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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Urban Cowboy (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Urban Cowboy (1980) - 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: Urban Cowboy (1980).
About the movie:
John Travolta stars as a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
For the scene in the bathroom where Deckard finds the snake scale, Deckard is played by
Harrison Ford
s double
Vic Armstrong
as the scene was shot in England as a pickup, and Ford was unavailable at the time.
b.
The eyepieces of the Borg flash the Morse code of the names of people associated with the production.
c.
Barry Corbin
s first movie.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 10, 1944 with
Wallace Ford
reprising his film role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
The full name of
Tony Curtis
s character (The Great Leslie) was "Leslie Galant III".
b.
The first choice for director,
François Truffaut
, expressed a keen interest in the project and may have even been involved in the development of the screenplay. However, before filming could begin, the opportunity arose for Truffaut to make
Fahrenheit 451
, a long-cherished project of his, and he dropped out to make that film instead.
c.
Ridley Scott
and
Jordan Cronenweth
achieved the famous shining eyes effect by using a technique invented by Fritz Lang known as the Schüfftan Process; light is bounced into the actors eyes off a piece of half mirrored glass mounted at a forty five degree angle to the camera.
d.
After initial box-office returns were surprisingly low, a newspaper poll was taken in the summer of 1980 to figure out why teenagers were not flocking to see the film. One of the main complaints from kids was that they did not know what the word Urban meant.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
Some extras fainted in the extreme heat during the filming of the funeral scene.
b.
Jay Baruchel
, who plays an avid Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the movie is actually a huge hockey fan, and said "I get starstruck and kind of lose my faculties, when I meet hockey players and, especially, Sid," when referring to meeting NHL star Sidney Crosby.
c.
The prison rodeo scene is authentic and was shot at the Huntsville Texas state prison. The prison held a rodeo from 1931 to 1986.
d.
When
Cher
first signed on to do the movie, the character in the script she was supposed to play just said "actress".
Peter Farrelly
and
Bobby Farrelly
thought it would be a cool idea if Cher just played herself, and so they changed it.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
Real-life siblings
Jerry Hall
and
Cyndy Hall
play "Sexy Sisters" in their film debuts.
b.
Kim Novak
told
Larry King
on his television show that she turned down the role of Sarah Packard eventually played by
Piper Laurie
.
c.
In the dinner sequence Mae, who expects to go to the movies later that evening, shows Curly a pair of theater tickets. Briefly glimpsed is the title of the film she plans to see,
Zenobia
a
Hal Roach
production starring
Oliver Hardy
without
Stan Laurel
.
d.
A documentary which outlines a more factual and non-fictionalized account of the Battle of the Bulge entitled
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
was made and released a year after this movie was made.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
Rene Russo
screentested for the female lead.
b.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
Steve McQueen
got his only nomination for an Academy Award (Best Actor) for this film.
d.
Two different Ferraris were used to make this film, the two models have very little external differences. The car you see most often is the more powerful 575M Maranello, however,
Michael Bay
s 550 Maranello was used for really daring stunt work.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
During an action scene in the film, a man runs into a wire rotating-book shelf in the grocery store. If you look carefully, you can clearly see that all the books on the shelf are written by
Stephen King
.
b.
The 1967 Ford Mustang that Sissy drove in this movie now resides in Evans City, PA (near Pittsburgh). It is owned by two brothers and is often seen in local car shows.
c.
The films translation in Russia is "Paranoia"
d.
They were plans to do a sequel which never materialized.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
While the racecars are totally fictional, most of the pedestrian cars are actually based on real-life futuristic concept cars (one can easily spot an orange Rinspeed E-GO Rocket parked at the nearest to the screen when Rex picks Speed up from school). At one point, two Peugeot concept cars (the award-winning Peugeot 4002 Lion design and the quirky Moonster) are seen as well.
b.
Claire Windosr relates her first film experience in a Hartford CT Times interview from Sept. 1928. The Lasky casting director gave her a bit as a bridesmaid in this film. She was directed to kiss the bride and proceeded to leave "an imprint of a cupids bow mouth on the fair Katherines cheek, which stopped the scene while the bride applied new makeup." Claire (Ola at the time) was subsequently demoted to a simple extra.
c.
According to
Debra Winger
s book, she only got the part after
Sissy Spacek
, who originally was cast, had a falling out with Travolta.
d.
Warner Bros. originally considered making the entire "Harry Potter" series as a set of CGI animated films, or attempting to combine several of the novels into a single movie. The studios reasoning mainly had to do with concern over the rapid aging of child actors-if production ran too long on any of the films, or if production was delayed between sequels, the leading actors might have to be recast. Author
J.K. Rowling
vetoed both the ideas of combining books and an animated film, so the studio decided instead to produce all seven (later eight) films back to back so the same child actors could play their roles in every film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Urban Cowboy (1980)?
a.
First film of
Jerry Hall
.
b.
Bob Clark
invited to write and direct a third Porkys film. He was interested, but also busy directing
Rhinestone
and said that he would have to think about a good storyline for the film. The producers didnt want to wait for him to do this however, and hired
Ziggy Steinberg
to write a screenplay for the film. Clark hated the screenplay and was furious that the producer had it written behind his back; as a result, he refused to have anything to do with the film.
c.
The full name of
Tony Curtis
s character (The Great Leslie) was "Leslie Galant III".
d.
There were plans to do a sequel which never materialized.
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