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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Frighteners (1996) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Frighteners (1996) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Frighteners (1996)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996).

About the movie: After a car accident in which his wife, Debra, was killed and he was injured, Frank Bannister develops psychic abilities allowing him to see...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		In between shots at the house in Beaver, PA, Michael Douglas could be seen hitting golf balls into the Ohio River.
b.		Brad Pitt reportedly left the project after Nicole Kidman dropped out and her replacement had not yet been found. Once Angelina Jolie signed on, he returned to the project.
c.		It was Jeffrey Combs who suggested the Hitler-inspired haircut for his character, to show Milton Dammers extreme sense of nationalism after serving his country for so long. Combs also suggested two ear appliances, which made his ears stick out quite comically, and several of Dammers chest tattoos.
d.		Several Ewok lines are in the Filipino (Tagalog) language. Most Ewok lines, however, were inspired by the Kalmuck language, spoken by nomadic tribes living in Central China.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		Trini Alvarado sustained so many bruises working on the film, receiving new ones almost every day, that the make up department would take pictures for future reference.
b.		Shot in the same house Creep Creepersin grew up in.
c.		Early versions of the script used the words "sex menace", "frustrations", "libido" and "tomcat" in scenes involving the character of Mary Carmichael. These were eliminated when PCA director Joseph Breen strongly objected.
d.		The "Rich Woman" attacked by the naked TX was planned to have attempted to use an ATM that wouldnt respond, but there wasnt time to film it. If this scene had been included, it would have been one of several indications (Kates cell phone, the lack of TV reception at the AM/PM) that the computer virus is taking over.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		Roland Emmerich told MTV the cover-up name for this film was "Farewell Atlantis", which is the title of lead character Jackson Curtis book.
b.		Based on the 1995 teen novel by Paul Fleischman, a spoof of young adult horror novels popular at the time.
c.		When The Bride is walking towards the stairs in the House of Blue Leaves to fight the first round of bodyguards you see a shot taken from underneath through the glass floor. The bottom of her shoes reads "Fuck U".
d.		Was originally planned as a Tales from the Crypt feature, but producer Robert Zemeckis liked the script so much, he decided it should stand on its own and not be part of a series.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		For most of the killings they used a gun that essentially fired fake blood at the characters instead of squibs. This unfortunately created too realistic of an effect resulting in them having to edit out much of the deaths for the censors.
b.		The Russian cannibal creep referred to by Bartlett is Andrei Chikatilo, really a Ukrainian.
c.		There is a scene in this movie in which Death Eaters, led by Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter) and Fenrir Greyback (Dave Legeno), attack The Burrow where Harry, The Weasleys, Lupin, and Tonks are staying. This particular scene was not in the book, but was made just for the movie to serve as a representative of all the news reports, which are scattered around in the source novel, about various attacks by Death Eaters on the wizard community. It was considered to provide better pacing for a movie to have Harry actually experience one such attack first hand, rather than hearing/reading about those that kept happening to some other students, or their relatives.
d.		Some of the closeup shots of the racing horses were achieved by attaching lightweight digital cameras to sticks and positioning them close to the horses as they galloped around the track. The horses got used to it, but the jockeys were sometimes startled by them.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		Barbra Streisand sings only intermittently in this movie and only as part of one comic interlude where she attempts to compose a country n western song on a musical organ at her house.
b.		The film was not released to theaters in Tasmania. The Port Arthur Massacre rather spookily mirrored the films content and it happened not long before the films release. It was released on video and subsequently broadcast.
c.		Sun Ra wrote all of his own lines for the film.
d.		WILHELM SCREAM: Heard when one of the anti-drug agents is hit by gunfire during the raid on a Tijuana nightclub.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		The interiors were part of a set on Warners Stage Three, which had been constructed for the Errol Flynn-Dorothy Malone film "Too Much, Too Soon." In addition, the budget conscious Schenck used cinematographer Carl Guthrie from the earlier film because his experience with the set allowed him to light the scenes quickly.
b.		Danny Elfman was so impressed with Peter Jacksons previous movie, Heavenly Creatures, that he offered to do the score for one of Jacksons next movies, and agreed to this movie without even knowing what it was about.
c.		The song that plays on the radio when father Karras enters his house is "Istoria mou,amartia mou" by Rita Sakellariou.
d.		The role of Lucy was written for Demi Moore. Sandra Bullock took the role, saying she could relate to it having just broken up from a four year relationship.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		The lake Herbie drives through is the same lake Herbie skipped on top of in The Love Bug.
b.		In a print interview released around the same time as the film, Shelley Duvall admitted that kids used to call her Olive Oyl when she was in grade school.
c.		Ranked #1 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Mystery" in June 2008.
d.		Michael J. Fox repeatedly blew his lines by calling John Astins character "Doc" - the name of Christopher Lloyds character in the Back to the Future movies.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		The premiere was held in Grand Rapids, MI, author Chris Van Allsburgs hometown.
b.		Amusement park trams were rented to carry ballroom scene extras across the studio lot, in order to prevent their makeup and costumes from getting dirty or damaged.
c.		As an inside joke, the black-and-white footage of Johnny Bartletts trial contains many cameos of crew members on the picture.
d.		The twenty-ninth of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		The music video for Tupac Shakurs 1996 hit "California Love" was shot at the Thunderdome set and features vehicles and clothes inspired by the Mad Max series.
b.		During Ray Lynskeys funeral you can see Frank Bannisters house burning down in the background (not clearly, you can see a large orange blur directly behind Lucy). It was burned by the film crew because they had finished filming there.
c.		Adapted from a Broadway play by Louis N. Parker. The original stage production of "Disraeli" also starred George Arliss and opened on Sep 18, 1911 at Wallacks Theatre in New York and ran for 280 performances. It was revived in 1912, 1917 (again with George Arliss) and 1927.
d.		How the character Meatloaf got her name of Meatloaf was based on a true story.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Frighteners (1996)?
a.		There is a point where a body double was used for the girl in red. They are the only scenes where the girls face is not shown.
b.		As the script for the movie was being written, the battle for Bataan was still being fought. The screenwriters were constantly updating the script based on the latest news from the front.
c.		Weta Digital Ltd, Peter Jacksons special effects company, had to expand their capacity from 1 to 35 computers in order to meet the visual effects demands for this movie.
d.		The meaning and relevance of the "glass booth" of the films title is that it is a bulletproof glass booth placed in a courtroom to prevent the possibility of an assassination of the films main character, subject and hero, Jewish Arthur Goldman, Nazi concentration camp survivor, who is on trial for war crimes, and may or may not be former Nazi SS Colonel Adolf Dorff, perpetrator of World War II atrocities. In film history, more often booths and cages have been shown in court-rooms in movies where usually serial killers have been on trial.

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