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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Formula (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Formula (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980).
About the movie:
A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Novelist-writer-producer
Steve Shagan
got the idea for "The Formula" novel when he was doing research for the
Voyage of the Damned
screenplay.
c.
Appearing in this movie,
Victor Sen Yung
had previously starred in the
Humphrey Bogart
movies
Across the Pacific
and
The Left Hand of God
.
d.
The picture of Mayor Red Thomas on the election car in 1955 is set decorator
Hal Gausman
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
George C. Scott
was about fifty-three years of age and
Marlon Brando
was about fifty-seven years of age when this picture went into theatrical release.
b.
The final scene was shot in one take, whereas the party scene took four nights.
c.
The original Broadway production of "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" by
George M. Cohan
opened at the Gaiety Theater on September 19, 1910 and ran for 424 performances. The play later moved to the George M. Cohan Theater.
d.
John Garfield (real name Julius Garfinkle) was happy to take on the supporting role of Dave as he felt the films subject was one that needed to be heard.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
The rhyme about crows comes from the original comic book "The Crow" by James OBarr.
b.
Before the scene where Sherlock Holmes reenacts the black magic ceremony, we see a brief shot of an inn called The Punch Bowl. The Punch Bowl is the name of
Guy Ritchie
s pub in Mayfair, London.
c.
Marthe Keller
replaced
Dominique Sanda
on this picture.
George C. Scott
allegedly stated during rehearsal readings that that Sandas French accent was too thick for him to understand. Sanda was reportedly paid out her contract which amounted to approximately US $ 350, 000.
d.
The movie in large part was made because
Alfred Hitchcock
was fed up with the big-budget, star-studded movies he had recently been making and wanted to experiment with the more efficient, sparser style of television filmmaking. Indeed, he ultimately used a crew consisting mostly of TV veterans and hired actors less well known than those he usually used.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
A replica of a part of the Brooklyn Bridge was constructed on-set in Canada.
b.
M. Night Shyamalan
: [Philadelphia]
c.
The couple behind this film had no prior writing or directing experience.
d.
The MGM Studio offered to make this movie with novelist-writer
Steve Shagan
whilst he was still writing the novel of "The Formula". MGM had been influenced by the energy crisis media headlines of the time. The storyline of the novel and its filmed adaptation involves synthetic fuel.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
The Formula novel had been on Americas Top Ten Best Sellers list by the time
Steve Shagan
went to MGM Studios to write the screenplay for this picture.
b.
The old Asian immortal in Kells "Posse" is in real life
Adrian Paul
s martial arts instructor.
c.
Although the memories of many Los Angeles residents insist that this opened at the famous Cinerama Dome on Sunset Blvd., it actually opened at the Warners Cinerama Theater on Hollywood Blvd., and played there for months. It did not play at the Dome for several years.
d.
Constance Bergen
is in studio records/casting call lists for the role of "Doris," but she did not appear, although her character name is mentioned.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
Presentations of this film on television (broadcast, cable or home video) required preservation of the widescreen format. This presented a problem in the U.S. since certain F.C.C. technical regulations did not permit a portion of the screen to be left blank as in letterboxing. The problem was solved by making the area above and below the frame gray. The regulations have since been changed and letterboxing with black borders is now permitted.
b.
At one point
Seth Green
was considered to play "Jay" in the movie-within-a-movie which Jay and Bob are trying to stop. This is an inside joke. Gramercy Pictures didnt want Jason Mewes to reprise his role as Jay in
Mallrats
, and, up until the first day of shooting, tried to replace him with Green.
c.
Final film for
Marlon Brando
before his self-imposed retirement from acting. Brando did not appear in another feature film until
A Dry White Season
, a gap of almost a decade.
d.
A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for Preservation.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
Reportedy,
Marlon Brando
was paid US $ 2.75 million dollars for this movie. Brando worked eleven days and appears in only three scenes. Brando once said that he did this movie for the money as he had been broke at the time.
b.
In one scene, a seemingly maniacal ICE truck pulls up to a gas station that the brothers have pulled up to. In _Duel (1971/I) (TV)_, a likewise maniacal truck pulls up to our hero (David Mann) and a small billboard for ICE is visible in the background.
c.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1992.
d.
This and the three other films in the same package were originally supposed to be shot in Mexico City, but since
Boris Karloff
was suffering from pneumonia and had only one lung (the other had developed cancer and been removed), his doctors told him not to travel to Mexico City because of the thin air at its high altitude. So Karloffs scenes were shot in Hollywood instead.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
This movie represents a rare instance where a novelist (
Steve Shagan
) is also the producer of its filmed adaptation.
b.
Max Van Ville
auditioned for the role of Steve, but was cast as Paul instead.
c.
The fate of
Ann Sothern
s character is never revealed. At one point, she is locked in a closet and never seen again.
d.
According to
Simon Pegg
,
J.J. Abrams
wanted to emphasize the size of the ship and gave the Engine Room a highly industrial appearance; he explained to Pegg that he was inspired by
Titanic
, which depicted "a sleek ship with an incredible gut."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
Mary Steenburgen
and
Karen Black
were considered to play Grace Poole. Steenburgen was unable to fill in the role due to her contributions to
Back to the Future Part III
(also distributed by Universal Pictures).
b.
Final film as producer for writer-producer
Steve Shagan
.
c.
Weezer
recorded an acoustic version of "Happy Together" to be included in the film. However,
Spike Jonze
felt the original version by
The Turtles
was a better fit for the film.
d.
Rachelle Lefevre
was fired by Summit Entertainment from this movie, because her filming schedule overlapped with that of her other movie
Barneys Version
, and was replaced by
Bryce Dallas Howard
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Formula (1980)?
a.
As the Other Mother becomes her true self, we see more insect-like characteristics appear. The Other Mother is an expert at sewing, her clothes become reminiscent of an insects thorax and abdomen, and in her final form as a spider, the Other Mother hunts in her web (containing the bug furniture that resemble previously caught prey) by vibration just like a real spider.
b.
Morgan Freeman
, who has been a friend of
Nelson Mandela
for many years, prepared for his role as Mandela by watching some tapes of him to perfect his accent and rhythm of speaking. However, the most difficult part was Mandelas charisma, which could not be duplicated: "I wanted to avoid acting like him; I needed to BE him, and that was the biggest challenge. When you meet Mandela, you know you are in the presence of greatness, but it is something that just emanates from him. He moves people for the better; that is his calling in life. Some call it the Madiba magic. Im not sure that magic can be explained."
c.
As
Marlon Brando
was paid around the US$ 3 million mark for this picture and appears in only three scenes, it was remarked at the time that Brando was paid a million dollars for each scene.
d.
Michelle Monaghan
learned to drive a big rig for the film.
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