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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Twister (1996) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Twister (1996) - 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: Twister (1996).
About the movie:
A couple on the point of divorce keep meeting each other because both are researchers who chase tornadoes.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
According to the book on the making of the movie, the CGI cow picked up by the twister sisters was originally a CGI zebra from
Jumanji
.
b.
The
Jonathan Swift
piece about Irish peasants eating their babies that Val refers to is "A Modest Proposal".
c.
The sandstorm at the end of the film was real, and a camera plane actually did fly into it for some shots. The storm in its entirety hit the crew in the desert, forcing them to ride it out in their cars and wherever they could find cover.
d.
Rosie ODonnell
, who provides the voice of the Octopus Masseuse, played Betty Rubble in the 1994 film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
This movie was released the same year as the similarly themed movie
Foxes
.
Kristy McNichol
auditioned for the role of Annie in
Foxes
. The part went to
Cherie Currie
.
b.
John Leguizamo
broke one of
Bob Hoskins
s fingers during a stunt involving the Mario van. According to Leguizamo, when it happened, Bob started cussing profusely and incoherently.
c.
The nuclear crater that Doug encounters is completely computer generated.
d.
The project was a co-production between Universal and Warner Bros. That is why the drive-in marquee shows
Psycho
a Universal release and
The Shining
, a Warner Bros. release.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Christian Alvart
: [mirror shot] As Doug (
Bradley Cooper
) pulls hornets out of his right ear with a cotton swab, Doug is reflected by three mirrors, effectively showing him four times from all angles (and the hornets as well).
b.
Dana Plato
later claimed that she had been offered the lead role but her mother Kay had turned it down.
c.
Ann Sothern
s last film.
d.
The laptops used in the film are Silicon Graphics Indy Presenter LCD screens (not real laptops) that have been modified to look like functional laptops when in fact the screen image is generated by a computer off-screen.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
The red combine used in the film is now in Watrous, Saskatchewan, Canada
b.
Based on the actual 1978 cover-up of the shooting deaths of Carlos Soto Arrivi and Arnaldo Dario Rosado at Cerro Maravilla mountain in Puerto Rico.
c.
The "Transvestite" who was to play the part of the "transvestite" didnt show up on day one and so Jim Klock, who plays the sheriff, seamlessly jumped into the role, playing the part with relish. We made the transvestite the sheriffs twin brother. Several of the cast were "discovered" at local karaoke bars and performed flawlessly.
d.
The forty-fifth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Jan de Bont
is a fan of singer
Tori Amos
, and decided early on he wanted to include some of her music in the film.
b.
Dax Shepard
,
Seth Green
, and
Matthew Lillard
all did a majority of their own stunts.
c.
The play opened in Hollywood, California, USA on 2 February 1934.
d.
The newspaper reporting the girls "tag" disaster has a picture of Powerpuff creator and director
Craig McCracken
in the top corner.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
The title is derived from
William Shakespeare
s "Hamlet" (Act 3, Scene 1): "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, theres the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause..."
b.
Right after Bill and Jo come out of the toppled house, the teddy bear that hits their truck is CG.
c.
The only surviving print resides at the UCLA film archive.
d.
Howards house was built from scratch in the Shadow Hills area of south California, with a reinforced roof that could stand the weight of the actors and the camera crew. Some of the crew were unaware of this and were surprised when they went into the house to find it completely empty, something which director
Seth Gordon
is very proud of.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Had its "gala" premiere in Toledo, Ohio, and subsequently did moderate to poor business during its original run in other major American cities.
b.
During an early scene when
Philip Seymour Hoffman
is sitting on a lawn chair, he lifts his leg in the air while laughing. His genitals were fully visible for a split second; this was edited out for DVD and VHS releases, but was leaked from VHS screeners sent to industry professionals.
c.
Kid Rock
s character name is "Robby".
Kid Rock
s real name is Robert Ritchie.
d.
Adapted from B-Independent.coms 2003 Underground Short Film Of The Year, The Last Round is the feature length telling of the movie that Film Threat calls "A taut drama".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Jan de Bont
said he regretted thinking of the hail sequence because it took so long to do and was very difficult. Also the crew couldnt find ice blocks big enough in Oklahoma, so they had to find them in other states.
b.
During the date montage,
Alison Tafel
actually WAS drinking glass after glass of champagne. By the end of the shoot she was quite buzzed and then had to go film the confrontation with Joseph at his house.
c.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
d.
The film was originally produced and scheduled for release by Twentieth Century-Fox; it was prominently featured in their 1977 exhibitors guide. However, the studio brass were greatly disturbed by the violence in the finished film, and the decision was made to sell it off to American International Pictures.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
This film is the second highest grossing sports comedy of all time, with another
Adam Sandler
vehicle,
The Waterboy
taking the top spot.
b.
The Broadway comedy opened at the Fulton Theatre on January 10, 1941 and ran for 1,444 performances, closing on June 17, 1944. Repeating their stage roles in the movie were "Brewster siblings"
Josephine Hull
,
Jean Adair
and
John Alexander
, all three getting time off from the New York play.
Boris Karloff
was denied permission to go by the plays producers, fearing that the absence of their main star would adversely affect the plays attendance.
c.
The reception among Vietnam veterans was very positive towards the films authenticity and brutality.
d.
Lois Smith
s character is reading
Dante Alighieri
s Inferno when the twister hits Wakita. The book also features a tornado in the second circle of Hell that punishes people ruled by Lust.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Many of the news reports spread throughout the movie are actual weathermen from Oklahoma news stations, including Gary England, chief meteorologist at KWTV in Oklahoma City, and Rick Mitchell, chief meteorologist at KOCO in Oklahoma City. The "1969" footage of Gary England giving the televised tornado warning to Jos family is actual archived footage of him issuing a tornado warning; however, Gary England did not join KWTV until 1972.
b.
Production of the movie was set to begin on June 22, 2009, but it was surprisingly dropped by Columbia Pictures. Studio co-chairman
Amy Pascal
axed the movie after objecting to changes which original director
Steven Soderbergh
made to
Steven Zaillian
s script.
c.
James Wan
and
Leigh Whannell
returned for several re-shoots, but the original actors were unavailable by that time. Whannell played the parts himself, and Wan used close-up shots of the characters bodies, avoiding showing their faces. Whannell plays Detective Sing (
Ken Leung
s character) entering the building with a shotgun, and the body of Sing falling down after being shot. Also, the close-up shots of
Shawnee Smith
s characters hands in her torture/murder scene were Whannells, and he wore a wig to make his shadow on the wall appear more like Shawnees.
d.
In interviews about
Mad Max 2
(a.k.a. "The Road Warrior"),
George Miller
said that while Maxs world was after the collapse of the social/political/economic system we know, it was not post-World War III. However, "Beyond Thunderdome" explicitly contradicts this.
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