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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Racing with the Moon (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Racing with the Moon (1984) Quiz
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About the movie:
In 1942 California, two young men await induction into the U.S. Marines and say goodbye to their girlfriends.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Racing with the Moon (1984)?
a.
This film is considered by many scholars to be the first environmentalist film.
b.
The scene in which
Sean Penn
and
Elizabeth McGovern
go swimming in the lake was shot in the middle of winter which meant the water would also be freezing cold, but Penn and McGovern were so into the film they elected to do it anyway.
c.
Based on a case of Homer Stille Cummings, as a Connecticut state attorney, who later became the 55th U.S. Attorney General.
d.
Orson Welles
was courted for the part of Dr. Luther, played in the movie by
Lee J. Cobb
, but opted instead to direct
Touch of Evil
. Welles even read the script and told director
Nunnally Johnson
that whoever played the lead would win the Oscar (
Joanne Woodward
did, in fact, win the Oscar).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Racing with the Moon (1984)?
a.
The bowling alley where
Sean Penn
and
Nicolas Cage
work in the film was built from scratch by production designers
David L. Snyder
and
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall
because the town in which the film was shot did not have one that fit that era.
b.
The film was shot entirely on short ends.
c.
This movie is the 10th Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller share the silver screen together.
d.
Paddy Chayefsky
: The character of Leo, who appears in the back of the car when Marty is approached by his friends to make up the pair for the "odd squirrel" they have with them. According to
Delbert Mann
, Chayefsky (who was once a moderately renowned stage actor) was recruited for the very visually obscured part solely to save the time and money of hiring an extra. According to Chayefsky, for his three lines he was required to rejoin the actors union, which required dues of $140. He recalled the role as paying about $67.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Racing with the Moon (1984)?
a.
Alice White
and
Blanche Sweet
starred in a radio adaptation over the CBS network on 24 May 1930.
b.
Sean Penn
was cast by Richard Benjamin after seeing in a New York stage play.
c.
Director
Robert Kurtzman
came up with the story after he saw a vulture display at a museum in New York City.
d.
Jason Laymon, a member of Texas A&Ms Fish Drill Team, gave live performances of his rifle techniques to audiences at the premier showing in Bryan, Texas (near A&M).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Racing with the Moon (1984)?
a.
The shots in which
Sean Penn
and
Nicolas Cage
stand in on the railroad tracks with the train coming toward them were done with large mirrors to give the illusion that the train is actually coming toward them when the train is actually on another set of tracks.
b.
Marks the first time
Robert Redford
directed himself on screen.
c.
One Eyed Willies ship, The Inferno, was 105 feet long and took 2-1/2 months to construct. It was modeled after Erroll Flynns ship in
The Sea Hawk
. The sails required more than than 7,000 square feet of material. Some of the ships rigging was recycled from the Pirates of the Caribbean ship at Disneyland, which was being renovated at the time.
d.
Bill Dana
: As Jonathan Levinson Seigle, a character name which is a parody of Jonathan Livingston Seagull from
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Racing with the Moon (1984)?
a.
Under the main headline Mysterious Vigilante Repels Bandits.... on the newspaper Alfred is holding in the flashback sequence is the smaller headline Radomski to Press: Im Innocent!: probably a reference to producer
Eric Radomski
.
b.
With one exception, all the shots with
Renée Zellweger
being close to and around fire are real (practical effects). The one CG-enhanced shot is the wide angle of her sitting passively on the couch while the room was burning around her. This was shot twice: Once with her and no fire and once with fire and no Renée.
c.
Bruce Beresford
was chosen as the director before
Clint Eastwood
but wanted to make Francesca Johnson English. When this was not accepted by the studio he left.
d.
The scene in which
Sean Penn
fights
Crispin Glover
,
Nicolas Cage
is then seen trying to clean off the blood on the womans dress was Richard Benjamins idea.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Racing with the Moon (1984)?
a.
Originally rated "R" by the MPAA due to strong language and the scene of nudity. Upon an appeal, the rating was reduced to "PG."
b.
Eric Bana
s US film debut. He found the experience to be an ultra-realistic one and said he frequently forgot that they were only making a movie.
c.
The Sleaze Brothers, played by
Joe Flaherty
and
Dave Thomas
, are pulled over by a state trooper, played by the late
John Candy
. All three are veterans of
Second City TV
.
d.
Richard Carle
is listed by a modern source as an actor in this film, but he was not seen in the print.
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