QuizAssess
Home
Popular Quiz Categories
Home
Hollywood Movies Famous Trivia Quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) - 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 Player (1992).
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 DP appears as Kirt Bradley.
b.
The mother ship appears to be covered with millions of tiny lights. This effect was achieved through utilizing aerial view images of the San Fernando Valley at night.
c.
Made its money back within its first month of release.
d.
Jodie Foster
was considered for the role of Tracy.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
The house used as Griffin and Junes home in the final scene belonged to
Robert Altman
.
b.
Bing Crosby
s last cinema movie.
c.
The official website referred to Jims Dad as Eugene, named after
Eugene Levy
himself. However, his name was revealed to be Noah in later installments.
d.
This films director
Don Siegel
once said: "I would never make a war picture unless it was strongly antiwar. No side wins a war. How hypocritical warring nations are. Both sides have their priests and ministers pray to the same God for victory. War is senseless and futile. It is true that hell is for heroes. It is equally true that for heroes there is only hell."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
The handwriting on the ominous death-threat letters and postcards received by Griffin Mill actually belongs to
Robert Altman
, who took great pleasure in writing the notes himself.
b.
Kevin Conran
originally intended to have the Mysterious Woman character wear an eyepatch, but after
Angelina Jolie
signed on, it was decided that an eyepatch would look much better on her character.
c.
The first sentence of the manuscript that Grady Tripp pulls from James Lears knapsack in the auditorium is actually the opening of the novel "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" by Michael Chabon.
d.
In the opening shot, when the policeman is walking through the evidence locker room, several dolls appear. These resemble, or may actually be, from the movie series Puppet Master. They appear in the first storage case shown, on the left side of the screen.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
The Peterson name tradition continues in
Russ Emanuel
s latest feature film, this time as Mary Peterson.
b.
The shot of the skydivers jumping out of the airplane is footage from
Navy Seals
.
c.
The celebrity cameos were not written in the script.
Robert Altman
added them all in. No scripted dialogue was given to any celebrity with a cameo.
d.
The sanitation company where Carl and James work is called Shoreline Waste - their motto is "Your friendly efficient garbage experts".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
Filming was halted briefly, two days into filming, when Paramount discovered their filming rights to the novel were only for a silent version. It was quickly resolved through the kind permission of
H.G. Wells
s estate.
b.
Julia Roberts
- among others - did her cameo for nothing.
c.
The woman who walks through the movie set shouting "Oscar!" is
Catherine Johnson
,
Chic Johnson
s wife.
d.
In Anchor Bays DVD, the end of the theatrical trailer (which shows the films title) has been cropped. The rest of trailer is in 1.85:1, but that last shot is around 2.35:1, which has caused confusion among fans. This aspect ratio change in the trailer was done by Disney to mask off Disney/Buena Vista names. Disney did not allow its name anywhere on the DVD package.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
John Carpenter
was quite intimidated by
Donald Pleasence
, of whom he was a big fan and who was easily the oldest and most experienced person on set. Although Pleasance asked Carpenter difficult questions about his character, Pleasance turned out to be a good-humored, big-hearted individual and the two became great friends.
b.
At one point, Walter (
Fred Ward
) asks Joel Levison (
Brion James
) if hes ever seen the original version of
D.O.A.
. Levison says he has, and that he thinks it was remade a few years ago. James was in the remake,
D.O.A.
.
c.
Nicolas Cage
was considered for the role of Robert Neville back in 1998 along with director
Rob Bowman
, who was eventually moved on to direct
The X Files
.
d.
The word "fuck" is said 143 times.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
The movie playing at the drive-in scene is
Thank God Its Friday
.
b.
It is estimated that if all the celebrities who did cameos were to charge their normal asking prices, the budget for the film would be in excess of $100 million on salaries alone.
c.
Shot over a period of 18 days.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 10, 1940 with
Charles Boyer
reprising his film role.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
According to Ms. Davis, she was so disgusted by the script that she demanded it be rewritten, and left when the filmmakers refused. The script was then reshaped to explain her absence.
Larry Cohen
says Davis had to leave for New York for medical reasons and that she later claimed she left because of the script because she was worried she wouldnt be able to get another job if people thought she was in too bad health.
b.
The first RoboCop film to be rated PG-13 (all the previous films were rated R).
c.
The background art in the scenes with Gordon Mitchell consists of one of the many expressionistic artworks Mitchell has painted in recent years. He painted this piece expressly for this film.
d.
The writer pitching The Graduate: Part II to Griffin Mill is, in fact, a cameo by
Buck Henry
(as himself). Buck Henry co-wrote the screenplay for
The Graduate
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
The film-within-a-film, Habeas Corpus, features a prison gas chamber scene with
Susan Sarandon
as a saintly onlooker. Sarandon starred as Sister Helen Prejean in
Dead Man Walking
directed by
Tim Robbins
b.
The movie was originally going to be called "Something Borrowed".
c.
The actual game that was being played in the film was Superbowl X between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys at Miami. Respective scores: 21 to 17.
d.
The water pool where the astronauts enjoy a swim was built on the Fox Ranch by producer
Arthur P. Jacobs
for his adaptation of
Doctor Dolittle
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Player (1992)?
a.
Lalo Schifrin
s score was rejected (see also
The Amityville Horror
).
William Friedkin
later said that had he heard the music of
Tangerine Dream
(who scored his later film
Sorcerer
) earlier, he would have had them score this film (from the "Sorcerer" soundtrack liner notes).
b.
The boy in the movie who says the line "The cat sat on a mat" was a St. Andrews student at the time. He earned more than his teachers that year.
c.
Writer
Michael Tolkin
actually had a film company ring him up and try to option Habeus Corpus, the blatantly ludicrous film that is pitched within the movie.
d.
A Jewel Production. Universal, not owning a theater chain, devised a 3-tiered branding system to assist it in marketing its feature product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige releases). Jewels were often marketed as special engagements in hopes of commanding higher ticket prices. This branding system remained in effect at Universal for about 15 years, ending in late 1929.
Related movie quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) - Part (3) Quiz
Year: 1992 related famous movies quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Final Analysis (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Death Becomes Her (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sleepwalkers (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Swoon (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blood Church (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Diggstown (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Aladdin (1992) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pet Sematary II (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Storyville (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Year of the Comet (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Meatballs 4 (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Judgement (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Once Upon a Crime... (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sneakers (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Let's Kill All the Lawyers (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Poison Ivy (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Basic Instinct (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Army of Darkness (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Aladdin (1992) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Return of the Roller Blade Seven (1992) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dracula (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Related genere famous movies quizzes
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) Quiz