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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Long Goodbye (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Long Goodbye (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 Long Goodbye (1973).
About the movie:
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
Whilst clambering over Jabba the Hutt, one of the high heels that
Carrie Fisher
was wearing accidentally punctured the latex casing and pierced
Mike Edmonds
who was operating the tail inside.
b.
The location for
Sterling Hayden
s home was actually
Robert Altman
s home at the time.
c.
The song "Im a Believer", which has become one of the series theme songs, was chosen specifically because of the line "I thought love was only true in fairy tales."
d.
Several night scenes, including "I Have A Dream," were actually shot during the day, then treated in post-production.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
Elliott Gould
improvised the scene in police custody in which he smears fingerprint ink all over his face.
b.
Adela Rogers St. Johns
published a book entitled "The Single Standard" in 1928, the same year this movie was released. It is not known if this book is related to the movie in any way.
c.
The burning of Kathleen Johns car can be seen in the music video intro played before the attack at the lake.
d.
Denzel Washington
visited with B 1-12 CAV at Fort Hood to prepare for his role LTC Nate Serling. The dip he puts in while giving his OPORD in the opening sequence is a tribute to the time he spent with B 1-12.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
When the film proved popular with audiences, MGM considered re-uniting the original cast for a sequel. Plans never got past the development stage, however, when
Judy Garland
became a major star,
Margaret Hamilton
expressed hesitation at reprising her role, feeling that the character of the Wicked Witch was already too scary for children, and the extreme budget overruns and production delays making the original film deterred the studio from moving forward.
b.
One scene involves Hustlers offer of a $1 million reward for bringing JFKs killers to justice. The father of actors
Woody Harrelson
and
Brett Harrelson
has long been suspected by conspiracy theorists of involvement in the assassination.
c.
The movies ending, different from the source novel, is usually attributed to director
Robert Altman
. It actually appeared in
Leigh Brackett
s original script, written before Altman signed on. Altman liked the new ending so much that he insisted on a clause in his contract that guaranteed the ending wouldnt be changed during production or editing.
d.
For the purposes of filming the underwater model of the Red October, only the left side of the sub was detailed to appear as an authentic submarine. The effect of showing the right side of the boat was achieved by simply turning the frame and reversing the image.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
Screenwriter
Leigh Brackett
co-wrote the script for the classic
The Big Sleep
, also based on a
Raymond Chandler
novel and featuring Philip Marlowe, 27 years earlier.
b.
Seven years before production, 14-year-old
Holger Thaarup
of Denmark was originally cast as the lead, Blake. He didnt speak any English and
Gus Van Sant
intended the role to be silent; Van Sant then met 17-year-old
Michael Pitt
and cast him instead.
c.
In the original novel, Hooper has an affair with Brodys wife, and is killed by the shark in the cage at the end. However, because the relationship between Brodys wife and Hooper was considered by many to be irrelevant to the plot, and arbitrarily included in the novel just to "sex it up", it was omitted from the film script, and Hooper was allowed to survive.
d.
Kirsten Dunst
revealed on the
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
that the real person that David Marks is based on visited the set of the film being made and watched from a distance.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
It was claimed that at the time the real life gangster Jimmy Burke was so happy to have
Robert De Niro
play him that he phoned him from prison to give him a few pointers. Author/screenwriter
Nicholas Pileggi
denies this, saying De Niro and Burke had never spoken, but admitting that there were men around the set all the time who had known all of the principal characters very well.
b.
In the original fable, Princess Aurora is the result of a spell cast on the Queen by a magical fish that she had thrown back into a pond after it wound up lying on the bank.
c.
When the police are responding to the suicide of Roger Wade, Phillip Marlowe (
Elliott Gould
) becomes irate that they dont believe that Roger Wade could have murdered Terry Lennox wife. He yells that hes going to call
Ronald Reagan
(then the governor) to protest their inaction. In the very next scene, Marlowe is brought to Marty Augustines office for a shakedown. One of Augustines bodyguards is an uncredited
Arnold Schwarzenegger
, later elected Governor of California. Thus Marlowe, in a way, gets to meet the governor.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
The first film scored by
Jerry Goldsmith
.
b.
Tom Hanks
hired
David Koepp
for rewrites.
c.
The film is dedicated to
Dan Blocker
.
Robert Altman
, who had directed many early episodes of
Bonanza
, had originally cast his friend Blocker in the role of Roger Wade, but he died before filming commenced. The role subsequently was filled by
Sterling Hayden
.
d.
The script called for several Japanese-speaking officers and a company of Japanese troops to be on the island. There were no Japanese men on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, where the film was shot. A half-dozen who spoke the language were finally found in a Japanese emigrant community in Brazil and flown to the location to play the officers. For the non-speaking roles of Japanese troops, the company hired 50 Chinese who worked in the islands restaurants and laundries. This caused friction with the local islanders, who found it difficult if not impossible to get their clothes cleaned or to get a meal in a restaurant because most of the employees were working on the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
Scenes involving
Christopher McDonald
as a racist, red-neck truck driver who sells porno to
Chris Rock
and
Morgan Freeman
were cut from the final film.
b.
Wesley Snipes
s kicks and punches sometimes look lurchy and awkward. Snipes is a black belt in real life, and his kicks and punches were so fast that they blurred on camera. Hence the producers asked him to slow them down.
c.
Shelley Winters
was paid in cash.
d.
Cinematographer
Vilmos Zsigmond
tried to approximate human vision through the post-production technique of exposing the undeveloped negative to additional pure light, which literally dampens blacks and softens intense colors until they become pastel hues.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
Kubrick optioned the novella Traumnovelle 20 years before he made it into a film.
b.
There is a legend that
Elvis Presley
(who died in 1977) makes a cameo in this movie. Many of those who believe that Elvis is still alive maintain that, the heavily bearded man standing in the background of the scene where Mrs. MacCallister is shouting at the desk clerk (just before she meets
John Candy
) is Elvis.
c.
This film was made with a skeleton crew, generally consisting of some very dedicated and multitasking actors.
d.
Morris the Cat first did his "finicky" routine in this film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
During the filming at Corona del Mar, the boats "Lady Alice" and "Comfort" replicas were stripped by pirates during the night and no trace of the stolen property was ever found.
b.
Just after the Junk Lady places "dear old Flopsy" behind Sarah she slips a book titled The Wizard Of Oz behind Flopsy.
c.
The prison set took seven weeks to build. When construction began, it was snowing. When it ended, the temperature was 100 degrees. Upon completion of filming, the entire set had to be removed and the area it occupied restored to its original pristine state, so that no trace would be left.
d.
John Williams
and
Johnny Mercer
s title song crops up in various guises throughout the film, including on the radio, as a dirge played at a funeral by a Mexican marching band, and even as the first couple of notes of the Wades doorbell.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Long Goodbye (1973)?
a.
This was the first film in the series that did not use the character of Alvin Fuddle. The child actor who portrayed him,
Danny Mummert
, was appearing in
Frank Capra
s
Its a Wonderful Life
. Mummert would return as Alvin in the next entry in the series,
Blondie Knows Best
.
b.
Except for "Hooray for Hollywood" at the beginning and at the end, all the music in this film is different arrangements of the theme tune.
c.
The film has a different title from its source novel, "The Club Dumas", because the novel centers around a secret society obsessed with serialized novels, such as those written by
Alexandre Dumas père
.
d.
In preparation for his revival of the role of the MC (Master of Ceremonies) in the film,
Joel Grey
did extensive research in order to achieve a completely authentic German accent.
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