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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Parenthood (1989) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Parenthood (1989) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Parenthood (1989)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989).

About the movie: The Buckman family is a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		In the opening scene at the ballpark, the base runner has a decided limp because he pulled his hamstring on one of the first dozen takes of the shot. The shot in the film is one they settled on after approximately 20 takes, due to the fact that the hitter was unable to hit the ball into center field. The hitter was a college player, not a professional as originally dictated to the casting department.
b.		Philip Barrys play, "Spring Dance", opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 25 August 1936 and had 24 performances. The opening night cast included José Ferrer (The Lippencott), Tom Neal (Doc Boyd), Philip Ober (Walter Beckett) and Mary Wickes (Mildred).
c.		In the post-credits scene, General Ross is drinking an "Incredible Hulk" cocktail at the bar. It is made using equal parts of Hennessy cognac and Hpnotiq liqueur.
d.		Much of the behavior seen in the film is based on modern wild animals, since little is known of the actual behavior of dinosaurs.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		Bruce Campbell met his wife Ida Gearon in the set of this film. According to his auto-biography, Campbell approached her with the excuse of wanting to learn how to sew, which is what his character would do in the movie.
b.		This film is set in New York City, USA as was Death Wish and Death Wish 3.
c.		Martin Balsams character, Mac Keeley, was based on a real-life Chicago Tribune reporter named Jake Lingle. Lingle, a "legman" who ran down gang-related stories for the paper, had close ties to Capone and other gangsters as well as the notoriously corrupt Chicago Police Department, and he was well-paid by both mobsters and a police commissioner as a "go-between." Lingle was gunned down on June 9, 1930, much as depicted in the movie, after "getting too big for his hat", as Capone put it, and demanding too much for his services (though a Capone rival likely paid for the hit). Apparently legal concerns prevented the producers of this film from using Lingles name. However, just a few months after this film was released, the TV series The Untouchables told Lingles story in its third episode and used his actual name.
d.		In the scene where Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen are fighting over the fact that she is pregnant, Steve says "...Lets just have a dozen and act like they are donuts." In the movie Cheaper by the Dozen he plays the father of a dozen children.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		When Gil and Karen are riding in the van prior to the crash, they are driving on Kirkman Road in Orlando, Florida.
b.		1. The Sealed Box 2. The Mountain Raid 3. Neck and Neck 4. The Duplicate Box 5. The Fateful Jump 6. Raging Waters 7. Out of the Depths 8. Ambushed 9. Tricked 10. Flying Colors
c.		The puppy used in the movie was a Bernese Mountain dog. The noises it makes (barks, whines, yelps etc) werent actually made by the dog at all, but by an actor who specializes in dog impersonations.
d.		In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		John Payne and Randolph Scott were originally set to star.
b.		The original Broadway production of "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller opened at the Martin Beck Theater on January 22, 1953, ran for 197 performances and won the 1953 Tony Award for the Best Play.
c.		When Grandma (Helen Shaw) inhales the helium balloon and says that when she was born, Grover Cleveland was President. Shaw was born on July 25, 1897, just four months and three weeks after the end of Clevelands second term.
d.		The scene in which Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) is playing with his dolls was not in the script. Mel Brooks came up with the idea on the set one day, and told it to Moranis, who then improvised the entire scene, including the dialogue.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		Many people who are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Tom Ricketts (Uncle Andre), James Dime (Prizefighter), Eugene Borden (Waiter on Stairs), Jean De Briac (Waiter in Corridor), Sheila Darcy (Maid), Alphonse Martell (Hotel Employee), Paul Gustine (Man in Steamship Office), Hooper Atchley (Excited Passenger), Ellen Drew (Secretary) and Henry Roquemore (Fat Man).
b.		The redhead girl in the audience at the play is Ron Howards daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard.
c.		Winner at the 2009 Indie Gathering festival, in the Drama (features) category.
d.		James Marshall did two hours of boxing, one hour of weight training and one hour of jogging for five days a week for four months.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		The movie was filmed in Central and Northern Florida. The shopping center where the photo booth is standing is in College Park, Florida. The photo booth was constructed for the movie. The Showbiz Pizza is located in Altamonte Springs, Florida and is still there, except it is now (like all Showbiz Pizzas) Chuck-E-Cheese. Kevins birthday party was filmed at The Mystery Fun House in Orlando, Florida.
b.		The scene with Alec Baldwin talking to the media during a duck shoot is a reference to a President George W. Bush gaff where he talked about the war and then invited the press to watch his golf swing.
c.		The tune used in the Jews in Space segment was later recycled into the Men in Tights number from Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
d.		Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		In the scene where Gil and Karen are going to Kevins school to speak to the school principal, the school is Gerald Paris Elementary School, named as an homage to Jerry Paris, who directed 42 episodes of Happy Days.
b.		The only film in which all three Barrymore siblings - John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore - appeared together.
c.		The sequence "George and Sophia" was originally the first one shot. One year later, the improvisational style of the rest of the film made it feel too scripted, and so it became the last sequence to be re-shot, in order to more closely match the tone of the rest of the film.
d.		Producer Francis Ford Coppola had originally planned to direct the film himself as a companion piece to Dracula, but eventually stepped back to let Kenneth Branagh direct. Coppola later regretted his decision after a number of disagreements with Branagh during filming.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		Michael Clarke Duncan, who voices Kilowog, is a big fan of the character.
b.		According to Ron Howard in an interview with "The Directors", the scene where Helen discovers the nude pictures, was actually an incident that happened to producer Brian Grazer.
c.		Rumors that production shut down because Jack Nicholson had hair plugs implanted are false (this can be verified by actually looking at his scalp). The story, as related by production designer Paul Sylbert, was that Nicholson and director Milos Forman had very different ideas about how the narrative should play out; for example, Forman thought that the ward should be in bedlam when McMurphy showed up and Nicholson posited that his character would have absolutely no effect on the mental patients if they were already riled up, which would have negated the purpose of his character and therefore much of the plot. Nicholson and Forman both refused to give an inch, each believing he was right and the other was wrong. The "two months" that Nicholson was supposed to have disappeared was actually closer to two weeks, and he didnt "disappear". In actuality, Nicholson spearheaded a coup among the other actors and refused to let Forman run rehearsals, running them himself instead. During production, Nicholson and Forman spoke to each other through the cinematographer, but faked a friendly relationship when the media and studio personnel would show up to the set. This is one explanation why Nicholson doesnt appear on any of the DVD special features.
d.		The Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) greets a man with shoulder length black hair and a black suit with "Hey Vincent, Vincent, wheres Jules man," a reference to Jacksons character in Pulp Fiction.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		The numeral 187 appears in the film in different instances. A license plate reads "HSX 187". Also it is the number of the airport locker used at the end. 187 is the police code for murder.
b.		The Narrator and Marla are both in attendance at a Sickle-Cell Disease support group. Every other member is of an African or Latin racial background. This disease primarily infects people of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern or South Asian background, hence a further statement on their need to "crash" these meetings.
c.		This movie is based on Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandels experiences as parents.
d.		The original score, created by esteemed Hollywood composer Alfred Newman for Twentieth Century-Fox, was the last in an association dating back to The Bowery, two years before 20th Century Pictures amalgamated with Fox. Only one more assignment brought back Mr. Newman to his former home studio: as musical director (with assistant Ken Darby of a mild filming of Rodgers and Hammersteins State Fair. Worth noting, Mr. Newman (and associate Charles Henderson)) had netted an Oscar nomination for serving in the same capacity on the appealing 1945 version.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Parenthood (1989)?
a.		At $3.7 million, this was a very expensive independent production. In its initial box office run, it only earned $3.3 million.
b.		The film grossed just under $100 million during the original run in theaters. Several years later, the project was rereleased into theaters so it could be logged officially as earning $100 million.
c.		In the infamous laundry chute scene, Jamie was originally stabbed in the leg but the shot was cut from the film by the MPAA because it was deemed "too disturbing". Danielle Harris still owns the prosthetic leg.
d.		James Cossins was cut out of this film

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