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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Enforcer (1976) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Enforcer (1976) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976).
About the movie:
Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
Kazan began shooting in Istanbul, but was concerned that Turkish officials would object to some of the material content and moved his base of production to Greece.
b.
The original script was titled "Moving Target", and onward to the working original title "Dirty Harry III", before officially being titled "The Enforcer".
c.
The Chicago Elevated stop used in the sequence where Snyder chases Hooker is the 43rd Street station. There is still a stop there, on the current Green Line, but the building shown in the film was destroyed by a fire in 1974 and replaced in 1976. Though shown painted white in the movie, the old station probably would still have been the original natural brick color in the 1930s. The A/B signs on the platform are also an anachronism: skip stop service was not introduced until after WWII.
d.
This is the feature film version of the 16 min. short
Ellie Parker
, which was also directed by
Scott Coffey
and starred
Naomi Watts
in the leading role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
Shot primarily with massive banks of rechargeable LED flashlights with hooks on them, so they could be hung in the trees and bushes. PVC piping was fitted on light stands for hanging lights.
b.
At one point during the movie, a phone call is made from outside Candlestick Park (where the Giants are playing) to a pay phone that is in front of a bridge and a warehouse. The warehouse has since been torn down, replaced by AT&T Park (the home stadium of todays Giants). Fans walking to AT&T Park from the south cross the bridge to get there from the parking lots.
c.
Film debut of
Jennifer Love Hewitt
.
d.
Ivan Danko (Schwarzenegger) uses a gun called "Podbyrin 9.2 mm". Its actually a modified western Desert Eagle Magnum. The Podbyrin does not exist. Its a made up prop for the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
The film was originally and unimaginatively called "Dirty Harry III", before officially being titled as "The Enforcer".
b.
This movie is one of only two pictures starring
Charles Bronson
which use alliteration rhyming his last name with the pictures title. The words BRONSON - BREAKOUT share the same first two letters: "B" and "r". The other movie which also did this was
Breakheart Pass
, interestingly, made by the same director (
Tom Gries
) and also made in the same year.
c.
In a scene in Bergmans office,
Mike Wallace
tells
Lowell Bergman
, "I dont plan to spend the end of my days wandering in the wilderness of National Public Radio." In reality, Bergman left CBS in 1998 (not right after the
Jeffrey Wigand
piece, as depicted in the movie) to work for Public Television.
d.
William A. Wellman
was offered Gen. Williams.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
Frank Sinatra
broke one of his fingers when he hit the table, which was real and not a break-away prop, in the fight sequence with
Henry Silva
. Due to ongoing filming commitments, he could not rest or bandage his hand properly, causing the injury to heal incorrectly. It caused him chronic discomfort for the rest of his life.
b.
In the brothel, Harry gives his name as "Larry Dickman". According to Eastwood in
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
, this is a reference to a joke by
Don Rickles
.
c.
Director
Steven Spielberg
had to attend an early screening for
Swingers
in order to give approval for the use of the
Jaws
theme. There he was so impressed by
Vince Vaughn
that he offered him a part in this film.
d.
The time travel storm is the same special effect as seen in
The Lathe of Heaven
during the climatic dream sequence confrontation.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
Some of the cast and crew lived with
Michael Miserendino
while shooting
b.
Pat OMalley
is supposed to be in this film as "Onlooker", but he does not appear.
c.
Porky Pig and Speedy Gonzales are seen in the restaurant discussing how political correctness has affected their careers. Both characters have come under fire for insensitivity in recent years. Porky for his stutter, and the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts that featured Speedy Gonzales were pulled from the Cartoon Networks daytime and prime time line-ups. It was alleged that Speedy was "racially offensive" to Mexican people, a point which became moot when some representatives of the Latino community organized a movement to get Speedy back on the air.
d.
Body count: 13 (plus one man shot in the groin)
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
Actor
Edward Van Sloan
, who played Dr. Waldman in the film, appeared in the now-lost test reel with
Bela Lugosi
as the Monster. In an interview conducted shortly before his death, Van Sloan remembered that Lugosis makeup resembled The Golem, with a large broad wig and "a polished clay-like skin." Unfortunately, no footage of the test or any photographs of Lugosi in this makeup are known to exist.
b.
In 1980 a writer sued
Clint Eastwood
for plagiarism, accusing him of taking the title of the film from one of his works. Eastwood maintained that he was inspired by the
Humphrey Bogart
film
The Enforcer
(which was also owned by Warner Bros). The case was dismissed.
c.
Alfred Hitchcocks cameo in the film was directed by his daughter, Patricia Hitchcock.
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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and was not televised until many years afterward.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
Because of the hillbilly makeup, some of the hillbillies were not recognizable. However, three non-hillbilly cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear in the movie. These were (with their character names):
Eddie Acuff
(Roscoe Turner),
Irving Bacon
(Photographer) and
George Ovey
(Telegraph Operator).
b.
According to director
James Fargo
, the armed robber inside the liquor store improvised when he booted Harry in the ass.
c.
Grady (
Philip Stone
) never blinks once throughout the entire film. Lloyd (
Joe Turkel
) blinks twice: in his first scene, after telling Jack, "no sir, Im not busy at all," and in his second scene, when he tells Jack, "your moneys no good here."
d.
The Ambassador Hotel was being torn down as the film crew shot on the property.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
was turned down for the lead role because of his impenetrable Austrian accent.
b.
This is the only Dirty Harry film without the music of film composer
Lalo Schifrin
.
c.
Wesley Snipes
got the role of Regis after
Bruce Willis
dropped out.
d.
The Hamilton University Greek board building is also used in the film
Accepted
as part of the Harmon campus.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
The animation team fluctuated between 28 and 50.
b.
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.
c.
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.
d.
The writers of the original screenplay did not know how to get the script to
Clint Eastwood
. So they left it at The Hogs Breath Inn, Eastwoods Carmel, California restaurant.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enforcer (1976)?
a.
The film producers learned that Danny De Vito might not make his shooting dates because he was still shooting
Romancing the Stone
in Mexico and barely made it to the set in time.
b.
Ann-Margret
s first film
c.
The two militant organizations depicted in the film - the Peoples Revolutionary Strike Force and Uhuru - were modeled after two real-life militant groups, the Symbionese Liberation Army (which kidnapped
Patricia Hearst
) and the Black Panther Party.
d.
Hoping this film would make her a star, Warner Bros cast a relative unknown, 22-year-old
Patricia Neal
, after considering and then rejecting
Bette Davis
,
Ida Lupino
and
Barbara Stanwyck
for the female lead.
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