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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shock Treatment (1981) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shock Treatment (1981) - 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: Shock Treatment (1981).
About the movie:
Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show... but wind up as captives instead.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shock Treatment (1981)?
a.
A tie-in promotional television show publicizing this movie was entitled
The Rocky Horror Treatment
.
b.
For the scene where Jesus and Jake play for the letter of intent, the original script called for Jesus to win 15-0. However,
Spike Lee
encouraged the actors to play for real. The scene in the film reflects the actual game between
Ray Allen
and
Denzel Washington
.
c.
The white cat seen in Evelyns apartment is given no name in the film, but in the movie novelisation the cats name is revealed to be Cleo.
d.
The film features
Colin Petersen
in a bit part as Second Man. At about age 10, Petersen had been the first actor to play the famous Australian boy character Smiley (Smiley Greevins) in the classic Australian family movie,
Smiley
.
Barney
is similar to that film in that it also features a boy central character. This movie was made approximately twenty years after
Smiley
and reportedly, Geevins casting was, according to the book Australian Film 1900-1977, "...to symbolize Columbias hopes that Barney would find the same success as the earlier film".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shock Treatment (1981)?
a.
Hugh Jackman
was originally cast.
b.
Director
Asif Kapadia
s American debut film.
c.
This movie never achieved the same cult status as its precursor
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
but is notable as a cult film and film history oddity due to its connection with its famous cult predecessor.
d.
The segment The Telephone was the first Italian thriller to be shot in color.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shock Treatment (1981)?
a.
William Keighley
was initially assigned to the project because he had made Warners first excursion into three-strip Technicolor, when he directed
Gods Country and the Woman
.
b.
Oscars license place reads "SCRAM."
c.
A massive campaign was undertaken to create public awareness of the film during its production. This campaign also attracted the attention of independent producer
Robert L. Lippert
who rushed a low budget space travel film,
Rocketship X-M
, into production to capitalize on this campaign. Legal action forced Lippert to modify the campaign for his film. Material sent to exhibitors for "Rocketship X-M" carried the disclaimer "This is not Destination Moon." Lippert was able to have "Rocketship X-M" into general release more than three weeks before this film had its preview engagements.
d.
Bert Schnick wears sunglasses for most of the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shock Treatment (1981)?
a.
According to the production notes,
Barry Humphries
played the part of Bert Schnick like Dr. Caligari, a silent film villain of 1920s German Expressionist Cinema. Humphries said, "Hes a highly expressionist character, a blind Viennese-born game show host. Right away you know hes not rooted in any reality of any kind, except his own."
b.
Harry Reems
was originally signed to play Coach Calhoun. Producers got cold feet (for fear of his adult movie notoriety) weeks before filming and replaced him with
Sid Caesar
. Prosecuted by the federal government in 1976 on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute obscenity across state lines, Reems was convicted, but the conviction was overturned on appeal one year later.
c.
James Brolin
was attached to play the Col. Samuel Trautman role after
Richard Crenna
died of pancreatic cancer in 2003, but the role was written out of the script.
Sylvester Stallone
considers the character to have died on the same day as Crenna, who appears in an archival flashback in
Rambo
.
d.
Before Claire lights up a joint, Brian (
Anthony Michael Hall
) puts on a pair of sunglasses and speaks in a strange, very high voice. In a later John Hughes movie
Weird Science
, Hall does this again for almost an entire scene.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shock Treatment (1981)?
a.
According to Pacific Cinematheque, this movie was filmed "almost entirely in one location".
b.
Harold Gray
s comic strip was strongly opposed to
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
, and would not have portrayed him favorably as in the film.
c.
Cliff De Young
based his Brad Majors character on
David Eisenhower
.
d.
One of the biggest hits in Columbias history, raking up a box office gross of $8.7 million in its first run.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shock Treatment (1981)?
a.
The largely English-speaking crew never received a translated script. They were unclear on story arc and plot points until the subtitled cast & crew screening many months later.
b.
Sal Piro
: In the opening sequence, the president of the National Rocky Horror fan club stands below a staircase talking on a payphone.
c.
During Chunks (
Jeff Cohen
) confession scene, one thing he admits to is pushing his sister Edie down the stairs and blaming it on the dog. Cohens real-life sister is named Edie.
d.
The phrase "second to the right and straight on till morning" was changed into "second star to the right..." for the Disney version. Also, since the stage musical version with
Mary Martin
opened on Broadway in 1954, non-Disney versions have used the term "Never Never Land" as opposed to "Neverland."
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