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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Good Son (1993) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Good Son (1993) Quiz
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About the movie:
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Son (1993)?
a.
Michael Klesic was originally cast in the role of Henry Evans in 1988. The film was soon later put on hold due to lack of funding. A couple years later Jesse Bradford was cast as Henry Evans because the original child actors had grown to old for their parts. The project was once again put on hold and the same problem happened. Then, was once again re-cast and finally shot and released in 1993.
b.
Shot October-November 1932. This was Charles Laughtons third Hollywood production, having already completed "The Old Dark House" and "The Sign of the Cross."
c.
A lawsuit by
A.E. van Vogt
, claiming plagiarism of his 1939 story "Discord in Scarlet" (which he had also incorporated in the 1950 novel "Voyage of the Space Beagle"), was settled out of court.
d.
American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1941-1950 erroneously lists the release date as 11 February 1949; this is incorrect. This film did not go before the cameras until June 1949; the IMDb release date of 11 February 1950 is correct.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Son (1993)?
a.
Director
Gus Van Sant
has been involved with the making of
Harvey Milk
projects for over fifteen years. For his unsuccessful attempt to film
The Mayor of Castro Street
in the early 1990s, many actors were under consideration for the role of Harvey Milk including
Robin Williams
,
Richard Gere
,
Daniel Day-Lewis
, and
James Woods
.
b.
Richard (in picture) and Connie are played by Macauleys real life brother and sister.
c.
Ben Affleck
was called for re-shoots on
Pearl Harbor
during principal photography on this movie.
d.
The character Dwayne was originally supposed to have a Mohawk.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Son (1993)?
a.
Both Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood were trained by the stunt coordinator, Jack Gill and rehearsed for 6 weeks prior to this scene so that they could be comfortable and act while hanging 180 feet above the water. When Macaulays character was dropped by his mother (Wendy Crewson) the movie needed a shot of the real Macaulay and not a stunt double falling away from camera on the actual cliff. After discussions with Macaulays parents and with Macaulay, he agreed to do a 30 foot fall on a cable on the actual cliff, 180 feet above a freezing Lake Superior, but he wanted one thing in return for this act of bravery; a BB gun. Macaulay performed the cable fall perfectly and was given his BB gun.
b.
Shooting for this film overlapped with shooting on
The Greatest Show on Earth
, and Emmett Kellys shots in the de Mille film had to be done when his schedule on "The Fat Man" permitted.
c.
Of the nine movies she made with
Spencer Tracy
, this was
Katharine Hepburn
s favorite.
d.
After
Twilight Zone: The Movie
, this movie marked the second collaboration between
Joe Dante
and
Michael Finnell
with
Steven Spielberg
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Son (1993)?
a.
The original title for the movie was suppose to have been Reach For Tomorrow.
b.
Much of the plot was derived from real events in the lives of Siamese twins
Daisy Hilton
and
Violet Hilton
: the sham-marriage for publicity; the difficulty getting a marriage license due to morals concerns; the vaudeville singing career.
c.
Jills high school is "Fernhill". Director
Simon West
went to a "Fernhill High School" in his native Herfordshire, England.
d.
The fight on the cliff between Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood at the end of the film was filmed on a cliff called Palisade Head in Silver Bay, Minnesota overlooking Lake Superior. In the story, it was supposed to be The Atlantic Ocean but a suitable rock face overlook could not be found, and after numerous weekend scouts all over the country, Silver Bay, Minnesota was chosen. For the angles looking down at the water, numerous power boats were used to churn up the water right before cameras were rolled to simulate the ocean waves. The cliff was 180 feet above the water, but the top ten feet of the cliff was manufactured. It was created on top of the actual cliff out of wood and plaster and coated with a rubber material so that the actors could roll around on it and fight as needed. The stunt riggers were hidden inside the fake cliff, controlling safety cables connected to the actors when they were hanging off the side of the cliff and then Macaulays character is dropped.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Son (1993)?
a.
The film was designed to jump on the huge success of
Jaws
.
Roger Corman
was known for producing films that were veiled imitations of more successful movies. But it still took a further three years to raise enough money to make the film. By which time
Jaws 2
had already been made.
b.
The sight on Henrys crossbow is a hood ornament from a Buick Riviera.
c.
According to director
Stephen Sommers
, Universal phoned him the morning after this movie was released and said, "We need another one."
d.
Gen. Mapaches headquarters, where the climatic shootout takes place between the Wild Bunch and Mapaches soldiers, was actually an abandoned winery outside the town of Parras in Coahuila, Mexico. The shootout that opened the film, which was when the Wild Bunch was ambushed by bounty hunters while robbing the railroad office in the Texas town of Starbuck, was actually shot on the Main Street of downtown Parras.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Son (1993)?
a.
Airport scenes in
Into the Night
and
Coming to America
have a call over the PA system for a "Mr. Frank Oznowicz" to pick up the white courtesy phone. This is
Frank Oz
s real name.
b.
Milk had to be added to the underwater set as the water was simply too transparent to be convincing.
c.
Tamra Davis
started as director of this film, with a script written by
Yolande Turner
and
Becky Johnston
. A few weeks into filming, the production company became unhappy with the direction the film was taking. They shut down production, replaced Davis with
Jonathan Kaplan
, had the script rewritten and sent the four main actresses off to "cowboy camp" to learn how to shoot, rope and ride.
d.
The original director
Michael Lehmann
was replaced due to clashes with
Macaulay Culkin
s father.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Good Son (1993)?
a.
Viktor (Bill Nighy), Lucian (Michael Sheen), and Selene (Kate Beckinsale) are the only characters/actors to appear in all three movies of the Underworld series. Each character has one movie in which they only appear in a flashback: Viktor and Lucian in Underworld: Evolution and Selene in Underworld: Rise of he Lycans.
b.
Was shot on exactly the same stages as
Moulin Rouge!
, also starring
Ewan McGregor
.
c.
Ted Healy
is actually credited as Ted Healy and His Stooges, but because the Stooges are also credited individually later (as Stagehands), he is listed just as Ted Healy.
d.
Due to the
James Bulger
case, the film was not released in cinemas in the UK. Instead, it went straight-to-video in 1995.
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