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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Howling (1981) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Howling (1981) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981).
About the movie:
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
Eva Gabor
s film debut.
b.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
c.
James Cagney
, eager to break out of gangster roles, lobbied hard for the part of
Knute Rockne
. But Cagney had signed a petition in support of the anti-Catholic Republican government in the Spanish Civil War. Notre Dame University had control over all aspects of the filming and would not okay Cagney for the role.
d.
Dick Miller
s favourite film of his own.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
The restaurant scenes were filmed inside an empty McDonalds (you can see the old McDonalds registers and the doors in the restaurant) and everything else was filmed inside an old church that also served as the teams living quarters.
b.
This film survives in black and white only.
c.
According to
Tori Spelling
, her character, Alex Monday, was originally one of the leads. However, after refusing to do a scene where she had to be topless, Dimension Studios cut her out of more than half the movie. After that, her role was simply known as a "cameo", even though she was originally in 3/4 of the film.
d.
Dee Wallace
was so uncomfortable in the porn shop scene, the discomfort on her face can be clearly seen.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
Roger Corman
cameos as the man waiting to use the phone box after
Dee Wallace
.
b.
The last Ernest film to be released by Touchstone Pictures.
c.
Reportedly, the catering company working on this film allegedly attempted to get the law courts to seize the film negatives when their $250,000 account payment was not paid.
d.
In 1997,
Angela Bassett
and
Janet Jackson
were approached to play Storm, and later
Jada Pinkett Smith
was in consideration for the role. Bassett would later go on to play Amanda Waller in
Green Lantern
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
The entire movie was shot with a single camera, using a lightweight photography tripod. Lighting was mostly ambient, accented only by reflector shop lights purchased at a hardware store.
b.
The climactic transformation had to be done all in closeup because the film had exceeded its budget by then, and it had to be shot in an office because they had no money for sets anymore.
c.
Neal Jimenez
based the characters on friends he went to school with in Sacramento, California
d.
According to
Neil Gaiman
, this film was made as a straight-to-DVD film; but this film finally got a limited theatrical release in the United States.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
The intent with the look of the film was that it be made as if shot with a regular Panavision camera.
b.
There were times during the making of
The Howling
when
Robert Picardo
was very despondent about the hours he had to spend in makeup. On the Special Edition DVD he remarked: "One day, after spending six and a half hours in the makeup chair I was thinking, trained at Yale, two leading roles on Broadway. My first acting role in California, my face gets melted in a low-budget horror movie. All the crew had to say to that was, "Bob, next time read the script all the way through first!"
c.
The authors asked
Alexander Woollcott
if he would like to play the part of Whiteside when the play opened on Broadway. He declined. The authors then approached
Monty Woolley
, who at that time was a professor at Yale. They wrote him "would it amuse you to play the part of Whiteside?" to which Woolley replied "it would amuse everyone."
d.
Many interiors such as Carols house were filmed in Todd Haynes family and relatives houses. The exterior of the St. Tropez restaurant (the next scene after the dinner where Carol doesnt laugh at the vibrator joke) was shot, remarkably, using the exterior of Haynes parents house. The street that opens the film is also the street where their house is located and his mothers car can be seen in the shot.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
During his boxing career, the song played over
Mickey Rourke
s entrances was "Sweet Child O Mine", by the band
Guns N Roses
; his character in this film uses this same song when entering the ring in his last fight.
b.
Due to their work in this film,
Joe Dante
and
Michael Finnell
received the opportunity to make the movie
Gremlins
.
c.
The football jersey that
Ice Cube
is wearing during the last part of the movie is a Gale Sayers #40 Chicago Bears throwback jersey made by Mitchell & Ness.
d.
The Necromonger statues are based on the sculptures of Adolfo Wildt.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
Art director
Robert A. Burns
had previously worked on the sets for
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
. In fact many of the grisly set dressings for this film were hold-overs from "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"; most notably the corpse in the armchair seen in Walter Paisleys bookstore.
b.
Wardrobe standards were so strict that soldiers during the Virginia filming were not allowed to wear their own civilian Underarmor (tm) or GoreTex (tm) warmth clothing under their uniforms - as real National Guardsmen so often do during maneuvers. This was despite filming on what turned into the coldest days of 2004 - and wearing light-weather BDUs (BattleDress Uniforms).
c.
Jodie Foster
,
Meryl Streep
and
Michelle Pfeiffer
were all considered for the lead role.
d.
Film debut of
Byron Foulger
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Howling (1981)?
a.
They used little to no makeup on the face of
Gary Cooper
, to show his lines and show how worried he was.
b.
Auditions for Khalil proved to be difficult. It eventually came down to
Tim Hodge
and
Mike Nawrocki
. Hodge got the part.
c.
Tommy Lee Jones
only accepted the role of K after
Steven Spielberg
promised the script would improve. He had been disappointed with the first draft, which he felt did not capture the tone of the comic.
d.
Robert Picardo
improvised the line I want to give you a piece of my mind before pulling out a chunk of his brain.
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