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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008).
About the movie:
A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
This was one of two features produced by an independent company in Texas and intended to be distributed as a double feature. The other feature was
The Giant Gila Monster
.
b.
William Peter Blatty
hand-picked Shakespearean-trained actor and Genie nominee
Grand L. Bush
to act opposite
George C. Scott
in the role of Sgt. Adkins.
c.
The characters of Heather Sweet and Lucci Largo were renamed for the film adaptation. The names were changed to Amber Sweet and Luigi Largo.
d.
Cathy Moriarty
s character is named Ruth Corday. This is a tribute to actress
Mara Corday
who starred in the real giant bug movies
Tarantula
,
The Black Scorpion
, and the infamous
The Giant Claw
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
The first adaption from stage to screen was a ten-minute trailer made by
Darren Lynn Bousman
to pitch the idea to movie companies.
b.
The Call Bureau Cast Service lists
Lynne Carver
and
Dorothy Morris
as "Nurses", but they were not identifiable in the movie, although one nurse is seen from the rear and another in long-shot. Also
Richard Derr
was said to be a cast member and
Mary Elliott
a "Nurse" in contemporary news items; they also were not seen in the movie.
c.
Shot in ten days.
d.
Ivan Raimi
did some uncredited script doctoring on this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
Average Shot Length = ~10.1 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.6 seconds.
b.
Darren Lynn Bousman
originally refused to hold an audition for
Paris Hilton
. He did not think she would be capable, and feared media backlash or accusations of stunt casting. When he finally caved in, Paris came to the audition dressed "perfectly for the part," and "rocked" the sound booth audition. After the audition, he was convinced she should play the role.
c.
The dogs name is Spike. He also appeared in _She Creature, The (1956)_, walking along the beach with
Marla English
.
d.
This film marks the reuniting of star
Jackie Chan
and legendary action choreographer
Woo-ping Yuen
after nearly 2 decades.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
"Martin Julien" allegedly covers the writing talents of producer
Hal B. Wallis
, his wife
Martha Hyer
, and some friends.
b.
Was shot digitally instead of on film.
c.
When location filming ran past the original production schedule, Olivier insisted on being paid his "bonus salary" in weekly cash payments, delivered to him as briefcases full of money, flown to the location by helicopter
d.
This film was successfully reissued worldwide numerous times; some claim it was the first ever re-released film. In the 1938 reissue, several scenes of excessive violence and sex were cut to comply with the Production Code enforced in 1934. Though many of the censored scenes were restored by Janus Films in 1971 (including the censored sequence in which Kong peels off
Fay Wray
s clothes), one deleted scene has never been found, shown publicly only once during a preview screening in San Bernardino, California in January 1933. It was a graphic scene following Kong shaking four sailors off the log bridge, causing them to fall into a ravine where they were eaten alive by giant spiders. At the preview screening, audience members screamed and either left the theatre or talked about the grisly sequence throughout the subsequent scenes, disrupting the film. Said the films producer,
Merian C. Cooper
, "It stopped the picture cold, so the next day back at the studio, I took it out myself."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu, was used to film the Camp Tarawa portion of the film, the Marines pre-battle embarkation point.
b.
From the beginning the film was intended to receive a PG-13 rating. Due to excessive violence the MPAA refused to downgrade the initial R rating despite repeated appeals by the studio and Stallone. Mostly because of schedule constraints the film could not be re-cut and was released with an R rating.
c.
The musical scoring (by
Miklós Rózsa
) is extremely scant, occurring only for the main titles, continuing through the opening sequence up to the point where Handley enters the café, and then returns some 107 minutes later when Handley and Doll return to his boyhood farm. Total scoring just under 6 minutes.
d.
There are a total of 58 songs in the film, including instrumentals.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
This movie was originally to have been a two-reel Western, but was converted into a serial.
b.
AC/DC was selected to make the music for the movie by
Stephen King
himself.
c.
Tim Burton
: [scarecrows]
d.
Flashback sequences where shot on 16mm film instead of in HD.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
When the film tanked on its opening weekend, writer
Joe Eszterhas
took the unprecedented step of taking out an ad in Variety, urging female movie-goers to go see the movie, not because it was semi-pornographic but because it highlighted the exploitations that lap dancers are subjected to. Needless to say, this tactic didnt help the film any.
b.
Shannon Bolin
s last film.
c.
The portion of this films budget provided by United Artists was cut to $2.5 million so that United Artists could properly finance the increasingly expensive financial demands of Michael Ciminos Heavens Gate (1980). As a result, this is the last film that Robert Altman personally produced for fourteen years.
d.
The producers have stated that this film is really just the middle part of a planned trilogy. The next chapter would be a prequel to the events shown in this film and is tentatively titled "Repo!: The Beginning". No time frame has been given for when production could start on the next movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
Reels 1 and 2 of this 5 reel film survive in the Library of congress, the rest of the film is presumed to be lost.
b.
In one scene Jack Sparrow reveals that the pirate term "parley" originated with the French. The word "parler" or "parlez" (both pronounced "par-lay") are forms of the French verb "to speak".
c.
Was originally a stage play located in LA and New York City. Director
Darren Lynn Bousman
also directed a version of the stage play in 2001.
d.
When the Kupfers RV pulls into the motel, the song playing on the radio is "Do The Boogaloo" performed by Quango and Sparky.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
Reportedly
William Hurt
took the role of Marshall because he loved the idea of someone going to an Addicts Anonymous class as a cure for homicidal actions.
b.
Made on a $8,500,000 USD budget.
c.
The red slurpee Saul spills over the windshield of the cop car was darkened in the trailer after it was discovered that audiences were mistaking it for blood.
d.
Crispin Glover
played George McFly in
Back to the Future
, but was replaced by
Jeffrey Weissman
in Part II. Weissman was made up to look like Glover so that this film could incorporate excerpts from the original. All shots of Weissman are either from the back, at an angle, or with Sunglasses so that the audience wouldnt notice that it is a different actor.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)?
a.
Liza Minnelli
was about 41 years of age when she played a high class rent-a-girl in this movie.
b.
The theatrical version of "Repo!: The Genetic Opera" has several songs that were on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack cut out of the actual movie. Those songs include "Cant Get It Up If The Girl Is Breathing" and "Needle Through A Bug", both were cut for time reasons and are expected to be re-inserted in the Extended Cut DVD.
c.
There were two stunt doubles for Linda Blair in this film. She did quite a bit of skating and developed bursitis in her hip as a consequence.
d.
When the employee is pushing the buttons on the photocopier that later transforms into Laserbeak, the distinct tones of the copier form the title theme song of
Transformers
.
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