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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dancer Upstairs (2002) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Dancer Upstairs (2002) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Dancer Upstairs (2002).
About the movie:
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dancer Upstairs (2002)?
a.
The two stunt performers who doubled for
Monica Keena
and
Jason Ritter
melted their wigs because of high heat of fire on the set.
b.
The depiction of the dogs hanging was based on an actual occurrence where several dogs were found hanging from street lights in central Lima one December morning with profane messages denouncing Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (who Guzman thought had betrayed the communist revolution). The dynamite inserted into the dogs bodies was based on rumors that the hanging dogs may have contained explosives, though no explosives were actually found on the dogs when they were cut down.
c.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 25, 1946 with
Victor McLaglen
reprising his film role.
d.
The volcano shown at the beginning was Paricutin which erupted in 1943 and was active for about a decade.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dancer Upstairs (2002)?
a.
This movie contains the first product placement for a real world product of any
Quentin Tarantino
movie. When Esmerelda is waiting outside the arena for Butch we can clearly see THERMOS on the bottom of the cup she is drinking from.
b.
In the beginning of the film, one of the revolutionaries tells a checkpoint security guard that his dead dogs name is Tupac. Tupac Amaru was the last indigenous leader of the Inca people in Peru and Tupac Amaru II was the leader of the 1780s uprising in colonial day Cusco, Peru. (The late hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur is named after the latter).
c.
Producer
Richard P. Rubinstein
cameos in the film as the husband of the cheating housewife victim.
d.
Garry Marshall
: middle drummer in the coronation scene.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Dancer Upstairs (2002)?
a.
In May 1979 this became the first film to be awarded the Palme DOr at The Cannes Film Festival before it had actually been completed. Because the Cannes jury was unable to come to a unanimous vote, this film shared the Best Picture prize with
Die Blechtrommel
("The Tin Drum").
b.
"Doctor Dolittle" grew out of a massive attempt by Twentieth Century-Fox to duplicate its earlier success with
The Sound of Music
by producing three expensive, large-scale musicals over a period of three years,
Star!
and
Hello, Dolly!
being the others. All were released amidst massive pre-release publicity and all lost equally massive amounts of money for the studio. The result was that several top studio executives lost their jobs, and the studio itself went into such dire financial straits that it only produced one picture for the entire calendar year of 1970. In truth, it would never recoup its losses until a highly successful theatrical reissue of "The Sound of Music" in early 1973.
c.
All of Krista Allens scenes were shot over a two day period.
d.
The story is inspired by the Maoist insurgency in Peru known as the Shining Path. Its leader Abimael Guzmán, who was known by the nom de guerre President Gonzalo, was captured in an apartment above a ballet studio in the capital Lima in 1992. The ballet teacher Yolanda was based on Maritza Garrido Lecca, the woman in whose apartment Guzmán was found. Bardems character was inspired by Benedicto Jimenez and General Antonio Ketin Vidal, the leading figures responsible for Guzmáns capture.
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