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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Place in the Sun (1951) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Place in the Sun (1951) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951).
About the movie:
Young up-and-comer George Eastman is thrust into the blue collar life of a rich uncle's family business where he's expected to learn the ropes from the bottom up...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
When George goes to the movie theater, the poster outside indicates the attraction is an "Ivan Moffat production";
Ivan Moffat
was an associate producer on this film, and was also a member of director
George Stevens
s motion picture unit during World War II.
b.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 5.5 seconds
c.
The girl with whom
Martin Scorsese
studied in order to prepare for the role of Iris (played by
Jodie Foster
, the actress who won the role) also appears in the film, as Iris friend on the street.
d.
The name of the author listed on the study that Kate prints out is
Isabelle Côté
, the movies graphic designer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
A 1967 Camaro shell (no engine) loaded with explosives was used for the final crash. You can see the "Camaro" fender nameplate upside-down in the lower left corner of the screen after the crash.
b.
The box office failure of the 1931 adaptation of
An American Tragedy
prompted the filmmakers to seek an alternative title. One such title was "The Prize". There was a $100 reward for whoever came up with the best new title, and
George Stevens
s associate
Ivan Moffat
successfully pitched for "A Place in the Sun". He never received his $100 reward.
c.
The changes that
Brad Bird
brought to
Jan Pinkava
s original story were that he killed off Gusteau, gave larger roles to Skinner and Colette and also redesigned the rats to make them look a bit more like rats.
d.
In one of the street scenes, a flower seller is heard calling. "Lavender, sweet blooming lavender,/ Six bunches a penny today, /Lavender, sweet blooming lavender,/ Ladies buy it while you may." This is an actual old street cry from London.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
Gena Rowlands and Lawrence Tierney played husband and wife in A Child Is Waiting, both Gloria and that film were directed by John Cassavetes as Hollywood productions.
b.
Shelley Winters
developed mixed feeling toward director
George Stevens
for making her look so unglamorous alongside
Elizabeth Taylor
. Her role, moreover, typecast her in mousy or brassy parts for years. Winters said she drove white Cadillac convertibles (similar to Taylors in the film) for years afterward to compensate for her intense feelings of inferiority while making the film.
c.
James Franco
was considered for a role.
d.
This was also
Stu Brumbaugh
s first feature film as a director.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
The plans for Mojo Jojos "make the city a better place" machine have the serial number "PPG-801." This was Cartoon Networks advertising campaign for the movie before the release date was bumped up. Originally, the film was set to release on 8-01-02 (August 1st). Numerous other references to 801 appear in the film.
b.
The films writer/director can be seen in the butcher scene, and is credited as "Acho Lowe", his childhood nickname.
c.
George Stevens
often referred to Technicolor as having an "Oh what a beautiful morning" quality to it, something completely inappropriate to the tone of this film, hence it was made in black and white.
d.
The movie takes place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The high school depicted is Huron High School, which writer
David S. Goyer
attended. Area teens were cast as extras for scenes in and around the school.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
Drew Barrymore
is a fervent believer in gun control. Thats why none of the Angels are seen using guns in this picture.
b.
Nearly all of the dialogue between Magner (
Alek Talevich
) and Amos (
Nathan Oglesby
) was improvised on the spot.
c.
There are mostly only two Critters in this movie, and the second one gets a haircut from a laser rifle, in order to separate the looks for both Critters. However this is also an obvious reference to Critters 2 where one Critters gets a similar haircut from a laser rifle held by a bounty hunter.
d.
Paramount was reluctant to make the film, as it had already put
Theodore Dreiser
s novel on the screen in 1931 under its original title,
An American Tragedy
. The studios lack of commitment ultimately changed when director
George Stevens
sued them for preventing him from working and therefore breaching his contract.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
John Landis
originally wanted three other songs to add to the soundtrack:
Cat Stevens
wouldnt allow "Moonshadow" to be used because he had stopped allowing his secular music to be licensed for films following his conversion to Islam;
Bob Dylan
wouldnt allow his version of "Blue Moon" to be used in an R-rated film, as he had just begun his brief conversion to Christianity; and
Elvis Presley
s version of "Blue Moon" proved unavailable due to the ongoing lawsuits involving his estate.
b.
Although the film was released in 1951, it was shot in 1949. Paramount Studios had already released its blockbuster
Sunset Blvd.
in 1950 when this film wrapped. The studio did not want what was sure to be another blockbuster in this film competing for Oscars with "Sunset Blvd." so it waited until 1951 to release this film, which actually pleased director
George Stevens
, as he would use the extra time to spend editing the film. As it turned out, the two films would have competed against each other at the Oscars had they been released the same year.
c.
On the seventh day of principal photography, two-time Oscar winner
Janusz Kaminski
paid a surprise visit to the Chicago set. Kaminski is a former student of Chicagos Columbia College.
d.
While the MTA agreed to be a willing participant in the film, the transit unions refused to allow their workers to take part. Therefore most of the scenes involving buses and trains were shot with hand held cameras that wouldnt bring in any unwanted attention.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
While talking to Mary in the museum, Issac (
Woody Allen
) says that the brain is the most overrated body part. While in Allens film
Sleeper
, his character Miles Monroe says that its his second favorite body part.
b.
Daniel Radcliffe
was initially only offered £125,000 (approximately US $181,500) for this film. The actors union, Equity, stepped in and negotiated new terms which increased his salary to roughly £2,000,000 (US $3,000,000).
c.
According to
Bryan Singer
at Wondercon 2006, he initially approached
John Williams
to compose the score for the film, but Williams wasnt available at the time because he was scoring
Saving Private Ryan
.
d.
Shelley Winters
was determined to be tested for the part of Alice. At the time she was being cultivated as a sex symbol, so the night before she was due to see
George Stevens
, she dyed her hair brown and bought some especially dowdy clothes, the kind she had seen when she had visited a factory to see how the girls who worked there dressed. She deliberately arrived at the meeting place early and sat in a corner. When Stevens came in, he didnt even notice her until he was about to leave, when he suddenly realized that the mousy girl in the corner was actually Shelley Winters.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
Cecil Kellaway
s last movie.
b.
Elizabeth Taylor
s and
Montgomery Clift
s beach idyll was actually filmed in October at Lake Tahoe, California. Crew members had hosed snow off the ground prior to filming.
c.
It was so cold on-site at the resort used, plus Goyband LLC couldnt afford the heat the place, that the interiors were all filmed in a studio.
d.
Chapter Titles: 1. The Master Spy 2. Captured 3. The False Signal 4. The Enemy Strikes 5. Crack-Up! 6. Sunken Peril 7. Tracking the Enemy 8. Chamber of Doom 9. Flames of Jeopardy 10.Crackling Fury 11.Caverns of Peril 12.Fight in the Sky 13.The Fatal Ride 14.Getaway 15. The Last Stand
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
A speech given by
Hugh Grant
in Love Actually - where he extols the virtues of Great Britain and refuses to cave to the pressure of its longstanding ally, the United States - was etched in the transatlantic memory as a satirical, wishful statement on the concurrent relationship with
George W. Bush
.
Tony Blair
responded by saying in 2005, "I know theres a bit of us that would like me to do a Hugh Grant in
Love Actually
and tell America where to get off. But the difference between a good film and real life is that in real life theres the next day, the next year, the next lifetime to contemplate the ruinous consequences of easy applause."
b.
Completed as a silent film, but was dubbed with sound for release.
Florence Vidor
did not return to record her characters dialog, so
Nella Walker
supplied her voice instead.
c.
Bill Murray
: As Agent 13.
d.
Based on
Theodore Dreiser
s novel "An American Tragedy", published in 1925.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Place in the Sun (1951)?
a.
After seeing
Walter Matthau
s screen-test performance in the part of Richard Sherman,
Billy Wilder
believed he had found his lead man. But 20th Century Fox was unwilling to take the risk on a newcomer. Thats when Wilder next turned his sights on the actor who had originated the role on Broadway,
Tom Ewell
.
b.
Quentin Tarantino
: [corpse view] After the last villain is shot and killed, the camera points up from his "head" and we see the heroes looking down at his body.
c.
The part of Alice Tripp, played by
Shelley Winters
, was originally meant for
Audrey Totter
. However, she was under contract to MGM at the time and the studio wouldnt loan her out.
d.
W. Somerset Maugham
was hired to write a screenplay, which is still on file in studio records. It is uncertain how much of his version, if any, was used in the final script.
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