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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Switching Channels (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Switching Channels (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988).
About the movie:
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
A copy of this film survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
The copy that Mordesini wants to photocopy (and is charged 25 cents for) is a page of the script.
c.
Andre Braugher
was originally cast as Harry.
d.
Filmed at the same store in which director
Kevin Smith
was working at the time. As he was only allowed to film outside of business hours, and because bright enough lights couldnt be afforded, the plot included an explanation for the shutters being always down.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
Bob Kane
s name did not appear on this serials original credits. The source credit reads "Based On The Batman Comic Magazine Feature Appearing In Detective Comics and Batman Magazines".
b.
The films title was used in some advertising at the time of its premiere: Many newspapers advertisements included admonitions to buy bonds. (...) Krogers claimed that its Clock Bread, which cost 17 cents for two loaves, provided war workers with "energy vitamins" for "the needed extra vitality". An advertisement for Cornways Jewelers, claiming that "You Cant Ration Love," stated: "We will have war and weddings! We will have bombers and bullets... and babies, too! Were not going to stop the pursuit of happiness! We dont have to... We must not!" - James B. Lane, "City of the Century: A History of Gary, Indiana", page 211. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, London.
c.
The outside shot of the mausoleum was The Hollywood Cathedral Mausoleum. The film makers used it for the its classic look. The inside of that mausoleum was never used for filming. It is much smaller and laid out completely different than the inside shots you see. The inside shots of the camera moving from corridor to corridor and the long shots of Julie walking down the long corridor were shot at The Abby Of The Psalm Mausoleum. Both mausoleums are at Hollywood forever cemetery in West Hollywood behind Paramount Pictures. The link to this is on You Tube. One Dark Night-Filming locations.
d.
When on the phone inquiring about the train tickets Blaine (
Christopher Reeve
), mentions something about it "Being like
North by Northwest
".
Cary Grant
, who starred in
His Girl Friday
(like
Switching Channels
, one of many remakes of
The Front Page
), starred in
North by Northwest
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
In one of the opening scenes,
Bebe Daniels
is reading the February 20, 1932 issue of The New Yorker magazine, with its trademark top-hatted Manhattanite on the cover. This is not the premiere issue (2/21/1925), as previously thought. The New Yorker runs the premiere cover once every year on the date closest to the date of the first issue in 1925. A close comparison of the covers from the 1932 and 1933 anniversary covers (available at the New Yorker web site) shows this to be the one from 1932.
b.
The wedding sequence in which George Coggeswell (
Elliott Dexter
) marries Jane Trimble (Kathlyn Williams (I)) was staged at Christ Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. The best man was played by Paramount executive Charles Eyton, who was married to Kathlyn Williams in real life. According to Dexter, Eyton had to be persuaded to allow the use of the couples actual wedding rings for the scene.
c.
In a scene where Cole is drawing blood from himself, the shadow of a hamster in a hamster wheel can be seen on the wall. This scene would normally be shot in 5 minutes, but took a whole day because the hamster would not move, and Gilliam is such a perfectionist that he insisted that even this detail should work as intended. For the rest of the production Gilliams perfectionism was nick-named "the Hamster Factor".
d.
Reportedly,
Burt Reynolds
and
Kathleen Turner
constantly fought during the filming of this movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
This movie is the eight version of
The Front Page
when one includes the four TV remakes.
b.
June 2008 Ranked #5 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Romantic Comedy".
c.
Marcia Mae Jones
received fan mail from disabled children all over the world after playing Klara in this movie.
d.
Prior to filming,
Tom Hanks
had not seen
The Ladykillers
as he did not want it to prejudice the way he acted in the remake.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
Roy Scheider
was originally cast as Michael.
b.
David Gordon Green
originally wanted to title the film "The Narrow Pilgrim," focusing on Tim in his pilgrim costume at Thanksgiving. The original story was going to put Tim more in the focus, along with his eating disorder. He is thin and ratty, due to his pica condition, and in a pilgrim costume: "The Narrow Pilgrim." However, he quickly began to change it due it him discovering that it would not be a very marketable title.
c.
The movie was a modern updating of
The Front Page
and
His Girl Friday
to a television setting just as
Up Close & Personal
would later also be a form of modern updating to the television world of "A Star is Born".
d.
In preparation for his role,
Jamie Foxx
also trained as a cab driver.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
The executive producer Mark Cuban can be seen briefly when the boys are flipping channels in Dylans room
b.
Michael Caine
originally had the lead role but was held up by production delays on
Jaws: The Revenge
.
c.
The events and their scandalous causes shook the foundations of the segregated South and remains to this day a shocking story of greed, deceit and racial inequity that paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement.
d.
Columbia Pictures released this film on a double feature with
The Long Haul
with the tag line: "The Long Haul will DELIGHT You! The Hard Man Will EXCITE You!"
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
This movie uses only the basic premise and set-up of the earlier movie versions of
The Front Page
and
His Girl Friday
.
b.
It can be inferred that Amanda and Daniel never needed an antidote; toward the end of the movie, while everybody else is coughing and becoming impaired, Amanda and Daniel never even breathe hard or show confusion.
c.
The invasion of Sicily via Syracuse that
George S. Patton
describes being executed by Alcibiades was an embarrassing defeat for the Athenians and Alcibiades was condemned as a traitor.
d.
Tom Hanks
was originally offered the role of Ray Kinsella but turned it down.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
Billy "Roquel" Davis produced Etta James records for Chess, not the Chess brothers.
b.
The film did so poorly that it was pulled from theaters one week after its opening weekend.
c.
None of the dialogue from the
Ben Hecht
-
Charles MacArthur
source play "The Front Page" was used in this film.
d.
The house became a living space for the lead actor and at times for crew members. During the 18 days at "The House of Love," the challenging shooting schedule was handled by two revolving crews, sometimes working overlapping hours, as well as a third video unit shooting footage to be used for Dr. Eks monitors of the house.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
The radio station WMPR 90.1 FM where Medgar Evers brother Charles Evers was manager, still broadcasts from Jackson, MS.
b.
Christopher Reeve
apparently regretted making this movie. He said that he took the project on only because he was suffering post-divorce depression and believed that he had "made a fool of himself" in the film.
c.
Although passed uncut for cinema by the BBFC the uncertified video appeared briefly on the UK list of video nasties in 1984. To date it has never been released since.
d.
Sidney Kingsley
based his story of a luxury high-rise built in a tenement neighborhood on a real area of 1930s New York. The actual "Dead End" was located on East 53rd Street on Manhattans East Side. The luxury high-rise depicted in the film is based on The River House, a 26-story Art Deco high-rise erected on 52nd Street in 1931, when the area surrounding it was still a tenement neighborhood. As depicted in the play and film, the rich tenants of The River House looked down on (and occasionally clashed with) the poorer residents of the neighboring tenements. The 53rd Street tenements were torn down in the late 1940s to make way for the United Nations complex. The River House still stands today.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Switching Channels (1988)?
a.
When Lara Croft first meets up with Terry Sheridan at his Barla Kala prison cell, "DOBRO POZHALOVAT" (Welcome) is carved on the cell wall.
b.
Three different Black Labs played the part of Walter.
c.
The last film in which
James Stewart
had his own hair.
d.
Joe Silver
s last film.
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