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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Buck Howard (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Buck Howard (2008) Quiz
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About the movie:
A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Buck Howard (2008)?
a.
Cab Chamberlain, played by Joe Morton, has the same first name as the musician
Cab Calloway
, who played Curtis in the
The Blues Brothers
. Cab Chamberlain is the biological son of Curtis. It would seem that Joe Mortons character is named after Calloway in his honor.
b.
The way Buck Howard finds his check at the end of his show is not the way The Amazing Kreskin (on whose career the movie is loosely based) used and still uses. The method was depicted differently probably for dramatic purposes.
c.
Comedian
Redd Foxx
received special mention in the closing credits, for the use of one of his jokes in this exchange between Bill (
Richard Gere
) and Linda (
Linda Manz
): "I saved your life today." "How?" "I killed a shit-eating dog."
d.
Final film of
Wally Cassell
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Buck Howard (2008)?
a.
Paige Conner
wore a bald cap for her scene in the greenhouse. All the other kids in the greenhouse scenes had their heads shaved.
b.
The first bar and the last bar of music on the soundtrack is taken from the last bar of music from Puccinis tragic opera Madama Butterfly. Perhaps a reference to the deleted dream sequence of the heroine giving birth to a butterfly.
c.
The Las Vegas scene was filmed in Hollywood on the same set that was used for the Palace Hotel Ballroom scene in
The Blues Brothers
.
d.
The full title of the stage play behind this movie is Compleat Female Stage Beauty, which was reportedly the advertising poster slogan for Kynastons female impersonations.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Buck Howard (2008)?
a.
The roofs of the "Chicken Walkers" bear an uncanny resemblance to the roofs of the gun turrets on WWII German Tiger tanks-especially the small railings that these tanks had.
b.
LeVar Burton
: the night watchman elf that Blizzard eludes to "borrow" the skates for Katie.
c.
Real-life father and son
Tom Hanks
and
Colin Hanks
also play father and son in the movie.
d.
The picture of a younger
Gene Hackman
shown in a white shirt and tie, supposedly from his NSA file, is actually taken from
The Conversation
. In that film Hackman also plays a surveillance expert who, like his character Brill in this movie, has his workplace in an industrial warehouse.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Buck Howard (2008)?
a.
Kevin Kline
was originally going to play Buck Howard.
Colin Hanks
stated this in an interview at the premiere of
Zathura: A Space Adventure
.
b.
Joshua Jackson
(Damon Brooks) cranks his car before he takes Natalie to "that" spot in the woods; when it cranks the radio plays Paula Coles "I Dont Want to Wait" from the TV show
Dawsons Creek
also starring Jackson.
c.
Studio executives were against casting
Debra Winger
in the lead role at first. Director
James Bridges
threatened to quit the film unless she was cast. They eventually approved the casting.
d.
Quentin Tarantino
owns one of the only 35mm copies of the film left in existence. He claims this is his favorite "comedy" of all time.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Buck Howard (2008)?
a.
Writer/Director
Daniel Magro
first met the author of the story the film is based on in a Starbucks by accident.
b.
Georgia Chris
replaced
Barb Dunn
as Senator Ord.
c.
Screenwriter
Robert Rodat
called the final battle a hybrid between the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and the Battle of Cowpens: The mixture of militia and Continental army in the battle. The militias reputation of not holding and the tactic of using that to lure the British in. The militia only firing a couple of volleys before a planned retreat to a secondary line composed of the Continental army. The Continental army firing and then performing a bayonet charge.
d.
The character of "Troy Gabel" is based on director
Sean McGinly
s experiences as road manager for The Amazing Kreskin, on which The Great Buck Howard is loosely based.
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