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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Warriors (1979) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Warriors (1979) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979).
About the movie:
A gang called The Warriors are framed for killing a gang leader trying to unite all the gangs in the area. With other gangs gunning for them they must get back to the home turf of Coney Island... Alive.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
After several violent incidents that occurred at various showings of the film, the producers decided to change the poster as a way of cutting down on the violence. The original poster featured the logo as well as a picture of several tough looking gang members. The second poster just featured the logo against a white background.
b.
The boxing match that Lomax and Milton attend was not a staged bout, but in fact a legitimate world championship boxing match. The bout occurred on October 4, 1996, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Roy Jones Jr.
, IBF super-middleweight champion, squared off against top contender
Bryant Brannon
. Jones knocked out Brannon during the second round of the bout.
c.
Iceman was a project linked to director
Norman Jewison
for several years throughout the 1970s. It ultimately emerged under
Fred Schepisi
but Jewison was still attached as producer.
d.
After Dexter is killed, a replacement named Tom McCallum is hired. This character is named after producer
Rick McCallum
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
Among the numerous directors who were involved in the project at one point were
Jonathan Kaplan
and
Mel Gibson
.
b.
The choreographed fight with the Punks in the mens room took 5 days (8pm to 7am) to shoot.
c.
The method of murder in this film, poison gas contained inside a thin a glass globe, was previously used in one of the Mr. Wong films, Mr. Wong, Detective, two years earlier; and three years before that in the 1935 Chan-series film "Charlie Chan in Egypt."
d.
In the beginning of "Come Together", the man in the station is playing air guitar with his left hand strumming. Probably a reference to
Paul McCartney
being left-handed.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
The director picked the grocery store that the movie was filmed in because of its "run-down, big city" quality. When the producers paid the owner of the supermarket for permission to film there, the owners took some of that money and repainted and repaired the store, for a more "hollywood" look. The director and producers were understandably unhappy with this, since the only reason they picked the store was how it looked in the first place. The producers, after getting consent from the store, hired a crew to bring the store back to what it had looked like before. The finished product is what you see in the film.
b.
One of the "Baseball Furies" was late martial-artist/actor
Steve James
.
c.
The first Nickelodeon film to not be co-produced with Paramount Pictures or one of its divisions. The film is instead co-produced with Paramounts partner DreamWorks.
d.
The original play based on the novel by
Edith Wharton
and written by
Margaret Ayer Barnes
opened in New York on 27 November 1928.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
Claire and Normans sailboat is called "Good Genes".
b.
Filmmakers pioneered a new technique that enabled them to film all the interior train scenes (practically all the film) in the studio. Tennis balls glued on the studio walls were used as reference points to allow computers to insert footage of Colorado scenery, even when the camera moved around.
c.
This is a "collective hero" movie, in which the protagonist actually consists of nine people acting (more or less) as one.
Walter Hill
uses this gimmick frequently; other movies he has made that work this way are
Southern Comfort
and
The Long Riders
.
d.
When Katie asks for Andersons address when booking a taxi, Anderson says 6 New Lane - this is actually the real address for the apartments in Staten Island where it is filmed.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
The dress Andie wears to the Warner Advertising gala was designed around the 84-carat yellow diamond pendant which she wears at the gala. It was designed by the films costume designer,
Karen Patch
.
b.
The park at the beginning of the movie was supposed to be in the North Bronx. The scene was actually shot in Riverside Park, on Manhattans Upper West Side.
c.
Florence Eldridge
who plays Lavina Hubbard, wife to
Fredric March
in the film, was also his wife in real life.
d.
Editor
Dan Molina
performed the "voice" of Fish Out of Water by vocalizing through a tube into a water cooler tank full of water.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
To get enough extras for the Battle at the Black Gate, a few hundred members of the New Zealand army were brought in. They apparently were so enthusiastic during the battle scenes that they kept breaking the wooden swords and spears they were given.
b.
One of the "Punks" in the mens room-brawl is
Craig R. Baxley
. He is the one that gets thrown into a toilet booth upside down. Another is the late stunt-great
A.J. Bakunas
.
c.
The extreme failure of this film discouraged Warner Bros. from releasing the newer Looney Tunes shorts that Warner Bros. Animation completed, and canceled those in production.
d.
This sequel to
The Odd Couple
was made and released about thirty years after the original.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
Bill Henderson recorded the song "A Closer Walk With Thee" for the film.
b.
Tony Danza
was offered the lead, but he chose to film the television series
Taxi
instead
c.
According to producer
Jon Avnet
, the dinosaur-like creatures that Joe and Polly encounter on Totenkopfs island were designed by
Stan Winston
.
d.
His work on the screenplay became the final film work for
James Bridges
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
Roy, played by
Woody Harrelson
, dreams that the Gambler will pay him $1,000,000 to sleep with Ishmael. This is a reference to
Indecent Proposal
starring Harrelson.
b.
The jazz bar scene took approximately 2 weeks to film.
c.
A modern source lists
Eugene Pallette
in the cast. Although he was in the 1920 version, he was not in this film.
d.
The IND Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Brooklyn was used for the 96th St. station scenes. The train operated on one of the unused outer tracks.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
During the opening credits of the T.V. version, the knife that is thrown into the board was thrown (off camera) by
Penn Jillette
.
b.
Trevor Wright originally wrote THE GREEN MONSTER as a serious short film before expanding it into a feature length horror/comedy.
c.
Mark Wahlberg
had to lose 20 pounds to give Bob Lee Swagger the slim and ripped look of a field sniper to make the film more realistic.
d.
The movies fictional location is Melbourne, New Hampshire. Melbourne is the name of the directors home city in Australia.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Warriors (1979)?
a.
According to an interview with a Hells Angel Member on the Howard Stern Show, the Warriors vest logo was taken from a picture of a bike built in a California prison by an incarcerated Hells Angel, which appeared in a motorcycle magazine. It has apparently caused several fights; Hells Angels will violently defend ownership of any of their logos.
b.
In the original script, Paul Finchs name was Paul French, and Stiflers first name was Ryan, not Steve.
c.
Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier. This was also one of the 12 Columbia titles, the other 61 all being Universals.
d.
Steven Spielberg
considered directing. He began making notes in order to prepare for the project. The reason he backed out is because his friend
George Lucas
needed him to start work on
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
. So Spielberg left the project and gave his notes to
Barry Levinson
.
Sydney Pollack
was the next director to work on the film. He ditched an action sequence in which Charlie saves Raymond from some thugs but he wasnt keen on the idea of a road movie.
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