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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Young Guns (1988) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Young Guns (1988)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988).

About the movie: A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		One of the songs heard in the movie is Frankie Vallis Moodys Mood for Love. Joseph Leo Bwarie (Mailroom Danny) has played Valli ans sang this song in the stage play of Jersey Boys.
b.		Randy Travis has an uncredited cameo as the Gatling Gun Operator
c.		Composer Michael Kamen replaced Basil Poledouris as the composer on the film, and contrary to general knowledge, Poledouris did not do a score, backing out after having seen the film temp tracked with music like his work from Starship Troopers.
d.		Liz Torres movie debut.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		James Horner wrote the films original score but it was rejected for being too ethnic in Irish tone that the producers and director Christopher Cain wanted a more traditional Western score. Horners score for this film has not been heard publicly.
b.		Joseph L. Mankiewicz told Martin Landau that he had enough cut footage to make another movie called "The Further Adventures of Octavian and Ruffio".
c.		The nightclub featured in the film was loosely modeled on the famous Forbidden City, a popular San Francisco night spot from the late 1930s through the 1950s.
d.		With a budget of $6 million, at the time, this was one of the most expensive films ever made.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		It is widely believed that Billy the Kids real name was William H. Bonney. However, the film is correct in listing that as only one of his aliases, and giving his real name as Henry McCarty.
b.		Kirk Douglas, a passionate Zionist, wanted the history depicted to parallel the story of the Jewish people and clashed with screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was more interested in making the film a comment on modern-day politics and the Cold War.
c.		Josh Hartnett tried out for the role of Pat, but Mark Wahlberg was given the part instead.
d.		Tom Cruise prepped for the role of Lestat by watching videos of lions attacking zebras in the wild.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		Steve McQueen was offered the chance to star in this film. Having already played a cop in Bullitt, he did not want to act in any more cop roles, and turned down the offer.
b.		In the final battle at the end of the movie, Emilio Estevez (Billy the Kid) shoots Charlie Crawford. Charlie Crawford is the name of his brother Charlie Sheens character in the TV series Spin City.
c.		Director A. Edward Sutherland and cinematographer John F. Seitz shot the "That Old Black Magic" number, uncredited.
d.		In Tom Clancys novel, Ryan breaks into Ritters safe to obtain the damning documents. The filmmakers thought that was too clichéd for film and created the dueling computers scene instead.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		The producers originally planned to have creatures called voles in the film as well as the slime people. The voles would have been wolf-like animals from underground that had been domesticated by the slime people, but the were left out of the final script.
b.		Mary McCormack originally did not want accept the role of Alison because of Sterns controversial reputation. She accepted the chance to audition only because she wanted to meet director Betty Thomas. When McCormack told Thomas that she was refusing the role, Thomas encouraged McCormack to listen to Sterns radio show and meet him in person. McCormack became a fan of the show and accepted the role.
c.		While the rest of the cast is made up of actors, the central role of Robert F. Kennedy is portrayed almost entirely in actual footage of the senator.
d.		Casey Siemaszko plays Charlie, a Pugilistic cowboy, who happens to be "handy" with his fists. In Of Mice and Men, Casey Siemaszko plays Curley, a ranchers son, who is "handy" with his fists.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		The total duration of composer Elmer Bernsteins original score for the film is a total of seven minutes much to the surprise of film music aficionados who have wanted for a release of this music for years. The music is more in the vain of transitional orchestral cues in between the pre-recorded songs featured throughout the film to give the film more dramatic weight where needed.
b.		In one scene "Billy" is reading a report that claims he is a lefty, to this he replies, "I aint left-handed." This is a reference to films, books and media wrongly claiming Billy the Kid was left-handed based on the tintype photograph of him (tintypes produce a reversed image), making Billy look like he used his left hand to shoot.
c.		Since the filming times were so long, everybody on the set tried their best to avoid any mistakes. At one point in the movie, the camera dolly ran over and broke a cameramans foot, but to keep filming, he was gagged and dragged off. Another time, a woman puts her glass down but misses the table. A stagehand had to rush up and catch it before the glass hit the ground. Both parts are used in the final cut.
d.		Male lead, Prasanna, accidentally took a violent blow from a fist to the head while shooting the climatic fight sequence.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		In the final battle, on a day he wasnt shooting, Emilio Estevez dressed as a bad guy and fought along with them.
b.		While holding casting calls the film makers were not having much luck finding actors to portray one of the leads "Old Ramon" and some of the other gang members. Three actors walked in that day for another audition being held in the next room and asked if they could audition for "The Way". All three were cast with one of them, Ademir Velasquez, winning the lead role of "Older Ramon".
c.		The actress (Jenny Powell) playing the character of Mary Ann Mathews was originally a stripper hired in to act as a stand-in. Joel Schumacher gave her the part of the victim on the 8mm film as she had a suitably "haunted" look about her.
d.		Ben Affleck turned down directing the film because he wasnt experienced in VFX shots: "A lesson Ive learned is to not look at movies based on budget, how much theyll spend on effects or where they will shoot. Story is whats important."

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		Dialogue by Casey Siemaszkos character is sampled in the seminal 1994 hip-hop song "Regulate" by Warren G. and Nate Dogg, but according to the DVD commentary Siemaszko had no clue that this happened nor had he heard of the song itself.
b.		There is a neat in-joke in the film. When the French children find out that the character played by Doris Day is American, they ask her whether she knows Rock Hudson or Cary Grant - who had both been recent co-stars of the real Doris Day. Hudson costarred in Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back and Send Me No Flowers. Grant costarred in That Touch of Mink.
c.		In the France part of the shooting, cast and crew slept on the red carpet of the Cannes film festival, as there were no hotel rooms available.
d.		The poster art for this film was one of the last done by Richard Amsel.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		Tom Cruise was disguised with a mustache and is hiding behind the barricades on the street during the shootout.
b.		No publication of the short story, "The Lost Game," by John B. Hymer and Samuel Shipman has been found. It is, however, listed onscreen as the source of the movie. Their play, "Crime," based on the story, opened in New York City, New York, USA on 22 February 1927 and closed in August 1927 after 186 performances. It was produced by A.H. Woods and the opening night cast (with their character names) included Chester Morris (Rocky), James Rennie (Eugene), Douglass Montgomery (Tommy Brown), Sylvia Sidney (Annabelle Porter), Kay Johnson (Dorothy Palmer), Barbara Barondess and Jack La Rue.
c.		The lawyers that the dude mentions, are William Kunstler and Ron Kuby, radical lawyers noted for defending numerous controversial defendants including suspected terrorist leaders and the daughter of Malcolm X.
d.		The trailers and commercials for this film were narrated by Jay Stewart, the TV game show announcer who at the time was working for Barry-Enright Productions, producers of this movie.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Young Guns (1988)?
a.		The camera never intentionally moves during the whole film. The most noticeable exception is when the camera shakes when a bottle is smashed during the home-vacation sequence.
b.		In the scene where the men are going through the Indian Village (Spirit World), Kiefer Sutherlands character "Doc" is shown in the front of the group with a cover on his face, but it is not Kiefer Sutherland. He left that morning before the scene was shot, due to the birth of his child.
c.		Marilyn Cooper was called in to replace Gail Russell, who was taken ill. This led to Cooper meeting her future husband, Sabu.
d.		Was cut using Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 with additional editing and processing using a quad-processor Adobe Premiere CS3 machine.

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