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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : St. Elmo's Fire (1985) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : St. Elmo's Fire (1985) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985).
About the movie:
A Group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood. Their main problem is that they're all self-centered and obnoxious.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten play Mr. & Mrs. Beamish. They were actually real-life husband and wife from 1959 to 1962.
b.
RZA
s acting debut.
c.
Director
James H. Kay
wanted the film to be entitled The Gardener and only went along with re-naming it Seeds of Evil at the insistence of the distributors who thought it would be more marketable under that title.
d.
Richard Dreyfuss
part was to be played by
Sean Connery
, who abandoned the film for a bigger paycheck in
The Hunt for Red October
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
Ivan Tors
first discovered Clarence at Africa, USA, an affection training compound located in Soledad Canyon near Los Angeles. Born cross-eyed, Clarences strange physical condition inspired Ivan Tors to create the MGM feature film "Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion" and the spin-off series
Daktari
. When the audience saw what Clarence saw, it was in double vision. Reportedly, Clarence was very good with children. Another not so friendly lion named Leo doubled for Clarence in some scenes. He was used only for the snarling scenes and general scenes which didnt involve close proximity with humans. Leo had come to Africa, USA from a family in Utah. His ferocity was due in part to the mistreatment he received from former owners who reportedly beat him with a stick
b.
Jodie Foster
reportedly turned down the offer to play Jules.
c.
When
Lou Costello
arrives at
Thomas A. Edison
s Black Maria studio in West Orange, NJ, and finds he has been duped into buying it by
Fred Clark
, his new studio sign gets thrown into a pile representing the others who were defrauded into thinking they were buying a working movie studio. Among the discarded signs is "Grant Productions", an in-joke on the name of long-time A&C collaborator and writer
John Grant
, who received credit on 31 of their films as well as their TV work.
d.
Film debut of
Gabriel Byrne
,
Liam Neeson
,
Ciarán Hinds
and
Cherie Lunghi
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
When
Grace Jones
as May Day screams during the mine sequence when sparks fly around her, her screams are for real. She did not know that electric cables around her would go off as a special effect for the scene.
b.
Tatum ONeal
was offered the role of Jules, but turned it down.
c.
This film and
Topaze
were released on a double bill in many theaters during their original run.
d.
Film debut (as uncredited infant) of
Bruce Lee
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
Christoph Waltz
was in early talks to play a role.
b.
The list of names that Elwood (
Dan Aykroyd
) gives as a reason to not quit ends with
Robert K. Weiss
, the studio executive who convinced Aykroyd and Landis not to quit the film.
c.
The street that the St. Elmo bar is on is in the Universal back lot with several fill in buildings in between sets. About two to three buildings to the left is the Hill Valley Clock Tower from
Back to the Future
.
d.
The clock behind
Christopher Lloyd
in the 13th floor office reads 10:04, the same time frozen on the clock tower in Back to the Future.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
Is the first movie to have the permission from the University to use well-known UT symbols including: the UT tower (lit in orange and white - traditional lighting when a football game is won), Bevo (the longhorn mascot), UT cheerleaders, UT band, UT spirit organizations, and the UT Texas Exes.
b.
The cast and crew shot the entire film in a building that they also used as a yearly haunted house for Halloween.
c.
To show up better on black-and-white film, Hersheys chocolate was used for blood.
d.
Robert Downey Jr.
was considered for the role of Billy.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
Joan Cusack
turned down the role of Jules.
b.
The dog in the movie is a Sealyham Terrier named "Johnnie" and
Alfred Hitchcock
s own dog. The main male character is also named "Johnnie" and this name was Hitchs original idea for the movie title.
Alfred Hitchcock
kept Sealyhams for many years. In his movie
The Birds
, Hitch walks out of the pet store with Sealyhams on a lead.
c.
Composer
Jerry Goldsmith
wrote a score for this film that wasnt used.
d.
The character of "Red Grange" is played by the real life
Harold Red Grange
who, more than 75 years later, remains one of the most famous names in the history of football. The title of this serial was taken from Granges famous nickname, "The Galloping Ghost."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
Mare Winningham, whose character is Jewish, was raised Roman Catholic and was non-religious at the time she shot this movie. About 20 years after making
St. Elmos Fire
, Winningham converted to Judaism.
b.
Sylvester Stallone
s original script was 220 pages long.
c.
Apparently, the studio Warner Brothers originally planned to make just a two-reel documentary on the Merchant Marine. However, as World War II developed, this concept was changed to a feature film as there was more opportunity to incorporate dramatic action set pieces.
d.
Filming was supposed to begin on June 11, 1932. It was pushed back a week so
Fredric March
would have enough time to finish
Smilin Through
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: St. Elmo's Fire (1985)?
a.
At the age of 18, director
Cameron Crowe
wrote the liner notes to the "Frampton Comes Alive!" album by rocker
Peter Frampton
. Frampton returns the favor here by acting as a music consultant for the film.
b.
Brooke Shields
,
Meg Ryan
,
Jamie Lee Curtis
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
,
Bridget Fonda
,
Elisabeth Shue
and
Jennifer Jason Leigh
were all considered for the role of Leslie.
c.
Orson Welles
assigned some of the lines spoken by characters in the play to different characters in the film. He invented the character "A Holy Father" for the film to emphasize what he believed was the struggle between religion and witchcraft in the play, and many of Ross lines in the play are spoken by the Holy Father. The very minor character of the Old Man was omitted from the film, and his lines were also given to the Holy Father. Welles also gave Lady Macduff an extra speech which
William Shakespeare
had assigned to another character.
d.
The films setting is a town in Indiana, but was actually filmed in Cleveland, Ohio. The street the "Parkers" live in is called "Cleveland Street".
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