My favorite month, October, is upon us! So I thought I'd kick things off by doing yet another one of my deep trivia dives on some classic horror movies. Today's choice is 1986's "The Fly," directed by Canadian sci fi/horror maven David Cronenberg. This is a unicorn film--a remake that surpassed the original, in this case, the 1958 movie of the same name. (That version was good, don't get me wrong, but it pales in comparison to this Cronenberg version.) Anyway, it's the usual setup--questions followed by the answers, many SPOILERS ahead. And just as a preview, I'll be running a horror movie quiz that's actually from the 21st century during this month, so younger fans might feel more involved.
Questions:
1) Aside from seeing his world-shattering invention, what consumable does Seth offer Ronnie to get her to go back to his lab/home with him?
2) According to Seth, why is this consumable top quality?
3) How many other interviews does Ronnie say she has to do before leaving the science convention?
4) Seth mentions he gets motion sickness in every mode of transportation. Including what, as a child?
5) Upon seeing Seth's telepods for the first time, what does Ronnie think they are?
6) According to Seth's telepod computer, what are the components of Ronnie's stocking?
7) What company is financing Seth's project?
8) What brand of tape recorder does Ronnie use?
9) What science magazine does Stathis Borans edit?
10) Stathis jokes to Seth that he wouldn't mind Seth disappearing one of Stathis's employees. Who?
11) When Stathis initially thinks that Seth is a conman, what magazine does Ronnie consider taking the idea to?
12) What is the "one magic word" that Seth says to get Ronnie to talk to him further?
13) How far away from each other are the two telepods?
14) Stathis says that at age 20 Seth was the leader of a team that almost won the Nobel Prize for psychics. Name this team.
15) To throw Stathis off the scent Ronnie lies and says she's going to do a story for another magazine. Name it.
16) What brand of video camera does Ronnie use to record Seth's progress?
17) Seth has five sets of the same outfit, so he doesn't have to waste time thinking about what to wear. Who does he say he learned this idea from?
18) What is the vanity license plate of Stathis's car?
19) Ronnie suggest a vacation while they're waiting for the teleported baboon to get back from its lab tests. Where to?
20) What type of food does Seth suggest eating to celebrate the successful teleportation?
21) According to Stathis, how long has Seth been working on the teleportation project?
22) How did Ronnie first meet Stathis?
23) What beer brewery signs are visible at the bar where Seth meets Tawny?
24) What does Seth order at this bar?
25) Seth gorily beats a man at the bar at arm wrestling. What is this man's name?
26) And what famous Canadian athlete played this man?
27) How much money does Seth bet that he can beat this man at arm wrestling?
28) What cab company do Seth and Tawny use to get back to his home/lab?
29) What are this cab company's two phone numbers? (They're on the cab's outside.)
30) After their fight, how many weeks does it take before Seth calls Ronnie?
31) What publishing company owns the magazine which Stathis works for?
32) Stathis compares the stricken Seth to a famous historical figure. Name them.
33) How much does Seth weigh? (He says it when he realizes he's becoming a fly-like monster.)
34) What is the name of the doctor who Stathis implores to abort Ronnie's fetus?
35) Using his corrosive vomit, Seth severely injures Stathis. What are his two main injuries?
36) Director/co-writer David Cronenberg plays a character in the movie. Name it.
37) What is Ronnie's full first name, and last name? (The last is only in the credits.)
38) What happened to the fly that shared the telepod with Seth?
39) So if it wasn't for the fly, would Seth have been fine teleporting?
40) If Seth's plan to splice himself with Ronnie and their unborn baby had happened, would this have been a success? (Conjectural)
41) What piano piece does Seth play when he invites Ronnie to his lab/home for the first time?
42) What kind of gun does Stathis use to shoot the telepod, and which is later used to kill Seth?
43) What city, and country is this story set in?
44) What famous comedian served as a co-producer for this movie?
45) What Academy Award did this movie win?
46) What famous person is Seth Brundle named after, reportedly?
Answers:
1) Cappuccino.
2) Because he has a restaurant-quality machine to make it, a Faema brand. (Which is a real brand.)
3) 3.
4) A tricycle.
5) Designer telephone booths.
6) Polyamid-nylon, silicon, miscellaneous fibers, and a very slight amount of organic matter.
7) Bartok Science Industries.
8) Sony.
9) Particle Magazine.
10) An assistant editor who's outlived his usefulness.
11) Omni. Which was a real, but now defunct magazine
12) "Cheeseburger."
13) 15 feet.
14) The F 32 team.
15) Psychology Today. Which was, and still is, a real magazine.
16) Again, a Sony, a Super Betamax camera.
17) Albert Einstein. I tried to confirm if this was real, and couldn't. Some sources say it was, others not. At any rate, it appears Einstein didn't wear the same outfit all the time, for his whole life, at least.
18) Particle, or the name of his magazine.
19) Florida, or someplace else warm.
20) Chinese food.
21) 6 years.
22) He was one of her college teachers when she was a science major student.
23) Budweiser and Miller.
24) Scotch. Although, like many movie characters, he doesn't mention a particular brand.
25) Marky.
26) Heavyweight boxer George Chuvalo. Chuvalo had a distinguished career. He finished with a record of 73-18-2, with 63 knockouts. He beat foes such as Jerry Quarry and Cleveland Williams. He lost to famous boxers such as Floyd Patterson, Ernie Terell, Oscar Bonavena, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and Muhammad Ali twice. Amazingly, he was never knocked down in a fight.
27) $100.
28) Co-op Cabs.
29) 364-8161 and 364-7111. So they didn't use the fake, movie "555" exchange.
30) 4.
31) Monolith Publishing.
32) Typhoid Mary.
33) 185 pounds.
34) Dr. Brent Cheevers.
35) He dissolves Stathis's left hand, and then his right ankle, taking off the foot.
36) He plays the gynecologist who delivers Ronnie's hideous maggot baby in her nightmare.
37) Veronica Quaife. Her surname is supposedly inspired by an automotive powertrain made by a British motorsports company. Cronenberg is into auto racing, and motorcycles.
38) Seth actually catches it in his hand, but then unfortunately lets it go right after. We never see it again, or learn anything else about its fate, unlike the memorable scene in the original 1958 movie, when the fly/human hybrid meets its fate. But was this fly now more human like? Did it become Lord of the Flies, with its greater intelligence and such? I'd like to think so.
39) By the rules of movie, no. (And I realize the baboon seems fine, but still, hear me out.) Because all humans have tons of tiny living organisms living on, and in them. Mites, for example. Or if single cell creatures count, billions upon billions of bacteria. Unless he somehow took antibiotics, and then killed off all of his many parasites using ultraviolet light or something, Seth would have been spliced with untold billions of other organisms. Still a great movie, though.
40) It's unknown, obviously, but it seems like it would be a horror show. Two conscious humans, plus the fetus in one brain seems fraught with problems. Plus, with Seth and the fly it appears that the fly, despite its diminutive size, had somehow gotten strong and substantial and was dominating Seth's mind and character. Maybe it would have eventually done the same with the Seth/Ronnie/Fetus/Fly hybrid. All in all, it appears highly unlikely that it would have ended well. Admittedly, Seth was desperate, and not thinking straight, but his plan was doomed, in my opinion.
41) It's nothing recognizable. Evidently it's to show that Seth is creative and independent, so he doesn't play someone else's song. Apparently elements of it were used in this movie's soundtrack, though.
42) It's a Browning 12 Gauge Over/Under, double barreled shotgun.
43) Technically they never say, there's only a reference to the conference being in North America. Other details are a bit conflicting. The beer signs in the bar are American brands, for example. But, in the background you can pick out many Toronto landmarks, since it was filmed there, such as the CN Tower, and the Kensington Market.
44) Mel Brooks. Really!
45) Chris Walas and Stephen Dupuis shared the Oscar for Best Makeup. Despite several critics lauding Goldblum's performance, he wasn't nominated for an acting award, and this was the only nomination the movie received.
46) He's reportedly named after Formula 1 racing driver Martin Brundle. Like I mentioned before, for Question #37, Cronenberg loves cars, motorcycles, and racing.
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