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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Goonies (1985) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Goonies (1985) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985).
About the movie:
A group of kids embark on a wild adventure after finding a pirate treasure map.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier. This was also one of the 12 Columbia titles, the other 61 all being Universals.
b.
The name "Rube G" can be seen painted on the contraption that opens the yard gate for Chunk near the beginning of the movie. This is in reference to
Rube Goldberg
, the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist who drew whimsical machines that achieved simple results in difficult ways.
c.
Warner Brothers originally wanted
Diahann Carroll
for the role of Lisa.
d.
This was the sixth feature-length talkie to be produced in color, after
On with the Show!
and
Gold Diggers of Broadway
. Three other all-color talkies were in production at the same time, all of them musicals. It was the first such project that was not a musical, and the first not to be produced by Warner Bros.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
Mary Surratts house remains as a historic museum in what was then Surrattsville, Maryland. The U.S. Post Office soon renamed the town Robeysville, due to the notoriety of the Surratt name. In 1879, Robeysville was renamed to Clinton, Maryland.
b.
Rosanna Arquette
,
Kim Basinger
,
Annette Bening
,
Joan Cusack
,
Geena Davis
,
Melanie Griffith
,
Jennifer Jason Leigh
,
Madonna
,
Demi Moore
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Sharon Stone
,
Emma Thompson
and
Debra Winger
were considered for the role of Helen.
c.
During Chunks (
Jeff Cohen
) confession scene, one thing he admits to is pushing his sister Edie down the stairs and blaming it on the dog. Cohens real-life sister is named Edie.
d.
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.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
The outdoor filming was done in New York City and the interiors were done in Hollywood. The latter included an exact duplicate of a Third Avenue bar, P.J. Clarkes, on Stage 5 at Paramount Pictures, complete down to the dusty stuffed cat on the top of the payphone.
Ray Milland
, who starred in the film, tells that for one week every afternoon at five oclock the door of the set would open, a man would walk up to the bar (whether filming was going on or not), order a straight bourbon, chat about the weather, plunk down fifty cents, and stroll out. It was the writer
Robert Benchley
, who was homesick for New York.
b.
When Edward sings "Curly Top" to Elizabeth, he says that her eyes "make the heavens proud to be blue."
Shirley Temple
s eyes are brown.
c.
Near the end of the movie, Data says something in Chinese and Chinese subtitles are shown. The subtitles translate to "He is a big strong man".
d.
The Japanese team that the California Dolls wrestled in the movie were the Jumping Bomb Angels, who were featured in the WWE in 1988 and 1989. One of the two, Itsuki Yamazaki, and her husband manage the Go Japanese Restaurant in NYC today (as of December 2010).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
Production Designer
J. Michael Riva
said in a National Public Radio interview that before shooting the first scenes with the prop map, he thought that it looked good but not old enough, so in his hotel room, he aged it with coffee and (when he couldnt find paint) his own blood.
b.
Fred MacMurray
campaigned for the role of Johnny Nolan and
Alice Faye
was at one time considered for Aunt Sissy.
c.
The band that plays before the Wyld Stallyns at the Battle of the Bands is Primus from El Sobrante, California. They play "Tommy the Cat".
d.
Paul Ford
and
Maureen OSullivan
reprised their roles from the Broadway play.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
Denzel Washington
turned down the title role.
George Clooney
also originally turned it down, saying he was skeptical on working with a first-time director.
b.
Robert Davi
, who is a trained opera singer, came up with the idea where he sings to Sloth.
c.
The film is dedicated to
Cliff Wenger Jr.
.
d.
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
were under contract to Universal Pictures, and their films were so successful that MGM made a deal with Universal to "borrow" the team for several pictures. This was the first one;
Lost in a Harem
and
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
were the others. However, each of the films was less successful than the previous one, and MGM canceled its agreement with Universal after the third film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
Originally set for a US theatrical release in 2004. Then two massive waves of layoffs were sustained at Miramax and Dimension, and the infamous Disney and Miramax split reached its height. This film thus remained in the Miramax vaults unreleased during this time of uncertainty. When the Disney and Miramax divorce was finally completed, numerous films under the Miramax and Dimension label were finally released theatrically.
b.
This title was released a week before 20th Century Foxs other X rated film
Myra Breckinridge
.
c.
Kevin Costner
was considered for the role of Jake Brigance, but wanted complete control of the project. Author
John Grisham
objected and Costner passed on the project.
d.
The bats were made of crumpled, black pieces of crepe paper that were shot out of an air cannon.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
The main villain of the video game Nicole Horne plays only a minor role in the feature film.
b.
The most rented video of 1995.
c.
In the original version of this film, the woman hired by Mikeys mother is a Hispanic named Rosalita (
Lupe Ontiveros
), and Mouth helps Mrs. Walsh by translating her commands into Spanish. In the Spanish version of this film, Rosalita becomes an Italian woman named Rossanna. The Italian used by the Spanish dubber is much better than the Spanish used by
Corey Feldman
.
d.
For her interaction with the animatronic robin,
Julie Andrews
had yards of control wires hidden under her costume and running up her sleeve.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
During filming
Steven Spielberg
and
Richard Donner
sent the boys to the Dodger Stadium for
Michael Jackson
s Victory concert.
b.
Una Merkel
later appeared as Kitty Riley in the 1952 film version of
The Merry Widow
, starring
Lana Turner
and
Fernando Lamas
.
c.
WON: Best Screenplay award to John C. Lyons at the Directors Chair Film Festival (2009)
d.
Tom Tully
and
Warner Anderson
who appear in this movie would also appear together in
The Caine Mutiny
and the police drama series
The Lineup
(a.k.a. San Francisco Beat).
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
On the DVD commentary,
Jeff Cohen
(Chunk) claims that the confession of puking off the theater balcony is not based on anything in real life. This is incorrect. The basis for the theater story was a real-life prank pulled by Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg
while growing up in Phoenix, AZ.
b.
CHAPTER TITLES: 1. Hostile Redskins; 2. Flaming Arrows; 3. Thundering Hoofs; 4. Attack at Dawn; 5. Buried Alive; 6. Flames of Vengeance; 7. Into the depths; 8. Paths of Evil; 9. The Snake Strike; 10. Riding Wild; 11. The Rustlers Clash; 12. Law and Order.
c.
The movie
Catherine OHara
is watching on television in the beginning of this film is
Jezebel
starring
Bette Davis
. She follows along with the dialogue suggesting she is very familiar with the movie. The dialogue is also repeated at the end of the film when OHara is teaching the acting students.
d.
With its initial box-office take of $41 million, "M*A*S*H" at the time was the second biggest grossing comedy, coming in just below
The Graduate
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Goonies (1985)?
a.
The name DREN is the word NERD in reverse. N.E.R.D. is also the laboratory where both Clive and Elsa work (it stands for Nucleic Exchange Research & Development).
b.
For the dream sequence,
Stanley Kubrick
used the negative image instead of the developed footage. This scene has been likened to the space corridor of
2001: A Space Odyssey
.
c.
The scene on the extended DVD version of the "Corsairs of Umbar" being attacked by the army of the dead includes several cameos.
Peter Jackson
is the one hit by Legolas arrow. (In the commentary, he states that he performed 6 or 7 takes of the hit - without any padding.) Co-producer
Rick Porras
is seen with a "look of horror" as the ghostly hoard attacks at the very end of the scene. Also in the scene are WETA supervisor
Richard Taylor
, prosthetics supervisor
Gino Acevedo
, and director of photography
Andrew Lesnie
.
d.
During filming,
Martha Plimpton
made a bet with director
Richard Donner
that she would stop biting her nails. Donner paid up several years later, while they were doing the DVD commentary.
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