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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Scarface (1983) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Scarface (1983) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983).
About the movie:
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed. (Cartel not Mafia)
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
Bill Paxtons character name is a combination of the Ben Johnson and Robert Armstrong characters from the original version.
b.
The house used as Jesses mansion was a real mansion in Mahwah, New Jersey that had been abandoned since the 1920s.
c.
The Academy of Tobacco Studies building in DC is actually the Department of Labors Frances Perkins Building, at 200 Constitution Avenue, NW. The Academys sign is superimposed over the actual Department of Labor sign.
d.
Kay Lenz
and
Kristy McNichol
both reportedly wanted the role of Elvira, but
Brian De Palma
turned them down.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
The portable video game system that Deans son uses, and in which "the disc" wont work, is an NEC Turbo Express.
b.
Quentin Tarantino
was asked to helm this remake, but he declined.
c.
Universal loaned MGM
John Grant
, the comedy teams personal gag writer, to script some of their patented pun routines.
d.
In the scene at the Sun Ray where Tony Montana meets the Colombians, there is the trademark multi colored bag of Mothers Cookies on the dresser. Mothers cookies eventually was acquired by Kelloggs and this product placement is now noted on the Mothers cookies website.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
The final movie and the original script are almost identical. The only differences are the cowboy was supposed to appear at Todds house for a quick joke that was cut and there was supposed to be a small scene involving a small protest on campus.
b.
Willem Dafoe
attended a criminal trial to prepare for his role. The trial was interrupted when several people in the courtroom, including the judge and many jurors, recognized him and wanted to talk to him.
c.
Reportedly,
John Travolta
met with
Al Pacino
in New York in 1981 about appearing in this movie. Travolta did not end up doing this movie.
d.
M. Night Shyamalan
insisted that the film posters be released without showing
Mel Gibson
s face, as it is an ensemble piece, and that it didnt refer to
The Sixth Sense
, as its an entirely different movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
Despite the 1969 copyright date on the title card, according to the date printed on a telegram shown during the scene immediately after the credits, the action of this film takes place during August 1966.
b.
Legendary character actor and best selling author
Shane Briant
is a fan of Shivering Inside. He allowed the filmmaker to quote him from a personal email.
c.
Security throughout filming was very tight with one of the measures to prevent info leaks was to address the cast with false names in daily call sheets. In those call sheets for example,
Harrison Ford
was called #,
Cate Blanchett
as Mean Girl and
Karen Allen
titled The Damsel.
d.
Robert De Niro
was offered the lead role but turned it down.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
Sidney Lumet
made
Al Pacino
do the phone conversation with Leon a second time even though his first take was perfect. Lumets reasoning was because he saw how much the scene took out of his actor and he wanted Pacino to look exhausted, as the character had been holed up in a bank, and a highly stressful situation, all day.
b.
Robert Clarke
later helped spoof this movie when it was re-dubbed and re-released as
Whats Up, Hideous Sun Demon
c.
Geena Davis
,
Carrie Fisher
,
Kelly McGillis
and
Sharon Stone
auditioned for the role of Elvira Hancock.
d.
About exactly a decade prior to this movie being made,
Burt Reynolds
starred in a similarly titled film called
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
This film has been an influence on hip-hop culture and rap music since the late 1980s. The Houston-area rap group The
Geto Boys
sampled several lines into their rap songs, and one rapper (Brad Jordan aka
Scarface
, now the CEO of Def Jam South) in the group took the name of this film as his stage name. Many rappers, including
Sean P. Diddy Combs
claim this is their favorite film.
b.
On the Brodys front porch is a flower planter painted bright yellow. It is one of the barrels from the first
Jaws
.
c.
Nigel Davenport
replaced
Ian Bannen
.
d.
The original Japanese version of the movie had a different musical soundtrack with almost no vocal songs, and many scenes that do not feature any music at all. When this film was dubbed into English, the music was also re-scored and was also added to the scenes that originally had silence in them.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
Producer
Tina Fey
confessed that, when casting the film, she liked
Jonathan Bennett
(Aaron Samuels) because "he looked like
Jimmy Fallon
".
b.
Rosanna Arquette
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Kim Basinger
,
Kathleen Turner
and
Jodie Foster
all turned down the role of Elvira Hancock.
Brooke Shields
was also offered the role, but her mother
Teri Shields
made her turn the offer down.
c.
The DVD includes two deleted scenes: a dance scene showing Vicky in a club an alternate ending in which Charly goes to play Poker with Russian gangsters and gets beaten up for cheating and saving Vicky (who was searching for Charly)
d.
The rattlesnake used in the film actually escaped while preparing to shoot a scene in a narrow mountain crevasse. The entire crew fled at once from the narrow passage frightened. Minutes later the snake wrangler went in and recaptured the snake.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
Rita Hayworth
s singing voice was dubbed by
Martha Mears
.
b.
When
Scarface
was re-released in theaters in 2003, the studio wanted
Brian De Palma
to change the soundtrack so that rap songs inspired by the movie could be used. De Palma refused.
c.
The first Republic Pictures Corporation production.
d.
Terry Funk
: one of the bookies.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
Originally, this was intended to be a made-for-television film. When the producers saw how well
Amy Madigan
played the title role, they released it in theatres so that Madigan had a chance at an Academy Award nomination (she wasnt nominated for this film but years later, she was nominated for
Twice in a Lifetime
).
b.
Rafe Perry was "an English lend-out to the FBI" according to
Renny Harlin
.
c.
The beer the one of the two assassins drinks in the Babylon Club before the shoot-out is a Bavarian Löwenbräu beer. The brewery is located in Munich/Germany and was probably founded in 1383. Also the box seen in the money-counting-scene, where Tony Montana wants the money to be counted a second time, is a Löwenbräu-box. Löwenbräu would be translated into English with lions-brewery.
d.
Over 40 horses are featured in the film, with 10 sharing the role of
Seabiscuit
. The horses running distances never exceeded three furlongs, or three eighths of a mile, per take.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Scarface (1983)?
a.
Producer
Martin Bregman
, in the book Scarface Nation, revealed that
Glenn Close
was the original choice for the role of Elvira, but he was dissatisfied because he thought she would be "only half a hooker".
b.
Fred Howard
, who was not seen in movie despite his onscreen credit, is also omitted from an extensive cast list in the New York Times review of 11 February 1932.
c.
Gwangi is a native American word that means lizard.
d.
The propulsion module from the spaceship model used in
Conquest of Space
is part of the set decoration in Khans cargo container home. Its a cagelike structure with four silver cylindrical tanks.
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