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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cannonball Run (1981) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cannonball Run (1981) - 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 Cannonball Run (1981).
About the movie:
A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country car race.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
Screenings were often picketed by protesters, especially in Britain, where parliament quickly denounced the film.
b.
The tunnel scene where the hero hides briefly from the townspeople was filmed at Bronson Cave in Griffith Park, famous with locals as the Bat Cave.
c.
Stuntwoman
Heidi Von Beltz
was crippled in a stunt when the stunt car she was riding in (doubling an Aston-Martin driven by
Roger Moore
in the race) lost control and crashed on the second take of the stunt. The driver and another stunt person in the car received minor injuries, but Heidi was left a paraplegic.
d.
This movie was made and released about six years after its source The Evil That Men Do novel by
R. Lance Hill
was first published in 1978.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
At the end of the movie, during the big race to the finish, a black Trans Am appears. The driver of the car is seen in the foot race scene and Captain Chaoss dressing down scene. The driver is wearing the Bandits jacket worn by
Burt Reynolds
in
Smokey and the Bandit II
.
b.
Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 5, 1950 with
Dan Dailey
and
Anne Baxter
reprising their film roles.
d.
Thomas Jane
: A barely recognizable cameo as a young Jimmy Gator.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
This film won five Razzies, including worst picture, worst actor and worst director.
Tom Green
showed up to the ceremony to pick up his awards.
b.
The voice for the line of dialog "Are you having fun? Im having fun." was changed for the theatrical trailer in order to preserve a critical plot twist late in the film. Late in the film
Val Kilmer
s character voices the line, but in the theatrical trailer a generic distorted voice is utilized.
c.
To get material for this movie,
Brock Yates
ran the final Cannonball in 1978. The move cost him his editorial position at Car and Driver magazine which has since been reinstated.
d.
The Harvey House restaurants were established by Fred Harvey in 1870 to provide good, inexpensive food and lodging in clean, elegant surroundings for travelers in the western United States. At the chains peak, there were some 84 Harvey Houses throughout seven states, all operated in conjunction with the Santa Fe Railroad.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
June 2008 Ranked #6 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Courtroom Drama".
b.
The premise was later used in
Two Seconds
.
c.
The short sequence in the beginning of the film which involves two animated cars wrecking the 20th Century Fox logo was created by
Hal Needham
, who did a similar one for another studio when releasing
Smokey and the Bandit
. At first, Fox didnt appreciate the notion of wrecking their logo, but soon found it would be appealing to audiences if it were left in.
d.
This was the last movie shot at Stapleton Airport in Denver, which was featured in movies such as Die Hard 2 and Dumb & Dumber. They stopped the jackhammers for half a day for the production crew to shoot the two airports scenes.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
The movie was originally planned as an action film starring
Steve McQueen
. After McQueens death, the lead went to
Burt Reynolds
and the film became a comedy.
b.
The film was originally meant to be directed by
Orson Welles
and starring
Charles Chaplin
, but Chaplin backed out at the last moment, saying that he had never had anyone direct him before and didnt want to start. Instead, he bought the screenplay off Welles and re-wrote parts of it, crediting Welles with only the "idea". Welles said that, despite most of the script being his, he didnt mind as it was one of his lesser works.
c.
The word "fuck" is said 326 times in this 142-minute film, an average of 2.29 times per minute.
d.
This film was shot in 21 days.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
Dom DeLuise
s character, Victor Prinzi, is named after
Vic Prinzi
, a friend and former college football teammate of
Burt Reynolds
at Florida State University. Reynolds played halfback at FSU before an injury forced him out of football, and Prinzi was the quarterback.
b.
The on-screen relationship between Queen Clarisse Renaldi (
Julie Andrews
) and Joseph (
Hector Elizondo
) was not scripted. The dance scene and the underlying affection was added by the two actors. According to
Hector Elizondo
, "We felt that a romance after 50 was important to tell and it can be sensual and sexy while keeping your clothes on."
c.
Not screened for critics.
d.
The original script had an optimistic coda hinting that Jessica and David might wind up happily together, but
Jack Nicholson
couldnt get any chemistry going and neither could
Bob Rafelson
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
Another ending was way too sugary for the rest of the film, having Alisa, Julia, and Judith deciding to talk over their problems with a carton of ice cream, ending things on a way too perfect note considering the dark tone of the rest of the film.
b.
During his tirade at the Beverly Palms Hotel, Axel pretends to be writing an article called "Michael Jackson: Sitting on Top of the World" for Rolling Stone magazine. In real life, Playboy ran an article called "Eddie Murphy: Sitting on Top of the World."
c.
William Shatner
, in an interview on E! Entertainment Television, said that
David Warner
s character was going to have a prop that consisted of a self-lighting cigarette. According to Shatner, they simply forgot to use it in one of the scenes even though the prop actually worked and cost thousands of dollars.
d.
There are numerous James Bond references throughout the film, resulting in a rumor that
Albert R. Broccoli
had
Roger Moore
sign a contract which forbid him to spoof or make references to the James Bond character in any other non-Bond film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
Not only does
Steve Irwin
provide the voice for one of the elephant seals, but he was also originally cast to play an albatross that Mumble encounters as he crosses the ocean after the aliens. The albatross scene was cut from the final movie, but you can see it in the DVD extras. The scene was cut before animation was complete, so no actual animation existed until they were preparing the DVD for release. The director and the production crew felt that they needed to do something following Steve Irwins death, so they completed the scene and included in the DVD in remembrance of him.
b.
Sissy Spacek
s feature film debut.
c.
Ron Rice
, owner of Hawaiian Tropic, loaned his black Lamborghini to his buddies
Burt Reynolds
and
Hal Needham
. The same Lamborghini can be briefly seen in the background at the party of Big and Little Enos Burdette near the end of
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
.
d.
Pierce Brosnan
had no idea what the project was about when he signed on. The producers told him it was being filmed in Greece and
Meryl Streep
was starring. Brosnan said he wouldve signed on for anything involving Streep, describing her as "that gorgeous blonde I fancied terribly in Drama School."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
Jackie Chan
makes one of his first US film appearances. Inspired by
Hal Needham
s notion of including bloopers during the closing credits, Chan begins a tradition of doing the same in most of his movies from this point onward.
b.
Writer
Borden Chase
readily admitted that the storyline was
Mutiny on the Bounty
with saddles and stirrups.
c.
Actor
Bill Nighy
stated during a Q&A session at the British Film Institute in London in 2010 that in his opinion he regards
Richard Jenkins
performance in this film as one of the finest in motion picture history.
d.
Ridley Kraids workstation computer is actually a mid-90s Hewlett-Packard desktop using Windows 95. Director
Jack Kentala
found it in his parents attic. The hard drive crashed shortly after filming completed.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cannonball Run (1981)?
a.
Ferrin rescued an injured crow from the middle of a busy intersection just prior to shooting. The bird has since been rehabilitated and released.
b.
In the scene where Willy Wonka (
Gene Wilder
) drinks from a flower-shaped cup and then eats the cup, the cup itself was made of wax.
Gene Wilder
had to chew the wax pieces until the end of the take, at which point he spat them out.
c.
In the final chase, Coogan (
Clint Eastwood
) rides a 650cc Triumph TR6 motorcycle whilst Ringerman (
Don Stroud
) rides the 500cc Triumph T100 R Daytona upon which he appears with Linny (
Tisha Sterling
) in the picture displayed in Ringermans mothers flat.
d.
Victor (
Dom DeLuise
) tells J.J. (
Burt Reynolds
) that it is a good thing they have a doctor on board in case someone gets "swamp fever". This is a reference to
Smokey and the Bandit II
where Dom played a doctor Burt picks up. He was treating a patient for swamp fever.
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