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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tilt (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tilt (1979) Quiz
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About the movie:
Tilt is the story of a young girl, who is a pinball machine wizard. Because she does not get on with her parents...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tilt (1979)?
a.
Writer-director
Rudy Durand
tried to get
Orson Welles
to play The Whale, but Welles was busy with other projects. Welles encouraged Durand to direct the movie himself, and he talked about the script on
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
, which helped Durand secure an investor.
b.
Mary Harron was inspired to write the movie after reading the SCUM Manifesto, the anti-men rhetoric Valerie Solanas published in the 1960s.
c.
Pat Benatar
states at her concerts before belting into "Invincible", "This is from the worst movie ever made."
d.
Joan Crawford
insisted on her close-ups only being filmed in the studio, where the lighting could be rigidly controlled. No close-up of her was ever shot while on location.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tilt (1979)?
a.
A DVD version of the serial was released on January 31, 2011 by the Serial Squadron. The missing soundtrack segments from Episodes 1, 6, 7 and 8 were recreated using music and audio from other, complete, episodes and missing dialogue was recreated by voice artists Rick Deacon (as Duke Cameron), Allyson Malandra (June Foster), Jeremy Scott (Red Kelly), Eric Stedman (Dexter & Arapaho Chief), Charles Leeder (Higby & Foster), Bill Thomas (Henry) and Bert Eliassen (Bill).
b.
The eleventh of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.
c.
Brooke Shields
invited the films crew to her house for dinner and prepared fettuccine. In a 1978 article, she revealed, "It came out like - well, remember the depression, those pictures of people lined up and getting slop from a big pot? Thats what my fettuccine was like. For my next party I made chicken."
d.
Heath Ledger
improvised when he started clapping inside his jail cell in a mocking and sardonic capacity as Gordon is promoted. The clapping was not scripted but
Christopher Nolan
immediately encouraged the crew to continue filming and the sequence was included in the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tilt (1979)?
a.
Peter Jackson
: [children] Jacksons children
Billy Jackson
and
Katie Jackson
are listed in the end credits as "Cute Hobbit Children".
b.
First film to include the orchestra crew at the end credits.
c.
The movie was scheduled to for a 1978 release by Warner Bros. Ultimately, they tested the film in 6 cities in early 1979 before shelving it, pending re-edits. The films primary investor, Mel Simon, bought back the rights to the film from Warner Bros. in 1980 and writer-director
Rudy Durand
then re-edited it. They were unable to secure further theatrical distribution, but in 1981 it played in heavy rotation on Showtime and debuted on NBC. The longer Warner Bros. print inexplicably wound up being released on home video by Continental Video.
d.
The title comes from the work of Dr. Duncan MacDougall of Haverhill, Massachusetts in the early twentieth century. MacDougall weighed dying subjects, in experiments of extremely dubious scientific value, believing that he was proving that the soul was material and measurable. His results in fact varied wildly.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tilt (1979)?
a.
A 35mm copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and a 16mm copy survives at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
b.
Lucky McKee
: The man with his girlfriend in the elevator, both times.
c.
Jodie Foster
was considered to star as the titular lead.
d.
In the early frames of the movie, Angus Pierce (
Richard Jaeckel
) has no partner with which to dance, so he grabs a wooden chair. The warden said, "Hey, buddy, dont you be no square. If you cant find a partner use a wooden chair." This line is from an earlier
Elvis Presley
film,
Jailhouse Rock
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tilt (1979)?
a.
Frequently appearing together in this film as Sigerson Holmes and Sgt. Orville Stanley Sacker, this movie marked the re-teaming of
Gene Wilder
and
Marty Feldman
who had played Dr Frankenstein and his assistant Igor just a year before in
Mel Brooks
Young Frankenstein
.
b.
In real life,
Christopher Lambert
is an enthusiastic gamer himself.
c.
Writer-director
Rudy Durand
made potential crew members read the screenplay. He only hired people to work on the film whom he felt liked the script.
d.
In the original script, Chicolini and Pinky were cousins and Bob was Fireflys son.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tilt (1979)?
a.
Cast members
Earl Covert
,
Phil Neely
and
Bob Priester
are in studio records/casting call lists for this movie, all for Specialty Bits in the "As If I Didnt Know" Number, but that song was not performed in the print shown on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The song and its composers are credited onscreen, so its music may be included in the score, but it is not known if a production number was filmed and then cut, or simply not filmed at all.
b.
The Raiders jacket
Brooke Shields
wears in the film belonged to writer/director
Rudy Durand
.
c.
Debut of
Colleen Moore
.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 30, 1942 with
George Raft
reprising his film role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tilt (1979)?
a.
When Sam wakes up in the first scene, there are some of Henrys paintings at the background.
b.
Alonzos weapons of choice in the film are the venerable Smith & Wesson 4506, of which he carries two in a dual shoulder holster. The 4506 is a .45 ACP semi automatic previously used by many police departments around the country.
c.
Rudy Durand
began pitching the idea for this film in the late 60s. He contracted others to write the screenplay but wasnt satisfied with the results, so he ultimately wrote it himself.
d.
In the original play, Hook loses his right hand, but the Disney artists felt that would limit his actions too much, and switched the hook to the left hand.
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