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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Peopletoys (1974) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Peopletoys (1974) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Peopletoys (1974).
About the movie:
Five extremely disturbed, sociopathic children escape from their psychiatric transport and are taken in unwittingly by a group of adult villagers on winter vacation.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peopletoys (1974)?
a.
Scott Glenn
played Jack Crawford in
The Silence of the Lambs
, but was replaced by
Harvey Keitel
in the prequel,
Red Dragon
.
b.
Alison Doody
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
,
Molly Ringwald
,
Meg Ryan
,
Kelly McGillis
,
Brooke Shields
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Sharon Stone
,
Kim Basinger
,
Jodie Foster
and
Ally Sheedy
all turned down the role of Claire Lewicki.
c.
LeVar Burton
: the night watchman elf that Blizzard eludes to "borrow" the skates for Katie.
d.
Original director
Sean MacGregor
was fired from the production after a few weeks of difficult filming and the most of the footage MacGregor directed was deemed unusable. Much of the final version of the movie had to be re-filmed under direction of David Sheldon several weeks later using different interior locations for the inside of the lodge, which noticeably changes in appearance partway through the movie. By the time of Sheldons re-shoots,
Leif Garrett
had also gotten a closely cropped dark colored haircut for another production (
Macon County Line
) and had to re-film his scenes wearing a wig that is visibly different than his original longer blond hair style. (Source: Screem Magazine Vol. 13)
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peopletoys (1974)?
a.
Gary Coleman
was offered the chance to reprise his role as one of the central characters from the original
Postal 2
video game, but turned down the offer because he didnt want to swear.
b.
Actress
Carolyn Stellar
(as "Lovely") is actually the real birth mother of
Leif Garrett
("David") and
Dawn Lyn
("Moe"), two of the child actors in the cast.
c.
The music playing in the scene where Indy meets
Adolf Hitler
is adapted from the "Königgrätzer Marsch" by Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815-1884), combined with another song, "Hohen Friedsberg."
d.
Many of the second season characters (Stunticons, Aerialbots, etc.) do not appear in the movie because they did not exist at the time the movie was written. However, they all suddenly appear in the post-movie episodes.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peopletoys (1974)?
a.
The film covers only the first half of the
L. Ron Hubbard
book.
b.
This is the film with the often shown, camp classic scene of
Bette Davis
calmly grabbing
Miriam Hopkins
by the shoulders, vigorously shaking her, throwing her down into a chair, and then calmly saying with a clipped, sarcastic edge: "Sorry".
Bette Davis
later admitted she immensely enjoyed playing that scene.
c.
Unknown actress
Gail Smale
("Sister Hannah") was alleged to be original director
Sean MacGregor
s under-aged girlfriend at the time of production, and her characters Nuns Habit costume with rose colored glasses was partly an attempt to conceal her natural albinism. "Peopletoys" remains her only known screen credit.
d.
The name "Homer Simpson" did not inspire the name of the character from
The Simpsons
- its a coincidence.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peopletoys (1974)?
a.
One of the inkblots that appears during Rorschachs examination, which he perceives to be two lovers (but which he describes as "some nice flowers"), appears twice during his final confrontation with Dr. Manhattan: on his mask, and in the blood pattern on the snow.
b.
The footage of the radio-controlled submarine under the water was taken from
The Hunt for Red October
. The first scene of the sub shows a Soviet Alpha class attack submarine captained by a former student of the Red Octobers skipper (
Sean Connery
) and now hunting Red October with orders to destroy it, while the second scene is of the USS Dallas.
c.
According to legend original director
Sean MacGregor
spent some time as a patient in a psychiatric ward following his departure from the project.
d.
Hop-Toad and Esmeralda were drawn from Poes short story "Hop-Frog". That story was inspired by an actual incident in 1393, where French King Charles VI and 5 of his lords dressed and chained themselves as "wild men" at a masquerade, and their costumes caught fire from a stray spark. 4 of the lords died, and the incident became known as the Bal de Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peopletoys (1974)?
a.
The movie is a fictionalized account of the 1917 Winnipeg-to-St. Paul dog-sled race, sponsored by the Great Northern Railway. The main character in the movie, Will Stoneman, is based on two real-life participants in the 1917 race: Albert Campbell, the eventual winner, a mixed-blood Cree trapper from Manitoba who endured harassment from his racist white competitors throughout the race; and Fred Hartman, the only American participant, who was touted as a hero during the race by American newspapers, but had to drop out when his sled dogs fought among themselves and his lead dog was killed. J.W. Harper, the president of the St. Paul Winter Carnival in the movie, is based on Louis W. Hill, son of railroad magnate James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad.
b.
Tom Berenger
was in talks with director Verhoeven about playing the lead role of Robocop.
c.
The character played by
Sorrell Booke
is a doctor, named "Harvey Beckman". The role of "Dr. Brown" is played by veteran Canadian character actor,
Henry Beckman
.
d.
The entire entire production crew were made up of young people ranging in age from 13 to 25.
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