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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Purple Rain (1984) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Purple Rain (1984) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984).
About the movie:
A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
At 1 hour 42 minutes, the shortest running-time of all the Beverly Hills Cop movies made so far.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 13, 1949 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
c.
Two takes of "The matter with this house..." sequence were filmed. According to the directors commentary, the film lab lost the camera negative for the scenes and had to use footage from a work print to include in the film. This explains the loss of picture quality during the scene.
d.
Sidney Poitier
s singing voice was dubbed by opera singer
Robert McFerrin
(father of pop singer, classical conductor and composer
Bobby McFerrin
).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
Nicholas Ray
came out from New York with
Elia Kazan
for Kazans directorial debut. Besides his brief appearance in the cast as a bakery clerk, various sources have Ray working as assistant director and assisting
Alfred Newman
with the score, but studio records officially list him as dialogue director.
b.
Most of the gangs mentioned by name were real 19th century New York gangs. Bill "The Butcher" Cutting is based largely on real-life New York gang leader Bill Poole, who also was known as "The Butcher" and had much the same prestige as
Daniel Day-Lewis
character.
c.
The original design of the bunker (the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC)) where the last part of the movie is set, is highly classified. So production designer
Scott Chambliss
based his designs on the old German government bunker in Ahrweiler, near Bonn.
d.
When the Revolution performs the song "Darling Nikki" the third verse is cut. The whole song can be heard on the soundtrack album.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
An estimated 23,000 troops were supplied by the U.S., Britain and France for the filming. (Germans only appeared as officers in speaking roles.) The French contributed 1,000 commandos despite their involvement in the Algerian War at the time.
b.
Scenes of Wendy and Lisa kissing, suggesting a relationship were deleted from the final version.
c.
The project was originally with Dimension films, with
Wes Craven
attached to direct.
d.
This film features the second and third Oscar winners to appear in an Indiana Jones film.
Sean Connery
in
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
, and won his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in
The Untouchables
.
Jim Broadbent
won Best Supporting Actor for
Iris
, and
Cate Blanchett
won Best Supporting Actress for
The Aviator
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
Princes protégée, Vanity, was originally slated to be cast as the Kids love interest. However she left the film, prior to shooting. Therefore, the girl group "Vanity 6" became "Apollonia 6".
b.
The Bears were the only team in the league whose nickname and colors were not borrowed from a major league baseball team. This helped reinforce their status as misfits and underdogs.
c.
Submitted to the MPAA eighteen times before it was given its final PG-13 rating.
d.
Although copyright records indicate the film was released in sepia tone, the restored Gene Autry Entertainment release print was in black and white.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
Nick Nolte shadowed coach
Bobby Knight
during Indianas 1992 season to prepare for this roll. He was in attendance for Indianas 92 senior night.
b.
The protest march of the "army of the unemployed" in the story was no doubt a reference to the protest march of the "Bonus Army" in 1932, where veterans of WWI marched on Congress to demand payment of promised bonuses. They were attacked with tanks and tear gas by the U.S. Army led by Gen.
Douglas MacArthur
on orders of President
Herbert Hoover
.
William Randolph Hearst
, who railed against that action in his newpapers, saw to it that the President in this film helped the people. Meanwhile,
Louis B. Mayer
, a staunch Republican, delayed the movie until Hoover was out of office.
c.
Purple Rain was shopped around to numerous production companies including Indigo Films; which was owned by _Jim Brown (I)_ and
Richard Pryor
. Brown himself expressed his disappointment about not acquiring the project in the
Spike Lee
documentary
Jim Brown: All American
.
d.
Originally Klaatus death and resurrection at the end of the movie was meant to be permanent, reinforcing his God-like powers, but at the time the Breen Office - the film industrys censors - didnt like the ending, suggesting it was too left-wing, and insisted that director
Robert Wise
and writer
Edmund H. North
put in the line, "That power is reserved for the Almighty Spirit". Both Wise and North hated the line and thought it completely inappropriate - negating the concept of Klaatus race being all-knowing and all-powerful - but the studio wouldnt back them up and they were forced to put it in.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
According to the directors commentary, three versions of the love scene were filmed with three different ratings. A "G" rated version, "PG" rated version, and "R" rated version which is what was used in the film.
b.
Andy Boswell, one of the creatures designers, was also one of the fishermen in the beginning of the film.
c.
Clive Owen
was also considered for the lead role.
d.
Mel Brooks
hired
David Lynch
to direct the film because he admired Lynchs work in
Eraserhead
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
The first film "Nightmare on Elm Street" series in which the end credits rolled instead of appearing in a slide show.
b.
Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Bancroft and Angela Lansbury were all mentioned for lead role prior to casting of Raquel Welch.
c.
Probably due to pacing reasons, when The Revolution is performing Darling Nicky, the third verse is omitted from the final film. It can still be heard on the movies soundtrack Album.
d.
Final film of
Albert Dekker
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Purple Rain (1984)?
a.
Director
Harold Ramis
was surprised to find that his film was attracting a lot of attention from various religious groups, meditative gurus and other parties who were into metaphysics. Ramis was particularly surprised as he was expecting a backlash against him.
b.
Veteran Spanish actor
Simón Andreu
is credited with the role of "Barman" in the cast listing during the credits of all three of the English-language versions, but his performance not actually present in any of those prints in the versions which have turned up on home video.
c.
The film was released on a Friday the 13th
d.
Originally the Kids father was to die of his self inflicted gun shot wound to the head. At the last minute, the director and the producers decided to let the father live.
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