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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Outsiders (1983) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Outsiders (1983) - 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 Outsiders (1983).
About the movie:
When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
Wes Anderson
: [Rolling Stones] Features "She Smiled Sweetly" and "Ruby Tuesday".
b.
The Broadway musical "Song of the Flame" opened at the Fourty-fourth Street Theatre (New York City) on December 30, 1925 and ran for 219 performances.
c.
Tom Cruise
had a cap in his tooth removed in order to further convey the damage he received in the rumble.
d.
Simon Jones
: who played Arthur the radio show and TVs
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
(and was, in fact, originally hand-picked by friend
Douglas Adams
for the role), makes a brief appearance as the Magrathean "greeting/threat" holomessage. This marks another slight deviation from the other Guide incarnations, as all other versions used the actor who played Slartibartfast for the holomessage.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
Saved! was reworked into a stage musical (with the same title, minus the exclamation point), which premiered for a limited run in 2008 in New York City, to mixed reviews. Music was by Michael Friedman and book and lyrics by John Dempsey and Rinne Groff.
b.
During the final days of filming, actor
Gregory Peck
was alternating between the Florida set of this movie and a Texas set, where he was simultaneously filming
Duel in the Sun
.
c.
Two-Bits real name is Keith.
d.
Hop-Toad and Esmeralda were drawn from Poes short story "Hop-Frog". That story was inspired by an actual incident in 1393, where French King Charles VI and 5 of his lords dressed and chained themselves as "wild men" at a masquerade, and their costumes caught fire from a stray spark. 4 of the lords died, and the incident became known as the Bal de Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
According to
Don McCullin
in his autobiography "Unreasonable Behaviour", director
Michelangelo Antonioni
was unhappy with the color of the grass in Maryon Park. He had it sprayed green so he could re-shoot the scene.
b.
Sets were re-used by
Val Lewton
in
Cat People
and
The Curse of the Cat People
to help save production costs resulting from a ridiculously small budget.
c.
The address on the house is 666.
d.
The hat that Two-Bit finds in Johnnys yard belonged to a crew member behind the camera who lost the hat when a large fan accidentally blew it off his head.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
Filmed in Acapulco, Mexico, star
Farrah Fawcett
had actually visited there ten years prior to this movies shooting when she was a university student.
b.
The film is inspired by the true story of Paco Sosa (a Daschund) and his human companion, Bernadine. Paco lived to the age of 20 1/2 years old and was known and loved as New York Citys oldest dog.
c.
This was the final feature film for director
Joseph H. Lewis
. He would spend much of the next decade directing television episodes before retiring from the industry.
d.
The non-profit organization producer/performer
Anthony Begonia
volunteers with was used as a catering home base on several occasions for the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
Anthony Michael Hall
read for the part of Ponyboy Curtis.
b.
The noises that the Gopher makes are actually vocalized by a dolphin, and the dolphin sound effects used are the same ones that were used for
Flipper
.
c.
Eighteen minutes were cut from preview version of the film before its actual release, eliminating several actors listed in studio records and casting call lists. These include (with their character names):
Hattie McDaniel
(Mammy),
Hobart Cavanaugh
(Innkeeper),
Clinton Rosemond
(Black Man) and
George Davis
(French Sailor).
d.
The twelve chapter novel which the film is based on, by
Arthur B. Reeve
, was published serially in newspapers while the film was playing in theaters. It was published in book form in 1916 as chapters 6 through 17 of the volume titled "The Romance of Elaine". Chapters 1 through 5 of the book are a portion of the novel which
The New Exploits of Elaine
was based on.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
The director wanted
Matt Dillon
to spend a night in jail to understand Dally a bit better.
b.
Columbia Pictures loaned
Cary Grant
to Warner Brothers to make this movie.
c.
Billy Boyd
and
Dominic Monaghan
spent so much time up the tree (TreeBeard) during the making of the the film that they spent their time between takes writing a screenplay. Additionally, it was so difficult to get up and down to their "perches" that they were left there during breaks while the rest of the crew went off to eat, though someone was kind enough to pass theirs up to them.
d.
J.J. Cohen
originally considered for the role of Biff after
Eric Stoltz
was cast as Marty. He was replaced by
Thomas F. Wilson
because Cohen was considered not physically imposing enough next to the six-foot-tall Stoltz. Cohen was cast as one of Biffs gang. According to
Bob Gale
, had
Michael J. Fox
been cast from the beginning, Cohen would have probably won the part because he was much taller than the five-foot-four Fox.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
The lounge in mid-town says "We Never Close" and Maxs restaurant in Ft. Lauderdale says "Always open".
b.
During a TV interview at the time just after this film was released,
Chuck Berry
said he handled his own wardrobe, and it was all authentic. He still had an entire closet full of the suits he wore while touring during the time frame portrayed in the film, so what he wears in the film is what he actually wore on stage during the 1950s.
c.
For the film,
Javier Calderon
gained over forty pounds - going from approximately 160 lbs to 208 lbs - and then undertook a fasting regimen where, for two months he ate not one bite of food and ran two miles a day with a plastic sweat suit on. This caused him to loose a pound a day - for 56 days - going from 208 to, at the films end, 146 lbs.
d.
In addition to the 22 minutes of restored footage in the 2005 "Complete Novel" DVD, there are additional scenes that are not included, such as: an extension of the "walking home" introduction where the Socs accost Sodapop and Steve at the DX station and Darry throws some debris from the roof of a house at their car as they drive past him (this extension also includes more narration by Ponyboy); an alternate introduction to Johnny where his mother chases him out of the house with a broom, only to be stopped by Two-Bit, who rushes to Johnnys aid; additional footage of Ponyboy and Johnny at the church where they hide from some people riding on a horse; additional footage where Ponyboy and Darry have a fight only to be walked out on by Sodapop; an extended morning scene following the church fire where Ponyboy awakes and urges Sodapop to wake up, echoing the words he heard Darry say in his dream at the church about "rise and shine."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
After
Matt Dillon
auditioned for the part of Dally, Director
Francis Ford Coppola
went up to him and told him, "You can go home now." Dillon thought he didnt get the part and called his agent and told him he didnt get the part. Later on, it turned out Coppola sent him home early because he already knew he was going to cast him as Dally.
b.
Christopher Priest
created the "Langford Double Knot" for the original novel as a tribute to his friend and business partner, the author David Langford.
c.
Product placement was deliberately scaled back following the criticism leveled at the previous Bond entry which earned itself the nickname "Buy Another Day".
d.
Barbara Stanwyck
s first film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
Mel Smith
(The Albino) has confessed to never having watched his performance in this film due to the painful experience involved in filming the role. His character required him to wear coloured contact lenses and, unknown to Smith and the costume department at the time, he was actually allergic to the lens solution used. This meant that Smith was in constant pain and discomfort throughout filming; hence, he is reluctant to relive the memory.
b.
The first film to win Best Picture without winning any other Academy Awards.
c.
Out of the main cast, all the kids were in their late teens, the exceptions being
Patrick Swayze
, who was 30, and
Ralph Macchio
, who was 20.
d.
The military aircraft seen late in the movie were McDonnel Douglas AV-8B Harriers of the Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223) which is nicknamed the "Bulldogs".
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Outsiders (1983)?
a.
At one point, Pam (
Rose McGowan
) calls the other girls "double-fucks." This came from an incident on the
Planet Terror
set where Rose was trying to get in character for the scene where her character wakes up and realizes her leg has been torn off by zombies, but
Quentin Tarantino
and
Robert Rodriguez
kept peeking into the room and teasing her as she tried to get appropriately emotional. Annoyed, she called them "double-fucks" and told them to get out, and Quentin liked it so much that he added it to his script.
b.
During the restored dinner scene where Sodapop runs away, the character is seen with a piece of paper at the table. According to the novel by
S.E. Hinton
, it is a "Dear John" letter from Sodas girlfriend Sandy, whom he claimed he wished to marry.
c.
There have been reports that the enormous rat Ben was not portrayed by a rat, which is not quite true. Ben was played by a giant Gambian Pouched Rat (cricetomys gambianus), a distant relative of the Norway rat (rattus norvegicus), the species in the film. Gambian pouched rats, while fairly docile, can grow to body lengths of as much as 10-17 inches from head to base of tail, with a tail about the same length again or longer, and generally weigh anywhere from two to over six pounds.
d.
Joanna Lumley
s bits of narration at the beginning and end of the film were recorded in a single take.
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