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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Quiz
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About the movie:
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)?
a.
Shortly after the films release, Abbott and Costello appeared on
The Colgate Comedy Hour
and did a sketch in which they attended the films premiere.
b.
Robert De Niro
was offered the lead role but turned it down.
c.
Anthony Spadaccini
s opted to release his directors cut of
The Ritual
to theaters and film festivals. He has stated that this version is the only one that exists and is his definitive version of the film.
d.
The scene of the Cairo Prison was shot on the very first day of filming in Marrakesh.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)?
a.
Peter Jackson
: As the belching peasant, outside the Prancing Pony Inn in Bree.
b.
A very young
Harry Shearer
appears as one of the boys seen near the beginning.
c.
The trailer shows a battleship exploding and people falling into a pool at what appears to be a party; neither of those things actually appear in the film.
d.
According to Stanley, Vernons death was supposed to be one of the movies nastiest moments: he was originally meant to get shot in the balls, then cut up with a chainsaw while he was still alive.
Paul McKenzie
had a page in the script of screaming and begging as his spine was severed so he couldnt move, beseeching Jill to help him, with the droid basically using him as bait to get her. The scene wasnt shot because it would have taken two days and the production was at the end of the schedule, so it was decided to shoot Vernon in the head. The scene was supposed to make Chiefs comment after the chess match "Machines dont understand sacrifice... and neither do morons!" foreshadowing of Vernons fate.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)?
a.
Last cinema film of
Vaughn Taylor
.
b.
Producers rented the Dixie Square Mall in south suburban Harvey, Illinois for the mall chase scenes. The mall had been closed for over a year. (False) rumors began in the community that the mall was being refurbished and would be reopened after filming was complete. Universal was later sued for over $87,500 for failure to make good on a deal to "return the mall to its original condition" which was never agreed upon. After years of political wrangling, most of the mall remains; only the Montgomery Ward anchor store and mall power plant have been demolished.
c.
Final film of
Roger C. Carmel
.
d.
The Venusian women were played by contestants in the Miss Universe competition.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)?
a.
The sword that Will made for Commodore Norrington in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
has an interesting role throughout this one: Becket returns it to Norrington upon his assignment as Admiral; Norrington stabs Davy Jones with it as his answer to Jones question "Do you fear death?"; Jones takes it ("Nice sword!") and uses it in the final battle; Sparrow knocks it from Jones hand during the battle to the deck of the Dutchman, where it is found by one of Becketts soldiers; while admiring it, this soldier is killed by Jones, who takes it back, and later uses it to stab Will Turner through the heart. The sword is last seen in Wills chest as his father goes to remove his heart for the Dutchmans chest, but it has been rumored that when Will and the Dutchman return, Will has this sword at his waist, and this is the sword in the sand on the beach (along with Elizabeths) at the end.
b.
The title is really a misnomer since the rocket ship actually travels to the planet Venus.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.
Around the time of the release of
Get Smart
, Get Smart co-creator
Mel Brooks
commented that he wasnt consulted for any input at all by the production of
The Nude Bomb
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)?
a.
Most foreign posters publicized the fact that the protagonists actually set foot on Venus, not on Mars.
b.
In Germany the movie was released to the theaters and on video the same day to avoid problems with the censorship boards. It was banned shortly afterward but dominated the top ten in the few weeks of his release. The movie is still banned theatrically in Germany.
c.
The last film participation for animator-director
John Lounsbery
. He died nearly a year-and-a-half before the films release. His co-directorial duties were eventually passed on to animator
Art Stevens
.
d.
After
Clint Eastwood
became a star in the mid-60s, Fox re-released this picture, changing the advertising and credits to give Eastwood top billing.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)?
a.
Miss Sweden of 1950,
Anita Ekberg
, makes an early career appearance as one of the guards on the planet Venus.
b.
The body of Almeida in the coffin actually was a wax dummy made in Los Angeles and shipped to the filming location.
c.
The end credits take up 15 minutes of the films running time.
d.
Gloria Grahame
did not want to be in this movie;
Howard Hughes
admitted that he never saw her previous performance opposite
Humphrey Bogart
in the film
In a Lonely Place
, which is today unanimously considered among her finest performances. When Grahame asked to be loaned out to make
George Stevens
s
A Place in the Sun
, Hughes turned down her request and forced her to make this movie (she reportedly dryly told her then-husband and uncredited director
Nicholas Ray
, who she was in the process of divorcing, that she wouldnt ask for alimony if he could get her out of this movie). Grahame later stated that she intentionally over-acted out of hatred for Hughes.
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