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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).
About the movie:
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
Theres a deleted scene where Glen (
Elvis Presley
) sings "Lonely Man" in the garage - part of this scene was used in the trailer for the film.
b.
At the beginning of the movie when
Steve Martin
(Neal Page) races
Kevin Bacon
(Taxi racer), is a direct reference to the scene in the movie
Quicksilver
in which the character played by Bacon is racing someone on a bicycle.
c.
During filming in Hamilton, a van was being towed along a street upside-down as part of a chase scene; stuntman
Chris Lamon
and another man were supposed to roll safely out, but Lamon apparently struck his head, and died six days later.
Todd Schroeder
suffered a concussion in the same incident. The scene was re-shot with the van moving slower and the stuntmen placed differently.
d.
Artist C.C.Beck based the original Captain Marvel character design on Fred MacMurray, who was, at the time, the #1 male box-office star.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
Penny Lane asks William if hed like to go to Morocco with her. He says, "Yes... ask me again." According to director
Cameron Crowe
, "ask me again" was
Patrick Fugit
stepping out of character and asking
Kate Hudson
to repeat her lines for another take. But Crowe liked the take as-is and kept it in the final cut.
b.
Steve Martin
s favorite film of his own.
c.
In a 2009 poll for MTV News, the character of Harry Callahan was voted the "Greatest Movie Badass of All-Time." Dirty Harry beat other movie icons like Rambo, Ellen Ripley and John McClane to the top spot.
d.
Victor Sen Yung
s first movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
Jeri Ryan
was cast, but her part was cut from the final release.
b.
In the boys restroom at the high school, there is graffiti on a stall that reads: LISA + JOYCE ARE SLUTS, an in-joke referring to star Joyce Hyser and director Lisa Gottlieb.
c.
Rebecca Gayheart
: the killer from
Urban Legend
appears at the very end as a nurse talking to the "Final Cut" killer.
d.
The address 250 52nd Street where Rachel Dawes is killed, and where Harvey Dent brings Gordons family is a palindrome: its the same forwards as it is backwards. The way its framed with a zero in the middle and the same numbers in opposite directions on either side suggests the opposite sides of Dents favorite coin, the two sides of his face, and by extension the duality of his nature.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
Was originally written as a drama. Some of the more serious scenes were filmed but cut from the final print. Such as, Shawns son finding his gun and pointing it at his mother, Shawn crashing during the chase, and another scene with Shawn crying over the turn of events.
b.
The movie
Shes Having a Baby
is also on TV in the motel scene, even though the film hadnt been released yet.
c.
Jayne Meadows
found herself on the set of another
Tyrone Power
film when she accompanied her husband, screenwriter Milton Krim, to Italy for the filming of
Prince of Foxes
.
d.
Scabiors violent twist in the air when Bellatrix uses her whip on him was not in the original script.
Nick Moran
improvised it on the set to avoid being upstaged by
Helena Bonham Carter
. The filmmakers liked that touch and decided to use it. Moran was delighted, until he realized that, for it to work, that stunt would have to be repeated for several takes.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
Cast and crew traveled from the Midwest to the East Coast and back in search of snow for many scenes, which seemed to melt whenever they arrived. The shoot was hellish, and according to some who worked on it, Hughess grumpy behavior (he was going through rough times) only made it worse.
b.
Episode titles: 1. The Terror of Tarzan 2. The Love Cry 3. The Call of the Jungle 4. The Lions Leap 5. Flames of Hate 6. The Fiery Pit 7. The Leopards Lair 8. The Jungle Traitor 9. Lost in the Jungle 10. Jaws of Death 11. A Thief in the Night 12. The Enemy of Tarzan 13. Perilous Paths 14. Facing Death 15. The Reckoning
c.
Demi Moore
met first husband-to-be
Freddie Moore
on this shoot.
d.
Mrs. Doubtfire is quietly singing "The Crying Game" as she walks up to Stus Mercedes (the scene where she pulls the hood decal off).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
The living room of the Starks house was based on
Nicholas Ray
s bungalow (he did something similar for
In a Lonely Place
).
James Dean
and other cast members would rehearse there, and Dean felt most comfortable there. It was Deans idea for Jim to be placed between his parents during the climactic fight scene, to reflect his inner turmoil.
b.
Billy "Roquel" Davis produced Etta James records for Chess, not the Chess brothers.
c.
Many of the highway scenes were actually filmed on a stretch of (at the time) unopened highway (US 219) that runs between Buffalo and Springville, NY.
d.
The final scene is filmed on Gärdet, Stockholm, Sweden. The Sydney Opera House has been added to give the impression that it had snowed in Australia.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
After Juror #10s prejudicial rant about the poor and everybody turns their backs on him, Juror #4 tells him to "sit down and dont open his mouth again." Juror #10 thus doesnt say anything for the rest of the film (when prompted for his final vote he shakes his head "not guilty," and doesnt verbalize anything).
b.
The scenes at night on the higway were filmed in central California. Fake snow was applied to the sides of the roads to make it appear as a Midwest winter.
c.
In the scene where Rob (
John Cusack
) talks with Liz (
Joan Cusack
) after Lauras (
Iben Hjejle
) fathers funeral, a Danish flag and pictures from Denmark are visible on the mantelpiece just behind the actors.
Iben Hjejle
is Danish.
d.
The alias that Bill Cox uses, "Bill Redmond", is a reference to
Bill Gates
whose company Microsoft is based in Redmond, Washington.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
Connie Stevens
, then a Warners contract player, campaigned for the role of Eliza Doolittle.
b.
Jennifer Tilly
is the only professional poker player in the film to play a character rather than appear as themselves. She is a world series of poker ladies champion who appears in the film with her boyfriend and fellow poker pro
Phil Laak
.
c.
This film was presumed lost until a print was discovered in the Czechoslovak Film Archives.
d.
At the beginning of the movie, Neal Page (
Steve Martin
) races a character played by
Kevin Bacon
for a taxi. Later, Neal phones his wife to tell her that he has been delayed (again), in the background, you can hear the fight from
Shes Having a Baby
(also directed by
John Hughes
) between Bacon and
Elizabeth McGovern
, when she screams that she doesnt like his friends girlfriend.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
The interior of the Riverview Hotel was built on Universals Stage 28, home to the still-standing original "Phantom of the Opera" set. The Riverview was built inside the massive opera house set. When the hotels false elevator doors were removed for camera access, the view "across the hall" and through the 5th floor elevator shaft was of the gilded gold balconies of the old opera house.
b.
The Marathon Car Rental scene is exactly one minute long from the time
Steve Martin
starts his tirade, to the time the attendant ends the scene. In that 60 seconds, the word "fucking" is used 18 times.
c.
20th Century Fox attempted to buy the books rights to turn it into a vehicle for
Henry Fonda
.
d.
According to the audio commentary on the DVD,
Johnny Depp
doesnt like the taste of good chocolate - he prefers the cheap Easter bunny type.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)?
a.
Compared to its two predecessors, "Scream 3" used the least amount of artificial blood. Its tally of 10 gallons compares with 50 gallons for the first film and 30 for the second.
b.
No transportation company wanted to appear inept or deficient in any way, so crews had to rent twenty miles of train track and refurbish old railroad cars, construct a set that looked like an airline terminal, design a rent-a-car company logo and uniforms, and rent 250 cars for the infamous Rent-a-Car sequence.
c.
According to modern sources,
Fritz Lang
was the first filmmaker to use newsreel footage as a courtroom device in a motion picture, and may have done so before it was used in an actual court case.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
originally wanted
Margaret Sullavan
or
Barbara Stanwyck
for the leading female role. But the role went to
Priscilla Lane
.
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