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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Teenage Monster (1958) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Teenage Monster (1958) Quiz
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About the movie:
In a little Western town, a boy is subjected to rays from a meteor. As a result, he grows into a teenaged, hairy, psychopathic killer. His mother hides him in her basement.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Teenage Monster (1958)?
a.
This was shot under the title "Meteor Monster" but the title was changed to "Teenage Monster" due to the success of monster movies from other distributors which has the word "teenage" in the title. When it was released to U.S. television, the title was changed back to "Meteor Monster" for the 16mm television syndication prints.
b.
When Romy and Michelle have a fight en route to Tucson, Romy tells Michelle "Youre the Rhoda, youre the Jewish one!".
Lisa Kudrow
, who plays Michelle, in real life, is actually Jewish.
c.
Stuart Mackenzie first appeared on a sketch on
Saturday Night Live
, although this earlier incarnation of the character had the last name Rankin.
d.
Ed Harris
s film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Teenage Monster (1958)?
a.
Lee Patrick and Elisha Cook Jr. reprise their roles from
The Maltese Falcon
.
b.
The day before principle photography, the original director bowed out claiming that he was offered a 14 week project at a major studio. Producer/director of photography
Jacques R. Marquette
kept the costs low by stepping in and directing it himself and assigning another to handle photography.
c.
This movie is based on the
Buster Keaton
silent film
Seven Chances
. This film was shot in San Francisco, filming in some of the same areas that Keaton used for another film
Day Dreams
.
d.
According to author James Kotsilibas-Davis writing in "The Barrymores" this is still another film in which
Leon Trotsky
is given credit for having been an extra (at $5 Dollars a day), contrary to Trotsky experts who say he hadnt emigrated to the United States yet.
My Official Wife
(1914 Vitagraph) credits a Leon Trotsky supported by a surviving still with actress
Clara Kimball Young
in Daniel Blums "Pictorial History of the Silent Screen".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Teenage Monster (1958)?
a.
The presence of oranges in the Godfather trilogy indicates that a death-related event will soon occur (even though production designer
Dean Tavoularis
claimed the oranges were simply used to brighten up the darkly shot film). In chronological order of such events: Hagen and Woltz negotiate Johnny Fontanes position at a table with a bowl of oranges on it, and later Woltz discovers his horses severed head Don Corleone buys oranges right before he is shot Sonny drives past an advertisement for Florida Oranges before he is assassinated at the Mafioso summit, bowls of oranges are placed on the tables (specifically in front of those Dons who will be assassinated) Michael eats an orange while discussing his plans with Hagen before Don Corleone dies, he puts an orange peel in his mouth to playfully scare his grandson Tessio, who is executed for attempting to betray Michael, plays with an orange at Connies wedding and Carlo Rizzi, who wears an orange suit right before Sonny beats him up, causes Sonnys death and is himself garrotted in retribution. The only deaths in the film that dont appear to have oranges foreshadowing them are the assassinations of Paulie, Sollozzo, McCluskey and Apollonia.
b.
In the part where Paploo was barely hanging onto the speeder bike, Paploo was played by stuntman
Tony Cox
. The crew propped the bike up vertically and filmed Cox dangling from the handlebars, then simply rotated the camera.
c.
The Naboo Palace setting was also the ballroom set for the Frankenstein family mansion in Geneva used in
Frankenstein
.
Celia Imrie
appears in both movies.
d.
Cinematographer
Jacques R. Marquette
and his Marquette Productions created this film because they needed a very inexpensive feature to fill out the bottom of a double feature package with their previously produced
The Brain from Planet Arous
. Marquette kept the production costs even lower by directing this himself, his only directing credit.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Teenage Monster (1958)?
a.
The voice of "Max Marsh" was dubbed in by
Michael Findlay
and is uncredited.
b.
Elijah Wood
: Robert Rodriguez (I) wrote the role of The Guy with him in mind. Wood had previously starred in Rodriguezs
The Faculty
shortly before finding out about
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
. The suit that Wood wore was originally one for the character Juni, but they spray-painted it silver and Cellotaped it to him as it barely fit. In the shot where Wood is kneeling down, talking to the others, he is actually looking at the ground to give the impression that he is towering over everybody.
c.
Filmed during the one of the coldest Octobers on record, but the actors had to dress as if it were in late August. The crew were dressed in heavy winter gear. Between takes the cast were wrapped in sleeping bags to stay warm.
d.
The film was originally refused a UK certificate in 1959 (as "Teenage Monster"). It was eventually released in 1995 fully uncut with a PG certificate.
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