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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Private Parts (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Private Parts (1997) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997).
About the movie:
The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
Star
Zane Crosby
also served as the special effects makeup artist on the film.
b.
The interrogation room was built inside the lobby of the production office.
c.
Despite the removal of PT Boomer (played by
Doug Lennox
), his character does appear during the film. Originally taking part in the final chase sequence, extensive editing had to be done to trim down the shots where he rides on the back of Diesel 10.
d.
The "so called seven dirty words" the radio executives tell Howard he cant use are based on a list invented by comedian
George Carlin
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
The only Terminator movie (as of June 2010) not to have the climatic final battle in a factory setting. It takes place in a Presidential Fallout Shelter instead.
b.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
was originally cast as Alison, but backed out to spend time with her family.
c.
The weather got to be so bad during shooting that
Harold Ramis
was almost forced to close production for a day, which wouldve ended his perfect record of never losing a shooting day.
d.
Ann Blyth
, who played
Joan Crawford
s daughter in
Mildred Pierce
, played Rose Marie in the remake of this film,
Rose Marie
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
It was
John Huston
s original idea to have
Charles Chaplin
play Noah. However, Chaplin didnt much like the idea of appearing in a picture directed by someone else, and Huston wound up playing the role himself. Similarly, Huston wanted
Igor Stravinsky
to score the film. For unspecified reasons, this was never done, either.
b.
"Ah Still Suits Me" was written especially for the film to give
Paul Robeson
a larger role.
c.
Mark Cray
requested that his character be included in the scenes with Julie so he could have a chance to work with
Brinke Stevens
.
d.
Jeff Goldblum
was originally considered to play Howard.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
The movie showing in the theater where Howard goes to view the premiere with the B-movie actress is called "Die Watching". Actress
Melanie Good
, who plays the B-movie actress, starred in a movie of that name in 1993 (
Die Watching
).
b.
The scene where Sean and Will are in his office, and Sean starts talking about his dead wife and her farting antics. These lines were ad-libbed by
Robin Williams
, which is probably why
Matt Damon
is laughing so hard. If you watch the scene carefully you can notice the camera shaking, probably due to the cameraman laughing as well.
c.
Although the actors in the orgy sequence appear to be rather drunk, they were in fact drinking tea.
d.
This is the last film that Dick Weston aka Leonard Slye would appear in before becoming "Roy Rogers". The following year he would star as Roy Rogers in his first feature,
Under Western Stars
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
The lead characters name was shortened from the books Tristran, with a "r" between the "t" and "n", to Tristan because Tristran was hard to pronounce quickly. However there is one time it is said as "TristRan" instead of "Tristan". This is during the scene when Tristan remarks that Yvaine sometimes glows, when he suggests jokingly that the thing that Stars do best is to annoy boys called "TristRan Thorn".
b.
The films use of interviews with the characters in between scenes is similar to the film
Lenny
which, according to the book,
Howard Stern
saw on his first date with future wife
Alison Stern
.
c.
When Dr. Pierce explains Kris belief that he is Santa Claus, he offers for comparative purposes a Hollywood restaurant owner who believes himself to be a Russian prince despite evidence to the contrary, but rather conveniently fails to recall the mans name. This was a reference to
Michael Romanoff
, owner of Romanoffs in Hollywood, a popular hangout for movie stars at the time.
d.
A kidnapping of the M character was a subplot of the James Bond novel "Colonel Sun" written by
Kingsley Amis
. Baku in Azerbaijan was a setting for the 1991 James Bond novel "The Man From Barbarosa" written by
John Gardner
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
For the scenes that featured
Howard Stern
in high school, filming was done at Union High School in Union, NJ.
Artie Lange
, who would join "The Howard Stern Show" years later, graduated from the very same school.
b.
Stuntmen had practiced for weeks for the oar walking scenes.
Kirk Douglas
told director
Richard Fleischer
that he could do it and did several times. At one point when he did fall in the icy water he calmly swam over to the camera boat and asked if they had gotten good shots. He then swam back to the Viking longboat. Fleischer noted they were watching and filming an activity that had not been done in a thousand years.
c.
Debuts of
Mary Miles Minter
and
Percy Helton
.
d.
When Paul and Natalie walk into the hidden room in Wexlers office, a puppet of Freddy Krueger can be seen just before they see the axe.
Robert Englund
, who plays Wexler, played Freddy Krueger in
A Nightmare on Elm Street
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
Norman Jewison has stated that the climatic kitchen sequence was the most difficult scene that he ever shot in his career. The crew were dismissed and Jewison rehearsed with the cast for some time, using a stage production approach. Only after the actors perfected their timing did he decide where to put the camera.
b.
In the scene on the porch where Bobby first reads the newspaper to Ted who asks him "Have you kissed her (Carol Gerber) yet?",
Scott Hicks
points out (commentary at 24:29) that the shot at the end of the scene, a close up of Bobby over Teds shoulder in which
Anthony Hopkins
ad-libbed the line "But you will kiss her" was included during editing because of
Anton Yelchin
s response: a glance up with wide eyes with his right eye quickly narrowing to a glare (at 24:34).
c.
The live performance of
AC/DC
was filmed at Bryant Park in New York City in July 1996.
d.
For the vomiting sequences,
Eileen Dietz
doubled (uncredited) for
Linda Blair
, and later sued unsuccessfully for puking credit. Makeup veteran
Dick Smith
rigged Dietzs facial contours with sheets of heat-formed plexiglass that were secured at the corners of her mouth and behind her head. A camouflaged nozzle anchored in Dietzs oral cavity provided the apparatus through which the "vomit" could be forcefully discharged, fed by supply tubes discreetly embedded in the plexiglass on both sides of her face. Such was the complexity of the set-up that Dietz could barely swallow or close her mouth.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
Frances Farmer
replaced
Carole Lombard
, who refused to do the part.
b.
A large portion of this movie, including scenes at the church and Blumps Burgers, were filmed at King and Church Streets in Toronto, Canada. In fact, the "Blumps Burgers" sign was still there even after the movie was released in theaters.
c.
John Stamos
introduces Howards Fartman character in the opening scene but in real life it was
Luke Perry
. Perry later admitted to Stern that he feared the movie would not be good and turned down the chance to play himself.
d.
Despite the troubles which reportedly took place on set,
Tippi Hedren
has stated that this is her favorite movie which she has appeared in.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
Two of the actors in the film supplied four songs for the film. "Vato Loco" and "Where I Come From" by Alex Alvardo/Big Genocide were used as well as Pedro Sotos "Astronomical Heritage" and "Westnight/The Way".
b.
In the opening scene you can hear the sounds of a string quartet tuning up for a performance in the soundtrack. Just before the title rolls down, you hear a conductor tap on his music stand to ready the quartet for a performance. The people tuning up are "The Kronos Quartet", who played most of the music for the film. The maestro bringing them to attention is Darren Aronofsky, the director.
c.
Antonionis first English language film.
d.
The character of Kenny Pig Vomit Rushton is based on Kevin Metheny, the WNBC radio program director at the time. In real life, Howard called him Pig Virus, not Pig Vomit. Pig Vomit was the name of the group that did Howards opening theme song for his radio show at the time.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Private Parts (1997)?
a.
Mike Figgis
originally planned to make this with
Nicolas Cage
and
Juliette Binoche
. However, when he made _Leaving Las Vegas_ with Cage, the actors salary was a manageable $200,000. Following his Oscar win, Cages price shot up to $20 million.
b.
First film by
Wes Anderson
that was not filmed in Texas.
c.
Originally titled: "The Devils Apprentice."
d.
Howard Stern
s wife
Alison Stern
appears as an NBC phone operator.
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