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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976).
About the movie:
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Anne Franks father,
Otto Frank
- the only survivor of his immediate family - signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in May 1957, giving his approval for a film version of Anne Franks story. Shooting started the following spring with a $3 million budget.
b.
Whilst double exposures had been used as early as 1898 to show two characters together in the same scene, played by the same actor, this is the first instance of two such characters seeming to touch one another.
c.
Director
Martin Scorsese
claims that the most important shot in the movie is when Bickle is on the phone trying to get another date with Betsy. The camera moves to the side slowly and pans down the long, empty hallway next to Bickle, as if to suggest that the phone conversation is too painful and pathetic to bear.
d.
When the computer virus destroys her paper, Sydney enters a catatonic state for a couple of moments. This is a reference to Snow White entering a deep sleep after eating the apple.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
When the film was first suggested in the late 60s
Abbey Lincoln
was the initial casting for the role of Billie Holiday with
Diana Sands
as second choice. The project was revived a few years later with
Diahann Carroll
as a suggested lead but after discussions between
Jay Weston
and director
Sidney J. Furie
the role was offered to
Diana Ross
.
b.
During pre-production meetings, screenwriter
David Loughery
jokingly proposed to have Commander Uhura (
Nichelle Nichols
) appear as an erotic dancer in order to lure away the hostage takers from the Paradise compound. He was surprised to learn that the producers approved of the idea right away.
c.
Filmed in 24 days.
d.
Harvey Keitel
rehearsed with actual pimps to prepare for his role. The scene where his character and Iris dance is improvised, and is one of only two scenes in the film that dont focus on Bickle.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The desert sequences were all set to be filmed in Libya until the Muslim Libyan authorities realized that the film was promoting Christianity. The unit was ordered out of the country, only to show up in Israel.
b.
Sally Kellerman
was originally in the script, as the guest on the
Dick Cavett
show scene in which Jennifer dies.
c.
To make
Anjelica Huston
s eyes look slanted like the original Morticia, the make-up artists had to attach stings with spirit gum to the outside corners of her eyes and anchor the stings on her head.
d.
Brian De Palma
was also considered to direct but the producers were dragged to a private screening of
Mean Streets
(
Robert De Niro
and
Martin Scorsese
s previous collaboration) before they told Scorsese he could direct, but only if he got De Niro to play the lead.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Clint Eastwood
s extremely organized methods of directing led to filming being completed over three weeks ahead of schedule and $2-4 million under budget.
b.
Joey Coyle
did not live with his brother in real life. However, he fall through a ceiling when trying to hide the money. Other scenes with basis in reality include the policeman asking to be locked in the van to test its strength.
c.
Steve Ihnat is credited as co-writer as Stefan Ihnat. As the actor playing Al, he is credited as Steve Quinn.
d.
The scene where Travis Bickle is talking to himself in the mirror was completely ad-libbed by
Robert De Niro
. The screenplay details just said, "Travis looks in the mirror."
Martin Scorsese
claims that he got the inspiration for the scene from
Marlon Brando
mouthing words in front of a mirror in
Reflections in a Golden Eye
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Greg Vrotsos
, who played Merkhaus, was originally cast to play the role of Richie Sambora.
b.
Film debut of
Thomas Mitchell
.
c.
Robert De Niro
worked twelve hour days for a month driving cabs as preparation for this role. He also studied mental illness.
d.
Dwayne The Rock Johnsons character, Joe Kingman, suffers a separated shoulder that temporarily knocks him out of the big game. In real life, The Rock actually did suffered a season-ending shoulder separation while playing defensive tackle as a freshman at the University of Miami.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
"Angellotis" the firm where Ollie Trinke gets an interview near the end of the film is director
Kevin Smith
s own publicist.
b.
Various studios considered producing this film; one suggested
Neil Diamond
for the lead role.
c.
Clint Eastwood
s then-girlfirend,
Sondra Locke
was
Kyle Eastwood
s acting coach for the film
d.
In March 2001, a U.S. District Court jury in Birmingham, Michigan, ruled that 20th Century Fox stole the script idea, "Jingle All the Way", from Detroit High School biology teacher, Brian Webster. The studio was ordered to pay $19 million, later reduced to $1.5 million. Webster submitted the script, then named "Could This Be Christmas?", to the studio in 1994 and never received payment or credit despite the film making $183 million. Fox appealed and the verdict was reversed, since Websters script was submitted after the studio had already purchased a treatment (summary/outline) of what would become the films script. The court acknowledged that it is not difficult to believe that two writers can independently create a plot using similar inspiration/experience.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Celeste Davis was 13 years old when she began writing the screenplay.
b.
A poster for director
Otto Preminger
s
Carmen Jones
is prominently featured on the building across the street from the saloon during the opening scene.
c.
Romero has confirmed that there is no known existing copy of the legendary 2 hour 45 minute cut at a recent screening of the film in New York City.
d.
Harvey Keitel
was originally offered the part of the campaign worker, eventually played by
Albert Brooks
. He decided to take the role as the pimp, even though in the script he was black and only had about five lines.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Wall Street was the first feature film to demonstrate the use of a cordless portable phone, a cellphone.
b.
Robert De Niro
claimed that the final shootout scene took particularly long, because of both technical problems and the humor which arose from the tension created by the carnage in the scene.
c.
There is a famous closing line from this movies source play, "The Front Page". It is: "The son of a bitch stole my watch!". The line isnt included in this movies ending.
d.
All contemporary reviews and the copyright records use "Peach OReno" as the title of this movie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Jodie Foster
was 12 years old when the movie was filmed, so she could not do the more explicit scenes. (Her character was also 12 years old.)
Connie Foster
, Jodies 19-year-old sister when the film was produced, was cast as her body double for those scenes.
b.
Dennis Hopper
was going through a very bad time during production. He was in a state of drug-induced paranoia and he screamed at everyone. Crew members secretly recorded his tirades and sent the tapes to the production company in Los Angeles to explain why so many of them quit the film.
c.
Wait Until Dark
was actually the second movie to use the climatic sequence where the villain is presumed dead, but actually isnt.
Les diaboliques
was the first film to use the villain-presumed-dead sequence, to great publicity effect including a spread in Life magazine featuring that films then-considerable shock value. Films after Les diaboliques and Wait Until Dark that used this scare tactic include
Friday the 13th
,
A Nightmare on Elm Street
, and
Fatal Attraction
.
d.
Charles Chaplin
named
Paulette Goddard
s character after his mother, Hannah.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
During the striptease scene,
Jamie Lee Curtis
fall was actually not part of the script. She really does fall but to continue filming she gets back up and continues on with the scene. You can also see it was not intentional by
Arnold Schwarzenegger
s sudden reaction to help her when she falls.
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.
At the hotel where some scenes were filmed, cast and crew began to notice that they were working amongst members of the "oldest profession" and their "managers", all of whom ended up being very cooperative about helping keep the noise down when the camera rolled. A few even ask to audition for parts as extras.
d.
Rock Hudson
was once considered for the role of Charles Palantine, but was not able to due to his commitment to the TV series,
McMillan & Wife
.
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