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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Such Good Friends (1971) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Such Good Friends (1971) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971).
About the movie:
While awaiting the outcome of her husband's surgery, Julie Messinger discovers he has been having affairs.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971)?
a.
Ben Folds said on his blog about the title credits song "Family of Me": "The original lyric was Ooh, Im an asshole but obviously that didnt last for long. The directors and producers got a good laugh and then they stopped laughing when I tried to explain why its okay to say asshole in front of kids. I think its the hole part. Ass might be all right. I dont know..."
b.
Preminger was signed in a seven-picture deal with Paramount (perhaps the most lucrative director/studio contract up until that time). The deal fizzled directly after this movies release. This was the fourth picture in that deal.
c.
Producers
Kevin Costner
,
Jake Eberts
and David Valdes put up almost half of the budget from their own money.
d.
The film was not submitted to the MPAA and was never rated. The "X" rating was self-applied by the films distributor as a promotional device.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971)?
a.
Virginia Vestoff
s television debut.
b.
The SQUID decks are retrofitted Sony MiniDisc players.
c.
The Broadway production of "Zoot Suit" opened at the Winter Garden Theater in New York on March 25, 1979 and ran for 41 performances.
Charles Aidman
,
Mike Gomez
,
Abel Franco
,
Darlene Bryan
,
Luis Manuel
,
Edward James Olmos
,
Tony Plana
,
Rose Portillo
,
Geno Silva
,
Dennis Stewart
, and
Socorro Valdez
recreated their stage roles in this filmed production.
Edward James Olmos
was nominated for the 1979 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama for "Zoot Suit" as El Pachuco and recreated his stage role in this filmed production.
d.
Betelgeuses name is spoken exactly 15 times in the film--8 from Barbara, 2 from Juno, and 5 from Lydia. Adam also says his name a few times but mispronounced it.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971)?
a.
The original novel by Lois Gould was much more serious in tone (many of the barbed, humorous lines of the film are missing entirely from the novel). Otto Preminger saw the satirical potential in such a premise and wrote it as such.
b.
Thomas Jane
trained for nearly 7 months with the United States Navy SEALs and gained more than 20 pounds of muscle in doing so.
c.
Warner Bros. erected 67 sets for this movie, a record at the time.
d.
Three different versions of the ending were shot.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971)?
a.
Zohan was loosely based on Nezi Arbib, a hairstylist and former Israeli soldier in Solana Beach, CA. Arbib taught
Adam Sandler
and the film crew different hairstyling techniques, while Sandler learned Arbibs mannerisms.
b.
The first 400,000 PlayStation 3 systems included a Blu-ray copy of the movie, a month before the DVD release.
c.
Body count: 10
d.
When
Ken Howard
shows
Dyan Cannon
the nude photo he took of her, the face is Cannons but the body is someone elses. Dyan Cannon was uncomfortable doing a nude scene, especially directed by
Otto Preminger
, so she went for this option.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971)?
a.
Ernest Borgnine
claims in his memoirs that reason why the film special effects are so cheap looking that the huge amount of location shooting absorbs what was usually spent on FX.
b.
The creature is never filmed directly facing the camera due to the humanoid features of its face.
Ridley Scott
, determined at all costs to dispel any notion of a man in a rubber suit, filmed the beast in varying close-up angles of its ghastly profile, very rarely capturing the beast in its entirety.
c.
For the role of Big Marcus,
Kyle Kellerman
gained almost 80 lbs., and then took the weight back off after filming.
d.
Novelist-screenwriter
Joan Didion
is said to have contributed to the screenplay (credited to Esther Dale, or rather
Elaine May
). Her work is uncredited.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971)?
a.
Screenwriter "Esther Dale" is a pseudonym for
Elaine May
. May did not want her real name to be credited when she wasnt directing. So, for this reason alone, she decided to use this pseudonym.
b.
Nominated for best movie at the 2008 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards.
c.
In Jonathans second dream, he looks up at a street sign and sees the street names Maddalena and Wagner.
Marianne Maddalena
was a producer of the film, and the actor playing the executioner was
Bruce Wagner
.
d.
Contains one of the very first zoom lens shots in cinema.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Such Good Friends (1971)?
a.
Shooting for the film began before the final script was completed.
b.
Quints unworldly appearance at the window was achieved by putting actor
Peter Wyngarde
on a trolley and wheeling him up to and then away from the window.
c.
To prep his writers for the type of approach he wanted in this film,
Otto Preminger
screened
Diary of a Mad Housewife
for
Joan Didion
and
John Gregory Dunne
at a Paramount screening room (with son Erik Preminger and wife Hope).
d.
The role of Apple Annie was offered to
Helen Hayes
who accepted it but finally couldnt do it when shooting was postponed, and she had a commitment to a State Department tour.
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