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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Spanish Prisoner (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Spanish Prisoner (1997) Quiz
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About the movie:
An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Spanish Prisoner (1997)?
a.
Stuntman
Max Marx
was killed when a rope snapped while he was performing a stunt.
b.
Dog my cats is an American expression used to indicate astonishment.
c.
According to the sleeve notes of the Australian Warner Home Video cassette release, the name Beach Red was "named after the actual beach chosen by General Douglas MacArthur in 1942 to fulfill his famous promise that We will return."
d.
Filmed entirely on soundstages under heavy studio lighting.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Spanish Prisoner (1997)?
a.
In the welcome home scene, where "welcome" is purposely misspelled on the banner, the musician playing the Fender Rhodes is Doovid Barskin, at the time one of Capitol Records A&R men. "We had to give him a part in the picture," producer Stevens quipped, "Otherwise he wouldnt release the soundtrack album.
b.
William Holden
asked for $750,000 plus 10% of the gross to play Mallory. He was turned down and
Gregory Peck
was cast.
c.
At least ten additional songs were written for the film but rejected before the recording sessions. They included Raggedy Andys song "I Like Rasslin" (which was similar in sentiment to "Im No Girls Toy), a dance called "The Raggedy Rag," an anthem for the Loonies of Loonyland, a song about Raggedy Ann and Marcella, and a song about "Fifi" (who was eventually renamed "Babbette").
d.
During the scene in the airport near the end of the film, the fussy child drops his book in front of Joe (
Campbell Scott
). The book is "The Giving Tree" by the late
Shel Silverstein
. Silverstein was a close friend of Mamets and the two co-wrote the film
Things Change
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Spanish Prisoner (1997)?
a.
The silver-blue motorcycle ridden by Button (
Brad Pitt
) is a 650cc Triumph T110, recognizable as a 1956 model because of its alloy head and 4-bar tank badge.
b.
Carey Mulligan
and
Jodie Foster
were originally cast but both dropped out and were replaced by
Mia Wasikowska
and
Nicole Kidman
.
c.
Jack Nicholson
turned down the role of Johnny Hooker in
The Sting
(ultimately played by
Robert Redford
), to appear in this film, which was written by his good friend
Robert Towne
. Nicholson thought that The Sting was too commercial. Both he and Redford were nominated as Best Actor of 1973 at the Academy Awards, losing out to Jack Lemmon in
Save the Tiger
.
d.
The main characters name is Joseph, and he invents a "process." In Kafkas "Der Prozess" (English title: The Trial), the main character, Joseph, is also framed, and nothing is what it seems.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Spanish Prisoner (1997)?
a.
To research her role,
Sigourney Weaver
consulted with leading forensic psychiatrist
Park Dietz
, who had interviewed serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer
.
b.
A modern source lists
Sam McDaniel
in the cast, but he was not seen in the movie.
c.
When he is hung over, George Lang says, "I put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains." The line is a close paraphrase of one from Shakespeares "Othello": "I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains."
d.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Spanish Prisoner (1997)?
a.
At least three of the band names listed above feature references to earlier movies produced by
Joel Silver
: "Ellen Aim and the Attackers" is the band fronted by
Diane Lane
in
Streets of Fire
, "Nakatomi Boys Choir" is a reference to
Die Hard
, as the main location of that story was Nakatomi Plaza, and "Alba Varden" is the name of the South Africans vessel in
Lethal Weapon 2
.
b.
Derek MacKinnon who played Kenny also played ten other characters, making it eleven in total.
c.
In 1951, after 25 years in show business,
Gary Cooper
s professional reputation declined, and he was dropped from the Motion Picture Heralds list of the top 10 Box Office performers. In the following year he made a big comeback at the age of 51 with this film.
d.
George Langs line "Beware of all enterprises which require new clothes" is by Thoreau ("Economy" chapter of Walden).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Spanish Prisoner (1997)?
a.
A different ending was filmed which tested poorly with audiences who felt it was too grim. Despite being the original ending of the book, not to mention producer
Michelle Pfeiffer
s preferred ending, the studio opted for the more conventional happy ending.
b.
Money makes the mare go comes from an old English proverb Its money makes the mare to go (1670).
c.
Only four American work permits were requested of the British government for the production: for director
John Landis
, makeup artist
Rick Baker
, and actors
David Naughton
and
Griffin Dunne
. The first three work permits were granted by the British government without question. But the British office of Actors Equity questioned the necessity of a work permit for actor Dunne, claiming that there were already plenty of young American actors living in Great Britain who could portray the role of Jack. It was only when director/screenwriter Landis threatened to rewrite the script and re-title the movie "An American Werewolf in Paris" that the equity office reconsidered the application and granted Dunne his work permit.
d.
The exterior shots of Bill and Teds high school are of Coronado High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. The striking mosaic is featured on the schools auditorium facade and was designed by art teacher Mr. Gatti and the students in the early 1960s.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Spanish Prisoner (1997)?
a.
Shot digitally using a Nikon D3, which offers a significantly higher resolution than even that of full High Definition. It was also shot at a frame rate of 12 frames per second, rather than the more fluid 24, so that viewers would notice the medium of stop-motion itself.
b.
A lot of similarities to The Water Engine; a made for TV movie also written by David Mamet in which an inventor creates something special which he is paranoid (rightfully so) about maintaining the rights to (unsuccessfully, in both cases.)
c.
Many phallic references: snake crawling between the legs of the woman in the poster, the popsicles held by the girls in the record store, the tip of Alexs walking stick, the object used by Alex to kill the woman.
d.
Mel Gibson
was supposed to star in
Terry Gilliam
s (never made) film "A Tale of Two Cities" but turned it down to star in this movie which he then offered to Gilliam to direct, but Gilliam declined.
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