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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Last of Sheila (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Last of Sheila (1973) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973).
About the movie:
Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run car accident following a party one night. A year later her multi-millionaire husband...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Virtually almost all dialog was dubbed in post-production. The main reason was that during takes,
Terrence Malick
s voice is often heard at the background.
c.
Shooting the monastery sequence just off Cannes proved to be troublesome for
Raquel Welch
. Gale force winds and rain disrupted the night shoot, and Welch was reluctant to leave her Venice hotel for fear of getting stuck in the storm. "This glamorous picture in the wonderful sunny Cote dAzur has turned out to be a bit of a splodge," Welch told a journalist. "This is not my idea of an enjoyable evening, but theyre paying you the money. I just go ahead and do it and dont complain."
d.
When Dalton drives off in the Mercedes, headed for Jasper, the radio is tuned to 102.7, a legendary NYC FM station (WNEW).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
Adam (the robot head) is voiced by both
Udo Kier
and
Jeremy Sisto
.
b.
The video game Randy and his child neighbor play in the trailer was created especially for the film and was fully playable. The game features similar graphics to the original WWF Wrestlemania Nintendo game.
c.
Not screened for critics.
d.
Cameo (
Annabel Davis-Goff
): (continuity) as
James Mason
s secretary.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
A song called "Britches" was recorded for the movie, It was meant that
Elvis Presley
would sing it while riding his horse to the crossing together with his brother Clint. Elvis, however, didnt want to perform a song while riding because it would look too dumb.
b.
In one scene a television is showing
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
, a film starring
James Mason
and mainly set on a sea-going vessel.
The Last of Sheila
also stars
James Mason
and is mainly set on a sea-going vessel.
c.
The films working title was "The Girl From Chicago".
d.
The "pond" that Casey skates on is actually a custom ice rink (built by Custom Ice inc.)
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
This film was originally conceived as a dark high-tech thriller. Number 5 was originally intended to be the villain of the picture: an out-of-control, heavily-armed military robot that had escaped from the lab that had developed him. After several script revisions, the darker elements were toned down and the film became a high-tech comedy.
b.
Writer/director,
Richard Kelly
said that the film is going to be a "strange hybrid" of the sensibilities of
Andy Warhol
and
Philip K. Dick
.
c.
The roller coaster Tom and Julie ride is actually the Blue Streak, which is located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.
d.
Partly shot at the Victorine Studios at Nice while another film was being shot, also dealing with people in movie business: François Turffauts
La nuit américaine
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
Greer Garson
met future husband
E.E. Fogelson
, an acquaintance of
Peter Lawford
s, on the set of this movie.
b.
After the success of
Easy Rider
, Universal Pictures hit upon the idea of letting young filmmakers make "semi-independent" films for low budgets in hopes of generating similar profits. The idea was to make five movies for low budgets ($1 million or less), not interfere in the filmmaking process and give the directors final cut. The other movies were:
The Last Movie
,
Taking Off
,
Silent Running
,
American Graffiti
.
c.
Christine is based upon Hollywood mega-agent
Sue Mengers
, who was
Dyan Cannon
s agent at the time.
d.
The Magnavox Magnavision VLP optical videodisc player shown in the film was
Lew Wasserman
s personal player and was borrowed from his office for the day of shooting. It was a hand-built pre-production model that was given the "7000" model number. The entire top of the player opens instead of just a small "lid" portion and the disc area has a clear window so you can see the disc spinning. For the final player release (model 8000), the lid was shrunk to only the disc area and the transparent window was eliminated. The player used in the film could not play CLV Extended Play discs as the the CLV format had not yet been finalized. The single-sided disc placed on the player contained the actual recording of
James Stewart
seen in the film - MCA Disco-Vision pressed the one-off disc just for the film. The packaging for the disc is a so-called "Nautilus Box" inside a standard cardboard box used to transport MCA Records Nickel-plated LP stampers.
Monica Lewis
uses the player incorrectly. She doesnt shut the lid completely and presses one of the "audio" buttons instead of the "Play Forward" button.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
There are no opening credits save the title of the film.
b.
Paula Abdul
: as a roller skater in front of Tail O the Pup.
c.
Henry Jaglom went to Venice to promote New Years Day (1989) which was being shown as an official United States selection at the Venice Film Festival. This explains David Duchovnys presence in this film, as he was in New Years Day also. Jaglom decided to take advantage of his trip by filming a movie there.
d.
The flag on the boat is from Panama.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
The shooting ratio (the amount of material shot:what appears in the final film) is 53:1, far higher than any other
Charles Chaplin
film.
b.
The events in the movie take place in mid-to-late December 1991. The opening scenes mention that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor had taken place 50 years earlier on December 7, 1941. In addition, President
George Bush
s real-life order to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. Navy surface ships was issued in 1991.
c.
Dyan Cannon
put on 30 pounds to play the role of Christine.
d.
Michael Mantenuto
got into a fight with another player who picked on him and other guys on the ice during tryouts. He apologized to director
Gavin OConnor
afterwards, to which Gavin responded, "No, that was good." Michael ended up winning the part of
Jack OCallahan
, the defenseman dubbed "the first one to drop his gloves".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
The plot is based on murder-mystery party games that co-authors and puzzle enthusiasts
Anthony Perkins
and
Stephen Sondheim
wrote and performed in their homes. Perkins and Sondheim plotted sophisticated games with very esoteric clues for their own and their friends entertainment, as
James Coburn
s character does, and the film grew from that.
b.
Lisa Picards name is a Star Trek in-joke based on the actress playing her,
Laura Kirk
. Captains Picard and Kirk are the most well recognized commanders of the Starship Enterprise.
c.
Newcombs comment after killing Roses adoptive parents, "The only good Indians are dead Indians ...", is taken from the misquote attributed to General Sheridan - "The only good Indian is a dead Indian...". Sheridan actually said "The only good Indians I ever saw were dead."
d.
The opening weekend of this films release broke the all-time attendance record for Warner Bros. Strand Theatre in New York, grossing $50,000 in eleven performances. Both
Edward G. Robinson
and
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
made personal appearances at the New York premiere, for which the top ticket prices were two dollars.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last of Sheila (1973)?
a.
Filming the café scene was disrupted when an anti-Semitic terrorist group known as Black September informed police that a bomb had been placed near the set and would be detonated unless everyone left. With help from the local police, the actors and crew carried on bravely and finished shooting on schedule at 3 a.m.
Raquel Welch
was quoted saying, "I was glad when we finished, and that the threat seems to have been a hoax."
b.
The role of Delilah was originally written for
Charisma Carpenter
. She turned it down because she felt the role was too similar to her character Cordelia on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
. Coincidentally,
Sarah Michelle Gellar
who is another Buffy star, also turned down a role.
c.
The line "Each man kills the thing he loves" comes from Oscar Wildes poem, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".
d.
All of the vomiting in the film is real. Instead of fake puke, the actors forced themselves to throw up.
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