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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Piranha (1978) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Piranha (1978) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978).
About the movie:
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
Film debut of
Howard Da Silva
.
b.
Adapted from a Broadway play that also starred
Jayne Mansfield
. "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" opened on Oct. 13, 1955 at the Belasco Theatre in New York and ran for 444 performances. The original Broadway cast included
Orson Bean
,
Walter Matthau
and
Jayne Mansfield
.
Tina Louise
and
Tom Poston
were replacement cast members.
c.
The breed of piranha is Brazilian in the novelization.
d.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
The character, "Boston Blackie," was first used in a story, "Boston Blackies Mary," by
Jack Boyle
, in Red Book Magazine, published November 1917.
b.
Sal Mineo
gave director
Peter Bogdanovich
the
Larry McMurtry
book,
The Last Picture Show
. Sal thought it would be a good movie, but felt he was now too old for a young role. Sal Mineo is given "thanks" in the end credit of this film, Texasville, which is the sequel to "The Last Picture Show".
c.
The novelization also fills in some trivia about Maggie. When her boyfriend just walked out on her, she hired a skip-tracer to find him. She got so hooked on the process she decided to become one herself. By the time she caught up with her ex, she wasnt interested anymore in why he left.
d.
Much of Beau Huttons appearance is modeled after Texan singer-songwriter, Hayes Carll, who wrote several of the songs performed by the character in the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
Piranha
had some documented production problems. There were last-minute cast changes, underwater cameras that kept breaking down, union woes, and unusable second unit footage. It still went on to become one of New World Pictures biggest hits.
b.
The park scene was filmed in Beaver, Pennsylvania. The film crew built the gazebo especially for the film, and left it as a gift to the city, where it remains today.
c.
This film marked
Lorne Greene
s Hollywood screen debut.
d.
Elizabeth Taylor
gained nearly 30 pounds to play the role of a middle-aged wife just for this film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
Designs of the cars: - Ramone is a 1959 Chevrolet Impala or Bel Air two door hardtop, a very popular car with the low riders. - Luigi is a 1959 Fiat 500. - Guido is an ISO Isetta, a "bubble car" originally designed and built in Italy by ISO; the design was later licensed to BMW and to manufacturers in France and Brazil. - Mater is a 1951 International Harvester L-170. - Sally is a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera (Type 996).
b.
Director
Samuel Fuller
put up his own money to make the movie and lost it all.
c.
The store Lloyds - always seen in the background in the scenes where
Bill Murray
encounters
Stephen Tobolowsky
- tried to sue the production for several thousand dollars for lost business, a rather spurious claim seeing as their suit exceeded the stores average earnings.
d.
John Sayles
used the profits from the film to fund his own projects. It was also his scriptwriting debut.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
Schickelgruber or Schiklgruber was the original surname of Hitlers father, Alois.
b.
Julie Delpy
wrote and performed three songs for the soundtrack.
c.
The film was designed to jump on the huge success of
Jaws
.
Roger Corman
was known for producing films that were veiled imitations of more successful movies. But it still took a further three years to raise enough money to make the film. By which time
Jaws 2
had already been made.
d.
In the movie
Jack Nicholson
plays a notorious bachelor, who always: "escaped the noose", while
Diane Keaton
plays a divorcée. In real life its the other way round. Jack Nicholson is divorced while Diane Keaton never married.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
The boy on the canoe originally didnt emerge unscathed like he does in the film. He suffered severe lacerations on his arms but this doesnt appear in the film. He is however in a state of shock because of his fathers death. He even thinks Hoak is his father, which is why he keeps calling him Daddy when Paul and Maggie dump his body overboard.
b.
Martin Scorsese
: as a john who is just finishing dressing himself when he asks Bertha if he can spend the night.
c.
Diane Keaton
based much of her portrayal of Kay Adams on
Francis Ford Coppola
s wife,
Eleanor Coppola
.
d.
In the opening sequence, the character played by
Henry Gibson
demanded that his piano player be replaced by the "Pig". At that time in Nashville, one of the most in-demand session players was a blind pianist named Hargus "Pig" Robbins. The man playing the piano in that scene is
Richard Baskin
, the actual music supervisor on the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
Dr. Grants brown truck with the Museum of the Rockies and Montanta State University logos on it is actually based on the vehicle that belongs to Dr.
Jack Horner
, paleontologist consultant on the Jurassic Park films as well as the man that the character of Grant is based on. It was a difficult and time consuming process to find an exact match of Dr. Horners truck to be used in the movie.
b.
The films original trailer, now available on the DVD, shows an alternate take of Carrie in the shower stall from the beginning, an alternate take of Carrie and Margaret kneeling on the floor in the White home, and the original voice of the little boy taunting Carrie from his bicycle (overdubbed by
Betty Buckley
in the finished film).
c.
According to the audio commentary by star
Leo Fong
on the Region 1 DVD (released under the title Revenge of the Bushido Blade), the film was shot in 1976, but did not get released stateside until 1980.
d.
Belinda Balaski
s death scene was shot in a pool. Thirty fake piranha were attached to Balaskis body with gaffers tape and a bunch of crew members pulled her into the deep end of the pool with ropes to make it look like her character was sinking into the water. Moreover,
Roger Corman
demanded a reshoot of Balaskis death scene because he thought the first version didnt have enough blood in it.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Piranha (1978)?
a.
Due to the highly contentious subject matter, no major studio would dare touch the property. 20th Century Fox head
Darryl F. Zanuck
expressed an interest but had to relinquish the idea when his boss point blank refused to allow it to happen.
b.
Originally, Maggie counted to 300 instead of 100 at the climax. This was probably changed because in all likelihood, Paul would have drowned after being underwater for that long.
c.
Gore Verbinski
initially rejected casting director
Denise Chamian
s suggestion to cast
Naomie Harris
as Tia Dalma, saying that she was too young for the role. Chamian insisted he give her a screen test. Finally, Harriss mother came with her for the audition; also serving as her dialect coach, since Dalma speaks in partial Jamaican accent.
d.
In South Africa, the last name "van der Merwe" really is a fairly common surname (it, like many Afrikaans names, comes from the Dutch), but it would also be recognizable to most South Africans as the common name in a whole genre of jokes about stupid, bumbling, oblivious, or incompetent Afrikaaners. The fact that the Wikus van der Merwe character is (at least at the beginning of the film) an ineffectual, catastrophically clueless bureaucrat is immediately communicated by the screenwriters decision to give him that particular name.
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