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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Buck Privates (1941) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Buck Privates (1941) Quiz
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About the movie:
Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail, and soon find themselves in boot camp...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
This film marks the first time that
Lou Costello
s brother,
Pat Costello
, served as Lous stunt double. He earned $31 a day for his work.
b.
Director
William Malone
funded the entire project himself.
c.
When Loki is seen for the first time, he convinces a nun to start living an atheist life. After the news report, when Loki and Bartleby are talking about passing through the arch, the same nun can be seen in the background walking out of a café, drunk, followed by a café employee who tries to take her pint of beer away from her. This is in the theatrical version and possibly original VHS releases: the Special Edition DVD oddly does not contain this footage.
d.
When the mob gathers around Carleton Hendricks home, someone is holding a sign that says "Were not gonna take it." This is also the title of the biggest single from
Dee Snider
s band
Twisted Sister
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
The words Bart recites while making the blood oath with Mr. Zabladowski are word-for-word from the Scout Law of the Boy Scouts of America. (Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, etc.)
b.
The previous play was produced on Broadway by
Richard Rodgers
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
. The films producers purchased the rights for $2500 for each week of the plays run, up to $150,000, on the condition that the film would not be made until the play closed. The stage version ended up running for nearly two years. The original Broadway production opened on October 19, 1944 at the Music Box Theater and ran for 713 performances with a cast that included
Marlon Brando
in his Broadway debut.
c.
This was the first of three consecutive film collaborations between
Bud Abbott
,
Lou Costello
and
The Andrews Sisters
.
d.
Natalie Portman
s voice was digitally enhanced to distinguish between Padme and Queen Amidala.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
Moira Kelly
was originally signed on to play the role of Kit, but she hurt her ankle while filming
The Cutting Edge
.
b.
During WWII, the Japanese used to show the sequence "Drill Routine" from this movie to show how stupid the American Army was.
c.
Katie Holmes
was originally set to play Edie Sedgwick, but dropped out due to her conflicting religious beliefs with the characters drug-addiction. Holmes also became pregnant right before filming was scheduled to begin.
d.
Gordon Scott
and
Vera Miles
married while making this film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 13, 1941 with
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
reprising their film roles.
b.
Producer
Jonathan Craven
appeared as a child in the original
The Last House on the Left
. He was the young boy with the balloon that Krug bursts as he walks past on the street.
c.
In a biography of
Clara Bow
,
Priscilla Bonner
recalled that
Elinor Glyn
visited the set a couple of times, wearing several purple veils that, it was obvious, were meant to mask recent plastic surgery scars that has not yet healed. Bonner said she disliked Glyn right away, finding her to be pretentious and artificial. However, she said she loved working with Clara Bow.
d.
The meaning of Operation Cross Eagles, according to the film, was that Cross Eagles was the code name for the allied invasion of the Balkans.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
The set used for the interior of the Banks home had to be rebuilt from scratch for the sequel. With no presumption of a sequel during production of the original movie, the set was destroyed after production completed. Set crew had to recreate the entirety of the set based only on a few remnant sketches of the original set, and had to infer most measurements based on the known sizes of various reference items in the original film.
b.
Grossing over $4 million, this film gained more money than any film Universal Pictures had produced to that point.
c.
In the scenes with the street band, especially inside the town hall, there is a small man inside the bass that is based on
Danny Elfman
.
d.
The events in this film revolve around Heather Langenkamp (I) having a stalker. In real life she did have a stalker, and
Wes Craven
got her permission to weave it into the story.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
Betty Blythe
and
Lon Chaney
were burned while filming the forest fire scene when a blaze that popped up unexpectedly blocked their escape. They were rescued through a tunnel that had been previously built for just such an occurrence, but filming was stopped for ten days while the actors recovered in a local hospital.
b.
This film took in $4 million (at a time when theater admission ranged between 10 cents and 25 cents), more than either
Citizen Kane
or
How Green Was My Valley
.
c.
A Jewel Production. Universal, not owning its own theater network, devised a 3-tiered branding system to identify and sell its product: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced to potentially command higher roadshow ticket prices). This branding system would fade away by late 1929.
d.
The style of free-running/movement Mollaka the Bomb-Maker uses in the Madagascar Chase near the beginning of the film is called "parkour."
Sebastien Foucan
, who plays Mollaka is one of the main publicists of parkour and has appeared in many other media events. In the earliest versions of this films script, the Mollaka character was known as Two Fingers.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
Halle Berry
wasnt the only member of the cast and crew to do well at the Oscars during filming. Sound recordist
Chris Munro
also won the Oscar for Best Sound for his work on
Black Hawk Down
. The award was presented to him by Halle Berry.
b.
The train whistle blows
Lou Costello
s catchphrase, "Im a bad boy".
c.
During the shoot, the part of Dobby was played by a ball on a stick (he was added digitally later, of course).
d.
Mathieu Amalric
, who portrays the films main villain Dominic Greene, portrayed the son of former Bond villain
Michael Lonsdale
(as Hugo Drax in
Moonraker
) in
Steven Spielberg
s
Munich
.
Daniel Craig
also co-starred in that film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
When Nancy is searching for information on Dehlia Draycott, one of the websites she uses is IMDb.com.
b.
A sneak preview was held in late January 1941 for soldiers at Fort MacArthur, California.
c.
Sam Marx
: The Marx Brothers father is sitting on the crates behind them after theyre carried off the ship.
d.
Gemma Arterton
was originally cast as the younger Agent Oh, but scheduling conflicts prevented Arterton from taking the role. She was replaced by
Alice Eve
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
s drill routine ran only two-and-a-half minutes in the script, but was allowed five minutes of screen time because of their ad-libbing. In fact, much of their dialogue in the film was ad-libbed.
b.
While auditioning for the film,
Erica Leerhsen
was originally trying for
Kim Director
s role,
Tristine Skyler
was trying for Ericas, Kim was trying for Tristens, and
Jeffrey Donovan
was trying for
Stephen Barker Turner
s.
c.
The ramshackle hotel where most of the drama unfolds was constructed on the Warner Bros. lot along with the beach area. Exterior shots of the hurricane were actually taken from stock footage used in
Night Unto Night
, a
Ronald Reagan
melodrama made the same year at Warner Bros.
d.
This movies final fifteen minutes include violence and a foray into arguably horror genre movie territory. This invariably drew comparisons with and evoked
Sissy Spacek
s earlier movie,
Carrie
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Buck Privates (1941)?
a.
Although
Arthur Lubin
was a contract director at Universal, on a set weekly salary, this film was such a huge hit ($4 million gross on a $180,000 budget) that Universal gave him a $5,000 bonus.
b.
When audiences left the films UK premiere at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, they were greeted by the sound of screeching and flapping birds from loudspeakers hidden in the trees to scare them further.
c.
The Nostromo is supposed to be 800 feet long, while the craft she is towing is a mile and a half long.
d.
Melissa Sagemiller and Desmond Harrington performed most of their own stunts.
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