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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Boy on a Dolphin (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Boy on a Dolphin (1957) Quiz
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About the movie:
Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold stature of a boy riding a dolphin...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boy on a Dolphin (1957)?
a.
The movie marked the first time that a black man killed a white man on screen.
b.
Paul Rudd
auditioned for the roles of Murray, Christian and Elton.
c.
The ratatouille dish prepared by Remy is the alternate variation called confit byaldi. It was adapted by film consultant
Thomas Keller
. This variation differs much from the conventional ratatouille in terms of preparation and method. The major difference is that the vegetables used are sliced thinly and baked instead of cooking them in the pot.
d.
This is
Sophia Loren
s American film debut, coming out in April of 1957. Some people have reported that
The Pride and the Passion
is actually her first film, but that film was released in July of 1957.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boy on a Dolphin (1957)?
a.
Originally, the film was to star
Cary Grant
. It was four days into shooting in Greece when Grant canceled. His wife,
Betsy Drake
, had survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria ocean liner and he went to be with her.
Robert Mitchum
was then considered, before Spyros Foucas signed
Alan Ladd
.
b.
Jennifer Lee Mitchell
took a special gun operating class in preparation for her role as the Female Assassin.
c.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1995.
d.
The beige dress with paisley bodice
Rachel Fielding
(Mrs. Benson ) wears while being interviewed by Mr. Gutch is the same costume
Sabina Franklyn
(Jane Bennet) wears at Longbourn in
Pride and Prejudice
,
Julie Cox
(Annabella Milbanke) wears to read Byrons poetry book in
Byron
, and
Freema Agyeman
(Tattycoram) wears on the Marseilles wharf in
Little Dorrit
. The same costume is also worn by an extra on the Marseilles wharf in
The Count of Monte Cristo
, worn by a guest at Fannys wedding in
Miss Austen Regrets
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boy on a Dolphin (1957)?
a.
Had the lowest opening weekend of any "Saw" film in the US, only making US$14.1 million.
b.
ETs communicator actually worked, and was constructed by
Henry Feinberg
, an expert in science and technology interpretation for the public.
c.
The movie "Trespasser" that Patrick and Carol watch on TV is made up of re-edited footage from a deleted subplot that further explained Wendys mysterious reanimated state.
d.
Clifton Webb
s character in the film is named Victor Parmalee. Webbs real name was Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boy on a Dolphin (1957)?
a.
Sophia Loren
s role was originally offered to Gina Lollobridgida, who declined.
b.
Don Siegel (I) called Bad Day at Black Rock the best screenplay he had ever read (to that point) and lobbied unsuccessfully to direct it.
c.
At Harryhausens Sushi Restaurant, employees shout, "Get a paper bag!" whenever somebody walks through the door. In Japan, it is customary for employees of any store to shout "irasshaimase!" (pronounced ee-rah-shai-mah-seh"). The monsters shouting, "Get a paper bag!" is a phonetic reference to this fact. Theres a similar Japanese reference in
Toy Story 2
(see Trivia).
d.
An entire sound stage was used for doing hair and makeup for the Ascot race scene.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Boy on a Dolphin (1957)?
a.
While filming
Boy on a Dolphin
,
Sophia Loren
was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star,
Alan Ladd
, was taller than she.
b.
In the DVD commentary,
Mel Brooks
talks about how difficult it was playing the Yogurt character. The gold-colored makeup gave him a terrible rash on his face and neck (necessitating the shooting of all of Yogurts scenes out of sequence), also his knees were hurting constantly since he had to walk around on his knees even though he was wearing kneepads. Brooks also goes on to say that in spite of the difficulties, he enjoyed playing as Yogurt tremendously and that it was all worth it.
c.
Among the writers Gantry condemns in one of his sermons is
Sinclair Lewis
, the author of the book the film is based on.
d.
To film Alexs suicide attempt from his own perspective, a Newman Sinclair camera enclosed in a custom-built plastic box was thrown off a building six times until it finally landed pointing downwards. It broke the lens, but the camera itself survived otherwise unscathed.
Stanley Kubrick
later marveled at the durability of this particular type of camera.
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