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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Squirm (1976) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Squirm (1976) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976).
About the movie:
At the beginning of the film, we learn from one of the characters that earthworms can be called to the surface with electricity...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
John Brickner is told, "bottom line," while making a compromise about winning the $150,000 title. Steve Austin used that as his own catchphrase on "WWE: Raw is WAR" (1993).
b.
The unearthly screeching sounds used for the worms are actually the electronically processed sounds of screaming pigs in slaughterhouses.
c.
A major piece of advertising art (a shot of Nureyev embracing Michelle Phillips) had to be retouched in mid-campaign after someone noticed he was wearing a trendy Seventies tank watch that didnt exist in the Twenties - a mistake clumsily corrected by airbrushing out the chunk of his wrist bearing anachronistic timepiece.
d.
In the DVD commentary, director
Clark Gregg
said he offered the role of the naked woman at the bathroom plane who caused Victors addiction to his wife
Jennifer Grey
. She replied with: "Are you out of your mind?"
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
Jeff Lieberman
chose
Brian Smedley-Aston
to edit the film because Smedley-Aston was the editor on
Performance
, one of Liebermans favorite films.
b.
For the scene where Ana stitches Kenneths wounds, the director hired a real nurse for the close-ups. She misunderstood the directors directions to go deeper and inadvertently punctured
Ving Rhames
skin and stitched the prosthesis to his arm. He didnt say anything until after the scene was done filming and the director thought the blood was merely "a really good effect".
c.
Most of the cars license plates say "Year One" on them.
d.
Tom Hiddleston
describes Loki in this film as having evolved since
Thor
: "How pleasant an experience is it to disappear into a wormhole that was created by some super-nuclear explosion of his own making? I think by the time Loki shows up hes seen a few things and has bigger things in mind than just his brother and Asgard..."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
Charlton Heston
had read the original novel on an airplane coming back to California, and was very interested in a modern adaptation of the book; he was totally unaware of the fact it had already been made into a film long before -
The Last Man on Earth
starring
Vincent Price
.
b.
Sylvester Stallone
eagerly pursued the casting agents for the part of Roger, and
Martin Sheen
was briefly attached to the project to play Mick.
c.
Producer Sandy Cobe is also acting as theater manager.
d.
The movie contains several factual errors, the most telling of which is the dramatization of
Harry Houdini
s death. In the film he runs into a prop sword handle and ruptures his appendix, then almost drowns in the torture tank trick and dies on the stage in the arms of his wife. In real life he was punched in the stomach by a college student who had heard that Houdini could withstand any blow without harm. This did, indeed, rupture his appendix. He later collapsed on stage, was taken to the hospital and died there.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
During the production there was a mix up with the film processing lab. Footage from a wedding was accidentally sent to Lieberman and B roll footage of worms for the film was sent to the newlyweds!
b.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1951 with
Rosalind Russell
and
Fred MacMurray
reprising their film roles.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #3241-3249
d.
Every time Jean-Babtiste leaves one of his masters; from his mother on, they get killed or executed.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
According to director
Jeff Lieberman
, there was no trickery used in the scene where the tree falls and smashes through the Sanders dinning room. Lieberman said it was all done in one take with an actual cut tree being released from a crane to fall through the constructed set, complete with the actors on set! Several cameras were placed inside the set to capture the actors literally fleeing for their lives as the large tree landed within feet of them.
b.
This is the first sequel for writers
Roberto Orci
-
Alex Kurtzman
.
c.
When Lowenthal mentions the funeral of Kaiserin Viktoira, he is referring to the wife of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Victoria was a daughter of Queen Victoria of England.
d.
An average inch of hair weighs about 50 µg - a light estimate, as blonde hair tends to be lighter than other colors. Animators have said that Rapunzels hair is approximately 70 feet (840 inches), and consists of about 100,000 strands. That yields 4,200,000,000 µg = 4,200,000 mg = 4,200 g = 4.2 kg (approx 10.4 lbs) of hair.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
Many of
Donald Pleasence
s scenes were edited out of the film because
Joe Chappelle
found him "boring".
b.
Once in the 1980s, WPIX-TV in New York accidentally showed the film in black-and-white. Instead of complaining,
Jeff Lieberman
called the station and mentioned how much he loved the way the film looked. In fact, Lieberman prefers people to watch the film in black-and-white even though a black-and-white version is not available. Instead, you should turn the color down all the way on your television set.
c.
Filmed on the largest soundstage in Romania and the second-largest soundstange in Europe where
Cold Mountain
was also shot.
d.
According to
Carey Mulligan
, rehearsals lasted for three weeks.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
The films hard-edged look was inspired by the battlefield photographs of Matthew Brady, which captured the carnage of the Civil War in shocking detail.
b.
The inspiration for the film came from a childhood experiment between director
Jeff Lieberman
and his brother. One evening the two hooked up a train transformer to wet soil and used the electricity to drive hundreds of worms out of the ground. Young Lieberman noticed that the worms tried to get away from the glare of the flashlight that the boys were using to see by because worms are light-sensitive. It became the scientific basis behind this film and the story of the experiment is re-told by the character of Roger Grimes.
c.
Producer
Scott Mosier
s favorite movie.
d.
For the role of Pris,
Ridley Scott
had initially wanted to cast
Monique van de Ven
after being impressed with her performance in
Turks fruit
, but she was unavailable.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
Some of Emily Blunts dancing scenes were completed using a body double, dancer Acacia Schachte of the Cedar Lake Company, with the actress face being digitally placed on the dancers body.
b.
Although not specifically stated, the incident in which Zalmies mother dies appears to be the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a one of the worst industrial disasters in New York Citys history. 146 garment workers, mostly immigrant women, died either in the fire, or by jumping from the windows of the 8th-10th floors because the doors were locked shut. The fire prompted legislative and union action to improve safety and working conditions in garment sweatshops.
c.
Kim Basinger
auditioned for the female lead.
d.
The director shot 35 hours of footage, an equivalent of 210,000 feet of 35 mm film, in 18 days.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
Filmed in Colorado, Wyoming, and Minnesota during the summer of 2007 and 2008.
b.
Aside from the main cast the rest of the people featured in the film were locals of Port Wentworth, Georgia - the small town where the film was shot on location.
c.
Tillie Olsen
s short story "Tell Me a Riddle" was awarded the O. Henry Award for best short story of 1961 after it was published in "New World Writing" Issue no. 16.
d.
Tom Cruise
and
Rob Lowe
were both slated to play the lead. The casting directors were impressed with Cruise because of the famous underwear dance sequence in
Risky Business
, but he was unavailable for the part because he was filming
All the Right Moves
. Lowe auditioned three times and had dancing ability and the "neutral teen" look that the director wanted, but he pulled his knee, and the injury prevented him from taking the part. After watching
Diner
, the director had to convince the producers to go with
Kevin Bacon
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Squirm (1976)?
a.
The word "chechahcos" is Inuit for tenderfoot or newcomer.
b.
The main set for
Sesame Street
was recreated in Toronto for this film.
c.
According to director
Jeff Lieberman
, the reason actress
Jean Sullivan
spoke with such an exaggerated southern accent was because she was a fan of
Tennessee Williams
and was playing homage to him.
d.
The two bars shown in the movie were physically the same bar, decorated differently.
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