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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Still of the Night (1982) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Still of the Night (1982) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982).
About the movie:
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
Cinematographer
Néstor Almendros
and director
Robert Benton
once considered filming this movie in black-and-white.
b.
In the French post-synchronized version of the film, the actors are dubbed by:
Claire Guibert
(Marilyn Monroe);
Jean-Claude Michel
(Tony Curtis);
Michel Roux
(Jack Lemmon);
Jean Martinelli
(George Raft),
Fred Pasquali
(Joe E. Brown),
Danièle Roy
(Joan Shawlee) and
Raymonde Devarennes
(Barbara Drew).
c.
Body count: 13
d.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
Director
Robert Benton
has made other similar genre homages, namely
The Late Show
(1930s & 1940s detective movies) and
Twilight
(film noir).
b.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title License to Steal.
c.
Joseph Gilgun
was offered a role in this but had to pass because of his Emmerdale schedule.
d.
The AFI Catalogue reports a release date of May 1919. However, a 13 April 1919 article "Written on the Screen" in the New York Times mentions the film was playing at the Broadway, although it was not reviewed. A week later, a similar article mentions it was in its second week at the Broadway.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
Woody Allen
had planned an initial version of this movie (originally titled "The Jazz Baby") as his first film for United Artists. When UA insisted upon a comedy, Allen shelved the idea for nearly three decades.
b.
Star
Johnny Depp
adopted Goldeneye, the horse that played Gunpowder, Ichabod Cranes horse in the film, when he heard it was going to be put down.
c.
Hitchcock films that this movie pays homage to include
Psycho
;
Vertigo
;
Rebecca
;
Rear Window
;
The Birds
;
North by Northwest
;
Marnie
and
Spellbound
.
d.
Shot in sequence.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
When on camera, every actor is standing on the same marker (within a six foot radius). The camera never moved from its position.
b.
Willem Dafoe is given fourth billing, yet his first on-screen appearance isnt until fifty-five minutes into the film.
c.
One of the first lines, "To be on the wire is life; the rest is waiting," is spoken voice-over as we see a man falling from a high wire into a net (and the speaker then admits he didnt make it up). The quote is generally attributed to
Karl Wallenda
, who had died the year before the film came out, when he fell from a high wire without a net.
d.
This movie is
Robert Benton
s homage to film noir and suspense thrillers of the 1940s and 1950s, particulary inspired by the works of
Fritz Lang
and
Alfred Hitchcock
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
Iceland had a noticeable increase of tourist interest in year following the films premier, mostly from people seeking to stay in an ice hotel such as shown in the film. No such structure exists in Iceland, which is not nearly cold enough for such a building in the first place, despite its name.
b.
Don Ameche
s strong religious convictions made him uncomfortable with swearing. This proved a problem for the scene at the end of the movie where he had to shout out "Fuck him!" to a group of Wall Street executives. When he did act out the scene, it had to be done in one take because Ameche refused to do a second one.
c.
The movie was meant to perform the same function in relation to
The Trip
.
Jack Nicholson
had written a script that director
Richard Rush
thought was too "experimental" for mainstream cinema, so the concept of a youth" film based in San Francisco and dealing with flower power and drugs was taken over by other writers and Nicholson did not eventually receive a screen credit for his work, although he took what was essentially the male lead in the picture. But Nicholson wrote the part of Stoney for himself as part of the package.
d.
This movies English title is sometimes mistakenly referred to as In The Still of the Night. However, this is what its literal English title is when translated from some of its foreign language titles.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
It was erroneously reported that due to a product placement deal with the studio Carrie Bradshaw would own a Hewlett-Packard laptop instead of her ubiquitous Macintosh laptop. Bradshaws laptop is the same PowerBook G4 seen in the previous film.
b.
Spoof on "Soap" meets spoof on "The Peoples Court."
c.
Chris Columbus
,
Raja Gosnell
and
Peyton Reed
were each attached as director at some point.
d.
This movies working title was Stab. This title later became part of the Scream movie franchise becoming that series movie-within a-movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
The Philadelphia Premiere for this movie was dedicated to celebrating the 168th Anniversary of the inception of the United States Marine Corps.
b.
In the original script, Joon was supposed to have burned the house down towards the end of the movie.
c.
Meryl Streep
s icy blonde Brooke Reynolds character is a take on the type that frequented many
Alfred Hitchcock
thrillers and played by such screen luminaries as
Ingrid Bergman
and
Grace Kelly
. This film is Streeps only ever Hitchcock-type movie and her characterization is said to resemble
Grace Kelly
.
d.
Sean Connery
and
Christopher Lambert
got along so well during filming that they called each other by their characters names even when they were not filming and it was at Lamberts insistence that Connery and his character returned for
Highlander II: The Quickening
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
During the Darlington race in which the two movie cars appeared in,
Neil Bonnett
, one of the drivers interviewed at Daytona before the race, was nearly killed in a serious accident. Ironically, Bonnett was killed in a practice crash at Daytona in 1994.
b.
To prepare for his role as Sam Witwicky,
Shia LaBeouf
worked out five days a week for three months and gained 25 pounds of muscle, but he realized during shooting that Sam required agility rather than strength.
c.
The shoot at the grocery store was brought to a halt when local police flooded the set.
Charlie Blount
was supposed to be knocked down first in the fight, for continuity reasons he remained lying still. A neighbor near by saw this and called in saying someone was murdered. Director Jordan DeNoce was scolded by the police but was granted permission to finish the shoot.
d.
Re-shoots of several sequences on this picture were filmed as many as four times and even after periods of days or even weeks.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
The play, "Elmer the Great," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 4 September 1928 and closed in October 1928 after 40 performances. The opening night cast included
Walter Huston
as Elmer.
b.
Prior to appearing in this Hitchcockian homage,
Roy Scheider
had previously appeared in another,
Last Embrace
, just a few years earlier.
c.
Fifth of seven films that
Kirk Douglas
and
Burt Lancaster
made together.
d.
John Hurt
s reprisal as Ollivander marks the longest gap - 9 years - since his previous appearance in the series.
Toby Jones
reprisal as Dobby was second longest, at 8 years.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Still of the Night (1982)?
a.
This movie was the second collaboration of director
Robert Benton
with cinematographer
Néstor Almendros
. Their first was the acclaimed film
Kramer vs. Kramer
. Other later teamings included
Places in the Heart
,
Nadine
and
Billy Bathgate
.
b.
Cinematographer
Jacques R. Marquette
and his Marquette Productions created this film because they needed a very inexpensive feature to fill out the bottom of a double feature package with their previously produced
The Brain from Planet Arous
. Marquette kept the production costs even lower by directing this himself, his only directing credit.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 31, 1937 with
Jean Arthur
reprising her film role.
d.
Jaclyn Smith
s film debut.
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