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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Part (8) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Night of the Living Dead (1968) - Part (8) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968).
About the movie:
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
The Canadian video release (circa 1981) from Vogue Video was derived from a video master originally created for hotel use. Thus, at the six minute mark, a voice comes on the soundtrack telling viewers that the preview period has ended and, to continue viewing the movie, they must push the appropriate button on their selector box and that the charge will be added to their room bill.
b.
When Tom Cruises character returns to the Mansion the Mysterious/Sinister music that is heard was first used in the 1946 David Niven film,
A Matter of Life and Death
when Nivens character is being judged in heaven.
c.
Director
Bryan Foy
had no previous experience directing features. He had been a gag writer and supervised a multitude of Vitaphone musical shorts shot in New York.
d.
The Pittsburgh police provided personnel and equipment.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
One of the first films to graphically depict violent murders on screen.
b.
The "big brass ring" of the title is a reference to the high brass rings found in old fashioned gyms and swimming pools, which one was supposed to jump up to and grab. As such it is a metaphor for that which is difficult to attain or at least hard to keep hold of.
c.
Throughout the film, Count Mora (
Bela Lugosi
) has an unexplained bullet wound on his temple. In the original script, Count Mora was supposed to have had an incestuous relationship with his daughter Luna, and to have committed suicide. After filming began, however, MGM deleted references to the crime (and any remaining references may have been deleted when 20 minutes of footage was removed after the films preview). Because director
Tod Browning
s previous film,
Freaks
, had been a box office disaster, Browning was unable to object to any changes made by the studio.
d.
Gregory Peck
often said he was disappointed that so many viewers had missed how anti-war the film was intended to be.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
Special effects master
Ray Harryhausen
has said that sequence of the elephant performing its act and its subsequent fight with Gwangi were done with no shots of a real elephant because no such animal was available. However, there is an elephant in the very early scene of the Wild West shows parade through the town, and Rays animation puppet is a perfect double for it.
b.
Robbie Coltrane
s 610" body double for Hagrid is former England rugby international,
Martin Bayfield
.
c.
Barbara (
Judith ODea
) was originally meant to be the sole survivor of the zombies onslaught. This idea is incorporated into the remake of
Night of the Living Dead
.
d.
This was
Tony Shalhoub
s first film role. He had a love scene with
Meryl Streep
but his scenes were cut. Shaloub can still be seen as a passenger on a plane behind Nicholson.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
The name of New York taxi driver (Helmut) was taken from a member of the crew of
Down by Law
, also directed by
Jim Jarmusch
.
b.
The idea of a man discovering a crime by listening to a recording is a reinterpretation of
Michelangelo Antonioni
s film
Blowup
, but using sound instead of photographs.
c.
This was the first ever movie from production house CBS Films, a theatrical division of CBS Television whose existence was short-lived.
d.
George A. Romeros feature debut.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
George A. Romero saw very little profit from the film when thanks to his lack of knowledge regarding distribution deals, the distributors walked away with practically all of the profits.
b.
Ray Nitschke
, the Green Bay Packer great, played a game called "Kill the Star" while on the playing field with
Burt Reynolds
.
c.
In the scene where
Judy Garland
and
Robert Walker
are riding in the milk truck, the song being played over the radio is "Our Love Affair" which was a hit song from Judys movie
Strike Up the Band
with
Mickey Rooney
.
d.
The final film for
Sandra Dee
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
Academy Award nominated composer
James Newton Howard
co-produced the songs "Anesthesia" and "Nights Are Forever" and was also the synthesizer programmer on this film.
b.
Ray Wises daughter makes a cameo appearance in the movie as one of the liquor store robbery witnesses.
c.
Sofia Coppola
(daughter of director
Francis Ford Coppola
), plays Michael Corleones daughter, despite playing his nephew sic as an infant in
The Godfather
.
Winona Ryder
was originally cast, but she withdrew so that she could act in
Edward Scissorhands
.
d.
Originally, one idea for the script called for Harry Cooper to die from the gunshot wound received from Ben before his daughter became a zombie, which would have resulted in Helen coming down the stairs to find him eating their daughter, rather than the daughter eating him. It was decided that this would probably be far too disturbing and graphic and was changed back to the idea of the daughter becoming a zombie first.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
Though Hightower and Dundees alma mater is universally referred to by the characters as "Taft", logos, signage and lettermens jackets in the film identify it as (the fictional) Midway Union High School.
b.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title Magic Shop.
c.
The social commentary on racism some have seen in this film was never intended (an African-American man holing up in a house with a white woman, a posse of whites shooting a black man in the head without first checking to see if he was a zombie). According to the filmmakers,
Duane Jones
was simply the best actor for the part of Ben.
d.
Mike Reilly named One to Watch by movieScope Magazine in 2008.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
While working on makeup effects for
Cindy Weintraub
,
Tom Savini
accidentally dyed her skin beet red. It took three days for the dye to wear off.
b.
Although it is supposed to be based on
Rafael Sabatini
s novel "The Black Swan", in fact the story is completely original, and the only character retained from the original novel is the historical personage Henry Morgan.
c.
Images of Witchfinder General album sleeves appear scattered throughout the film in tribute to the bands influence on director
Richard R. Anasky
.
d.
Readers Digest tried to warn people away from watching the film in 1968 by claiming if its ever watched, it will inspire cannibalism.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
In preparation for his role,
Robin Williams
trained for two and a half days at a photo developing training facility in Southern California on an Agfa MSC 101-D photo developing machine.
b.
One of the most successful independent films ever made.
c.
The films $3 million budget was 10 times larger than that of
Phantasm
and the biggest one in the entire series.
d.
Mia Farrow
has only one line in the whole movie.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968)?
a.
When initially submitted to the MPAA the film was given an R rating. Director
John Moore
then reportedly trimmed a few frames and the picture was promptly given the more financially viable PG-13 rating.
b.
The film was shot in black & white because there wasnt enough money to transfer it into color.
c.
Warner Bros. refused to do a directors commentary for the DVD release, so
Darren Aronofsky
recorded one in his living room and released it on his web site.
d.
THis film is believed to be lost. Please check your attic.
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