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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pretty in Pink (1986) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pretty in Pink (1986) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pretty in Pink (1986)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986).

About the movie: A poor girl must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart and a rich but sensitive playboy.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		On May 11, 1938, a special live radio broadcast of an extended selection of the important parts of the music score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold was presented by NBC coast to coast, with Basil Rathbone (who played Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the film) narrating the story and the composer himself conducting the Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra. This was the first time that a film score was performed in this way on radio, an unusual accolade for Korngolds remarkable score. Plans to release the broadcast on gramophone records were unfortunately abandoned, for reasons that are unclear. Private copies were made, of which only three are known to survive. An edited version of the broadcast has been issued on LP and CD.
b.		Matthew Broderick, a friend of writer/director Kenneth Lonergans, was the first actor cast in this movie. He visited Lonergan at his apartment, read the part of Brian and asked if he could audition for it. Lonergan then told him the part was already his.
c.		Tony Leung Chiu Wais film debut.
d.		"Simon" is played by Dweezil Zappa and there is a sign inside the Trax music store that says "Dweezil" is the Pick of the Week. He was also Molly Ringwalds boyfriend at the time.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		Anthony Michael Hall turned down the role of Duckie.
b.		Set in Messina (Sicily) but filmed in Chianti (Toscana, central Italy).
c.		In the skinny-dipping scene, the water Bruce Dern is swimming in was actually ice cold. The production saved money by not providing a water heater.
d.		First movie performance of Mary Livingston (wife of Jack Benny) and her only filmed credit where she is not playing her Mary Livingston character from the Jack Benny radio show.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		Since this films release, a persistent urban legend has sprung up amongst students at the University of Minnesota. According to the legend, Pioneer Hall, an allegedly haunted dormitory, was where Emily Rose was first "possessed," as seen in the film. However, as Emily Rose is a fictional version of Anneliese Michel, a German woman who never attended the U of M, this legend is obviously false.
b.		The movie is dedicated to Alexa Kenin and Bruce Weintraub. Kenin, who played Jena, was murdered in New York just before the movie was released. Set decorator/production designer Weintraub (who had been Oscar-nominated for Prizzis Honor) died of AIDS at age 33; Pretty in Pink was the last movie he worked on before his death.
c.		The town where this film is set; Walnut Lake, Michigan, actually exists. Director Scott Spiegel, the Raimi brothers, and Bruce Campbell grew up in the Walnut Lake area.
d.		Redline marks the on-screen debut of the Swedish-made Koenigsegg CCX. Priced at over $500,000, the CCX sports a 4.7 liter twin-supercharged V8 that churns out 806 horsepower and does a top speed of over 245 mph.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		Sally Fields one and only feature film appearance with step-father Jock Mahoney
b.		Gillians cat is named Pyewacket. This name has become a popular one for cats because of this movie, but few know its origin: Pyewacket was one of the familiar spirits of a witch detected by the "witchfinder general" Matthew Hopkins in March 1644 in the town of Maningtree, Essex, UK. He claimed he spied on the witches as they held their meeting close by his house, and heard them mention the name of a local woman. She was arrested and deprived of sleep for four nights, at the end of which she confessed and named her familiars, describing their forms. They were: Holt Jarmara Vinegar Tom Sacke and Sugar Newes Ilemauzer Pyewacket Pecke in the Crowne Griezzel Greedigutt Hopkins says he and nine other witnesses saw the first five of these, which appeared in the forms described by the witch. Only the first of these was a cat; the next two were dogs, and the others were a black rabbit and a polecat. So its not clear whether Pyewacket was a cats name or not. As for the meanings, Hopkins says only that they were such that "no mortall could invent." The incident is described in Hopkinss pamphlet "The Discovery of Witches" (1647).
c.		There are two bands performing in the club that Andie frequents. One is The Rave-Ups, performing "Rave Up/Shut Up" and the other band is The Talkback, which performs the song "Rudy".
d.		The character Budiansky (Colin Salmon) was taken from the graphic novel Widowmaker.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		The song "Innamorata", written for this film, went on to be a major record hit for Dean Martin and several other singers.
b.		The Rave-Ups are the band playing in the club scene. Star Molly Ringwald was apparently a fan of their music and her sister had a child with one of the band members. Also, in Sixteen Candles, "The Rave-Ups" is scrawled on the notebook Mollys character is carrying while walking down a corridor after study hall.
c.		Josh Lucas gained forty-three pounds to play Coach Don Haskins.
d.		The character of Elizabeth Lane was loosely based on the then popular Family Circle Magazine columnist Gladys Taber, who lived on Stillmeadow Farm in Connecticut.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		The first name of the Joe Gillis character was Dan in an early draft of the screenplay.
b.		This is Molly Ringwalds favorite among her own films.
c.		Long after Bela Lugosis death, it was revealed that the "hypnosis" angle was a complete hoax, but Boris Karloff played along at the time of the films release, stating that he was convinced that Lugosi had been hypnotized, because he had never seen his fellow co-star keep his back to the camera so long.
d.		The underground facility was not on a soundstage. It was shot in the Wampum mine, a former limestone mine near Pittsburgh, that was being used for a underground storage facility. The 2,500,000 square foot mine is now operated as the Gateway Commerce Center who now called it a "subsurface storage facility".

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		Ralph Fiennes put on fifteen pounds of muscle for the role of Francis Dolarhyde.
b.		For this film, which was based on Irwin Shaws play "The Gentle People", nearly all of the characters names were changed from the play.
c.		Samuel L. Jackson describes his Nick Fury post-credits scene as "connective tissue to The Avengers."
d.		The original ending to this film depicted Duckie getting the girl. However, the test audiences said they would have preferred to see Blane win Andies heart. Additionally, Molly Ringwald was sick during the filming of the ending and John Hughes wasnt satisfied with the editing. He was also concerned that audiences would take the original ending as a message that poor people and rich people dont belong together.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		As of date, the last R-rated film to be directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, as well as the last film where both of them worked on together.
b.		The MPAA gave this film an R rating, accompanied with the specific explanation "For graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets."
c.		Nickelodeon did not give the film any nominations at the 2011 Kids Choice Awards, despite the fact that Airbender was a Nickeloden Movies motion picture.
d.		When the ending was re-shot, all of the principal actors had to be called back. Andrew McCarthy had already lost a substantial amount of weight and shaved his head for a new role in a New York play called "The Boys of Winter". Although he wore an auburn wig, hes noticeably more gaunt in the re-shot scenes.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #88 Greatest Movie of All Time.
b.		Filmed in the same L.A. high school where Grease was made.
c.		In the Bishops garden, he is seen hand-feeding a dancing woman (played by Constume Designer Nanà Cecchi). The pattern on the sleeves of her gown is drawn from the plumage of a hawk, and she employs bird-like motions in her dancing.
d.		The reason the lead characters were named Mike and Scott is that when Gus Van Sant was writing the script, he met two actual street hustlers with those names and the lead characters were fictionalized versions of them. One of those hustlers appears in the cafe scene.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pretty in Pink (1986)?
a.		The basement scene featuring Dylan Avery and Bruce Spielbauer was filmed in the basement of the directors mother.
b.		"If You Leave", performed by Andy McCluskey, was not the original song Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark had composed for this movie. Their song "Goddess of Love" was the original composition, but it did not fit when the ending was changed.
c.		Due to all the cameras, lights, and equipment virtually trapping him in his bed, at one point Bruce Campbell was forced to actually answer natures call by using the same bedpan his character used to capture the giant scarab beetle.
d.		Due to the lack of script and the loose plot, Murawski has stated "I think he was just coming up with ideas for scenes, and shooting as he went along."

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