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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Seeds of Evil (1975) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Seeds of Evil (1975) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975).
About the movie:
A sinister landscaper turns into a tree and learns to communicate with his fellow plants.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
This was
Ritchie Valens
only screen appearance.
b.
Director
James H. Kay
wanted the film to be entitled The Gardener and only went along with re-naming it Seeds of Evil at the insistence of the distributors who thought it would be more marketable under that title.
c.
Donald Cammell
was introduced to Nu Image by producer
Elie Cohn
, with whom he had worked on the unmade
Marlon Brando
film "Jericho". Nu Image was also familiar with Cammells work and appeared to like the "Wild Side" script. However, the relationship between Nu Image and Cammell quickly turned sour. First, the company tried to prevent the casting of the then relatively unknown
Anne Heche
as
Joan Chen
s lover. Then they questioned Cammells working methods, sparking a battle of wills between him and Cohn. When Cammell delivered his rough cut, the producers were horrified. They fired off a memo ordering the films editor
Frank Mazzola
to remove all flashbacks, flash forwards and jump cuts. Unsatisfied, the producers sacked him and re-cut the movie themselves.
d.
Steve Mcqueen had a stand up row with wardrobe mistress Wyn Keely after a blouse worn by Shirley Ann field didnt rip during there kissing scene on the first take.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
Aside from the principle stars the rest of the cast was found while on location in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
b.
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.
c.
Lord Asriel is played by
Daniel Craig
, who is also the current James Bond. The part was previously played, in a London stage adaptation, by
Timothy Dalton
, himself a former Bond.
d.
(
Daniela Mangialardo
) was originally cast as the fitness instructor. She was given the part of Wendy after the original actress dropped out of the project.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
Bill Plympton used a lot of the urban myths that were prevalent in his teen years, mixed with some real experiences in high school. For example, the lead character, Spud, rides to school on a Vespa motor scooter, just like Bill did. Like Spud, Bill was also not the most popular kid in class, since being an artist ranked very low in the school pecking order, of course, with athletes and cheerleaders sitting on top.
b.
The MPAA gave the film an R rating solely because of eight seconds of a sickle being used on a woman turning into ivy.
c.
In light of postwar revelations that Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel
had been complicit in the attempt to kill
Adolf Hitler
, there emerged a reassessment of him as a dashing and gallant officer, and this is how
James Mason
played him in "The Desert Fox"--in contrast to the portrayal of Rommel by
Erich von Stroheim
in Paramounts
Five Graves to Cairo
, which was
Billy Wilder
s first film as a director. After "The Desert Fox" came out, criticism came from veterans who had strong opinions about Rommel based on their experience of his actions during the war. In making "The Desert Rats" two years later, in reaction to this criticism, Fox brought back Mason in a cameo, and he plays Rommel more villainously than he has in "The Desert Fox", though not as much as von Stroheim.
d.
The Army refused to co-operate after reading the script. The National Guard had no such qualms and gladly offered their co-operation.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
This feature was planned for filming in color. On the Thursday before the Monday start of principle photography, uncredited executive producer Edward Small informed producer Gene Corman that it was going to be shot in black and white.
b.
The song that plays during the scene in which Neeco the tuxedo deliveryman tosses the guys rented tuxedos into their speeding car is "Ride the Sky II" by Revolution Mother. Neeco is played by
Mike Vallely
, Revolution Mothers lead singer.
c.
According to director Kay at one point the people who owned the house the film was being shot at wanted to evict the production from their property while shooting was only half complete. The production brought in lawyers to work out a deal, but while this was going on director Kay prepared to quickly return the crew to the house and not leave period until filming was complete. Fortunately the lawyers came through and the crew was allowed to continue shooting at the location.
d.
As Lomax is riding into Chabisco, the music coming from the saloon is an instrumental version of "The Ballad of the War Wagon."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
Recording sound for the film was extremely problematic because the filming locations were inhabited by hordes of tree frogs whose croaking was quite loud.
b.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
c.
Feature film debut of
Rene Auberjonois
.
d.
Noah Cross is a reference of course to the Biblical character of Noah with all the associated connotations about water.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
Paul Thomas Anderson
stated that he watched
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
every night before filming this movie.
b.
Dorothy Dickson
s baby is played by her real-life daughter
Dorothy Hyson
c.
The Chinese straw hat that
Katharine Houghton
wears in one scene was worn as a homage to Houghtons aunt, the great Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn wore a similar hat in the film
Dragon Seed
.
d.
Robert Hogan
s movie debut.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
One of the few movies legendary film critic
Roger Ebert
admitted to walking out on (during the Brothel-Boat orgy sequence), calling it "sickening, utterly worthless, shameful trash. If it is not the worst film I have ever seen, that makes it all the more shameful: People with talent allowed themselves to participate in this travesty." He reviewed what he saw, giving it zero stars, and ended with a quote from another viewer who told him "This movie is the worst piece of shit I have ever seen."
b.
Rumors on the Internet of a Scottish actor being cast as Viktor Krum were halted when it was announced that, as originally planned by the producers, a Bulgarian would in fact play the part. Perhaps these rumors arose because the Bulgarian was discovered in England and not in Sofia, where there was a casting call for the part of the International Quidditch Champion.
Stanislav Ianevski
, a Bulgarian student living in London, has been cast in the role.
c.
The films investors played the guests at the Bennetts costume ball.
d.
Tiffani Thiessen
tested for the role of Angela but failed the audition.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seeds of Evil (1975)?
a.
While filming the scene in which Saul runs into a tree,
James Franco
became overzealous and actually ran into the tree causing him to get three stitches.
b.
According to director
James H. Kay
on the evening when the scene of
Joe Dallesandro
swimming nude in the pool was filmed half of San Juan showed up on the location to watch the shoot. Kay says apparently someone leaked the news that a nude scene was going to be shot that evening.
c.
There is a giant "Newbury Comics" billboard at the base of the mountain to help sell that the film takes place in New England. It is also a reference to
Adam Green
s first film
Hatchet
which featured the comic/DVD/music stores "tooth face" logo on lead actor Joel David Moores T-shirt.
d.
According to veteran TV writer and producer
Steven Bochco
, this film served as one of the inspirations for his ground breaking series
Hill Street Blues
.
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