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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Best of Times (1986) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Best of Times (1986) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Best of Times (1986).
About the movie:
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Best of Times (1986)?
a.
Boston Red Sox great
Ted Williams
s single goal while playing baseball was for people to say, "There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived" (a sentiment echoed by Roy Hobbs in the movie). Like Williams, Hobbs wears number 9 on his uniform, and both Williams and Hobbs hit home runs in their last career at-bats. According to Roger Angell of the New Yorker, Redford modeled his swing on Williams. Angell adds that Redford plays so authentically "you want to sign him up".
b.
Former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Herman Edwards was one of the extras used in the football scenes.
c.
When Gorman Bechard wrote the first draft of the "Friends (with benefits)" script in 1999, he titled it "Fuck Buddies", but soon found that attracting a talented cast to a film of that name became rather difficult, thus forcing the name change. Though on his personal computer, anything related to the film is still kept in a folder named "Fuck Buddies".
d.
Tony Montanas frequent epithet "maricón" is a homophobic slur, equal to "faggot" in English.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Best of Times (1986)?
a.
The home used in the film is not the Rosenbach Museum and Library, but is a private home two doors west. Both houses, however, were built at the same time and originally had an identical floor plan. During the filming of the movie, DeLancey Place was closed for a few days.
Denholm Elliott
was the only actor in the film to visit the Rosenbach. The staff of the museum were all given Pennsylvania State Film Commission tee shirts.
b.
Phyllida Lloyd
also directed the original Broadway play.
c.
Taft High Schools actual mascot is the Wildcats (not the Rockets, as in the film). Bakersfield High Schools real mascot is the Drillers.
d.
Many of the actors involved in the film did so for a fraction of their usual salary because they felt the subject matter was so important.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Best of Times (1986)?
a.
Though Hightower and Dundees alma mater is universally referred to by the characters as "Taft", logos, signage and lettermens jackets in the film identify it as (the fictional) Midway Union High School.
b.
Film debut of
George Chakiris
.
c.
Custer was one of the Civil Wars famous "Boy Generals". Nelson Miles, Wesley Merritt, and Galusha Pennypacker were among the others. They would all be reduced in rank once the war was over, though Miles and Merritt would rise to general rank in the regular Army after the war.
d.
Real life painter
Francesco Clemente
created Finnegan Bells artwork for the movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Best of Times (1986)?
a.
The plane that Wade delivers to Bond (borrowed from a friend in the DEA) is a reference to
Licence to Kill
. Franz Sanchez attempts to escape in a plane of the same make, model, and series (but with a different registration) before his capture by the DEA. The plane is a Cessna 172 and its registration number is N96816.
b.
The movie is loosely based on the French bond scandal involving Serge Alexandre Stavisky. After the fraud was discovered he either committed suicide or was murdered by the French police.
c.
Robyn Lively
s movie debut.
d.
Burt Reynolds
was quoted as saying that late director
Robert Aldrich
deliberately framed and shot the film in 1.33:1 Academy aspect ratio (with the intent that it would be matted theatrically for 1.85:1) because prophetically Aldrich didnt want to see his vision later manipulated for TV screens by panning and scanning.
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