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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Fish Called Wanda (1988) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Fish Called Wanda (1988) - 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: A Fish Called Wanda (1988).
About the movie:
In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
All of the shots on the military base were done on a Mexican air force airstrip. The logos have been painted over or obscured, and the real crew always have their backs toward the camera or are far enough away from the camera so no one would notice.
b.
When Dr. Angelo stimulates Jobes brain using virtual reality, the symbols that fly at Jobe, at close inspection, are Kabbalistic mystical symbols with ancient Hebrew writing around them.
c.
In an interview given shortly after the release of the film both
Kirk Douglas
and
Tony Curtis
said that they had been cold during the entire filming. The water in the fjord was just above freezing and the air temperature was only slightly warmer.
d.
The principal interior setting was the flat of Nicholas Lacey and playwright wife Juliet Aykroyd, in a loft development in a former warehouse at Reeds Wharf, Docklands, London.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
For the scene when William follows Jocelyn into the cathedral, the sounds of his horses hooves were produced using coconuts on
Charles Maynes
garage floor.
b.
John Cassavetes
was going to direct the film in the 1980s with Sean Penn in the lead but the project could not be completed before Cassavetes died.
c.
Never released in the US due to Savoy Pictures financial troubles and eventual closure.
d.
The poem Archie Leach recites in Russian for Wanda Gershwitz is Molitva (1839) by Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
Daniel Day-Lewis
didnt bathe or shower from the time filming began to when it wrapped, in order to stay in character.
b.
In the robbery scene, it really was
Kevin Kline
who shot the crossbow at the sensor. Kevin got the shot off correctly on the second take.
c.
The fifty-second of sixty-six Hopalong Cassidy movies.
d.
During the first Nightwatcher scene, when the criminals are fleeing, one of the signs on the shops in the background spells out "monro" in hiragana, a Japanese writing system, which is most likely related to the writer and director Munroe.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
This serial also released as two features,
The Return of Chandu
(using chapters one through four) and
Chandu on the Magic Island
, using chapters five through 12).
b.
The British Airways plane that can be seen at the airport is a Boeing 747-236 called "City of Manchester", registration G-BDXC. It was sold to European Skybus Ltd & scrapped in 2002 after about 25 years of service.
c.
This film, along with Amos n Andys
Check and Double Check
, were the most successful of RKOs 1930 productions.
d.
The censors werent too happy about the line in the song "Lonesome Polecat" where the brothers lament "A man cant sleep when he sleeps with sheep". By not showing any sheep in the same shot as the brothers, the film-makers were able to get away with it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
George Lucas
shot the opening sequence of the Storm Troopers bursting through the blockade runner door, and the ensuing battle against rebel troops, in two takes. While the action on set was over very quickly, Lucas used six cameras to capture it, thereby extending the length of the scene on screen. Since some cameras were in very tight and others wide, it is difficult to tell the various actions that were duplicated.
b.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
c.
A character on another team is announced as "David Tokheim". There is an actual David Tokheim, an outfielder who played in the Philadelphia Phillies organization from 1991 to 1996.
d.
John Anderson
s first movie role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
James Cossins
was cut out of this film
b.
VFX supervisor
Mike Fink
described the films scenes of the birth/death of the universe as "not narratively connected, but thematically complementary pieces."
c.
Colin Farrell
wanted to perform a stunt as his character, in the scene where the S.W.A.T. team rappels down from a helicopter. His request was refused, as a concern for the stars safety. Farrells stunt double proceeded to break his ankle on the first take of the stunt.
d.
Film debut of
Dick Sargent
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
The teleportation that causes Andre and the fly to switch atoms is never seen.
b.
Most of the quick celebrity cameos were done by Shore quickly shooting scenes that required them during breaks on other movie sets.
c.
Sidney Franklin
originally initiated "Bambi" as a film project in 1933, envisioning it as a live action film. He had even gone to the stage of recording Margaret Sullavan (I) and
Victor Jory
s voices for the soundtrack. Eventually he realized that the technology simply wasnt adequate enough to make the film. After seeing
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
, it dawned on Franklin that there was someone who could realize "Bambi" as a movie. So he contacted
Walt Disney
who immediately leaped at the idea of working on the project. Disney started work on the film in 1936, though he was also developing
Fantasia
,
Dumbo
and
Pinocchio
at the same time. All this explains why there is a dedication in the films opening credits "To Sidney A. Franklin - our sincere appreciation for the inspiring collaboration".
d.
Michael Palin
s father stuttered, so Michael used a lot his real life experience when playing Ken, including the fact that Kens stutter is less pronounced around people he trusts (Tom and Wanda) and worse around people he is uncomfortable with (Otto).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
Because of the popularity of the two earlier Godfather movies,
Frank Sinatra
reversed his anti-Godfather stance and expressed interest in playing Don Altobello. He lost interest because of the size of the paycheck for the role, and it went to
Eli Wallach
. Sinatra got his role in
From Here to Eternity
when Wallach backed out because of the low pay for that movie.
b.
Hedy Lamarr
was initially cast in the role eventually filled by
Zsa Zsa Gabor
.
c.
In 1989, when this film was shown in the theaters in Denmark, a Danish man named Ole Bentzen, a Danish audiologist, literally laughed himself to death during the scene where Ken gets the chips up his nose. Bentzens heart rate went between 250-500 beats per minute and he eventually succumbed to cardiac arrest. The story behind this is that the man had made a joke a few years earlier with his family during dinner, where he put a piece of cauliflower up his and every family members nose as a joke and made a bet with them on who could eat up their carrots without the cauliflower falling out. When the scene with Ken and the chips came up, he started thinking about this dinner-incident and laughed so hard that his heart stopped. This story is well known in Scandinavia and spread around as almost an "urban legend" shortly after it happened. It was confirmed by his son, who also told the dinner-story as an explanation to why his father laughed so hard during the chips-scene that he died.
d.
The unnamed child who projectile vomited on stage at Lincoln Centers run of "Our Town" was
Shane Culkin
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
Jamie Lee Curtis
was listed as "Jamie Lee Schwartz" on all the call sheets, because
John Cleese
found it amusing that her father
Tony Curtis
s real name was Bernard Schwartz.
b.
The scene with
Charles Bennett
and the "chorus girls" was supposed to have taken place in a brothel, but the Hays Office would not allow it. That didnt bother
Orson Welles
too much, as he knew the brothel setting would draw their attention away from other elements of the script he knew they would object to, which was why he had introduced it in the first place.
c.
Bette Davis
and
Joan Crawford
were both considered for the role that eventually went to Mary Astor (I).
d.
According to
Tab Hunter
s autobiography, studio executives were so displeased by
Natalie Wood
s "Mexican" accent that they even considered dubbing in another actresss voice.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Fish Called Wanda (1988)?
a.
This film represents just a handful of movies made starring
Charles Bronson
that were able to use alliteration rhyming the first letter B of his last name with the first letter B with the pictures title. Such films included
Breakout
,
Breakheart Pass
and
Borderline
.
b.
"Fraulein von Teufel" translates more or less as "Devil Woman". This is alluded to in the final (13th) episode, where Kageyamas last words before dying are "Teufel. Devil."
c.
Tim Allen
has a criminal record and Disney has a no hiring of ex-cons policy. An exception was made in this case.
d.
John Cleese
claims that this is
Charles Crichton
s movie. He merely took a co-director credit to reassure studio execs because they were not sure Crichton could direct comedy.
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