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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Jerk (1979) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Jerk (1979) - 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 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.
This film currently survives at the UCLA film and television archives in original nitrate form, and hopefully will be soon preserved or it will be lost forever like so many other silent films of this period.
b.
The last cinema feature of
Maurice Evans
.
c.
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 13, 1949 with
Charles Boyer
reprising his film role.
d.
The film was released in Italy under the title "Sexy Jeans" and featured some pornographic material inserted into the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.
The airplane in which the Secret Service men arrive to search for Princess Ann is a very unusual type, the Breda-Zappata BZ.308, of which only one prototype was built in 1949 (for the Italian Air Force). It was scrapped shortly after its appearance in the movie.
b.
The only film directed by Academy Award-winning screenwriter
Michael Kanin
.
c.
According to
Michael Douglas
, director
Milos Forman
had his heart set on
Burt Reynolds
to play the part of McMurphy.
d.
According to his book "Born Standing Up",
Steve Martin
s favorite line in the movie is ad libbed. When his character is hitchhiking, a man in a truck stops and asks, "St. Louis?" - to which Martin replies, "No, Navin Johnson."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.
The infamous "cat juggling" sequence,with Steve Martin in a black wig and fake mustache juggling three cats in front of a Mexican audience has been deleted from the DVD version.
b.
Woody Allen
initially offered the Nick Apollo Forte role to
Sylvester Stallone
.
c.
John Wayne
took the name of his production company, Batjac, from this films shipping firm. The original spelling though was "Batjak", a likely portmanteau of "Batavia" and "Jayakarta", both being the old names of the capital of the Dutch East Indies at the time (as of 2009 it is Jakarta, Indonesia).
d.
The credits list
Bruce Le
as appearing in the film, but it is actually
Bruce Le
(a different Bruce Lee impersonator) who plays Liu. Bruce Li does not appear in the movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.
At the end of the film, Mary asks Watson if she could read his journals of his adventures with Sherlock Holmes. Of the 60 Arthur Conan Doyle-penned stories of Sherlock Holmes, all but four have Watson serving as the narrator.
b.
For its premiere at the AFI DALLAS film festival, the film was introduced by action star
Dolph Lundgren
who was in town directing his movie
Missionary Man
.
c.
Rob Reiner
: The truck-driver who takes Navin to the end of the fence.
d.
One of the bodies that Horace took over (the male "Road Worker" with long black hair) is former guitarist for
Alice Cooper
, Kane Roberts.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.
Stanley Kubrick
was a big admirer of this film. Stanley would often recite lines from the film to cast and crew on his films and he once invited
Steve Martin
over so they could play chess.
b.
Roy Orbison
was asked to record a duet with KD lang for this movie of his hit song "Crying".
c.
The tattoo on DAmours back was included after
Scott Bakula
researched the character.
d.
Michael Keaton
was originally considered for the Roy Munson role
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.
Diane Lane
auditioned for the role of Hadass. She later became
Barbra Streisand
s stepdaughter-in-law when she married
James Brolin
.
b.
Just before Cheech wakes up from his drug-trip, there is a sound of a wooden block dropping to the floor and a brief scene of Cheech (still in a straitjacket) dropping through the trapdoor of a gallows with a noose around his neck.
c.
The films title in Germany was "Reichtum is keine Schande", which translates as "Wealth is no shame".
d.
One critic was so angry at
Betsy Palmer
s role in the movie (which had angered many of her fans), that he published her address in his magazine, and encouraged people to write her and protest her. He published the wrong address.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Jerk (1979)?
a.
Steve Martin
wrote the part of Marie with
Bernadette Peters
in mind.
b.
Isla Fisher
, who plays Mary-Jane, had to wear a blond wig because she was a red head.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
was supposed to be the only red head in the movie.
c.
Hans Zimmer
s first Hollywood score.
d.
This film and
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
are notable as among the first sequels to a color cop movie, long before the first sequel to
Dirty Harry
came out. Even more remarkable, both of these films featured African-American protagonists.
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