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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958).
About the movie:
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after cheating husband with revenge on her mind.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)?
a.
Alex Norton
was offered a role but had to pass because the dates clashed with a TV project.
b.
The movies poster was as #8 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
c.
Ridley Scott
: [mothers] The Nostromos computer is named "Mother". The incubation of the alien has also been interpreted as a metaphor for pregnancy.
d.
After Benedict murders the car mechanic and wants to confess, you can see someone in the background carrying a pair of recently stolen shoes.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)?
a.
The song that the band at the club plays is "Symptom of the Universe" by Black Sabbath. Ozzy Osbourne, who plays their manager, was the original lead singer for Sabbath.
b.
At one point in the film,
Ivor Barnard
s character is referred as the "galloping major". This is the title of a film from 1951, also made by Romulus Productions, and starring
Basil Radford
.
The Galloping Major
in this other film is a racehorse.
c.
In addition to the other
T.S. Eliot
references, one book shown at the Kurtz compound is "The Golden Bough", one that Eliot said, along with "From Ritual to Romance", his "Waste Land" was largely based.
d.
Several years later, the Woolner Brothers planned to do a bigger budget sequel to be shot in Cinemascope and color. A final script was written and printed. The film never went into production.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)?
a.
The set still stands outside Tucson Arizona and is an active studio and Old West theme park called Old Tucson. Since it was built in 1939, Old Tucson has served as the set for many famous Westerns such as
Rio Bravo
and
Tombstone
.
Little House on the Prairie
also used the studios.
b.
According to
Yvette Vickers
, the suggestion for her sexy dance came from
Frank Chase
, brother of dancer Barrie Chase, who played the deputy Charlie.
c.
This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
d.
A year after the films initial release, a "toned-down" version retitled as "The Passion Recut" was released. Though some of the more graphic elements were removed, the MPAA still assigned the movie an "R" rating - so the version was distributed to theaters as "unrated".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)?
a.
Instead of loaning out
Ethel Merman
to RCA Victor for the original-cast album of "Call Me Madam" (
Dinah Shore
replaced her), Decca made their own album with Merman, Dick Haymes and Eileen Wilson. On it, Merman sings the song "Washington Square Dance," which is heard in the movie only as background music in the opening party scene in Washington, D.C.
b.
Mel Brooks
: [cast]
Mel Brooks
cast himself as President Skroob and Yogurt, and cast
Dom DeLuise
as the voice of Pizza the Hutt.
c.
Yvette Vickers
had a close call when filming her characters death scene. A large nail on one of the boards from the fallen debris stood dangerously close to her head.
d.
John Milius
did multiple rewrites as a favor to
Arnold Schwarzenegger
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)?
a.
John Malkovich
,
Glenne Headly
, and
Laurie Metcalf
, have been acting together since the late-70s as members of Chicagos Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
b.
This was the only episode in the Columbia series which billed the
Larry Simms
/Baby Dumpling-maturing-into-Alexander character as Dagwood Baby Dumpling Bumstead Jr.
c.
The giant bald space alien is played by
Michael Ross
. He can also be spotted playing the bartender.
d.
Marlene Dietrich
turned down the role that eventually went to
Ginger Rogers
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)?
a.
This is a
Howard Hughes
production as the opening credits declare. It is well known that Hughes himself was an aviation aficionado who also produced
Hells Angels
,
Sky Devils
and Jet Pilot (1957), the latter of which also starred
John Wayne
.
b.
Director
Nathan Juran
insisted on being billed as "Nathan Hertz" (Hertz was Jurans middle name), apparently because he was embarrassed by this films low budget and poor quality.
c.
Kathy Bates
originated the role of Frankie on the stage. She campaigned to get the role in the film, but lost out to
Michelle Pfeiffer
.
d.
Held the record for largest number of camera set ups in one scene; for the scene in prison mess hall where Cody Jarrett finds out his mother is dead.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)?
a.
Lorraine Bracco
was the first choice for the role of Mona Lisa Vito but declined the role.
b.
This film was made right after the success of Sputnik. The alien spacecraft is called a "satellite" because the writer thought that meant any spherical shaped spacecraft.
c.
Entire production filmed in 11 1/2 days.
d.
Philippe Rousselot
was hired as cinematographer by
Matthew Vaughn
, and initially stayed on when
Brett Ratner
took over as director. Not long into shooting, however, Rousselot quit the project (later saying that signing on to shoot the film was the biggest blunder hed ever made).
Dante Spinotti
, the cinematographer on Ratners previous two films, was available, and he took over for most of the remaining filming. He had to leave about a week before the end of shooting as he was committed to working on
The Contract
, and so
J. Michael Muro
was hired for the remainder of shooting.
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