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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Short Circuit (1986) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Short Circuit (1986) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986).
About the movie:
Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
Henry Fonda
prepared for his role as the villain "Frank" by arriving in Italy with a pair of brown colored contact lenses and a grown mustache. When
Sergio Leone
saw them, he ordered them removed. Leone had planned an important close-up shot of Franks entrance and wanted the audience to instantly recognize Fonda with those blue eyes.
b.
Clips from several scenes not in the theatrical release can be seen during the closing credits, including an altercation between Number 5 and a toy robot and Number 5 in an auto scrap yard.
c.
Only
Philip Kaufman
,
W.D. Richter
, and
Donald Sutherland
knew how the film was going to end.
Veronica Cartwright
was not told that Sutherlands character had been captured and became an alien. When they filmed the ending in front of San Francisco City Hall and Sutherland pointed to her, imitating the pod scream, Cartwrights reaction of cold fear is authentic.
d.
When we first see Freddy sitting with the other kids in the institution, the movie they are watching is
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
The movie was originally conceived by
Charles Chaplin
as a novel titled "Footlights".
b.
In this film and
Short Circuit 2
, Johnny 5s voice is provided by puppeteer
Tim Blaney
. This casting decision was made due to the directors belief that real-time interaction with the robot prop would make the interaction seem more natural on-screen than if they edited Johnnys voice in during post-production.
c.
David Yates
said that the epilogue was re-shot because the heavy makeup originally applied on the actors at adult age didnt reflect well in the dailies.
d.
During one scene in the film, we see a building with a painted sign for the "SAM Company". "SAM" is the name of the production company that made the film and it stood for
Frank Sinatra
and
Dean Martin
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
worked on
Poltergeist
and
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
literally back to back. Principal photography on Poltergeist ended in August of 1981, then Spielberg took a few weeks off and began work on E.T. Spielberg also supervised the visual effects for both films simultaneously (which were produced at Industrial Light & Magic under the supervision of
Richard Edlund
and
Dennis Muren
). Once post production work on Poltergeist began in early 1982, Spielberg was in total control. He was responsible for the editing of the film (Spielbergs usual editor Michael Khan edited this film while
Carol Littleton
edited E.T), the final sound mixes and loops, the supervision of the visual effects, and the selection of
Jerry Goldsmith
as the composer of the score. Poltergeist and E.T opened to theaters nationwide only a week between each other during the summer of 1982, Poltergeist on June 4th and E.T. one week later on June 11th. Spielberg later said "If E.T. was a whisper, Poltergeist was a scream".
b.
The sports car that Adam picks up and plays around with (with Nick and Mandy inside) is a 1990 Lotus Elan.
c.
The 3 Stooges short that #5 is watching is the end of
Woman Haters
d.
After the PTA meeting when Ray and Annie crash into the lockers they are not exiting from the gym that they were originally in. They exit from the womens restroom at the school. There is not an exit from the gym that you could possibly crash into lockers.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
Sidney Howard
agreed to write the screenplay, but from his home in Massachusetts, 3000 miles away from studio interference. His first draft would have made a 5 1/2 hour movie. Howard reluctantly agreed to leave his Massachusetts farm and come to Hollywood to work on another draft with Selznick and then-attached director
George Cukor
. As Selznick was preoccupied with problems on the set of
The Prisoner of Zenda
, Howard had to wait 5 weeks before he was able to start working on another draft (in the meantime contributing some rewrites for "Zenda"). The second draft turned out to be 15 pages longer than the first.
b.
Danny Huston
compared his character of William Stryker to a racehorse breeder, who rears his mutant experiments like children but abandons them when something goes wrong.
c.
In the scene when Stephanie finds Number 5 inside her truck, you can briefly see her address on her mailbox just beforehand. The mailbox reads "S. Speck, 3901 Misty Pines Ave".
d.
Sackville Street is part of the Savile Row tailoring area in Mayfair in London. Many people are familiar with the idea of the high quality tailoring in Savile Row. "Savile Row", in terms of tailors, is traditionally regarded as including Savile Row itself and a few of the adjoining streets, such as Sackville Street.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
James Cagney
reportedly rehearsed his dance numbers occasionally with
Fred Astaire
.
b.
This film was originally conceived as a dark high-tech thriller. Number 5 was originally intended to be the villain of the picture: an out-of-control, heavily-armed military robot that had escaped from the lab that had developed him. After several script revisions, the darker elements were toned down and the film became a high-tech comedy.
c.
The part of Colby Francis was written for Christopher Clark.
d.
As the film was delayed,
Joe Jackson
s score was replaced by
John Barry
who was brought in to beef up the dramatic aspects of the now chronological version of the film. The film would feature about close to 30 minutes of his original score. However, a few scenes in the film did in fact feature a couple of the songs Jackson wrote based on his original score.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
Stephanie and Number 5 dance to a scene from
Saturday Night Fever
which was also directed by
John Badham
.
b.
The cake at the end of the movie is actually made of cardboard.
c.
Jamie Foxx
attended classes at the Braille Institute in order to help him play the role of Ray.
d.
For this film,
Ali MacGraw
learned how to fire a gun and drive a car.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
All of the scenes with
Mary Steenburgen
(who played Marions sister-in-law) were cut from the final film.
b.
The gangster movie featuring
George Raft
that Number 5 is watching, and later imitating (using Rafts famous "coin flipping") is
Scarface
.
c.
Justin Theroux
: The lawyer on the phone.
d.
During the scene on the Death Star right after Ben leaves to shut down the tractor beam, Chewbacca barks something to Luke to which Han says "Boy, you said it Chewie". Backstage footage reveals that what Chewie says is "The old mans gone mad".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
The song played at Tatianas Naming Day feast is "On the Hills of Manchuria". It is not a folk song. It was written in 1906 by Ilya Shatrov, bandmaster of 214 Mokshansky infantry regiment, after tragical events of Russian-Japanese war.
b.
The robots are designed very similar to the large fighting machines in the future battle scenes in
The Terminator
.
c.
Tony Darrow
who plays Sonny Bunz, the owner of the Bamboo Lounge, worked in the real-life Bamboo Lounge where
Henry Hill
, and the people whom the films characters are based on would hang out.
d.
Tappy Tibbonss regimen consists of "three things, which is all I did to change my life". #1, "no red meat", and #2, "no refined sugar", are repeated throughout the film. #3 can only be glimpsed by freeze-framing a scene with the whiteboard that Tappy is writing on (it can also be accessed (and you can view the entire third section) on the directors cut DVD, by choosing the Chapter Selections; scroll to 21-24 and press up twice before pressing Enter).
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
Many of the little tricks done by Johnny 5 on-screen (like flipping through book pages in a blink of the eye and tossing a washer into the air in a mimic of a scene from an old gangster movie he saw) were done using relatively simple, yet ingenious sleight-of-hand prop effects. For instance, the pages were flipped using an air hose, while the washer was flipped using a piece of string at both ends sideways. Not only did this save money for the producers for the actual robot and the screenplay, but they proved remarkably effective in getting just the right look needed for the scenes.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 25, 1946 with
Danny Kaye
and
Virginia Mayo
reprising their film roles.
c.
Jackie Gleason
was in reality a very good pool player and did many of his own shots in the film.
d.
A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and television archives, and is not listed for Preservation as it should be.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Short Circuit (1986)?
a.
Prior to the film, theaters showing the film in Disney Digital 3-D (RealD) show the Chip and Dale short
Working for Peanuts
(which is also projected in 3-D), while theaters showing the standard version show the Mickey Mouse short
Boat Builders
.
b.
One of the first promising candidates for the role of Scarlett was
Adele Longmire
, who was seventeen at the time. Her parents did not permit her to travel to New York for a screen test, so Longmire did not appear in a film until several years later.
c.
At the beginning of the movie, you see a close-up of flowers on a green field, and then the tanks roll over them. This resembles
James Cameron
s style (see also
The Terminator
).
d.
The description of Max Zorin in the script was based on
Sting
, and written with
David Bowie
in mind, but he turned the film down.
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