Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Barry Lyndon (1975) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Barry Lyndon (1975) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975).

About the movie: An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's position in 18th Century aristocracy.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		Abigail Breslin and Woody Harrelsons conversation in the Hummer, about Hannah Montana, was ad-libbed.
b.		Paul Child was 10 years older than Julia Child, however in reality Meryl Streep is 11 years older than Stanley Tucci.
c.		The prison where the movie was shot, the former Wyoming State Prison located in Rawlins, Wyoming, has daily tours and much of the set remains intact from when crews filmed there in 1987.
d.		Many of the shots were composed and filmed in order to evoke certain eighteenth century paintings, especially those by Thomas Gainsborough.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		Many of the actors portraying the physical parts of the characters in this movie provided the voices. Other characters, such as the hobbits were portrayed by animators and by Billy Barty in the live-action footage, and then voiced by other actors. The actors who play physical parts but not voices are credited as "Character Actors."
b.		Similarities between the films "Gaylord" family and the real "Vanderbilt" family, and the "Barclay Square" project in the film and New Yorks "Rockefeller Center" was noted by Varietys reviewer.
c.		Production was moved from Ireland to England after Stanley Kubrick received word that his name was on an IRA hit list for directing a film featuring English soldiers in Ireland.
d.		During the cursed video in The Ring, about 25 seconds in, a young boys muffled singing can faintly be heard. This audio track is taken from The Innocents.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		The couple at the picnic table, Darryl Davis and Robert Davis, are the founders of Seaside, the town where the movie is filmed. Robert Davis inherited the 80 acres from his grandfather, and he and his wife built the first home, and his concept of a small town and mixed-use building has become enormously popular and influential in the last 20 years.
b.		Stanley Kubrick based his original screenplay on "The Luck of Barry Lyndon" (republished as the novel "Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq."), a picaresque tale written in serial form in 1844 by William Makepeace Thackeray. The serial, which is told in the first person and "edited" by the fictional George Savage FitzBoodle, concerns a member of the Irish Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy. Thackeray based the novel on the life and exploits of the Irish rakehell and fortunehunter Andrew Robinson Stoney, who married (and subsequently was divorced by) Mary Eleanor Bowes, the Countess of Strathmore, who became known as "The Unhappy Countess" due to the tempestuous liaison. The Countess of Strathmore is one of the ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II. The revised version, which is the novel that the world generally knows as "Barry Lyndon", was shorter and tighter than the original serialization, and dropped the FitzBoodle, Ed. device. It generally is considered the first "novel without a hero" or novel with an antihero in the English language. Upon its publication in 1856, it was entitled by Thackerays publisher "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. Of The Kingdom Of Ireland Containing An Account of His Extraordinary Adventures; Misfortunes; His Sufferings In The Service Of His Late Prussian Majesty; His Visits To Many Courts of Europe; His Marriage and Splendid Establishments in England And Ireland; And The Many Cruel Persecutions, Conspiracies And Slanders Of Which He Has Been A Victim."
c.		The portrait (actually an enlarged photograph) hung on the wall during the final WSOP match is that of Benny Binion, the original owner of the Horseshoe, taken at his ranch in Montana.
d.		The English never used primae noctae in Scotland.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		The Motel Scene featuring the shootout between Jake Kelly and James Lee was partly shot in Chicago in April 2008. It wasnt until nearly a full 6 months later in October of 2008, in a vacant parking lot in Los Angeles, that the reverse shots, of James Lee shooting at Jake Kelly, were filmed, thus completing the scene.
b.		The films original poster art was a series of comic strips that hinted at the macabre story of the film.
c.		Warner Bros. would only finance the film on the condition that Stanley Kubrick cast a Top 10 Box Office Star (from the annual Quigley Poll of Top Money-Making Stars) in the lead. Ryan ONeal was the #2 Box Office Star of 1973, topped only by Clint Eastwood. Ironically, this was his only time in the top 10, as exhibitors - who voted the list - attributed the success of Love Story (one of the top grossers at the time) to ONeals co-star Ali MacGraw, and named her to the list in 1971. The other top 10 stars were 3. Steve McQueen, 4. Burt Reynolds, 5. Robert Redford, 6. Barbra Streisand, 7. Paul Newman, 8. Charles Bronson, 9. John Wayne, and 10. Marlon Brando. Thus, the only actors Kubrick could cast in the role and receive Warners financial backing for his decidedly noncommercial project were ONeal and Redford. The other Top 10 stars were too old or inappropriate for the role (particularly in the case of #6, who would not assay a "male" role until Yentl in 1983). Both ONeal and Redford were ethnically Irish, both had box office appeal, and both were young enough to play the role, though Redford was five years older than the 32-year old ONeal in 1973. At the time, ONeal was the bigger star, having also garnered a Best Actor Oscar nomination for "Love Story". However, Kubrick apparently offered the part to Redford first, but he turned it down, and thus ONeal was cast. Redfords star would soon eclipse ONeals, as he would zoom to the top of the Box Office charts the next year after the successes of The Sting and The Way We Were, clocking in at #1 in 1974, a position he also would anchor in 1975 and 1976. ONeal dropped off the Top 10 list after 1973. His 73 appearance to this day, represents his sole appearance on that premier barometer of box office success for a thespian.
d.		Abbi Butler, who plays the lead role of Christian, originally arrived at the auditions only interested in perhaps a role as an extra. When she happened to read some lines as Christian, the crew knew they had the perfect Christian.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		Based upon script-writer Jason Segels experience of dealing with his break-up from Linda Cardellini, as well as three other breakups (with unspecified women) besides Cardellini. Segal has stated that the naked breakup did not involve Cardellini.
b.		Dustin Hoffman, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill were considered voices for Schmendrick.
c.		When Barry inquires about a painting, he is told it was painted by a man named "Ludovico Corde". This is a misspelling in the DVD subtitles, probably due to the pronunciation; the artists name was Ludovico Cardi AKA "il Cigoli" and he actually was a disciple of Alessandro Allori, as it said in the movie. Interestingly, Kubricks previous film, A Clockwork Orange, prominently features a Ludovico process.
d.		Ray Manzarek turned down Stones many requests to help in the movie. Manzarek has since said that the movie is a horrible account of the history of the band.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		A myth grew up that the Academy Award-winning costumes used in the film were genuine antique clothes, but this is only partly correct. Some of the costumes were genuine antiques bought at auction by costume designer Milena Canonero, while others were custom made specifically for the film and were based on clothing of the period and costumes seen in period paintings.
b.		The name of the pet store Ghost Dog visits is Birdland, which was the club named after Charlie Parker, whom Forest Whitaker played in Bird.
c.		This was noted by the Guiness Book of World Records (1990) as to being the most violent film. It was noted with 221 acts of violence and over 108 deaths.
d.		A second stage Scarecrow look was created for the hallucination scenes but was never shown on film. The mask was more organic and tighter around the actors face.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		Although the onscreen credits list the source of the movie as a play by Anne Crawford Flexner and Alice Hegan Rice, the play was actually written by Flexner from 2 stories, "Mrs. Wiggs" and "Lovey Mary," by Rice. The play opened at the Savoy Theater in New York on 3 September, 1904 and had 150 performances before closing in January 1905. The opening night cast included Thurston Hall as Bob and Helen Lowell as Miss Hazey.
b.		Billy Wilder originally wanted another silent star, Pola Negri, to take the part of Norma Desmond. Upon telephoning her, however, Wilder found that Negris Polish accent, which had killed her career, was still too thick for such a dialog-heavy film.
c.		According to Stanley Kubricks biographer, Robert Redford was the original choice for the role of Barry Lyndon but turned it down.
d.		Yul Brynner is the only man to have played a lead role in a Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II production both on the stage and on the screen.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		Erich von Stroheim wanted his friend Norman Kerry to play Prince Danilo. The two had previously worked together on Merry-Go-Round.
b.		Mary Anna Reyes was actually naked during the torture scene.
c.		Contrary to legend, this film did use artificial lighting in some scenes (for example, in the scene where Brian learns hes getting a horse). However, it is true that no artificial lighting was used for the candlelit scenes. A lens built by the Carl Zeiss company for NASA, a 50mm Zeiss lens modified with the Kollmorgen adaptor used in still cameras, was used to shoot scenes lit only by candlelight. This lens had the largest aperture of any ever built for movie use (f/0.7).
d.		Paige Conner had trouble saying harsh profanity to Glenn Ford in her big confrontation scene with him.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		This film features the largest of the sharks featured in the "Jaws" movies. It was 35 feet long compared with its predecessors which were about 25 feet.
b.		Stanley Kubrick initially wanted to film William Makepeace Thackerays most famous novel "Vanity Fair", but then decided that he couldnt do justice to its expansive plot within the limits of a three-hour film. He then decided to film "The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq." instead. The announcement of a TV miniseries production contributed to his decision.
c.		One of the contentious issues between director Arthur Penn and cinematographer Burnett Guffey was that the latter insisted on lighting the principals with old-style lighting whilst Penn preferred a looser, less formal approach. Guffey was mindful that a vast majority of studio profits then came from drive-in theaters. Underlit scenes simply didnt show up well on those screens. Matters rose to the extent that Guffey quit the film for a week but ultimately came back (and won the Academy Award).
d.		According to notes from Twentieth Century-Fox studio publicity and their Produced Scripts Collection at the UCLA Arts-Special Collections Library, planned but rejected and unfilmed scenes included a big wedding sequence between lead characters Carol Brown (Betty Grable and Tim Baker (Tyrone Power at the end of this movie after Baker had been discovered to being alive.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Barry Lyndon (1975)?
a.		The films climactic golf skit is taken right from Fields vintage stage routine and his first sound short, The Golf Specialist.
b.		When Moira goes to visit Towers at the dock, an Australian sailor calls out "Get a load of that Charlie Wheeler". This is rhyming slang: Charlie Wheeler rhymes with sheila, an Australian term for a (young) woman.
c.		Originally to be released in 3-D, this decision was scrapped just weeks before release, due to the difficulty of converting the film into the format.
d.		Filming took 300 days during a 2 year span, beginning around May or June of 1973. The production suffered two major shutdowns and resulted in a then bloated budget of $11 million. It was finally released in December of 1975.

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