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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Prince of the City (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Prince of the City (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981).
About the movie:
A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
The Anderson home, where Ed is captured at the end of the movie, is the same house used as the Jarvis home in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
.
b.
In one scene Joan Manion (played by Joan Leslie) is asked by Fred Atwell - a.k.a. Fred Burton (played by Fred Astaire) if her boss, Mr. Harriman (played by Robert Benchley), has ever proposed marriage to her: She replies that he has attempted to numerous times, but keeps getting side-tracked by discussions of such things as the "sex life of polyps". It turns out that in 1928 in one of Robert Benchleys earliest films he played a "Doctor Benchley" in the film "The Sex Life of Polyps" where he lectures Womens Clubs on this interesting creature that can change its sex.
c.
All of the scenes filmed for Trevors office and lobby were shot in one continuous 17-hour day.
d.
The character of Daniel Ciello is based on real-life NYPD Narcotics Detective Robert Leuci. Leucis testimony helped indict 52 corrupt detectives. After he quit the job, Leuci turned novelist and wrote the gritty police dramas "Snitch", "Odessa Beach" and "Captain Butterfly".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
Despite being a box-office flop, the film won five Oscars, but this made no difference to the movie public.
b.
While many people think Harry does in fact fly off at the end, he actually just drives off the bridge and kills himself. An explosion is heard, but people mistake it for the sound effects of Harrys brother rolling down the hill into boxes.
c.
Production was shut down for six months when
William Holden
contracted salmonella, and the film had to be finished in Hollywood.
d.
Alan King appears briefly in an early scene, chatting with the character played by Jerry Orbach. King had just finished shooting Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) with director Sidney Lumet for the same studio (the then fledgling Orion, originally a subsidiary of Warner).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
The lead role was originally offered to
Al Pacino
, who declined, feeling it was too similar to the character hed played previously in Sidney Lumets
Serpico
.
b.
In the novel, the Headless Horseman was a man who lost his head from a cannon blast in an unknown battle of the American Revolutionary War.
c.
The movie was funded in conjunction with New Mexicos Film Investment Program.
d.
The early buzz on the film was so positive that a sequel was planned before the film was finished filming.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
Andy Serkis
did the voices for the three orcs arguing with each other at the Fangorn Camp scene
b.
Robert De Niro
was set to star at one point when De Palma was involved.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 15, 1940 with
Robert Cummings
reprising his film role.
d.
Julie Andrews
was asked to reprise her stage role of Guenevere, but had become such a popular film star by this time that she was unable to accept the role. Ironically,
Jack L. Warner
, who produced the movie version of
Camelot
, was the same man who produced the film version of
My Fair Lady
, and who had given the role of Eliza Dolittle to
Audrey Hepburn
because he thought that Julie Andrews would not be a big enough box-office name.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
Had an 11-week shooting schedule.
b.
Canadian pop singer
Corey Hart
was asked to screen test for the part of Marty.
c.
The idea of the prawns being obsessed with cat food came from two inspirations. In impoverished areas of Johannesburg,
Neill Blomkamp
would see people selling cheese poofs and other snack foods out of large 3-foot tall bags and wanted the aliens to have a similar cheap food. The decision to make them cat food came from one of the producers who used canned cat food to bait hooks when fishing for prawns in Vancouver.
d.
This was originally set to reteam director
Brian De Palma
and actor
John Travolta
, following
Blow Out
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
Lumet wanted to direct the film because he felt it would be a more accurate portrayal of police than
Serpico
.
b.
James Woods
filmed his role in one day.
c.
This
Charles Bronson
movie was theatrically released between between his pictures
Messenger of Death
and
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
though
The Indian Runner
was also released in between but that was not a Bronson vehicle as he had only a supporting role in that film.
d.
Paul Verhoeven
: [religious imagery] RoboCop is seen walking on water near the end of the film. Verhoeven has stated that he sees the character as a futuristic version of Christ. Additional references include the gunshot blast to Murphys hand as Jesus hands being nailed to the cross, the bullet to Murphys head seen as the Crown Of Thorns, and Boddickers blood at the climax of the film turning the water red, like wine.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
Angela Clarke
was the voice of the Virgin Mary, pitching her voice a bit lower and speaking very slowly. She had done one of the crowd voices in the scene "Let us see the children!", as did
Jay Novello
.
b.
Eli Roth
put nearly every single crew member in the film, including production accountant
Mark Bakunas
, who appears on a poster in the background of three different scenes for his fictional rock band, Bakunas and the Essential Elements. The other members of the band on the poster are producers
Mike Fleiss
and
Chris Briggs
, Co-Producer
Daniel S. Frisch
, Production and Costume Designer
Franco-Giacomo Carbone
, and Roth.
c.
The films writers
Barry Levinson
and
Valerie Curtin
based the script on their very own marriage.
d.
To prepare for the role,
Treat Williams
spent a month with New York City police, participated in a drug bust and lived with Robert Leuci, the person on whom his character is based.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
The hotel Jigsaw (
Dominic West
) tells The Punisher (
Ray Stevenson
) to meet him at is the Bradstreet Hotel. This is a reference to
Timothy Bradstreet
, who was the long running cover artist for "The Punisher" comics.
b.
Theres a shot where the heroine pulls herself up a cliff. Its filmed exactly like the shot in
Alien
where Ripley (
Sigourney Weaver
) does the same, looking for the Alien, and in
Aliens
, when Ripley pulls herself out of the airlock at the end. In both shots the characters are sweating heavily and one of their hands in front of their faces can be seen.
c.
James Cameron
s brother,
Mike Cameron
, plays a dead crewman inside the sunken submarine. To accomplish this he had to hold his breath under 15 feet of water while also allowing a crab to crawl out of his mouth.
d.
Sidney Lumet
agreed to direct under two conditions: he wanted an unknown actor to play Leuci and he wanted the running time to be at least three hours long.
Treat Williams
was unknown at the time but the final cut was edited down to 2 hours and 47 minutes.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
The villain Charles Muntz is named after
Charles Mintz
, the Universal Pictures executive who in 1928 stole
Walt Disney
s production rights to his highly-successful "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" cartoon series. This led Walt Disney to create Mickey Mouse, who soon eclipsed Oswald in popularity.
b.
The aircraft carrier scenes were shot aboard the USS John C. Stennis, which was conducting exercises off the southern California coast. Some of the extras were Navy sailors.
Tyrese Gibson
gave an impromptu concert in the hangar bay after filming completed.
c.
Derick Martini
met actress Amy Hathaway on the film and began a relationship that lasted five years.
d.
Brian De Palma
who had originally been slated to direct, had worked on the script for over a year before being replaced by
Sidney Lumet
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of the City (1981)?
a.
Amy Adams
was considered to play Alma, but declined.
b.
David Rabe
was set to write the screenplay when De Palma was involved.
c.
Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
originally wanted
Gary Cooper
for the male lead, with
Harry Carey
as the chief villain.
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