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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985).
About the movie:
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)?
a.
Thandie Newton
was
Paul Haggis
first choice for her character.
b.
The little girl playing Elizabeths daughter, Sara Grdjan, was a locally cast Croat who spoke no English. She had to be taught to speak her lines phonetically.
c.
A condensed 400 foot version of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.
Director
John Landis
and
Eddie Murphy
did not get along and Murphy vowed to never work with Landis again. However, the two later reconciled and Eddie personally asked John to direct Beverly Hills Cop 3.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)?
a.
According to
Cameron Crowe
, he had sent the script around town to see if he could get anyone to respond to it, including Dreamworks Studio where one of its principal founders is director
Steven Spielberg
. Spielberg had read Crowes 172-page script over the weekend and called Crowe on Monday saying, "Direct every word". Crowe has stated that he did film almost all of the script.
b.
Most circulating prints of this 4-reel edition now stem from a 1928 reissue by a company called Quality Amusement Corp.
c.
Much of the scene between
John Byner
and
Carol Kane
preparing the lunch was improvised. The scripts only direction was cut fruit and serve.
d.
Some of
Jon Brion
s score is composed on a giant Wurlitzer organ. One of Brions friends has one so the composer would visit him at his home for the recording sessions.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)?
a.
The "animal" discovered in the bushes is actually the writer/director, Rudy De Luca. He filmed that scene with his pants down and bare butt showing, but it was edited out to get a PG-13 rating.
b.
Although all the singing was intended for
June Allyson
,
Dolores Gray
performed the title song over the main credits.
c.
While Actress Kim Bassinger has blond hair, Vicki Vale was red headed in the comics. According to Batman creator
Bob Kane
, Vale was supposed to be blond in the comics, and her hair came out red due to a coloring error in her first appearance.
d.
Nell Carter
s movie debut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)?
a.
Owing to a shooting schedule of 30 days, and having snow the first day, most of the Croats were cast just before the scene that they would be in.
b.
This would be the last
Tom Cruise
/
Paula Wagner
film distributed by Paramount. After the release, Paramount owner
Sumner Redstone
decided not to renew their distribution rights. Apparently, Redstone was disgusted by Cruises recent antics, particularly his appearance on
The Oprah Winfrey Show
. Following that, Cruise and his partner Wagner had resurrected the United Artists company, which had closed a few years previously.
c.
Of the 167 days it took
Stanley Kubrick
to shoot this film, six weeks were spent directing an elaborate battle sequence in which 8,500 extras re-created the clash between the Roman troops and Spartacus slave army. Several scenes in the battle drew the ire of the Legion of Decency and were therefore cut. These include shots of men being dismembered (dwarfs with false torsos and an actor with only one arm
Bill Raisch
, the "One-Armed Man" of
The Fugitive
fame with a phony breakaway limb as a Roman soldier who has his arm cut off in battle were used to give authenticity). Seven years later, when the Oscar-winning film was reissued, an additional 22 minutes were chopped out, including a scene in which Varinia watches Spartacus writhe in agony on a cross. Her line, "Oh, please die, my darling" was excised, and the scene was cut to make it appear that Spartacus was already dead.
d.
Early concepts of the final showdown on Claw Island had a huge, muscled, Riddler sitting on his throne when Batman finds him. The Riddler twists the two skulls on his armrests and the Riddlers muscled body is revealed to be a shell which splits in two, from which the real Riddler (wearing his white and green jumpsuit) steps out. This description made it into the junior novelization of the movie by
Alan Grant
, and was also featured in the video game based on the movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)?
a.
Though the scene in Jacks room is a master shot that is nearly two and a half minutes long, Goldblum and Begley were told to come up with their own blocking (stage movement).
b.
Grants arrest in Los Angeles (27 June 1995) and his subsequent appearance on
Episode dated 10 July 1995
two days before the release of this movie, not only boosted the box office take despite unfavorable reviews, it also catapulted Lenos ratings over and above rival
David Letterman
s for the very first time.
c.
Emma Thompson
accepted the role of Professor Trelawney to impress her four-year-old daughter,
Gaia Wise
.
Tilda Swinton
was originally offered the role but declined.
d.
Last film role of
Fiona Fullerton
.
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