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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 1941 (1979) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : 1941 (1979) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979).
About the movie:
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
In preparation for her role,
Ellen Muth
wrote in a journal as her character in the movie for weeks before shooting the film.
b.
The first advance trailer centered on
John Belushi
s character, who was identified as "Wild Wayne Kelso". When the movie was shot, the characters name was changed to "Wild Bill Kelso".
c.
Val Kilmer originally only had a cameo, but his part as a Marine Corps Drill Instructor was extended significantly by Reverge Anselmo after filming had began.
d.
In early drafts, the scene where Sally takes Lightning McQueen up into the hills to look down on the effects of the interstate on Route 66 actually had Doc Hudson telling the story of Radiator Springs fate.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
The voice of the TV character heard at the beginning of the movie is remarkably similar to that of
Chris Pirillo
, known as Lockergnome.
b.
A brief sequence in the middle of the picture is been said to have sown with color tints. This effect has not survive in existing prints.
c.
During the "La Resistance" scene, the map of the camp thats holding Terrance and Phillip is the same used for the hospital in the episode "Cartmans Mom is Still a Dirty Slut (2)"
d.
Steven Spielberg
has revealed that he almost made this film a musical.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
M. D. Chapmans hotel room in N-Y was on the 27th floor.
b.
Some scenes were so noisy during filming, the crew could not hear
Steven Spielberg
yell, "Cut." He had to fire a prop machine gun in the air to get the action to stop.
c.
To shoot the scene in which the fight manager is murdered in an East Side alley,
Stanley Kubrick
had to first negotiate with five transients who had set up a makeshift home in the alley and were unwilling to relinquish their turf.
d.
This movie, with its legal-forensics
Physical Evidence
title, pre-dates by about a decade the popular forensics science thriller program popular in television series since the launch of
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
shot one million feet of film over 247 shooting days.
b.
The part of Lewis had to be recast when the original actors voice broke.
c.
Much of the action in the movie centers around 125th Street in Harlem. Shafts apartment (exterior only) was located in Manhattans Greenwich Village at 55 Jane Street, across the street from the (real) "No Name Bar" at 621 Hudson Street. The former bar was ultimately transformed into deli.
d.
In order to tell the difference between the male and female emperor penguins, look at their beaks. If it has an orange spot, its a male. If the spot is pink, its a female. Also, the golden crest on the "breast" areas anthropomorphically correspond to gender differences.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
Stuntman
Craig R. Baxley
was injured during the sequence where the police cars are chasing the UFOs on a mountain road. This stunt called for him to skid around a turn, go through a fence and over an embankment, but Baxley was traveling too fast, and he overshot the area where he was supposed to land. His car landed too hard and, even though he was wearing a helmet, he received head injuries. He was hospitalized for several days.
b.
In a deleted scene,
Slim Pickens
character is threatened with a torture device that turns out to be a coat hanger.
Steven Spielberg
hated losing the joke, and swore hed to put it in every one of his future movies until it stayed there. Luckily, it stayed in his very next film,
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
c.
The advance trailer for this film played up
Steven Spielberg
s earlier films with the exception of his previous film,
1941
, which was considered a failure at that time.
d.
A comic book version of this film was published in conjunction with the films release, as was the practice back then with all family and childrens films. In the comic book, when Sheriff Ramsay (
Lee J. Cobb
) tries to prevent Zeb Rawlings (
George Peppard
) from going after the outlaw Gant (
Eli Wallach
), Rawlings whacks Ramsay over the head with his rifle and knocks him unconscious, which explains the bandage on Ramsays forehead in the next scene. No such explanation is offered in the film; it is as if somebody had edited something out.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
Cinematographer
Conrad L. Hall
s return to filmmaking after a ten-year absence.
b.
The maximum security prison that Il Duce is being held in is actually the old Suffolk County jail in Boston, next to Massachusetts General Hospital.
c.
Stanley Kramer
gave
Fred MacMurray
a prominent role in this movie during a difficult period in the actors life - his wife had just died - and work was a needed distraction for him.
d.
Cinematographer
William A. Fraker
was reportedly fired late in shooting due to creative differences with
Steven Spielberg
and
John Milius
. The remainder of the film was shot by
Frank Stanley
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
This was the first U.S. production to use the French-made Louma crane. It was going to be used for shooting the miniatures. The Louma proved to be so flexible that it was frequently used for the "A" camera.
b.
When the production was foundering, studio boss
Irving Thalberg
replaced director
Charles Brabin
with
Fred Niblo
.
c.
Every character name, minus Kip Wellington, is a mixture from horror films.
d.
Buddy Messinger
is listed in studio records as a Bellhop in this movie, but hes not seen.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
The first take of the shot where Hot Lips is revealed in the shower didnt work because
Sally Kellerman
anticipated the reveal and was already lying on the floor when the tent flap went up. To distract her,
Robert Altman
and
Gary Burghoff
entered the shower tent and dropped their trousers while the shot was rolling outside. While Kellerman was staring at them, the tent flap was raised, resulting in her genuine surprise and shock when she realized what had happened. In the special double disc dvd they say that Radar is standing naked beside the camera and that thats the reason why Sally Kellerman looks so surprised when she the flap was raised
b.
The nursery rhyme Dennis falls asleep to is Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field.
c.
Special effects legend
A.D. Flowers
last project.
d.
The film was shot using Kodak 16mm Reversal to give it a darker, more ominous visual feel.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
Jack Black
was considered for the role of Freddy Lounds.
b.
To create the flash of explosions in the distant background,
A.D. Flowers
estimated that he used between 50,000 and 75,000 flashbulbs during the production.
c.
The main title theme (which is also played several times throughout the movie) is actually the main title theme from
Gary Chang
s score for
John Frankenheimer
s film
52 Pick-Up
.
d.
Keanu Reeves
bought the Holy Shotgun prop and gave it to director
Francis Lawrence
as a gift.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: 1941 (1979)?
a.
Basil Rathbone
, being a well known fencer in his own right, was asked how well
Tyrone Power
did in their scenes in which stunt doubles were not used. Rathbone responded, " Tyrone Power could fence
Errol Flynn
into a box!"
b.
Writer
Annie Proulx
sent both
Jake Gyllenhaal
and
Heath Ledger
an original, autographed copy of her story. When she signed the copy to Jake she wrote "To Jake..." but when she signed the copy she had intended to give to Heath she signed it "To Ennis". After writing out her personal message she realized what she had done and decided to leave it be. In a private screening at Arclight in Hollywood, CA she reflected that Heath Ledger really was Ennis. She left the signed copy that way because she had felt Mr. Ledger has embodied Ennis in every way she had imagined him.
c.
According to co-writer
Bob Gale
in the DVD documentary, many of the events in the movie are based on real incidents. The army really put an anti-aircraft gun in the yard of a homeowner on the Maine coast. An air raid false alarm over Los Angeles resulted in Civil Defense and Army weapons firing into the air one night, thinking they were being attacked by the Japanese. A Japanese submarine shelled a refinery on the California coast. The infamous Zoot Suit Riots, between Hispanic youths and servicemen, were in May and June 1943.
d.
The news reporter announcing the beheading of Michele Mancini on TV is named David McAree.
David McAree
is the first assistant director of the movie.
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