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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992)

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About the movie: A studio executive is being blackmailed by a writer whose script he rejected but which one? Loaded with Hollywood insider jokes.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		The interior of Griffin Mills office is the same as used in Barton Fink.
b.		Each actor that has appeared in a "Mortal Kombat" video game also portrays a small attribute from their Mortal Kombat alter-egos in this movie. For example: Like the "Mileena" character, Katalin Zamiar is seen dressed with a ninja mask covering her mouth and also uses two sai ninja knives. Like the "Kano" character, Richard Divisio has a shaved head and plays a criminal with a love for knives and black magic (Kano was also a member of the Black Dragon, another word parallel). Like "Johnny Cage", Dan Pesina is seen wearing very dark sunglasses indoors. His character is also hit with an uppercut punch in a style that is very reminiscent of the original Mortal Kombat games. Like "Liu Kang", Ho Sung Pak is the chosen one. He also dons a red headband for a fight scene near the end of the movie, making him look almost identical to his character in "Mortal Kombat II".
c.		The plot of this movie will be found in a later movie, Tortilla Soup about an aging widower chef who raised 3 daughters alone, both being written by Ang Lee. Even the opening crisis, the restaurant previously run by the chef has ruined the main feature of a huge banquet and he is called in to save the day, is the same.
d.		The name of Kathleen Quinlans character is Helen Foley. This was not the name of a character in the original "Its a Good Life" episode, but the name of a character from "The Twilight Zone" (1959) {Nightmare as a Child (#1.29)}. Helen Foley was the name of one of Rod Serlings favorite teachers as a child.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		A scene with Tim Robbins and Peter Gallagher having lunch was cut from the movie. The scene featured cameos by Franco Nero, Tim Curry, Martha Plimpton, Richard D. Zanuck, Richard Edson, and Seymour Cassel.
b.		Director Jerome Elston Scott met costume designer Jennifer Felimi at a party at Neverland Ranch through Michael Jackson
c.		First James Bond film approved by Chinese censors. All other films in the series were available in China only as illegal bootlegs.
d.		The film was on the voting list for a Hugo, the yearly major science fiction award.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		Shot at the Sunset Motel in Monahans, Texas, owned and operated by Doris Barker. Daughter Jeanie Barker Scotts stepdaughter got a walk-on role when a young actress called in sick. Shooting the week there were James Caan, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan and Gwyneth Paltrow.
b.		James Foley was offered the job of director by Princes management after seeing a rough cut of "Reckless". He said he was too busy and declined, but recommended his editor Albert Magnoli.
c.		The rushes from the movie being filmed with Scott Glenn and Lily Tomlin were filmed while the actors were rehearsing the scene.
d.		Robert De Niro was considered to play Jack Travis.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		The animated short Box-Office Bunny was released theatrically with this movie. That short can also be found on the VHS release of this movie.
b.		Cher appears at the awards ceremony in a bright red dress, despite the invitation specifying "black and white only." In real life, Cher never wears red.
c.		At the end of the final confrontation with the Kingpin Daredevil says, "Justice is served." This is the catch phrase of another Marvel comic character, the enigmatic vigilante Scourge, who would use the same line after murdering Marvel villains.
d.		This was a 10 chapter cliffhanger serial made by William M. Pizor Productions. The title of chapter 4 was "Out of the Night," chapter 5 was "Perilous Trails," chapter 6 was "Secret Passage" and chapter 8 was "Revenge." Virtually nothing more is known of this film.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		The tones dialed for Lo Kee Battery, the Gentlemans Club, are the first few notes of the tune to "Yankee Doodle".
b.		The line, "Relationships based on extreme circumstances rarely ever work," is from the end of the first movie, Speed.
c.		The international corporation set up by Saddam Hussein to launder money from his various enterprises was called Montana Management after the Scarface main character.
d.		The opening tracking shot (8 minutes) includes people talking about famous long tracking shots in other movies. The scene was rehearsed for a day, shot for half a day. Fifteen takes were done, five were printed, and the third one was used in the film. The entire sequence was unscripted, and all the dialogue is improvised.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		Chers appearance at the awards ceremony in a bright red dress, despite the invitation specifying "black and white only", may be a direct homage to a real occasion when Norma Shearer appeared in a similar dress at the annual Hollywood Black & White Ball.
b.		This film was Tim Robbins directorial debut. His friend Helen Hunt appeared in it in a brief cameo as a television news reporter. When Hunt made her feature directorial debut with Then She Found Me, Robbins returned the favor and appeared briefly as one of the interviewees on the Bette Midler characters talk show.
c.		The dialogue was written so that the characters names would never be revealed - until the end credits.
d.		In this films final scene, Rollo mixes up the name of Jamie Lee Curtis character, calling Willa Wanda once - a reference to the earlier film, and perhaps specifically to a scene in that film where Cleeses character mixed up Wandas name with his wife Wendys and called Wendy Wanda.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		Sylvia Sidneys last movie. She only did television projects after this.
b.		Tedi Sarafian wrote a script for the movie, but since his ideas would have resulted in the movie costing more than $200 million (a scene featured a Boeing crashing in downtown LA and exploding half of the city) his script was refused. Some of his ideas were used, though, (the evil Terminator is a woman, Sarah Connor doesnt appear), so he earned a "story" credit.
c.		In the original novel by Michael Tolkin, Junes second name is Mercator, not Gudmundsdottir.
d.		There were a number of scenes in the original screenplay that were never used, which actually made the film a lot longer and much darker. Among the cut scenes were: A scene in the beginning with Mr. Lee (originally, the burning cows trampled over Mr. Lee, killing him, as his family watches in horror); another where the Martians break into the White House (the White House decorator is decorating the Reagan Room, and the Martians break in through the window and vaporize him); an extended version of the Doughnut World scene (the Hispanic woman at the doughnut shop is trying to escape the building with Richie and some cops when the Martians attack. Richie gets out, turns around and sees the building burst into flames., and we see the skeletons of her and the police officers); the death scene of Dr. Zeigler; and the stealing of the translator device. An extended version of the casino break-in, including The death of Mr. Brian, who is trying to save his money and gets zapped, as well as many other gamblers getting vaporized; an alternate ending where Byron actually IS killed by the Martians and the Martians drag his body away. Planes fly by later, and kill those Martians with the Slim Whitman music. Later, during the award ceremony, Byron is remembered by Taffy in a long and sweet speech. Louise, Cedric and Neville are sitting in the audience of this ceremony, crying and wearing black.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		Scenes with Jeff Daniels playing golf in a surgeons gown at a hospital and Patrick Swayze showing off karate moves were filmed but cut.
b.		The song "Why Should I Worry?" was later used as the theme song of a Disney TV series starring Joseph Lawrence, who voiced Oliver in this film.
c.		A few weeks into filming, Tom DiCillo fired the original director of photography after finding all of the footage shot to be worthless. When confronted with this, DiCillo claims the DP confessed to deliberately sabotaging the film due to jealosy.
d.		The scene featuring the "Maybe" song was the last one to be shot; it replaced the original opening sequence, which was too long and had to be deleted. However the reprise later on by the orphans was left in the film.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		In the scene where Tim Robbins (as Griffin) stops to say hello to Burt Reynolds in the restaurant, Reynolds improvised the scene, not knowing anything about Griffin but manages to know hes an "asshole".
b.		Laura Harring plays Beth (Shannyn Sossamon)s mother, despite being just fourteen years older than her.
c.		Eight Artoo Detoos (R2D2) were used in the making of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Kenny Baker used two that were lighter and more comfortable than the ones from Star Wars. Three were dummy versions which could be damaged and another three were remote controlled.
d.		According to Bryan Singer at Wondercon 2006, he initially approached John Williams to compose the score for the film, but Williams wasnt available at the time because he was scoring Saving Private Ryan.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.		Kate Winslet (Ophelia), learned on the day that she had to shoot the straitjacket scene that she had just been given the role of Rose in Titanic.
b.		Carl and Russells hometown at the end is Oakland. We see Oakland landmarks Fentons Creamery and the Fox Oakland Theatre (showing Star Wars).
c.		During the funeral scene, the writer giving the eulogy is wearing the same outfit as David Kahane when he was murdered (boots, blue jeans, red shirt, brown sportscoat and glasses).
d.		In 2005 Terrence Malick had talked to Colin Farrell about starring in the lead role.

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