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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Driller Killer (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Driller Killer (1979) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Driller Killer (1979).
About the movie:
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driller Killer (1979)?
a.
Linda Darnell
spent a week working as a waitress in the Fox Commissary to prepare her for her role.
b.
Director
Ross Hockrow
was almost forced to play the character Ian.
c.
Title is mentioned in the song "Nasty" by The Damned - a song about horror movies that were banned in the U.K. after the Video Recording Act of 1984.
d.
Jeff Morris got the inspiration for this script when his long-term relationship was effected by his twin brothers engagement.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driller Killer (1979)?
a.
Reportedly, a number of different endings were shot when producers and test audiences were unhappy with the results.
b.
This film was originally completed in 1975, but not released. Director
Al Adamson
shot some new footage in 1981, edited it into the film and released it under its present title.
c.
James OHara
s final film.
d.
In the original stage play the character Nathan Wallace did not die.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driller Killer (1979)?
a.
An alternate ending was written where Taylor, Brent and Nova escape the underground city prior to the detonation of the bomb, which was not a doomsday device as it is in the finished film. They return to Ape City and, along with Zira and Cornelius, release the humans from the cages and a new order is begun. The script ends hundreds of years later with the Lawgiver teaching a group of ape and human children, who sit in harmony together. The final shot of the script shows a mutated gorilla emerging from the underground and fatally shooting a flying dove. (The "Lawgiver Scene" was resurrected as the framing structure for
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
.)
b.
Nick Nicotera
plays the role of a BETA fraternity member in the Greek Board, however, it is completely coincidental that he is best known for his role in
American Pie Presents Beta House
. The shirts for the fraternities in the film were printed months before
Nick Nicotera
was cast for the role.
c.
Joan Crawford
was an avid collector of Margaret and Walter Keanes "sad eyes" paintings and befriended the couple and tried to incorporate their work into her films. In the film, during the interior scenes of the neighbors (Mrs. Bates) house, several Keene paintings can be seen displayed on the walls.
d.
Abel Ferrara
claims that the guy cleaning the Taxi cab windscreen near the beginning of the film was
Bruce Willis
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driller Killer (1979)?
a.
The seating of the two leads was crucial to certain scenes. For their more intimate exchanges, Cruise would sit directly behind Foxx, out of his peripheral vision and therefore making him more vulnerable and uncertain of his opponent.
b.
IndependentCritics.com named the poster for "The Sin of Nora Moran" as the #1 poster of all time in their Top 100 List.
c.
The docudrama being about human tragedy, the producers decided to include real homeless people as a part of the movie crew (on payroll) to be a part of the project.
d.
Could have easily escaped the UK video nasty list if the original pre-VRA video cover wasnt so graphic. it featured a very bloody close-up of a drill boring into a mans head with lots of blood. The video cover was featured in video catalogues and received many complaints.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driller Killer (1979)?
a.
This is the film
Catherine OHara
is watching on television at the beginning of
For Your Consideration
. She follows along with the dialogue suggesting that she knows the film very well. The same dialogue is also spoken at the end of the film when OHara is teaching the acting students.
b.
According to a recently published biography of director
Victor Fleming
, he and playwright
Maxwell Anderson
were both deeply dissatisfied with the finished film. For some reason, Fleming actually felt embarrassed by it, and Anderson was especially disappointed that the film did not retain the play-within-a-play structure of "Joan of Lorraine", the stage drama on which "Joan of Arc" was based.
c.
Though most of the film is based on true events, the films main character, Mann (
Ving Rhames
), is a fictional creation.
d.
Banned in the UK until 1999.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driller Killer (1979)?
a.
The toeless feet of character "Montgomery Wick" seen at the beginning of the film actually belong to mountaineer
Mark Whetu
, who lost his toes while spending a night outdoors above 28,000 feet during a 1994 attempt on Everest.
b.
Abel Ferrara claims that half of this movie was shot in 1978 and the other half was shot in 1979. This explains why the actors hair styles and looks in general change quite frequently during the movie.
c.
Agent Walker always runs or is in fast motion (such as falling) when entering/exiting time. Senator McComb walks when entering/exiting time. This signifies that one has plenty of "time" and the other doesnt.
d.
A scene involving two zombies playing poker, with one of the zombies betting a live turtle, was cut from the final version of the film. The day after filming the scene, the turtle was returned to the local pet store.
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