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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Weekend at Bernie's (1989) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Weekend at Bernie's (1989) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Weekend at Bernie's (1989).
About the movie:
A pair of losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, but the murderer is out to "finish him off."
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weekend at Bernie's (1989)?
a.
Both
Judy Greer
and
Jamie Kennedy
filmed this movie around their
Three Kings
schedule.
b.
In one scene, Mikey Abromovitz says "I feel a little light headed." That line was heard in Sony Animation Pictures first movie
Open Season
.
c.
In the final battle, on a day he wasnt shooting,
Emilio Estevez
dressed as a bad guy and fought along with them.
d.
Andrew McCarthy
was asked to read the script to think about playing the part of Richard. When he read it, he loved the part of Larry, and got that instead.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weekend at Bernie's (1989)?
a.
Terry Kiser
(Bernie)s stunt double suffered a few broken ribs during filming due to all the pitfalls and stunts of playing a dead man; most notably in the scene involving Bernie being dragged around the surface of the lake, bumping into metal floating obstacles.
b.
A sequel to this movie
Gator
named after the first name of
Burt Reynolds
s Gator McKlusky character in this movie was released about three years after this picture came out.
c.
Diane Hartford
: who features as Card Player #3 in the credits has the longest ever gap between appearances in Bond movies. She had three lines playing a girl in the Kiss Kiss Club in
Thunderball
forty one years before.
d.
After Altmans cut of the film scored low in test screenings, PolyGram took it from him and recut it. This prompted Altman to demand that his name be removed from the credits. Then, however, PolyGrams recut version tested even worse, so Altmans cut was restored. The film opened in New York to largely good reviews.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weekend at Bernie's (1989)?
a.
Mitzi Gaynor
campaigned for the role of "Lady Fingers", but it ended up going to
Joan Blondell
. Rumors are abound as to why Blondell got the role, with the most common being that Gaynor and
Ann-Margret
did not quite get along.
b.
Harold Lockwood
died of influenza before filming was completed. Some script changes were made and the movie was finished using a double shot from behind.
c.
Samuel Fuller
: It is Fullers hand from the left side of the screen that grabs Kellys wig off her head in the infamous opening scene. If one freeze-frames the scene you can see Fullers face, his eyes covered with sunglasses.
d.
Bernies house at the beach was not on "Hampton Island" at all, but actually at a nature preserve in North Carolina. It was built just for this movie, with the agreement that it would be torn down right after shooting and the land returned to its pristine condition.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weekend at Bernie's (1989)?
a.
Richard suggest they go to the Jersey shore with all the syringes. This is probably in reference to the infamous "Syringe Tide" in 1987-1988 when medical waste washed up on several beaches in New Jersey, costing massive losses in tourist dollars.
b.
Fury was shot on weekends for six months, starting in the last week of June and finishing the first week in January. The temperature ranged from the 90s down to the 40s in the old building, but the cast still had to wear the same summer clothes since the story occurred over two days.
c.
Jeff Bridges
and
Nick Nolte
were both considered for the role of Jim Garrison. Bridges was turned down because he was not a major box-office draw, while Nolte was considered to be too old. He later worked with Stone in
U Turn
.
d.
John Michael Hayes
wrote the screenplay based on a treatment written by
Angus MacPhail
. But Hayes was infuriated when
Alfred Hitchcock
submitted both Hayes and MacPhails names to receive credit for the screenplay. Hayes demanded the credit be sent for arbitration to the Writers Guild of America, who judged Hayes the sole author. Though he was successful in his bid for credit, it caused a never-healed rift between Hitchcock and John Michael Hayes.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weekend at Bernie's (1989)?
a.
After Richard knocks out the man that Bernie fired, he informs Larry "You can come out now Rambo."
First Blood
, the first Rambo movie, was also directed by
Ted Kotcheff
. The gardener in the film (George Kee Cheung) wears a costume similar to the one in Rambo: First Blood Part II; he was the films villain.
b.
Andrew McCarthy
s character has several witty lines that are lifted directly from Ian Shoales, a fictional pop-culture critic created by
Merle Kessler
of the Ducks Breath Mystery Theater. Ian Shoales appeared on NPRs "All Things Considered," as well as MTVs
The Cutting Edge
. The "St. Elmos Fire" credits give "special thanks" the Ducks Breath Mystery Theater.
c.
The film was originally titled "The Frog Princess". Disney changed several key elements to the film after receiving numerous complaints of racial insensitivity. Besides retitling the picture to avoid the implication that the first African-American Disney princess was somehow ugly or animal, the lead characters name changed from Maddy to Tiana since "Maddy" sounded too much like "Mammy". A subplot about her working as a maid was also dropped to avoid negative stereotypes.
d.
Footage from earlier
Mickey Rooney
film, _Broadway to Hollywood (1939)_, is seen to show flashbacks of Mickey Moran, Rooneys character, as a child performing in vaudeville.
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