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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Payback (1999) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Payback (1999) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999).
About the movie:
Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
The opening theatre sequence was filmed at the Bristol Hippodrome and the gentleman paging the curtain for Baryshnikov is John Randall (sadly now deceased) who was the Theatres technical director at the time.
b.
The film was shot over a 16 day period in an actual house located in Berkley, California.
c.
Sally Kellerman is the original voice of Bronson in Brian Helgelands Directors cut of the picture and is never seen. For the theatrical cut, Bronson is played by Kris Kristofferson for all the re-shot scenes.
d.
On
Mary Pickford
s urging, the role of Don Diego was offered to
Ramon Novarro
. He rejected it, however, because Pickford once stated that his "face and body dont match".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
The quote "A woman is a hole, isnt that what they say? All the futility of the world pouring into her" is from the French philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre
s book, "Being and Nothingness".
b.
Harpo Marx
was considered for the part of Androcles at one time.
c.
Thirty percent of the film was re-shot when
Brian Helgeland
was replaced as director.
d.
Ricky Jay
s character tells Captain Amazing, "Im a publicist, not a magician." Jay is in fact a well-known magician.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
John Landis
: [look to camera] When the Duke brothers talk down to Billy Ray Valentine about commodities, he looks directly into the camera as if saying, "These guys must think Im a complete idiot."
b.
Almost all of the telephones in the movie (even the one in the limousine) are rotary, not touch-tone.
c.
Director/Actor had his right shoulder dislocated and popped back into place during an action scene. The shoot is used in the movie towards the end of the film.
d.
Mia Sara
beat
Molly Ringwald
to the role of Sloane Peterson, because according to Hughes she had elegance.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
Gunshots heard outside of the films Dominican Republic set on 24 October 2005 caused the crew to delay filming for three days.
b.
First of three movies that paired
Deborah Kerr
and
Cary Grant
.
c.
One major addition to the movie after Brian Helgeland left included Kris Kristoffersons character of the main villain. The re-shoots resulted in a delay of almost one year, because
Mel Gibson
was committed to
Lethal Weapon 4
right after principal photography ended.
d.
Keanu Reeves
was recovering from neck surgery while training for this film. During the four months of training, he had to wear a neck brace.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
Author
Peter Benchley
s choices for whom to cast in the film were
Robert Redford
,
Paul Newman
and
Steve McQueen
.
b.
In a 1933 press release,
Clark Gable
,
Wallace Beery
, and
Buster Keaton
were scheduled to film cameo appearances, while
Jean Harlow
,
Nina Mae McKinney
, and
Joan Crawford
were to perform musical numbers written by Rodgers & Hart ("Prayer", which later became "Blue Moon", "Im One of the Boys", and "Black Diamond"). But none of this materialized. Crawford allegedly filmed her number, which was then cut, and was reinstated in
Sadie McKee
, where sources say it was also deleted.
c.
When Joel goes to the darkened room of the recording session in his head for the second time, the warped faces of Dr. Mierzwiak and Joel are (according to
Michel Gondry
) the skin of his knee.
d.
For release in Australia, the U.S. tagline "Get ready to root for the bad guy" was changed to "Get ready to CHEER for the bad guy" because, as
Mel Gibson
himself pointed out, in Australia "to root" is slang for "to have sexual intercourse".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
The print Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has been showing since 1994 is probably a print shown in the UK, since an opening frame states "Grand National Pictures Ltd. presents Start Cheering". That company is a UK company which probably handled the UK distribution. Although the IMDb credits are based on that print, it differs markedly from the American version as listed in the AFI Catalogue.
b.
Nearly the entire cast, and most of the crew, from Hershbergers first short film, "The Nest" worked on "Wicked Spring."
c.
While the identity of the person assigned to direct the re-shoots of the film following the departure of
Brian Helgeland
was originally unknown,
Mel Gibson
revealed in a Hong Kong newspaper interview that that person was production designer
John Myhre
. Meanwhile, on his website, director
Paul Abascal
explained that he was the director hired for the re-shoots.
d.
Arthur Roberts
wore his own clothes.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
Robert Duvall
is really singing in the nightclub scene.
b.
The restoration of the Directors Cut took place in 2005. Most of the original elements of the film were not preserved, so Editor Kevin Stitt and Director Brian Helgeland had to make do with what was preserved from the original film stock and had to reassemble the film that way without the use of Avid film editing. At the same time, the blue tint in which the theatrical version looked visually was removed for more vivid color tones and contrast, but still preserving some of the grittiness of the theatrical cut.
c.
The song Get Thee Behind me, Satan was edited in prints shown in Great Britain to remove the word Satan (which offended the overly prudish censorship board). The result looks and sounds as though the film is faulty and jumps several frames each time the line is sung, but the effect was deliberate and a highly unusual example of censorship, possibly the only time a popular song was edited in this way.
d.
This film uses the word "fuck" 205 times.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
Two of the landing craft used in the Omaha Beach scenes were actually in use in World War II.
b.
Music editor Scott Stambler was involved in the theatrical cut, and was brought in to try and reedit Chris Boardmans music from that version of the film into the Directors cut. When it was decided by director Brian Helgeland that music simply didnt match the tone of his film, he asked Stambler to write a new original score for his film which was recorded in late Feburary 2006
c.
In the foreign release of this film the producers wanted all the singing in English, and all the dialog dubbed. There is one scene where Goldie Hawn is speaking while Alan Alda is singing live on the set. This segment of singing had to be re-dubbed into English by Vocal Contortionist Jeff Bergman - Segment Produced by Roy Yokelson.
d.
Filmed in 1961, not released until 1962.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
Cameron Bright
was offered a role but he and his mother did not want him to be associated with a serial killer.
b.
There are at least two different versions of the scene where Randall is ordering a video for the woman with her little girl. The two versions have two distinctly different voices for the little girl when she says "Happy Scrappy"
c.
Porters first name is never revealed; even his wife and then subsequent girlfriend call him Porter. When asked about Porters first name in the movie, Resnick pauses and then replies, "I dont know. He never called himself anything but Porter."
d.
A music video was created for the KMFDM single "Juke Joint Jezebel" and featured clips of fight scenes from the movie, but it was pulled by MTV due to complaints about its violent content.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Payback (1999)?
a.
Porter uses a Smith & Wesson Model 27 357 Magnum with a four-inch barrel and custom wood grips.
b.
Composer
Craig Safan
wrote an original score for this film and was replaced at the last minute by future Academy Award winner
James Horner
.
c.
The opening title sequence is a very specific and direct send-up of the main title sequence of the James Bond movie
Thunderball
.
d.
Vince Papale played three seasons for the Eagles and was the Special Teams Captain in 1978.
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