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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Annie (1982) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Annie (1982) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982).
About the movie:
Broadway musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip. A young orphan girls adventures in finding a family that will take her.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
The movie was banned in the Soviet Union and its satellite states.
b.
The pictures in the opening credits (including the one of the baby Nico) are actually real pictures of
Steven Seagal
in his youth.
c.
Colin Farrell
was offered the role of Vincent
d.
Sandy was played by two dogs. One, named "Bingo", did most of the dramatic scenes, and the other did the stunt work (such as jumping into the pool).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
The film was shot on 35mm film, but the deal made with the $1.3 million budget stated it would be shot on video.
b.
Theoni V. Aldredge
was also the costume designer of the original stage production of this musical.
c.
Miguel Pinero
, the author of the play upon which this film is based (and the actor who plays "Go-Go"), wrote the play as part of an inmate writers workshop while incarcerated at Sing Sing prison for armed robbery. He missed the premiere of the film because he had been arrested for armed robbery. All of the money he received for the film ($40,000) he gave away to homeless friends and former prison-mates. He reportedly lived on the street even after the films acclaimed release, using a pay phone as an office.
d.
In the Thai version, Jake Sully is a "Navi" who becomes a "Navi". The Thai word for Marine is "Na-vig-ga-yo-tin", but the translator shortened it to make the voice-over sync.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
Harold Lloyd
originally began production with the football scenes, filming at the Rose Bowl. However, he couldnt achieve the right tone for these final scenes, and he decided to start over again and shoot the film in sequence.
b.
Carol Burnett
got a chin implant after principal filming was completed, believing her work on the film was done. After the surgery, the cast was called back to do re-shoots of certain scenes, and the work done can be seen in the final film.
c.
Came fourth in the UKs Ultimate Film, in which films were placed in order of how many seats they sold at cinemas
d.
Donner was disgusted that production designer
John Barry
and cinematographer
Geoffrey Unsworth
received no recognition from the Academy for their work on the film. He was particularly aggrieved that one of the nominees for Best Art Direction was "California Suite" which merely duplicated an existing hotel, whilst Barry created an entire fictional city and a fortress in the Arctic.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
Troy Garity
, who plays Tom Hayden, is the son of the real Tom Hayden and
Jane Fonda
.
b.
A more elaborate sequence for the song "Easy Street" was planned and shot, involving Miss Hannigan and Roosters fantasies of a privileged life, but it was replaced with the less elaborate version set entirely in the orphanage, as seen in the film. In the sequence of the PBS-TV making-of documentary
Lights, Camera, Annie!
which details its conception, production, and scrapping, it is revealed that the first verse of the song was recorded and presumably filmed, but cut from the final version to keep the running time down. The documentary also reveals a new verse to the final reprise of "Maybe" that is in no other version but was ultimately cut.
c.
While sharing the title with the 1861
Charles Dickens
novel, it is only loosely based on it.
d.
Keep watching after the end credits.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
When filming the scene "The Sacrifice of Faramir"
David Wenham
s horse became excited and ran away with him. A professional rider had to chase the horse and stop it. David was not a rider and had not been taught what to do in such a situation, to pull the rein and force the horse to turn too sharply. Horses cannot run in a tight circle and this would have stopped the horse. Thankfully, David was not harmed. (The extras in the Extended Edition DVD has the full story.)
b.
The original stage play "Annie" premiered at the Alvin Theatre in April 1977, ran for 2,377 performances, and closed January 2, 1983. It won 2 Tony Awards, Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical, on which the screenplay was based.
c.
The original script, "The Rogues Gallery," was a 2004 Scriptapalooza finalist and tied for "Best Comedy" at the Screenwriting Expo 3 Screenwriting Contest.
d.
The gun that the man puts to Rays head is a SIG-Sauer P226.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
The Balchinian is an alien with balls on his chin.
b.
Fred Astaire
had been set for the lead for this film since the mid-1940s by producer
Arthur Freed
. The film was originated as a project for Astaire and
Judy Garland
. But since the two stars had overlapping film schedules, the project never materialized until the early 1950s with Astaire and
Vera-Ellen
.
c.
David Gordon Green
, who would end up directing the film, first worked on the script for another director. After 3 years, this other director moved on to other projects and Green was approached by the producers to make the film.
d.
The rights for
Annie
were sold in 1978 for $9.5 million (approximately $30 million in 2006 dollars), a record that still stands, breaking the record set when Warner Bros. paid $5.5 million for the screen rights to
My Fair Lady
. Paramount Pictures was also involved in the bidding war, and they made
Popeye
to make up for being outbid.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
In the original script, Polly Lobsters role was played by a sultry female parrot who flirted with Silver (a similar character had been used in a sketch of
The Muppet Show
starring
John Cleese
as a pirate). When this got "too weird", according to
Brian Henson
, she was replaced with a male parrot named Stevenson (after
Robert Louis Stevenson
) who pointed out the changes made from book to movie. Stevenson was replaced by Polly Lobster for the film, but later showed up in the PC game based on the film.
b.
The film premiered at Radio City Music Hall, which is featured prominently in the movie itself.
c.
This was
Alfred Hitchcock
s second American film - he was hired out to producer
Walter Wanger
by
David O. Selznick
with whom he was contracted.
d.
Rated #6 of the 25 most controversial movies of all time. Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2006.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
Doc Brown refers to "jigawatts" of electricity. This is the now-obscure but once-standard pronunciation of the word "gigawatt", one billion watts. Nowadays it is usually pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gander" and "gold".
b.
When filming the scene where the other crew members remove attacking antibodies from Ms. Peterson for the first time, director
Richard Fleischer
allowed the actors to grab what they pleased. Gentlemen all, they specifically avoided removing them from
Raquel Welch
s breasts, with an end result that the director described as a "Las Vegas showgirl" effect. Fleischer pointed this out to the cast members - and on the second try, the actors all reached for her breasts. Finally the director realized that he would have to choreograph who removed what from where, and the result is seen in the final cut.
c.
Scotty mentions being at the execution of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray. This is a real case. The couple were tried for and convicted of the murder of Snyders husband in 1927 and were executed in New York by the electric chair.
d.
The films supervising editor
Margaret Booth
was also the original editor of
Camille
which is featured prominently in this film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
The brain matter that splattered on Doves face was a mixture of fake blood and left over chicken from craft services.
b.
Aileen Quinn
s red curly wig was so itchy that the property masters gave her a special comb with which to scratch her head.
c.
Debut of
Mike Kellin
.
d.
The alternate title for this movie, "The Honest Courtesan", comes from the term cortigiana onesta which denoted a courtesan who, while sex may or may not have been part of her obligations, was paid mainly to be a companion for intellectual stimulation and/or her poetic or musical talent.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Annie (1982)?
a.
John Huston
s only musical as a director, although he had been asked to direct
Doctor Dolittle
but turned it down. At one point, he was considered for the role of Daddy Warbucks but was turned down because he was too old.
b.
Ranked #10 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sci-Fi" in June 2008.
c.
A scene showing
Lena Horne
singing "Aint It the Truth" while taking a bath was cut, but later appeared in
Studio Visit
.
d.
A December 1954 item in Hollywood Reporters "Rambling Reporter" column indicated that the studio wanted
Marilyn Monroe
to appear in the film with
Jane Russell
, her co-star in the studios highly successful 1953 production _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953_).
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