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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Popeye (1980) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Popeye (1980) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980).
About the movie:
The sailor-man travels to a town called Sweet Haven, falls in love with Olive Oyl, adopts Swee' Pea, and makes an enemy with Bluto.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Robin Williams
s film debut.
b.
Pauly Shore
s film debut.
c.
Fictionalized account of the story and disappearance of aviator
Amelia Earhart
.
d.
There are well over fifty differences between the movie and book plot lines.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Warren Beatty
was considered for the role of Bill.
b.
The script was based on The Partygoers, San Franciscos premier party-visiting visionaries. Formed in 1997, the Partygoers are dedicated to spreading goodwill through the spontaneous visitation of social gatherings and celebrations.
c.
A number of the objects and plants in the main factory really were edible, including the giant lollipops.
d.
Many of the citizens of Sweet Haven, especially those who had to do some physical gags, were recruited from European circuses.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
The death of Cyclops (
James Marsden
) was based on Marsdens availability (he had decided to film
Bryan Singer
s
Superman Returns
). The studio considered killing him off-screen with a dialogue reference, but
Simon Kinberg
and
Zak Penn
insisted that Jean be seen killing him, to emphasize their relationship.
b.
Vin Diesel
gained over 30 pounds for his role and spent two hours a day in makeup to resemble DiNorscio.
c.
The makeup appliances for
Robin Williams
fake forearms were not ready when filming began, so in early shots, Popeye wears a long-sleeved raincoat to hide his normal-sized arms.
d.
Real deer were trained to pull the sleigh. The crew required months to complete the training which also allowed the deer to grow their antlers for the final filming. For shots where it was not possible to use the deer, sophisticated animatronic deer were used.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
To extras waiting to join the "Terrible Neighborhood" and "Terrible Flat" scenes, a wardrobe specialist announced, "Please remove your personal jewelry including school rings and wedding bands; this is supposed to be a gritty neighborhood full of crackhouses and youre poor... you hocked all of your jewelry - for drugs."
b.
Kristanna Loken
speaks all of her dialogue in the first 25 minutes of the film. The T-Xs only other dialogue comes when she is impersonating Scott Mason and later Kate Brewster; these lines are spoken by
Mark Famiglietti
and
Claire Danes
respectively.
c.
The intercom guns used by Koopa and Daisy would resemble the NES zapper sold with the Nintendo Entertainment System.
d.
Most of
Robin Williams
s muttered Popeye voice was discovered to be inaudible once filming wrapped, and he had to re-dub much of the dialogue.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
The scene where Kimble is running through the St.Patricks Day parade was not scripted. This was a later addition by
Andrew Davis
. Davis who is a native of the city, really wanted to capture the parade and was granted permission from the mayors office to film the day of the parade. All shot with a hand held steady cam.
b.
While it may seem odd to most viewers that the movies portrayal of Popeye does not like spinach, this was also a theme used in the original comic strip by E.C. Segar. Popeye originally boosted his strength by rubbing the hairs on the head of a Whiffle Hen when he first began appearing in Segars "Thimble Theatre" in 1929. The consumption of spinach to explain Popeyes strength was introduced in the early 1930s, and was only infrequently referenced until it became a staple of the animated shorts produced by Fleischer Studios and Paramount Pictures starting in 1933.
c.
Marlon Brando
was once interested in playing Pablo Picasso and was trying to reduce weight on a banana diet.
d.
In 1999,
Bill Murray
replaced his talent agency with an automated voice mailbox that can be reached with an 800 number he gives out sparingly.
Sofia Coppola
reportedly left hundreds of messages on Murrays mailbox before he finally called back to discuss her offer to cast him as the star.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
There are 302 characters in the film.
b.
The parts of Popeye and Olive Oyl were originally intended for
Dustin Hoffman
and
Gilda Radner
. Hoffman left over a disagreement in the hiring of
Jules Feiffer
as the scriptwriter and, although Radner was the preferred choice of the studio,
Robert Altman
held out for
Shelley Duvall
.
c.
This picture was made with the support of the U.S. Navy and was the first picture to film a completely fictional military aircraft on an actual carrier.
d.
The hotel scenes were filmed at the Comfort Inn in Lorton, Virginia. Several of the actors were given free rooms to stay in during filming; and filming was allowed free of charge in return for promotion of the hotel in the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Executive producer
Steven Spielberg
initially had some reservations about hiring composer
Alan Silvestri
, having been unimpressed by Silvestris score for
Romancing the Stone
. During a preview screening in which the film was accompanied by a temp track that only used part of Silvestris score, Spielberg commented to
Robert Zemeckis
that a particularly grand cue was the sort of music the film needed, unaware that it was indeed one of Silvestris cues.
b.
There is a single cut in the film from a wide-shot to a close-up of two characters that was filmed a year apart.
c.
Star
Rob Brown
got the role after initially auditioning as an extra. Brown had no aspirations of being an actor and was only hoping to make some money to pay his $300 cell phone bill. But
Gus Van Sant
invited him to audition for the role of Jamal and liked his natural ability.
d.
The set for the town of Sweet Haven was built at Anchor Bay on the Mediterranean island of Malta. After filming, it became a popular tourist attraction.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Linda Hunt
s film debut.
b.
Judd Nelson
was considered for the Peter Loew role.
c.
Originally developed at Paramount, the studio put the project in turnaround and sold to Warner Bros. in exchange for the rights and screenplay to
Forrest Gump
. Executive Decision was considered a hot project while Forrest Gump was going through multiple problems with the script and casting. In addition, some Warner executives were afraid that the success of
Rain Man
would preempt Gump due to the perceived similarities of the projects subject material (both involved lead characters with mental disabilities).
d.
Debut of
Elisha Cook Jr.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Katy Sell, the vocalist of the song, "What Do I Wanna Be," was originally brought in as a stand-in singer for a quick demo. Heidi Sell was contacted to sing the part of a fourteen-year-old girl, but upon listening to the tracks, suggested Katy, who reluctantly accepted due to her limited experience. In the end, it was decided that Katy fit the song perfectly and her vocals were used in the final Piece.
b.
Mike Nichols
,
Arthur Penn
, and
Hal Ashby
were each originally slated to direct this movie.
c.
The first musical to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
d.
The first Hollywood studio film to explicitly refer to the inclusion of gay men in the groups condemned to the Nazi death camps. The use of fabric triangles by the Nazis to identify "undesirables" other than Jews is a historical fact, though they were not colored pink.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
The many sunken ships in the harbor were actually seaworthy vessels that were rented or bought and then sunk.
b.
Although originally released in 2-strip Technicolor, the TCM print is in black and white.
c.
There really is a Whistle Stop Cafe that does indeed serve fried green tomatoes (among other Southern foods) just north of Macon Georgia. It is in the actual area where many of the scenes were filmed. After the film became a huge success, the Whistle Stop Cafe set was turned into an actual restaurant, and its surrounding area into a tourist attraction. Although they may have filmed in Georgia, the true Whistle Stop Cafe is in Irondale, Alabama (a suburb or Birmingham, where Author Fannie Flagg grew up.)
d.
The train that Anderson stops is pulled by a locomotive called the General Gault. The source of the name is unclear. The only noted pre-ACW military person of that name served in Napoleons forces. A search of the web, reveals only two other Generals of that name, one from the USA (Army ?) in the 1950s and one Canadian (served in the Second World War).
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