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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) Quiz
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About the movie:
W.W. is a happy-go-lucky crook who makes his living robbing gas stations through the drive-up windows...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)?
a.
In the DVD making of documentary,
William Shatner
says that at the time they were filming, there was no clear end to the film and that the writers were constantly re-writing the ending. He recalls that at one point he came up with what he considered a good ending and pitched it to co-star
Leonard Nimoy
who thought it was a good idea. They then went together to
Robert Wise
to pitch the idea to him. Wise also liked the idea. Now Shatner had to pitch it to
Gene Roddenberry
. Shatner claims that by the time he pitched the ending to Roddenberry that he was so exhausted from mustering up the energy to pitch the idea (in addition to the energy he use to work on the film) that his pitch didnt go over so well and Gene Roddenberry rejected it. In his book "Star Trek Movie Memories" (1994), Shatner recalls the story differently: the scene in question is the one in which the Enterprise crew starts to leave the bridge in order to show the Ilia/Probe it is acting like a little child. When Roddenberry rejected it, Robert Wize got
Harold Livingston
to write the scene instead.
b.
First filmed acting role of
Jerry Reed
.
c.
Since he planned to use a real elephant for some of the footage in the zoo,
Ray Harryhausen
asked for one that was 15 feet tall, but the film was only able to procure an eight-foot-tall one for him. In order to make the elephant look much bigger, a 46" actor was cast to play the zookeeper.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. The television version only ran 77 minutes and contained no Technicolor footage.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)?
a.
The car that Burt Reynolds drives in this movie is a 1955 Oldsmobile Special Edition Holiday Coupe.
b.
This movies working title was Night People.
c.
The bed-clothing on the bed Karen falls ill on is mostly white and covered with fir tree stencils. White is a color associated with medical treatment and fir trees are culturally know for the antiseptic properties of their oil. The bed-clothing on the bed Marcy has sex with two different men on has a red, floral design. The color red is often representative of passion and flowers are symbols for sex/sexuality.
d.
Originally Lieberman wrote the film to be set in New York City, but the setting was changed to Los Angeles when the films budget forced the production to be shot there.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)?
a.
Some desert scenes were also shot on a Universal sound stage with lights doubling as burning oil wells. The lights were later replaced with burning wells courtesy of ILM.
b.
Broke the record at the time for the largest second weekend drop in box-office, with an 81.9% drop. This record was later taken over by
Undiscovered
.
c.
This was initially intended as a pilot film for a TV series to be called "Ring Around the Moon". When science-fiction movies suddenly became popular, producer
Jack Seaman
added enough footage to the film to bring it up to feature length. This was done without the knowledge of writer
Robert A. Heinlein
, and he disowned the result.
d.
One of the young actors who unsuccessfully auditioned for this film was
Sylvester Stallone
. A year later, Stallone worked with
John G. Avildsen
, the director of this film, on
Rocky
.
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