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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) - Part (8) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) - Part (8) 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.
Robert De Niro
studied Midwestern dialects to come up with Travis Bickles flat voice.
b.
The two-minute dance of "The Piccolino" was filmed in one take.
c.
The bike Ben used in Austria, the one he got from the kid, was actually traded (by Ben) with the bunch of
The Six Million Dollar Man
stickers that McGruff gave him. (Shown in the additional scenes in the DVD)
d.
A romantic subplot between
Anna Popplewell
s character and
Ben Barnes
Prince Caspian was in an early draft of the script but was mostly dropped. In the book they dont even meet until the very end of the story.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The policeman who says "flow my tears" is called Bookman. In Philip K. Dicks novel Flow My Tears The Policeman Said, one of the central characters is called General Buckman.
b.
John Beal
nearly lost his sight when an extra accidentally stabbed him in his eye during the filming of the mob scene.
c.
In the opening sequence with Tony Montana (
Al Pacino
) and the immigration officers,
Charles Durning
s voice has clearly been used to overdub an actor playing one of the officers. Another of the officers is dubbed by
Brian De Palma
s regular
Dennis Franz
. If you listen carefully,
Al Pacino
also had to overdub his own voice at three or four different points in the same scene.
d.
When talking to the secret service agent, Bickel gives the false name of Henry Krinkle.
Steve Burns
of
Blues Clues
has a song called "Henry Krinkles Lament" on his CD "Song for Dustmites."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The female voice on MacReadys computer was performed (uncredited) by the wife of director John Carpenter, actress
Adrienne Barbeau
.
b.
Robert De Niro
has claimed that the "You talkin to me?" scene was inspired by
Bruce Springsteen
s banter with his audience at a mid-70s gig
c.
To find out how to animate the scene where the Head Chef is wet, they actually dressed someone in a chef suit, and put him in a swimming pool to see which parts of the suit stuck to his body, and which parts you could see through.
d.
Harpo Marx
was considered for the part of Androcles at one time.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
In the hotel scene with
Scott Speedman
and
Maria Bello
, Scott sits with his shirt off. We see him wearing a gold necklace with a Broken Heart pendant hanging on it; it is the other half of Gwyneths necklace, the one she claims her father gave her on her 3rd birthday. This is never explained in the movie.
b.
The Killer is only ever physically seen by the audience once prior to the revelation of his identity at the end. He can be seen at Caroline Suzannes motel room window through a muslin drape while she is standing at the mirror.
c.
By the time this movie was made, Richie Richs publisher, Harvey Comics, had ceased production due to declining sales.
d.
In this film,
Jodie Foster
plays a woman held captive by the villain, played by
Harvey Keitel
.
Robert De Niro
s actions in this film provoked
John Hinckley
, who was obsessed with Foster, to try to get her attention by shooting President
Ronald Reagan
. The opportunity to reverse her role in this film, and also distance herself from Hinkley, is in part what inspired Foster to take the role of the heroine and rescuer in
The Silence of the Lambs
. Ironically,
Harvey Keitel
would play her future mentor in the prequel,
Red Dragon
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Film debut of
Jayne Mansfield
.
b.
Julie Andrews
,
Leslie Caron
,
Lynn Redgrave
, and
Judy Carne
were considered for the role of Miss Price before
Angela Lansbury
was cast.
c.
Martin Scorsese
: sitting down, behind Betsy as she walks into the Palantine campaign headquarters in slow-motion. He also appears as the irate husband in Bickles cab.
d.
If you listen closely in the beginning of the general store scene, you will hear someone singing. It sounds very much like Eric Cartman singing a line from "Shpadoinkle Day", but is actually Trey Parker doing the voice of the woman leaving the store. The woman was played by Brody McHugh, the sister of
Jason McHugh
, who played Frank Miller in the film. Jason also filled the roles of publicist, producer and executive producer.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Mrs. Hughes can be seen reading a book with the title "Foolish Wives", written by
Erich von Stroheim
.
b.
Official Selection- Melbourne International Q Film Festival- Melbourne Australia- 2009
c.
Even though then 12-year-old
Jodie Foster
played a very adult role in the movie, she would have been ineligible to attend the premiere unaccompanied by a parent or adult guardian due to the "R" rating.
d.
Merkhaus was a nickname that a friend gave
Jason Michael Brescia
in college.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
In 2011, Empire magazine described this movie as "a vivid fever dream we still havent woke up from."
b.
Eva Gabor
s film debut.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 24, 1954 with
Jeanne Crain
and
Thelma Ritter
again reprising their film roles.
d.
Character actress
Ruby Dandridge
served as the live-action reference model for Hyacinth Hippo in the "Dance of the Hours" sequence.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Italian censorship visa # 25576 delivered on 31-10-1957.
b.
Travis says the word "moonlighting". Its a prescient thing to say, considering
Cybill Shepherd
later got one of the starring roles in
Moonlighting
.
c.
After the tremendous success of the short
La Cucaracha
,
John Hay Whitney
and his cousin Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney formed Pioneer Pictures to produce color films, of which this was the first.
d.
The scenes between Nina and Erica were the last scenes filmed.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
During production,
Erich von Stroheim
was fired and replaced by
Rupert Julian
. Julian re-shot most of the scenes that had already been filmed, and the story was altered from von Stroheims original vision. The only scenes filmed by von Stroheim that survive in the film are the opening scenes with the count arising and dressing and his conversation with Gisella, the wild loving cup party, and the count bringing Agnes to Madame Elviras parlor and her seeing a piano and music about how she wanted to play but could not afford lessons. The entire footage accounts for less than ten minutes.
b.
Oliver Stone
believes he was one of the models for Travis Bickle, pointing out that he was being taught by Scorsese at NYU film school at the time, and like Travis he was a Vietnam veteran turned N.Y.C. cabdriver and wore his olive drab army coat while on duty.
c.
According to
Jennifer Aniston
, from the first draft of the script to the shooting almost no changes were made.
d.
Filmed back-to-back with Petticoat Planet.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Director
Scott Hicks
mentions (commentary at 09:14) that, in
Stephen King
s story, Ted was an alien and the Low Men were aliens and that was something he just didnt want to go with in the film, preferring to center on the story in the human drama between the central characters.
b.
Al Pacino
was initially interested in playing the title character and worked with the producers on developing the script, but ultimately dropped out of the project due to script problems; Pacino felt, despite numerous revisions, they had never been able to transcend the scripts B-movie qualities.
c.
In an early scene, another taxi driver shows Travis Bickle a piece of
Errol Flynn
s bathtub that he owns.
Errol Flynn
would be a character (played by
Jude Law
) in a later
Martin Scorsese
movie -
The Aviator
.
d.
Bob Rafelson
: The man going into the elevator at the recording studio.
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