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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Police Academy (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Police Academy (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984).
About the movie:
A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
David O. Selznick
originally rejected the story, as films about Hollywood had generally failed, but was persuaded to do the film by his wife
Irene Mayer Selznick
. Writer-director
William A. Wellman
had alternately suggested a sequel to
The Public Enemy
, titled "Another Public Enemy".
b.
Film debut of
Roy DArcy
.
c.
While filming the obstacle course scene, the first man to scale the wall propelled himself so high that he broke one of his lower limbs upon landing.
d.
G. Gordon Liddy
was offered the part of Clarence Beeks but turned it down after discovering Beekss fate. Beeks is reading Liddys book, "Will", on the train.
Maurice Copeland
, who plays the Secretary of Agriculture, also played Attorney General John Mitchell in the television movie
Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
Over 12.5 million plastic rings were made in order to fabricate simulated chain mail for the movie. Two crew members spent the length of the shoot linking the rings by hand into suits of armor. By the end of production, they had worn the fingerprints off their thumbs and index fingers.
b.
Disneys first PG-rated movie.
c.
The only Police Academy movie to feature Eric Lassards wife.
d.
The documentary
The Essence of Combat: Making Black Hawk Down
that appears on the DVD is actually longer than the film itself.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
The film was partially filmed about the small town it was written about in William Humphreys novel by the same name. Vincente Minelli was shooting on location, hence the film was shot in and around Clarksville Texas.
b.
Composer
Bernard Herrmann
, Larry Cohens first choice to score the film, died that night after seeing the film without music. The film is dedicated to Hermann in his honor.
c.
The Blue Oyster bar used in this movie is actually called the Silver Dollar Room, located on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. Coincidentally, Spadina Avenue is also home to Protocol Entertainment, the company that would later produce
Police Academy: The Series
.
d.
James Cameron
asked special effects creator
Stan Winston
to direct a teaser-trailer. Cameron didnt want the trailer to just be early footage, and so with a budget of $150,000, Winston created a trailer that showed a futuristic assembly line churning out copies of Terminators, all of which looked like
Arnold Schwarzenegger
. Cameron was pleased with this trailer, as he had fears about audience reactions to trailers showing Schwarzenegger returning as a Terminator (after the Terminator in the first film was clearly destroyed).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
Bruce Willis
auditioned for the role of Mahoney.
b.
The silver badge on General Garzas right breast is actually a United States Army Combat Action Badge. It is awarded to non-infantry soldiers who have actually engaged an enemy force in combat, and worn on the left breast. Since it would be nearly impossible for a foreign general to earn a CAB legitimately, the costume department most likely simply picked out a random military badge.
c.
To ensure that Bobs (
Meat Loaf
) breasts and love handles hung correctly, his fat suit was filled with birdseed, so that it would spill over his pants and give the impression of sagging flesh. Altogether, the suit plus the seed weighed over one hundred pounds.
d.
Robert Zemeckis
consciously shot
What Lies Beneath
in the style of Hitchcock, if he had access to digital technology. Also, the heroine of the film is a blonde, which was a common trademark of Alfred Hitchcocks.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
Robert Conrad
was offered the role of Commandant Eric Lassard, but turned down the part, which he regretted later on, to the point that he took the part of the Police Chief in
Moving Violations
which was co-written and directed by
Neal Israel
, who also co-wrote this film.
b.
According to Variety,
Emilio Estevez
was far down the list of actors in consideration for the role of Frank Wyatt. The trade paper story explained that the studios desperation to quickly cast the lead role also led to Estevez taking a much higher-than-expected payday. Actors who passed included
Tom Cruise
and
Christian Slater
.
c.
Schedule for the movie was 24 days (according to director
Martin Scorsese
s commentary for
Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore
).
d.
While the Pentagon cooperated in the making of this movie, it subsequently declined to promote it. In 1954 the Pentagon was prosecuting some GIs for "collaborating" with the enemy during the Korean War, and it may have feared that the character
Dewey Martin
played in the film could cast doubt on these cases. Martin played a GI who seems to "go over" to the Communists but is eventually revealed to be an American secret agent only pretending to be a collaborator.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
Rosie arranges some flowers as she recounts her beating at the hands of Val Resnick. The flowers are known as Black Eyed Susans.
b.
Originally rated NC-17, reduced to R after the removal of some explicit dialogue.
c.
This is the only time we see cadets Leslie Barbara, Karen Thompson and George MartÃn.
d.
Ed Helms
(Stu),
Rachael Harris
(Melissa),
Rob Riggle
(Officer Franklin) and
Matt Walsh
(Dr. Valsh) all appeared as correspondents on
The Daily Show
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
Michael Winslow
(Jones),
David Graf
(Tackleberry) and
George Gaynes
(Cmdnt. Lassard) are the only actors who appeared in all 7 Police Academy movies. Winslow even goes a step beyond this, as he is the only actor to not only appear in all 7 Police Academy movies, but also had a regular role on
Police Academy: The Series
.
b.
Director
Raoul Walsh
, declaring himself "tired of redskins with blue eyes", hired 30 Sioux tribesmen from South Dakota to play Cherokees (or at least the ones nearest the camera in the scene).
c.
The
Bette Davis
portrait from the 30s that accompanies the line "Eve studying Margo" is unusual because it was signed by Davis years later, c. 1980 (she liked to use a red or black Flair pen to sign her name around that time).
d.
Stan Laurel
and
Oliver Hardy
perform a bit of slapstick used just two years earlier in the
Dave Fleischer
cartoon
An Elephant Never Forgets
in which Ollie tells Stan to put out his hand. Instead of whacking Stans hand, Ollie whacks Stan on the head as the teacher in the cartoon does to her student. However, Stan and Ollies version is the winner.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
A rough cut of "Lost in New Mexico" was screened unofficially at a festival in 2007 under the working title, "No Sex for Susan Hero", and was mistaken by some sources to be the films actual release. The movie was subsequently re-titled and re-released under the title, "Lost in New Mexico: the Strange Tale of Susan Hero", which is the official, final release version (2009)
b.
Alan Alda
avoided watching newsreel footage of the real Senator Ralph Owen Brewster. Alda felt that public figures did not speak or behave naturally in front of the newsreel cameras and he wanted his performance to be more natural.
c.
Cans (containing reels) were shipped to theaters under the code name "Cue Ball".
d.
Facklers wife riding the hood of her spouses car, to prohibit him from joining the police academy, (with Mrs. Fackler ultimately catapulted with an abrupt stop) was the start of a comedic tradition with the film series: The Parody On A Parody. Like so many gags, this one would be "recycled" for
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
: Now, with Fackler riding the hood of his car to prevent Mrs. Fackler from joining the Force; complete with the couple being spotted from the interior of a limousine.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
Warner Bros tapped
Hugh Wilson
to write this film. Wilson agreed only after being offered the chance to direct it.
b.
Lloyd Kaufman
s clothes were purchased at a local thrift store.
c.
Tom Skilling
: WGN and Chicago Tribune Chief Meteorologist is a technical advisor and plays the TV station floor director.
d.
David Mamet
s script began as an adaptation of his friend
William J. Caunitz
s novel Suspects, but the more Mamet wrote, the more his story diverged from the novel, until it ultimately became an original screenplay.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Police Academy (1984)?
a.
Eleanor Coppola
filmed and recorded the making of this film, leading to
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse
.
b.
Harris trademark stick was not originally in the script. It was a prop brought onto the set by an extra, who gave it to
G.W. Bailey
to keep.
c.
The film is dedicated to
Dan Blocker
.
Robert Altman
, who had directed many early episodes of
Bonanza
, had originally cast his friend Blocker in the role of Roger Wade, but he died before filming commenced. The role subsequently was filled by
Sterling Hayden
.
d.
At the time of filming,
James Stewart
was anxious to appear in more challenging roles, as he was worried that the general perception was of him as a limited actor. He found director
Anthony Mann
very helpful in breaking that perception.
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