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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - 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: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).
About the movie:
An apprentice witch, 3 kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defence of Britain.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)?
a.
The film premiered at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, a booking which had serious repercussions. The Music Halls Christmas stage show ran so long that whatever film premiered there had to be under two hours. After much debate, Disney cut the film down to 117 minutes rather than cancel the booking. In the 1990s,
Scott MacQueen
, who headed Disneys restoration department, discovered that two of the cut songs, "With a Flair" and "A Step in the Right Direction" were still on the soundtrack album and quoted throughout the underscore. When he learned the extent of the films edits, he persuaded Disney to reconstruct the longer cut.
b.
Hellboy has a poster of "Ghost" on the wall of his lair/room. This is another Dark Horse comic that deals primarily with the supernatural.
c.
Diane Lane
was about seventeen years of age when she appeared in this movie as Heather "Breezy" Aikens.
d.
The only interior scenes that were actually filmed in Las Vegas are the first ones in which Nomi plays slot machines and at the Forum Shops/Spago in Caesars Palace.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)?
a.
Loosely based on the true story of
Soeur Sourire
, who had a #1 pop hit in America with "Dominique". Unfortunately, the lovable nun was a one-hit wonder whose life did not continue happily after her brief blush of chart success. After leaving the church for a full-time music career, she ran into heavy financial problems and eventually took her own life.
b.
As of the 2007 Criterion DVD release,
James Taylor
had never seen the film. He says he would now like to see it.
c.
Kristy McNichol
took up smoking as part of the preparation for the role, but couldnt quit the habit.
d.
While
Julie Andrews
initially turned down the role of Miss Price, she eventually reconsidered, believing she owed her film career to the Disney studio and wanting to work there again. However, when she told the studio she changed her mind,
Angela Lansbury
had already accepted the part, having signed her contract for the role on Halloween of 1969.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)?
a.
Norman Fell
s last movie.
b.
Environmentalists who opposed this film being shot in the Blue Mountains Wilderness Area took the film producers to court, along with the government department which issued the filming permit. The court found that the filming permit had been issued illegally and ordered the producers to stop shooting the film in the wilderness area immediately. An alternative location had to be found.
c.
GOOFY HOLLER: heard during the soccer game when the king kicks the hyena.
d.
Garrison Keillor
s first few drafts of the screenplay were - by his own admission - rather patchy. Altmans only notes on them were "youre getting closer". By the time filming began, Keillor was rewriting scenes constantly.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)?
a.
The whole film was shot and edited into a complete live-action version before animation began.
b.
At one point,
Demi Moore
was widely reported to have been in consideration for the role of Lara Croft.
c.
Walt Disney
bought the film rights to the two
Mary Norton
books in the early 1960s, around the same time as work on
Mary Poppins
. When "Poppins" author
P.L. Travers
stonewalled on the movie rights negotiations to her books, most of the story development along with many of the songs for this film were written at this time. Had Travers not granted the film rights to her own books,
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
would have been made instead.
d.
If you look closely at the films opening title card and closing credits you can see that the text has stock footage of flames matted into them.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)?
a.
Author
Michael Ende
decided that he was unhappy with the films version of his story, and refused to have his name placed in the opening credits. A small credit appears at the end with his name.
b.
Final film of
Harry Carey
c.
The Sherman Brothers wrote a song that never made it past pre-production, a Music Hall pastiche called "Solid Citizen," which Miss Price would have sung to distract King Leonidas and get the magic star. The song was scrapped, and the soccer game seen in the film today was used instead. It went unheard until a demo performed by
Richard M. Sherman
was included on the CD soundtrack reissue.
d.
Thomas Haden Church
turned down the role of Richard Hoover, a decision he said he later regretted.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)?
a.
The first chapter premiered in New York, with
Jerome Kern
conducting the live orchestra.
b.
John Carpenter
: as one of the gang members shot trying to climb in through a window
c.
The actor who played "Talby" had a heavy accent; eventually all of his dialogue was re-dubbed, allegedly by
John Carpenter
himself.
d.
While the name of the King of Naboombu is never spoken in the film or mentioned in the credits, all merchandise and peripheral material related to the film refers to him as "King Leonidas," named after the Spartan king who died at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
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