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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Picture (1989) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Picture (1989) 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 Picture (1989).
About the movie:
Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Picture (1989)?
a.
Teri Hatcher
s first movie.
b.
According to an interview with director
Stuart Gordon
,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
was to star as John Brennick, for Arnold was a big fan of "The Re-Animator" which Arnolds stunt-double, Peter Kent was a cast member. Stuart Gordon: "...it was Arnold Schwarzenegger that got me the job and it was because of Re-Animator. We used Arnolds body-double in Re-Animator. The first reanimated corpse is a guy named Peter Kent, Arnolds double. Hes got those big muscles. He got Arnold to see Re-Animator and Arnold liked it so much that he had a screening of it in his home, inviting all of these people, including producer John Davis. John had the rights to Fortress and Arnold was going to do it. For some reason, Im not sure why, Arnold finally decided that he wasnt going to do the movie and dropped out. They had a big budget, probably like 60 million, 70 million dollars, which was a huge budget in those days. Now it sounds small. laughs Anyway, he dropped out and the budget went down; they cut the budget to about 15 million dollars."
c.
During the script stage it was decided to use the dancers as a chorus that would play many of the small parts as well as dancing.
d.
The characters John Rahway played by Paul Walker, and the Attica brothers played by Chris Brown and Michael Ealy are all named after prisons. Attica is in upstate new york. And Rahway prison is in New jersey.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Picture (1989)?
a.
An early draft of the film included a plot to blow up a dam and a fight on board a moving train, but these elements were deemed to be too expensive.
b.
The fancy dress party contains several references to
Douglas Adams
40th birthday party. At the real party, Adams introduced Darwinian Evolutionist
Richard Dawkins
to the future Mrs Dawkins, actress
Lalla Ward
. In the film, Arthur is seen reading Dawkins book, "The Selfish Gene", when he meets Tricia, who is dressed as Charles Darwin. Adams and Dawkins became very good friends after Adams received a fan letter from him.
c.
During filming they rented a luxury house for three days to shoot in, not knowing that actor
Charles Bronson
had just purchased a home across the street. Before the three days were up the crew had managed to kill Bronsons cat by accident. The story is related in the book "I Killed Charles Bronsons Cat", written by the movies location manager
Barry Gremillion
.
d.
While on location in San Carlos, Mexico, the cast and crew were constantly attacked by bees. Although faced with a constant barrage of painful stings (even while the cameras were rolling), cast and crew alike pushed on, completing the necessary shots on schedule.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Picture (1989)?
a.
At various stages of production the film was known as "Three Rivers" but was eventually released as "Striking Distance".
b.
Also the last cinema film acting role of
Eddie Albert
.
c.
The running time was given variously by different magazines and newspapers as 67 minutes (Film Daily), 50 minutes (Variety) and 51 minutes (Motion Picture Herald).
d.
When
Val Kilmer
showed up on set two days late, it was clear that he hadnt learned any lines or knew much about his character.
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