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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) - 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 Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
About the movie:
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
When Paul (
Will Smith
) is talking about his thesis, he mocks the Lord of the Rings books. Geoffrey, who is listening to him, is played by Ian McKellan, who almost a decade later played Gandolf in the Lord of the Rings films.
b.
Jean van de Velde
declined the offer to direct this film.
c.
While most of the movie was filmed in the Pheonix, Arizona area the production had to cross the border into New Mexico to film the love scenes as the age of consent in Arizona is 18 and in New Mexico it is 16.
d.
Due to the highly contentious subject matter, no major studio would dare touch the property. 20th Century Fox head
Darryl F. Zanuck
expressed an interest but had to relinquish the idea when his boss point blank refused to allow it to happen.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
When Anton, stunned after killing his two friends, walks into a support beam in his house, the thudding noise his body makes was not digitally added in after production - this is
Devon Sawa
actually walking into the solid-wood support beam. Often, when the cast would do a photo shoot or had to re-shoot a scene after this one, Devon would start off by walking into the support beam over and over again to the point that editors working below the stage started to wonder what the noise was.
b.
Danny and Carlas last names are the same as the firm Darrin worked for on the classic sitcom
Bewitched
: McMann and Tate.
c.
This was, perhaps, the only box office disaster in the history of Hollywood to have received so many Oscar nominations (10), to have won as many Oscars as it did (5), and to have received so much critical acclaim.
d.
Despite giving the definitive portrayal of Stanley Kowalski,
Marlon Brando
said he privately detested the character. However, it should be added that Brando was an eccentric character who loved misleading people and playing pranks.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
Donald P. Bellisario
s only film for cinemas.
b.
Buster Crabbe
plays an Olympic swimmer in the film. Before entering acting, Crabbe was a two-time Olympian, a bronze medalist in 1928 and a gold medal winner in 1932.
c.
The film was shot in 20 days in June, 1982: nineteen days at the set in Venice, and one day on location at the Los Angeles Arboretum.
d.
Early in development,
William Wyler
had expressed an interest in adapting the play with
Bette Davis
in the part of Blanche.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
Actual German and Soviet dialogue and aircraft were used in the movie.
b.
Although
Vivien Leigh
initially thought
Marlon Brando
to be affected, and he thought her to be impossibly stuffy and prim, both soon became friends and the cast worked together smoothly.
c.
Billy Zane ended up in this movie due to a mistake made by his agent. Zane had read the script for a different movie called "The Taxman", and his told his agent he would meet with the producers. His agent accidentally hooked him up with the producers of "Taxman", a totally different script. They didnt figure out the mistake until halfway through the meeting, but Zane agreed to do the movie anyway.
d.
While the film suggests the character Justin McLeod is wholly innocent of others suspicions of pedophilia, the novel on which the film was based contains a scene strongly implying that the tutor does molest his student, Chuck. Gibson chose to remove this element from the story in order "to say something more positive."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
When Lucius Malfoy tries to curse Harry at the end, he mutters,"Avada..." As mentioned in the 4th book, this is the beginning of an Unforgivable Curse named Avada Kedavra, or the killing curse.
b.
The Production Code censors demanded 68 script changes from the Broadway staging, while the interference of the Catholic Legion of Decency led to even further cuts, most of them having to do with references to homosexuality and rape. In his memoirs,
Tennessee Williams
wrote that he liked the film but felt it was "slightly marred by the Hollywood ending".
c.
An initial story concept was to have Fionas father, King Harold, appear nude throughout the film, as in "The Emperors New Clothes".
d.
As per the original movies attempt to portray a living robot in the "real world", every part of Johnny and his brethren was built to have a specific, logical purpose behind them; this was originally a source of contention between the director and the prop designer, the latter of whom insisted on giving Johnny "eyes" to give the character a method of visually expressing emotion. As a result, Johnnys iconic "eyelids" were created, with the explanation that they were sun guards/camera coverings.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
None of the older characters has their first name identified in the film; only the younger characters of Benjamin, Elaine and Carl do, increasing the sense of a generation gap.
b.
The movies line "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." was voted as the #75 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
c.
Det. MacDuff says at one point "I used to be a dancer". This is an in-joke to actor Christopher Walken, who started out as an accomplished dancer.
d.
"How About You" (uncredited) Music by Burton Lane Instrumental background music(Lyrics were added at a later date , for the 1941 film "Babes On Broadway").
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
In the chronology of the series, the movie takes place between the fifth season finale, episode #5.20 "The End" (with the CSM torching Mulders office) and the sixth season premiere episode #6.1 "The Beginning" (which deals with the gestating-breed of aliens in the movie).
b.
On his tombstone, George McFly (who was born on 1 April 1938), is revealed to have a middle name: Douglas.
c.
Ann Miller
s character is named after
Ginger Rogers
who appeared with
Fred Astaire
in
Follow the Fleet
, the film on which this movie is loosely based.
d.
Elia Kazan
originally resisted the idea of directing the film adaptation as he felt that he had achieved everything he wanted with the stage version. It was only after
Tennessee Williams
implored him to take on the assignment that Kazan signed on.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Tiger Station".
b.
The scene in which Jerry and Ray are talking in the living room for the first time, was completely adlibbed. Director
Cameron Crowe
wanted to create a genuine "feel" between the two and did so by not having a written dialogue for that particular scene.
c.
June 2008 Ranked #6 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Courtroom Drama".
d.
As the film progresses, the set of the Kowalski apartment actually gets smaller to heighten the suggestion of Blanches increasing claustrophobia.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
By the time the film was made, the Desire streetcar line had been converted to buses, but streetcars were still used in other parts of the city. The authorities were able to lend the production a car with the Desire destination sign for the opening sequences of Blanches arrival in the city.
b.
In 1941
Barbara ONeil
was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in this movie. She lost to
Jane Darwell
and her performance in
The Grapes of Wrath
.
c.
Lucy Diamonds license plate is "ndasky", probably referring to the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". The character was referred to as "Lucy in the Sky" in an earlier draft of the script.
d.
Sarah Butler
accidentally chipped the tooth
Jeff Branson
filming the torture scene where she is forcing him to perform fellatio on a magnum. Actual unloaded firearms were used throughout the movie rather than prop replicas due to budgetary constraints.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)?
a.
Rex Linn
agreed to act in the movie under the condition that he got to play the monster in one scene.
b.
Shot on a 36-day schedule.
c.
Barbara McNair
s film debut.
d.
The movie had three previous working titles. They were "Blood in the Streets of New Haven," "Urban Parnassus" and "Parnassus."
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