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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Touch of Satan (1971) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Touch of Satan (1971) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971).
About the movie:
A man meets a farmgirl who is actually a witch.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
The scene at the end of the movie where Roy hits the shot into the water hazard again and again was based on an actual event.
Gary McCord
, the commentator with the handlebar mustache in the movie, is an actual commentator and pro golfer. In a 1987 tournament he had a shot similar to
Kevin Costner
s. He needed a birdie to win and went for it. He hit the water over and over again and finally made the shot, but it cost him 15 strokes. In the movie Costner gets it in 12. The scene where Roy wins a bar bet by hitting a golf ball at a pelican also was based on a real life incident from McCords career.
b.
Sharon Crabtree
was cast in the role of young Lucinda Strickland partly because of her psychical resemblance to star
Emby Mellay
.
c.
Al Pacino
visited the set as he was filming
Revolution
in the studio next door.
d.
The opening scene of Merricks mother being attacked by an elephant is not factual; his deformities were the result of disease, and he was called "The Elephant Man" because of his lumpy skin. However, the idea of an elephant attack comes from the melodramatic speech originally delivered by Tom Norman to those who paid to see Merrick exhibited.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
Bosco, at the party, tells a story of a grade school friend of his name Raoul.
Michael Mann
said that the story was completely ad-libbed by
Ted Levine
and that he had no idea how Levine came up with it.
b.
The suit
Harvey Keitel
wears was his own. It had been a specially made gift from French designer
Agnès B.
.
c.
The house with the blue door used in the movie was sold the year following the release of the movie. The original blue door was removed and auctioned. The replacement door was painted black so that no one would recognize it. Soon however, someone later spray painted on the wall next to the door, "This is the Hollywood door." A different house was used when Thacker and Anna are practicing her lines on the roof.
d.
The car that Jodie drives in the film is a 1970 Ford Maverick Grabber.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
Makeup artist
Joe Blasco
s first film.
b.
Much like the first book, some difference exist between the British and American editions of the text. One such difference is in the scene where Dumbledore takes Harry to meet Slughorn. In the American edition of the book, Dumbledore excuses himself to use the bathroom. In the film, he uses the more British term, "loo." This is in contrast to
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
, in which such references were shot twice to accommodate American and British audiences.
c.
In the scene where a cats head is squeezed and its eyeball pops out, the cat actually only had one eye; a glass eye was inserted into the empty socket before filming, and that was what popped out.
d.
The shots in which
Sean Penn
and
Nicolas Cage
stand in on the railroad tracks with the train coming toward them were done with large mirrors to give the illusion that the train is actually coming toward them when the train is actually on another set of tracks.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
In a 1975 interview with Dorothy Manners,
Jan-Michael Vincent
was asked about his oft-spoken-of nude scene in the film. "The scene was in good taste and I dont think I sprang any surprises on anyone," he replied with an impish grin on his face. "Just standard equipment."
b.
Director
Leonard Nimoy
looked at videotape footage of about 200 hundred sets of twin girls for the part of Mary, before deciding on Lisa and Michelle Blair for the part. Four sets of twins were seen in person before the final choice was made.
c.
As most of the seaside resorts in 1975 experienced a downturn in visitors, some of the establishments would resort to innovative ways to lure in customers. One recorded example was a seafood restaurant in Cape Cod which proudly displayed the sign "Eat Fish - Get Even".
d.
If we assume that the story takes place in 1971, when the film was shot, this would mean that the character of Melissa Strickland would have been born in the year 1844.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
Throughout the first half of the film, Danny asks Angel a number of annoying questions like "Have you ever shot two guns at once while diving through the air?" to which Angel responds "No - youve been watching too many cop movies! The job isnt like that." Then in the second half of the film, every single thing that Danny has asked about, Angel has to do. He does shoot two guns while leaping through the air, etc. The only thing that Nicolas doesnt do is shooting into the air and screaming. Danny does that. Also, when the police crew are in the pub (on Nicholas first day), the Andies mention that in small towns everybody carries a firearm, especially farmers and their mothers. Not only are they correct (at least in Sandford), but the first people who shoot at Angel is a farmer and his mum.
b.
The original trailer for the film featured Conner MacLeod splitting Jacob Kell in two with his sword and in turn becoming two people. This never happened in the film.
c.
Satans "I am a friend and companion of the night..." speech is taken from Howard Phillips Lovecrafts short story "The Horror At Red Hook."
d.
Part of this was filmed at New York Citys Calhoun School. They were extremely cooperative with the shooting. The Calhoun School is a college preparatory institution located in the heart of Manhattans West Side.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
When characters are tempted by Satan, it is their corresponding actors voice beckoning them to join him.
b.
According to The New York Times, "several concessions to the censors and the box-office were made in adapting Irwin Shaws bestseller The Young Lions to the screen."
c.
In the original trailer, the shot with Mulder & Scully running from the bees was used, albeit minus the SFX bees.
d.
This film is lost.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
The "Penrose stairs" (with a woman perpetually picking up papers) that Arthur shows Ariadne is a reference to a lithograph print by the Dutch graphic artist
M.C. Escher
. The print is usually called "Ascending and Descending" or "The Infinite Staircase", and was first printed in March 1960; Escher is well-known for his drawings exploring optical illusions and real architectural, mathematical, and philosophical principles rendered in fantastical ways.
b.
Heather Graham
auditioned for a role in this film.
Reese Witherspoon
had a meeting with the casting director,
Kevin Smith
and
Scott Mosier
, but both Smith and Mosier didnt enjoy the meeting and told the casting director not to bother to bring her in for an audition. Smith details this meeting in his book, "Silent Bob Speaks".
c.
This film marks the 50th Anniversary of
Psycho
d.
Members of the films crew cameo as the villagers that try to burn Lucinda.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
Marc Gilpin
(Sean Brody) claims that when they were shooting one of the scenes on the makeshift raft of wrecked yachts, they were being circled by a real hammerhead shark. All the actors were scared and began to scream and holler at the production crew who were filming that particular scene from a distance. The crew were oblivious to the danger and assumed the actors were simply in character and gave them the thumbs up!
b.
The character of Chuck is a reference to the author of Fight Club,
Chuck Palahniuk
.
c.
The passage that Dani reads to her father is from "Sophistication" a short story by
Sherwood Anderson
.
d.
Despite popular belief the films director wasnt
Tom Laughlin
, who was often credited under the pseudonym of Don Henderson. The director was actually Donald Henderson, who was credited as Don Henderson on The Touch of Satan.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
The only thief to not get away from the bank heist is carrying a different model rifle than the others, an Israeli Galil.
b.
In
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
, all of the on-set displays were operated by looped film projectors behind the walls, because normal video monitors refresh rate was different from the film frame rate, causing a visible flicker. Sets like the bridge had dozens of these projectors operating simultaneously, which were very noisy, and had to be manually synchronized with the camera. For this film, a new system was developed with monitors and videotape that ran at the same 24fps rate as the film, allowing quieter (and brighter) displays to be used on-set. This technology subsequently became a standard for Hollywood film production.
c.
Bruno, the dog died a few days after his scenes were filmed.
d.
Ellen Bailey
, the films associate director, also plays the role of Melissas real mother. In addition the cafe that Jodie walks out of early in the film is called Ellens Cafe, named after Bailey.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Touch of Satan (1971)?
a.
An abundance of stock Technicolor footage from earlier films, particularly
Joan of Arc
, is used to advantage, but some scratched black and white clips from a much earlier and unidentifiable film give the game away.
b.
The scores projected during the bowling alley scene indicate all the bowlers are on pace for final scores of 230 or better. Two bowlers have perfect scores through eight frames.
c.
With a budget of $5,000,000 it was the most expensive film ever produced by an African-American (
William Alexander
) at that time.
d.
The windy weather conditions of the California filming locations proved to be quite problematic for recording sound during the shoots. Most of the seemingly ambient wind noise heard in the film was authentic.
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