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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938).
About the movie:
Mild mannered zoology professor Dr. David Huxley is excited by the news that an intercostal clavicle bone has been found to complete his brontosaurus skeleton...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
In the Jedi Archives, many of the busts, sculpted by
Richard Miller
are actually of members of the "Star Wars" staff, including
George Lucas
, animation director
Rob Coleman
, visual effects supervisors
John Knoll
and
Pablo Helman
and Model supervisor
Brian Gernand
.
b.
The part played by
Brad Pitt
was originally intended for
William Baldwin
but he jumped ship when he landed the lead in
Backdraft
.
c.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #88 Greatest Movie of All Time.
d.
When Ira is playing the mix he made for George, George objects to the first song because
Bob Marley
died of cancer, which reminds George of his own medical condition. Actually, all three of the songs that Ira plays have a strong connection to a famous man who died of cancer: in addition to the Bob Marley song, he plays "(Ive Had) The Time of My Life", which is most famous for its prominent inclusion in the movie
Dirty Dancing
(that movies star,
Patrick Swayze
, was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer while this movie was being filmed, and he died in September 2009), and next, he plays "Keep Me In Your Heart" by
Warren Zevon
, who died of lung cancer in 2003.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Peter Sarsgaard
learned to play guitar for the film.
b.
Davids response to Aunt Elizabeth asking him why he is wearing a womans dressing gown ("Because I just went gay all of a sudden!") is considered by many film historians to be the first use of the word "gay" in its roughly modern sense (as opposed to its archaic meaning of "happy, carefree") in an American studio film. Among homosexuals, the word first came into its current use during the 1920s or possibly even earlier, though it was not widely known by heterosexuals as a slang term for homosexuals until the late 1960s. The line was not in the original shooting script for the film; it was an ad lib from
Cary Grant
himself.
c.
Since the U.S. military presently runs a restricted communications installation at the site, the memorial dedicated to the role of Opana Point in WWII is located down the road, between the hotel lobby and beach of the Turtle Bay Resort.
d.
When Alex is at the Atlanta airport she asks Ryan if he knows a good place for ribs. Ryan tells her to go to Fat Matts - a real rib shack on Piedmont Avenue. Director
Ivan Reitman
is a big fan of the restaurant. In return owners Matt and Kelly Harper presented Reitman with a card entitling him to a "lifetime of ribs."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
: [stairs] Final scene takes place on stairs.
b.
Marcus Gilbert
was Ill with food poisoning when filming one of the major fight scenes.
c.
Cary Grant
never said "Judy, Judy, Judy" in the movies, which he credits to
Larry Storch
, but he did say "Susan, Susan, Susan" in
Bringing Up Baby
.
d.
This is the first "Star Wars" film in which Yoda (
Frank Oz
) is entirely computer-generated. After tests to see if a CG Yoda was possible failed during pre-production of
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
,
Rob Coleman
and his team came back three years later and presented a reel to
George Lucas
showing him a CG Yoda performing the scene in
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
where he explains the nature of the Force to Luke Skywalker. Lucas was impressed and decided the technology was right for a CG Yoda.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
In the first trailer Scooby Doo is in the shadows, with his ears making him look like Batman.
b.
Beyond
Walter Catlett
, allegedly
Harold Lloyd
was brought into assist
Katharine Hepburn
with her comedic acting.
c.
The part of Max Schreck was written specifically for
Willem Dafoe
d.
The movies title, "Live Free or Die Hard", is a reference to New Hampshires State Motto "Live Free or Die". Consequently, the New Hampshire state film office received several phone calls asking where in the state the movie was filmed.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Rock got the idea for this story from the 1984
Walter Mondale
/
Geraldine A. Ferraro
ticket, in which the democrats thought that since they had no chance of winning against
Ronald Reagan
/
George Bush
, they might as well make a historic first so they can win support for the next election. So they ran Ferraro as the first ever woman vice president candidate for their party (and lost).
b.
Extant version is a re-edited 1930 re-release of two films: _Jesse James Under the Black Flag_ (1921) and _Jesse James as the Outlaw_ (1921), with narration taking the place of most of the original inter-titles, plus musical accompaniment and sound effects. Each of the two original films has now been shortened to approximately half its original length, the mid-point between the two occurring about thirty minutes into the present film.
c.
Hugh Jackman
worked with the same trainer who trained
Angelina Jolie
for the title role in
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
d.
To build their New England-style home,
Howard Hawks
wife Slim used the set plans from his film
Bringing Up Baby
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Screenwriters
Dudley Nichols
and
Hagar Wilde
fell in love as they were writing the screenplay.
b.
During the shoot
H.B. Warner
was driven to the set in a closed car with the blinds down, wore a black veil when he left the car for the set, and ate alone. The pressures of playing Jesus ultimately had an effect on Warner and resurrected his former drinking problem.
c.
The artwork in the "Art Gallery Scene" is the work of artist/model Marisa Rincon. Director Bobby Tucker stumbled upon her work in a gallery one day. He liked her work so much, he contacted her directly to feature it in the film.
d.
Was partial inspiration for the naming of Hollywood High Schools sports teams as "The Sheiks", a name which persists to this day (2008).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
The Broadway musical version opened at the Palace Theater on May 29, 1981, ran for 770 performances starring
Lauren Bacall
and
Harry Guardino
and was nominated for the 1981 Tony Awards for the Best Musical, Book and Score.
b.
Donald P. Bellisario
s only film for cinemas.
c.
The night watchman tells Bender and Vorobyaninov that it was "Kaminsky who found the jewels while putting up a curtain". This is a self-reference by director
Mel Brooks
, who was born Melvin Kaminsky.
d.
The impressive optical effects are discussed in detail in
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story
. There is a very informative interview with
Linwood G. Dunn
who worked (uncredited) on the visual effects for this film. He explains the traveling split screens and points out some visual effects goofs that "got by". Included is surviving footage of the stand-ins for
Cary Grant
and
Katharine Hepburn
s in a camera test of the two driving with the leopard in the back.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
The script contains an expression that was very common in the USA up until about the 1950s that by todays standards is absolutely unbelievable and (thankfully) would never be used today. In the first scene, when Alice tells
Cary Grant
s character that "Mr. Peabody may possibly donate a million dollars to the museum", he responds "A million dollars? Say, thats pretty WHITE of Mr. Peabody, isnt it?"
b.
In the Directors Cut, a policeman was to commit perjury on the stand. While Daredevils sense allow him to detect perjury (since peoples hearts tend to beat faster when not telling the truth, and heightened senses allows one to detect the heart beating faster), the policemans perjury receives a false negative for the simple reason that the policeman had a pacemaker in his heart, which regulated his heartbeat. A similar incident happened in Daredevil #184, where a man with a pacemaker also received a false negative.
c.
The passage written on the board in the classroom is from Jack Londons Call of the Wild. Presumably, this is also the novel OBrien and Horowitz read and discuss while sitting in their room during a later scene.
d.
John quotes his mother in the cemetery as calling every day after 29 August 1997 (the "original" Judgment Day) a "gift". The quote is a near-exact copy of what Sarah Connor says in
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
s original, "happy" ending available on most of its DVD editions.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Corey Feldman
s first film role.
b.
Following the success of the movie,
John Wayne
was invited to place his footprints in cement outside Graumans Chinese Theater. As part of the event, actual black sand from Iwo Jima was flown to Hollywood and mixed into the cement in which The Duke left his footprints and "fist print".
c.
Before the movie was released
Cary Grant
bad been worried that he might never become a major star after all, since he was already nearly 34 at the time of filming and younger actors like
Errol Flynn
and
James Stewart
were established stars.
d.
When the movie was first released on VHS in 1991, the tapes were light or "ghost" grey.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)?
a.
Some sources erroneously include
Harold J. Stone
in an undetermined, uncredited minor role; Stone does not appear in this film in any capacity. At the time it was filmed (in Hollywood), he was in New York City appearing on the stage in a prominent role in "A Bell for Adano" (1944-1945).
b.
MGM gave
Elizabeth Taylor
a wedding gift of a one-off wedding dress designed by
Edith Head
(a move also designed to promote the film).
c.
The underwater camera rig consisted of nothing more than a large, plastic, air-tight cheese ball jar with the camera taped inside, surrounded by pillows.
d.
The second of four movies pairing
Cary Grant
and
Katharine Hepburn
.
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