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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Steal This Movie (2000) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Steal This Movie (2000) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Steal This Movie (2000).
About the movie:
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steal This Movie (2000)?
a.
Troy Garity
, who plays Tom Hayden, is the son of the real Tom Hayden and
Jane Fonda
.
b.
Terry Walsh
who was stunt double for
David Warner
was badly injured while filming the dog attack scene despite being properly prepared for the stunt.
c.
The restaurant that the family eats at was, at one time, a real restaurant; a national chain diner called "Sambos". It was located directly across the street from Southgate Shopping Center, as appears in the movie. Due to the controversial nature of the name and interior design, the diner (and entire chain) closed sometime in the late 70s/early 80s except for the origonal location in Santa Barbara, California, which to this day remains open in its origonal location. It remained an abandoned building for many years, until
Tim Burton
came to town to film "Edward Scissorhands". Burtons crew unboarded the doors and windows and redressed the interior to look like a working restaurant again.
d.
The motorcycle that Hilts (
Steve McQueen
) rides is a cosmetically modified Triumph TR6 Trophy. Bud Ekins who actually performs the famous barbed wire leap stunt, was a Triumph dealer. Triumph was McQueens favorite motorcycle marque. The motorcycle sidecar combination that crashes into a ditch is revealed to be a Triumph motorcycle, too. As is well known, these British motorcycle models were not in existence during the Second World War and their appearance is somewhat incongruous.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steal This Movie (2000)?
a.
During the hurricane sequence, there is a scene that pays homage to
Buster Keaton
s childhood on the vaudeville stage. One brief moment has a table move in the wind, apparently animating the dummy and turning its head to face Keaton. Keaton is startled and runs. This is based on a real experience from when he was a kid and became fascinated with a dummy named Red Top, who belonged to ventriloquist Trovollo. The young Keaton had a "conversation" with the dummy and conspired to kidnap his new friend one night when the theater was empty. Trovollo, anticipating Keaton, slipped to his props offstage and when Keaton approached, brought Red Top to life, scaring Keaton out of the theater.
b.
Second most stolen film in America, the first being
Clerks.
.
c.
The semi-circular scar over Carson Grants left eyebrow was inflicted by the lens of a 16 mm Bolex camera in the hands of Emad Beshay during a hand-held move-in close-up, but while still bleeding he finished the shot.
d.
Actually before the real Butch and Sundance ended in Bolivia, they spent some time in Patagonia (Argentina), in a town called Cholila.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steal This Movie (2000)?
a.
The "German Businessman" and his associates that
John Cusack
s character kills in the beginning of the movie speak a mixture of gibberish and Bulgarian. The kids he encounters in Fallaf also speak Bulgarian.
b.
Renny Harlin
s son Lucas appears as the little boy with the hat in the street car.
c.
The title for the film is inspired by
Abbie Hoffman
s book title "Steal This Book". It was a "survival guide" for hippies, including then-current names and addresses of places to go for free food, shelter and clothing. Since it was written for those wishing to survive outside the need for money (and it utilized Hoffmans infamous sense of humor), the title encouraged them to steal the book in order to access the information.
d.
The number that scrolls across the news screen, 800-656-1482, when David Dunn (
Bruce Willis
) son is watching t.v. is owned by ABC/Disney. This number can also be seen in the movie
Sky High
. The number takes you to an ABC operator which then explains the number to the caller.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steal This Movie (2000)?
a.
The seat gimmicks used in the film were a real trick actually used by
William Castle
for screenings of
The Tingler
.
b.
In May 2005 there was a
Bill Rebane
film festival in Madison, Wisconsin that featured this film. Hosting the festival were
Michael J. Nelson
and
Kevin Murphy
of the TV series
Mystery Science Theater 3000
, which featured The Giant Spider Invasion in a 1997 episode. Nelson and Murphy said despite their lampooning of the film on MST3K they actually admired Rebane because he was able to make the film with such a low budget.
c.
Shots of the Enterprise-A in space dock and of space dock itself were originally produced by Industrial Light and Magic for
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
.
d.
Michael Cera
s feature film debut.
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