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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Crazies (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Crazies (1973) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973).
About the movie:
The military attempts to contain a manmade combat virus that causes death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
John Hawthorne Smith
is a huge Red Sox fan and
Keith Panzarella
is a huge Yankees fan. During rehearsals, Smith wore a #20 Red Sox jersey (worn by
Kevin Youkilis
) and Panzarella wore a #20 Yankees jersey (worn by
Jorge Posada
). Both players are known for their intensity.
b.
The original plan had
Toni Collette
as Maggie Feller and
Sarah Michelle Gellar
as Rose Feller. After Gellar dropped out, Collette agreed to play Rose.
c.
Edith Bell
, who plays the lab tech., is the wife of the films presenter
Lee Hessel
.
d.
In an interview with key grip Kevin Murphy he recalled that for the films premier in Minneapolis, MN the crew built a boat dock outside the theater that the audience would cross as they entered.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
A lot of the audio mixing in The Crazies, particularly the voices of soldiers and extras and specific sound effects, were completed in post-production in the basement of Romeros Latent Image Studio.
b.
The heroine calling an Alien an "ugly mother..." is a reference to the two previous Predator films, in which both
Arnold Schwarzenegger
(
Predator
) and
Danny Glover
(
Predator 2
) refer to the Predators as such.
c.
Touchstone acquired the rights to
Nick Hornby
s book for $500,000 with
Mike Newell
attached to direct.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
In the film, Ike is the father of Tinas first child, Craig. In real life, Tina dated Raymond Hill, saxophone player for the Kings of Rhythm, before she met Ike. Hill was Craigs biological father; Ike adopted Craig when he and Tina got married. The movie also portrays Ike Jr. and Michael as the oldest of the four boys. In real life, Craig was the oldest, followed by Ike Jr. and Michael (Ikes children with Lorraine Taylor), then Ronnie Turner, Ike and Tinas only biological child.
b.
The original award-winning play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 27 November 1935 and had 669 performances. The opening cast included
Jerome Cowan
and
Allyn Joslyn
as Benson and Law, and Everett Sloane as Rosetti. There were 2 revivals, in 1943 and 1976.
c.
In a Newsweek interview promoting the film,
Clive Owen
said he wasnt afraid of badgers, and he doesnt like biscuits with tea because "He-men dont need biscuits."
d.
Filmed in Evans City, Pennsylvania. Many of the movies bit players were locals; several of the white-suited soldiers were actually high-school students.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
The large group of pigs outside the castle continuously tried mating. Buckets of cold water were used to separate them.
b.
Is on AFIs "Lost Films" list.
c.
This marks the final film appearance of actress
Glynis Johns
.
d.
In the scene where Clank is going crazy with the rifle in the woods he yells another goddamn bug!, ironically moments after a small fly can be seen landing on the upper corner of the camera lens.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
One day in the Warner Bros. studio commissary,
Mel Brooks
and the other writers were seated at a table opposite
John Wayne
("the Duke"). The Duke turned and said he had heard about their Western, the one where people say stuff like "blow it out your ass". Mel handed the Duke a copy of the script and said, "Yes, and wed like you to be in it." According to Brooks, the Duke turned down the offer the next day by saying, "Naw, I cant do a movie like that, but Ill be first in line to see it!"
b.
Tim Curry
s feature film debut.
c.
Audra Lindley
s last feature film.
d.
The burning house at the beginning of the film was a bit of serendipity for the films crew. The local fire department was burning down an old house to practice putting out the fire, and agreed to let the filmmakers set up and film the event.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
Entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as The Widest Film Print Run which means that it has a run of 8,517 copies sent out at the same time.
b.
No Hollywood stunt men were used in The Crazies. Local firemen and licensed fireworks professionals handled all of the action sequences, including the creation and employment of blood squibs.
c.
The original screenplay "What Nancy Wanted" was written by
Norma Barzman
, who was married to blacklisted writer
Ben Barzman
. She sold the script to
Hume Cronyn
, who planned to direct the film with his wife
Jessica Tandy
starring. Cronyn then sold the script to RKO, which assigned
Sheridan Gibney
to rewrite the script.
d.
This movie had two working titles: The Eagle Squadron and The Eagle Flies Again.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
At Amirs graduation, we dont hear his name announced - in the book, Baba and Amirs surname was never revealed, which raised a quandary in this scene of the screenplay. It was resolved by simply ending the scene as the name "June Kitagawa" is announced (at 54:16). The DVD commentary goes on to point out that for the prop book in the film, director
Marc Forster
asked author
Khaled Hosseini
to choose a last name to show on the dust cover and he choose "Qadiri" as shown at 04:03.
b.
First James Bond movie to take its title from an original
Ian Fleming
short story since
The Living Daylights
, a gap of twenty-one years. It is also the first time since this movie that James Bond has visited the opera.
c.
Cherie Currie
s first foray into acting. Prior to this film, she was known primarily as a singer.
d.
In the opening scene, Special Effects Technician for The Crazies,
Regis Survinski
plays the insane father who murders his wife and torches the house. The children of Cinematographer
S. William Hinzman
play the terrified kids in the scene. The house was originally slated for destruction by the local fireman as a practice run and Romero got permission to film the burning of it.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
Helen Hunt
, who plays Peggy Sue and Charlies daughter, is nine years younger than her mother (
Kathleen Turner
) and a year older than her father (
Nicolas Cage
).
b.
The word "fuck" is used 77 times in this movie.
c.
According to
George A. Romero
the only problem that ever came up with the people of Evans City, where the film was being shot, was about the filming of the final scene. In the conclusion Col. Peckem has to strip down and change clothes before being lifted off by the helicopter. Some of the locals saw the scene as it was being shot and took offense to the slight of a nude man outside. Romero said lawyers had to be called in to resolve the issue.
d.
Leo Gordon
, who plays a poker player here, wrote episodes of the original
Maverick
TV series, and made regular guest appearances as Big Mike McComb.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
S. William Hinzman
, the films cinematographer, cameos as the local that shoots at the feds operation station.
b.
Pierre Watkin
(Admiral) and
Lane Chandler
(Chief Petty Officer) are in studio records/casting call lists (with their character names) for this movie, but they did not appear or were not identifiable.
c.
Certain elements that were removed in earlier story treatments and cuts of the film were reintroduced in the final shot of Lewis workshop. One outstanding element is the anti-gravity boots, which can be seen to the right of the unfinished Carl the Robot, which Lewis used in a fight with Doris in an early storyboard.
d.
Charles Laughton
claimed that he based his Dr. Moreau appearance on that of his dentist.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Crazies (1973)?
a.
The budget for The Crazies was approximately $270,000 and it was Romeros first Union film but he also employed a lot of actors from Pittsburgh and non-professionals from Evans City and Zelienople.
b.
The character of
Dan Hedaya
(General Perez) was initially going to die in a decompression scene, with him being sucked through a small hole in a window. However,
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
thought this was a much too spectacular death for such a minor character, so this idea was used for the death of the Newborn. Hedayas eventual death scene (with him being bitten in the back of his head, and observing a piece of his own brain) was not approved by the studio, but was kept in the movie after the response of a test audience proved quite favorable.
c.
The address to the Swedish bio-chem firm that Whitacre used to steal money from ADM happens to be the address to a real bio-chem firm in Lund (Novozymes Biopharma AB). Novozymes had nothing to do with the events depicted in the film though, as the company was founded in 2000.
d.
Crossmans office is a replica of producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
s.
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