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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Sinister Urge (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Sinister Urge (1960) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960).
About the movie:
A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films' lead actresses.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
Edward D. Wood Jr.
planned a sequel to this film titled "The Peeper", but he was never able to get any funding to film it.
b.
At a time when most African-Americans were stereotyped, both
Nina Mae McKinney
and
Clarence Muse
were the two most reputable characters in the movie. Although their parts in the script are written in dialect, both spoke normally.
c.
The Los Angeles premiere of the film was on November 14th, 2009 at the James Bridges Theatre (UCLA)
d.
The car dealership in the movie was actually Harry Mahers used car lot near Universal Studios. Since Ford Motor company was a sponsor of
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show the car lots usual inventory was displaced in favor of shiny Edsels, Fairlanes and Mercury models from Ford.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 20, 1950 with
Paul Douglas
and
Linda Darnell
reprising their film roles.
b.
The Pizza Joint sequences were shot in 1956 for the unfinished film Rock and Roll Hell, also known as Hellborn.
c.
In the night club, Ron plays jazz flute in the style of
Ian Anderson
, lead singer and flautist of
Jethro Tull
. Ron blurts out "Hey Aqualung!" at the end of the song, a lyric from the
Jethro Tull
song "Aqualung", the title track of their 1971 album. In addition, the riff that he plays on the flute just before he does so is the main riff of the same song. Indeed, the scene is rife with Tull references, as the pose Ron strikes at the end of the song is also a clear imitation of the bands logo of a flautist turned sideways with one leg up.
d.
David Lynch
: [Clueless detectives]
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
In 1937, Max Factor Company debuted a new type of makeup that was specially designed for use in color film. This was the first film to make use of this particular brand of makeup.
b.
Composer
John Williams
used the same orchestra that he also used for his themes for all six Star Wars movies (he used the London Symphony Orchestra), hence how some of his film scores sound like
Star Wars
.
c.
In
Alice Sebold
s original novel, a disturbing rape scene is recounted in great detail, an experience Sebold had personally experienced herself as a young woman. Director
Peter Jackson
chose to omit this section of the book, feeling that the re-enactment of the ordeal would have, not just overwhelmed the film, but been too traumatic a sequence for the young
Saoirse Ronan
to endure.
d.
There are posters for three other films by director Edward D. Wood, Jr. in Johnny Rides office:
Jail Bait
,
Bride of the Monster
, and
The Violent Years
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
In the fall of 2002 the film surpassed
Dances with Wolves
as the highest grossing movie never to have hit number one at the weekend box office. By the weekend of October 4-6, it surpassed
The Blair Witch Project
as the highest-grossing independent film of all time, until March 2004, when it was surpassed by
The Passion of the Christ
. Theatres continued to run the film after its initial video release.
b.
It was after director
Richard Donner
had asked for a screening of this film and seen
Jeff East
s performance that East subsequently got the part of the young Clark Kent in
Superman
.
c.
Ironically, this film was partially financed by gambler Abe Attell, a gambler who had helped
Arnold Rothstein
fix the 1919 World Series.
Babe Ruth
, the star of the film, has always been credited with saving baseball after the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
d.
Conrad Brooks (I) did the stunt-work for when Dirk jumped out of the moving car and rolled down the hill.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
b.
Rob Zombie
named his 2001 solo album for the film.
c.
Alan G. Barbour in his book Cliffhanger states that " . . .The Mask villain character in
Spy Smasher
was the first in a long line of stereotypes which pictured hard-faced Nazis as propagandist tyrants."
d.
The VHS box showed Enterprise firing phasers at the Regula research station, but this never happened at any point in the movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
Ironically, this "pornography expose" was
Edward D. Wood Jr.
s last legitimate film before delving into writing softcore pornography himself.
b.
Chapter Titles: #1: Bound to the Enemy; #2: Adventure in the Valley; #3: Imperiled at Sea; #4: Into the Earthquake Abyss; #5: The Fight at Lost River Dam; #6: Brink of Eternity; #7: Midnight Raid; #8: Radio Trap; #9: Ordeal of Fire; #10: The 100th Day; #11: Called to Account; #12: Double Peril; #13: To Hazardous Heights; #14: In Desperate Flight; #15: Disputed Treasure;
c.
The original script was much darker to the one in the final film. In the original, Mandella (Kats best friend) referred openly and frequently to several suicide attempts, which were for her to join with
William Shakespeare
.
d.
Although a lost film, the trailer survived and is one of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is preserved by the Library of Congress (AFI/Jack Tillmany collection) and has a running time of 1 minute.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
Shot for his friend
Edward D. Wood Jr.
, this was the last feature film for Director of Photography
William C. Thompson
. The 70 year old Thompson was blind in one eye. His career had started in silent films.
b.
The location where they steal the pinch is not at the California Institute of Technology, but at the University of California at Irvines medical school plaza.
c.
Bruce Kirby
s film debut.
d.
Gerties school where she and Ollie perform the bloody and violent song from Sweeney Todd is named for Maria Goretti, a Catholic saint who was martyred by being stabbed to death.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
Clips from this movie featured in the video remix of
U2: Numb
by the Emergency Broadcast Network. This mix is the one usually used by U2 when the song is performed live.
b.
Charles Boyer
was originally cast as "Prof. Montel."
c.
The "Amalgamated Airlines" plane is a Boeing 247.
d.
Adam Sandler
is only 12 years older than
Andy Samberg
, who plays his son in this movie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
The pizza joint fight scene was shot and used for an earlier
Edward D. Wood Jr.
film,
Night of the Ghouls
.
b.
Though Hopkins had no official say in who would play Clarice,
Ridley Scott
consulted with him about the actresses he was considering. Hopkins recommended
Julianne Moore
, with whom he had worked on
Surviving Picasso
.
c.
Elizabeth Taylor
: an extra
d.
Michael Small
composed a complete musical score for this film, but director
James Bridges
and the producers of the film did not like it. This is why the film was completely devoid of music except for the song sung by
Stephen Bishop
at the beginning of the film. In 2009 Intrada Records released and extremely limited (1000 copies) CD of Smalls score which sold out in 24 hours.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Sinister Urge (1960)?
a.
His role as Lt. Matt Carson became the final film appearance for
Kenne Duncan
, ending a career of approximately 250 films stretching back to silent films.
b.
Lance Frank & Blake Phillips are both personal friends with Jerod Mixon & Jamal Mixon.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.
The orange baseball jersey that Susan wears after her clothes have been stolen, sports the letters MC. These are
Madonna
s initials; her full name is Madonna Ciccone.
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