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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Adventurers (1969) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Adventurers (1969) Quiz
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About the movie:
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventurers (1969)?
a.
The makeup team on the movie tried to paint
Noah Hathaway
green, just as Atreyu is in the book. "It wasnt believable. I looked like fungi!" Hathaway said.
b.
Kate OMara
tested for a role in the movie.
c.
When Neal first sees his birthday gift, a red BMW convertible, the music wanders to the same few notes as in _Back To the Future (1985)_ (also written by
Bob Gale
) when Marty opens the garage to see his new truck.
d.
Before filming the scene in which Sheriff Dollard (played by
Chris Penn
) pulls the car over at the roadside,
Patrick Swayze
secretly placed a corn cob down the front of his underwear. Penns expression of shock upon putting his hand up Swayzes dress is not faked.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventurers (1969)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #4272-4283.
b.
Steven Seagal
plays a EPA agent who tries to stop an evil corporation from dumping toxic waste causing environmental damage in Kentucky. Seagals previous film
On Deadly Ground
deals with the same thing but with a Oil Company in Alaska.
c.
Jason Isaacs
originally considered not returning for this film, fearing that his characters arrest and imprisonment at the end of
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
would mean very little if any screen time in the finale. Upon meeting
J.K. Rowling
, he begged to be let out of prison. She told him "Youre out. Chapter one." This immediately convinced him to sign on for the film.
d.
This film is listed among the Top Ten Best Bad Films ever made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventurers (1969)?
a.
At the movies screening after its completion, producer
Willis Kent
determined that the film was so badly made as to be unreleasable. Since the original director had not shown up for the screening and was nowhere to be found, he turned to stunt coordinator
Yakima Canutt
- who was the only person besides Kent to show up for the screening - and asked him to re-shoot the picture. According to Canutt, he re-shot virtually the entire film, but because of contractual technicalities could not receive credit for it.
b.
Around September 2008
D.J. Caruso
was discussing taking on the project.
c.
Filmed almost entirely on the Valencia Community College campus in Orlando, Florida.
d.
George Hamilton
and
Alain Delon
turned down the role of Dax Xenos.
Mia Farrow
was the original choice for Sue Ann Daley and
Ali MacGraw
also declined the role after disliking the script.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventurers (1969)?
a.
The
Bekim Fehmiu
character is a thinly veiled portrait of Dominican diplomat/playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, and the
Candice Bergen
character is based on Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton. Other characters in the movie are also based on real people.
b.
Both Eldon Hensons and Seth Greens character names (Mick & Pnub) are based on the SNL skit where Eddie Murphy played an illiterate character named Buckwheat, who sang popular (at the time) songs in a way that he wasnt understood half the time. In one skit, he sings the song "Lookin for Love" and sings "Wookin pa nub in a da wong paces..." It can be heard on the commentary that both Micks and Pnubs names are based on this skit. (If you say "Mick & Pnub" quickly it almost sounds exactly alike.)
c.
In the films first scene, there is a shop sign that reads "Duncan & Kenworthy". Producer
Duncan Kenworthy
was one of the creators of
Jim Henson
s
Fraggle Rock
.
d.
George Lucas
came up with the idea of shooting each of the four story lines in a different aspect ratio. Milners Drag racing was in the 1950s exploitation style using a wide angle, stationary camera. The Vietnam sequences were shot on 16-milimeter film, like the TV reports of the time. Laurie and Steves campus riot resembled a Hollywood version of student rebellions like
The Strawberry Statement
or
Getting Straight
. Debbies trip were in multiple-image split-screen, inspired by
Woodstock
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventurers (1969)?
a.
Doc Ocks pier lab is supposed to be an old building that is slowly sinking into the river (exterior shots show that one end is already partially collapsed). For the interior set, the floor and ceiling were tilted at skewed angles to each other - which is extremely unusual and difficult to construct safely.
b.
Filming began in 1962 and was completed in 1963, but the movie went unreleased for another two years.
c.
Dr. Arroway hypothesizes that the message could be an "Encyclopaedia Galactica", a concept envisioned by
Carl Sagan
as well, featured prominently in the TV series
Cosmos
and meant to be a planetary database for all the worlds within the Milky Way Galaxy. The term originates from
Isaac Asimov
s science-fiction novel "Foundation".
d.
The South American country of Corteguay does not exist. However, much of the film was shot in Colombia and many of the events pictured in the film parallel events that happened in Colombias history.
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