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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989) Quiz
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About the movie:
Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)?
a.
Leonid Kinskey
s movie debut.
b.
William Wyler
went off to make
The Little Foxes
instead.
c.
The elderly man and woman seated at a table on the right side of the screen during Penn and "Carlottas" conversation in the Mexican restaurant were Penns real-life parents, Sam and Valda Jillette.
d.
When Sci Fi Channel aired this movie on television,
Leonard Nimoy
appeared on-screen during commercial breaks, explaining various memories and trivia about the film. One of the items was the character backstory of Lt. Saavik (
Kirstie Alley
), who was intended to have Romulan/Vulcan heritage, which would have made her more emotional than a pureblood Vulcan. Three hints at this remain in the final film: during the Kobayashi Maru simulation, she says to herself, "Damn!"; she gasps in shock when Scotty appears on the bridge with midshipman Peters injured body; and she is emotionally moved by Kirks eulogy.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)?
a.
John Travolta
turned down the lead role (which went to
Richard Gere
). Reportedly, one of the reasons Travolta turned it down was because he wanted final cut and director
Paul Schrader
would not give it to him. See also
An Officer and a Gentleman
.
b.
When the movie was previewed for audiences, none of the producers showed up.
c.
Teller
talks at the end of the movie, which for many people was the first time they had ever heard the magicians voice.
d.
In the scene in which Amanda is driving Adam to work, he tells her, "Oh, youre giving me the Bryn Mawr accent". Bryn Mawr College was
Katharine Hepburn
s alma mater, where she claimed to have gained her distinctive voice.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)?
a.
When
Penn Jillette
and
Teller
are abducted by the Filipinos on the beach, Penn says, "Do what you want to the girl, but leave me alone." This line is one of the phrases in
George Carlin
s list of "Things You Never Hear".
b.
Val Kilmer
auditioned for the part of Pvt. Joker. According to
Matthew Modine
, Kilmer confronted Modine in a restaurant and challenged Modine to a fight because he believed that Modine had stolen the part from him. But Modine was not even aware of the film at the time. Modine later sent Kubrick footage from
Vision Quest
and won the part.
c.
Originally written by screenwriter Robert Fleet for another actor, who was unavailable, leading director Alina Szpak to assign Fleet to play the lead role of "Sam".
d.
Ben Stiller
first came up with the idea for
Tropic Thunder
while working on this film. In interviews he has said that at the time he had friends who were actors in
Platoon
and
Hamburger Hill
and they would go on about the intense the "boot camp" preparation these projects involved. Stiller found this funny because he thought that being an actor in a war film was nothing like being a real soldier in a real war.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)?
a.
Hunter S. Thompson
had previously been portrayed by
Johnny Depp
s
Ed Wood
co-star
Bill Murray
in the film "Where The Buffalo Roam." Prior to filming, Murray called Depp with the advice "Be careful or youll find yourself ten years from now still doing him...Make sure your next role is some drastically different guy."
b.
In the scene where
Teller
is being held down with ropes by audience members, the one closest to
Penn Jillette
is
James Randi
, aka "The Amazing Randi". A close friend and mentor, Randi wrote the book "The Faith Healers" and exposed psychic doctors to the public, a driving plot point in the film.
c.
Unlike her brothers, Reena Evers opted not to play herself however she can be seen numerous times as a juror in the 1994 trial.
d.
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.
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