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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) - Part (3) 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.
The company was able to get police cars and uniforms through
Tor Johnson
s son,
Karl Johnson
, an officer in the San Fernando Police Department, who also makes an uncredited appearance in the film.
b.
A copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
c.
Cloris Leachman
s character Mrs. Tensedge originally appeared in another scene of the movie as well as more dialog according to a deleted pencil test scene. The scene ended up being removed from the story due to time restraint. In the film she only said 7 words.
d.
After seeing "every blonde in town", producer
Julia Phillips
still preferred
Farrah Fawcett
over
Cybill Shepherd
for the role of Betsy.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The producers were looking for a "Cybill Shepherd" type to play the female lead in the film. When agent
Sue Mengers
heard this, she reportedly called them and asked why not hire
Cybill Shepherd
.
b.
The radio call-in show "Hot Probs" featured in the movie is a version of the now nationally famous KROQ radio show "Loveline", and the radio DJ in the movie is
James Poorman Trenton
, the creator and original host of "Loveline".
c.
Loosely based on the career of New York D.A.
Thomas E. Dewey
.
d.
Ricky Gervais
s motion picture directing debut.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Travis Bickles famous "You talkin to me?" scene may have been inspired by
Robert De Niro
s training under
Stella Adler
, who (as an exercise) had her students practice different interpretations of a similar phrase. The legendary acting teacher was surprised to see one of her former students use "You talkin to me?" as a psychotic mantra.
Martin Scorsese
was encouraging De Niro just below the camera while shooting the scene, which lead to the rest of the "dialogue" Bickle has with his mirror.
b.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
c.
The odd symbol that appears again and again - on Wilburs ring, on his grandfathers staff, in the design on the main floor, etc. - is actually an ancient Native American symbol commonly termed "Thunderbird in sun".
d.
Ted McGinley, David St. James and Christopher Atkins auditioned for the lead role of Saint James.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The film attracted controversy not only in the United States, but also internationally due to the frontal nudity (especially from Jesus) in the crucifixion scenes, and the fact that Jesus had a sexual relationship with Mary Magdalene.
b.
Tony Bill
, the producing partner of
Julia Phillips
and her husband
Michael Phillips
, wanted to make his directorial debut with this movie after
Brian De Palma
was cashiered. He was convinced to wait to direct a film more suitable for his sensibilities.
c.
After half of the prison scenes were shot, production had to re-shoot due to actress dropping out because her boyfriend said he "didnt think she should do it" anymore.
d.
During the filming,
Kirk Douglas
sponsored a Yom Kippur service for the Jewish naval personnel being used as extras in the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Feature film debut of
Jenny Lewis
.
b.
According to the exhibit at the Smithsonian, the sound of a TIE fighter is created by combining the squeal of a young elephant with the sound of a car driving by on a rain-slicked highway.
c.
Kevin Smith
auctioned off a walk on role on the film for funds to go to the Red Cross for aid to Hurricane Katrina victims. The final bid was $16,000 which Smith matched to give to the Red Cross.
d.
When Travis is talking to a Secret Service agent, he gives his address as 154 Hopper Avenue, Fair Lawn, New Jersey. There is a Hopper Avenue in Fair Lawn, but there is no 154 Hopper Avenue.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Roy Scheider
and
Burt Reynolds
were considered for the part of Arthur Adamson aka Edward Shoebridge. The role eventually went to
William Devane
after Devane replaced
Roy Thinnes
.
b.
The budget for the special effects department was $5000.
c.
According to
Amy Taubin
s book, the character of Iris was partially inspired by
Paul Schrader
s memory of 1950s Coppertone ads.
Jodie Foster
, the actress who won the role of Iris, the underage prostitute, had her acting debut in a Coppertone ad when she was 3 years old.
d.
One scene was cut from the movie before it was released. The original script called for Klaatu to be taken to a police station by the government man who came for him at the boarding house, not directly to Barnharts home. At the station, men were being dragged in from all over and questioned, and Klaatu becomes upset when he sees how a man was beaten up by a crowd because they thought he was the spaceman. The scene was cut because director
Robert Wise
realized that the audience was interested in the Klaatu/ Barnhart meeting and the scene at the police station was unnecessary, but on the DVD there are stills from that deleted scene.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Was ranked #3 on US Weeklys "Top Ten Films of 2006".
b.
Around the time
Tony Bill
was considering directing the movie, the
Paul Schrader
script was sent to
Al Pacino
, but he declined the role.
Julia Phillips
never knew whether Pacino declined the role because he didnt like the script or because he didnt want to work with Bill.
c.
This film was thought to be lost until over 40 years later when a copy was found among a cache of early Fox films. It was presented at a
Howard Hawks
retrospective in the mid-70s and when Hawks found it was on the playlist he asked out loud, "You really arent going to play this, are you?" Midway during the showing of the film Hawks walked up to the projection room and demanded the projectionist destroy the print of the film.
d.
Richard Stanley
wanted to use stop-motion animation for the Mark-13, but was unable to do so because their wasnt enough time and money to use this particular technique.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
When
Martin Scorsese
agreed to direct, he brought
Robert De Niro
on board with him, much to the delight of
Julia Phillips
. Much less delightful was that De Niro was committed to making
Bernardo Bertolucci
s
Novecento
and when he left for Italy, Scorsese committed to
Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore
.
b.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 4.7 seconds
c.
In the late 1980s,
Candace Hilligoss
wrote a treatment for a sequel to Carnival of Souls. She took it to associate Peter Soby Jr. who instead decided to produce a remake of the original film (also called
Carnival of Souls
). Hilligoss had no part of the production.
d.
The scene where the Megamaid sucks the atmosphere off the Druidian mountain is a parody of the Paramount Studios logo.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The rocket ship model used in this film was also used as a comic prop by
Huntz Hall
in the 1954 Bowery Boys comedy
Paris Playboys
.
b.
Barry Sonnenfeld
took issue with the producers wanting to focus on the love story between Agent J and Laura: "I learned on
Wild Wild West
that audiences didnt want to see
Will Smith
as the straight man. And until
Tommy Lee Jones
comes back into the movie, by definition Wills the straight man."
c.
The story was partially autobiographical for
Paul Schrader
, who suffered a nervous breakdown while living in Los Angeles. He was fired from the AFI, basically friendless, in the midst of a divorce and was rejected by a girlfriend. Squatting in his ex-girlfriends apartment while she was away for a couple of months, Schrader literally didnt talk to anyone for many weeks, went to porno theaters and developed an obsession with guns. He also shared with Bickle the sense of isolation from being a mid-Westerner in an urban center. Schrader decided to switch the action to New York City only because taxi drivers are far more common there. Schraders script clicked with both
Martin Scorsese
and
Robert De Niro
when they read it.
d.
Yodas command center was a 1/6th scale miniature.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
After
Brian De Palma
, who was originally attached to the project, was let go, producer
Michael Phillips
gave him a gross point as a parting gift, to assuage Phillips guilt.
b.
The access code entered at the very beginning of the movie ends in 1138, most likely in reference to
George Lucas
s first film,
THX 1138
.
c.
The look that
David Fincher
, visual-effects supervisor
Eric Barba
and special makeup-effects artist
Greg Cannom
devised for Benjamin as a child resemble the later stages of progeria, a condition technically named Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, a rare disease that makes its young sufferers appear aged. Those who didnt attend medical school may be most familiar with it from the
Ralph Macchio
TV movie
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
.
Robin Williams
had a fictional version of progeria in
Jack
and the Susan Sarandon character in
The Hunger
is shown researching and discussing the disease.
d.
If you look closely at the coffee cups during the first meeting at Starbucks you can see the characters names written on the cups. The most obvious is Prudies.
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