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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Lebowski (1998) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Lebowski (1998) - Part (6) 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 Lebowski (1998).
About the movie:
"Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
The $0.69 check the Dude writes at Ralphs for half and half is dated September 11, 1991, exactly ten years before the 9/11 attacks. While he is writing the check, George H.W. Bush can be heard on the television railing against Saddam Hussein.
b.
Fess Parker
s final movie performance.
c.
The first Star Wars film to be released on DVD (more than a year after its release on VHS).
d.
The little beach town of Avila Beach, as seen in the movie, no longer exists. Due to leakage from the Union 76 petroleum tanks outside of town, (seen at the beginning of the movie), the ground under the entire beachfront area was contaminated. To clean it up, they had to tear down and rebuild the entire beachfront strip.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
For some more conservative US retail chains, the title on the cover of the DVD/Blu-ray was changed to just "Zack and Miri", much to the chagrin of
Kevin Smith
.
b.
While urinating on the Dudes rug, the Threehorn thug says "Ever thus to deadbeats, Lebowski!" This is a play on the Latin phrase "Sic semper tyrannis!" (Thus always to tyrants!), which was allegedly spoken by the murderers of
Gaius Julius Caesar
and
Abraham Lincoln
during the assassinations.
c.
Littlefoot was originally going to be called Thunderfoot, but a triceratops from a childrens book already had that name.
d.
Sally Todd
s scream at the beginning of the film is that of
Allison Hayes
from the soundtrack of
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
Lionel Barrymore
s last movie.
b.
In the store Bobby knocks off a video of
Ernest in the Army
, which included eight actors, the director and producer of this movie.
c.
When were introduced to the Dudes (bowling) arch-nemesis Jesus, a flamenco version of the Eagles song "Hotel California" plays (and is portrayed as playing on the bowling alleys PA system). Later, we learn in the taxicab scene that the Dude "...hate(s) the fuckin Eagles, man."
d.
Mike Rich
began writing the screenplay of the movie on 1 December 2005, exactly a year before its release.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
Alicia Silverstone
was offered the lead role of Cindy Campbell, but turned it down.
b.
A promotional sign was posted at every theater showing this film which stated: "FOR YOUR PROTECTION! We will not permit you to see these shockers unless you agree to release the theatre of all responsibility for death by fright!" Moviegoers actually had to sign a "Fright Release" before they entered the theater.
c.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine,
John Goodman
stated that The Dude referring to The Big Lebowski as a "human paraquat" was one of the only improvised lines to make it into the final film. Virtually every other line, including every man and dude, was scripted.
d.
Body count: 8
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
When released on video, it was the first cassette to be encoded with the letterbox format.
b.
The gun that Walter pulls in the bowling alley is a Colt model 1911 .45 caliber semi automatic handgun.
c.
"Tevyes Dream" is presented in a desaturated image rather than full color to make it look like a black-and-white dream sequence. There is a full color version of the song, however, which can be viewed on the Special Edition DVD.
d.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
When Beck is piloting Virgil around the diamonds, the control stick shes using is a Logitech Attack 3 joystick.
b.
The Dudes gait in the opening shot to the "Gutterballs" sequence resembles the gait used by the characters in
Robert Crumb
s famous "Keep on Truckin" cartoon.
c.
The overhead satellite images have the Google Earth logo on them, complete with the 2006 copyright.
d.
The scene where Theoden, Legolas and Gimli arrive at Helms Deep, having lost Aragorn, was
Bernard Hill
s and
Miranda Otto
s first day on set.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
Walter asks The Dude if he knows the show
Branded
. The brother of Jeff Bridges,
Beau Bridges
guested on an episode of the show in 1966.
b.
The actors had to sing along with a metronome because the musicians who would have accompanied them normally were on strike at the time.
c.
Although the lighting and sweat indicate the sweltering heat inside the pod, it was actually just a spray bottle of water and a yellow gel over the light. In fact, it was quite cold on the set, and in between takes, the actors would huddle by the heaters.
d.
Clint Howard
:
Ron Howard
s brother appears as a flight commander in the Aeuronautic Center. He did the same role in
Apollo 13
, directed by his brother.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" opened at Winter Garden Theater on November 3, 1960 and ran for 532 performances.
Harve Presnell
recreated his stage role in the movie version.
b.
The dream sequence at the end of the film was shot by Thomas Ikimi using his camcorder as he walked around the Upper West Side of Manhattan and visited some of the locations visited during the shoot.
c.
The movie Scotty is watching as he masturbates is Chesty Morgans "Deadly Weapons."
d.
The Dude calls The Big Lebowski a "human paraquat." Paraquat is an herbicide. During the late 1970s, a controversial program sponsored by the US government sprayed paraquat on marijuana fields in Mexico.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
In the shot of Bug getting a tattoo actor Mikey Brown is actually getting a tattoo.
b.
The original actor who had been hired to play Terry dropped out at the very last minute.
John Savage
landed the role the day before filming began.
c.
The initials for Walter Sobchaks security company (Sobchak Security) are "SS". The Jewish Walters company shares the same initials as the Schutzstaffel, or SS. The Schutzstaffel were arguably the most demonic force of Hitlers Germany. The Nuremberg Trials attributed most of the Holocaust atrocities to this group.
d.
Shawnee Smith
came in to audition for a role. According to director
Kevin Smith
, she was very rude and mocked the screenplay. After Shawnee Smith left, casting director
Don Phillips
apologized for her behavior.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lebowski (1998)?
a.
The sonnet Will writes for Viola which begins with "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" is Sonnet 18. In reality, this sonnet, along with Sonnets number 1 to 126, were written for a male friend of
William Shakespeare
. Some speculate that this friend is either Henry Wriothesley, earl of Southamption, or William Herbert, earl of Pembroke.
b.
Raul Julia
was cast as Bucho, but pulled out due to declining health.
c.
The Dude meets a lot of new people throughout the story, outside his "tribe". But only three, Brandt, Jackie Treehorn and The Cowboy show enough "respect" for him to call him "Dude".
d.
Rob Reiner
s first directorial effort to be produced by Castle Rock Entertainment, the company he co-founded, since
The Story of Us
.
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