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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956).

About the movie: Adaptation of Jules Verne's novel about a Victorian Englishman who bets that with the new steamships and railways he can do what the title says.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		The barge used in Bangkok belonged to the King of Thailand, who lent it to producer Michael Todd.
b.		At the beginning, Giselle is creating a mannequin of her true love. The outfit it is wearing is never worn by the prince - but it is worn by Robert at the ball, near the end of the film.
c.		Although the onscreen credits read: "Book and Lyrics by Fred De Gresac, Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith," only Fred De Gresac and Harry B. Smith wrote the book of the operetta, while only Robert B. Smith wrote lyrics.
d.		In order to get approval for a film he very much wanted to make, The Quiet Man, John Ford had to agree to Herbert J. Yates, head of Republic Pictures, to make this film, starring both John Wayne and Maureen OHara. Republic believed that "The Quiet Man" would tank at the box office and thought a western would recoup that films expected losses.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		Gregory Peck was originally cast as the U.S. Cavalry officer, but producer Michael Todd felt Peck wasnt taking the role seriously enough and fired him, recasting the role with Tim McCoy.
b.		The route the train takes is the route of the old Santa Fe Railroad. The Amtrak Southwest Chief takes that same route as of 2009.
c.		Both Matt Damon and Matthew McConaughey turned down the role that went to Mark Wahlberg.
d.		Bill Clarks movie debut.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		The term "cameo", meaning in this case a small part by a famous person, was popularized by the many "cameo appearances" in this film.
b.		After Alfred Hitchcock had suggested "Hidden Impulse" as a title, studio secretary Ruth Rickman came up with the title "Spellbound", which tested well in a pre-release survey.
c.		The station wagon the Taggart Sr. finds with the roof peeled back has a bumper sticker that reads "Im not a complete idiot, some parts are missing." A reference to the fact that the Creeper eats parts of people to replace parts on his own body.
d.		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.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		In this film Jessie Royce Landis plays Cary Grants potential mother-in-law. In North by Northwest, she would play his actual mother.
b.		The following famous people appear in small parts in the film, and are credited: A.E. Matthews, Alan Mowbray, Andy Devine, Basil Sydney, Beatrice Lillie, Buster Keaton, Cesar Romero, Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn, Tim McCoy, Edmund Lowe, Edward R. Murrow, Evelyn Keyes, Fernandel, Finlay Currie, Frank Sinatra, George Raft, Gilbert Roland, Glynis Johns, Harcourt Williams, Hermione Gingold, Jack Oakie, Joe E. Brown, John Carradine, John Mills, José Greco, Luis Miguel Dominguín, Martine Carol, Marlene Dietrich, Melville Cooper, Mike Mazurki, Noel Coward, Peter Lorre, Red Skelton, Reginald Denny, Richard Wattis, Robert Morley, Ronald Colman, Ronald Squire, Cedric Hardwicke, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard and Victor McLaglen.
c.		American International Pictures originally offered the role of Max Frost to noted folk singer-songwriter Phil Ochs, who was known at the time to want to branch out into film work. However, after reading the screenplay, Ochs rejected it, stating the story presented the youth counterculture of the 1960s in a badly distorted light.
d.		The film was screened several times around middle to late 1981 to Michigan preview audiences who loved the film. According to Bruce Campbell, "one patron was happy she saw the film because she was having a bad day!"

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		When Cobbs gave Ariadne the puzzle test, Ariadnes final solution was a diagram of King Minos Labyrinth. Ariadne is the name of King Minos daughter in the same mythology.
b.		Mel Gibson was set to star and even gave screenwriter some helpful suggestions that wound up in the film, but he eventually backed out.
c.		Steven Spielberg wanted Sterling Hayden for the role of Quint. Hayden, however, was in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service for unpaid tax. All Haydens income from acting was subject to a levy by the IRS, so there was an attempt to circumvent that: Hayden was also a writer, so one idea was to pay him union scale for his acting, and buy a story from him (his literary income wasnt subject to levy) for a large sum. It was concluded that the IRS would see through this scheme, so Robert Shaw was cast instead.
d.		The film used 140 sets built at six Hollywood studios, as well as in England, Hong Kong and Japan. 74,685 costumes were designed, made or rented for use in the film. The cast and crew flew over 4,000,000 miles. 68,894 extras were used while shooting the film in 13 countries. 90 animal handlers managed the record 8,552 animals used (3,800 sheep, 2,448 buffalo, 950 donkeys, 800 horses, 512 monkeys, 17 bulls, 15 elephants, 6 skunks, and 4 ostriches).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		The film utilized the talents of, at that time, the most animals ever in any film.
b.		The film was mostly shot in an abandoned trolley barn in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
c.		Joss Whedon wrote the lyrics to one of the songs performed in the film.
d.		Montgomery Clift, signed to play the part of Joe Gillis, (on advice of Libby Holman) broke his contract just two weeks prior to the start of shooting. Billy Wilder quickly offered the role to Fred MacMurray, who turned it down because he didnt want to play a gigolo. Marlon Brando was considered, but the producers thought he was too much of an unknown as a film actor. Gene Kelly was then approached, but MGM refused to loan him out. Reluctantly, Wilder met with William Holden, whose films to that time had not impressed Wilder (Holdens films of the 1940s were decidedly mediocre). They eventually worked together on several films and became longtime friends. It was largely from his association with Wilder that Holden would enjoy the greatest acting successes of his career in the 1950s.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		This is the second Todd-AO production (the first was Oklahoma!) shot twice, at 24 fps (to produce the general-release version in 35 mm) and at 30 fps (to produce the roadshow version in 70 mm). Both versions were shot on 65 mm negative with Todd-AO lenses. Sometimes two cameras operated side-by-side filming the same take, other times the same camera was used with the speed changed for the second take, and still other times, in non-dialogue scenes, the same shot was used. The 35 mm version is presented in conventional 2:1 squeeze anamorphic process (incorrectly credited to Todd-AO); the 70 mm version is presented in Todd-AO.
b.		Many real-life NASCAR drivers (including Rusty Wallace) appear in the film.
c.		Burt Lancaster was unaware that Timothy Busfield was part of the cast, and had him fetching water and chairs before realizing Busfield was going to be in the scene with him.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 7, 1952 with Van Johnson and Esther Williams reprising their film roles.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		This movie is Robert Duvalls tribute to tango, which is why he filmed it in Buenos Aires using many real tango dancers and authentic tango locations. Some of the tango celebrity faces you can spot include: Geraldine Rojas and Javiar Rodriguez (Pirucha - sister of Manuela and her first partner), Pablo Veron (Piruchas final parter in the closing credits), Jorge Dispari and La Turca, Orlanda Paiva, Maria Nieves, Armando Orzuza, Carlos Copello, Alicia Monti, Los Hermanos Macana (two men performing a dance). The club with the checkerboard floor is Club Sin Rumbo, in the outskirt of the city, but a famous barrio for producing excellent tango dancers.
b.		Final film of Ann Doran.
c.		The "lesbians" house in reality is across the street from the house used in Ferris Buellers Day Off.
d.		Orson Welles was a little upset he did not get a cameo in the film. He was upset because before Michael Todd produced this film, he produced a stage version by Welles. The play flopped but Todd turned the project into a film anyway and it enjoyed great success. Welles felt he gave the idea to Todd in the first place.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		This film called for more costumes (74,685) then any other film ever made. The Western Costume Co. in Hollywood provided most of the costumes, but wardrobe storehouses in London, Japan, Hong Kong and Spain were also all called on to provide costumes for the 1,243 extras.
b.		American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 credits Nana Bryant with playing the role of Mrs. Van Deusen; this is incorrect. Vivien Oakland plays Mrs. Van Deusen, and Nana Bryant plays Joan Hill, one of the employees of the Chronicle. Both actresses are uncredited.
c.		Actor and co-producer James Faulkner and his family were nearly injured when a helicopter had to make an emergency suddenly forced landing.
d.		Olivia Newton-John and Matt Lattanzi met whilst shooting this movie, Lattanzi only having a minor role in the picture. The two formed a relationship and Lattanzi accompanied Newton-John to Australia on a promotional visit for Xanadu where he met her parents. The two were married in 1984 and had one child, Chloe Lattanzi. They were divorced in 1995.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.		The scenes on the empty San Diego streets were shot on 1 January, when there are few people about, because the production was unable to pay for closing them.
b.		Jimmy ODea and the other actors who played leprechauns were not given any screen credit, nor did Walt Disney allow any other material to be published about them in the marketing for the film. Disneys intention was to give the illusion he was using real leprechauns for the filming. Disney even went so far as to film the Disneyland episode, "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns" (#5.26), in which he and "Darby" (Albert Sharpe) manage to corner King Brian and convince him to participate in the film along with his people.
c.		The rifle that Mariana uses to nearly shoot Travis is a 7.62x39 SKS Sporter edition. The standard SKS had a built in, non-removable 10 round magazine, while the sporter edition took the AK-47 magazines (which replaced the SKS).
d.		Producer Michael Todd had a reputation for being tight-fisted. Reportedly, S.J. Perelman required payment in cash before handing over pages of the script.

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