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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Chill (1983) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Chill (1983) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983).
About the movie:
A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a posh South Carolina winter house after the funeral of one of their friends.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
Flashback scenes with
Kevin Costner
as Alex were filmed, but cut. He is still visible as the body being dressed at the beginning of the film.
b.
In the script, Marcies death scene was originally meant to show an arrow hitting her chest in the archery area. Depsite popular belief, this was never filmed.
c.
The character of Howard Campbell Jr. appears in the film and speaks to the American P.O.W.s before the bombing of Dresden. Vonnegut wrote an entire novel about this character called "Mother Night", later made into a film by
Keith Gordon
starring
Nick Nolte
as this same character.
d.
The person walking into the first establishing shot of the coffee shop is co-writer/director
Heath McKnight
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
The kitchen staff for the film was made up largely of Chinese cooks. Some of them had been workers on the transcontinental railroad in 1869, the same construction project that forms the basis of this film.
b.
The two-legged lizard that attacks Jack Driscoll was actually meant to be an aetosaur, a reptile from the Triassic Period. However, because of the high price of armatures (the metal skeletons for the puppets), RKO cut costs by not having hind legs made for it. As a result, the aetosaur has two forearms, no hind legs and a snakelike appearance.
c.
Martin Landau
s face had to be painted unnaturally white in order for the black-and-white film stock to record it properly.
d.
The soundtrack of the movie consisted of many 1960s-era rock songs. Because of the success of the soundtrack, dozens of TV commercials used music from the same period.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
Based on a journal written in 1927 by Laura Inzinna Ecobelli, grandmother of writers
Lora Lee Ecobelli
and
Tom Ecobelli
.
b.
The arcade counter attendant is played by
Colin Moretz
, brother of
Chloe Moretz
who plays Abby.
c.
Bo Derek was considered for the role of Elise.
d.
The name of Harolds "Running Dog" shoe-store chain is a play on the Maoist phrase, "the running dogs of capitalism".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
The main house in the film is in Beaufort, SC. It is the same house where
The Great Santini
was shot. Director
Lawrence Kasdan
liked "The Great Santini" so much that he decided to shoot his film in the same house.
b.
Rock band
HIM
shot parts of their music video for the song And love said no... directly outside the house seen at the end of the movie
c.
First full length feature film of
John Hodiak
.
d.
Oliver Phelps
(George) could only do about five takes for Freds death scene. Seeing his brother (
James Phelps
) lying there pretending to be dead was emotionally exhausting for him.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
The characters were based on people
Lawrence Kasdan
lived with in the Eugene V. Debs co-op in Ann Arbor, MI, while attending the University of Michigan. Co-ops are co-ed housing in which the residents share household duties like cooking. This explains why the characters are so comfortable sharing the house, cooking and are so attached to the Michigan football game.
b.
All of the actors had to endure a harsh 14-day boot camp in the Philippines before the shooting of the film commenced. The actors were given military haircuts, were required to stay in character throughout the camp, ate only military rations, were not allowed to shower, slept in the jungle, and even had rotations for night watch.
c.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
s only ever western.
d.
Other than an Arri interview kit, and 6 portable fluorescent lights, every light on set was built by hand from wood and electrical parts bought at a hardware store.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
The restaurant scenes were filmed inside an empty McDonalds (you can see the old McDonalds registers and the doors in the restaurant) and everything else was filmed inside an old church that also served as the teams living quarters.
b.
As he fights off the bat, Harold hums the theme from
Raiders of the Lost Ark
, a movie also written by
Lawrence Kasdan
.
c.
The most recent Best Picture Winner to not win either Best Screenplay or Best Director.
d.
The last film for
Charles H. Schneer
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
John Schlesingers first thriller.
b.
Art Malik
was offered a major role.
c.
The only feature film with
Joe DeRita
that contains a Stooge eye-poke. The boys later deleted the gag from their routine, as angry mothers began to protest that children were poking their eyes out.
d.
Kevin Kline
met future wife
Phoebe Cates
when she auditioned for the part of Chloe, which eventually went to
Meg Tilly
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
While filming,
Burton Gilliam
was at first having a difficult time saying the word n****r, especially to
Cleavon Little
because he really liked him. Finally after several cuts, Cleavon took him off to the side and told him it was okay because these werent his words. Cleavon jokingly added if he thought for a minute that he was serious they would go to "fist city".
b.
Ranked # 22 on Entertainment Weeklys "25 Top Scary Movies Of All Time."
c.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
d.
The main cast members lived together for a few weeks before filming began. The night before filming began they all stayed in character.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
In the work print of the film, an alternate escape scene was used. In it Michael begins his escape from the institution by killing 2 young orderlies while they are molesting a catatonic female inmate.
b.
The seventh of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
c.
This was one of the low budget non-
John Wayne
movies made by Waynes company, Batjac Productions.
d.
Director
Lawrence Kasdan
s wife,
Meg Kasdan
, plays the airline stewardess flirting with Sam Weber at the beginning of the film. His two sons also have roles:
Jon Kasdan
plays Harold and Sarahs son in the bathtub, and
Jake Kasdan
plays the boy seeking Sams autograph at the wake.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Chill (1983)?
a.
The makers did not intend the movie to be in Hindi. However, when they began casting, director
Chris Smith
claimed that most of the promising actors did not speak English.
b.
Lawrence Kasdan
wrote the parts of Karen and Sarah specifically for
JoBeth Williams
and
Glenn Close
respectively, however both actresses initially wanted to play the role of Meg as both felt that they better related to that character over the ones chosen by Kasdan.
c.
The models had to be repainted every evening of the shoot because the slime used on-set removed the acrylic paint from their surfaces.
d.
A WWI veteran,
Arthur Treacher
came to the USA as part of a Musical-Comedy Revue named The Great Temptations in 1926. This film was his debut in a long career as what Hollywood considered to be the "perfect butler" in scores of movies that followed.
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