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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beau Geste (1939) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Beau Geste (1939) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Beau Geste (1939).
About the movie:
Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beau Geste (1939)?
a.
Dr. Jackson (
James Spader
) says disdainfully that the translators have obviously been using Budge, and wonders why "they keep reprinting him". He is referring to noted Egyptologist Sir E.A. Wallis Budge (1857 - 1934).
b.
Graeme Revell
had composed a complete original score when the movie was slated to be released as "Eaters of the Dead" in 1998. But after the film was deemed unwatchable during test screenings,
Michael Crichton
took over the project and rejected Revells original score and brought in
Jerry Goldsmith
to rescore the film, renamed "The 13th Warrior."
c.
At the films world premiere, the first reel of the 1926 silent version of "Beau Geste" was shown just before the entire 1939 sound version, in an effort to demonstrate how far films had advanced in thirteen years. This almost backfired because the 1939 film apparently followed the 1926 one extremely closely, and some of the first-night critics were annoyed rather than pleased at this, feeling that the 1939 version should have been more imaginative. However, this did not keep the 1939 version from becoming a smash hit and a film classic.
d.
Early in the movie, Lily leaves a scene in a blue 70s VW Karmann Ghia cabriolet (recognizable by the large taillights).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beau Geste (1939)?
a.
Charles Barton
, who has a small part as Buddy McMonigal, was at the time an assistant director at Paramount, having started his career as an actor. He had had a bad experience working as an A.D. to Paramounts top director,
Cecil B. DeMille
, on
Union Pacific
and refused to work with him again when he was assigned to. Paramount "demoted" him to a bit actor on this picture as punishment. Barton soon left Paramount for Columbia where he was made a director, and never worked for Paramount again.
b.
Francis Ford Coppola
lived in "West Egg," aka Great Neck, former home of
F. Scott Fitzgerald
, at the time of writing the screenplay for
The Great Gatsby
,
c.
Members of the cast of the successful Broadway Show "Follow Thru" can be seen in some scenes, among them is
Eleanor Powell
.
d.
During the scene of the finals of Video Armageddon, the last game used for the final, "Super Mario Bros. 3" was actually meant to be revealed in the film before the NES game was released. People were treated to see this paticular NES game for the first time when the film was first released into theaters.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beau Geste (1939)?
a.
Prosthetic ears, cheeks, and nose was added to
Jon Voight
to make his angular face more rounded like Coach Adolph Rupp.
b.
According to
Mario Puzo
, the character of Johnny Fontane was NOT based on
Frank Sinatra
. However, everyone assumed that it was, and Sinatra was furious; when he met Puzo at a restaurant he screamed vulgar terms and threats at Puzo. Sinatra was also vehemently opposed to the film. Due to this backlash, Fontanes role in the film was scaled down to a couple of scenes.
c.
This remake of the 1926 film (
Beau Geste
) was shot on the same sets at the same locations in Yuma, AZ, as the original.
d.
Quentin Tarantino
turned down the role of Comanche so that he could act as Ringo in
Takashi Miike
s
Sukiyaki Western Django
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beau Geste (1939)?
a.
The movie sat on the shelf at 20th Century Fox for some time after production was completed in 1976. Fox had high hopes for it on its release in 1977, expecting it to do better at the box office in comparison to Fox other sci-fi release scheduled for that year...
Star Wars
b.
Mushu was animated by director
Tony Bancroft
s twin brother
Tom Bancroft
.
c.
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.
d.
WILHELM SCREAM: Heard right after the car runs over Arlenes face.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beau Geste (1939)?
a.
A disagreement on the set caused actress
Faye Dunaway
to buy her way out of her existing five picture contract with director
Otto Preminger
.
b.
Gary Cooper
was not in the original
Beau Geste
, but he did appear both in this remake of it and in the sequel to it,
Beau Sabreur
.
William A. Wellman
declined the job of directing the latter film but did direct this one.
c.
An old rumor is that the role of Julie was offered as compensation to Bette Davis when she lost the opportunity to play Scarlett OHara in
Gone with the Wind
. This rumor is completely false, since the role of Scarlett had not yet been cast until long after
Jezebel
had been filmed.
d.
When
Chris Tucker
is saying that Asians always panic and points out Godzilla films as a reference, he shouts "Hayaku! Hayaku!" This is actually Japanese, and it means "Faster! Faster!"
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Beau Geste (1939)?
a.
Film was honored on one of four 25ยข US commemorative postage stamps issued 23 March 1990 honoring classic films released in 1939. The stamp featured
Gary Cooper
as Beau Geste. The other films honored were
Stagecoach
,
The Wizard of Oz
, and
Gone with the Wind
.
b.
Robert Altman said that one of the reasons he took on "The Gingerbread Man" was because he had never directed a thriller before and wanted to give the genre a try.
c.
In his memoirs
Christopher Lee
recalls being rejected for a role in the movie because he didnt look like a military man (he served in the RAF during WW2).
d.
One ancient harp built in Paris in 1783 was borrowed from the Italian "Museo dellArpa Victor Salvi", in order to have a realistic environment.
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