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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thrashin' (1986) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thrashin' (1986) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986).
About the movie:
Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
The original "Freddy Snake" unintentionally came out looking too phallic. The crew only had one hour to film the scene so they didnt have enough time to paint it. So, it was covered in a green goo substance to overcome the "pinkish hue." The scene involving the "Freddy Snake" attempting to swallow Kristen was also filmed backwards and then played in reverse due to the gums on the puppet being too flexible and were folding over themselves.
b.
Skaters Chris Cook, Lance Mountain, and Alan Losi performed as stunt doubles for Josh Brolin.
c.
The passage, "That season we were loaded with pizazz. Earrings of fuchsia and peach. Mind you, peach. And hats. Hats, hats, hats for career girls," does not appear in the book "D.V.", but the passage, "How I adored Paris!" marks the beginning of Chapter Twenty-One.
d.
Was originally slated to be a sequel with
Thomas Jane
returning as Frank Castle/The Punisher with Jonathan Hensleigh returning to direct it as well. The writing development had went on for three years but by 2007, both Jane and Hensleigh left due to creative differences and also the budget being cut. After they left, Lionsgate then decided bring in director
Lexi Alexander
and actor
Ray Stevenson
to play The Punisher and rebooted the film into what is now
Punisher: War Zone
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
Steve Caballero was the stunt double for Radster.
b.
This was
Peter Lorre
s last film for Warner Bros.
c.
An incomplete nitrate copy of this film exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, (missing reel 4, discarded due to nitrate deterioration) and the film is not listed for preservation.
d.
Sam Elliots character is based on real "Marlboro Man" model
Wayne McLaren
, who contracted lung cancer, testified for anti-smoking legislation, and had the Phillip Morris Company try to deny he was in the ads. Two other models -
David McLean
and
Dick Hammer
- also died of lung cancer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
Jane Cowl
s last film.
b.
The note that Ford uses in the pub to buy six pints "and keep the change" is a £50 Bank of England note with the engraving of Sir John Houblon on the back. In the original 1978 radio version and in
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
, it was "a fiver".
c.
Was inspired by a real incident Duke Mitchell read about in a Newspaper.
d.
Johnny Depp
auditioned for a part in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
The photo of a future Chinese leader in the shack, in black suit and tie, was included in the film at the time when Mao was still very much alive and a Chinese leader in capitalistic attire would have been unthinkable.
b.
The oft-referenced Foster Kane is an obvious reference to
Citizen Kane
.
c.
Henry Rollins
has, in his spoken word performances, recounted the circumstances under which he received his part in this film. He showed up for an audition for
Armageddon
unkempt, with a single page torn out of the script and in a really pissed-off mood. He proceeded to give a lousy audition after being ignored by
Michael Bay
and
Jerry Bruckheimer
. He didnt get the part. However upon auditioning for
Bad Boys II
, he threw caution to the wind and ended up landing the part almost by accident!
d.
The pool skater with the red shirt and striped shorts is pro skater Lance Mountain.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
Jane Alexander
s Oscar-nominated performance amounts to little more than 8 minutes screentime.
b.
The double-thick Technicolor prints (two strips of dyed film, cemented together) presented numerous screening problems for untrained projectionists. If screened improperly, they would warp, scratch, etc. and due to the expense of printing in Technicolor at this time (since there were no optical printers, or any easier way of printing such technology in those days) forced the Fairbanks studio to issue a black-and-white version as well.
c.
The skater in the LA Massacre thats lying on the ground getting his leg taken care of by medics was hurt for real during shooting, and those are real medics.
d.
In the diner scene near the end, the restaurant patrons were supposed to deck
Tony Randall
, who would fake a reaction to the blow and slide down "unconscious" in the booth seat. However, during filming the actor overestimated his hook and accidentally knocked out Randall for real. The shot wound up being so good that the accidental knockout is the one shown in the film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
Stephen Gaghan
wrote the part of Katie Burke with
Katie Holmes
in mind.
b.
Had
Steve McQueen
starred in the film as was originally intended,
Marcello Mastroianni
and
Lino Ventura
would have been cast in the two supporting roles played by
Bruno Cremer
and
Francisco Rabal
. However, after McQueen backed out, Mastroianni and Ventura did as well since they refused to take second billing to any actor besides him.
c.
Some contemporary reviews list
William Austin
in the role of "Archie", but
Tyrell Davis
played the role. Similarly, both
Jean Fenwick
and
Mae Madison
were both listed as "Ruth". Although the character is seen in longshot, the actress playing the role is uncertain.
d.
The first skater doing the McTwist in the pool is pro skater Tony Hawk.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
Reese and Foley are the names used by
Robert Zemeckis
and
Bob Gale
for any police officers or government agents in films they have written.
b.
The first train station, Firenze SMN or Santa Maria Novella, is the end of a spur into Florence. The train wouldnt have gone through it.
c.
When the sheriff discovers the military plane, a satellite records his location at 40.851216 and -94.548340. These coordinates do in fact point to Iowa, but to farmland and not to the marshes as depicted. The town of Lenox, population 1401, is the closest real town to these coordinates.
d.
"Team Pain" is spray painted on a truck in the beginning. Team Pain designs skateparks and skate ramps.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
The "eggplant subplot" was originally not written in the screenplay at all. Rather, it was worked into the film while actually shooting. Director
Daniel Kremer
remembered someone saying "What do you feed your eggplant?" in a dream he had from which he had awakened laughing. In directing the opening scene, director Daniel Kremer told actor
William Cully Allen
to, somehow and in some way, work the absurdist line into the dialogue and to see where it took him in the scene. Allens delivery of the line allowed a facet of his character (his fixation with eggplants) to be played out and explored in the movie as a comical quirk of the character.
b.
When the main characters are shown in a police academy ballistics lecture at the beginning, the large flip chart illustrations seen in the background are Warren Commission exhibits of President
John F. Kennedy
s head wounds, prepared by medical illustrator H.A. Rydberg under the direction of Dr. James Humes, the chief examiner of Kennedys autopsy.
c.
The poster advertising for this film made it sound as if it were a tense psychological melodrama about somewhat scandalous characters, which it most certainly wasnt.
d.
The skater in the black t-shirt and denim vest doing acid drops is pro skater Eddie Reatagui.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thrashin' (1986)?
a.
The skater who says to the breakdancers, "For wimps," is pro skater Christian Hosoi.
b.
Only four sets needed to be built:
Antonio Salieri
s hospital room,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
s apartment, a staircase, and the vaudeville theater. All other locations were found locally.
c.
In Russian the title of this movie is, "Military Diver".
d.
David mentions King Kong while on the Empire State Building.
Jamie Bell
who plays Griffin in this movie, played Jimmy in the movie
King Kong
.
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