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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tales from the Crypt (1972) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tales from the Crypt (1972) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tales from the Crypt (1972)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972).

About the movie: Five people get lost in a crypt and meet up with a strange crypt keeper who tells them stories of how they died.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		Shot in ten days.
b.		Richard Greene was second choice to play Ralph Jason.
c.		Screen legend Lillian Gish was 93 when she co-starred in this film making her the oldest actress ever to feature in a leading role.
d.		Both Radha Mitchell and Alexa Davalos have a Vin Diesel connection - Mitchell was in Pitch Black and Davalos was in The Chronicles of Riddick.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		Robert Zemeckis has said this is his favorite movie to watch on Halloween since it was released. he later produced a HBO show based off the comic series and directed the first episode, which was also the first story in the movie.
b.		The Charles Bronson vehicle 10 to Midnight was developed and made when development on this Bronson project, The Evil That Men Do, went into turnaround prior to a visit to the Cannes Film Festival. Producer Pancho Kohner and Cannon Films chairman Menahame Golan then decided to make 10 to Midnight instead. This other project, The Evil That Men Do, was eventually made after and was Bronsons next movie after 10 to Midnight.
c.		Mel Tormés vocals were not featured on the MGM soundtrack album. Under contract to Musicraft Records, Mel remade one of his film songs as a 78-rpm single: the DeSylva, Brown and Henderson evergreen, "The Best Things in Life Are Free."
d.		Gia Mantegna auditioned for the part of Mandy on the day of her 19th Birthday.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		Hal Holbrook was the first and only choice to play the informant Deep Throat. During the casting process, Bob Woodward, while looking at various actors photo head shots and resumes, but not revealing Deep Throats true identity, told and insisted to director Alan J. Pakula that Holbrook was the best choice to play Deep Throat. (Holbrook, in fact, bears a strong resemblance to W. Mark Felt).
b.		During the filming of this movie, Sam Peckinpah was so obnoxious and abusive towards his actors that Charlton Heston physically threatened the director with a sabre. Heston later remarked that this was the only time he had ever threatened anybody on a movie set.
c.		Peter Cushing was originally intended to play Ralph Jason, but after looking at the script he persuaded the producers that he would do more justice to the role of Mr. Grimsdyke
d.		Won "Best in Show" and "Best Narrative Feature" at the Boomtown Film and Music Festival in Beaumont, TX.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		Stephen King and George A. Romero considered remaking this movie together. Their work together resulted in a completely separate but similar film, Creepshow.
b.		A similarly titled movie entitled Hollywood Vice Squad got made and released after this movie.
c.		Richard Taylors Weta Workshop made over 45,000 individual items from prosthetics to armor for the films.
d.		The famous "With this axe, I rule!" line at the end of the movie is actually the title of a Robert E. Howard short story about Kull, which was rejected by Howards then primary publisher, "Weird Tales" magazine. He later rewrote and sold the story as "The Phoenix on the Sword", the first Conan story, which makes the item that this project was initially developed to be a "Conan" film somewhat ironic.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		When David and Gigolo Joe first arrive at Rouge City, and they drive through an arch shaped like a giant mouth, the film uses a piece of music preselected by Stanley Kubrick when he was still considering directing the film. John Williams thought the music fit perfectly with the way the scene was shot by Spielberg.
b.		Body count: 10
c.		Francis Ford Coppola decided to shoot this film the same way he shot Rumble Fish (in black-and-white, with occasional bursts of colour), since both films held "a spiritual connection" with each other (both are dramas about relationships, primarily that of brotherhood).
d.		The script under went many drafts, most changes involving the crypt keeper himself. First draft had him talking to the audience directly, the third draft did not contain a crypt keeper, and by the sixth draft it was decided he would interact with people in the stories.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		During the fight with the ruffians, Jackie falls into a coffin. The sign on the wall behind him reads "Sowerberry". Mr. Sowerberry is the funeral Director/Mortician from the book, Oliver Twist. During this scene the first four notes of the theme to "The Addams Family" are heard.
b.		One of the 50 films in the 4-disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film was preserved by the George Eastman House. This version has an uncredited piano music score and runs 63 minutes. Marguarite Clark starred in the play "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Jessie Braham White; it opened in New York on 7 November 1912 and ran for 72 performances. This movies writer, Winthrop Ames, produced that play and no doubt was greatly influenced by it. Sketches of the sets and costumes from the play were used for this film.
c.		Ralph Richardson filmed his major role in a day.
d.		For a previous unproduced TV series of his called "Genesis II", Gene Roddenberry had created a story he called "Robots Return". This was now rewritten for "Star Trek" by Alan Dean Foster under the title "In Thy Image", and proposed as the two-hour premiere episode of "Star Trek Phase II". However, Paramount executive Michael Eisner responded, "Weve been looking for the feature for five years and this is it", and made the final decision to forget the new series and produce the story as a movie.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		Last full length cinema film of Robert Hutton.
b.		John Cassavetes only worked for one day.
c.		In the scene where Kekata reads the smoke to find out more about the white men, he compares them to "ravaging wolves." The wolves then circle Kocoum, and Powhatan stops them with his arm. This foreshadows the end of the movie, when Thomas (a white man and "wolf") kills Kocoum, and Radcliffe attempts to kill Powhatan.
d.		Tom Hiddleston spoke of his role as Loki in an interview by saying, "I can tell you that its all of them against me. I am the super villain. So its Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Nick Fury forming a team because Ive got so bad ass."

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		Those involved in the film remembered John Gilbert as having been the primary director on this film. Greta Garbo would refuse to continue filming unless he approved a scene. Only Edmund Goulding is credited as director in the final version.
b.		Peter Duffell passed on the chance to direct this picture.
c.		Natalie Wood was the first choice to play the female lead of Prudence Bell. She had a writer friend of hers read the script and once he confirmed her fear that it wasnt up to snuff she decided it was a good time to go ahead with a tonsillectomy that shed been putting off; the part was then given to Suzanne Pleshette.
d.		Zelda Rubinsteins film debut.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		Although the film leads us to believe that the characters played by Robert Downey Jr. and Michelle Monaghan grew up together, theres actually an 11 year age difference between the two actors.
b.		Among many other similarities between Pride and Prejudice and Bride and Prejudice is the obvious connections between names. Some of the parallel characters with similar/altered names are:Lalita = similar to Elizabeth Bennets nickname, Lizzy; Jaya = Jane; Lahki = Lydia; Will Darcy = Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Kohli = Mr Collins. Wickham is still Wickham. Even Darcys sister is named Georgie, as compared to Pride and Prejudices Georgianna.
c.		In 2004, Hayden Christensen was attached to play Gibson with his brother, Tove Christensen, producing.
d.		Peter Cushing is said to "act as himself" in this movie: Cushings wife had died recently and he was very depressed; while Cushings character is a widower who uses a ouija to talk with his dead wife.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tales from the Crypt (1972)?
a.		The movie concludes with a dedication to "My friend, Charles Bukowski. I miss you, S.P." Sean Penn was a close friend of the writer and poet.
b.		In the DVD commentary, Francis Ford Coppola downplays his involvement in the controversial slaughter of the water buffalo (caribou), saying he "happened to film a ritual" being performed by Ifugao natives. However in the article "Ifugao extras and the making of Apocalypse Now", cast and crew detail how Coppola staged the entire scene, directing the natives to chant and sing while they killed the animal which Coppola provided. Afterwards, Coppola "went overboard and ordered a whole truckload" of animals which he gave to the Ifugao to slaughter on camera. However only one caribou slaughter was used in the final cut. (Flip Magazine 2003, v.2, n.3, pp. 29-33, 90-91)
c.		Peter Cushing wanted to do the movie so much that he took a lower fee.
d.		During the scene in the Texas airport, Dean Stockwells character is on the phone with his wife. The PA announcer can be heard saying "A message for Joy Stockwell, Joy Stockwell. Austin will arrive at any minute." Joy was Deans wife and Austin, his son, was born during production of this film.

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