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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Wanderers (1979) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Wanderers (1979) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Wanderers (1979)

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About the movie: Set against the urban jungle of 1963 New York's gangland subculture, this coming of age teenage movie is set around the Italian gang the Wanderers...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		In the scene with Johnny and Steve McCroskey, McCroskey says "Get me someone who wont crack under pressure." Johnny responds "How about Mister Rogers?" If you look carefully that was dubbed in after. Airplane! was shot in August 1979. Stephen Stucker (Johnny) actually said "How about Mamie Eisenhower." The former First Lady died a few months later (in Nov. 1979) so the producers corrected it by dubbing in "Mister Rogers" out of respect for the Eisenhower family.
b.		Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer vacationed together in Ireland just before production started.
c.		When Renny Harlin fired the chief camera operator following a dispute, more than two dozen crew members quit.
d.		The gangs whose names are introduced early in the film (including The Wanderers) were based on real street gangs in the New York City area. However, they did not all exist at the same point in time. Many of the Wanderers did actually belong to a local football team, named "The Stingers".

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		There are over 3 dozen references to nerd culture including character names. Look for the connection to last names of all the gamers, there are ties to Transformers, Lord of the Rings, X-Men, Spider-man, and Harry Potter.
b.		The movie playing on the television at the beginning of the movie is The Three Stooges in Orbit
c.		Before each of Harrys 3 combative encounters with Scorpio, there is a cross and or a reference to Christ: 1.) At the rooftop stakeout, the "Jesus Saves" neon sign. 2.) At the park ransom location, the giant, cement cross. 3.) And at 1:35:14, at the pivotal moment when Harry is spotted by his nemesis from the school bus, a cross extending up from the streetlight. Scorpio even exclaims, "Jeeeesssus!"
d.		Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald did not get along at all during filming, and avoided each other completely off the set.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		Simon Peggs favourite film of his own to date.
b.		Richard Price grew a mustache and cut his hair so he could play one of the bowling bankrollers in the movie.
c.		Patrick Swayze got women coming up to him for years asking him to say "Ditto" from the movie.
d.		In hopes that it would be the Saturday Night Fever of roller skating, the film was shot in just eight weeks and released soon after. While it fared reasonably well with audiences, it didnt quite achieve this title.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		When the book was first written, John Travolta wanted to make the movie, and star as Johnny Goodboy, the young hero. Of course, he could get no investors to back him. By the time the movie was made, he was too old to play the part of the hero and, instead, opted to play the part of the villain, Terl.
b.		Leo Gorcey impersonates Edward G. Robinson and Huntz Hall impersonates James Cagney.
c.		The football game sequence was shot in three days.
d.		The second transport ship in the Nexus is named the "SS Robert Fox", a link to the original series. Fox was the ambassador in A Taste of Armageddon whom Scotty refers to as a "popinjay" when he insists on beaming down to the planet Eminiar VII, where he and his aide are taken prisoner and set for execution.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		Shaobo Qin made his motion picture debut in this film. He was rehearsing with the Peking Acrobats when he was spotted and asked to audition for the role of Yen.
b.		Potential directors included Lili Fini Zanuck and Kevin Reynolds, whose $3 million fee was deemed to be too high.
c.		The "elbow-tit" scene, where Ken Wahl first meets Karen Allen, was shot on Lydig Avenue, one block south of Pelham Parkway, outside of the actual Wanderers turf, which ranged from Allerton to Burke Avenues.
d.		Minnie Driver replaced Helena Bonham Carter.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		Tony Ganioss film debut.
b.		A script for this story was kicking around Hollywood from 1981. The subject matter (cannibalism) and a schlocky Mexican adaptation Supervivientes de los Andes (Survive!) were the two main factors for keeping it off the screen until 1993.
c.		The undercover FBI car (a 1997 Toyota Corolla) belonged to production assistant Matt Walker.
d.		Filmed at the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		In the "Machete" trailer, Danny Trejo throws knives at people in a limousine through the sun roof. He does the exact same thing in Desperado.
b.		Ken Wahls film debut.
c.		The stock con Myra describes to Roy when they first meet is a variation on the "Wire" con used in The Sting.
d.		The Formula novel had been on Americas Top Ten Best Sellers list by the time Steve Shagan went to MGM Studios to write the screenplay for this picture.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		During filming, Dustin Hoffman was unsure of the films potential and his own performance. Three weeks into the project, Hoffman wanted out, telling director Barry Levinson, "Get Richard Dreyfuss, get somebody, Barry, because this is the worst work of my life." Hoffman would nab his second Best Actor Academy Award for his work.
b.		The Ducky Boys, an actual Bronx gang that was portrayed in the movie, continued in existence through the 1970s. Though portrayed in the movie and Richard Price novel as "killers", neighborhood residents recall the gang as annoying rather than criminal.
c.		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. Wellss estate.
d.		Alasdair Fraser, renowned Scotish fiddler, is the fiddler on the soundtrack though he is not credited.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		Jim Youngs film debut.
b.		The cast and crew shot the entire film in a building that they also used as a yearly haunted house for Halloween.
c.		Produced at a then-staggering cost of $13 million, the film went on to become Paramounts biggest-grossing movie to that time. For years it ranked second only to Gone with the Wind as the most successful film in Hollywood history.
d.		Chosen to open the 2000 Chicago International Film Festival, with Richard Gere in attendance. Master of Ceremonies Bill Kurtis, when introducing the film, referred to it twice as "Mr T and the Women".

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wanderers (1979)?
a.		The mark for the first theft in Amsterdam is named van der Woude. One of the second unit assistant directors for the film was Basti Van Der Woude. He actually appears briefly in one scene, as the taller of the two suit-wearing gentlemen accompanying Cherry Jones.
b.		Mara Wilsons film debut.
c.		Joeys artwork was done by comic book artist Neal Adams.
d.		When Joe is being apprehended by the police in Costco, the background screens display why he is wanted: "For being a dick" "For excaping from jail" "For fucking up lots of shit"

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