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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Taxi Driver (1976) - Part (6) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976).
About the movie:
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Charles Bronson
turned down the leading role.
b.
Peter MacNicol
is said to be embarrassed by this film and does not list it on his CV.
c.
Linda Blair
was the second choice to play Iris.
d.
This movies opening prologue states: "ITALY, AUGUST 1943. With the Allies poised to strike, the Germans seized control of Italy. So the war-weary Italian nation fought on, a prisoner of the German armies."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The films setting was partly inspired by
Walt Disney
s boyhood hometown of Marceline, Missouri.
b.
Mariel Hemingway
was the runner-up to
Jodie Foster
for the role of Iris.
c.
Team America first meets Gary performing in a play called "Lease", an obvious parody of the popular broadway musical Rent in which several of the characters are struggling with AIDS.
d.
Though
William Powell
and
Myrna Loy
were very close friends off-screen, their only romantic moments together occurred on-screen. The public, however, was determined to have them married in private life as well. When the two stars showed up in San Francisco (where most of this film was shot) at the St. Francis, the hotel management proudly showed "Mr. and Mrs. Powell" to their deluxe suite. This was an especially uncomfortable moment as
Jean Harlow
, who was engaged to Powell, was with them, and the couple had not made a public statement about their relationship. Harlow saved the day by insisting on sharing the suite with Loy: "That mix-up brought me one of my most cherished friendships," Loy said in "Being and Becoming", her autobiography. "You would have thought Jean and I were in boarding school we had so much fun. Wed stay up half the night talking and sipping gin, sometimes laughing, sometimes discussing more serious things." Meanwhile, Powell got the hotels one remaining room - a far humbler accommodation downstairs.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The main character, Frank McCloud, describes having served with Noras late husband in the WWII battle at San Pietro, Italy; director/co-screenwriter
John Huston
had been involved in that battle as the creator of the documentary film
San Pietro
while he was in the U.S. Armys motion picture unit.
b.
The original Broadway production of "Follow Thru" opened at the Chanins 46th Street Theatre on January 9, 1929, and ran for 401 performance.
Jack Haley
,
Zelma ONeal
,
Margaret Lee
and
Don Tomkins
reprise their original stage roles. Other opening-night cast members included
Arthur Aylesworth
,
Madeline Cameron
,
Edith Campbell
,
Dorothy Day
,
Irene Delroy
,
Al Downing
,
Frank Kingdon
and
John Sheehan
.
c.
When the crew enters Icarus 1, flash frames appear on screen when the flashlights point into the camera. These frames are pictures of the crew of Icarus 1 taken from the group photo seen later. Another few flash frames are seen later when Capa learns that there is a 5th crew member on board.
d.
Jane Seymour
auditioned for the role of Betsy. Both
Glenn Close
and
Susan Sarandon
also auditioned for the role but turned it down.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
Film debut of
Anne Revere
.
b.
When Father Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) comes in the Vatican office to get is new assignment, we can hear a bit of Italian speaking in the back between Cardinal Daniel Houseman (Jonathan Pryce) and another priest. Translation: "Rest assured, none of this will never leave this room."
c.
Anthony Peck
, who plays Ricky Walsh was also in the original Die Hard. He is credited as "Young Cop".
d.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
did an audition for the role of Iris, but came close to
Jodie Foster
on the final day of auditions.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
This movie represents an instance where a lead character has the same name as a well known celebrity.
Theresa Russell
plays a character called
Jennifer Hudson
(aka Jenny Hudson). This movie though was made long before
Jennifer Hudson
became famous.
b.
The motorcycle ridden by Jet Li is a Hellcat made by Confederate Motor Company.
c.
Sigourney Weaver
was offered the role of Betsy but turned down the part. She was the runner-up to
Cybill Shepherd
for that role.
d.
Film debut of
Madeline Kahn
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
James Caan
and
Talia Shire
had previously played siblings in
The Godfather
.
b.
Most people working on this movie were WW2 refugees from France.
c.
Jim Henson
: One of the bad guys trying to shoot Kermit in the western scene.
d.
Debra Winger
, when she was just starting out as an actress, auditioned for the role of Iris.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The title is a reference to a short story by
Ray Bradbury
in which a group of people travel millions of years into the past and one of them unknowingly steps on and kills a butterfly which dramatically alters the future.
b.
Kim Basinger
was offered the role of Iris, but had to turn down in order to continue to work as a model.
c.
Double-billed with
Law of the Lawless
.
d.
The subway car Will rides in is a model that was retired in 1994; the MBTA took one out of mothballs and cleaned it up for the production.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
When Pee-wee weighs in at the beginning of the movie, we see that he is in fact a 98 pound weakling.
b.
Was shut down the day of its premiere at a San Diego movie theater. The film was later confiscated by local police. It wasnt shown again until a year later, in 1960, at a theater house in Seattle.
c.
Meryl Streep
reportedly turned down the role of Betsy.
d.
In real life, by the time Clyde Barrow died at the age of 24, he had been responsible - both directly and indirectly - for the deaths of at least 14 people.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
This was
Robert Pastorelli
s last film. He died from an accidental drug overdose during production.
b.
The card game Bronson and Whacker are playing is Cribbage.
c.
Before
Jodie Foster
was eventually cast as Iris, there were more than 250 applicants for the role, including newcomers
Carrie Fisher
,
Mariel Hemingway
,
Bo Derek
,
Kim Cattrall
,
Rosanna Arquette
,
Kristy McNichol
and
Michelle Pfeiffer
.
d.
During the original casting process,
Tara Reid
played "Dorothy Wheeler (now played by
Jessica Capshaw
) and
Jennifer Love Hewitt
played "Paige Prescott" (now played by
Denise Richards
).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Taxi Driver (1976)?
a.
The scenes at Yankee Stadium were shot and filmed, just hours before a real baseball game was scheduled to take place, and
Babe Ruth
got up from his death bed, just long enough, to see it, while he was still alive.
b.
While on production in Rome,
Brad Pitt
and
George Clooney
were not allowed back into the hotel because the doorman thought they were vagrants after the actors were caught in a rain storm while jogging.
c.
William Castle
: cop.
d.
Jodie Foster
, the actress who got the role of Iris, was actually the third choice to play it.
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