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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Osterman Weekend (1983) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Osterman Weekend (1983) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983).
About the movie:
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
Bunraku
is the first feature film produced by renowned production designer
Alex McDowell
, RDI. He originally met with
Guy Moshe
and producer
Nava Levin
in 2007 to consult with them on
Bunraku
. Moshes project was such an interesting and provocative blend of genres and techniques that McDowell got hooked and helped them to set up an innovative approach to pre-production that integrated pre-visualization, storytelling and design into a new fluid and low budget workspace for the creative team.
b.
The film had a 20 day shooting schedule.
c.
Filmmakers Sameer Asad Gardezi, Camille Mana, and Howard Duy Vu were awarded a $25,000 Development Deal with NBC/Universal based on this project.
d.
Chris Sarandon
s wife was pregnant throughout the filming of this movie. He said that the added tension provided his character with a little more depth. His wife gave birth shortly after filming wrapped.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
According to
Jason Robards
,
Robert Ludlum
offered to rewrite the overly complex and confusing script for free, but differences between the producers and director
Sam Peckinpah
, whod expressed his concern from the beginning, prevented this from happening.
b.
In 1940, when this film was released,
Jean Arthur
was forty years old and her "love Interest",
William Holden
was only twenty-two.
c.
A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking a proprietary theater chain, devised a 3-tiered feature branding system to market its product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low-budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige productions produced in hopes to draw higher roadshow ticket prices). This branding system remained in effect for about 15 years, fading away in late 1929.
d.
Professor Slughorn says that he taught the entire Black family, except for Sirius. As Hogwarts only has one teacher for each subject, it may seem a bit odd that he would not have taught Sirius. The book explains this differently, however. In addition to teaching Potions, Slughorn was also head of Slytherin House, where all of the Blacks were sorted, except for Sirius. So while Slughorn taught Sirius, he never had him in Slytherin.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
Charles Bronson
did not speak to
Elvis Presley
and kept his distance while filming.
b.
Gwyneth Paltrow
was originally signed on to play
Ava Gardner
but dropped out. She was replaced at the last minute with
Kate Beckinsale
.
c.
Originally, 20th Century Fox was to finance the film, but disputes arose between the studio and the producers over casting. In particular, Fox preferred a more well-known actress to play Katharine Clifton instead of
Kristin Scott Thomas
;
Demi Moore
was lobbying particularly hard for the role. After the producers refused to give in on a series of casting choices, Fox backed out of the film, and the project was uncertain just as production was about to begin. However, within a few weeks - during which the cast and crew stayed on in Italy without knowing if the film would be made - the film was picked up by Miramax.
d.
Sam Peckinpah
was fired when he refused to re-edit the film after it was screened for a test audience on 25 May 1983 and met with a confused and extremely mixed reaction. Producers
Peter S. Davis
and
William N. Panzer
took over the editing with the assistance of editor
Edward M. Abroms
, drastically altering opening and ending sequences.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
While on production in Rome,
Brad Pitt
and
George Clooney
were not allowed back into the hotel because the doorman thought they were vagrants after the actors were caught in a rain storm while jogging.
b.
Daniel Craig
claimed to be in a state of pain for most of the shoot because of all the vigorous stunts he was required to perform.
c.
The "Aynx" City Bus in the last scene is actually called Lynx. It is the local bus transportation system for the city of Orlando and most of Central Florida. The last scene was re-shot in the New York section of the theme park Universal Studios Orlando.
d.
Composer
Lalo Schifrin
was recommended by
Sam Peckinpah
s long time friend and mentor,
Don Siegel
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Fangs of Affection".
b.
Burt Lancaster
celebrated his 70th birthday while filming, and the cast and crew threw him a special honorary birthday party on set.
c.
The fresco found in the training room of Bisons base (a tsunami) is a reproduction of the stamp found in Hondas stage, on the wall of a bathroom, in the original video game.
d.
This marked the final appearance of
Richard Long
as the eldest, and college educated, son Tom. In later films the character would be referred to in dialog but not seen.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
This film preceded the similarly themed
Jack Nicholson
film
The Border
by about two years.
b.
Earnings from the film was enough to save Zoetrope (
Francis Ford Coppola
s studio) from bankruptcy after suffering from financial difficulties and liabilities of $27 million over the past 3 years.
c.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
originally wanted to have either
Laurence Olivier
or
Trevor Howard
as Julius Caesar. Olivier had full theatrical commitments due to running the National Theatre of Great Britain, whilst Howard was caught up in the protracted filming of
Mutiny on the Bounty
.
d.
Composer
Lalo Schifrin
had to sit by
Sam Peckinpah
s sick bed in order to spot the film and decide which scenes did or did not need music.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
There are two known deleted scenes that were removed at the insistence of distributor Walter Reade Organization. They include a 8-minute expository scene in the basement between Helen and Harry at the bottom of the stairs (which explains the abrupt jump cut shown) as well as a wide shot of numerous zombies covering the landscape, which was replaced with footage of zombies eating near the end of the film. This footage was presumed lost when a flood damaged the storage facility years later at Latent Image, Inc.
b.
Before filming began,
Sam Peckinpah
insisted that he use actors that he usually worked with previously, such as
James Coburn
. Producers
Peter S. Davis
and
William N. Panzer
balked at the idea and Peckinpah finally agreed to the cast that was chosen.
c.
Chris Pine
s father
Robert Pine
had appeared in
The Chute
and worked with
Michael Dorn
(Worf from
Star Trek: The Next Generation
on
CHiPs
.
d.
Brittany Murphy
,
Hugh Jackman
,
Robin Williams
and
Nicole Kidman
all do their own singing.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
Lance Frank was the first and only candidate considered for the director of the film White T.
b.
The opening theatrical setting description for
Ira Levin
s Deathtrap play was: "The present. Sidney Bruhls study in the Bruhl home in Westport, Connecticut."
c.
Craig T. Nelson
was nicknamed Fish, by
Sam Peckinpah
, because he had to stay under water in the swimming scene
d.
The movie playing at the drive-in scene is
Thank God Its Friday
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
Based on a true story, over 28,000 Greek children were forcibly taken from their parents and sent to various Communist countries, before the end of the Greek Civil War in 1949. The Greek Civil War was the first battle of the war against Communism and it was an important victory for the Allied Forces.
b.
In New Jersey, there used to be a Morris County Route 666 that ran from Dover to Mount Hope, but the signs were constantly being stolen and the number was changed to 661.
c.
Sam Peckinpah
s final film.
d.
The aeroplane shown in this film (G-AMOF) was a Viscount 701 owned by BEA.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Osterman Weekend (1983)?
a.
In a curious bit of film-within-a-film, two sequences of "The Battle of the Hearts" are screened by
Hedda Hopper
in her documentary
Hedda Hoppers Hollywood No. 1
. Both Hopper and
William Farnum
starred (it was Heddas film debut) in the
The Battle of Hearts
and both are present at the 1942 screening in addition to Hoppers son and daughter-in-law. "The Battle of Hearts" appears to be a lost film today except for the quick sequences in Hoppers documentary, alas she seems to have had a print of the whole film in 1942. The whereabouts of her print are unknown.
b.
For some unknown reason, advertising contained the odd statement "Introducing
James Best
" - a performer whod been acting steadily in TV and films since 1950, 16 years earlier.
c.
The mustache that
Craig T. Nelson
wears throughout the film is glued on.
d.
The Jules and Jim poster is in Italian. The loft where they filmed was owned by an Italian architect, and many of the furnishings shown in the film were already there.
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