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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Twister (1996) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Twister (1996) - Part (3) 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.
Rarely seen on broadcast TV since its initial run in 1957, when pre-code MGM films were first released to television.
b.
Almost all scenes were shot on location with the exception of two scenes. The opening scene used a set with the couple walking past the camera as the matching shot between location and set. The other one was the sequence between Sam and Vincent in the car right after the former was wounded. It was shot in green screen.
c.
All of the kids in the movie are played by HARTT School Of Theater students and/or alumni with the exception of Dan Whelton (Scotty).
d.
At the end of the movie Bill remarks that the tornado didnt take the house. In fact, it was originally supposed to. The Hardin County, Iowa, Historical Society and many citizens objected to the house being blown up so it was spared. The area is now a tourist attraction as the rubble from the barn and fences is still there exactly as it was in the movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
The film was shot in 30 days.
b.
This film features the only dramatic role in
Eddie Fisher
s career, and the only film he made - in a major credited role - with wife
Elizabeth Taylor
. Just a year before, in
Suddenly, Last Summer
, Fisher had briefly appeared, uncredited, in one scene with Liz.
c.
An urban legend states that a tornado hit a drive-in theater in the town of Stoney Creek, Ontario while this movie was playing. What really happened was that on May 21, 1996 a tornado hit a drive-in theater that was scheduled to play this movie. The movie was not actually playing when the tornado hit.
d.
Dionne Warwick
was under contract to a different record label than 20th so the theme on the soundtrack album was sung by
Dory Previn
, who also wrote the lyrics.
Margaret Whiting
dubbed
Susan Hayward
but she was also under contract to a different label, so veteran voice double
Eileen Wilson
sings "Ill Plant My Own Tree" on the soundtrack album.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Actor
Jonathan Reddy
and actress
Samantha Reddy
s first movie.
b.
Bill Buell
s dance during "Love Smiles" was choreographed on the spot by director
Cory McAbee
by shouting things like "show us your karate, Bill!" and "the birds are attacking, Bill!"
c.
The 21 August 1995 draft of the screenplay credits
Joss Whedon
and
Jeff Nathanson
as writers. Niether are credited in the final film.
d.
This could have been
Brittany Murphy
s final film. However
Sylvester Stallone
cut her character from the script before anything was filmed.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
On the plane ride home, Chuck is offered a cup of ice, and Dr. Pepper. An obvious reference and nod to the previous Zemeckis/Hanks project
Forrest Gump
.
b.
Parts of the speech at the beginning were inspired by a real speech
George S. Patton
gave before the 3rd Army finally landed in Normandy in late June and early July 1944. The parts of the speech used are watered-down versions of what Patton actually said.
c.
While singing the opening song the Three Amigos simultaneously hold that high note for 14 seconds.
d.
The base camp (where the crew trucks and equipment was staged) for the end sequence of the film was at a pig farm down the road from the well-house. Every morning the cast and crew were greeted by the aroma of a 2 acre pig-waste holding pond in the middle of all the trucks.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Nicolas Cage
(Damon Macready) and
Lyndsy Fonseca
(Katie Deauxma) both share the same birthday (7th January).
b.
Shot over a period of 95 days.
c.
Shooting lasted from Nov. 6-26, 1940, released January 16, 1941.
d.
According
Jodie Foster
in her interview in
Boffo! Tinseltowns Bombs and Blockbusters
, producer
Stanley R. Jaffe
felt she was "not sexy enough" for the role and wanted to cast another actress. He begged director
Jonathan Kaplan
to cast
Kim Basinger
in the role of Sarah, as he felt that 24-year-old
Jodie Foster
did not have the right talent for the role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Laura Dern
was considered for the role of Dr. Jo Harding.
b.
The external shots were filmed using a ocean-front cottage that is now part of the Heritage House on the Mendocino coast in Northern California. The actual cottage is now listed for rent as the "Same Time Next Year Suite" for obvious reasons.
c.
In the German translation The Motorcycle Boys age was changed from 21 to 24.
d.
Much of the background music was originally used in
Bride of Frankenstein
. Also, the song that played in the background during the sequence recapping the previous chapters events was the theme for
The Invisible Man
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
David Arquette
plays Rob Geller. His wife,
Courteney Cox
, plays Monica Geller on her show
Friends
.
b.
Michael Crichton
and his wife
Anne-Marie Martin
were paid $2 million for their script.
c.
Eddie Israel is shown watching a scene from
Les Blank
s documentary
Burden of Dreams
, about
Werner Herzog
s attempt to haul a real 340-ton steamship over a mountain during the making of his film
Fitzcarraldo
(which he successfully accomplished).
d.
Almost all of the weapons used in the film are authentic WWII weapons, some of which had been modified to become gas-powered, fully-automatic blank firing weapons. Special attention was paid by Ken Wilson, the weapons master, to the authenticity of the look of all of the weapons in the film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Twister (1996)?
a.
Bing Crosby
was originally sought for the role of the Mock Turtle but refused it because he felt the role was demeaning to his career.
b.
The original Broadway production of "First Monday in October" by
Jerome Lawrence
and
Robert E. Lee
opened at the Majestic Theater in New York on October 3, 1978 and ran for 79 performances starring movie legend
Henry Fonda
and
Jane Alexander
who was nominated for the 1979 Tony Award for Actress in a Drama.
c.
Both
Joss Whedon
and
Steven Zaillian
were brought in as script doctors at a fee of $100,000 a week.
d.
Mac Hyman
based his all-time best-selling novel on his experiences growing up in Cordele, GA, and as a navigator in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
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