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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Quick Change (1990) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Quick Change (1990) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990).
About the movie:
Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990)?
a.
Randall Tex Cobb
, has a cameo in this movie talking about returning a jacket he had borrowed from Fletcher. He also had a whole character in the movie but the scene was later deleted.
b.
The Mexican flower woman at the airport who cries "Flores! Flores para los muertos!" is a tribute to
A Streetcar Named Desire
in which a Mexican flower woman cries the same phrase outside Stanley Kowalskis apartment. It also could be a reference to
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
, another film about a bickering couple.
c.
Alec Baldwin
, was initially hired to play Blake (a role which wasnt in the original play), but with the agreement that if
Al Pacino
was unable to play Roma, Baldwin would play him. Early in preproduction it looked as if Pacino was going to be unavailable, so Baldwin began working on Roma, only for Pacino to join the project and Baldwin went back to Blake.
d.
Charlotte Greenwood
repeated the role she created in the stage version.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990)?
a.
In his monologue on the Jerry Langford show, De Niros character Rupert Pupkin says that he is from Clifton, New Jersey. This is possibly an allusion to Andy Kaufmans abusive comedian persona, Tony Clifton, whom Pupkin resembles with similar hair, moustache and cheap blue suits.
b.
Several stand up comedians appear in the film as extras. They are
James Ervin Berry
,
Scott Tolaney
,
Red Holloway
,
Rob Holloway
,
Clifford M. Bayer
,
Johnny Beehner
,
Michael A. DAcquisto II
,
Liza Fugarino
,
Melissa Fleming
,
Mike Kauth
and
Stacy Pawlowski
.
c.
Esther Williams
broke her neck diving off a 50-foot tower during the sequence in which she wears a golden swimming costume. She spent six months in a body cast before recovering to complete the film.
d.
When original director
Jonathan Demme
became unavailable, writer
Howard Franklin
and producer
Bill Murray
couldnt agree on who would be a good director for the project. So they decided to do the job themselves.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990)?
a.
Michael Caine
originally had the lead role but was held up by production delays on
Jaws: The Revenge
.
b.
Director
David R. Ellis
wanted to release the film under the title, "Untitled 3D Shark Thriller".
c.
Ron Howard
was also approached about directing the film but he turned it down.
d.
Veronicas home was actually up the street from the car dealership where Janet Leigh traded in her car in Alfred Hitchcocks
Psycho
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990)?
a.
Based on the novel by
Jay Cronley
which was also filmed before as
Hold-Up
with
Jean-Paul Belmondo
and
Kim Cattrall
.
b.
Sal Mineo
actively sought the role of Dov Landau despite being told that he did not look Jewish or anything like the character.
c.
When Alan asks his mother how his father died, she says he was hit by a car while walking along side the road (while on his way to get gas for his car). On June 19, 1999,
Stephen King
was struck (and almost killed) while walking along Route 5, in Lovell, Maine.
d.
In the film, most of the greenspace surrounding the Astrodome was undeveloped (e.g. where Fannin and Knight Road intersect, along with a stretch of Holly Hall Road) back in 1970 - most of the area surrounding the Astrodome has been developed, either as retail or as part of the Texas Medical Center.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990)?
a.
When the gang is riding the baggage cart around the airport, the sign on the wall says "Lombino Realtors", confirming what Grimm and Rotzinger have been saying about Lombino owning a lot of places in the city.
b.
Actor Jon Stentz accepted the role of "Will", which involved a number of mountain-climbing scenes, despite a serious fear of heights.
c.
Most of the crazy party scenes during the backyard BBQ were improvised.
d.
The director liked
Frankie Faison
s performance as "Det. Brandt" but in editing didnt feel his voice worked, so it was dubbed by that of African American actor
Albert Hall
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990)?
a.
The guard dog Andretti, is a reference to race car driver
Mario Andretti
.
b.
Paddy Chayefsky
, who later became a highly successful author and playwright ("Marty"), can be seen as an uncredited photographer at the death scene. According to
Shelley Winters
, Chayefsky needed the money to go to New York and get married.
c.
Many of the extras in the film were unemployed NASA workers.
d.
Bill Murray
s directorial debut.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Quick Change (1990)?
a.
The movie has a movie poster with the same style as
Jaws
and its sequels i.e. the monster at the bottom of the sea concept.
b.
Eric Bana
s character, Nero, is missing the tip of one of his Romulan ears. In the movie
Chopper
, Banas character Mark Chopper Reed has both ears cut off in order to be moved to a different jail.
c.
During their escape, when they miss the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway exit, Loomis backs the car to see another sign he passed. The sign says "49 Mile Scenic Drive," which is in San Francisco.
d.
Christian Bale
got to keep the Batman mask from the movie, after filming. He wanted to keep the entire uniform but he did not have enough room for it.
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