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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007).
About the movie:
Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)?
a.
The photograph on the poster is based on the famous
Joel Brodsky
photo of
Jim Morrison
, which was used for the Best of
The Doors
album cover.
b.
Unlike most movie musicals, the soundtrack was recorded live as the film was shot, instead of recording the soundtrack beforehand and then lipsynching during filming.
c.
The title phrase was taken from two songs by
Steve Miller
; the mysterious word "pompatus" was originally spelled "pompitous" in the printed lyrics. But it originally comes from the Medallions 1954 song "The Letter", written by Vernon Green when he was 14. Green explained in the 1990s that the word actually began with "puppet" and was a term hed made up for "a secret paper-doll fantasy figure, who would be my everything and bear my children".
d.
Original director
Nicholas Niciphor
, a.k.a. Henry Suso, was a USC film student who had made some excellent shorts. He had been in an agents office pitching himself in order to get representation, when the agent called
Roger Corman
. As it turns out, Corman and others at New World had seen and enjoyed Niciphors shorts and Niciphor subsequently got hired to do a re-write for and direct "Deathsport".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)?
a.
Cityspeak was
Edward James Olmos
s idea. He has since been amazed at how prescient it was vis-a-vis the increasing multicultural influence Los Angeles has experienced in the intervening years.
b.
One of the characters is a bounty hunter named Creighton Duke. Both Creighton and Duke are names of colleges in the United States, located in Nebraska and North Carolina, respectively.
c.
Dewey Cox breaks six sinks throughout the entire movie.
d.
At the end of the movie, David Grant (
Kurt Russell
) asks Jean (
Halle Berry
) if she likes hockey, and Jean replies, "Hockey? No, I only like baseball." At the time, Halle Berry was married to then-Atlanta Braves outfielder
David Justice
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)?
a.
Robert Clarke
later helped spoof this movie when it was re-dubbed and re-released as
Whats Up, Hideous Sun Demon
b.
Prints were shipped to theaters under the fake title "Long Way Up".
c.
It was shipped to theatres under the name "D Shoes".
d.
The dominoes used in the domino close-ups were actually ten times the size of normal dominoes.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)?
a.
The London Underground tube station platform where Bond meets with M is not a real one. Its simply too difficult to transport all the necessary equipment down there so production designer
Peter Lamont
built one on a soundstage.
b.
Final theatrically released film as a director for
Peter R. Hunt
.
c.
During the animated sequence, when Roy is writing a letter, the picture on the envelopes stamp is a caricature of
Chuck Jones
.
d.
Dewey Coxs audition, at which he sings Dean Martins hit "Thats Amore," is an in-joke reference to Elvis Presley. Elvis showed up at his audition for Sun Records wanting to sing like Dean Martin, but Sun owner Sam Phillips refused to record him until he and three members of the Sun house band started jamming on a blues song, Arthur Crudups "Thats All Right, Mama," which became Elviss first record.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)?
a.
Two thousand U.S. Marines appeared as extras, according to an article in The Los Angeles Daily News.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 12, 1943 with
Mickey Rooney
and
Frank Morgan
reprising their film roles.
c.
One of the clothing stores in the mall is named "Gaylen Ross".
Gaylen Ross
played the part of Fran in the original
Dawn of the Dead
.
d.
Famous musicians that are spoofed by Dewey Cox are:
Johnny Cash
,
Bob Dylan
,
Ray Charles
,
David Bowie
,
Queen
,
Meat Loaf
,
David Crosby
,
Jim Morrison
,
Harry Chapin
,
Don McLean
,
Elvis Presley
,
The Cars
,
Christopher Ward
of the Ramones,
Nelly
,
Tim McGraw
,
Brian Wilson
of
The Beach Boys
during his "SMILE" album period,
Stevie Wonder
s loss of smell after his 1973 car crash, and
Michael Jackson
with the monkey and the giraffe as house pets.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #4576-4584 and #4550 (trailer)
b.
The language spoken by LChaim when he talks to Dewey in prison about getting him into rehab is actually Yiddish.
c.
Prior to hiring
Diane Johnson
as his writing partner, director/producer
Stanley Kubrick
rejected a screenplay written by
Stephen King
himself. Kings script was a much more literal adaptation of the novel, a much more traditional horror film than the film Kubrick would ultimately make. He was considering hiring Johnson because he admired her novel "The Shadow Knows," but when he found out she was a Doctor of Gothic Studies, he became convinced she was the person for the job.
d.
This is the only Dirty Harry film without the music of film composer
Lalo Schifrin
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)?
a.
Oskar Werner
was considered for a major supporting role.
b.
When we see the Top Selling singles chart showing Deweys fictional hit song "Walk Hard" at #4 the 3 songs ahead of it are #1 You, You, You by
The Ames Brothers
, #2 No Other Love by
Perry Como
and #3 P.S. I Love You by
The Hilltoppers
- all of which were actual hits.
c.
No copies of the film are known to exist, outside of clips aired in producer Santo Rigatusos "Santo Gold" infomercials. The original reel is presumed to be lost.
d.
Even though the character of "Magnolia" is supposed to look up to "Julie" in an older-sister type of relationship, in reality,
Kathryn Grayson
and
Ava Gardner
were born in the same year.
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