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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Slums of Beverly Hills (1998).
About the movie:
This semiautobiographical story follows a lower-middle-class teenager (Lyonne) and her neurotic family in 1976 Tinseltown.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)?
a.
Natasha Lyonne
later appeared in an episode of
Relax!
in which
Kevin Corrigan
co-starred as Eddie Finnerty.
b.
Dino De Laurentiis
and Paramount originally wanted to call the film "The Sidewalk Vigilante" because they thought a movie with "Death" in the title was a deterrent and would put audiences off.
c.
For the 30th Anniversary DVD release of the movie, the DVD commentary is done by all five of the (now grown-up) children:
Peter Ostrum
,
Michael Bollner
,
Julie Dawn Cole
,
Denise Nickerson
, and
Paris Themmen
.
d.
Amy Poehler
s character is named Sally OMalley, which is also the name of a recurring character on "Saturday Night Live (1975)" played by
Molly Shannon
. Both Poehler and Shannon got their careers started on Saturday Night Live.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)?
a.
The film was going to be financed by the American Playhouse company but then it went out of business. The former head of Playhouse,
Lindsay Law
, became head of Fox Searchlight and was able to set this project up there.
b.
Crew members visited Vatican City as tourists and extensively photographed the city to capture as much detail as possible, knowing they were unlikely to be allowed to film there, so that they could recreate the sets as faithfully as possible.
c.
Scenes of Tennessee farmland were shot an hour outside Los Angeles in Somis, California. For the look of Tennessee, corn was planted five months prior to shooting.
d.
A lot of
Johnny Depp
s dialogue was improvised, including the scene where they are trying to find a place to put all their money from selling coke and his line "Were gonna need a bigger boat" (a quote from
Jaws
).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)?
a.
Natasha Lyonne
has to play a woman uncomfortable with the attention she gets from growing large natural breasts. Lyonne was given fake prosthetic breasts made out of silicone to play this part. At first, she was excited to play the part while wearing them. Then, director
Tamara Jenkins
told her to walk around for a day while wearing them. Lyonne came back and told Jenkins, "I get it now."
b.
Elisha Cuthbert
filmed this movie while she was filming
24
. When asked about the hectic schedule, she said, "Our weekends were Monday and Tuesday and the show was, obviously, Saturday and Sunday, so every day for three months."
c.
The "War Wagon" itself was built mostly of plywood and other lightweight materials, and painted to look like iron (appropriate "metallic" sound effects-such as when the "heavy" iron doors are opened and closed, etc.) were added to complete the illusion. For many years, at least through the 1980s, the deteriorating remains of "The War Wagon" were displayed in "The Boneyard" (a collection of old outdoor movie props) as part of the Universal Studios Backlot Tour in California.
d.
Just as
John Huston
was starting to shoot scenes in Tampico, Mexico, the production was shut down inexplicably by the local government. It turns out that a local newspaper printed a false story that accused the filmmakers of making a production that was unflattering to Mexico. Fortunately, two of Hustons associates,
Diego Rivera
and
Miguel Covarrubias
, went to bat for the director with the President of Mexico. The libelous accusations were dropped.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)?
a.
The name "Tiamat" comes from Babylonian mythology. She is a dragon/goddess of the sea, who was slain by the god Marduk who then formed the land from her carcass.
b.
John Nash
visited the set, and
Russell Crowe
said later that he had been fascinated by the way he moved his hands, and he had tried to do the same thing in the movie.
c.
William Gillette
was the first actor to be universally acclaimed for portraying Sherlock Holmes, having written and staged the first authorized play in 1899. This film is the only preserved record of him doing Sherlock Holmes.
d.
The 1954 hit song "Papa Loves Mambo" by
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
is featured in the trailer.
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