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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Screwballs (1983) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Screwballs (1983) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983).
About the movie:
Frolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
The scalping scene had to be trimmed in order to get an R rating.
b.
A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for Preservation.
c.
This film opened on the same day that the famous musical "Show Boat", written by
Jerome Kern
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
, and which has a lengthy sequence set in Chicago, first opened on Broadway.
d.
The movies bright color scheme was inspired by the "Archie" comic strip.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
Playing on the drive-in screen is non other than a scene from
Putney Swope
which was both written and directed by
Robert Downey Sr.
.
b.
Linda Shayne
not only co-wrote the script and acts in the movie as Bootsie Goodhead, but also posed as the girl featured on the films poster as well.
c.
The same leather jacket that Christian Campbell wore in as John Luke in
Cold Hearts
hangs in the background of Dons studio-basement in "Neighbor". It was unintentional as the production designer, Mike Crenshaw, just happened to be wearing the same brand jacket.
d.
Inspired by the true story of a traditional English mens footwear factory in Northamptonshire which turned to production of kinky boots for transvestites in order to save the ailing family business and safeguard the jobs of the local community.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
Kent Deuters
also read for the role of Rick McKay.
b.
The name,
Alex Gartner
, one of the producers, appears on a sign noting that Alex Gartner is a CPA.
c.
In 2010,
Stephen Sondheim
(who wrote the lyrics) told "Fresh Air" interviewer Terry Gross that while he was writing the stage musical, he originally wanted the show to be the first one in Broadway history to use the words "fuck" and "shit" in its song lyrics. He wanted the end of the song "Gee, Officer Krupke" to be "Gee, Officer Krupke/Fuck you!" (instead of what it became, which is "Gee, Officer Krupke/Krup you!"), and he wanted the lyrics in "The Jets Song" to be "When youre a Jet/If the shit hits the fan" instead of "When youre a Jet/If the spit hits the fan". However, the shows writers were informed that if the Original Cast Album contained those profanities, it would have been illegal to ship the record across state lines. So Sondheim made the substitutions for those words that appear in both the stage show and the movie.
d.
According to
Frank Capra
,
Claudette Colbert
was the sixth actress that was offered the lead role. Colbert reluctantly accepted the role turned down by the other five actresses when Capra agreed to double her salary and guarantee that Colbert only had to work for four weeks or less.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
The whole drive-in movie sequence was shot in a single day.
b.
Near the end, Bryan jumps off of the "Pont des Arts," a pedestrian-only bridge in Paris. In the scene, the bridge is desolate, whereas most nights people flock there to socialize, drink wine, and play the guitar.
c.
Sofía Vergara
was cast in the lead role but dropped out due to scheduling with her TV show
Modern Family
.
d.
Sensory Perception is the first feature film ever to be shot with the Canon 5d Mark 2 DSLR Camera and all Canon lenses. In fact, it is only the second feature film to be shot with the Canon 5d Mark 2. _Beautiful Belly (2010)_ was shot with Nikon lenses, and
Searching for Sonny
is still in preproduction.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
Although uncredited,
F. Scott Fitzgerald
contributed to the writing of the screenplay.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Director
Rafal Zielinski
approached the film like it was a live action cartoon.
d.
This movie is also known as "One giant Tribute to all Troma films" as this film has many similaritys to other Troma movies or actors with small parts in this movie who were the leading characters in other Troma movies.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
The Last Feature of
Dawn Addams
.
b.
When Angel and Butterman are discussing the first four victims, trying to figure out how they might be connected, Angel actually says what the ultimate motive was in each killing. The head of the Drama club was a terrible actor, his young lover had a "distinctive laugh," the reporter was a bad speller, and the rich land developer had an ugly house.
c.
The final climax of the picture on board of the ship between Harold and Vance was basically reworked from
Harold Lloyd
s
The Kid Brother
. The film was also shot with a silent film camera to re-create the Lloyd silent technique and the sound effects and dialogue were recorded in post-production.
d.
Kent Deuters
came up with the idea of his character Brent Van Dusen IIII always carrying a tennis racket.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
This film was illegally broadcast by director Bryant Mainord, who worked as a late-night Control Operator at a network television station in Anchorage, Alaska. The local newspaper headline read: "Profanity Slips Onto Television". FCC fines were waived due to the broadcast falling into the "safe" hours of the early morning.
b.
Jim Coburn (Tim Stevenson) has an identical twin. The two appear on screen together on the bleachers near the end of the movie.
c.
Several gremlins hiccuping are archive recordings of
Mel Blanc
s hiccups from various Looney Tunes shorts.
d.
At the time he played Hajj in the sound version, Otis Skinner was 72. This was his only feature-length sound film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
The underlying story, seems to be based in part on the legend of Mary "Polly" Slocum. Polly Slocum was awakened by a dream that her husband was hurt, rode 65 miles to the site of the Battle of Moores Creek (February 27, 1776, about 20 miles north of Wilmington, NC) to find her husband well and the Patriots victorious. But she stayed on the nurse the wounded. The authenticity of this underlying story is not universally accepted.
b.
The following people appear nude in the film:
Raven De La Croix
,
Alan Deveau
,
Jennifer Inch
,
Linda Shayne
,
Terrea Smith
, and
Linda Speciale
.
c.
Early drafts of the script featured Jen and Kira traveling through the underworld where they encountered a race of underground mining creatures. This concept was later integrated by
Jim Henson
into
Fraggle Rock
and served as the partial basis for the story of
The Power of the Dark Crystal
.
d.
Only nine Todd AO cameras were in existence at the time of shooting, and all of them were employed in the making of this film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screwballs (1983)?
a.
The shirt that Dexter Holland of The Offspring is wearing in the dance scene is AFI, a Californian punk band who started out in 1991.
b.
Screened at MOCA with the national tour of Basquiat.
c.
The opening song at the beginning of the movie is
Pink Floyd
s "Seamus" (Meddle, 1971). The version included in the movie is an instrumental version. The album version has vocals. During the theatre companys performance of pseudo-Hamlet, a sound bit from Pink Floyds "Echoes" (also from Meddle, 1971) can be heard. The sound of the rapier sword is the first note heard in "Echoes".
d.
Peter Keleghan
s first acting role.
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