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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Squeeze Play (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Squeeze Play (1979) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979).
About the movie:
A male softball team is challenged by a female softball team to see who is best.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
Biograph production number 700.
b.
Jennifer Hetrick
s film debut.
c.
For the sex scene on the stairs,
David Cronenberg
was concerned about the two actors getting hurt on the hard wooden steps. He asked his stunt man whether or not he had any stunt pads to soften up the stairs. The stunt man laughed, saying that in the twenty years he had been working as a stunt man, no director had ever asked him for stunt pads for a sex scene. Pads were not used for most of the scene however, and in the shot when Edie is naked on the bed with bruises visible on her back, make-up was used to hide the amount of bruises that
Maria Bello
received from the scene.
d.
The toy stores sign reads "McMackens Toys," named for the films art director,
David McMacken
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
At one point, a seemingly normal arm breaks out from a crypt and grabs Steve (David Mason Daniels), knocking him unconscious against the marble. McLoughlin initially wished for a skeletal hand, but when they ran out of money Michael Hawes was employed to play the arm.
b.
When Jude takes inspiration from the bowl of strawberries, he creates a Jackson Pollock-styled "splatter" painting. This seemingly alludes to Stuart Sutcliffe, once a bassist with
The Beatles
, who was a painter in the Jackson Pollock style.
c.
The Japanese character, Mr. Moto, disguises himself as a German as part of the plot when in fact a Germanic (actually Austro-Hungarian) actor,
Peter Lorre
, is portraying a Japanese detective.
d.
This film initially had a hard time getting a theatrical release. After making a successful premiere in Norfolk, Virginia, the movie finally secured a wide release and proved to be a big financial hit.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
Peter Falk
in his 2006 auto-biography Just One Thing: Stories of My Life states that he didnt like the script for this movie which he thought was hackneyed and full of cliché. Falk wanted to leave the film for these reasons. However, producer
Dino De Laurentiis
encouraged Falk to stay by giving him film poster name-above-the-title credit as well as choice of writer for his dialogue. Falk stayed on the picture and apparently actually wrote his own dialogue.
b.
The full quote from
Lord Byron
is All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
c.
Max (Sonya Jennings) had never driven a manual transmission prior to the night her scene, where she drove the black pick-up truck, was shot.
d.
Carrie Fisher
traveled to the filming location of Finse, Norway, even though she was not scheduled to take part in any outdoor scenes.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
At the end of the movie, the children receive a letter. When turning it over, it reads: "Groeten uit Antwerpen", which translates from Dutch as "Greetings From Antwerp".
b.
The lake Herbie drives through is the same lake Herbie skipped on top of in
The Love Bug
.
c.
According to the DVD commentary by director
Lloyd Kaufman
, several of the more raunchy jokes had to be cut out of the movie in order to secure an R rating from the MPAA.
d.
Renny Harlin
: [flag] Shopfront window. See also the goofs entry.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
Towards the end of the movie, viewers see that Boolie Werthan has put his mothers house for sale. The house is listed by Harry Norman Realtors, which is an actual real estate company in Atlanta, Georgia. It was started in the 1930s and is still in business (2009) and operated by a descendant of Mrs. Harry Norman, the woman who founded the company.
b.
There is a scene from the trailer, which is missing in the final version of the film: Her father asks her if shes a lesbian. She laughs and answers "I wish".
c.
When the women are discussing starting a team during their lunch break, all the people sitting in the background of the cafeteria were actual workers at the mattress factory where the film was shot.
d.
Lucinda Jenney
: at the casino, playing the same character she played in
Rain Man
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
The first time
Woody Allen
appeared in one of his own films as part of an ensemble cast. Prior to this, he was either the main character or not in the film at all.
b.
On the poster, the fifth female murder-doctor. She is an unknown Latin Canadian actress.
c.
Unlike her brothers, Reena Evers opted not to play herself however she can be seen numerous times as a juror in the 1994 trial.
d.
None of the people pictured on the cover of the DVD are actually in the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
Several of the scenes with the President campaigning were actually taken from the 1992 campaign of President
Bill Clinton
.
b.
Last film of
Tammany Young
, who died of a heart attack shortly before filming ended.
c.
In one scene,
Lillian Gish
and
Ann Sothern
are seen overlooking the ocean. Sotherns character remarks that whales have scarcely been seen since the war due to submarines. In real life, Ann Sotherns paternal grandfather, Simon Lake, was the inventor of the modern submarine.
d.
The actress playing Mary Lou was originally supposed to appear topless in the film, but changed her mind at the last minute.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
Late appearing with
Charles Bronson
in
Valdez, il mezzosangue
as Maral,
Marcel Bozzuffi
once dubbed Bronson on French release prints of
Machine-Gun Kelly
when released in France during 1963.
b.
Filmed, completed, and copyrighted in 1942, but not released until several months later, in 1943, making this one of the earliest featured film roles of
Robert Mitchum
.
c.
In a later interview, Kaye Bramblett (Midge Bonanza) reported that she was paid $100 for her months work on this film.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 17, 1947 with
Gene Tierney
and
Cornel Wilde
reprising their film roles.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
The original play was adapted into a Marx Brothers screenplay by
Morrie Ryskind
, who co-wrote the stage and screen versions of
The Cocoanuts
and
Animal Crackers
and also co-wrote
A Night at the Opera
. Much of the original plays strong language had to be toned down for the screen, into milder expletives such as "Jumping Butterballs!"
b.
Nitrate and safety prints of this film survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
c.
As
Roger Allers
s take on the film was starting to take shape, Disney management were becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the film, feeling it was too similar to the story of the Prince and the Pauper. Test screenings too generated poor feedback. On the strength of this,
Mark Dindal
was hired to add more comedic elements to the film. Dindal and Allers did not get on and essentially both began making their own separate version of the film.
d.
The idea for the story was inspired by the womens liberation movement.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squeeze Play (1979)?
a.
The rights to
W.R. Burnett
s novel were snapped up within two weeks of its publication.
b.
Just before Harry and Lloyd see the short bus for the first time they are at the corner of Stan St. and Oliver Ave. These are the first names of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
c.
Diana Valentien (Maureen) wore a wig for the entire film.
d.
Mel Gibson
had special lessons to learn how to draw a gun from a holster.
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