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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : C'era una volta il West (1968) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : C'era una volta il West (1968) - 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: C'era una volta il West (1968).
About the movie:
Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
The phone booth is supposedly on the north side of West 53rd Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. The filming began there but it was already November 2000 and much too cold for the cast and crew. After one day, the shoot took over in a historic section of downtown LA on 5th Street. It looks like NY, save for the well-known Studio 54 and
Ed Sullivan
Theatre which are on the original locations block.
b.
Shot in the six-week hiatus of
The Shield
with its cinematographer, two camera operators, their editor and the script supervisor, all of whom the director has worked with when he directed episodes of the show.
c.
Although
Lionel Stander
s establishment is located in Monument Valley, the interiors were actually shot at Cinecitta. Cheyennes men enter with a cloud of red dust. The red dust was actually dust imported from the Monument Valley location.
d.
Cybill Shepherd
turned down the chance to appear in
Nickelodeon
in order to accept the role of Betsy.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
Directorial debut of a theatrical feature for
Carl Gottlieb
.
b.
Sergio Leone
originally offered the role of Harmonica to
Clint Eastwood
, but he turned it down, so Leone hired
Charles Bronson
instead.
James Coburn
was also approached for the role Harmonica, but Coburn demanded too much money.
c.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
said in the behind the scenes features that during the crucifixion scene, they used a live vulture to peck at his wounds. Then for the close up they used a real dead vulture they found for him to actually bite into its throat. After they cut, they immediately had Arnold rinse his mouth out to avoid disease.
d.
Eddies father, Doc, is played by
Jerry Stiller
,
Ben Stiller
s father in real life.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
The first
James Stewart
and
Frank Capra
collaboration.
b.
Julies parents are played by Colleen Camp and Frederick Forrest. The two also appeared together in "Apocalypse Now". Forrest as a soldier and Camp as a Playmate sent to entertain the troops.
c.
During the dance sequence, the DJ Minion is using a "Gru-ray Disc" player, with the same color and font style on the writing as a Blu-ray Disc player.
d.
The original intent for the opening scene was to use music already composed by composer
Ennio Morricone
. However, the attempted blend didnt seem to fit well. The decision was made to drop Morricones score from the opening train station sequence and record the ambient sounds relating to the scenes (including the squeaking windmill and individual footsteps) after Morricone experienced a musical performance created by using only the sounds of a metal ladder. This created an exaggerated version of what had come to be known as "spaghetti sound".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
Basis for the Broadway musical iMost Happy Fella/i.
b.
This marked the first of the last three films to be fully directed by
Sergio Leone
. All three of his last films would be edited for U.S. distribution resulting in box office failure in the U.S. although the uncut international versions would be successful in other countries.
c.
W.C. Handy
s first successful composition was "Memphis Blues" but, because the producers couldnt obtain the rights to the song, his first successful song was presented in the film as being "Yellow Dog Blues", actually written several years later, after Handy had established himself.
d.
The outside shot of the mausoleum was The Hollywood Cathedral Mausoleum. The film makers used it for the its classic look. The inside of that mausoleum was never used for filming. It is much smaller and laid out completely different than the inside shots you see. The inside shots of the camera moving from corridor to corridor and the long shots of Julie walking down the long corridor were shot at The Abby Of The Psalm Mausoleum. Both mausoleums are at Hollywood forever cemetery in West Hollywood behind Paramount Pictures. The link to this is on You Tube. One Dark Night-Filming locations.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
Along with 1987s
Spaceballs
and 1988s
Caddyshack II
and
Beetle Juice
, notable for containing "the F word" in a film rated PG during the PG-13 era.
b.
Jason Robards
showed up at the set completely drunk on the first day of filming, and Leone threatened to fire him if he ever did that again. Robards was generally well-behaved thereafter, though in June 1968, after receiving word of the assassination of
Robert F. Kennedy
, Robards broke down and refused to perform until the day was over, and Leone decided to stop filming for the day.
c.
An extra playing the pharmacist/cashier in the drugstore diner scene resembles actor
Richard Deacon
enough that Deacon is sometimes erroneously credited with the role. It is not he.
d.
This film was shot like a documentary and the entire script was improvised.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
The final duel between Frank and Harmonica is shot almost exactly like the one in
Robert Aldrich
s
The Last Sunset
between
Rock Hudson
and
Kirk Douglas
, a film that
Bernardo Bertolucci
was a huge fan of.
b.
Tim Pocock
(Scott Summers - Cyclops) describes this film as Scotts big transition moment, when Scott goes from a troubled teenager to a leader in the span of the film.
c.
Many adaptations of the
Robert Louis Stevenson
s novelette were written as plays and performed; the earliest in the United States by
Thomas Russell Sullivan
opened in Boston on 9 May 1887 and moved to New York City on 12 May 1887.
d.
This is the first and only film in the series to feature any of Kid or Plays extended family members.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
John Woo
: [hospital]
b.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #4094,
Bernice Claire
and
Edward Everett Horton
talk to the audience about the picture.
c.
The opening scene shows Anna and her current boyfriend getting into a car whose license plates have no state on them. The words "Great Lakes" were removed from the plate so that it would not confuse the audience.
d.
For the opening sequence where the three dusters waited for the train, filmmakers lightly coated the face of
Jack Elam
with jam and began filming close-ups while letting a fly out of a jar filled with flies, attempting to get Elams reaction as one would light on his cheek.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
The character name of "Brett McBain" was derived from two famous U.S. mystery writers,
Brett Halliday
and Ed McBain (
Evan Hunter
).
b.
Bruce Greenwood
, who plays The President, also played president John Fitzgerald Kennedy in
Thirteen Days
.
c.
When Ham is flipping though the channels looking for the Als Toy Barn commercial, all the other "stations" are clips from shorts and commercials Pixar produced through the years. There is also a logo for the NeXT computer developed by Pixars then CEO, Steve Jobs.
d.
The studio wanted
Marlon Brando
for the role of Father Merrin.
William Friedkin
immediately vetoed this by stating that with Brando in the film it would become a Brando movie instead of the important film he wanted to make.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
Sergio Leone
made hundreds of references to films that influenced him. Some were quite obvious (like three men waiting for the train as in
High Noon
) and some were very subtle, like the choice of
Woody Strode
s sawed-off Winchester rifle, similar to the weapon
Steve McQueen
carried in the TV series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
. McQueen referred to this unique weapon as a "Mares Leg".
b.
The original script for "Amadeus" saw a number of variations in character actions and roles: Salieris initial suicide attempt saw him attempt to jump out of his bedroom window as his servants tried to coax him away from the window and back to his own room (at which point they, as in the finished film, break down the door and find Salieri wounded); the servant girl Lorl played a slightly larger role as she was Salieris servant; Leopold Mozart, Wolfgangs father, took a more vehement stance against stopping Mozarts marriage to Constanze; and the Baron Van Swieten was cast as "Von Swieten".
c.
Dan McCormick (
Lon Chaney Jr.
) kills Dr. Paul Rigas (
Lionel Atwill
) with a jolt of electricity. In
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Monster (
Lon Chaney Jr.
) kills Dr. Bohmer (
Lionel Atwill
) by pushing him into a control box electrocuting him.
d.
The first feature since
The Horse Whisperer
, and the first animated film ever, to change aspect ratio during the course of the film. Using a trick similar to that in The Horse Whisperer, this film shifts from a 1.75:1 aspect ratio to the CinemaScope ratio of 2.35:1 after Kenai is transformed into a bear. The original theatrical release was printed on anamorphic film, which has the first twenty-four minutes of the film pillar boxed at 1.75:1 within the 2.35:1 frame).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: C'era una volta il West (1968)?
a.
The word "fuck" is used 89 times.
b.
When the wardrobe department was looking for a coat for
Frank Morgan
(Professor Marvel / The Wizard), they decided they wanted one that looked like it had once been elegant but had since "gone to seed". They visited a second-hand store and purchased an entire rack of coats, from which Morgan, the head of the wardrobe department, and director
Victor Fleming
chose one they felt gave off the perfect appearance of "shabby gentility". One day, while he was on set in the coat, Morgan idly turned out one of the pockets and discovered a label indicating that the coat had been made for
L. Frank Baum
.
Mary Mayer
, a unit publicist for the film, contacted the tailor and Baums widow, who both verified that the coat had at one time been owned by the author of the original "Wizard of Oz" books. After the filming was completed, the coat was presented to Mrs. Baum.
c.
The film is a departure from most of
Quentin Tarantino
s films in that a number of actual products/brand names/etc. appear in the movie. Tarantino usually makes an effort to avoid product placement in his films.
d.
Robert Ryan
was offered the role of the Sheriff played by
Keenan Wynn
. Ryan initially accepted but backed out after being given a larger role in Sam Peckinpahs
The Wild Bunch
.
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