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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paris - When It Sizzles (1964) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paris - When It Sizzles (1964) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964).
About the movie:
The sprightly young assistant of a Hollywood screenwriter helps him over his writer's block by acting out his fantasies of possible plots.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
In the film, Loki is the angel of death and Azrael is a demon who wants to cause mischief. In traditional mythology, it is Azrael who is the angel of death, and Loki is a Norse god who causes mischief.
b.
The Dracula sequence was the last one completed for the film. It had to be shortened because
William Holden
smashed his new Ferrari into a wall and wound up in a splint.
c.
Ron talks about how George Washington grew marijuana on his plantation at Mount Vernon which is true but it was not grown for people to smoke. He had large fields of cannabis on his plantation, which were used for fiber production. The tough fiber of the plant, cultivated as hemp, has numerous textile uses.
d.
This was Heather Langenkamp (I)s first feature role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
This film (as "Sex Seance") is half of Frank Henenlotters Sexy Shocker Hardcore Horrors Volume 9 (2006) DVD-R from Something Weird Video.
b.
Filming ended only two days before production began on
Audrey Hepburn
s next film,
Charade
. The small park with its Punch and Judy puppet stage, seen during the opening credits, appears in both films.
c.
The Playboy posters are blurred in the bedroom scene, although the bedroom scene is not in all versions of the movie.
d.
In 1965,
Alfred Hitchcock
and
James Stewart
filed a $4,000,000 lawsuit against Paramount Pictures, arguing that their eight-year agreement with the studio had ended and that Paramount had breached their copyright by televising the film. The director and actor also requested that Paramount return the films original negative to them. The final disposition of this suit has not been made public, but the film remained unavailable for commercial exhibition for many years.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
20th Century-Fox "developed" a rival to Universals gimmicky "Sensurround" sound process (popularized in the theatrical release of
Earthquake
) that was only used for the theatrical release of "Damnation Alley" called "Sound 360." This process was basically a variation of Magnetic-Optical Stereo sound. This technical advancement/gimmick in sound did not last past "Damnation Alley" although it was planned for
Walter Hill
s
The Driver
and
Damien: Omen II
. If you look at the one sheet of "Damnation Alley" the "Sound 360" declaration and logo are prominent at the bottom.
b.
The Car Driven by the main character is a Brilliant Blue Toyota Prius Hybrid. It is the first mass produced gas/electric hybrid to appear in a major motion picture.
c.
Another
Audrey Hepburn
movie to be mentioned is
Breakfast at Tiffanys
, mentioned at the beginning of the masquerade scene.
d.
The footage of the plane that crashed in the Midwest before the FAAs flight ban is actually a stock photo of a January 1990 Avianca Airlines crash on Long Island. The hurricane footage is of Hurricane Iniki (1992) in Hawaii. It was shot by Emmerichs assistant Aaron Boyd, who renamed the storm "Hurricane Noelani" after his Hawaiian wife. The UK blizzard footage is from a January 2002 report.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
Tony Curtis
was a last-minute addition to the cast, apparently added to the film in much the same way in which he suddenly appears in the screenplay.
b.
Alvin wears the signature red baseball cap twice in the film.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.
The movie was originally intended to be shot in the St. Louis area rather than John Hughess traditional Chicago. Filming was about to begin when the decision was made to move the shoot to Chicago (the reason being that the film was set in winter and the winter of 1988 was unseasonably warm in St. Louis, leading to the change).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
Screenwriter
Michael Goldenberg
wrote a draft of the script but was ultimately rejected by
David Heyman
in favor of
Steve Kloves
draft. Heyman however was impressed with his draft and was subsequently brought in to write the script for
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
when Kloves backed out to commit on a personal project.
b.
Hubert de Givenchy
was the first to receive a screen credit for a scent. He got screen credit for
Audrey Hepburn
s perfume.
c.
Mark Wahlberg
was originally offered the role of Jake Roenick but turned it down.
d.
The movie that Rudy and Kelly go to see is
Lamant
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
Tony Curtis
agreed to a guest role in the film as a favor to
George Axelrod
, because
William Holden
was forced to enter an alcoholic clinic in the middle of filming.
b.
This was the first filmed screenplay that
Stephen King
adapted from one of his own novels.
c.
According to Chris Columbus
Kevin Nordine
did all the effects for the film in his parents basement in Chicago, by drawing all the effects onto the film. He also did the effects for only a few hundred dollars at a time.
d.
This film was the subject of inquiry by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in October 1947. Testimony as to the distortions of Soviet life presented in the film was provided by
Ayn Rand
, screenwriter and author of "The Fountainhead" and Atlas Shrugged". Rand was born in Russia, but left in 1926.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
Cecil B. DeMille
was pressured to drop Ancarias seductive dance in the orgy scene by
Will H. Hays
of the Hays Office, but DeMille adamantly refused. Still, censors often cut out gruesome parts of the film, particularly, the cart carrying dead bodies out of the arena, a gorilla dancing around a semi-nude girl, elephants stomping Christians and picking them up with their tusks, crocodiles about to eat a bound girl, etc. These scenes are all in the restored version.
b.
During one scene,
Audrey Hepburn
and
William Holden
compare Frankenstein to
My Fair Lady
, the latter of course being the film Audrey would soon star in.
Charade
, Hepburns next produced film, also contains a reference to "My Fair Lady".
c.
Won Best Sound Design at the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.
d.
Joe Pesci
s character, Harry Lime, is named after
Orson Welles
s character from the film
The Third Man
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
Shot primarily outdoors during the second rainiest July in Connecticut history. It was only the second rainiest by .07 inches.
b.
According to
Audrey Hepburn
s son
Sean H. Ferrer
s memoir, this was her least favorite of the films she made during her years as a star, despite the fact that she called it "a joy to make". Ferrer wrote that it taught her a lesson: "Just because the film was easy to make doesnt mean its going to be very good."
c.
The flying sequence with Will Smith and Kevin Kline was shot with blue screens with the background later added digitally.
d.
Many of the cast and crew of The Shadow People (including director
Conrad Faraj
and star
Joanne Wurm
) are students at The University of Toledo
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
Mel Ferrer
also appears at the Eiffel Tower party as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
b.
Stuntman
Bob Morgan
was seriously injured, and almost died, while performing a stunt in this picture. Toward the end of the film, there is a gunfight on a moving train between the sheriff and a gang of train robbers. Morgan was one of the stuntmen playing a robber and was crouched next to a pile of logs on a flatcar. The chains holding the logs together snapped, and Morgan was crushed by the falling logs. He was so badly hurt it took him five years to recover to the point where he was able to move by himself and walk unaided.
c.
Bob Hoskins
actually cut
Jet Li
s hair at the start of the movie, as his character would have done it in the movie.
d.
Robert Ryan was only two years younger than John McIntire, who plays his father.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris - When It Sizzles (1964)?
a.
Most of the dialogue was added in post-production, as extraneous noise (such as helicopters) left many scenes with unusable audio.
b.
French actor
Raymond Bussières
is post-synchronized in English by another actor but he post-synchronized himself in the French version.
c.
Anthony Michael Hall
turned down the role of Ferris Bueller to avoid being typecast.
d.
Some pathologists conducted a study determining how long a person lasts before dying after being stabbed directly. A scene from the film where Hamlet kills Polonius was also viewed as reference to their study. In the end, it was found that a person, after being stabbed directly, can only last long enough to utter four words. This means that Poloniuss uttering of the words "O, I am slain" as he dies is medically possible.
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