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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Captains of the Clouds (1942) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Captains of the Clouds (1942) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942).
About the movie:
Inspired by Churcill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942)?
a.
Reed Hadley
is often mistaken for the narrator of this film, but the actual narrator is sound-alike
Gayne Whitman
.
b.
In the motel scene, the lead characters are drinking from "Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf" cups. However, there are no branches of this coffee chain anywhere in the northeast United States or Canada (at time of filming).
c.
The German fighter shown attacking the bomber group is a Hawker Hurricane in Luftwaffe markings.
d.
In the Dortmunder novels by Donald Westlake, Kelp always steals cars owned by medical doctors. In the movie, the license plates of the stolen cars have the letters "MD" as part of the plate number. (Kelps reason is that doctors get to use "no parking" zones when they might be making emergency visits.)
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942)?
a.
To prepare for his role as Venom,
Topher Grace
worked out for six months, gaining 24 pounds of muscle. He based his performance on alcoholics and drug addicts.
b.
The training facility depicted in the movie, "Uplands Air Base," actually exists near Ottawa, Canada. After WWII, it served as a jet squadron training base and later as a military helicopter transport facility. In 1995, the Canadian government shut down the base and it now serves as a reception area for VIPs.
c.
So many major stars appeared in cameos as themselves that it was necessary to find unknowns for the lead roles.
d.
According to the filmmakers,
John Cleese
was the most difficult choice in casting as he was primarily noted for comic roles. Cleese felt that at his age, a dramatic role with subtle humour would be an easier role to play rather than another manic old man.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942)?
a.
Glenn Quinn
s last film.
b.
The address spoken by the conductor early in the film "11344 Edbrooke" is the real address of
Robert Zemeckis
childhood home. The home is in a south side of Chicago neighborhood called Roseland.
c.
Filmed in 1996 but not broadcast until 1999.
d.
The film opened simultaneously in New York, London, Ottawa, Cairo, Melbourne, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The R.C.A.F. transported film copies to these cities.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942)?
a.
The movie was actually shot in the late summer and early fall of 1995, it took 8 years to complete.
b.
In the original ending, the Average Joes lose the final game at the end. This was changed because test audiences wanted a happy ending. This is also the reason why a fat White Goodman complains about the cliché happy ending after the end credits.
c.
Haley Joel Osment
went through puberty during filming. As the film progresses, you can hear his voice getting deeper, especially at the end.
d.
Many scenes were filmed at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. The hotel, which still exists, was originally commissioned by Grand Trunk Railway chairman Melvin Hayes. Melvin Hayes and most of the new furniture for the Chateau Laurier were lost in the Titanic sinking which delayed the hotel opening in 1912 by several months.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942)?
a.
The chestbursting scene was considered the second scariest movie moment of all time on Bravos
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments
.
b.
Alleged working titles included "Cold Fusion", "Black Sun" and "Beyond the Ice". The ice theme forms a major part of this movies marketing yet no such icy wording formed the movies eventual title. A number of James Bond stories however do evoke snow, cold or ice. These include the 1984 James Bond comic "Polestar" and the
John Gardner
James Bond novels "Icebreaker" (1983) and "Cold" (1996) whilst episodes of
James Bond Jr.
are called
Avalanche Run
and
The Thing in the Ice
.
c.
This was the first Hollywood picture to be filmed entirely on location in Canada.
d.
An entire sound stage was used for doing hair and makeup for the Ascot race scene.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942)?
a.
James Cagney
s first film in Technicolor.
b.
Assistant Director
Oren Haglund
s name shows on the back of a fight ticket as O.H. Haglund.
c.
In early drafts of the script, the character that became Christmas Jones was a Polynesian insurance investigator, Giulietta Da Vinci (Cigar Girl) was Sashenka Firo, and Dr. Molly Warmflash was Doctor Greatrex.
d.
Harpo Marx
did many of his own stunts. He later said it was a silly thing for a 47-year-old non-stuntman to have done.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942)?
a.
During the "Fighting Back" Black & White film montage, a ship with hull number 53 is shown exploding. This true footage is actually of the destruction of the ex HMAS Torrens, a Royal Australian Navy Destroyer Escort sunk as a target by the Collins Class Submarine HMAS Farncomb in 1999.
b.
The poem quoted by Michael Fitzsimmons on the hill is When You Are Old by
William Butler Yeats
(1865-1939)
c.
A total of nine models of the Firefox were built. Six were used as miniatures for filming, two actually flew, and one was built to full-scale specifications. Several flying shots were later reused in
Back to the Future Part II
.
d.
The graduation scene was an actual graduation ceremony of the R.C.A.F. with
W.A. Bishop
in attendance. He also attended the New York opening along with 200 R.C.A.F. cadets and other officials.
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