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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Xanadu (1980) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Xanadu (1980) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980).
About the movie:
The story of a girl who makes dreams come true.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
"Dont Walk Away", an animated sequence in the film, features scenes nearly identical to portions of
Thumbelina
, namely a shot of a small girl walking behind a leaf. Both were directed by
Don Bluth
.
b.
Friedkin wanted the car crash in the Elizabeth NJ prologue to look as real as possible. Twelve cars were destroyed before the stunt was deemed satisfactory.
c.
This film marked the finish of producer
Samuel Goldwyn
s distribution pact with RKO, which resulted in 20 releases spanning 11 years, beginning with
The Little Foxes
.
d.
Meryl Streep
learned to play the violin, by practicing six hours a day for four weeks.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
When
Tim Robbins
approached his actor friends about doing the movie, he said most of them asked to play newscasters.
b.
Playing on a 99-cent double-feature with Village People in
Cant Stop the Music
, this inspired
John Wilson
to create the Razzie Awards, dishonoring worst achievements in film. It later won the first ever Worst Director Razzie Award for
Robert Greenwald
.
c.
Counting John Landis, there are 17 directors that make an appearance in the film.
d.
Orson Welles
did enough work behind the scenes that the production company offered him a producer credit, which he turned down. Welless official reason for this is a belief that a person who is not directing the film shouldnt be "just" a producer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
The mural depicted in the film never existed. Rather, it was a digital image superimposed over one of the shops in an alleyway on Dudley Avenue and Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica, California during post-production.
b.
The Sydney Morning Herald suggested that
Heath Ledger
was made for the role because when he tried on Ned Kellys original iron armour, it fit perfectly. Heath Ledger was quoted saying, "It was quite eerie actually ... were the same height and the same body weight. He was skinny cause he was starving, Im skinny cause I dont go to the gym."
c.
US rentals for the film were $20 million; worldwide rentals were much higher.
d.
Due to many budget cutbacks following the death of
Irving Thalberg
many stock shots from former movies were used.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
AnnaSophia Robb
auditioned for the role of Rosemary.
b.
Rather than having to come up with a disguise for Richard Kimble, director
Andrew Davis
had
Harrison Ford
start the film with a beard, then shave it off
c.
Gene Kelly
took the part of Danny McGuire because filming was a short drive from his Beverly Hills home and he could be close to his family at the same time.
d.
Geoffrey Rush
is not credited, however his assistant
Stephen J. Young
is.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
Producer
Jack Schwartzman
wanted then up-and-coming composer
James Horner
to score the film.
Sean Connery
objected and
Michel Legrand
was brought in after accidentally meeting Sean Connery in a studio corridor.
b.
Desmond Llewelyn
(famous for playing Q) died in an auto accident soon after the movie opened. Llewellyn said just before his death that he was planning to appear in the next Bond film. This movies video release was dedicated to Llewelyn and features a tribute montage of his appearances in 17 Bond films over 36 years.
c.
According to
Neville Page
, creature designer - the monster is a baby in a new environment - "spooked" and looking for its mother.
d.
Since fantasy is Xanadus dominant trait, certain mattes, including a couple of time-lapsed cloud effects matted over the departure along the highway of one of the muses, and another matted above
Gene Kelly
as he sits on a beach playing a clarinet, dont look 100% realistic. This was intentional, done with the hope that the various sequence take a mythical ambiance that looks unreal, rather than phony.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
This film was shot in various New York City locations with no permits.
b.
Further into completion,
Joel Silver
,
Robert Greenwald
and
Victor J. Kemper
started wanting more effects, fancier effects, heavier effects. Then with its Christmas 1980 release moved up by Universal Pictures to summer 1980, this was now unattainable.
c.
One of the reasons the production was extended was to complete rendering of the rich and highly detailed alien ecosystem that serves as a backdrop for Delgo.
d.
Prior to the films release, there was speculation that the photo-realistic computer-generated "actors" would revolutionize moviemaking. There were news reports of plans for the "digital actress" used for Aki Ross to appear in another movie, or possibly be included in a live-action production amongst real actors. The box office failure of this film put those plans on hold, however a special sequence created for the special edition version of the DVD, which opens disc 2, does in fact show Aki and other FF characters interacting with real people.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
Filmed on location at Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch.
b.
Marilyn Monroe
lobbied hard to play "Nefer," but
Darryl F. Zanuck
had earmarked the role for his then-mistress,
Bella Darvi
.
c.
One aspect of the special effects that proved difficult was the fact that Xanadu is an earthbound fantasy, and many of the elaborate matting effects had to be successfully worked into naturalistic settings, street scenes, etc. One of the muses even exits as a live-action tapered streak from within the metal superstructure of a large building, to cite a particular example.
Robert Greenwald
stated this was more difficult than having the ability to pull off its most impressive effects within the comfortable black limbo of space.
d.
Charles Laughton
s makeup took two-and-a-half hours to apply each day.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
Steve Buscemi and Tim Roth were both offered the same unspecified role and turned it down. Jane Hamsher claims in her book about the movie that they did so because
Quentin Tarantino
told them he would never cast either of them in any of his movies again if they took the role.
b.
Michelle Trachtenberg had never skated before. She learned professional skating for this movie in 10 months.
c.
The set of the Xanadu club cost $1,000,000 to build.
d.
On the night the movie opened in San Francisco, Welles found himself alone with
William Randolph Hearst
in an elevator at the citys Fairmont Hotel. Aware that his father and Hearst were friends, Welles extended an invitation to the magnate to attend the premiere of
Citizen Kane
. Hearst disregarded the offer and as Hearst was about to exit the elevator at his floor, Welles remarked, "Charles Foster Kane would have accepted."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
The whole film was shot and edited into a complete live-action version before animation began.
b.
Gene Kelly
s final feature film.
c.
Jill Quigg
was discovered when the productions barricades in the streets of Boston prevented her from picking up her son from school.
Ben Affleck
was so impressed by her loud rants against the film crew that he asked her to read for the movie.
d.
Bruce Payne came down with bronchitis during filming, forcing the production to reschedule until such a time when he was well enough to perform, which was about three months later.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Xanadu (1980)?
a.
The scene that
Ashley Greene
was anticipating the most to film is "the big fight scene".
b.
Humphrey Bogart
s last tough-guy role.
c.
Effects artist
Bob Keen
spent 18 hours a day for 8 weeks working on the monsters in the film.
d.
The old building that became Xanadu was the Pan Pacific Auditorium on Beverly Boulevard, near CBSs Television City in Hollywood, California. It was built in 1935 but was only used for exteriors in this movie. Interiors were filmed on Stage 4 of the Hollywood Center Studios. The Pan Pacific Auditorium was destroyed by a fire in 1989. A community center now sits on the site, featuring a single version of the Pan Pacifics 4 curved deco spires
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