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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hot Rock (1972) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hot Rock (1972) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Hot Rock (1972).
About the movie:
Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hot Rock (1972)?
a.
The actors used their own homes for the films sets.
b.
Gladys Hill, for years Huston, Johns personal assistant and co-writer, contributed greatly to the preparation of the final shooting script for Phobia uncredited. She was given a credit as assistant to Mr. Huston.
c.
Composer
Quincy Jones
was so impressed by the performance of his musicians for the soundtrack of the film, that he requested to Twentieth Century-Fox and the producers of the film to give them on screen credit during the end credits of the film. The featured performers given credit on screen were (among others):
Gerry Mulligan
,
Grady Tate
,
Jerome Richardson
,
Frank Rosolino
,
Clark Terry
and the Don Elliott Voices, who were all popular jazz musicians at the time.
d.
After viewing a rough edit it was decided that the movie was too soft, so they brought in special effects wizard
John Carl Buechler
for one day of extra "blood" filming. The thumb in the forehead and the rednecks head getting twisted were both done by him.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hot Rock (1972)?
a.
The World Trade Centers south tower was still under construction when this film was shot. There is a brief glimpse of both towers about 64 minutes into the film.
b.
Storefronts in Fallwell include: the Pick N Save Orphanage; Bigelow, Cheatum and Wynn, Attorneys at Law; and Pattis Tidy Bowl Lanes Bowling Alley.
c.
Rats really did eat the soles off
John H. Groberg
s feet; they split open when he stood up. Later in life he was diagnosed with skin cancer on the soles of his feet. His doctor was curious about how he exposed the soles of his feet to the sun, and he explained that the treatment for his injury in Tonga had been to sear his soles with the heat of the sun.
d.
Writer-Producer
Nunnally Johnson
wanted this film adaptation of the book by
Agnes Newton Keith
to be true to the memoir and realistically capture the harrowing ordeal of Keith and her fellow POWs. This unrelenting ordeal included degradation, violence, starvation, torture, and rape. Actress
Claudette Colbert
playing
Agnes Newton Keith
in this movie agreed with Johnsons philosophy for the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hot Rock (1972)?
a.
According to
John Leguizamo
in his autobiography, during filming he once vomited on director
Tony Scott
after a night of hard partying.
b.
The movies title can be seen on a placard on B.R.s desk.
c.
The naval battle sequences were done with models that were so large in scale (for the sake of greater detail) that they could be operated from the inside.
d.
During the helicopter scene, both towers of the World Trade Center are shown under construction.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hot Rock (1972)?
a.
The lead role was originally intended for
James Ellison
, but he was replaced by
Gilbert Roland
shortly before shooting began.
b.
During filming,
Charles Fleischer
delivered Roger Rabbits lines off camera in full Roger costume including rabbit ears, yellow gloves and orange cover-alls. During breaks when he was in costume, other staff at the studios would see him and make comments about the poor caliber of the effects in the "rabbit movie".
c.
The gangs whose names are introduced early in the film (including The Wanderers) were based on real street gangs in the New York City area. However, they did not all exist at the same point in time. Many of the Wanderers did actually belong to a local football team, named "The Stingers".
d.
The weapon they are carrying during the helicopter ride to and the assault on the Police Precinct is the Swedish 9mm SMG m/45. Developed during WWII. Still in use within the Swedish Armed Forces (nowdays in a very small number). Once used by American Special Forces because of its simplicity and reliability. Also manufactured in Egypt on license.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hot Rock (1972)?
a.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
A number of the writers on this picture,
John Howard Lawson
,
A.I. Bezzerides
and the uncredited
Alvah Bessie
were later investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committee during the 1950s McCarthy era and blacklisted. Bessie and Lawson were listed as members of the Hollywood Ten, those pleading the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and refusing to answer questions.
c.
The real
Jim Garrison
never made the speech that Costner makes at the end of the movie. It was taken from several speeches the he gave and some of it from his book.
d.
In the Dortmunder novels by Donald Westlake, Kelp always steals cars owned by medical doctors. In the movie, the license plates of the stolen cars have the letters "MD" as part of the plate number. (Kelps reason is that doctors get to use "no parking" zones when they might be making emergency visits.)
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hot Rock (1972)?
a.
There were serious concerns about how this film would fare in the American South. Apparently, this movie was not censored in that region nor did it receive protests.
b.
The song that Corbit sings at the open mic night is "I Cant Tell You Why" by The Eagles.
c.
Because
Walt Disney
Pictures did not have its own music publishing company when the earlier animated films were produced, all the rights to publish the music and songs from this film are actually still controlled by the Bourne Co. In later years, the Studio was able to acquire back the rights to the music from all of the other films, except this one. Prior to
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
, a movie soundtrack recording was unheard of and with little value to a movie studio.
d.
Writer
Donald E. Westlake
stated in an interview that "The Hot Rock" started out to be one of his darker Richard Stark/Parker novels, but that "it kept turning funny."
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