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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Straw Dogs (1971) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Straw Dogs (1971) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971).
About the movie:
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
Henry Niles limp was not part of the script.
David Warner
had broken his leg before production but was able to walk with a cane by the time principal photography started. Because he had broken his foot before shooting (hence the limp), he was considered uninsurable and thus is uncredited.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Lillete Dubey
(Pimmi Verma) and
Neha Dubey
(playing Ayesha Verma) are mother and daughter in real life.
d.
As
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
, having fainted, is carried out of the middle of the opera The Magic Flute, you see three small boys with wings half following him. This is a reference to the Three Boys (Drei Knaben) who play a significant part in the opera.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
Because of its graphic portrayal of violence and two brutal rapes, the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) banned the film from being released on video/DVD from 1984 until 2002.
b.
If you listen closely you can hear the ice cream trucks tune is "King of the Road".
c.
The uplifting end of the world video scene was included by the filmmakers when they find out that one the news networks actually have such a video prepare to run in case of the end of the world. This video apparently still exists and still ready to run at the final hour.
d.
In Maxs flashback towards how the Bullies were plaguing the school, there was a brief scene where Megan tells Dobbs that she keeps her money in a piggy bank that "looks just like Dobbs". This was left over from a deleted scene where Dobbs tries to get Megan to give him her lunch money, but then she refuses (by sarcastically telling him the above line), which then results in him stealing her clarinet from the locker as retaliation.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 18, 1944 with
William Eythe
reprising his film role.
b.
Among the actors initially considered for the role of David Sumner were
Donald Sutherland
,
Jack Nicholson
and
Sidney Poitier
. Actresses originally considered and/or auditioned for the role of Amy were
Diana Rigg
,
Charlotte Rampling
and
Helen Mirren
.
c.
Quentin Tarantino
has the first line of dialogue at the beginning.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
The future of the film was put in jeopardy when director
Sam Peckinpah
caught pneumonia after an all-night drinking session with
Ken Hutchison
in the sea at Lands End. Having recuperated at a clinic in London, Peckinpah was only reinstated after promising that he would remain sober.
b.
Forest Whitaker
s character was initially imagined by screenwriter
David Koepp
as an unpleasant white-collar compulsive gambler, in Koepps own words someone like "
Humphrey Bogart
in one of his less pleasant roles."
c.
Junior Johnson is credited with inventing the "bootleg turn", in which a driver escapes a pursuer by sharply putting his speeding car into a 180-degree turn on the highway, then speeding off in the opposite direction before his pursuer can turn around. In the movie this is used to great effect twice on the same police officer: when he first encounters the officer he does a 180 and the chase begins and then uses the "bootleg turn" once more effectively causing the officer to embank his car on the road.
d.
One of the posters in the café where the trio ends up after Apparating into London is from
Daniel Radcliffe
s play Equus.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
Although the creatures are referred to as Dark Seekers, during the film, if watched with the subtitles on (DVD) they are called Hemocytes.
b.
The address of the Warbucks mansion is given as 987 Fifth Avenue. There is no such address in New York City; the closest address is 1000 Fifth Avenue, which belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
c.
When
Sam Peckinpah
was planning the scene in which Amy is raped twice, he would not tell
Susan George
how he was going to shoot the scene. Under pressure from her, he eventually told her bluntly that Amy would first be raped and then buggered. She refused to take part in Peckinpahs plans for explicit portrayal of this and threatened to resign. He eventually relented, allowing George to depict Amys trauma by concentrating on her eyes and face, rather than her body.
d.
The singing voice of
Eleanor Powell
was dubbed by
Marjorie Lane
(uncredited).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
b.
Lux Radio Theatre version starring
Merle Oberon
,
Herbert Marshall
, and
Rod La Rocque
aired June 22, 1936.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.
In the scene where
Dustin Hoffman
s character first enters the local pub,
Sam Peckinpah
was unhappy with the other actors reaction to this stranger entering their world. Eventually, he decided to do one take where Hoffman entered the scene without his trousers on. He got his reaction, and these are the shots shown in the final film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
Trevor Howard
was offered Major Scott.
b.
Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier.
c.
Originally, all surviving cast members of the TV show were meant to have cameo appearances.
Mark Goddard
, the original Major Don West, plays the General.
June Lockhart
, the original Maureen Robinson, plays Will Robinsons principal.
Marta Kristen
and
Angela Cartwright
, the original Robinson girls, play reporters. Ironically,
Bill Mumy
and
Jonathan Harris
, the two actors most supportive of the idea of a new movie (as well as the two most popular characters on the show), did not appear in it. Mumy wanted to play the older Will Robinson but the director thought it would be too distracting from the plot to have the original Will play the older Will. Harris was to have played the man who hired, then betrayed, Dr. Smith. In an interview for "TV Guide" prior to the films release, it was mentioned that Jonathan Harris bluntly stated, "I will have you know I have never done a walk-on or bit part in my life! And I do not intend to start." He announced that if he could not play his own role in the movie, he wanted nothing to do with it. He did return as Dr. Smith in a one-hour TV special
Lost in Space Forever
.
d.
In 1957, this film was distributed on a double bill with
Untamed Youth
starring
Mamie Van Doren
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
The title comes from the Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu, who wrote, "Heaven and earth are not humane, and regard the people as straw dogs."
b.
Christopher Walken
was originally cast and set to co-star as Chief Albert Grusinsky, but had to pull out due to scheduling difficulties.
Robert Duvall
was brought in at the last minute to play the role.
c.
The rather odd watch worn by the demolitions man who demonstrates the danger of stale dynamite is a Bulova Accuquartz "Big Block" LED watch. Forerunners of contemporary digital timekeeping, the numerals were displayed as luminescent red figures.
d.
Robert De Niro
gained a record 60 pounds to play the older Jake La Motta, and
Joe Pesci
lost weight for the same scene (De Niros movie weight-gain record was subsequently broken by Vincent DOnofrio (I), who gained 70 pounds for his role as Pvt. Lawrence in
Full Metal Jacket
).
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
First film of
Harold Innocent
.
b.
Of all of
Angelina Jolie
s films, this is rarely discussed. Jolie did discuss it briefly on "Inside the Actors Studio" in 2005. She said: "I did a fantastic B-movie." When host
James Lipton
asked if it was a happy experience, she replied: "It was until I saw it."
c.
In order to express a sick enjoyment in the scene where
Dustin Hoffman
beats the man on the floor to death, he requested that there would be coconuts there for him to smash. In one shot you can actually see a bit of coconut flying off, which
Sam Peckinpah
passed off as brain matter.
d.
After the main characters are removed from the plane, Billy is only shot from the rear, showing the name on his jersey, that of suspense master
Alfred Hitchcock
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Straw Dogs (1971)?
a.
Naomie Harris
was working back to back on this picture and
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest
. All of her scenes were shot on weekdays. She would take a shuttle airplane to St. Vincent and shoot her scenes as Tia Dalma on weekends.
b.
The film was shot in about four weeks with an extra half week devoted to killing the mutant.
c.
Ron Howard
s first comedy since
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
.
d.
T.P. McKenna
, who plays Major John Scott, has his arm in a sling. This wasnt written in the script - McKenna has broken it while having a wild party with a couple of prostitutes which was arranged by director
Sam Peckinpah
.
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