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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bus Stop (1956) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bus Stop (1956) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956).
About the movie:
A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
All the last names of the main characters are based on famous horror and sci-fi directors:
George A. Romero
(Chris Romero),
John Carpenter
and
Tobe Hooper
(James Carpenter Hooper),
David Cronenberg
(Cynthia Cronenberg),
James Cameron
(Det. Ray Cameron),
John Landis
(Det. Landis),
Sam Raimi
(Sgt. Raimi) and
Steve Miner
(Mr. Miner - The Janitor).
b.
Mulder visits the Nutter feed store.
David Nutter
directed many episodes of the series.
c.
The role of Bo Decker was intended for
Fess Parker
, but Parker was under contract to
Walt Disney
at the time, who wouldnt release him. Parker also didnt get the role eventually played by
Jeffrey Hunter
in
The Searchers
for the same reason and it was many years before he was even aware of it.
d.
Steve McQueen
s semi-automatic handgun is a Colt M1911A1.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
The fastest grossing Paramount film to pass the $100 million, $150 million and $200 million marks (as of February 2008).
b.
This movie is one of a handful of pictures that
Burt Reynolds
made with his 1970s girlfriend
Sally Field
. In every movie they made together, Field played Reynolds girlfriend. The movies are:
Smokey and the Bandit
,
Hooper
,
Smokey and the Bandit II
and
The End
.
c.
Marilyn Monroe
played Cherie, a role that
Kim Stanley
originated on Broadway. Two years later, Stanley played a thinly-veiled version of Monroe in the
The Goddess
.
d.
Peter OToole
and
John Gielgud
claimed to have been unaware hardcore sex footage was being shot for the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
Smith originally planned to have the first "prisoner" executed with a goats head on top of his own. The special effects director told him that he might be thinking of a rams head, because a goat is actually very small. Smith found out shortly thereafter that the rams head would cost $5,000 - his entire budget - and scrapped the entire idea. He came up with the plastic wrap and top-down shot because he thought it would contain the most "blood" and therefore not require much cleanup between takes.
b.
Marilyn Monroe
objected to the color of
Hope Lange
s hair, claiming that it was too fair and detracted from her own. As a result, Langes hair was darkened.
c.
Ian Reed Kesler
, who gets in a fight with Tom at the bar, is credited as douche.
d.
Though the murderer of the Waynes is shown here to be Jack Napier, who eventually becomes the Joker, in the comics the name of the killer is Joe Chill. The method of the killing and the effect and consequence it had on the young Bruce Wayne is the same in both comics and movie. The Joe Chill scenario would later be used in
Batman Begins
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
Film debut of
Don Murray
.
b.
The character of Abraham was modeled after Warren Jeffs, who was the leader of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints in Colorado City, Arizona and was arrested in August of 2006 for accomplice to rape.
c.
Besides
Arnold Schwarzenegger
(The Terminator),
Earl Boen
(Dr. Peter Silberman) is the only other actor to appear in all of the first three "Terminator" films. This film is also Boens last screen performance; he has solely done voice-over work since.
d.
Though shot in Technicolor, the film incorporates actual black-and-white footage of Seabiscuit in races.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
Green top with black-lace like overlay
Marilyn Monroe
wears (pictured on US DVD cover) had originally been worn by
Susan Hayward
several years earlier in same studios
With a Song in My Heart
.
b.
Includes footage of Caruso as Canio in "Pagliacci" in a performance at the old Metropolitan Opera House which stood at Broadway and 39th Streets.
c.
The character of Rooster Cogburn was supposed to be around forty.
John Wayne
was 61 when the film was made.
d.
The laser sound effects were borrowed from
Battlestar Galactica
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
Fred Gwynne
s final feature film appearance.
b.
Don Murray
suffered painful facial cuts when
Marilyn Monroe
overdid a scene in which she had to slap him with the sequined tail of her costume.
c.
The extras used for the battle scenes were mostly members of the F.C.A., the Irish version of the territorial army. As they were drawn from many different army companies, and the members of these are usually drawn from the same locality, local rivalry between such companies is common. Apparently, some of the battle scenes seen in the movie are far more realistic than you might imagine, with rival companies actually using the occasion to try the beat the lard out of each other.
d.
Almost all the high school sequences, including the pool scenes, were filmed at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove, Florida.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "Bus Stop" by
William Inge
opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 2, 1955, ran for 478 performances and was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award for the Best Play.
b.
Kurtwood Smith
s wife,
Joan Pirkle
, has a small role as Dick Jones secretary, Barbara.
c.
Carole Lombard
was originally signed to do this film in 1936, but by the time production started two years later she had taken ill and
Dorothy Lamour
was assigned to star.
d.
When Amsterdam takes his medal back from Jenny, the blood on her neck is digitally added.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
Don Murray
has said that
Marilyn Monroe
was actually naked under her sheets because she thought that her character would really have been naked.
b.
The USS Normandy set was previously used to depict a World War II-era submarine in
Down Periscope
.
c.
Celia Weston
s film debut.
d.
Was reportedly one of
Alfred Hitchcock
s most unhappy directing jobs.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
Film debut of
Hope Lange
.
b.
An entire makeshift village was created in the middle of the desert about 600 miles from Bengazi to house the production, which numbered approximately 500 people, throughout the shoot. All the materials for the creation of this village were shipped out from England. They had particular problems with catering as all the food had to be bussed in, meat being particularly problematic as in this desert area of Libya cold storage was virtually unheard of.
c.
Aaron Eckhart gained over 30 lbs. for this role.
d.
Three of the actors from this film played villains in 007 films:
Sean Bean
in
GoldenEye
,
Michael Lonsdale
in
Moonraker
and
Jonathan Pryce
in
Tomorrow Never Dies
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bus Stop (1956)?
a.
Elaine Stritch
was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Drama for "Bus Stop" for the role of Grace Hoylard.
b.
Ray Bradbury
wrote the narration, but was uncredited.
c.
EASTER EGG: From the "Deleted Scenes" page on disk 2 of the Special Collectors Edition, scrolling to "Behold Paradise" and pressing the left arrow highlights a round icon. Selecting this button shows gag reel footage of
David Loughery
,
Ralph Winter
, and
Harve Bennett
integrated with material from the turbo shaft sequence.
d.
The centrifuge scene was filmed at USC. The actors became sick and were replaced by dummies.
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