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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Radio Flyer (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Radio Flyer (1992) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992).
About the movie:
A father recounts a dark period of his childhood when he and his little brother lived in the suburbs.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
Rossen shot the film to run three hours plus an intermission and was very disappointed when the producers cut it to 141 minutes.
b.
The sacking of original director
David M. Evans
, replacing him with
Richard Donner
, and later re-shoots following test screenings meant that this modest little films budget jumped from $15 million to $30 million.
c.
The budget of the film was so low, the producers got actors from their families and local community theatres to play the roles, without pay.
d.
Completed in 1991, but not released until 1994 due to Orion Pictures bankruptcy.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
The Three Stooges short that is on television during the kitchen scene is called
Spook Louder
.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 15, 1951 with
Loretta Young
and
Joseph Cotten
reprising their film roles.
c.
In the original script, Sgt. Highway was a career army officer. The U.S. Army read the script and refused to participate. The character was then changed to a Marine. The Marine Corps first cooperated, but upon viewing a first cut, quickly disowned the film.
d.
A specially-designed vice was created to simulate the effect of Jeff the Worm crunching on the subway car.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
During the game at the Astrodome, a Toros player comments that Jimmy Feldman looks like "one of the Marx Brothers".
Brett Marx
, who plays Jimmy, is the grandson of
Gummo Marx
, a brother of the Marx Brothers.
b.
Episode titles: 1. What the Sands Told 2. Fetters of Gold 3. At the Brink 4. Should She Become a Politicians Wife? 5. Should She Marry an Artist? 6. Should She Marry a Rancher? 7. Should She Become a Society Reporter? 8. Should She Marry a Scientist? 9. Should She Become Assistant to a Detective? 10. unknown
c.
The script was originally offered to Universal in 1998, who turned it down. Focus Features (a division of Universal Studios) finally picked up the movie in 2003.
d.
The train station in Novato, California where the boys walk the tracks was not shown in any detail because it was damaged by fire in the early 1980s. The restoration did not begin until 1995.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
John Mazzello
, the younger brother of
Joseph Mazzello
, appears as a school boy extra and
Hannah Wood
, the younger sister of
Elijah Wood
, appears as a school girl extra.
b.
Jessica Alba
declared that while shed been wanting to do a horror thriller for a long time, she didnt want to do a slasher where each character dies in a more outrageous and bloody way, whereas she found this film to be elegant and very well written and her character Sydney to be elaborate and very interesting, thus enabling her to stretch her acting abilities.
c.
The first night Dan, Joe, and Parker are on the lift, Joe starts a conversation about the worst way to die. Dan says to him, it would be being eaten alive by a shark, which leads to a discussion of the movie
Jaws
. One of the production companies for "Frozen" is called "A Bigger Boat", a name taken from Sheriff Brodys line from "Jaws" ("Youre gonna need a bigger boat).
d.
When Marcy sleeps with Paul it wasnt meant to seem so sudden. Scenes that were filmed but not included in the final movie show Marcy and Paul becoming closer before it happened.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
A bottle at the entrance of Mr. Ages lab reads "Finns Hair and Whisker Dye", a reference to animator
Will Finn
.
b.
The document that McCallister needs to fill out at the bank once he exchanges the bonds is called a "CRM-114 form". "CRM-114" is commonly used by _
Stanley Kubrick
_ in his films, most notably as the device aboard the bomber in
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
.
c.
Originally to be directed by writer
David M. Evans
, but he was replaced by
Richard Donner
due to his inexperience.
d.
The hand that presses the speaker button on Camerons phone belongs to
John Hughes
. When the crew left, Hughes took the camera and shot it himself since no one else was getting it right.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
After searching worldwide for the right boat to be the Venture,
Peter Jackson
found and purchased the Manuia, in the South Pacific island of Tonga. Several set pieces were added to the 50 year old vessel to make it resemble a 1930s freighter. Film crew were forced to abandon the boat during filming in March 2005 when it sprang a leak and began to take on water off New Zealands Kapiti Coast. Emergency repairs were carried out and it sailed back to Wellington, where the remaining boat scenes were shot without further incident.
b.
Slipknot
s "Wait and Bleed" is on the soundtrack.
Slipknot
is known for wearing masks.
c.
Director
Alan Parker
wanted a scene that showed Doris overcoming her fear and becoming an actress. He heard of the audience participation at the local screenings of
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
and went to check it out. He loved it so much that he not only decided to use it in the film, he had many of the "cast" from the local screenings appear in the film, as the people doing the time-warp on stage when Doris runs up and joins them.
d.
The blue houses featured in the film are former Hamilton Air Force Base housing, and later sold to the Coast Guard for its housing. Residents of the housing referred to it as "Smurf Village."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
When Mike is reading the postcard from Bobby (at 105:19), you see that their last name is Wright - as in the "Wright Brothers". Also, the envelope from Magic Spell, Inc., (at 54:05) is addressed to "Mike and Bobby Wright".
b.
Ida Lupino
was considered for the role of Alice.
c.
David Fincher
s favorite line in the film is, "Im just checking your math on that. Yes, I got the same thing."
d.
Aslan is a Turkish word meaning Lion. Lewis came up with the name during a trip to Turkey before 1922, where he saw the Sultans elite guards, called Aslan because of their bravery and loyalty. The name of the White Witch is "Jadis," a French word meaning "of old." Aslan explains that the witch practices the very old "deep magic," but his "magic" is even older--from "before the dawn of time." "Jadis" is the usual start to French fairy tales (much like the English phrase "Once upon a time...").
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
While
Betty Grable
received top billing as the credits rolled -- a contractual promise made to her by Twentieth Century-Fox --
Marilyn Monroe
was promoted to first place in the trailer and poster art.
b.
The original script called for more fantasy sequences involving a worm man and zombies. These ideas were scrapped when
Richard Donner
replaced
David M. Evans
as the director.
c.
As filming dragged on and on, the increasingly disgruntled crew began to refer to the movie as "Mangos: The Cans of Fruit".
d.
Cactus Jack Slade, the character played by
Kirk Douglas
, is a human character form of the Wily E. Coyote character from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes / Road Runner cartoons. This film though does not feature a human-form equivalent of the Road Runner character.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Radio Flyer (1992)?
a.
A poster for
X-15
(also directed by
Richard Donner
) is visible outside the movie theatre.
b.
The film lost considerable money at the box office.
Lily Pons
never made another non-concert film.
c.
Maureen OHara was the original choice for Isabel.
d.
Director
John Frankenheimer
wanted to cast
Laurence Olivier
, then considered the worlds greatest actor, as the lead, but the producers did not want Olivier as he was not a box office draw.
Rock Hudson
was cast instead. Ironically, Olivier won his seventh Oscar nomination for
Othello
the year "Seconds" was released.
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