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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cable Guy (1996) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cable Guy (1996) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996).
About the movie:
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
Ellie Cornell
had originally landed a role in the film but had to back out after learning she was pregnant.
b.
Marla Singers phone number, 555-0134, is the same as Teddys number in
Memento
. It is also the same as the Hong Kong Restaurant in
Harriet the Spy
, Eddie Aldens in
Someone Like You...
and a Mental institution in an episode of
Millennium
.
c.
The knives used by Matrix and Bennet in the fight at the end of the film were custom made for the movie by Texas knife expert
Jack Crain
.
d.
The Cable Guy uses several names throughout the film. Chip and Ernie Douglas. Larry Tate. Ricky Ricardo. But theyre all false. We never find out his real name so the credits just call him The Cable Guy.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
Amy Stiller
,
Ben Stiller
: Stevens secretary.
b.
To study the movement of the Gallimimus herd, the films digital artists were ordered to run along a stretch of road with some obstacles, their hands next to their chest.
c.
Final film of
James Murray
.
d.
Tom Kenny
,
Reno Wilson
,
Mark Ryan
and
Jess Harnell
have voiced both an Autobot and Decepticon. Kenny voiced Skids and Wheelie, Wilson voiced Mudflap and Frenzy, Ryan voiced Bumblebee and Jetfire, and Harnell voiced Ironhide and Barricade.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
Kyle Gass
,
Tenacious D
: the couch potato who reaches for a book when his cable cuts out.
b.
According to
John Saxon
, he enthusiastically offered to direct the film if he agreed to also star in it after the initially hired director withdrew from the project at the last minute. Unfortunately, the producers imposed more car chases and gore than the script asked for and Saxon later admitted he did not really get the chance to make the film according to his own vision.
c.
Ellen Page
and
Emily Blunt
were considered to play Natalie.
d.
In the original screenplay, writer
Bruce Joel Rubin
had created a typical Biblical hell, complete with winged demons, cloven hoofed devils with horns, people with beaks and strange objects lying randomly around (director
Adrian Lyne
likens Rubins vision to the work of Hieronymus Bosch). As with Rubins general depiction of demons however, Lyne felt that such scenes could very easily make an audience laugh. As such, he decided to rewrite the scene of Jacobs descent into hell; ultimately coming up with the hospital sequence where Jacob is wheeled on a gurney into a metaphorical hell which becomes more and more grotesque as he moves.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
David Bowe
: helicopter pilot at the end of the movie is played by one of the stars of
UHF
, which is set in a TV station and features parodies of several television shows.
c.
The film is largely based upon actual reported encounters with a Bigfoot creature in the Fouke-Boogy Creek, Arkansas area throughout the 60s and early 70s. Most of the actors in the film were the real people from the encounters playing themselves.
d.
In an interview with National Public Radio,
William Hurt
stated that during a day off from production, he and a female companion were abducted at gunpoint by multiple gunmen in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was reportedly told to face a wall, at which point her was certain the gunman was going to execute both of them. Hurt refused and after a brief shouting exchange, all of the kidnappers left the scene. The incident was not reported to the production company at the time as he (Hurt) was certain that filming would be shut down, putting completion of the film in jeopardy.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
Skippy, who played Asta the dog, bit
Myrna Loy
during filming.
b.
Co-writer Michael Cantu asked to write the first draft of the screenplay, which was radically different than the character arc discussed in story meetings with Burger, Ayala, and Mark Cantu.
c.
Ben Stiller
: [
Star Trek
] medieval knights reenacting
Amok Time
.
d.
Wesley Snipes
became attached to the project because he was in discussions with Marvel Comics to be Black Panther, a project that is still pending as of 2005.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
Ben Stiller
: as brothers Sam and Stan Sweet, the former of whom is accused of murdering the latter. Based on the infamous Menendez Brothers (
Lyle Menendez
and
Erik Menendez
) who were convicted in 1994 of murdering their parents.
b.
In its initial Broadway run of 504 performances, the stage show appeared in two houses: playing the New Century Theatre between January 27 and June 10, 1945; then continuing at the Broadway Theatre between June 11, 1945 and April 13, 1946. The musical was revived in a limited engagement at City Center between May 19 and May 31, 1947.
c.
Getting the elaborate sets and costumes right caused the film to run behind schedule and come in over budget, even though the final cost was still only $2 million.
d.
Leonard Nimoy
declined to return as Spock for the series, so a new Vulcan character called Lieutenant Xon was created to be the new science officer. An employee of an agent was dating a young actor,
David Gautreaux
, who had no agent of his own; she suggested him for the part and he got it, then was told that it was actually for a movie. When Nimoy finally agreed to do the movie, Spock replaced Xon in the script and Gautreaux was given the smaller part of Commander Branch.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
When Steven is telling Rick about how Robin kicked him out of the apartment, he says "I feel like Felix Unger."
Matthew Broderick
later played this character on stage alongside
Nathan Lane
as Oscar in the 2005 Broadway revival of The Odd Couple.
b.
Jim Gaffigan
who plays Lowell in the film is a stand up comedian who often tells a joke about the fact that the male seahorses give birth, saying that a stubborn scientist incorrectly identified the male so he when questioned he said that the males have the babies. In the film Roderick mentions that he loves seahorses because the males have the babies and wishes he could give birth to LNs babies.
c.
This movie is considered a sexed-up remake of the original
Cat People
. In that movie, Irinas belief was that she would turn into a cat if she had sex.
d.
The films star, Max Pomeranc, was chosen because he is in real life a chess player (or was at the time of the film). The producers wanted someone who would be at ease and "correct" playing chess. None of the films other stars played chess in the beginning, but eventually Joe Mantegna learned.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
In the novelization
Owen Wilson
s character is named Ray.
b.
The plainclothes officer who arrests Marty is
Frank Ilarraza
, a real-life police detective who arrested the real Martin Puccio in 1993. His character is listed in the credits as "Detective Frank Ilarazza", playing "himself".
c.
All the orchestral sounds are samples from Media Ventures private collection, no symphonic orchestra was recorded. "Real" instruments include electric guitars and some percussion.
d.
The last feature film directed by veteran action specialist
B. Reeves Eason
. He did some second-unit work on features after this and some television directing, but this was the last feature he directed.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
Throughout the movie sparkles of light can be seen in the background of almost all scenes, more accurately in Dr. Powells office when he talks with Prot.
b.
Steven and Robin only kiss at the end of the movie.
c.
On the judges desk there is a mini gallows. When he pushes the button a small doll can be seen being hung. The doll is a Han Solo
Star Wars
action figure.
d.
Donald OConnor
s sixth of six "Francis" movies.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cable Guy (1996)?
a.
The first scene to be shot was of Marion getting pulled over by the cop. This was filmed on Golden State Freeway (number 99).
b.
Some of the Cable Guys predictions about what cable will do for the future came true. Like having the Internet, phone and TV through cable. And that well have the ability to play video games online.
c.
The tiger claw Soviet soldier towards the end of the film is Jeffrey Falcons brother Noel.
d.
Hank Williams
was to have made his acting debut in this film as a small-town sheriff, but died shortly before filming got underway.
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