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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sisters (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sisters (1973) Quiz
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About the movie:
The Staten Island apartment of lovely model Danielle becomes the scene of a grisly murder that is witnessed by her neighbor...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
The bulk of the film was shot in Greenfield, Iowa, with many of the actual residents playing extras in many scenes.
b.
The "Peeping Tom Show" segment that the film opens with was inspired by the Candid Camera television series.
c.
Originally envisioned as a horror movie with
Marlon Brando
.
d.
The movie was a production of two theatre owners in Des Moines, Iowa, Robert Fridley and Dick Davis. After the success of
Animal House
, there were some theatrical showings of this under the title "Here Come the Delts" with a new ad campaign. Weekly Variety reviewed "The Hazing" in their January 18, 1978 issue. It opened in December 1977 in the Omaha-Kansas City-Des Moines area.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
When Shane is in Peters room, before Lulu asks him about his "boobs", on the floor are letter blocks spelling out "One Race". One Race is the production company owned by
Vin Diesel
.
b.
This movie revealed Ashs mother first name, Delia. As well as Professor Oaks first name, Samuel.
c.
Winner EXPERIMENTAL AWARD OF MERIT Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Spring 2010.
d.
Margot Kidder
and
Jennifer Salt
were roommates in Southern California in the early 1970s while they were struggling performers. They held parties for their friends and neighbors who included
Paul Schrader
,
Blythe Danner
,
Bruce Paltrow
and
Brian De Palma
. One year at Christmas, Kidder and Salt opened separate boxes under their Christmas tree and each one contained the script to this film. This project was De Palmas gift to them.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
The location for
Sterling Hayden
s home was actually
Robert Altman
s home at the time.
b.
The film was shot in eight weeks following a month of rehearsals.
c.
The gag about Robin being able to speak with an English accent is a reference to
Kevin Costner
s performance in
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
. Unfortunately viewers who saw both movies in a dubbed version couldnt get this gag. For the German dubbed version the gag was changed to: "because I - unlike some other Robin Hood - do not cost the producers 5 million". The German word "kosten" (cost) was also pronounced to sound a little bit like Costner. In the French (France) and Italian (Italy) dubbed versions, it is translated as, "Because unlike other Robin Hoods, I do not dance with the wolves", referring to another Kevin Costner movie
Dances with Wolves
. In Quebec, the translation becomes "Because unlike other Robin Hoods, I accept to wear tights," which refers to the fact that Costner didnt wear tights in the 1991 movie.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 13, 1950 with
Betty Grable
and
Victor Mature
reprising their film roles.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
Also, at about 24 minutes, in the bar scene, there are cases of Pepsi in the background. The ditty Shorty sings on the way to his car is the Pepsi jingle of the era with different lyrics.
b.
On the advice of a friend, screenwriter
Josh Friedman
included the screen tests in order to get the audience insight into the character.
c.
The logo of apparel company Body Glove can be found among the handprints in the opening. (Look along the bottom for one with polygons inside of it)
d.
While the majority of the film was shot on 35mm film, the dream sequence was shot on 16mm film to give it a more gritty atmospheric appearance.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
Double-billed with
Law of the Lawless
.
b.
The document that Willard skims through near the films conclusion, on which "DROP THE BOMB. EXTERMINATE THEM ALL" is scrawled, is entitled "The Role of Democratic Force in the Underdeveloped World, by Walter E. Kurtz, Colonel USSF" and is "Commissioned by The Center For Democratic Studies, Santa Barbara, California". This is taken directly from
Joseph Conrad
s novella, where a report written for "the International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs" by Kurtz is also graffitied with a similar message: "Exterminate all the brutes!"
c.
Jennifer Salt
and her real-life mother
Mary Davenport
portray mother and daughter on screen.
d.
Trailers for the film erroneously credit
Meat Loaf
and Michael Lee Aday.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
Producer
Ray Stark
originally wanted the film to be a vehicle for actress
Raquel Welch
.
b.
Based on the hit play of the same name, the comedy, starring H. Reeves Smith as "Jinks" and
Ethel Barrymore
as "Madam Trentoni," debuted at the Garrick Theatre on Broadway on 4 Feb 1901 and ran for a respectable 168 performances before closing the following June. It reopened briefly in that fall and enjoyed two less successful revivals in 1907 and 1938. The play was originally produced by
Charles Frohman
, a legendary figure on Broadway who had died in the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915 at age 64.
c.
The music that Miyagi turns on when he is teaching Julie to dance is the same song that Johnny and Ali dance to at the country club in the original
The Karate Kid
.
d.
The scene between
Dustin Hoffman
and
Meryl Streep
in the restaurant was filmed at JG Melons, on 74th and 3rd in Manhattan. A framed still from the film hangs on the wall next to the table where the scene was shot.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
Jennifer Salt
cites the character of Grace Collier as her personal favorite of her performances.
b.
In a deleted scene, three of the main gremlins (George, Lenny and Daffy) sneaking into Grandpa Freds studio and "helping" him host, which worked because Grandpa Freds show was supposed to be scary. A still from this scene was used on the video cover.
c.
Premiered at Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 1, 1949 with
Cary Grant
reprising his film role.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
In her autobiography Playing the Field,
Mamie Van Doren
recalls her campaign to play Ado Annie. Van Doren claims one of the reasons she lost the part was that her acting coach, who happened to be Gloria Grahames mother, mentioned Van Dorens interest in the part to her daughter; Grahame suddenly became interested in playing the part herself, launching a campaign of her own to win the part--which she did.
b.
In the closing credits, there is a picture of a dog with a gun held to its head. This is from the cover of a January 1973 issue of National Lampoons magazine.
c.
Brian De Palma was inspired to make the film after he read an article about a set of Soviet Union Siamese twins that were successfully separated after an operation. De Palma said he was haunted by a photograph of the twins in which one looked cheerful and healthy, while the other looked surly and disturbed. The article went on to include issues about the twins psychological problems after their separation.
d.
The pond where Davidge and Sheegan meet for the first time is the same artificial pond custom-built for the model submarine scenes of
Das Boot
, also directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
, as well as one or two scenes from
Die unendliche Geschichte
, also a Petersen film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
Film debut of
Ray Danton
.
b.
At the very end, the two boys that ride scooters across the screen are
Matt OLeary
and
Jeremy Sumpter
, who play Fenton and Adam Meiks as youngsters.
c.
According to director
Brian De Palma
, an elaborate tracking shot had to be deleted from the film. De Palma said the search scene was originally "a Max Ophuls-type tracking shot about 6 minutes long, and while they are searching through the apartment the camera keeps coming back to the couch and the spot is getting bigger and bigger and bigger," De Palma stated. "I shot it, but because the camera could only get down so low and still go up high enough to shoot the rest of the scene we couldnt get down to the bottom of the couch and when we saw the rushes it looked ridiculous because it looked like the guy was bleeding up through the arm of the couch. So I had to throw out the whole tracking shot, and I was forced to use close-ups and television-type coverage."
d.
Filmed in 1945, but not released until 1947.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sisters (1973)?
a.
For inspiration prior to filming, director
Jonathan Frakes
says he viewed the films
Alien
,
Aliens
,
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
,
Blade Runner
, and
Jaws
.
b.
To indicate the musical effects he wanted,
Brian De Palma
put together an edit of his film that was dubbed with music from the films of the composer he most wanted to hire,
Bernard Herrmann
. While he was showing it to Herrmann, the composer stopped him with, "Young man, I cannot watch your film while Im listening to
Marnie
."
c.
Vitaphone production reels #3789-3797.
d.
Released in the summer of 1952,
Ivanhoe
was MGMs highest grossing film for the year and one of the top four moneymakers of 1952, grossing over $6.2 million. The film had taken in $1,310,590 at the box office in thirty-nine days of limited release, setting a record for an MGM film. According to the Motion Picture Almanac, the film was the second highest-grossing film of 1952, taking in more than $7,000,000 at the box office.
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