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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Quiz
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About the movie:
To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)?
a.
Madonna
was trying to lose weight, or rather not to gain any. So when the script called for her to be eating, shed spit out the food at the end of the take!
b.
Charles Gray
would play Mycroft Holmes again years later in the ITV series
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
and its follow ups starring
Jeremy Brett
as Holmes.
c.
The scene where the engineers are challenged to create a device to use the square CO2 absorbers using only items on board was the inspiration for
Cathy Rogers
to create the British TV show _Scrapheap(1998)_, later called Junkyard Wars which aired in both the UK and spawned a US version.
d.
Associate producer Bryan Foy had the distinction of directing the first all-talking picture (also by Warner Bros.), Lights of New York ten years earlier.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)?
a.
This is not a feature film. It is two episodes of the
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV show edited together and released as a feature.
b.
Laurence Fishburne
was the original choice to play Zeus Carver, but turned down the part. When he reconsidered the decision,
Samuel L. Jackson
was already cast.
c.
The title of the movie refers to the drug Sherlock Holmes is abusing. He injects himself with a solution of 7% cocaine and 93% saline solution.
d.
Portions of
John Williams
music are derived from
Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)?
a.
This is the only film in the series not to use
Charles Bernstein
s original theme, or a variation of it.
b.
While the book showed Dr. Sigmund Freud with a daughter, the child he had in real life, the movie showed him with a make-believe son because Dr. Anna Freud threatened a lawsuit if she was included. Since her father was dead she had no control over how he was portrayed.
c.
Marjorie Graham, a former roommate of
Elizabeth Short
(see above), was originally a character in the screenplay. She was written into one scene, occurring right after the Sherryl Saddons scene, in which she insinuates that Elizabeth Short and Lorna Mertz were consorting with a lesbian. This scene was written out, and Sherryl performs this function in the final film.
d.
The group gets assigned to the USS Alabama and sets sail for Pearl Harbor, HI from San Diego, CA. With the movie being released on 30 May 1941, the real USS Alabama (BB-60) was commissioned on 16 Aug 1942 and earned nine battle stars during her service in World War II.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)?
a.
Singer
John Parr
, who co-wrote and sung the title song "St. Elmos Fire" for the soundtrack, explained during a speech at the Childrens choice awards in Sheffield that he was "not particularly thrilled" to be working on the film and that, motivation for the song actually came from a young man who had recently become paralyzed. He said that "the wheels" of the Man in Motion referenced in the lyrics was popularly thought to mean the wheels of
Demi Moore
s jeep, but actually refers instead to those of a wheelchair.
b.
Due to problems with financing, the film was not completed until nine years after principal photography began.
c.
In several scenes, White Sox players are seen tossing their mitts on to the field as they head towards the dugout. This was an actual practice by major league players to share equipment. The home team players would often leave the mitts on the field for the opposition to wear during the upcoming inning. The tradition slowly died off during the 1920s.
d.
Bernard Herrmann
was slated to compose this score but passed away the December before the film was completed. He had gone as far as to suggest a musical beginning to director Ross, where, as the credits roll, the camera slowly dollies toward a performing orchestra, eventually finishing with a closeup of Holmes as one of the violinists. Herrmanns idea was to imply this is what Holmes did during his absence. Ross chose to use a different start.
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