Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Jerk (1979) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Jerk (1979) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979).

About the movie: A complete imbecile struggles to make it through life on his own, until a strange invention makes him unbelievably wealthy.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		The second film released in 2010 to feature Greek gods, the other being Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
b.		In order to make Max von Sydow appear much older than his then age of 44, make-up maestro Dick Smith applied generous amounts of stipple to von Sydows forehead, eyes and neck. His facial skin was then manually stretched as liquid latex was applied. When the latex dried, his taut skin was then released causing the film of rubber to corrugate. This daily make-up procedure lasted three hours and was apparently the cause of much anguish for von Sydow.
c.		The film was originally set to open in August 1996 but special effects work delayed its release till the end of the year/early 1997.
d.		The mansion shown in the film is the infamous Sheik Al-Fassi mansion in Beverly Hills. The tacky rooms shown in the film were actually shot in the mansion thanks to its cavernous size rooms. The mansion also had its own basement Disco where the dance scene was filmed. The 38-room mansion no longer exists; it was torched by an arsonist in 1980.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		The original title of the screenplay was Are You A Good Boy?
b.		Loosely based on the O. Henry story, "The Ransom of Red Chief" which is a turn-of-the century fable about two con men who kidnap the rambunctious 10-year-old son of a widowed businessman for ransom, only the businessman refuses to pay the ransom, happy to have his unruly son gotten rid of who proves to be a difficult captive to the two amateur criminals whom decide to return the boy to his father rather then collect the ransom.
c.		When Marie is applying the face mask treatment to the older gentleman, she mentions that it will make the customer look years younger. At that moment his wife exclaims, "ahlevai," which means "I wish" in Hebrew.
d.		This movie was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1943 as "Fight On Marines!" to take advantage of the wartime demand for patriotic subjects, filling the lower half of the double bill in second-run movie houses. This reissue causes a lot of confusion in Toby Wings career bios as it often credited as a singular 1943 production when it was, in fact a re-issue. Tobys film career ended in 1937, although a couple of her films would be released into 1938.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		The "Tattooed Car" in the film was a promotional item, raffled off at a party just prior to filming. Later, the car was impounded from the house of the man who won it, and eventually destroyed. The car was one of a kind, and hand painted by tattoo artist Chris J-tot of Phantom 8 Studios in Englewood Colorado. The car took four months to complete and 10 seconds to destroy.
b.		The tag number for the blue coupe (a Chevrolet Monte Carlo) was J3S 762
c.		Because De Sica could not understand English, he hired an Italian actor, gave him instructions on how to stand and speak, and asked Montgomery Clift to mimic him. Clift refused.
d.		Kasaan staggered into Nome at 5:30 A.M. on February 2, 1925. His dogs were cold and exhausted, their feet torn and bloody. But the serum was delivered. Kasaan handed it to the only physician in Nome, Dr. Curtis Welch of the Public Health Service. And then he began to pull the ice splinters out of his dogs feet.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		To get the proper look of derision from Linda Darnell in the scene where she stares at a photo of Addie, director Joseph L. Mankiewicz used a picture of Otto Preminger, the director who had given Darnell such a hard time on the set of Forever Amber.
b.		After having locked the Sanderson sisters in the school kiln, the three kids celebrate as they walk to the park. The house shown directly behind Max and Thackery while they talk is the residential edifice used as Thora Birchs home in 1999s American Beauty.
c.		This films opening prologue states: "This story is true. It is drawn from the writings and personal memories of Corrie Ten Boom, her family and others who - with them - endured the darkness."
d.		Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		This film deals with Last Thursdayism, a philosophy described in a satiric comment by 20th-century historian Bertrand Russell, referring to the "Omphalos" papers (1857) of Philip Gosse. Last Thursdayism says that the world (with us and our own basic memories included) could have been created recently, even last Thursday, but we cannot demonstrate such a thing because the world would have been created to look like an older world.
b.		During the siege of the Insanoflex descendants, a small Rabbot is seen to the left dancing.
c.		Author Chuck Palahniuks novel was discovered by Fox 2000 Pictures executive, Raymond Bongiovanni who sent it to Laura Ziskin, President of Production at Fox 2000 Pictures. She felt it was a tremendous piece of literature, but not necessarily a great movie. The book was sent to a 20th Century Fox studio reader to evaluate its potential as a possible film, and the report sent back to Ziskin slammed the novel, saying it could never be made into a film, that it was "exceedingly disturbing", "volatile and dangerous", and would "make audiences squirm". Despite this however, Ziskin decided to go ahead with the project temporarily and began to look around for producers who might be willing to take it on. It was first offered to Lawrence Bender and Art Linson, but they turned it down (although Linson would ultimately return as producer). Next, it was offered to Joshua Donen and Ross Grayson Bell of Atman Entertainment. They both loved it and immediately agreed to produce it. Bell has since stated that the highly critical report from the studio reader was all he needed to make him want to work on the film, feeling every reason that the reader gave for why the film couldnt be made, was another reason to make it. Donen and Bell immediately organized a read-through of the book with some actors, who performed a roughly scripted version of the novel over the course of a six-hour session, and he sent recordings of the session to the still wavering Ziskin. As soon as Ziskin heard the recording, she agreed that a film adaptation could work, purchased the rights to the novel for $10,000, and green-lit the project.
d.		The song that Navin and Marie sing as they walk along the beach, "Tonight You Belong To Me", was a hit in the 50s for sister duet Patience and Prudence.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		The film opens with the song "Well Meet Again," as performed by Johnny Cash. The song is from the same album that provided "The Man Comes Around," which opened another remake of a George A. Romero film, Dawn of the Dead. The album is "American IV", the last full album Cash released before his death. "The Man Comes Around" and "Well Meet Again" are the opening and closing tracks, respectively.
b.		Bill Murray filmed a cameo that was deleted. On the 15 December 1979 broadcast of Saturday Night Live, Murray jokingly reviewed The Jerk, saying: "I was in the movie but cut out of it. That doesnt influence my opinion. The movie is a dog. Theres something missing. I dont know who it is, I cant say."
c.		Officially, the opening scene, The Crossroads was the first scene shot in the movie, on 12 January 2004. The little short of Godfreys flashback was shot unofficially two days earlier. Balians fight with the cavalier over the horse was the very last scene to be shot.
d.		Geraldine Page by choice wore no make-up.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		The Navi language was created entirely from scratch by linguist Paul R. Frommer. James Cameron hired him to construct a language that the actors could pronounce easily, but did not resemble any single human language. Frommer created about 1000 words.
b.		Director Steven Soderbergh originally wanted to shoot the movie in black and white. Warner Brothers said he could if he drastically reduced the filming costs, so Soderbergh changed his mind.
c.		Originally titled "Easy Money".
d.		Chico and Harpo are not given character names. They are listed in the credits simply as "Chico" and "Harpo". Chicos name on the Broadway program was "Willy the Wop" which was considered too insensitive even for early movie audiences. Harpos character was called "Silent Sam"

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		Orville Turkey Jackson said he was born in 1913. In reality, Bob Hope was born in 1903, making him ten years older than his character at the time.
b.		Featured in the 2007 IFP Market Emerging Narrative section.
c.		This movie teams a cop Jack Murphy (Charles Bronson with a thief Arabella McGee (Kathleen Wilhoite). This storyline of pairing a cop with a convict was popular in Hollywood during the 1980s after the success of 48 Hrs.. This high-concept was encapsulated in one of this films movie poster tag-lines reading: "Hes a cop, Shes a thief, together theyre running for their lives". During the 1980s, Midnight Run also utilized this high-concept but replaced the cop with a bounty hunter. The convict-cop pairing was also earlier made famous in The Defiant Ones.
d.		Hartunians gas station is actually located on the corner of Halstead and Rosemead Blvd in Pasadena, Ca. The gas station has since been torn down and a Carls Jr. Restaurant has been constructed. In addition, the hill that the shooter is climbing to fire upon the gas station is "Green Hill", which has been developed into a professional office center.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		Ethan Terra was so impressed with Joe Knetter and Steve Burtons characters from "Moonlighting" that he is developing an entire separate comedy horror film based on those two characters.
b.		The character of Joe Massara was based on actor George Raft, who was associated with Owney Madden, the man who organized the taxi racket in New York City.
c.		Steve Martins favorite scene involves M. Emmet Walsh, shooting the cans at the gas station.
d.		Munich is based on George Jonas book "Vengeance". It purports to tell the true story of vengeance taken against the Black September terrorists using a supposed former Mossad agent named Yuval Aviv as Jonas main source. The Israeli intelligence community has denied Avivs claims, saying he is a fraud. Aviv counters this by saying that they would deny him anyway.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.		Prior to the films opening, Steve Martin was delayed in Terre Haute, Indiana. He later recalled this story on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, calling Terre Haute "No Place." The residents of the city objected to this, and ultimately, Martin was invited back to Terre Haute and was given the key to the city and a tour of the local fertilizer plant. Martin repaid the city by opening The Jerk in Terre Haute. However, in one of the trailers for Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid, Martin asks the audience if theyd rather see "Cow Patties over Terre Haute." Also in that film, when Col Kluck throws one switch, it destroys one town in America: Terre Haute, IN.
b.		Producer Jack Schwartzman wanted then up-and-coming composer James Horner to score the film. Sean Connery objected and Michel Legrand was brought in after accidentally meeting Sean Connery in a studio corridor.
c.		Contains approximately 800 miniature shots.
d.		"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 29, 1947 with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Maureen OHara reprising their film roles.

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