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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Driver (1978) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Driver (1978) Quiz
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About the movie:
"The Driver" is specialist in a rare business: he drives getaway cars in robberies. His exceptional talent prevented him from being caught yet...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driver (1978)?
a.
Unlike the scenes for the bed and breakfast, the scenes at the piano teachers home were indeed filmed inside the actual house, right in the front room as it appears in the film.
b.
Michael Small
composed a complete musical score for this film, but director
James Bridges
and the producers of the film did not like it. This is why the film was completely devoid of music except for the song sung by
Stephen Bishop
at the beginning of the film. In 2009 Intrada Records released and extremely limited (1000 copies) CD of Smalls score which sold out in 24 hours.
c.
In the original draft for
Bill Murray
s character, sexual obscenities were written on Peter Venkmans door; but
Ivan Reitman
wanted to make his film a target audience for families so the phrase "Venkman Burn in Hell" was added. In fact, this is a nod to the final scene in
Stephen King
s
Carrie
- where there is a for-sale sign on the vacant lot where Carries house once stood, and someone has graffitied it with "Carrie Burn in Hell".
d.
The titular driver is a man of few words - 350 in all.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driver (1978)?
a.
Nancy Chartier
was cast in
Divine Souls
as Kerri and shortly after, her real life husband, co-star
Rocky Muether
, was cast as her love interest, Gavin. Halfway through filming though, Nancy informed the films director,
James McDonald
, that they were getting a divorce. James was worried that it would interfere with the remainder of the film that still had to be shot but Nancy reassured him that they remained good friends and on good terms and there was no problem completing the film.
b.
Cheryl Smith
had a sizable co-starring role in the original longer cut of the film, but the subplot involving her character wound up being excised and subsequently all of her scenes got cut out as well. Director
Walter Hill
regretted cutting these scenes and spoke favorably about Smiths acting skills.
c.
Despite the rise in No Limit Texas Holdem interest in conjunction with this films release, the characters play a wide variety of poker variants: No Limit Holdem is played with Teddy KGB at the beginning and end of the film, the Judges game is a 7 card Stud game, the College Boys are playing Stud variants (notably Chicago), when Worm and Mike go the Chesterfield the first time the game is Forced Rotation (alternating hands of Holdem, Omaha, Razz, Stud usually), Worm plays 7 card Stud later at the Chesterfield, the Taj Mahal game is Limit Holdem, the Union game is a Draw or Stud game, Mike plays Draw or Stud (it appears in the short scene)with the Greeks, the Cigar Club game is 7 card Stud Hi-Lo, the Golf pro game is a Pot Limit Omaha/Stud game, and the State police game is 7 card Stud. By the way all the games played are part of the World Series of Poker competition (though the main event is No Limit Texas Holdem)
d.
Whilst the film was in pre-production, some filming of background shots occurred during August 2007, long before principal photography was scheduled to start. This was because of the Palio di Siena Horse Race which forms the opening to a chase sequence through the medieval architectural town of Siena and its famed Bottini underground aqueduct which evokes
From Russia with Love
and its Basilica Cistern.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driver (1978)?
a.
A key actress dropped out at the last moment, causing frantic rewrites, which still did not fill the entire script. Because of this, much of the onscreen dialogue in the first third of the film was improvised.
b.
This film was originally intended to be over two hours long. For years even the VHS tapes had said the length was over two hours, although it was always 90 minutes on those tapes, on cable TV, and now on DVD. Only once was the longer version shown, in a theater in Hollywood by director
Walter Hill
. This directors cut involved more chase scenes and character development.
c.
Greer Garson
met future husband
E.E. Fogelson
, an acquaintance of
Peter Lawford
s, on the set of this movie.
d.
The back cover of the VHS version features a picture of Sturgis being restrained by a security guard during one of their "Midnight" runs. This is obviously from a scene that was cut from the final edit of the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driver (1978)?
a.
Some of the brainwashing stickers read "Intelligent Design Makes Perfect Sense To Me!" and "Its a Womb, Not a Woman".
b.
Sylvester Stallone
was in talks for this film.
c.
This film contains the last on-screen singing performance by
The Andrews Sisters
, who share with
Bing Crosby
the saucy Latin-swing hit, "You Dont Have to Know the Language" (music by
Jimmy Van Heusen
, lyrics by
Johnny Burke
). This number was revived splendidly by
Lena Horne
on two RCA Victor albums: "Songs by Burke and Van Heusen" (released in 1959), and "Lena at the Sands" (recorded live in Las Vegas, November 3-5, 1960).
d.
Tommy Lee Jones
is seen wearing a "Cowboy Bar" shirt which is from the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming. This was a favorite bar for
Clint Eastwood
and where he shot one of his last scenes in
Any Which Way You Can
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driver (1978)?
a.
The subplot involving
Bruce Willis
refusing to shave his beard for a movie is based on a real life incident writer/producer
Art Linson
had with
Alec Baldwin
on the set of
The Edge
.
b.
This is the only film to debut at the two largest theaters in New York, the Roxy and Radio City Music Hall, simultaneously. The total searing capacity was about 10,000, and it sold out every performance at both theaters.
c.
Not one character has a name in this movie, and are all addressed by their occupation; e.g. "the Driver".
d.
HIDDEN MICKEY: A Mickey Mouse watch hangs on the walls in the Rescue Aid Society mouse organization building.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Driver (1978)?
a.
Kubrick originally wanted approximately 70 takes of the scene where Halloran (
Scatman Crothers
) gets killed by Jack Torrance, but
Jack Nicholson
talked Kubrick into going easy on the 69-year-old Crothers and stopping after 40. At one point during the filming, Crothers became so exasperated with Kubricks notorious, compulsive style of excessive retakes that he broke down and cried, asking "What do you want, Mr. Kubrick?"
b.
The music played by the orchestra (when the conductor scolds Drew for interrupting with his own composition) is from "Scheherazade" by Rimsky-Korsakov.
c.
According to the directors commentary, when you see the shot of the truck exploding into the petrol station the helicopter in the sky is a shot from the original that was added in post-production.
d.
This film was originally written for
Steve McQueen
.
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