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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waiting for Guffman (1996) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waiting for Guffman (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: Waiting for Guffman (1996).
About the movie:
An aspiring director and the marginally-talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waiting for Guffman (1996)?
a.
Soon after shooting began in England,
Elizabeth Taylor
became ill and could not work. As her presence was required for almost every scene production soon closed down. Director
Rouben Mamoulian
finally resigned on January 3, 1961. He was followed by stars Peter Finch and
Stephen Boyd
, who had to honor prior commitments.
b.
Corky St. Clair (
Christopher Guest
) wears a
Judy Tenuta
t-shirt near the beginning of the film. Tenutas self-given nickname is "The Love Goddess".
c.
Urban legend has it that this film drastically increased Marine enlistment.
d.
Marian Nixon
replaced
Dorothy Wilson
in the role of Glory Franklyn.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waiting for Guffman (1996)?
a.
The blood splattered on the wall in one scene was actually red Crayola paint.
b.
Raymond Massey
was author
Hartzell Spence
s choice to play his father.
c.
In an early script outline, Corky and Steve Stark end up living together in New York.
d.
The DVD includes two Easter eggs: a deleted scene and an interview shot during production.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waiting for Guffman (1996)?
a.
Although most critics felt that
Clark Gable
was badly miscast due to his age, his performance was judged good enough for
Burt Lancaster
to cast him as a dying submarine captain in
Run Silent Run Deep
.
b.
During the scene where Corky (
Christopher Guest
) is teaching the cast some dance moves,
Eugene Levy
can be seen in the back behind everyone, almost hidden from view. This is because whenever Guest would show off his moves, Levy would laugh so hard that they would have to cut and wait for him to stop laughing before doing another take. They figured itd be best if Levy was in the back, where he would not be able to see Guest during this scene.
c.
According to the book The United Artists Story by
Ronald Bergan
, "The Bridge at Remagen was the last bridge standing over the Rhine River in 1945, which both German and American forces fought to control."
d.
Mike Wallace
voiced the promotional radio spots.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waiting for Guffman (1996)?
a.
Meryl Streep
s favorite movie.
b.
The song "Great Balls of Fire" in the soundtrack has an extra, extended piano solo which builds up to a vocal climax missing from the original Sun record version.
c.
The movies line "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." was voted as the #67 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
d.
On December 6, 1946, Universal International announced that this film, which would go before the cameras the following month, was being named "For the Love of Mary." Instead, the studio would hold back using this title until
Deanna Durbin
s last feature in 1948.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waiting for Guffman (1996)?
a.
In the original script outline, a tornado destroyed the theater before the cast ever got to perform the show.
b.
When Mulder and Scully first walk back into the FBI offices right before they walk into the bullpen, a female agent walks by that catches Mulders attention and he watches her walk away. The woman is
Vanessa Morley
, who throughout the series played the young Samantha Mulder, and is the same Samantha in the photo Mulder has taped to the back of his home office door.
c.
The novel by
Francis Gwaltney
of which this film is based, The Day the Century Ended, provided the working title for this movie.
d.
During the Monopoly game,
Jesse Eisenberg
s character Columbus remarks that one of the best things about Zombieland is "No Facebook status updates". Eisenberg would go on to portray
Mark Zuckerberg
, founder of Facebook, in the film
The Social Network
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waiting for Guffman (1996)?
a.
The song "Nothing Ever Happens on Mars" was meant to be a complement to an earlier song in the show called "Nothing Ever Happens in Blaine", hence the audiences roar of laughter when the song starts.
b.
The occasional tongue flick done by the character of Barty Crouch Jr. was, in fact, not in the book at all, and was improvised, on the spot, by
David Tennant
.
c.
The novel the film is based on is set in Stockholm, Sweden.
d.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waiting for Guffman (1996)?
a.
Joe Eszterhas
wrote the script in around 10 days and listened to the Rolling Stones throughout the writing process.
b.
Katy Jurado
says, "One year without seeing you" in Spanish, to which Cooper replies, "Yes, I know."
c.
The opening title sequence was originally played on the score from La Boheme opera but was changed to the Dean Martin track "Thats Amore" as the preview drew negative test audience reaction. Many shifted uncomfortably on their seats thinking that they had been lured into an art film.
d.
Joseph T. Garrity
: In the western-wear shoot at the end of the film, the films production designer appears as the commercials director.
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