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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Showgirls (1995) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Showgirls (1995) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995).
About the movie:
A young drifter, named Nomi, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
Though Richard Rodgers rejected Maureen OHara for the title role of Anna, she had previously starred in the 1941 Rodgers and Hart musical "They Met in Argentina."
b.
John Cusack
s performance in
Grosse Pointe Blank
had been the basis for
Clint Eastwood
s decision to cast him.
c.
When the film swept The 16th Annual RAZZIE Awards,
Paul Verhoeven
turned up in person to accept Worst Director and Worst Picture. He was the first director to ever turn up to collect the Award.
d.
Originally planned as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
This is the second of two feature version of the serial "The Lost City (1935), with both versions bearing the serials title and released to theaters in 1935 along with the serial. Two additional feature versions were also made from the serial later on. This version encompasses material from the first four and last four chapters of the serial, omitting all material involving Arab slaver Ben Ali, the Spider People, and Queen Rama, but with the same beginning and ending as the serial. The serial and this feature version were among the first films sold to television in the late 1940s.
b.
The key of the beginning theme you hear at the beginning of every Matrix movie (rousing strings and horn blasts) ascends by one semitone with each movie.
The Matrix
starts in the key of E,
The Matrix Reloaded
in F and
The Matrix Revolutions
in the key of F-sharp.
c.
Dustin Hoffman
kept pebbles in his shoe to ensure his limp would be consistent from shot to shot.
d.
The only interior scenes that were actually filmed in Las Vegas are the first ones in which Nomi plays slot machines and at the Forum Shops/Spago in Caesars Palace.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
Shot in six days.
b.
Lance Henriksen
was originally considered for the role of The Terminator. Writer/director
James Cameron
even made early sketches showing The Terminator looking like Henriksen. The original concept was for the character to be able to blend into a crowd. Cameron approached
Arnold Schwarzenegger
and wanted him to play the role of Kyle Reese, but after their meeting, Schwarzenegger and Cameron both wanted Schwarzenegger to play the title role, so Henriksen was cast in the role of Det. Vukovich. Curiously, Henriksen later got to play the part of a humanoid cyborg when he played Bishop in
Aliens
, also directed by Cameron.
c.
The director was insistent that actors not ad-lib or change lines as they were scripted. Three changes were allowed: The line "smiling beaver" was changed to "smiling snatch", the line "Shes ginchy" was changed to "Shes no butterfly", and the line "I wanna see the pimples on your ass" to "I wanna see your ass."
d.
Ticks (insect) were required as props in some of the scenes, and were pre-purchased from a specimen supply company. This was unnecessary as they were naturally abundant.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
Elizabeth Berkley
regularly worked 16 hours a day in high heels, while filming the dance scenes.
b.
Donna Douglas
tested for a role.
c.
When shooting wrapped,
Liza Minnelli
declared publicly (and in tears) that she would never again work with the "tyrannical" director
Otto Preminger
. When she was working on the film, her mother,
Judy Garland
, had died and Liza Minnelli suffered a period of mourning. Most critics cited this reason as the source of her highly emotional performance in the film.
d.
The sheet of paper that Jimmy writes on on the bus is the real sheet that
Eminem
wrote "Lose Yourself" on. The sheet of paper sold for $10,000 on an eBay auction.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
The cover image for this movie is a remake of a famous photograph by Slovak photographer
Tono Stano
.
b.
Dirty Harry is the slang term for a photographer (either shooting paparazzi and/or modeling shoots) with a single lens reflex (SLR) camera. The slang term for an SLR camera is a .44 Magnum.
c.
There are several connections to the
Alexandre Dumas père
work The Man in the Iron Mask: the obvious mask worn by the elder MacCullen and his descendants new face the events involving France and the concept of replacing the leader with a perfect double.
d.
In the courtroom scene, Mr. Brooks attorney is named Ted Castelucci. This is also the name of the films composer,
Teddy Castellucci
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
Elizabeth Berkley
was paid only $100,000 for playing the lead in the film. When a special V.I.P. edition boxed set was released she requested $2,500 to be interviewed. They declined.
b.
Film debut of
Charles Ruggles
.
c.
Among the comics Hogarth shows the Giant is an issue of "The Spirit". Since the comic-book version ended in 1950 ("The Spirit" was a newspaper comic originally), its unlikely that, in real life, Hogarth would have had any issues. But before Brad Bird made "Iron Giant", he tried (but failed) to get backing for a "Spirit" animated film.
d.
More than 30 works of Stephen King have been adapted for movies, but this is the only one to have broken the $100 million mark at the North American box office (as of November 2007).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
None of the interior sets had ceilings. These, and the upper parts of many exteriors, were optically added or modified with matte paintings. This is most noticeable to the modern discerning eye in the last shot of the scene showing the many dead and wounded Confederate soldiers. The tattered Confederate flag, previously seen in the astonishing pullback crane shot blowing in the breeze, is now represented by a matte painting, hanging limp.
b.
The only time actresses complained that they felt uncomfortable was during the scenes with the monkeys, who constantly stared at their bare breasts.
c.
Bucky Kaps was originally a minor character with two, maybe three scenes.
d.
A sequence known as "The Magic Compass", consisting of four songs, was dropped from the film in preproduction. One of those songs, "The Beautiful Briny", later resurfaced in
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
. The melody for another song from this sequence, "The Land of Sand", was used for "Trust in Me (The Pythons Song)" in
The Jungle Book
, using completely different lyrics.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
James Franco
plays
Danny McBride
s older brother in this movie. In real life, Franco is the younger one.
b.
Elizabeth Berkley
spends approximately 20 minutes, or 1/6 of the entire film, completely nude.
c.
Howard Lydecker
and
Theodore Lydecker
, Republic Pictures special effects wizards, shot all outdoor effects shots around Santa Fe, New Mexico, in order to take advantage of the impressive cloud formations.
d.
Lost film - only Vitaphone discs survive.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
Set an all-time RAZZIE Award record with 13 nominations (one or more in all 11 categories of the 1996 Awards). Its seven "wins" tie it with
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
as the second most dis-honored film in RAZZIE history (
I Know Who Killed Me
now holds the dubious distinction with eight "wins").
b.
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".
c.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = ~4.9 seconds. Median Shot Length 4 seconds.
d.
In at least one draft of the script, Martin was going to see yet another videotape of Seth Brundle (this time nearing the end of his transformation), in which Seth talks about his "cure". This would have required brand-new footage of
Jeff Goldblum
in makeup from the previous film, and the concept was subsequently dropped from the script.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Showgirls (1995)?
a.
After this film bombed at the box office and "swept" the 16th Annual RAZZIE Awards, MGM/UA attempted to re-market it as a "Midnight Cult Flick" à la
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
. A new print ad, with a leopard-skin patterned background and prominently mentioning the films seven RAZZIE "Wins" ran in several L.A. area newspapers, promoting midnight showings in West Hollywood in Spring, 1996. Clever though it was, this new marketing gimmick also failed.
b.
Charles Laughton
, playing William Bligh, who performed one of the worlds greatest feats of navigation after having been cast adrift at sea by the Bounty mutineers, was in reality terrified of the ocean and was violently seasick throughout most of the filming.
c.
MGM originally wanted
Esther Williams
to star in this movie, but she didnt want any part in it.
d.
Just four days into filming,
Greta Garbo
was notified that her sister Alva had died.
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