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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)

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About the movie: Based on true events. Ben, a regular guy, on the verge of losing his video store, has one day to get a business partner before his lease expires...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		Director Joe Sarnos first feature. Sarno was originally hired only to write script but wound up co-directing with producer/director Philip Melillo. Working title: "Naked Terror".
b.		Patricia Rae appears in the poster that is hung in the marquee above the sofa.
c.		The crew built four blocks of Whitechapel on location in Prague, including half a church.
d.		The house set was built on Stage 3/8, the same stage as the house set from The Addams Family TV series. When the series was being shot there it was known as General Service Studios, and when the film was being shot there it was called Hollywood Center Studios.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		Silverlake Video is actually located in Atwater Village, which is Silver Lake adjacent.
b.		The actor who played the Governor of Georgia, Wallace Wilkinson (1927-2001), shared his name, but no relation, with a man who would be Governor of Kentucky three years after the films release, Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002), who served a single term as Kentuckys Governor from 1987 to 1991, and had no record as an actor.
c.		According to director Charles Marquis Warren, Elvis Presley performed his own stunts.
d.		Joel Silver noted that the film was originally budgeted at US$10 million because Warner Brothers were not confident in the premise. The film ran over and the final budget was US$15 million. Warner Brothers loved the film when it was screened, and immediately opened it at the 2005 Cannes International Film Festival in a high profile capacity.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		While permission had been granted to film inside the Colusa Courthouse, the Clerk in the film (Linda) was cast and given her lines on the spot, and she performed immediately thereafter.
b.		The Chinatown screenplay is now regarded as being one of the most perfect screenplays and is now a main teaching point in screen writing seminars and classes everywhere.
c.		Matteo Ribaudo was compelled to include the "Ms Shue" storyline into the script after meeting Deanna Cordano. He was so intrigued with their similarity he wanted to demonstrate the juxtaposition of resembling a famous actress so much, it actually hinders your career.
d.		According to her grandson Peter Riva in an Icons Radio interview, Marlene Dietrich had no interest in doing a western when presented this script. But her friend Erich Maria Remarque convinced her that it would be perfect for her. Remarque told her that it would make her "more American". "If I am more American", Marlene asked him, "can I do more against the Nazis?" Remarque answered, "Of course". Dietrichs motive for doing this movie was to warn Americans about the Nazis.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		Also according to Penelope Ann Miller on the same documentary, Marlon Brando wore an ear-piece so an assistant off stage could feed him his lines. During a scene together, Miller recalls forgetting her lines, to which Brando asked his assistant over a hidden microphone for the line and he gave them to Miller. She also recalls Brando telling his assistant at one point "No, no, no. Thats the wrong scene."
b.		While filming the fake crime scene outside a house in Pennsylvania, neighborhood residents were concerned and kept interrupting shooting. A mediator had to be assigned to explain to people it was fake.
c.		Sean King also starred in Matteo Ribaudos first short film "In the Name of My Father", which won best comedy short at the NY Intl Film Festival.
d.		Director Bryan Singer and cast members Ian McKellen and Bruce Davison subsequently worked together on X-Men. Author Stephen King contributed to an X-Men series called "Heroes for Hope" in 1985.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		Mary Anna Reyes was actually naked during the torture scene.
b.		"Silverlake Video the Movie" was actually filmed on location in the real Silverlake Video, and the owner is named Ben. The film came about because the filmmaker became good friends with Ben.
c.		Apparently morose over the loss of friend and collaborator Lon Chaney and in the midst of severe alcoholism, the normally meticulous Tod Browning was said to have been sullen and unprofessional during the shoot. Among his actions were to leave set, leaving cinematographer Karl Freund to direct scenes. He would also recklessly tear pages out of the script if he felt them to be redundant.
d.		Unsatisfied with Woody Strodes rehearsal of bullet-wounded drowsiness, director John Ford took his own steps to make Strode appear authentically weary for Rutledges gunshot early on in the film. The day before the scene was to be shot, Ford got Strode drunk early in the day and had an assistant follow him around for the rest of the day to make sure he stayed that way. When the time came for Strode to shoot the scene with Constance Towers, his hangover gave him the perfect (for Ford) appearance of a man who had been shot.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		George M. Cohans play opened on Broadway in New York at the Astor Theater on September 22nd, 1913 and ran for 320 performances.
b.		CHAPTER TITLES: 1. Bloody Money; 2. The Mushroom Bullet; 3. Stolen Evidence; 4. Facing Death; 5. The Black Wallet; 6. The Lions Claws; 7. Over the City; 8. Treachery; 9. Dynamite; 10. The Mystic Power (aka The Mystics Power); 11. Man and Beast; 12. Deep Waters; 13. A Fight for Life; 14. Out of the Clouds; 15. The Woman in Black; 16. The Cradle of Death; 17. The Final Reckoning; 18. The Lost Heritage.
c.		A joke cut from the final scene of the movie reveals the large garbage bag in Stueys hand was supposed to be his "lunch". In DVD the commentary, the filmmakers claimed that it was the dismembered remains of Stueys latest serial killings.
d.		When the "celebrity" look alike orders her coffee at the end of the movie "Cappuccino wet with two splenda", that is actually the way the director takes his coffee.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		The car used for Mario Andrettis cameo is the Holman-Moody Ford Fairlane Andretti drove to victory in the 1967 Daytona 500 - a race in which Richard Petty was one of the favorites to win. Petty dropped out of the race due to a blown engine.
b.		The first film of Jeanne Tripplehorn.
c.		Official selection of the 2010 Dances With Films festival.
d.		It was the basis for "Green Acres".

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		Matteo Ribaudo tailored the roles of the "Landlord" and "Garth" for actors Mark Christopher Lawrence, and Scott Krinsky, after Patricia Rae became good friends with them on the set of "Chuck".
b.		The scenes at the snowy train station were actually filmed in 80-degree weather.
c.		Tim Matheson was introduced to producer Daniel Grodnik by writer Charles Robert Carner. Tim was interested in learning how to produce. Grodnik told him, "if you ever bring me a piece of material that I like, you can be a producer on it with me." 2 weeks later Matheson screened Zatoichi Challenged for Grodnik to develop as an American remake. It took 7 years, 3 studios, 2 directors, and 11 drafts of the script to finally get the film about a blind samurai in America made. Grodnik sold it to Jeff Sagansky, the president of Tri-Star Pictures, by pitching him two ad lines: Pray you see him before he hears you and He dont need no dog.
d.		Val Kilmer was asked if he wanted to play Batman again but by his own admission and due to his commitment with The Saint, was not interested.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		The original Scooby-Doo episode dealing with the pterodactyl ghost featured a villain and motive that were quite different. The pterodactyl/hang glider costume was used to smuggle pirated music, with the small-town mayor behind the whole scheme.
b.		Plans were announced in 1938 for a sequel entitled Heartbreak Town, about a child actor but it was never made.
c.		The character of Roxie, was named after Roxy, the little Westie in the movie.
d.		Film financed by the selling of a race car, a loan on a 401k plan, and the production of a music video.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silverlake Video: The Movie (2010)?
a.		First cinema feature of Barry Pepper.
b.		Most of the "mock" posters in the store are projects that Matteo Ribaudo wrote and plans to direct, including "Butterfly Kisses for Antonio", which he wrote for Patricia Rae, with Chazz Palminteri in mind to play the grandfather role.
c.		Film Finders Maverick Award for Quality in Low Budget Film
d.		The story at the beginning about the boy being shot as he is falling out of a window is an urban legend.