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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Weird Science (1985) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Weird Science (1985) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985).
About the movie:
Two nerdish boys attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
When Obi-Wan (
Ewan McGregor
) and Anakin (
Hayden Christensen
) enter the sports bar on Coruscant to search for the assassin Zam Wesell (
Leeanna Walsman
), several actors and crew members from the "Star Wars" movies can be spotted, including
Ahmed Best
, (voice of Jar Jar Binks) and
Anthony Daniels
(C-3P0). Also visible in the crowd are R2D2 handler
Don Bies
and his Droid team consisting of
Zeynep Selcuk
,
Justin Dix
and
Trevor Tighe
.
b.
The piano girl (
Kym Malin
) actually performed her own stunts.
c.
The soundtrack album, a 3-LP set of all the music used in the film, was not released until 1957. In 1990, in conjunction with the films 50th Anniversary restoration, it was released on CD. (The soundtrack for the 1982 version, newly recorded in digital sound, and conducted by
Irwin Kostal
instead of
Leopold Stokowski
, had already been released on CD but was soon deleted in favor of the Stokowski version.)
d.
During filming, three, four or more hand-held super 16mm cameras were used to film scenes in documentary style. Nearly two hundred hours of footage was shot at an eye-popping 100:1 shooting ratio (a higher ratio of expended film than the notorious
Francis Ford Coppola
epic,
Apocalypse Now
).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
Producer
John Wayne
chose
Robert Cummings
as his co-star for the role of Captain Sullivan. Director
William A. Wellman
, however, overrode his producer and chose
Robert Stack
for the part.
b.
This film was based on a true story.
c.
Producer
Jack F. Murphy
saw the original
Scared to Death
and was so impressed with the monster that he wanted to make another film utilizing the same monster design. However since the first film was so a low-budget and rarely seen he wanted to distance this sequel from it in order not to alienate a new potential audience that never heard of the first film. This is why there is no plot connection to "Scared to Death" other than the same monster design.
d.
Anthony Michael Hall
makes a reference to a girlfriend from Canada. His character "Brian" from
The Breakfast Club
also makes a reference to an imaginary girlfriend from Canada.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
The homeless extras were recruited from local homeless shelters.
b.
Matt Damon
accidentally knocked out
Tim Griffin
who played the CIA interrogator John Nevins during the scene in the consulate when Bourne takes him and a security guard down after being captured.
c.
This film is dedicated to the memory of Jim Lockard, Louisville, Kentucky, who lost his life while building schools in Iraq.
d.
John Hughes
wrote this film in two days.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
Kelly LeBrock
initially turned down the role of Lisa, as she was vacationing in France at the time and was "having too much fun riding horses on the beach".
b.
Billy Bob Thornton
s character (Russell Bell) states in the movie that he is half Irish (his father) and half Choctaw Indian (his mother). In real life, Mr. Thorntons father is of Irish ancestry, while his mother is half Choctaw Indian and half Italian.
c.
Robert Vaughn
recently revealed on the "Ron & Fez" XM Satellite radio program that his character was based upon legendary film producer
Robert Evans
.
d.
The scene in which Raoul Duke calls his attorney from Baker is partially filmed backwards. In the back ground smoke can be seen coming back into a fire, and Duke bangs in reverse on the side of the phone booth.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
Shermer-ville was the original name of Northbrook, IL. Home of Glenbrook North High School featured in the outside school shots for
Ferris Buellers Day Off
. The village of Shermerville was incorporated in 1901 and renamed Northbrook in 1923.
b.
According to interviews that director
Joseph Losey
gave, in the mid-seventies, to
Michel Ciment
, he revealed that FBI wanted to spy on him in Europe where he had to go to work after being black-listed in Hollywood. So they paid John Drew Barrymore (who was a good friend with him after this movie) to furnish informations about Loseys possible anti-American activities in London.
c.
Dan Hedaya
later played Nixon himself in
Dick
, while Saul Rubinek would go on to play Henry Kissinger in the same film.
Madeline Kahn
played Pat Nixon on Saturday Night Live.
Kevin Dunn
previously played J. Edgar Hoover in
Chaplin
.
d.
According to
Kevin Smith
, his first choice for the role of Bethany was
Gillian Anderson
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
When frustrated by the situation on the subway train, the Mayor blurts out, "Shit, piss, fuck!" These are, in order, the first three of the seven words you cant say on television for which
George Carlin
is famous.
b.
In the first scene, the ocean is actually a huge swimming pool.
c.
The original Broadway production of "The Meanest Man in the World" by
Augustin MacHugh
opened at the Hudson Theater on October 20, 1920 starring
George M. Cohan
and ran for 202 performances.
d.
The goodbye scene between
Anthony Michael Hall
,
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
and
Kelly LeBrock
moved
John Hughes
to tears.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
The Time magazine that Gary and Wyatt accidentally create a nuclear missile from is the 31 January 1983 issue.
b.
A poster for this movie can be seen on the wall of a dressing-room in Zack Snyders 2011 movie, "Sucker Punch."
c.
The sequence depicting the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia incorporates real documentary footage of the era shot by students of Prague Film School with new scenes recreated for the movie. One of the film students, Jan Nemec, has a small role as a cameraman who is beaten and has his film confiscated by the Soviet police.
d.
Featured in the film are three songs sung by
Burl Ives
. Ives voiced Sam the Snowman in
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
, a stop-motion animated production by Rankin-Bass that influenced the style of this film. Furthermore, all three of the songs featured in the film were first released on Ives 1960 album "Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck and Other Childrens Favorites".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
Additional scenes were filmed on July 24, 1956.
b.
Shermer, the fictional town in which many of John Hughes movies are set, is actually the name of a street that runs through several of the communities that Hughes used as backdrops in his films.
c.
Victor Banerjee
passed on this film.
d.
Portions of the film were shot at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - home of the only Formula 1 race held in Canada.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
To get
Dean Stockwell
in the proper mood, director
Francis Ford Coppola
had him pretend to be a sadistic monarch who sentenced every cast member to a beheading.
b.
The first videotape of Seth Brundle (where he theorizes that the teleporter improved him) is actually part of a deleted scene from
The Fly
. The scene was slightly edited for this film, and Veronicas (Geena Daviss) voice was dubbed over by Saffron Henderson (who plays Veronica at the beginning of The Fly II).
c.
George Segal
and
Burt Reynolds
, almost worked together before. Segal incurred a leg injury prior to filming on
Lucky Lady
and had to pull out of the project and was replaced by
Gene Hackman
.
d.
Wyatts computer is a Memotech MTX512 with an FDX add-on.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Weird Science (1985)?
a.
The films budget was exactly $777,777.77, and it was delivered on time - and on budget.
b.
At the memorial service, the second name on the plaque (also the second name read aloud) is Chris Boylan. This is a reference to
Christine Boylan
, wife of the films writer,
Eric Heisserer
.
c.
Kelly LeBrock
s character name was inspired by Apple Computers first GUI computer, the Apple Lisa.
d.
Supervan includes a brief scene where legendary poet
Charles Bukowski
is among ladies performing a wet t-shirt contest, grinning cheerfully and hugging one of them.
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