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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paternity (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paternity (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paternity (1981)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981).

About the movie: A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		This movie was part of a cycle of gender role-playing switch movies made by Hollywood during the 1980s and probably starting with Kramer vs. Kramer. The set of pictures include Mr. Mom; Baby Boom, 3 Men and a Baby, and Paternity.
b.		The number twelve was repeated many times in the movie.
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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.
d.		Frank Darabont: the Man With Buick, whose car is stolen by Daniel Baldwin.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		The character of Tom originally had very few lines in the script but Albert Brooks worked with Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader in fleshing out the role. Brooks was also allowed to improvise during filming.
b.		Burt Reynolds and Beverly DAngelo take the world famous Circleline Tour around Manhattan Island as part of the story.
c.		The original ending didnt go down well with test audience, as Jennifer Aniston fans found it upsetting. As a result Universal Pictures had to re-shoot. According to the Chicago Tribune, the first ending made basically the same point in a slightly different way.
d.		The steady drum beat signifying confrontation in Frankie Laines recording of "High Noon" was later employed by Roy Orbison in his 1961 signature hit, "Runnin Scared".

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		Marys book from Psycho II (called "In the Belly of the Beast") is seen laying in the dirt, by Normans house.
b.		The hands of Tommy Jarvis opening Jasons casket were actually director Tom McLoughlins hands.
c.		The Charles dog, Asta, was replaced for this movie. The original dog outgrew the part.
d.		Burt Reynolds once said of this movie: "Its the story of my life! Its about a guy who has everything in the world except the one thing he desires most - a child. This one is much closer to who I am and what I am than most of my other movies. Personally, its one of my very favorite pictures"

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		Directorial debut of David Steinberg.
b.		Barsuglia has indicated that he modeled Zombie Farm after the Italian Western mold where there has to be action every ten minutes. However, he took it a step further and said, there has to blood every six minutes.
c.		Quentin Tarantino: [long take] When Jules and Vincent step out of the elevator for their "foot massage" debate, we follow them all the way through the labyrinthine hallways to Bretts door, past Bretts to a window and finally, back to Bretts door again, all in a single take.
d.		This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		This movie won a Razzie Award for worst original song.
b.		Director Deborah Brock had a confrontation with executive producer Roger Corman regarding the catering; Corman finally agreed (more or less) to see things her way when she made a wisecrack that caused him to laugh. Brock says that if a person can get Corman to laugh, then it makes things easier in these types of negotiations.
c.		Original plans were for last reel to be in color, with the doctors head being cut off. Scenes were filmed with rats menacing the head.
d.		Film Daily-Friday 11 August 1939: Plagiarism suit for injunctions, accounting and damages was filed in (Los Angeles) Federal Court yesterday by Isabella Knotter against Hal Roach Studios, Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corp., M-G-M Distributing Corp., Lowes, Inc. and Culver Export Service. Plaintiff claims to have submitted her story, "So Zwei Pechvogel." or "Two Down-and-Outs," to the Hal Roach studios on June 16,1937, which was allegedly infringed in the films "Swiss Miss" and "Au Far West." Her manuscript had been returned in August, 1937, with a notation stating that it had been unread, the complain stated.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		The songs sung by the male voices are all authentic Welsh. The song sung at the opening is "Men of Harlech".
b.		Sylvester Stallone said in an interview that he asked his kids about the previous Spy Kids movies and if he should accept the role in the third installment.
c.		The original design for the Witch-King featured a helmet that resembled a bucket with a crown of spikes on top. However, after watching test footage, the producers thought it looked to similar to Saurons helmet and that audiences would confuse the two. The redesign was made to pay homage to the Ringwraith designs. In addition, they also redesigned the Witch-Kings mace. Peter Jackson said the original mace was OK but he wanted it bigger. Weta workshop enlarged it, but Peter Jackson wanted it bigger, so they made it bigger. In the end, it was so large and heavy, it had lost practical use for the fight scenes, in which it was replaced by a digital version.
d.		Actor Norman Fell plays Larry, Burt Reynolds doctor in this movie. Fell also played Reynolds doctor Dr. Samuel Krugman in The End. The latter movie was a comedy about death whereas this movie was a comedy about the opposite, pregnancy/birth.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		Juanita Moore, Academy Award nominee from Imitation of Life, made a rare screen appearance in this movie as Celia, Burt Reynoldss house-keeper. Her last theatrical credit had been for Joey four years earlier.
b.		Although Gore Vidal has spent 40 years taking potshots at film, he still maintains that he has never even seen it - an allegation he makes at least twice in his 2009 photo memoir Snapshots in Historys Glare.
c.		The attack helicopter seen near the end of the film is a Mi-24 SuperHind Mk IV. The helicopter started life as a Russian Mi-24 (NATO designation "Hind") but underwent an extensive upgrade program by Advanced Technology and Engineering, a South African arms company. Upgrades include improvements to avionics, weapons systems, and counter measures.
d.		This film was reportedly the most expensive film ever made in U.S. dollars, with a green-lit budget of $250 million. However, with the ground-up development of revolutionary CGI, the astronomical costs of shooting on location in New York (reportedly at $1 million per day) and extensive re-shoots which over-ran the production schedule an additional 8 months, have led many industry insiders to speculate a final tab of $350 Million or more in production costs alone. If this figure is true, then only Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End comes in second with a final budget of $300 million.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		In this movie, Burt Reynolds character Buddy Evans is aged 44 years which was approximately about the same age that Reynolds actually was when this movie was made.
b.		This film features edited scenes from 1930s and 1940s serials, re-dubbed for comic effect, combined with explanatory scenes with Peter Bergman and Philip Proctor as federal agents. The explanation given for the constantly changing appearance of the films villain, The Lightning Bug, is that he is a master of disguise.
c.		While "visiting" 1960, Peggy Sue warns her sister about eating red M&Ms. Red M&Ms were discontinued in 1976, when Red #2 dye was found to cause cancer. They were reintroduced in 1986, soon after the film was released, with a different red dye.
d.		Friedkin wanted the car crash in the Elizabeth NJ prologue to look as real as possible. Twelve cars were destroyed before the stunt was deemed satisfactory.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		Virginia Vale, who was female lead in most of George OBriens RKO westerns, makes her only Tim Holt western appearance here.
b.		The only surviving print of this film is in the hands of a private collector. Its condition is unknown.
c.		The movies main poster had Burt Reynolds pointing his finger matched with the tagline, "He wants you to have his baby". This was a take on the famous American military recruitment poster which had Uncle Sam pointing his finger matched with the slogan, "I Want You for U.S. Army".
d.		There are several pieces of dialogue that mention "Nazi rocket scientists." This is a reference to Operation Paper Clip, the post-World War 2 U.S. Government project that transferred the Nazi scientists who developed the V-2 rockets that bombed London to the U.S. to work on the beginnings of the U.S. Space Program, largely in Huntsville, Alabama. The most famous of these scientists, Wernher Von Braun, had been the technical director of a Nazi rocket factory that was staffed by slave labor from the nearby Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp. Von Braun was essential in the creation of the Redstone missile, the basis for the U.S. Missile program, and the Saturn V rocket, the basis of the Apollo program, which sent American astronauts to the moon.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paternity (1981)?
a.		John Gilberts final screen appearance.
b.		Two minutes of film were cut, mostly from the club orgy scene, to get an R rating instead of an NC-17.
c.		According to Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron was the first actress to audition for her part and the first person to be cast in the movie.
d.		Lauren Hutton plays opposite Reynolds in this movie. Previously, Hutton had starred as Aggie Maybank, the TV reporter love-interest of Burt Reynoldss Gator McKlusky in Gator. Hutton also appears in Reynolds Malone.

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