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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962).
About the movie:
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
Karl Malden
(Leavenworth warden Harvey Shoemaker) introduces a new warden to the institution. He identifies one of the prisoners as "Sekulovich", Maldens own real name.
b.
John Woo
: [reflection] Chance sees the thugs to rob Natasha reflected in the door of the cafe.
c.
According to director Allison Anders (on her commentary sound track for the DVD) it was a first for a movie to show a womans waters breaking (in the recording studio scene - however such an event had already been depicted as early as
Cinderella Liberty
) as well as having her sweater getting wet because it was time to breastfeed her baby. Allison Anders had also asked for "child care" to be listed in the end credits.
d.
This film is actually a remake from a short documentary of the same name from the year before.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
The Greek song playing on the radio when Father Karras leaves his mothers house is called "Paramythaki mou" and is sung by
Yannis Kalatzis
. Lyric writer
Lefteris Papadopoulos
has admitted that a few years later when he was in financial difficulties he asked some compensation for the intellectual rights of the song.
b.
When cost overruns on
Cleopatra
threatened to force 20th Century Fox to shut down production of this film,
Darryl F. Zanuck
flew to New York to save his project. After an impassioned speech to Foxs board, Zanuck regained control of the company he founded, ultimately finishing this picture and getting the production of
Cleopatra
under control.
c.
While shooting the day driving scenes, the tow vehicle caught fire and the actors had to be lit with tin foil from craft services.
d.
According to the biography of
Robert Stroud
on the Court TV website, he killed the prison guard because he was denied a visit from his brother, not his mother as portrayed in the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
Robert Stroud
died the day before the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy
; therefore news of his death was not well publicized.
b.
Heather Chasen
was a contender for the role of Magda.
c.
The now blood-stained green sash Ned was given after saving a boy from drowning is on display at a museum in Benalla.
d.
Originally released as part of a double feature bill with Disneys
The Jungle Book
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
Thurston Moore
of the band
Sonic Youth
originally gave the book to
Sofia Coppola
. After reading it she decided to make it into a movie.
b.
The South America scenes were deliberately tinted in sepia, as was done with the Kansas scenes in
The Wizard of Oz
. However, in the case of "The Sea Hawk", it is unclear why this was done. Many television prints of the film, however, were entirely in regular black-and-white. Robert Osborne noted in his lead in to this movie on "The Essentials" (August 7, 2010) that sepia tones were used in the 1940 movie because Warner Brothers used, in this film, footage from their earlier version of _The Sea Hawk_ that was filmed in sepia tones. That fleshed out the fight scenes, didnt cause viewers to be ill with the change back and forth from blank-and-white to sepia, and saved money.
c.
Burt Lancaster
was forced by United Artists to make four films for $150,000 a picture in the 1960s:
The Young Savages
,
Birdman of Alcatraz
,
The Train
and
The Hallelujah Trail
rather than his normal fee of $750,000, because of cost overruns at his production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, for which he was personally responsible.
d.
Film debut of
Sandy Kenyon
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
In the movie,
Michael Douglas
s character lived in the suburb Indian Hill, which is a real neighborhood ten miles outside of Cincinnati. The scenes were actually filmed at a house in Hyde Park, an affluent suburb within city limits.
b.
It took around 17 years to get the film into development. Originally, Universal Pictures were to produce the film in April 1990. They later sold the rights to 20th Century Fox. Later, Fox sold the rights to New Line Cinema. Finally, Marvel Studios decided to handle their own creation.
c.
Filmed in 18 days.
d.
Robert Stroud
really should be known as the "Birdman of Leavenworth," since it was there that he kept his birds and did his research. He was not actually allowed any birds during his time at Alcatraz.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
The real Alcatraz is seen only from exterior views from the boat, or is shown from the shore dockside. All the rest of the views of Alcatraz in the movie were produced on sets located in Los Angeles.
b.
Due to a zipper breaking,
Olivia Newton-John
had to be sewn into the trousers she wears in the last sequence (the carnival at Rydell).
c.
Stephen King
has admitted several times that he was so into his alcohol addiction at the time that he does not remember writing the book.
d.
Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000 (#09)
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
The Oscar-winning end-title song, "Into The West", while being directly about Frodos departure, was inspired by
Cameron Duncan
s struggle with death. The first time the song was ever played publicly was at his funeral.
b.
At one point, the real
Robert Stroud
had over 400 birds in his cell.
c.
Johnny Depp
had to lose a reported 25 pounds for the role of Edward Scissorhands.
d.
German filmmaker
Wim Wenders
called
Ann Savage
s performance as Vera "30 years ahead of its time".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
Daniel Day-Lewis
used oral histories from the time period to create Plainviews distinctive voice.
b.
The
Jaws
spoof in the beginning of the film was made of layers of cotton on a piece of plywood with a hidden wire track for the airplane to "fly" around.
c.
Robert Stroud
was actually imprisoned in cell #42 located in the D Block. According to
Frank Heaney
, a former prison guard (1948-51), Stroud was anything but the sympathetic character as portrayed by
Burt Lancaster
. He was an extremely difficult and demented inmate who, though highly intelligent, was a vicious killer and a psychopath.
d.
When Karen sees Janice Rossi in the prison visitor registry, the name below is listed as "Ballibusteros".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
Due to this popular movie, the real
Robert Stroud
became one of the most famous inmates of the federal prison at Alcatraz, second only to mob boss Al Capone (I).
b.
In the scene where Heinrich confronts Ngawang, the director did not tell
B.D. Wong
the script called for
Brad Pitt
to throw him into the dirt; Wongs reaction is completely authentic.
c.
The final fight scene that takes place at the Silvercup studios (the sign is used in a few shots) used to be a bakery for the Silvercup bread company that had gone out of business a few years earlier.
d.
During
Brandon Routh
s screen test, people would come up to him between takes and tell him how much fun filming in Australia would be and what a great opportunity playing Superman would be. Routh was confused as he was under the impression that he hadnt officially got the part yet, and he was starting to get a little nervous that people might be jinxing him. It turns out Bryan Singer pretty much made up his mind at that point on who he was going to cast.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)?
a.
Patrick ONeill
originally wrote a serious action thriller, starring
Gene Hackman
and Justin Long (I), with the title "All New Enemies." When that fell through, Joe Roths Revolution Studios retooled it as "Trouble Man," a romantic action comedy starring
Chris Tucker
and
Eva Mendes
. After that fell apart, the script was revised and given a new title, "Wichita." That script caught the attention of
Adam Sandler
, who later passed.
Gerard Butler
considered it, but passed to do
The Bounty Hunter
instead.
Cameron Diaz
became attached after reading a rewrite by
Scott Frank
. Diaz told her friend and
Vanilla Sky
co-star
Tom Cruise
that he should co-star with her. Cruise took the role. After 7 other writers doctored up the script (
Dana Fox
,
Laeta Kalogridis
,
Ted Griffin
Nicholas Griffin
,
Timothy Dowling
;
Simon Kinberg
, and director
James Mangold
), and Fox co-chairman
Tom Rothman
gave it a new title early in production, the project finally became the action comedy "Knight and Day."
b.
Reportedly, when
Dudley Moore
was doing the mansion moose head sequence, a lightning technician laughed so much that he fell off his ladder.
c.
Actresses
Yen Ly
and
Yvonne Truong
previously played mother-and-daughter, respectively, in the short film
My Den
.
d.
Charles Crichton
was fired several weeks into production to be replaced by
John Frankenheimer
.
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