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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Brave Little Toaster (1987) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Brave Little Toaster (1987) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987).

About the movie: A toaster, a blanket, a lamp, a radio, and a vacuum cleaner journey to the city to find their master after being abandoned in their cabin in the woods.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		In 1968 Chayefsky worked on a pilot script for a possible TV comedy series called "The Imposters" in which political subversives infiltrate and try to undermine a TV network.
b.		The bad guy Thomas Gabriel points a gun at McClane and declares "On your tombstone it will say Always in the wrong place at the wrong time." "John McClane is back in the wrong place at the wrong time!" was a tagline used for Die Hard 2.
c.		Rob (The Master) and his mothers apartment number is A113, which is also a room number of a classroom used by animation students at CalArt, the Alma mater of John Lasseter. A113 also shows up in other Disney and Pixar films like Toy Story and A Bugs Life, which he directed, and also in WALL·E, which he produced.
d.		The Friedrich Nietzsche quotation that opens the movie, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger", is a loose translation of "Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker", which more properly translates as "That which does not kill me, makes me stronger." Its from "Twilight of the Idols", Maxims and Arrows, 8.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		Though there were ADR sessions, not single line of replacement dialog ended up in the final film - highly unusual for a studio film, especially one as locations driven as this.
b.		Danny Glovers look in the film was modeled after UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. This was Wes Andersons idea, after Glover, who knows Annan personally, introduced Anderson to him at a UN event.
c.		Loudmouth (the Radio) directs the group "North by northwest" then cautions them to "watch out for low-flying aircraft". This is a reference to the Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest in which Cary Grant is chased by a low-flying biplane.
d.		Mel Blancs final role in a Looney Tunes related movie.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		Was originally in development at Disney, with John Lasseter set to direct. Lasseter planned to use a combination of traditional hand-drawn animation and computer generated imagery for the characters, making it the first animated feature to attempt it. Executives, however, lost interest when they found that the film would not have been any less expensive with computer animation (they were only interested in CGI as a cost-cutting measure) and pulled the plug on the ambitious project. Lasseter was fired by Disney and then co-founded Pixar, while the rest of the team took the film outside and managed to produce it independently (without any computer animation). The completed film was eventually bought by Disney, shown on the Disney Channel and became a cult hit. As for the animators, many of them eventually returned to Disney to work on such films as Beauty and the Beast and The Nightmare Before Christmas, as well as some of Pixars early feature films.
b.		The big fight sequence between Gene Autry, George J. Lewis and John L. Cason was originally used in The Big Sombrero.
c.		The sports car being driven is a Mercedes Benz 190SL.
d.		Rushed into theaters to cash in on the hype created by Orson Wells Halloween radio broadcast of War of the Worlds.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		The "Why Dont We Do It In The Road" scene is alluding to how Brian Epstein discovered The Beatles.
b.		Eli Roth put on 35 pounds of muscle to play Donnie Donowitz, "The Bear Jew". Roth also learned to cut hair for the role from producer Pilar Savones father Umberto at his salon in Beverly Hills.
c.		Two weeks after recording their dialogue, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman joined Saturday Night Live.
d.		When Kip (Naveen Andrews) is packing his things before he leaves he also packs up the belongings of Hardy (Kevin Whately). Among the belongings is a scarf for Sunderland AFC (a football club based in North East England). In real life the actor Kevin Whately is a committed, life-long supporter of Newcastle United Football Club who share a heated rivalry with Sunderland AFC.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		Reportedly, Bette Davis had an affair with director Anatole Litvak while he was still married to Miriam Hopkins. This led to a life-long mutual hatred between the two actresses and added to their on-screen chemistry in their two films together, The Old Maid and Old Acquaintance.
b.		The bumper sticker on Kempers van reads: "Nothing is true / Believing is permitted", an obvious reference to the movies "Based on actual events" claims.
c.		The hanging lamp (voiced by Phil Hartman) is based on Peter Lorre in both voice and appearance.
d.		Roger Donaldson said one of the most difficult days of filming was when he filmed the brothel scene. The scene called for the women to be walking around wearing only garters. However, Donaldson said that when he went to film the scene he discovered that most of the women shaved their genitals, which would have been anachronistic for 1971. So the actresses had to wear pubic wigs called "merkins." This caused a problem because the merkins were hard to secure in place and kept slipping, causing Donaldson much aggravation.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		Tuba player Jim Self is the "musical voice" of the mother-ship in the climatic scene when the big ship comes down on Devils Tower. Steven Spielberg and John Williams chose the tuba as the voice of the mother-ship because the difficulty of playing the instrument added a human characteristic to the aliens.
b.		The German dubbed version of the film swaps the genders of two main characters: Toaster is voiced by a man, and Lampy is voiced by a woman.
c.		Bears no relation in plot to Arthur Conan Doyles original novel of the same name, as the producers purchased rights only to the title, not the storyline of Doyles book.
d.		The entire film was shot on vintage film equipment. In fact, during a few scenes the actors had to do perform in slow motion because the camera would only run at nine frames per second.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		The bank used at the beginning of the film was an abandoned building scheduled to be torn down, so the film crew was allowed to shoot at it, tear it apart and do whatever they wanted to. They also had to get over 500 signatures from residents and businesses for permission to fly the helicopters at low altitudes during the SWAT team insertion.
b.		Deanna Oliver came in for a days work of ADR after recording her lines, she only ended up recording a two-second take of her inhaling and exhaling for the scene where Toaster runs through a field while being chased by forest animals.
c.		Bruce Willis: the lead actor in the fifties crime film (Nancy Drew is mistaken for an extra in the film).
d.		At first Irwin Allen did not want to use music at the first 5 minutes of the Helicopter Sequence. John Williams told Allen that he could come up with 5 minutes of music for the beginning. When Allen heard it, he agreed with Williams.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		A number of the actors had previously played professional football. Burt Reynolds played for Florida State University and was drafted by the Baltimore Colts. Mike Henry (Rasmussen) played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Rams. Joe Kapp (Walking Boss) played quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. Ray Nitschke (Bodanski) was a middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, and Pervis Atkins (Mawabe) played for the Los Angeles Rams, the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders.
b.		Although a lost film, the trailer survived and is one of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and has a running time of 55 seconds.
c.		The film was a smash hit at the Sundance Film Festival, but failed to find a distributor. That same year, it aired on the Disney Channel and then appeared in the Park City Film Festival, before finally having a brief theatrical release at New Yorks Film Forum in May 1989, but still failed to find a distributor. It was actually shown in parts at various theaters as a serial from week to week, and in 1991, it was distributed on video. In October 2003, it finally had a DVD release alongside its two sequels.
d.		Ginger Rogers was the original choice for Katherine Sugarpuss OShea, but Rogers declined.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		The librarian at the Jedi Archives says "If an item doesnt appear in our records, it does not exist!" This is a variation of the slogan of the Pacific Bell Yellow Pages.
b.		Where Luke Skywalkers T-16 Skyhopper sat in the garage of the Lars homestead in Star Wars, a smaller ship with a similar design sits parked there in this film. Also, Lukes landspeeder is visible in the garage in this film.
c.		The film was shot in 2000 and 2001 over a 10 month period. After sitting dormant for several years, the film was finally completed and premiered at the 2008 Atlanta Film Festival.
d.		Jon Lovitz recorded all his lines in one session.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)?
a.		The bridge Callahan jumps off landing on the roof of a schoolbus (in Larkspur, California) was torn down in August 2003 after being damaged by a truck two months earlier.
b.		The main cast is The Groundling Group, comprised of Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Timothy E. Day, Deanna Oliver, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Phil Hartman.
c.		The only existing "trick" Herbie from the movie which can do everything that Herbie is known for, like squirting oil and opening his doors by himself, is owned by Dean Jones.
d.		The actor who played "Talby" had a heavy accent; eventually all of his dialogue was re-dubbed, allegedly by John Carpenter himself.

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