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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - Part (6) 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.
In the book, Karens last name is Neuman instead of McCann
b.
Groucho Marx
was bitter when he was called for retakes on the "Sing While You Sell" number on a day his son Arthur was playing a tennis match. He was even more upset when he got the lines he was to speak in the retakes and found them "six times as unfunny" as the ones they were replacing.
c.
Some sources list
Ava Gardner
as one of the cameo performers in this film. It is unclear whether or not she may have contributed to the film with her performance being cut, or whether this is simply an error.
d.
The character Ardath Bey was originally scripted to die at the end of the film. This was changed by director
Stephen Sommers
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
After filming was completed,
Lou Costello
was bedridden for several months due to a relapse of rheumatic fever, which he originally battled in 1943. As a result, the duo did not make another film together until
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
, a year later.
b.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
One of the concept designs of the Newborn involved the creature sporting a likeness of
Sigourney Weaver
s face. This was abandoned as it bore too much of a similarity to Sil, the alien creature in
Species
.
d.
Victor Young
s fabulous Oscar winning music score was recorded in July, 1956 at the former Charlie Chaplin Studio on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood. At the time,
Charles Chaplin
had sold it to an independent outfit that had renamed it Kling Studios.
Michael Todd
was leasing space there during production. A sound stage normally used for filming was specially converted into a music scoring stage. Six Neumann U-47 condenser microphones were placed over the orchestra which were all fed to a 35mm magnetic six-track recorder. The entire set up was only used once for this film and was later torn down and the stage reverted back to filming.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
In
Back to the Future
, Doc tells Marty that he was inspired to create the Flux Capacitor after hitting his head on the bathroom sink while trying to hang a clock over his toilet. In Part III, when Doc freaks out after seeing Marty in his house and runs into the bathroom, you can just see the clock hanging above the toilet he slipped on.
b.
Morgan Fairchild
, who was active in Dallas theatre, began her film career in this film as
Faye Dunaway
s stand-in.
c.
Maurice Chevalier
was invited to do a cameo but asked in return to be billed at the foot of the cast-list.
Michael Todd
said "no" so Chevalier declined the offer.
d.
In order to properly animate Rhino, the crew adopted a real hamster which they called Doink and filmed it from beneath while it was walking on a sheet of Plexiglas. Thus they were able to see how Rhino would walk in his plastic ball.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
The film was originally intended for theatrical release. However it aired on network television in the U.S. before it was released in theaters.
b.
This is the second time
Marisa Tomei
plays a character whose first name is Natalie. The first time was in
In the Bedroom
. This is also the second time she plays a reporter in a film. The first time was in
The Paper
.
c.
The film features the longest closing credits sequence up to that time and for many years afterward - six minutes and twenty-one seconds. All of the films credits are shown only at the end, and the very last credit to be shown is the films title.
d.
The restaurant used in the film is now The Madison Bar & Grill.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Princess Aouda travel east across the U.S. on the locomotive Jupiter. The Jupiter was the Central Pacific Railroads representative at the Golden Spike ceremony that created the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
b.
While on the ship bound for England,
Tim Roth
remarks, "I think Ill spend the rest of my life on boats." He does just that in the
La leggenda del pianista sulloceano
("The Legend of 1900"), in which his character spends his entire life on a cruise liner, never once stepping on dry land.
c.
The lead role was written for
Kevin Costner
, but he was heavily committed to
The Postman
, and suggested
Harrison Ford
for the part.
d.
The battlefield sequences were shot on the property on which now stands Universal Studios.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
First film of T.P. Mckenna.
b.
In the original novel, Princess Aoudas Eastern garb is taken off her when she is rescued by Phileas Fogg and Passepartout from the sacrifice. She is then dressed by them in European garb, specifically: a dress, a magnificent Otterskin jacket, and a large cloak. She wears this garb for the rest of the journey around the world and the trip back to England.
c.
The film was shot in 12 days just like the old B-Westerns of the 1930s and 40s. It is full of action just like most of
Sunset Carson
s films. The film was never released and its whereabouts remain a mystery.
d.
Although this film is nowadays viewed as a cult classic, European critics at the Cannes Film Festival were so hostile to the film that director
John Frankenheimer
refused to leave nearby Monte Carlo, where he was shooting
Grand Prix
, for the press conference.
Rock Hudson
was sent instead and was unable to answer the critical questions during the hostile session.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
Motion picture debut of
Pernell Roberts
.
b.
The film that created the idea of "cameo roles" as a means of inviting established stars to participate in a production.
c.
Francis Ford Coppola
was interested in making Michael Corleone pay for his sins in this third chapter.
d.
The name of the character "Follett" is taken from author
Ken Follett
, a popular writer of spy novels and political thrillers.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)?
a.
The house that Connie and Raymond Marble live in together was rented by
John Waters
and
Mink Stole
. Interiors were filmed in Stoles part of the house with minimal redressing.
b.
Many reference books erroneously state that this film was shot in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. In fact, it was the remake of this movie,
Rose Marie
, that was partially shot in Canada.
c.
Forrest J Ackerman
made 112 cameos in his lifetime. Red Velvet was his last.
d.
John Wayne
was considered for the role of the cavalry officer, but he turned it down.
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