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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paris, Texas (1984) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paris, Texas (1984) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paris, Texas (1984)

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About the movie: A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his wife and son four years before...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris, Texas (1984)?
a.		During the scene in the Texas airport, Dean Stockwells character is on the phone with his wife. The PA announcer can be heard saying "A message for Joy Stockwell, Joy Stockwell. Austin will arrive at any minute." Joy was Deans wife and Austin, his son, was born during production of this film.
b.		The first script written by Steven Peros was originally entitled Everybody Charleston.
c.		South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker managed to get their hands on a copy of this films script during its pre-production. The two planned to secretly shoot the same film with puppets instead of actors, word for word, and release it on the same day. The duo abandoned these plans after their lawyer convinced them that such a film would never get released.
d.		In the final scene, the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge can be briefly seen from the point of view of Mrs Macquaries Point - the same park used for the final scene of Keanu Reevess other sci-fi-apocalypse story, The Matrix Revolutions.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris, Texas (1984)?
a.		Marks Hugh Grants first Hollywood feature film.
b.		Composer Ry Cooder recreated blues guitarist Blind Willie Johnsons 1927 tune "Dark Was the Night" as the centerpiece of his Paris, Texas soundtrack.
c.		When this movie was made, America was not part of World War II. At this time a number of Hollywood studios were pro-American involvement in the war. This movie is one of a number of films made during the late 1930s and early 1940s that represented pro-American intervention in the war, including such films as A Yank in the R.A.F., Man Hunt, Foreign Correspondent, The Mortal Storm, and Sergeant York.
d.		Prior to Cameron Diaz landing the role of Tina Carlyle, the producers had originally suggested a relative unknown but up and coming blonde Anna Nicole Smith for the role. Ultimately the decision was reversed when they found Cameron Diaz while leaving a modeling agency.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris, Texas (1984)?
a.		Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) doesnt speak at all until 26 minutes into the film.
b.		In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #61 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.
c.		Though released six weeks after the Hindenburg disaster, which put a stop to all commercial dirigible flights, the films climax occurs on a German dirigible and it contains stock footage of a zeppelin, probably the Hindenburg.
d.		In the scene with the prostitute Christie (Cara Seymour), Batemans friend mentions their mutual acquaintance "Alison Poole". Alison Poole is the narrator and main character of the novel Story of My Life by Jay McInerney, a contemporaneous peer author to Bret Easton Ellis.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris, Texas (1984)?
a.		The restaurant that Travis calls Walts home from is actually located in Cabazon, CA (not San Bernardino, which is about 45 miles away.) This of course is home to Claude Bells famous concrete T-Rex and brontosaurus.
b.		Though not credited as such, Michelle Phillips, who plays Billie Frechette, also plays Polly Hamilton, the girl John Dillinger was with at the Biograph theater (along with Anna Sage). Though Polly is seen mostly in shadow (to cover up the fact Phillips is playing her part), there are some indications that it is in fact Phillips: 1. There are two brief occasions where her face is seen. First when the trio is underneath the awning of the theater and then when shes lighting a cigarette. 2. After Melvin Purvis shoots Dillinger, Polly begins screaming hysterically. Comparing her screams to those by Billie earlier in the film, both are screams by Michelle Phillips. 3. There may be an additional reason not mentioned as to why Phillips plays both parts: In real life many people believe that Dillinger dated Polly Hamilton because of her strong resemblance to Billie Frechette, who had been captured by the FBI.
c.		Alice Walker (author of the novel) may have had doubts about Steven Spielberg directing, but was at least partially convinced when she saw E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. After seeing the film, she felt that E.T. was treated like "a person of color".
d.		In the film, it appears as if the schoolhouse is within the bay town limits. The frightened children are clearly shown running downhill toward the town and the water. In real life, the schoolhouse used for those shots is located five miles southeast and inland of Bodega Bay in the separate township of Bodega, California.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paris, Texas (1984)?
a.		The rum bottle that the Fockers have in their house is Mount Gay Rum.
b.		Costume designer Walter Plunkett worked uncredited on this early talking film. At the time, Hollywood was going through an extremely difficult transition from silent films to talkies. An incident that occurred during the production of this film was later immortalized in Singin in the Rain. While Plunkett was designing the costumes for that film, screenwriters Adolph Green and Betty Comden drew on some of Plunketts recollections as the source for gags about the perils of early sound filming. An example of this is the scene in Singin in the Rain in which Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) taps Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) on the shoulder with her fan but causes a thunderous noise on the soundtrack by disturbing a microphone hidden in Lockwoods clothing. This was based on a similar incident during the production of "Rio Rita".
c.		Columbia Pictures first theatrically-released animated feature since Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation.
d.		Musicians Kurt Cobain and Elliott Smithclaimed this was their favorite movie of all time.

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