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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waxwork (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Waxwork (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988).
About the movie:
A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
Peter Howitt
was originally signed to direct.
b.
The movies line "Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me. Arent you?" was voted as the #63 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100), as the #5 of Premieres "100 Greatest Movie Lines" (2007).
c.
Several names of the characters were changed from the initial shooting script for "Waxwork". Tony was given a last name, Masters, which was left out of the film. Mr. Lincolns midget butler Junior was originally called "Hans", and Lincolns tall servant Hans was called "Lurch" because he was described in the script as a Lurch-type character.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
Banzais mentioned but unseen foe Hanoi Xan seems to homage Hanoi Shan. In the genealogical section of Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life (1973), Philip Jose Farmer added Hanoi Shan to the Wold Newton Universe. Hanoi Shan is an allegedly real-life criminal mastermind documented in the works of criminologist H. Ashton Wolfe. Farmers thesis was to make Hanoi Shan the same individual as Sax Rohmers totally fictional Dr. Fu Manchu.
b.
According to the sign hung above the front door of Biffs house his grandmothers first name is "Gertrude."
c.
According to
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
,
Eric Stoltz
was in the opening party scene but his footage was cut.
d.
18 wax horror exhibits are seen, including: - Count Dracula - the Phantom of the Opera - a witch - the Marquis De Sade - a werewolf - a mummy - a voodoo priest - a zombie - an urban legend killer (an axe murderer) - the Invisible Man - Frankensteins monster - an
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
pod - a demonic baby (from
Its Alive
) - an alien creature - a "cobra-man" circus freak - Jack the Ripper - Mr. Hyde - and a golem.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
The scene of Snidely Whiplash landing at the Kumquat Nation is a parody of the famous footage of
Douglas MacArthur
walking ashore Leyte Island, The Philippines after it was liberated in 1944.
b.
In the opening scene of the movie, the song "God of Thunder" by KISS is played and young Michael Myers is seen wearing a KISS t-shirt. KISS is a major influence on
Rob Zombie
s music career and the inspiration for the make-up and costuming for his band
White Zombie
.
c.
Christopher Bradley
, who played Stephan, said in an interview that the bridge attached to hold the fake fangs in place to the roof of his mouth broke during production. Bradley had to stuff chewing gum inside of the hollow fangs in order to get them to stick to his teeth.
d.
Francis Ford Coppola
turned in an initial directors cut running 126 minutes. Paramount production chief
Robert Evans
rejected this version and demanded a longer cut with more scenes about the family. The final release version was nearly 50 minutes longer than Coppolas initial cut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
"Burden Boulevard", a street named by a radio announcer as the opening titles begin, is named after
Bob Burden
, creator of "Flaming Carrot" and "Mystery Men".
b.
Ingrid Bergman
,
Jeanne Moreau
,
Elsa Martinelli
and
Jean Simmons
rejected the role of Varinia.
Sabine Bethmann
was then cast, but when
Stanley Kubrick
arrived he fired her and re-offered the part to Simmons, who took it.
c.
Jim Carrey
was a long-time favorite and candidate for the role of Loki since
The Mask
, which indirectly featured Loki (but put in more fame his magic powers).
Josh Hartnett
was also rumored for the role.
d.
Karen Schaffer
, who was the lady Zombie in the graveyard sequence, was actually the secretary of executive producer, and fellow Zombie,
Dan Ireland
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
Writer/director
Anthony Hickox
wrote the screenplay in only 3 days.
b.
A comic scene in which psychiatrist Tony Flagg (
Fred Astaire
) attempts to analyze a light-headed patient (
Grace Hayle
) was deleted from the release print.
c.
When it was test-screened at the Cannes Film Festival as an unofficial entry, it brought the house down, receiving a standing ovation that had eluded most of the official entries.
d.
Burt Reynolds
suffered a serious accident and had his jaw broken when he was hit in the face with a metal chair while filming a fight scene on this movie. Reynolds was restricted to a liquid diet and lost over thirty pounds by the time the film wrapped. This accident had dire consequences for Reynolds next film project,
Stick
. In that film, Reynolds looks underweight, weak and thin and this condition was because of this accident. Apparently, this accident led to Reynolds becoming addicted to painkillers.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
During the octopus/shark sequence, some of the footage was obviously shot in an aquarium, because some of the octopus suckers are gripping the glass.
b.
In the original shooting script, the caged "cobra-man" circus freak was supposed to be a were-beast and the Man in the Iron Mask was supposed to be one of the exhibits.
c.
This film represents one of a small handful of American films that featured the word "Hitler" or "Hitlers", and both referencing
Adolf Hitler
in their titles and were ones made around the time of the Second World War. These World War II movies include
Hitlers Children
;
Hitlers Madman
aka Hitlers Hangman;
Hitler--Dead or Alive
; the documentary short,
Hitler Lives
;
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
; Hitlers Women aka
Women in Bondage
; the comic short
The Devil with Hitler
and
Hitler - Beast of Berlin
.
d.
The name of the British vessel the HMS Hecate from this movies source novel The Enemy Below by
D.A. Rayner
was changed for this film to the name the USS Haynes.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
Effects artist
Bob Keen
spent 18 hours a day for 8 weeks working on the monsters in the film.
b.
Shot in eight days.
c.
Was the basis for the last musical ("I Remember Mama"- 1979) that
Richard Rodgers
wrote, starring
Liv Ullmann
and
George Hearn
. The original Broadway production opened on May 31, 1979 at the Majestic Theater and ran for 108 performances.
d.
Whenever the cast broke for a meal,
Spike Lee
would tell them not to throw away the aluminum soda cans because would turn them in for recycling money.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
During the scene in the basement of the vampires mansion, crew on the sets said that it was "The bloodiest thing ever put to the screen". Much of the gore in the scene was cut by the MPAA.
b.
Jan de Bont
worked as cinematographer on this film for one week - he shot the decapitation-scene.
c.
Honeysuckle Weeks
was offered a major role but declined because of the nudity involved.
d.
Elsa Peterson
,
John Davidson
and
Marshall Ruth
are in studio records/casting call lists, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
Elvis Presley
saw this movie in 1957. In 1962 and 1964, he worked with co-star of the film
Arthur OConnell
.
b.
Fred Norris
, head writer and cast member of The
The Howard Stern Show
, has a small part, credited as the Meter Maid -
Ryan Phillippe
is a huge
Howard Stern
fan.
c.
Patrick Tantalo
said that the Zombie sequence was filmed in one night in Griffith Park. Because they only had one night to film the sequence, the scene where a severed Zombie hand grabs Zach Galligan (Mark) on the wrist was filmed in reverse.
d.
The drinks during the nightclub scene had actual alcohol in them.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Waxwork (1988)?
a.
According to
Peter Yates
,
Steve McQueen
made a point to keep his head near the open car window during the famous chase scene so that audiences would be reassured that it was he, not a stunt man, who was driving,
b.
The film became the favorite movie of
Eva Perón
, who so admired
Norma Shearer
style that she later dyed her hair blonde.
c.
Jim Carrey
helped design a lot of his costumes.
d.
After the policeman visits the Waxwork with Mark, he realizes that many of the statues of the victims resemble missing people from posters he had seen. These posters are actually just copies of one of the posters from the opening credits of
The Lost Boys
. All of the missing person posters have a single photo of a missing adult, but the posters all have the same information of two missing children on the poster: William G. Bailey 7-26-62 Sandy blond hair brown eyes Missing since August 6, 1979 (or 1973) Call the Santa Carla Police Department Susan Wilbur 5-30-69 Black Hair Blue Eyes Missing since February 6, 1983.
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