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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Farewell to Arms (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Farewell to Arms (1957) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957).
About the movie:
The story of an affair between an English nurse an an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
This film marks the first for
Spencer Tracy
under MGM contract. He would remain at MGM for the next 20 years.
b.
When she first meets Buddy, Jovie asks, "Did Crumpet put you up to this"? Crumpet is the name
David Sedaris
called himself while working as an elf, as recounted in his Christmas story anthology "The Santaland Diaries."
David Sedaris
s sister,
Amy Sedaris
appears in the film as
James Caan
s assistant, Deb. The usage of the name Crumpet may refer to Sedaris or may be a coincidence.
c.
Rock Hudson
turned down
Sayonara
and
Ben-Hur
in order to make this film. He later said this was the biggest mistake of his career.
d.
This shares many connections with Baltimore-set drama, HBOs
The Wire
. Original novelist
Dennis Lehane
has scripted several episodes in that series, and both
Amy Ryan
and
Michael Kenneth Williams
have had recurring roles.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
The location for the birch woods in the film was found using Google Earth.
b.
Finnish censorship visa # 048328.
c.
Daniel Day-Lewis
accepted the role of Daniel Plainview as he had been a fan of Paul Thomas Andersons previous film,
Punch-Drunk Love
. According to Producer
JoAnne Sellar
, the film might not even have been made at all if Day-Lewis declined the role.
d.
When Tony Rome walks into the room in the massage parlor where Bronski is, Bronski (
Dan Blocker
) is watching the TV show
Bonanza
where he starred as Hoss Cartwright.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
When
Steve Buscemi
gets hit by the car you see an LAPD set cop directly behind him holding the intersection and an LAFD fire engine passing by that if there was such a situation would obviously been stopped to help out.
b.
Much of the movie deals with birds: The names Phoenix and Swan, the Phantoms bird-like costume, Phoenixs dress after her first appearance, her feather jacket, Swans bird vest, Beefs bird tail during his number. Even the logo for Death Records is a bird.
c.
Much of the film recounts actual historical events, including Shingens death and the two-year secret, and the climactic Battle of Nagashino in 1575. Those scenes are also modeled closely on detailed accounts of the battle.
d.
Vittorio De Sica
had originally intended to direct the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
An amazing number of people left the films or were fired by Selznick:
John Huston
, , the unit production manager, one cinematographer, three art directors, one visual effects supervisor and all of the staff working in the villa hired by
David O. Selznick
and
Jennifer Jones
in Rome.
b.
John Malkovich
,
Glenne Headly
, and
Laurie Metcalf
, have been acting together since the late-70s as members of Chicagos Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
c.
Catherine Hardwicke
, director of
Twilight
, was set to be the director of
New Moon
as well. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, Hardwicke had to back out.
d.
The last film directed by
Anthony Minghella
to be theatrically released.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
Ernest Hemingway
was not shy about expressing his dismay over producer
David O. Selznick
casting his 38-year old wife
Jennifer Jones
in the role of the 21-year-old nurse Catharine in the remake of his second novel, "A Farewell to Arms" (1957). Selznick had earlier tried to generate publicity for the film by making a token payment to Hemingway for the novel, even though he was not required to do so as Hemingway had sold away the rights to his book a generation before. The gesture did not earn Hemingways goodwill.
b.
Milka Duno
, who plays Kellie "Gearbox" Kalinkov, is an actual professional race car driver in the Indy Racing League.
c.
Thomas Jane
was director
Jonathan Hensleigh
and producer
Avi Arad
s first choice to play The Punisher from the very beginning.
d.
The character
Raphael Sbarge
plays is called "MacLachlan". a possible reference to
Kyle MacLachlan
, who starred in the original movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
The films original director,
John Huston
, was fired after clashing with producer
David O. Selznick
. Cinematographer
Oswald Morris
quit after Selznick claimed
Rock Hudson
was being favored over his wife,
Jennifer Jones
.
b.
The original title was "The Life of Zombie".
c.
According to
Shia LaBeouf
, in order to become emotional for Ethans funeral scene, he listened to
Judy Garland
s "Over The Rainbow" in which he stated that he "breaks down" when hearing that song.
d.
The boat taken to Cuba by Sonny and Isabella is a MTI powerboat named "Mojo" that is on sale for $499,000.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
Last film of production designer
Alfred Junge
b.
The magazine on Quatermains desk aboard the Nautilus is "The Strand".
Arthur Conan Doyle
originally published the Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand.
c.
According to
Jamie Foxx
, one night during production,
Tom Cruise
bought In-N-Out fast food for the entire cast and crew.
d.
Shot over a period of nine months at Romes Cinecitta studio. The outdoor sets built for the chariot race were the largest built at the time.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
Charlie Sheen
(Lt. Topper Harley),
Jon Cryer
(Jim Wash Out Pfaffenbach) and
Ryan Stiles
(Mailman Farnham) would all later work together again in the television show
Two and a Half Men
.
b.
The first production of
Adolph Zukor
s Famous Players Film Co., later to become Paramount Pictures.
c.
French visa # 20599.
d.
The scene where Emma, (
Jennifer Etienne Eckert
), hysterically tells Aimees mother she is missing, was shot in one take by
Richard Rossi
with a hand-held camera because
Jennifer Etienne Eckert
just suffered an accident, injuring her ankle.
Richard Rossi
cleaned her wounds and blood with hydrogen peroxide, and suggested she put her hysteria into the scene. The bandage on her ankle is the bandage
Richard Rossi
put on her real wound.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
The critical and commercial failure of this film caused
David O. Selznick
to stop producing movies.
b.
What Raymond says about Qantas was, and still is true. As of 2007, Qantas has never lost a jet airliner.
c.
The character of Doug, one of
Larry Flynt
s bodyguards in the movie, was bodyguard for the real Flynt at the time the movie was filmed.
d.
The opening video with the prank calls is a real video shot by
Judd Apatow
when he and
Adam Sandler
were younger. The two other people appearing in this video are
Janeane Garofalo
and
Ben Stiller
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Farewell to Arms (1957)?
a.
John Leguizamo
broke one of
Bob Hoskins
s fingers during a stunt involving the Mario van. According to Leguizamo, when it happened, Bob started cussing profusely and incoherently.
b.
David O. Selznick
s last film.
c.
Sean Connery
was always
Steven Spielberg
s first choice to play Indiana Joness father, as an inside joke to say that James Bond is the father of Indiana Jones. If that had failed,
Gregory Peck
and
Jon Pertwee
were back-up choices for the role. Spielberg had always wanted to do a Bond film but did Indiana Jones as a James Bond type character. In keeping with the James Bond theme, the movie has many Bond movie co-stars:
John Rhys-Davies
,
Alison Doody
,
Julian Glover
,
Stefan Kalipha
,
Pat Roach
, and
Eugene Lipinski
.
d.
Moyna MacGill
(Mrs. Harkley) is
Angela Lansbury
s mother in real life.
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