MY MOVIE
MASTERMIND
Will the director of The Howling
bark at the moon after our quiz?1
What’s the last line of The Howling?
“Rare.” It came from John Sayles. You
assumed at that point that the other werewolves
had died, and this character [Elisabeth Brooks’
Marsha Quist] was going to go on to maybe do
other things. What was interesting was that they
didn’t use her when they made the sequel — this
character that was so set up for a sequel.
Correct.2
What two movies are on the marquee at the
Kingston Falls Movie Theater when we see
it at the beginning of Gremlins?
A Boy’s Life and Watch The Skies. Those were
the working titles for E.T. and Close Encounters
Of The Third Kind. It was something I put in, I
thought it’d be fun. Nobody’s made them yet.
Correct.3
Who provided the voice of John Wayne in
the Gremlins 2 breakdown sequence?
That was Chad Everett. That scene is only in the
VHS version. In order to use the clip from
Chisum, we had to go to Michael Wayne, John
Wayne’s son. We asked him who he knew who
did a good John Wayne impression and he said
Chad did the best one. He was great.
Correct.4
“Say, that’s kinda pricey for shampoo, ain’t
it?” is from which of your fi lms?
[Laughs] That’s Kathleen Freeman in Innerspace.
Who could forget that? She was just wonderful.
Correct.5
How many movies did you make with
Jerry Goldsmith?
There would be Gremlins and Twilight Zone,
Innerspace, Explorers, The ’Burbs, Gremlins 2,
Matinee, and Small Soldiers. And Looney Tunes.
Is that nine? He did an Amazing Stories episode
for me that I often lump in with my overall Jerry
Goldsmith scores. There was nobody like Jerry.
I inherited him on Twilight Zone, he had been
hired before I was. It required such a strange kind
of music. He regarded it as kind of a lark and
used strange instruments, buzzers and sound
effects, and I got to play the xylophone.
Correct.6
What is the Klopeks’ address in
The ’Burbs?
Guess it would be 666 Mayfi eld Place. [Empire:
Not quite...] Wait, I thought they were in Mayfi eld
Place. [Hears the answer] Oh, wait, the nine turns
over and becomes a six, that’s right. You got me.
½ point. The correct answer is 669
Mayfi eld Place.7
Naomi Watts and Archie Hahn star
in one of the fi lms-within-the-fi lm in
Matinee. What is the name of that fi lm?
Oh, that’s so easy! Half the people reviewing the
movie mentioned the title of that fi lm, The Shook-
Up Shopping Cart. What you should have asked
is, “What’s the second feature on the marquee?”
It’s The Bashful Bobcat. I would have known that
too, but at least it’s a more obscure question.
Correct.8
What was the name of the secret military
project inPiranha?
‘Project: Razorteeth’. No! ‘Operation: Razorteeth’.
Correct.9
Dick Miller has the same character
name in two of your films:The Howling
and your segment ofTwilight Zone: The Movie.
What is that name?
Walter Paisley. Which is the character he
created inA Bucket Of Blood. After I used
that name, it started to become a trend.
So he’s played that character many, many
times. But he was never actually the
same character.
Correct.10
InLooney Tunes: Back In Action, there
are eight ACME VPs. Can you name
three of their job titles?
Oh... boy, that’s really obscure. I can’t even think
of one of them. Call me a fail on that one. Don’t
give me any points. Who looks at nameplates?
The correct answer is Bad Ideas, Stating
The Obvious, Nitpicking, Unfairly Promoted,
Rhetorical Questions, Never Learning,
Child Labor and Climbing To The Top.JOE DANTE SCORES8½
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ante 8.5“That’s a Fellini-esque score.”ALAMY