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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992).
About the movie:
After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
Robert Kurtzman
did the special make-up effects for free, on the condition that
Quentin Tarantino
write a script for
From Dusk Till Dawn
based on a story by Kurtzman.
b.
For the scene with the bathtub falling two floors down after being filled with water,
Tom Hanks
does a obnoxious laugh. This clip of him laughing is commonly used for the Universal back-lot tour when the tour guides joke with the visitors.
c.
During the formal dinner scene,
Johnny Depp
placed a "fart machine" under
Julie Christie
s chair. He had a remote control that he used to trigger a fart sound from the device. The children are laughing more at that than from playing with the spoons.
d.
The skintight "electric" suits worn were actually fitted with embedded light strips, thus eliminating the need for any such effects modifications in post production.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
and
Ginnifer Goodwin
auditioned for the role that went to
Rose Byrne
.
b.
When Scott first approaches Ramona at the party, a light switch is visible on a wall, seven feet above the ground near the ceiling. The party scene was filmed at a frat house in Canada, and the light switch puzzled the director as well as the crew.
c.
Antonio Banderas
was also considered for the role of Maximus.
d.
Kirk Baltz
auditioned four times for the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
Robert Z. Leonard
was the original director of the movie, but asked to be relieved of the assignment after the first day of shooting.
b.
Dorothys iconic red slippers now live at the Smithsonian Institution, and are so popular that the carpet in front of the attraction has had to be replaced numerous times due to wear and tear.
c.
Due to damage to the films original negative, the color quality is not consistent.
d.
Armed with $30,000 and a 16mm camera,
Quentin Tarantino
was all set to make the film with a bunch of friends, including his producing partner
Lawrence Bender
who was going to play Nice Guy Eddie. It was then that Tarantino received an answerphone message from
Harvey Keitel
, asking if he could not only be in the film but help produce it. Keitel had gotten involved via the wife of Benders acting class teacher, who had managed to get a copy of the script to him. Keitels involvement helped raise the budget to $1.5 million.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
"On Your Toes" was adapted from a Broadway musical that opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on April 11, 1936 and ran for 315 performances.
Ray Bolger
starred in the original stage production. The musical was revived on Broadway in 1954 and 1983.
b.
The Shield writer
Kurt Sutter
wrote an R-rated draft that according to him "taking the Punisher character out of the comic books" and putting him into a real world drama set in the streets of New York. At the very last minute, the studio decided to revert back to
Nick Santora
s comic-book style script with the intention of creating a sequel from that. Disgusted with the actions by the studio, Sutter was offered a story credit, but refused, and demanded that his name omitted from the final credits.
c.
The line where Mr. White tells Mr. Pink, "I need you cool. Are you cool?" was added into the script after a conflict between
Lawrence Tierney
and
Michael Madsen
. To break the scuffle and continue shooting,
Quentin Tarantino
said to Tierney, "Larry. I need you cool. Are you cool?" This line, and some from
Pulp Fiction
were sampled by
Fun Lovin Criminals
in their song "Scooby Snacks" (1995).
d.
The scene in which
Darontay McClendon
s character Cyril hits another man with a tire iron is based on an incident in McClendons own life for which he did 15 months in prison.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
During its original theatrical release some theaters installed seat-belts so you couldnt be "shocked out of your seat".
b.
The film stays very true to the original play upon which it is based, with one major exception. The play closed with Dan and Anna speaking briefly on a park bench, several years after Alice and Dans breakup. Dan tells her that Alice had been hit by a car in New York City and had died, and that he was the only one authorities could find to identify her body. However, the film closes showing Alice alive, well and confidently walking the streets of Manhattan--BUT, the very last shot as shes walking across a road in Manhattan is a pan/tilt up to a red "DONT WALK" signal, thus hinting that her fate as in the play will be fulfilled.
c.
The films budget was so low that many of the actors simply used their own clothing as wardrobe; most notably
Chris Penn
s track jacket. The signature black suits were provided for free by the designer, based on her love for the American crime film genre.
Steve Buscemi
wore his own black jeans instead of suit pants.
d.
It was originally made as a U.S. television film for Hallmark in 1994. Miramax then bought the rights to capitalize on
Pierce Brosnan
being named the latest James Bond, with a plan to distribute it as a theatrical release. It was finally released on television in the U.S. in 2001.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
Wes Anderson
: [mid-shot speed change] The last scene (before the ending credits) changes from normal speed to slow-motion.
b.
According to an interview on the DVD,
Michael Madsen
says that
Kirk Baltz
asked to ride in his trunk to experience what it was really like. Madsen agreed, but decided as he went along that this was time for his own character development. So he drove down a long alley with potholes, and then a Taco Bell drive-through before taking Baltz back to the parking lot and letting him out. The soda he ordered at said drive-through is the same one he can be seen drinking during his characters first appearance in the warehouse.
c.
In May 1950,
Samuel Fuller
was assigned to work on the films screenplay and was considered as a possible director.
d.
Two actresses in the film have played the Greek goddess Thetis: Dame
Maggie Smith
in
Clash of the Titans
and
Julie Christie
in
Troy
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
wrote the first draft in three and a half weeks.
b.
Shot in 19 days.
c.
For the scene where
Richard Dreyfuss
appears to go weightless in his truck in his first encounter with flying saucers, his truck was put on a turntable and rotated 360 degrees.
d.
The "French Chateau" set was populated by a number of farm cats, one of which can be seen running off camera in an exterior shot of the building.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
In Mr. Whites flashback, Joe asks him about a girl named Alabama. This is a reference to
Patricia Arquette
s character from
True Romance
.
Quentin Tarantino
has stated that he originally intended this character to meet up with Mr. White and to become partners in crime. When "True Romance" was released a year after this film, the ending was changed and so this backstory became inconsistent because Alabama never went on to meet up with Mr. White.
b.
Film debut of
Geoffrey Deuel
.
c.
This movie marks the film debut of
Zachary Quinto
, whos best known as Sylar on the hit TV series
Heroes
, which has included several references to "Star Trek", and featured
George Takei
(Sulu) in the recurring role of Kaito Nakamura.
d.
Laraine Day
replaced
Frances Dee
, who had collapsed on set.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
Joseph Stefano
originally wrote a screen adaptation of the novel when
Grace Kelly
was supposed to star. Stefanos adaptation was much truer to the original book, and would have included two important characters from the novel that never made it into the final version of the film. One was a psychotherapist that Marnie was seeing at Marks insistence, whose role ended up being merged into Marks. The other was a man named Terry who was a co-worker of Marks and also in love with Marnie. The part of Terry was massively reworked and ended up becoming Lil.
b.
Scott Hicks
mentions (commentary at 28:50) that the dialogue between Ted and Bobby for Nagurskis comeback game is complete invention by screenwriter
William Goldman
(who saw the game) and was not mentioned in
Stephen King
s text. It provided Hicks a cinematic means of emphasizing the bonding between Ted and Bobby, achieved through the performances of the actors, the camera slowly dollying in, and faint sounds of the action being described.
c.
Madonna
- who is the main topic of the opening conversation - really liked the film but refuted
Quentin Tarantino
s interpretation of her song Like a Virgin. She gave him a copy of her Erotica album, signed "To Quentin. Its not about dick, its about love. Madonna."
d.
Sydney Pollack
: The voice of
Faye Dunaway
s boyfriend during their telephone conversation.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reservoir Dogs (1992)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Contains extensive archive footage from
Drums Along the Mohawk
.
c.
In then commentary of the
True Romance
DVD,
Quentin Tarantino
says that
Tony Scott
read both the "True Romance" and "Reservoir Dogs" scripts and told Tarantino he wanted to direct "Reservoir Dogs". Tarantino told him he could have "True Romance" but that he himself was going to direct "Reservoir Dogs".
d.
When Myra (
Mae Clarke
) is reading from the California travel brochure, she gets a worried look on her face when she reads "Grapefruit." This is a reference to
The Public Enemy
(which also stars
James Cagney
and Clarke) where Cagneys character pushes a grapefruit into the face of hers.
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