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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The In-Laws (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The In-Laws (1979) Quiz
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About the movie:
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The In-Laws (1979)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #4531-4538.
b.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
c.
John Carradine was among the actors considered for the title role essayed by Lugosi. However, there is no corroborating evidence from that time period, only Carradines own later testimony. He also claimed to have turned down a makeup test for the Monster in 1931s "Frankenstein, " due to the absence of dialogue. This statement seems to have a greater bearing of truth, as the actor did indeed work at Universal in the late spring-early summer of 1931, on a film titled "Heaven on Earth. "
d.
The line "They killed Fritz! They killed Fritz!" is a reference to
Robert Crumb
killing off Fritz the Cat in his underground comic book series.
Ralph Bakshi
directed the film adaptation of
Fritz the Cat
. Bakshi is quoted as saying, "I named the character Fritz in "Wizards," just so I could scream They killed Fritz! To kill such a cat would make Don Marcus commit suicide."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The In-Laws (1979)?
a.
A digital copy of the print held in Gosfilmofond, the Russian state film archive, was presented to the Library of Congress on 22 Oct 2010.
b.
For the narration,
Keith Scott
is doing an imitation of the voice of the late
William Conrad
, who had been the narrator for the original animated adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle,
Rocky and His Friends
.
c.
Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.
d.
According to the audio commentary,
Andrew Bergman
said this was originally going to be a sequel to
Freebie and the Bean
which had starred
Alan Arkin
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The In-Laws (1979)?
a.
Dinar, France, hosts a British Film Festival, with a Golden Hitchcock as the prize. There is also a statue of
Alfred Hitchcock
(standing on what appears to be a very large egg, and with birds on each shoulder) near the beach in Dinard. The statue is moved down to the beach for the actual festival.
b.
After
The In-Laws
came out, Alan Arkin called Peter Falk to congratulate him on all the great reviews he was getting from critics recalling the original as they trashed the remake.
c.
At one point during the movie,
Tom Atkins
character mentions Bodega Bay. That is the scene of another horror movie,
The Birds
. When
Tippi Hedren
s character pulls into town, all hell starts to happen. In this movie, when
Jamie Lee Curtis
character pulls into town, all hell starts to break loose.
d.
The special eye effects for Steve March were created by having
John Agar
wear special black contact lenses that were very thick. The extreme thickness of the contact made it painful for Agar to wear them.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The In-Laws (1979)?
a.
According to Anthony Holdens book "Behind the Oscar" (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), R.K.O. lost $5.5 million (approximately $58 million in 2003 dollars, when factoring in inflation) on the movie despite its winning a Best Picture Academy Award.
b.
The character Nevada Smith was supposed to be sixteen. He is played by 35-year-old
Steve McQueen
.
c.
When Vince is getting directions to meet the general, the streets include "United Fruit Boulevard," a reference to the U.S. Company that historically dominated much of Central America and gave rise to the expression "a banana republic."
d.
The rotating circles that signify the alien countdown are indeed *counting* down... in binary. The circles in their horizontal and vertical configurations correspond to zeroes (0) and ones (1) respectively, and the least significant bit (LSB) on the viewers left. The sequence in which they turn correspond to a binary countdown. The leftmost lit circle is not part of the binary count. There is an initial pattern of "all horizontal", following which the countdown actually begins (starting with "all vertical").
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The In-Laws (1979)?
a.
Actors Michael Reed and Sarah Nicklin met on VAmL, they married August 2009. Two weeks after the ceremony they were called in to re-shoot a green screen driving scene for VAmL.
b.
Director
Richard C. Sarafian
s original choice for the role of Kowalski was
Gene Hackman
, but the studio, 20th Century Fox, insisted on using
Barry Newman
if the movie was going to be made.
c.
The map General Phillips uses to brief Dutch is a map of Brazil. The map show a geographic feature called Chapada das Mangabeiras.
d.
In the 2003 DVD commentary,
Alan Arkin
relates that
Marlon Brando
once told him he had seen The In-Laws 20 times, and even imitated Arkins delivery of certain lines from the film. Writer
Andrew Bergman
concurs that Brandos appreciation of his script was integral to getting Brando to star in
The Freshman
.
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