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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Getaway (1994) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Getaway (1994) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994).
About the movie:
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
The song "Dont Ask Me Not to Sing" is actually from the
Jerome Kern
musical "Roberta", which opened on Broadway in 1933. "Roberta" was filmed in 1935 (
Roberta
), but the song was omitted from the film version. It was, however, used in the 1952 Technicolor remake of "Roberta",
Lovely to Look at
.
b.
According to star
Robert Houston
the audition process for the film depended a lot on whether or not an actor could cry on cue.
c.
The hotel where
Alec Baldwin
and
Kim Basinger
stay at the end of the movie is the same as the one where
Steve McQueen
and
Ali MacGraw
stayed at the end of
The Getaway
.
d.
The film was shot in 20 days in June, 1982: nineteen days at the set in Venice, and one day on location at the Los Angeles Arboretum.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
Evans Ark never had a completed roof. Only the first few planks (closest to the bow) of roofing were present. Otherwise, only the framing trusses were erected. In studio post-production, the roof was completed digitally.
b.
In some earlier versions of the screenplay, the Icarus ships used rotating sections to provide artificial gravity. This is not used in the finished movie, so people experience normal Earth gravity everywhere while aboard the ships (apart from a short moment in the Icarus II airlock before it is re-compressed). An early storyboard shows the crew boarding the stricken Icarus I and finding that the only gravity is "sideways", towards the bomb.
c.
The final sequence as well almost every scene that takes place at night was filmed at a giant airplane (not dirigible as is often stated) hanger in Mobile, Alabama. The heat was unbearable, although it did not actually rain in the hanger as is often erroneously reported - the crew was only told that such a condition was possible because of the great humidity. There was a constant effort to get every arc light available to the location to film the reflections of the UFOs. Many lights in retirement from the Technicolor era were brought out of mothball for the spaceship sequences.
d.
Burton Gilliam
and
Slim Pickens
(from the original film) appeared together in
Blazing Saddles
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
Alec Baldwin
and
Kim Basinger
were a couple at the time that this film was made, the same as
Steve McQueen
and
Ali MacGraw
were when they starred in
The Getaway
.
b.
Nancy mentions taking a drug so she wont dream. This drug (Hypnocil) ends up being a major plot point in later Freddy movies.
c.
A special-edition DVD of the film was released in 2004, with an outrageously non-realistic colorization (the various characters who smoke all exhale brightly colored pastel smoke) and a satirical commentary track by
Michael J. Nelson
of
Mystery Science Theater 3000
.
d.
Early in development,
Fran Drescher
planned the movie to be a spin on
The King and I
, titled "The King And Oy" but legislatively faced the problem that FOX owned the rights. Therefore, she decided to pay homage to
Beauty and the Beast
instead.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
This was
Alfred Hitchcock
s last feature film in black and white, filmed November 30 1959-March 1 1960.
b.
During the scene where Carol (Basinger) is driving the car and Doc (Baldwin) is shooting from the back seat, a spent cartridge ejected from the gun hit Basinger on the lip. Filming stopped for over a week while the wound healed.
c.
At 12 minutes, Rhapsody in Blue is the longest segment.
d.
As a nod to the original comics, Clark Kent is seen briefly considering a phone booth as a place to convert into his alter-ego for the first time, before deciding on another solution.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
According to the review in "The New Yorker", this film was edited on a home computer.
b.
Average Shot Length = ~5.9 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.4 seconds.
c.
The filmmakers used the KOMO-TV studios in Seattle as sets - altering the logo to "KQMO-TV" - and many KOMO personalities make cameo appearances, among them
Dan Lewis
,
Margo Myers
, and
Steve Pool
.
d.
They were plans to do a sequel which never materialized.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
In a subplot of the film, which was cut, Frank Castle finds out that Howard Saint got his information from his friend FBI Agent Jimmy Weeks. He eventually stalks him and drives Weeks to commit suicide. This was included in the extended DVD cut.
b.
Byrum and Murray wrote the screenplay over the course of 18 months while driving around the United States.
c.
Bruce Willis
characters first name in this movie is Walter. Walter is also Bruce Willis actual first name, Bruce being his middle name.
d.
While at the dump, Doc is toying with a radio control car which is obviously a Volkswagen. In the original, this is the same type of vehicle in which Steve and Ali are setting as they converse during their dump scene.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
The man who sells his truck at the end is named "Slim". In
The Getaway
, this character was played by
Slim Pickens
.
b.
This is one of the most complicated musicals filmed for television. The movie contains sixteen musical sequences, several complex large-scale dance numbers, and cast members that are proud to display their actual singing voices.
c.
Part of the movie was filmed outside of Lane Technical High School. This occurred during a regular school day and the students were not allowed onto the portion of the lawn where filming occurred. They were also not allowed near the windows of the rooms looking out onto the lawn.
d.
The original draft of the combined script contained 657 pages.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Getaway (1994)?
a.
The two
Ray Noble and His Orchestra
songs used were not actually from the 1920s: "Midnight, the Stars and You" (played in the ballroom) was recorded Feb 16, 1934, and "Its All Forgotten Now" (heard faintly when Grady is talking to Jack in the bathroom) was recorded July 11, 1934.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 23, 1947 with
Nelson Eddy
and
Jeanette MacDonald
reprising their film roles.
c.
The dawn shot of Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas pursuing the orcs came about when
Viggo Mortensen
persuaded the second unit team to camp out on location. Mortensons efforts in organizing the overnight trip were so effective that actors and crew from the other film units, including
Miranda Otto
, came out to join him.
d.
While filming the scene in which Doc notices Rudy waiting in ambush outside his hotel room,
Michael Madsen
dropped his pants off camera in order to get the desired look of surprise out of Baldwin.
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