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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983).

About the movie: Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)?
a.		Although the film was "completed" in the spring of 2004 director Jordan Noce was unsatisfied with the finished results of the film and shelved it. In the spring of 2007 after learning a great deal about film editing/theory in L.A., director Jordan Noce re-cut the film entirely.
b.		This feature was planned for filming in color. On the Thursday before the Monday start of principle photography, uncredited executive producer Edward Small informed producer Gene Corman that it was going to be shot in black and white.
c.		In this movie, Bruce Lees character is shot with a prop gun that was secretly made to fire a real bullet and kill him. Lees son, Brandon, was killed on the set of The Crow, when a prop pistol accidentally shot him in the abdomen.
d.		Lynne Griffins character Pam Elsinore must have just turned 18 to inherit the company as outlined by the lawyer. But her birth date on the video game is in 1959. Her character would have been 23 when the movie was filmed in 1982. Lynne Griffin was actually 30 at the time.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)?
a.		All of the "natural" effects in the film were scripted, but occurred naturally. The micro-budget did not allow the filmmakers to rent/use wind, fog or rain machines, so the shooting schedule was juggled so that scenes featuring those effects were scheduled for days when the weather forecast predicted they might happen.
b.		The name of the brewery in this film is Elsinore Brewery. Max von Sydow, who played the Brewmeister in this movie, was also in the film Det sjunde inseglet. In that film he and his squire were heading towards the village of Elsinore, but decided not to because the plague was there.
c.		Alfred Hitchcock tested the fear factor of Mothers corpse by placing it in Janet Leighs dressing room and listening to how loud she screamed when she discovered it there.
d.		Though many assume Meryl Streep to have based her performance upon Hillary Rodham Clinton, Streep has cited Peggy Noonan, Condoleezza Rice and Dick Cheney as her inspiration.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)?
a.		Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas: [Rush] Bumper sticker on the van, and reference to Rush song "Lakeside Park" in driving directions just after the vans brake lines are cut.
b.		The films title is a slang term for both cocaine abuse and shoplifting.
c.		Spanish language version of Pleasure Cruise.
d.		Matthew Broderick is believed to be a distant relative of Robert Gould Shaw, the character he plays.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)?
a.		Sir Larry Wildman, the British takeover artist played by Terence Stamp, is widely believed to be modeled after Sir Gordon White of Hanson PLC. Hanson is a company that does nothing but acquisitions, liquidations, and wholesale deconstruction of companies.
b.		At one point, Bob says, "He saw Jedi 17 times, eh!" What isnt obvious two decades later, is that Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi opened in May 1983, while production of "Strange Brew" had wrapped five months earlier, in December 1982. Not only hadnt the McKenzie brothers seen "Jedi" - but they couldnt refer to it by its full title, since the "Revenge"/"Return" issue was still up in the air while they were filming.
c.		Oscar Levant said about Producer Jerry Wald, "He suddenly became involved with Faulkner. Hed buy a Faulkner property and that turgid, incomprehensible prose was on one occasion transformed into " The Long, Hot Summer." In that picture Orson Welles played a "big daddy" type of role. Sometimes he was inaudible - Those were his best moments."
d.		Special Recognition - Feel Good Film Festival/Indieflix.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)?
a.		The scenes where James Stewart wanders around in amazement at the Washington monuments were "stolen", since the US Parks Service had denied the studio permission to film near them.
b.		In his biography, Christopher Reeve claims this films failure, along with Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Aviator, and Street Smart, knocked him off the A-list in Hollywood and he would have to audition for major roles for the rest of his career.
c.		Among many others, the "If I didnt have puke breath, Id kiss you." line was improvised.
d.		Author James Thurber acknowledged that the character Walter Mitty was based on his friend, writer Robert Benchley. Thurber said that he got the idea for Mitty from the character created by Benchley in a series of shorts that he made for Fox and MGM, respectively, in the 1920s and 1930s. Thurber is also on record as saying that he hated this film and that Danny Kayes interpretation of Mitty is nothing at all like he intended the character to be.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)?
a.		Rick Moranis feature film debut.
b.		The majority of the film was shot inside the Panavision building in Tarzana, California, weeks before it was completely gutted and remodeled for a new company (Panavision was located in this spot for decades before it moved to Woodland Hills). The movie documented every room in this cinematically historical building before it was destroyed.
c.		Gene Nelson originally announced for one of male leads.
d.		At the beginning of the film Heather Chandler asks Heather Duke "did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?" The actress who played Heather Chandler, Kim Walker later died of a brain tumor.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)?
a.		The number plate of the bus 2525 was California 539724.
b.		The comic book "Tales from Space" pays homage to EC Comics, a controversial and influential line of 1950s comics. If you look carefully at the cover of the comic you can see the EC logo in the upper left. Although there was no "Tales from Space" by EC (Their science fiction titles were "Weird Science" and "Weird Fantasy"), there was a comic entitled "Tales from the Crypt." Robert Zemeckis is a fan of the now defunct EC and served as an executive producer of Tales from the Crypt.
c.		The basic plot as well as many of the name of the brewing company are references to William Shakespeares "Hamlet". The castle in "Hamlet" was Elsinore. The heir to Elsinores father was murdered by her uncle, who then comes to her as a ghost. In Hamlet, the uncles name was Claudius, and in the movie he is named Claude.
d.		Several shots focus on the feet of the characters. This is a trademark of director James Cameron, who made the first two Terminator films.

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