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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Poltergeist (1982) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Poltergeist (1982) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982).
About the movie:
A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
Sasha Semenoff
, the orchestra leader seen on the "Aces High" television show, is a well known Las Vegas local. He has performed in Vegas for nearly fifty years. His quartet played the Dunes hotel in the mid 1960s; in 2003, he entertained diners at The Venetian with his violin.
b.
Both of the terrors that plague Robbie came from
Steven Spielberg
s own fears as a child, a fear of clowns and a tree outside his window.
c.
Among the extras in the film are author Tim Tyson (as a Klansman), Julie Tyson (member of the jury), and Rev. Vernon Tyson (as a churchgoer and as a member of the jury.)
d.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
The movie was filmed in Keene, New Hampshire. The film crew left an advertisement up on a brick wall right in the center of town for Parrish Shoes which can still be seen today.
b.
The swirling, flickering lights coming from the closet during the rescue scene were achieved using a very simple effect by having an aquarium full of water in front of a spotlight. Then a fan blew on the surface of the water to make it swirl.
c.
Shortly after accepting the role of Magneto,
Ian McKellen
was offered the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, which originally he had to decline. He spoke to
Bryan Singer
about his interest in making Lord of the Rings, and Singer agreed to rearrange the films shooting schedule so that McKellen would finish his scenes by the end of 1999, freeing him up to travel to New Zealand in January 2000, where Lord of the Rings had been in production since October 1999.
d.
Shot in the Ozark Mountains for three weeks.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
The scene in which Marty hallucinates in the bathroom was the last to be filmed.
b.
The same introductory African drums and chanting were used again two years later in
Mogambo
.
c.
The car Zeke drives is a 1970 Pontiac GTO.
d.
Additional death scenes were filmed after the movie was screened for test audiences: the death of Martin (who is not killed in Simon Hawkes novelization of the film); the double impalement of Annette and Steven (neither of whom are featured in the novelization); and Sissys death was actually filmed, rather than just showing her being pulled out of the window and her head found later, as was originally in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
and
Tobe Hooper
wanted virtually unknown actors to play the Freelings because they wanted to add a realism to the family that would off-balance the ghost story. They felt that if the audience watched well-known stars, then it would take away from the realistic feel of the characters.
b.
According to the DVD sleeve notes, this movie was used a a recruiting film for the US Merchant Marine. They also state that the film utilized real war combat footage.
c.
American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 incorrectly identifies
June Bupp
as June Grisold,
Eddie Phillips
as John Preston, and
Fred Burns
as Sheriff. None of these players appear in the film. The roles in question were played by
June Brewster
,
Bill Patton
, and
Hank Bell
, all now correctly identified in the list above.
d.
Actor
Jan-Michael Vincent
would see this title again when he starred in the television series
Airwolf
. The pilot episode (parts 1 and 2) were titled, "Shadow of the Hawke".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
The house used to film this movie is located in Simi Valley, California where it still stands today. The family who owned it when this movie was filmed still live there today.
b.
The John Garfield character (Johnny Bradfield/Jack Dorney) is obsessed with not being made a sucker. The word "sucker" is used 19 times in the film.
c.
The film includes extensive product placement for Sony Vaio, Reebok, Heineken, and Victorias Secret.
d.
The Lamasery set was, at the time, the largest single standing set in terms of square feet built for a motion picture of the sound era. The set was built on the Columbia ranch in Burbank with the rear of the Lamasery backing up to the intersection of Verdugo Avenue and Hollywood Way.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
Never legally released on any home video format until the 2010 DVD edition, which was prompted by the popularity of
Alice in Wonderland
in cinemas. The more famous
Alice in Wonderland
, already available in several home editions, had an "un-anniversary" DVD repackaging at the same time.
b.
Melanie Griffith
was originally offered the role of Iris, but her mother
Tippi Hedren
made her turn down the offer. She was the first choice to play the part.
c.
During all the horrors that proceeded while filming Poltergeist (1982), only one scene really scared
Heather ORourke
: that in which she had to hold onto the headboard, while a wind machine blew toys into the closet behind her. She fell apart;
Steven Spielberg
stopped everything, took her in his arms, and said that she would not have to do that scene again.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 10, 1949 with
Joan Fontaine
and
Louis Jordan
reprising their film roles.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
George Cleveland
is listed as a cast member by a modern source, but he is not seen in the movie.
b.
A common translation of the German word "Poltergeist" is "rumbling spirit".
c.
The title of the film is a play on a song (The Exploding Boy) which was on the b-side of the single "In Between Days" by
The Cure
. "In Between Days" had been used by the director and his wife as a title to a previous movie and so they decided to adapt "The Exploding Boy" to The Exploding Girl for the purpose of this film (as explained by the director himself on 14th Nov 2009 at the 50th International Film Festival of Thessaloníki, Greece).
d.
Of the films two directors,
Groucho Marx
once said, "One of them French-born
Robert Florey
didnt understand English, and the other one former dance director
Joseph Santley
didnt understand comedy."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
The scene where Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete and Delmar are approaching the Washington Hogwallop cabin is from another Eudora Welty photograph, "House with Bottle Trees, 1941".
b.
The largest dinosaur, Rudy, is based on the dinosaur Baryonyx. The animators chose this dinosaur because of its crocodile-like appearance, which differentiated him from the more familiar Tyrannosaurs. His white color and bloodshot eyes were added to make him even more menacing.
c.
The Rams (then Los Angeles Rams) vs. Saints football game seen near the beginning of the film, is taken from a Monday Night Football game in 1980.
d.
Ben has a gigantic replica of Fenway Parks left field wall (a.k.a. "The Green Monster") on the wall of his apartment. In real life and in his apartment, the wall includes a hand-operated scoreboard. The particular game immortalized on Bens mural is that of Game 3 of the 1999 American League Championship Series, won by the Red Sox over the N.Y. Yankees, 13-1. Before Bostons conquest of New York in 2004 (depicted at the end of the film), the 99 game was one of the most memorable Boston wins in recent memory.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
In addition to the two times that the Beast appeared in the movie (the face that appeared in the closet and the creature that guarded the kids door), the script had it appearing during the scene where the family and investigators are looking at the tape of the manifestation. The giant ghost that they saw visually slowly resolved itself into the image of a face of a cruel old man: the man we know in the later films as Reverend Henry Kane.
b.
Cars
merchandise broke records for toys based on a Disney/Pixar film, with an estimated $1 billion in sales.
c.
When
Martha Coolidge
was hired to direct, she cast Kim Delaney as Amanda Jones and
Kyle MacLachlan
as Hardy Jenns. When Coolidge dropped out before filming was to begin and
Howard Deutch
replaced her, he replaced Delaney with
Lea Thompson
(after
Eric Stoltz
suggested her for the role) and replaced MacLachlan with
Craig Sheffer
.
d.
Though the title and characters are based on
Dorothy B. Hughes
s novel, the biggest difference between book and movie is that in the movie Dixon Steele, though violent, is only accused of being a murderer while in the book he is a serial killer and rapist. Director
Nicholas Ray
claimed that he made the change because he was "more interested in doing a film about the violence in all of us, rather than a mass murder film or one about a psychotic." Hughes was never bothered by the changes from her novel and praised
Gloria Grahame
s performance.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Poltergeist (1982)?
a.
According to
John Leguizamo
in his autobiography, his frequent improvisation angered
Kurt Russell
so much that they got into a shoving match. Leguizamos improvised line "Hope the smell doesnt give us away." started the fight.
b.
Newscaster Pierce Hope, in exasperation, closes his final newscast with a reference to poet William Blakes "The Tyger" ("What the hammer/what the chain/in what furnace was thy brain").
c.
The scene in which Diane opens the bedroom door and is met with a fearsome scream was the first to be filmed.
d.
Jeff Goldblum
hosted Saturday Night Live to promote this film. Four years earlier, he had hosted a few months after
Jurassic Park
had opened. That appearance also included a brief appearance by cast mate
Laura Dern
, with whom Goldblum was romantically involved at the time.
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