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)?
a.
Due to his busy schedule,
Frank Oz
was unable to perform and puppeteer his signature characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Sam the Eagle.
Kevin Clash
took over principle puppeteering duties during shooting, and Oz re-recorded the characters voices in post-production.
b.
Richard Dreyfuss
s role is loosely based on the career of the late celebrity attorney
William Kunstler
.
c.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 15 seconds
d.
This was
Irving Thalberg
s last project while head of production at MGM. At the time of his death in 1936, the film was in the planning stages, but his widow,
Norma Shearer
, took special interest in the film and stuck with it to its completion in 1938.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)?
a.
Kevin Smith
: [comic books] Names of the security guards at Miramax are all references to comic book characters, including Gordon (James Gordon, Gotham City Police Commissioner), Shaw (Sebastian and Shinobi Shaw, members of the Hellfire club), and Akins (another Gotham City Commissioner).
b.
Andy and Larry Wachowski cast
Monica Bellucci
as Persephone after seeing her performance in
Malèna
.
c.
Director
William A. Wellman
appears in the film, in what today could be called a "cameo" (although he does "speak"). During the final battle scene Wellman, portraying a doughboy, is shot and exclaims "Atta boy. Them buzzards are some good after all."
d.
There is a version of the film which features a more upbeat ending which was only shown to preview audiences. Director
Sidney Lumet
decided to end the film with a more downbeat ending.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night Falls on Manhattan (1996)?
a.
Having directed this movie, director
Michael Apted
has now been associated with two of the longest series ever in film history, the James Bond movies and the
Seven Up!
Documentaries. Amusingly, this movie was once jokingly referred to by the media as "OO7 Up".
b.
This movie is loosely based on the real-life case of Larry Davis, a drug dealer who shot six cops but was acquitted (with
William Kunstler
as his lawyer) after charging that the police were trying to kill him because they were involved in the drug trade. The Manhattan district attorney,
Robert Morgenthau
, was also nicknamed "Morgy".
c.
Scagnettis (
Tom Sizemore
) story about how his mother was killed was based upon a real life incident involving one of Americas first mass murderers,
Charles Whitman
, who did actually shoot people randomly from a tower.
d.
The scenes that took place in Redondo Beach, California, were actually filmed in Ventura, California. None of the freeways near Redondo Beach lead to the beach.
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