Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Prizzi's Honor (1985) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Prizzi's Honor (1985) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985).

About the movie: A professional hit man and hit woman fall in love, only to discover that they have each been hired to kill the other.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		Final film of Victor Jory.
b.		While selecting locals to play extras in the film, director Logan said, "Theres a girl with a typical Kansas face." The woman, Joan Farwell, was hired for "atmosphere" but confessed, "Im from Brooklyn. Im just here visiting my grandmother."
c.		Geraldine Robertson played Chorine (uncredited). She landed the part as a result of being crowned Queen of the Centennial at the Texas State Fair in 1936, crowned by Ginger Rogers, and part of the prize for winning was a screen test with MGM.
d.		Mia Farrow was considered for the role of Maerose Prizzi.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		The episodes were: (1) The Riven Flag; (2) The Leap Through Space; (3) The Creeping Death; (4) The Gripping Hand; (5) The Human Shield; (6) The Height of Torment; (7) Into the Trap; (8) The One Chance; (9) The Crashing Horror; (10) Double Crossed; (11) The Ship of Dread; (12) The Volcanos Prey; (13) The Flood of Despair; (14) The Living Catapult; and (15) The Rescue.
b.		The date of the fictional Judgment Day - 29 August 1997 - is the anniversary of the Soviet Unions first detonation of an atomic bomb in 1949.
c.		A lunch with actor Kin Shriner inspired the ending of the film. Originally, the story was to end in a completely different direction.
d.		Liza Minnelli was originally offered the role of Maerose but turned it down.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		The horse that Ben Johnson rode in this film was a famous movie horse used by many stars in many 40s and 50s movies. It was a big sorrel stallion called "Steel" and was owned by Ben Johnsons father in law "Fat Jones" who ran one of the most successful horse renting stables in Hollywood. The horse, which was known for being very quiet but flashy, was ridden by John Wayne in "Tall in the Saddle" and "The Conqueror", Gregory Peck in "Yellow Skies" and Clark Gable in "The Tall T". The horse made stars look like good riders and Fat Jones always insisted if "Steel" was used in movies, the company hired every other horse used in the movie from his stable, so "Steel" was worth a fortune to him. "Steel" had his own double and the horse that Ben Johnston rides in the galloping scenes was not "Steel" but a spectacular galloper called "Bingo". "Steel" was no movie prima donna however. Ben Johnston also rode him when he won his world champion calf roping title. Ben Johnston also rode both "Steel" and "Bingo" in "Wagonmaster".
b.		Sir John Gielguds actual first name is, in fact, Arthur.
c.		There are reports that John Hustons continual advice to Jack Nicholson before takes was, "Remember, hes stupid."
d.		Among the adult videotapes that Matt keeps in his wardrobe there are these titles: Midnight Tease, Emmanuelle: First Contact, Penthouse: Dear Diary, Penthouse: Pet of the Year & Friends, Penthouse: The Ultimate Pet Games, Banging Wood, In Diana Jones and the Temple of Poon and Wet Slappin.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		Viggo Mortensen purchased the horse who played the title character (T.J.) after this film was completed.
b.		Kay Lenz was originally cast as Irene.
c.		This film marks the 7th time Johnny Depp has worked under the direction of Tim Burton and the 6th time for Helena Bonham Carter.
d.		In the scene where Ellie returns to her apartment, just before receiving the first message from Hadden, as she enters the room we see her reflected in a mirror; at the bottom left of the mirror is a photo of Carl Sagan, the movies writer.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		The film was not shown in Russia until 1994.
b.		Julie Bovasso taught Jack Nicholson how to speak "Brooklynese". Researching the role, he hung out in lowlife dives in Brooklyn.
c.		Erich von Stroheim: [prostitutes] In a scene that was part of Stroheims original cut, McTeagues father is shown carousing with prostitutes.
d.		The chase sequence takes place over a number of non-contiguous streets in and south of San Francisco. The sequence apparently starts under Highway 101 in the Mission District. When the Charger does a U-turn on what is Precita Avenue to follow the Mustang, a storage tank on Potrero Hill, in the southeast part of SF, is visible in the distance. The next few scenes are in the Bernal and Potrero areas; you can see green hills to the southwest on the horizon in one shot. Twenty-one seconds later, Coit Tower appears in the Mustangs front window to the east (as can be ascertained by the buildings shadows). They then come to a stop for a Cable Car on Hyde Street and Filbert. The twin towers of Sts. Peter and Paul Church are visible just to the right of Coit Tower. They turn hard left next onto a four-lane street with a concrete median, what might be Columbus. A F-type street car is seen coming the opposite direction. They top a rise and Angel Island comes into view slightly on the left, placing them on about Stockton and Chestnut. They turn north, then west, then south uphill. In the next cut, they are coming downhill, north towards the Bay. They turn west and the next few scenes are inter-cut, reused footage of the same street sequence, as shown by repeated presence of the same Cadillac and a Green Volkswagen Beetle. They drive downhill or north, towards the Bay, and turn west in front of the same Caddy, several blocks north of Van Ness. They turn left or south, going uphill. They then are headed north and turn from Larkin St. onto Francisco St. headed west. In the next scene the Dodge is going north, rounding Laguna onto Marina, having leaped six blocks. They turn from Laguna St., in front of Ft. Mason, onto Marina and in front of the Safeway. (The bottom of the stores name can be seen as the Dodge veers onto Marina.) They accelerate down Marina with the Marina Green and the Bay visible in the background. In the next cut, Ft. Mason is again visible in the background as they once again round the turn on Marina onto the Marina green. With the next cut they turn in front of the Safeway again. The next cut puts them eight miles away, back in the Vistacion Valley district, turning right from University St. on to Mansell St. From there they cut to Western entrance to Guadelupe Canyon Parkway on San Bruno Mountain in Daly City three miles away, heading East. To extend the length of the chase the cars are shown driving East then West and back and forth with each cut while supposedly heading only one way before the Charger crashes at the Parkways Eastern exit in Brisbane.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		Kim Basinger reportedly wanted the role of Irene, but director John Huston turned her down.
b.		Suzanne Shepherd first read the script while on a train to Baltimore. After discovering the films content, she became quite upset and did not want to do the film. It was only after meeting John Waters that she agreed to play Big Ethel.
c.		Adapted from a Broadway play. The original stage production of "The Awful Truth" opened on Sept. 18, 1922 at Henry Millers Theatre in New York and ran for 144 performances.
d.		In the winter of 2006, Katie Ritz acted out a drowning scene in the icy waters of Boonton Falls in 12-degree weather - with her arms and feet chained together. "The event had to be police-supervised," recalls Ritz, 26, a newcomer to film. "I was thrown into very fast-moving water, it was freezing cold."

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		Shot in 25 days.
b.		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.
c.		A modern source lists Philip Van Zandt as Kurt and includes Henry Daniell in the cast as well. However, the role of Kurt is played by Harry Woods and neither Van Zandt nor Daniell appear in the film at all. The unidentified actor mistaken for Daniell plays a Scotland Yard detective slowly driving the police vehicle following the trail of paint, toward the climax of the film. First seen in 3/4 profile leaning out the car window, he does seem to resemble Daniell. However, when he speaks the accompanying line "they fade out again sir" to Dennis Hoey (Insp. Lestrade), and subsequent lines, he clearly has a rather heavy Brooklyn accent, and seen in other shots during the scene does not in any way resemble Daniell, and the momentary appearance to the contrary is clearly an optical illusion.
d.		The studio, expecting the film to perform poorly at the box office, pushed for a relatively quick release onto home video; however, the film was one of the sleeper hits of the season, thanks to terrific reviews and positive word of mouth, and had a lengthy stay in theatres, and was still in theatres, in fact, when it was released to video stores.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray, Ryan ONeal, Christopher Reeve, Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta and Jon Voight were considered for the role of Charley.
b.		Marion Cotillards character is called Mal, short for name Malorie, a name derived from French word malheur, meaning misfortune or unhappiness. The shorter version mal means wrong/bad or evil (when a noun) in French, as well as some other Latin-based languages.
c.		Footage from this film of a young Michael Caine was later used in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember.
d.		The music thats played during the credits is the theme from Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		After Doris Day and Janis Paige first had worked together in Romance on the High Seas, Miss Paige had triumphed on Broadway as the feisty union official, Babe Williams, in the Tony Award-winning musical of 1954, "The Pajama Game." When Warner Bros., the former home lot of Janis and Doris, recast Babe Williams for the delightful 1957 film version, Babe then turned into - Doris Day!
b.		Kristy McNichol, Tatum ONeal and Brooke Shields were considered for the role of Irene Walker.
c.		In real life, Andrew Robinson is a pacifist who despises guns. In the early days of principal photography, Robinson would flinch violently every time he fired. Director Don Siegel was forced to shut down production for a time and sent Robinson to a school to learn to fire a gun convincingly. However, he still blinks noticeably when he shoots. Robinson was also squeamish about filming the scene where he verbally and physically abuses several schoolchildren, and the scene where he racially insults the man he pays to beat him up (Raymond Johnson).
d.		One of the only scenes in the movie in which Neil Mccauley (Robert De Niro) smiles is when he sees Donald Breedan (Dennis Haysbert) in the diners kitchen while working as a short order cook. He also smiles when Nate (Jon Voight) tells him in the car that Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) thinks hes "sharp." He might also be smiling as he watches Hannas antics as he photographs them in the container yard, and again as he walks towards the car to Eady after wasting Waingro (Kevin Gage).

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prizzi's Honor (1985)?
a.		Jodie Foster was considered for the role of Irene, but showed no interest on the part since she was going to graduate from Yale.
b.		Other actors considered for the role of Albert DeSalvo were Robert Redford and Warren Beatty.
c.		The film is dedicated to the memory of Steve Gordon who wrote and directed Arthur. Gordon died in 1982.
d.		The original script called for the Guster song "All the Way up to Heaven" to be used in the "car" scene that used the Guster song "Rainy Day" instead.

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