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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wicked, Wicked (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wicked, Wicked (1973) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973).
About the movie:
A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
Initially MGM planned to release the movie as two separate films, to be shown by two interlocked projectors on a wide theater screen. At the last minute, they decided that a single piece of film would give them a larger market, so they squeezed both images onto 35mm.
b.
The silver sports car
Jet Li
drives is a Spyker C8 Spyder which costs approximately $287,000.
c.
Lloyds speech/rant to Tim before the matinee about the problems hes having directing Hamlet was changed from the play. In the play, Lloyd is directing a production of Richard III, and all the characters/references reflect that. It was changed in the movie because it was felt that Hamlet would be better-known to American audiences.
d.
The word "invictus" is Latin for "unbeaten". It is also the name of a short poem written in 1875 by
William Ernest Henley
, a British poet. The poem was written while Henley was in hospital having to have his stricken foot amputated.
Nelson Mandela
is heard saying lines from the poem.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
Randolph Roberts
auditioned for the minor role of Hank Lassiter (which ultimately went to
Edd Byrnes
), but he so impressed producer
William T. Orr
and director
Richard L. Bare
that he was cast as the lead.
b.
In the original script of the opening scene, Brownway was supposed to do the "counting" but director
J.J. Abrams
realized it would be much more dramatic if it was done by Owen Davien instead.
c.
Director
Garry Marshall
plays the first baseman.
d.
Unlike most serials, chapters of The Perils of Pauline were released every two weeks.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
Before filming the final attack scene when Melanie goes upstairs to her doom,
Tippi Hedren
asked
Alfred Hitchcock
, "Hitch, why would I do this?" Hitchcocks response was, "Because I tell you to."
b.
Tiffany Bolling
has admitted that the main reason she took the part in the film is because it presented her the opportunity to sing.
c.
The Turbo Zords were created by custom car builder
George Barris
. Barris had created custom vehicles for films such as the Stone Age cars in
The Flintstones
, the spy cars for James Bond films, and the theme park terrain vehicles for
Jurassic Park
.
d.
At the end of the film, Mary asks Watson if she could read his journals of his adventures with Sherlock Holmes. Of the 60 Arthur Conan Doyle-penned stories of Sherlock Holmes, all but four have Watson serving as the narrator.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
Cinematographer
Caleb Deschanel
was originally attached to photograph the movie and even completed some of the filming, but dropped out due to creative differences.
b.
Sodium hypochlorite, which
Ed Begley Jr.
identifies in the supply closet as a "nuclear weapon" cleanser for animal stains, is in fact a highly corrosive bleach compound that is the active ingredient in Drano.
c.
One of the earliest films released in stereo, with sound emitting from either the left or right speaker depending upon which side of the screen the sound was meant to be coming from.
d.
The first Pixar film since
Finding Nemo
not to be presented in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
A clip from the film parodying Star Trek won "Best Home Video" on Americas Funniest Home Videos.
b.
After the failure of some of the previous animated features like
The Emperors New Groove
and
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
, then-Disney CEO
Michael Eisner
decided that the studio should try their hand at a smaller scale and a less expensive film. The idea was inspired by
Dumbo
which was made at the studios for relatively little cost in the wake of the more expensive productions _Pinocchio_ and _Fantasia_.
c.
Charles Bronson
had plastic surgery in order to make himself look young enough to play Leo Kessler.
d.
Shot in 45 days.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
The subplot of Gavilan trying to sell Jerry Durans house to Julius Armas is based on
Robert Souza
s real-life attempt to sell
Robert Evans
house to
Dodi Fayed
, who was in the music business at the time and for whom Souza did bodyguard work.
b.
Film uses a gimmick entitled "Duo-Vision", basically a split-screen effect that lasts the whole film.
c.
The pipe organ used is the same organ that was used by
Lon Chaney
in
The Phantom of the Opera
.
d.
There is a point where a body double was used for the girl in red. They are the only scenes where the girls face is not shown.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
After catching
David Bailey
in a popular commercial for Mitchum deodorant (in which a half-naked Bailey lies in bed and proclaims "I didnt use my deodorant yesterday, and I may not today") writer/director
Richard L. Bare
asked the actor to come to California for an interview and offered him a role in the film almost immediately.
b.
The film originally ended with Miles J. Binnell on the highway shouting to the people driving by, "Youre next, youre next!" However, the studio wanted a happier ending that would assure the audience that the heros efforts were not in vain, so scenes were added to the opening to show Miles in a hospital recounting his story to two other doctors and to the end when the other doctors find out about the pods and one of them contacts the FBI.
c.
The screenplay was considerably altered from the hit stage play. Director
Gregory La Cava
was particularly gifted working with actresses. For two weeks prior to filming, he had his cast improvise in the boarding house set as if they were actually rooming together, and had a script girl take down all their interchanges. Most of the dialog you hear in the boarding house is extemporaneous ad-libs by the actresses during rehearsals.
d.
Average Shot Length & Median Shot Length = ~3 seconds.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
It took 32 weeks to finish editing on the rough cut of the film.
b.
The character of Andrea Talbot played by
Oksana Gudnaya
mentions an older sister named Renee. Renee Talbot is the lead female character played by
Devon McArdle
in
Goodbye to You
.
c.
Trouble arose during a PR campaign before the movies release,when a website related to the film sent out several cakes purportedly from The Joker, containing a cell phone inside which made the cake vibrate, and had wires sticking out, making the cake look like a bomb. One such news station which received one of the cakes, believed it to be an actual terrorist act, and the entire building had to be evacuated.
d.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
auditioned for the lead role, but withdrew in favor of
Jodie Foster
. But Foster, also withdrew, leaving
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Valerie Bertinelli
,
Elisabeth Shue
and
Justine Bateman
as the only choices. Bateman withdrew from the project due to creative conflicts from the producers of
Family Ties
. Pfeiffer left the project and instead starred in
The Witches of Eastwick
. Bertinelli lost out to Shue on the final day of auditions.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
The sidekick originally came in to be a zombie extra. He was recast when the original Sidekick didnt show.
b.
The dialog was largely improvised by the cast of mostly non-actors, which included a professional female bodybuilder, a marine biologist, a female wrestler and a professional dominatrix.
c.
Pages of the screenplay were divided in half, with each half of the page corresponding to the action that would play out on each side of the screen. This presented problems for writer
Richard L. Bare
, who had trouble finding a typewriter which would accommodate his split-page typing needs.
d.
John Huston
originally wanted to cast
Ronald Reagan
as James Cody. Warner Bros. studio boss
Jack L. Warner
instead insisted on casting Reagan in
The Voice of the Turtle
.
Bruce Bennett
was eventually cast as Cody.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wicked, Wicked (1973)?
a.
Leading man
James Garner
was originally only supposed to have a supporting role here with
Charlton Heston
being top-billed. When Heston quit, Garner stepped into his shoes
b.
The organ music is originally from
The Phantom of the Opera
.
c.
Many of the jumps and car chase scenes were filmed on a Louisiana State University, Agricultural Research Station in Louisiana. The Station was leased to Warner Brothers during the off season for filming.
d.
In January 2001,
Hunter S. Thompson
wrote a lively and acerbic fax to
Holly Sorenson
criticizing The Shooting Gallery, the studio then in production of the film adaptation of his novel, for their lack of progress. Follow this link to see the fax: www.aintitcool.com/node/8218
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