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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Detective (1968) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Detective (1968) Quiz
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About the movie:
Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a homosexual man. While investigating, he discovers...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Detective (1968)?
a.
Film was completed in 2002, but not given a DVD release until 2006.
b.
Lexie Bigham
died in a road accident shortly after completing this movie.
c.
Among the people in the courtroom during the dramatic closing speech is a young
Bruce Willis
.
d.
Tom Atkins
film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Detective (1968)?
a.
Besides Ethan Hunt, Luther Stickel (
Ving Rhames
) is the only character to appear in all three films.
b.
The author,
Dodie Smith
, noted that her favorite cel in the movie, was the one where Pongo stretches while lying on a window sill near the beginning.
c.
Frank Sinatra
was supposed to costar with his wife,
Mia Farrow
in this film but a film Farrow was working on was running behind schedule, so she refused. Sinatra got so mad, he made the film without her (casting
Jacqueline Bisset
in the role instead) and served her divorce papers on the set of that film,
Rosemarys Baby
.
d.
At the start of the movie, when Uma Thrumans character is flipping through radio stations, one of the songs you hear is "Shes not there" by The Zombies (1964), which was covered under the title "About Her" by
Malcolm McLaren
. That cover was used in
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
which Uma also starred in.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Detective (1968)?
a.
Nick Stahl
s feature-film acting debut.
b.
Kristen Johnston ran lines with actor Kevin Casper prior to filming.
c.
Everyone on the crew had a role to play in the film (as an actor) except for Assistant Director/Art Director Wanda Lilly. When asked to play a role in the film, she said "No, Im doing too much already."
d.
Mark Robson
was originally set to direct, but
Frank Sinatra
preferred
Gordon Douglas
with whom he had made four previous films. Robson and Sinatra had clashed while making
Von Ryans Express
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Detective (1968)?
a.
During the Student Government campaign: The Seven Dorks are carrying wooden campaign signs over their shoulders. As they pass Rachel, one says Hi Ho, and another says Bye Ho. This is a clear allusion to the scene in
Walt Disney
s
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
when the dwarfs sing Hi Ho with the signs replacing the pickaxes.
b.
Valerie Perrine
sought the lead role of Xaviera Hollander however the United Artists movie studio felt Perrine should not do this movie as it would distract attention away from her performance in
Lenny
which could get her an Academy Award nomination. Perrine did get Oscar nominated as Best Actress in a Leading Role for
Lenny
.
c.
Francis Ford Coppola
wanted to cast actor
Timothy Carey
but Carey turned the part down so he could film a television pilot.
d.
Robert Evans
had acquired the rights to "The Detective" and was supposed to produce the movie for Twentieth Century-DFox, which had signed him to a contract. (He had earlier worked for Fox as an actor.) When
Charlie Bluhdorn
, the owner of Paramount, offered Evans a job as the head of European production at Paramount, Evans had to surrender the project to get out of his Fox contract.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Detective (1968)?
a.
According to
Shia LaBeouf
, in order to become emotional for Ethans funeral scene, he listened to
Judy Garland
s "Over The Rainbow" in which he stated that he "breaks down" when hearing that song.
b.
MGM themselves cut 17 meters of this movie to make it pass the Swedish Censors for cinema distribution in 1938. The Swedish Censor Number is 58.401.
c.
While filming the scene in the back of the cab
Marlon Brando
would leave every day for a psychiatrist appointment before
Rod Steiger
could film his lines with a double standing in for Brando. Steiger was very hurt by Brandos apparent disregard to a fellow colleague and was not able to forgive him until many years later.
d.
First film of
Don Fellows
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Detective (1968)?
a.
Russian "Yaks" were portrayed by Lockheed T-33As. Dark paint on the lower fuselage obscured the jet intakes, and the tip of the vertical stabilizer was painted light gray to change its outline.
b.
Marti Frederiksen
provided the lead singing vocals for
Jason Lee
as Jeff Bebe. We do, however, hear Jason Lees actual voice singing the song "Cover of the Rolling Stone" when Jeff Bebe learns that Stillwater will make the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
c.
Jabba the Hutts full name is Jabba Desilijic Tiure.
d.
Frank Sinatra
plays Detective Joe Leland from the novel (The Detective) by
Roderick Thorp
. Thorp wrote a sequel (Nothing Lasts Forever) where Leland is trapped in a Claxxon Oil Corporation skyscraper after its taken by German terrorists and must rescue his daughter and grandchildren. Twenty years later the novel was filmed with some changes: the daughter became his wife, Claxxon became the Nakatomi Corporation and Joe Lelands name was changed to John McClane. The film was released under the title
Die Hard
.
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