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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Horror of Party Beach (1964) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Horror of Party Beach (1964)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964).

About the movie: Sea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		After Jim Harrisons novella was published in 1979, the film version of Revenge became something of a hot property in Hollywood, and had numerous directors attached over the years. Amongst these were John Houston, Sydney Pollack and Jonathan Demme.
b.		Assistant director Wayne Tippit plays one of the two drunks killed by the monster.
c.		Jacob and Robert Marley tell Scrooge to leave comedy to the bears. Statler and Waldorf, who play the Marley brothers, are known for constantly heckling Fozzie Bear for his poor comedy.
d.		Drew Barrymore really wanted Bon Jovis "Living on a Prayer" in a flashback scene. However, the rights to the song were too expensive, so Barrymore called Jon Bon Jovi told him how much she loved the song and how important it was to her that it be in the scene, and Bon Jovi found a loophole to enable them to use the song.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		Nancy Kyes was considered for the role of Rizzo.
b.		Real fighters were hired as jobbers to make the fighting sequences more realistic.
c.		The character "Enyx" is named after The Enix Corporation (now Square Enix), publishers of such video games as Dragon Warrior and Xevious.
d.		Director Del Tenney said he kept the monster suits from this film for years afterward and wore them at parties for laughs.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		Rachel was originally supposed to be stabbed in the throat with scissors but the actress, Ellie Cornell, felt it was too gruesome an end for her character, so it was changed.
b.		Joe Pesci was Mike Newell (I)s first choice for Nicky.
c.		Film was shot on location at Mount Spokane High School in Mead, Washington. The majority of the cast attended there including writer/director Brian McCauley Johnson and director of cinematography Timothy A. Burton.
d.		Horror author Stephen King cites this as one of his favorite films.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		Del Tenney shot this film back-to-back with his film The Curse of the Living Corpse. It was released on double feature with The Horror of Party Beach.
b.		First speaking lead role for Mel Brooks. His first lead role had been in Silent Movie where there was no dialogue.
c.		According to reports, Heath Ledger nearly broke co-star Jake Gyllenhaals nose while filming a kissing scene.
d.		Matt Damon did not have any previous experience playing golf; he spent a month with golf pro Tim Moss in Hilton Head, South Carolina, to prepare for the role.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		The Japanese newspaper article on Frank Flannagan does not mention him, but rather reads "The great newspaper king Kane dies". This is the same article from Citizen Kane, with the name and picture of Frank Flannagan added in.
b.		The director and producers were contacted by several talk shows, including Good Morning America, The Today Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show to not only air the clip but to have the bride and groom come on their show to talk about the incident.
c.		Ivana Turchetto, who played Big Mama, agreed to have her head shaved for $1000.
d.		A promotional sign was posted at every theater showing this film which stated: "FOR YOUR PROTECTION! We will not permit you to see these shockers unless you agree to release the theatre of all responsibility for death by fright!" Moviegoers actually had to sign a "Fright Release" before they entered the theater.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		As part of his contract, Marlon Brando only worked till 4 every day and then he would leave to go see his analyst. Brandos mother had recently died and the conflicted young actor was in therapy to resolve his issues with his parents. Interestingly, for the films classic scene between Rod Steiger and Brando in the back of the cab, all of Steigers close-ups were filmed after Brando had left for the day, so his lines were read by one of the crew members. Steiger remained very bitter about that for many years and often mentioned it in interviews.
b.		Dickie Moore would recall that the much-publicized scene in Miss Annie Rooney in which he kisses Temple was extremely embarrassing for him, inasmuch as it was the first time he had ever kissed any girl; conversely, in her autobiography, Temple cheekily pointed out that it most certainly wasnt her first time, and that she breezed through the scene with her customary professional aplomb.
c.		Director Del Tenney was apprehensive about the films combination of the teen beach movie genre and the monster horror genre, not knowing how it would go over with an audience. Tenney said he was admittedly surprised by the films success.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 28, 1954 with Virginia Mayo reprising her film role.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		The first Full Moon film to be released outside of Paramount.
b.		According to director Del Tenney, there were only two complete monster heads created for the film, which is why in most shots of multiple monsters you dont see their heads clearly. For the climatic scene at Fingles Quarry the shot of the horde of monsters running through the woods was created by superimposing different takes of the complete monsters together.
c.		The part of J. Aubrey Piper was originally to be played by Lee Tracy, but his contract was terminated by MGM when, during the production in Mexico of Viva Villa!, he got drunk, urinated off a balcony onto a passing patrol of Mexican soldiers (who almost shot him) and was deported from Mexico. Spencer Tracy got the part with the help of Frank Morgan, and afterwards signed a long-term contract with MGM.
d.		The play, on which the film is based, was first performed on November 2, 1979 at the National Theatre in London.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		Contains a spoiler for Touch of Evil.
b.		The banquet scene at the L.A. County Museum of Art in the movie was actually catered by a real catering company. Despite the fact that many of them were SAG members, no banquet staff who worked at the event were told that they would be filmed until they arrived for work that night at the museum. The scene was filmed a year before SAG assumed jurisdiction of extra work on the west coast, and the banquet waiters who appear in the scene were not paid for the extra work, not even non-SAG wages. The only compensation they received was their regular compensation from the real-life catering company for their hours worked during the fake "banquet".
c.		The first trailer for this movie played before Transformers. It showed a giant explosion in the heart of New York City and the Statue of Libertys head being thrown down a street. It was shot with a hand-held video recorder. There was no title.
d.		The underwater transformation scene of the monsters was actually shot on a stage with images of fish in an aquarium superimposed over the dissolving stage shots.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
b.		Most of the secondary characters in the film were locals of Stamford, Connecticut that were cast on location.
c.		After the film had been withdrawn and shelved by MGM, the distribution rights were acquired by notorious exploitation roadshow specialist Dwain Esper. Esper traveled the country showing the film under such lurid titles as "Forbidden Love" and "Natures Mistakes".
d.		The title character was inspired by real-life Native American Chief Nipo T. Strongheart. Incidentally, Strongheart plays a Medicine Man in the film and collaborated on the screenplay.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Horror of Party Beach (1964)?
a.		In an early scene when Billys mother is visiting him in the hospital, she is talking about Billys Dresden experience to Elliot Rosewater - the title character from Kurt Vonneguts 1965 novel, "God Bless You Mr. Rosewater", and a character who was later portrayed by Ken Hudson Campbell in Breakfast of Champions.
b.		Chocolate syrup was used for blood during the monster attack scenes.
c.		Filmed in Miami, the closing shot with the lighthouse is the Cape Florida Lighthouse, in what is today the Cape Florida State Park. The lighthouse withstood and was the scene of an Seminole Indian attack in 1835.
d.		The maximum security prison that Il Duce is being held in is actually the old Suffolk County jail in Boston, next to Massachusetts General Hospital.

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