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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - 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: 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 movies line "Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!" was voted as the #68 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
b.
Tied with
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
for the longest title of an Oscar winner for Best Motion Picture until 2004 when
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
won. The shortest is
Gigi
.
c.
Laurence Olivier
accepted the part of George Hurstwood so he could be in Hollywood at the same time that his emotionally troubled wife
Vivien Leigh
was making
A Streetcar Named Desire
so that he could look after her.
d.
The Desert Song and the Cold War: The original refrain for The Riff Song includes the lines: "Ho!/Thats the sound that comes to warn you/So!/In the night or early morn, you know/If youre The Red Shadows foe/The Riffs will strike with a blow/That brings you woe!" In this remake, filmed in the early Fifties at the height of the Cold War and McCarthyism, the "Red Shadow" sounded uncomfortably like the Soviet and Chinese communists, so the lyrics were changed to "If youre El Khobars foe". When
Gordon MacRae
re-recorded the songs for the record album featuring Dorothy Kirsten as Margot, the original lyrics were restored.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
This is the only ever movie that director
Roger Corman
and star actor
Charles Bronson
made together.
b.
Bruce Willis
says, "Directions even your brother can understand," to co-star
Frank Stallone
. On the script, this jab is directed at the character of Antony Mario, but it doubles as an off-screen jab at Stallones real brother
Sylvester Stallone
.
c.
For the Spanish-dubbed version of the film,
Cantinflas
himself provided the voice of his character Passepartout.
d.
There are two bands performing in the club that Andie frequents. One is
The Rave-Ups
, performing "Rave Up/Shut Up" and the other band is The Talkback, which performs the song "Rudy".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
This film was made under the title "Cracked Eggs".
b.
Ben Mullen
s character of Scottie, the unsuspecting store clerk who receives Emmas wrath, was supposed to be in just one scene. Mullens character was merged with "The Ref" to expand his role and help Emmas character development.
c.
Is generally considered the single largest film project ever undertaken in Hollywood. Filming was completed in 75 shooting days.
d.
The song had been written in 1974 by
Bill Fries
(aka CW McCall) for a series of bread commercials, and the result was a popular trend with CB radios and trucker lingo. By the time the movie went into production in 1977, the trend had already faded, but that didnt stop it from being a box office hit.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
This was the third Best Picture Oscar winner shot in a widescreen format. (The very first Best Picture winner in history,
Wings
, contained some widescreen sequences.)
b.
The scene where Donnie corrects Gretchen was improvised because the actress could not say the name Prof. Kenneth Monnitoff, correctly.
c.
According to the American Movie Channel, this was the first Hollywood film where the villain murders a child.
d.
Haunted was the 3rd theatrical film lensed with additional newly developed 3-D camera technology. The camera system used 3 cameras, weighed over 8 pounds and required hours of addition lighting and setup time per scene shot.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
Frank Mercer was named for
Frank Sinatra
and
Johnny Mercer
. Roy Waller is seen playing records by the two.
b.
Mariel Hemingway
received breast implants shortly before playing the role of Playboy model
Dorothy Stratten
, but denies that was the reason she got them.
c.
Imanos Williams
, a real Japanese circus performer, appears in the scene where
Cantinflas
joins up with a Japanese circus as a performer.
d.
For the "Ultimate Matrix Collection" DVD re-release, the film was given a totally new, clean DVD transfer to replace the grainy one that had been on DVD since 1999, and give it the clear, sleek look of the sequels, which had not been seen since the theatrical release.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
Julia Ormond
had to miss filming for a few days when she had a severe ear infection that required hospitalization.
b.
An original script had the Rangers encounter a new ally, Mandika the mermaid. She was described in the script as a girl with alabaster skin, blue and black hair that trails over her bare chest, a silver tail and she would have spoken with a strange voice. She would have already known Zordon and Alpha 5 and was sent to help them find the Ghost Galleon ship, as well as help out throughout the story. All of the scenes were apparently shot, but cut out of the final film.
c.
The film began shooting with
John Farrow
as director, and
Emmett Emerson
as the first assistant director in London. Both were replaced.
d.
Theatre marquees for two other
Ken Russell
films,
Crimes of Passion
and
The Lair of the White Worm
, are seen in the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
To achieve the filmic look, the Pixar animators brought in some vintage 1970s Panavision cameras - similar to the ones used to shoot the original
Star Wars
- and shot some imagery to get an idea of what it should look like.
b.
Some of the ship scenes were completed in the Sersen tank at 20th Century-Fox studios under the supervision of Fox visual effects supervisor
Fred Sersen
. The visual effects team worked on the boat props as well. The Sersen tank was used for a number of independent productions including
Walt Disney
s
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
.
c.
Daryl Hannah
has never seen the film. She said in an interview that the film was a "rough experience" and that she and Director
Oliver Stone
had an "unhealthy working relationship". While she is now fine with him, at the time of filming she accused Stone of being a misogynist, and as she did not want to relive the experience she chose never to see the film. She states "film is a collaborate medium. Sometimes you hook up with people you dont collaborate well with."
d.
During production,
Bette Davis
had a Coca-Cola machine installed on the set to anger
Joan Crawford
, whose late husband had been CEO of rival Pepsi-Cola and who herself was on the board of directors of that company.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
Though never spoken in the film the name of the town where its set is Mercer, Montana according to the script. The local population of the fictional town is 1,536 - though it drops over the course of the film.
b.
619 - the number on the "Office of Professional Review" door (where Scully is interrogated by the Assistant Directors). 06/19 is the date that the movie opened.
c.
68,894 extras from 13 different countries worked on this film. This is one of the largest number of extras to ever appear in a single picture. The 1,243 extras listed on the IMDb page (and also in the original program book) were only the extras who worked on the film in Hollywood, California alone.
d.
As with Static Omegas last outing (the short film D.O.D. (Dead on Delivery)) this film was made with no official budget. Hence the tag in the end title credits "No money was harmed during the making of this film."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
In the original trailer
Susanna Foster
, the star of
Phantom of the Opera
, was given top billing. In the film itself,
Boris Karloff
is given top billing.
b.
Adrien Brody
replaced
Ray Liotta
.
c.
Chimney Peak is visible in the famous shootout scene at the end. It is part of the Cimarron Range outside Ridgway, CO.
d.
Only about two or three process (visual effects) shots appear in the entire film, early on when
David Niven
and
Cantinflas
are in the balloon and we see them looking out over the Pyrenees. These shots were accomplished by animation cameraman
William Williams
, who also worked on the process shots for
Alfred Hitchcock
s
Vertigo
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
The one-minute kissing sequence between the two leads took eight hours to film over a number of days.
b.
Contrary to popular belief, production reports show that the large majority of this film was shot in Hollywood. An extensive number of exterior second unit locations were used, but most of the scenes were actually shot on sound stages in Hollywood, and on the back lots of over seven major studios including RKO-Pathe, RKO, Universal-International, Warner Bros., Columbia and 20th Century-Fox.
c.
Reportedly, director
Michael Winner
lost over a stone in weight during production filming on this movie. This was attributed to (at least in part) to moving from the extremely hot conditions of filming in Hawaii to the extremely freezing weather whilst filming in New York City.
d.
The 11th and final entry in Universals deal with Crime Club. The studio had entered into a deal two years earlier that allowed it to choose up to 4 of the publishers whodunits for production as B-pictures.
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