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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Citizen Kane (1941) - Part (7) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Citizen Kane (1941) - Part (7) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941).
About the movie:
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
Ralph Winter
: the films producer, playing the construction worker at the end of the film who closes the container door on Dr. Doom.
b.
Welles 156-page personal working copy of the script for the film sold for $97,000 in 2007.
c.
After an argument with
Edward D. Wood Jr.
, veteran makeup man
Harry Thomas
insisted that his name not be used in the films credits. His assistant,
Tom Bartholomew
, received sole credit.
d.
The "bullet-proof cup" scene was shot just outside an actual prison, and while
Steve Lemme
was standing there, wearing just a cup, prisoners were pressed against the fence yelling at him.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
In one scene the dog starts mimicking
Jack Nicholson
by stepping over the cracks in the sidewalk. The filmmakers accomplished this by placing little obstacles on the cracks so that the dog had to step over them. They then removed the obstacles digitally in post-production.
b.
The scene outside Ma Kanes boarding house reportedly drove
Orson Welles
crazy. The director always resented that, although it was set in a snowy field, the breath of the actors was not visible because the scene was actually filmed on a sound stage.
c.
The film is dedicated to Clayton Brooks who passed away after the film was completed.
d.
While filming in Lower Wacker Drive, in Chicago, Illinois, the filmmakers were so concerned for the care of the Batmobile, that they told the stunt driver to take as much time as he needed to make any move. Therefore, when it came time to back the Batmobile up, they went so slow as to cause traffic jams that had to be reported on the news. Simply moving the Batmobile around Chicago took numerous police as well as caused traffic jams where ever they went.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
Orson Welles
reportedly wore out a print of
The Power and the Glory
while studying its story construction, a technique its screenwriter
Preston Sturges
referred to as "narratige."
b.
Selenas historic Houston Astrodome concert was recreated at the San Antonio Alamodome.
c.
Director
Gregory Ratoff
collapsed on the set on 29 June 1943;
Laslo Benedek
took over as director for the remainder of the principal photography and for the October 1943 retakes. It is not known who directed the retakes needed in September 1943.
d.
Originally presented in 3-D, with the tagline "See Jane Russell in The French Line - shell knock BOTH your eyes out!"
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
Warner Brothers agreed to finance the film only on condition that
Robert Redford
- then the number one box office star - starred as Bob Woodward.
b.
In the script, it is explained that Sir Robert King inherited the oil fortune from his wifes family. Her father had no male heirs so he left the property to his son-in-law.
c.
Porn star
Annette Haven
was originally cast for the role of "Holly", but Columbia Pictures decided to turn her down when their executives saw what kind of movies she had been making. Haven later stated that she was happy because of that, because she hadnt liked the script and hadnt liked to be in a film with gory violence.
d.
Orson Welles
thought it an advantage that
Dorothy Comingore
(Susan) was pregnant when shooting began. It would reassure the studio brass that he intended to finish on schedule. Welles hid her advancing condition by shooting her behind tables or by obscuring her body in flowing dressing gowns.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
For this movie
Orson Welles
, along with cinematographer
Gregg Toland
, pioneered "deep focus", a technique that keeps every object in the foreground, center and background in simultaneous focus. This brought a sense of depth to the two-dimensional world of movies.
b.
Jim Carrey
performed his own bungee jump stunts.
c.
This movies working title was The Next Sting.
d.
Various critics objected to the Russian roulette sequences, suggesting that such activity never took place in the Vietnam War. Director
Michael Cimino
was planning on the scenes to cause controversy and simply stated that no one could be certain of the accuracy.
Robert De Niro
and Cimino reportedly argued as to the realism of the scenes.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
Bradley was offered to
Patrick Mower
.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 10, 1949 with
Joan Fontaine
and
Louis Jordan
reprising their film roles.
c.
To keep studio execs off his back,
Orson Welles
claimed the cast and crew were "in rehearsal" during the first few days of shooting, when in fact they were actually shooting the film. It took a number of days before the studio caught on.
d.
The entire score was written, composed, and recorded using a Wurlitzer Pipe Organ.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
Gwyneth Paltrow
based her performance on 1940s heroines (who she claimed were sexy, witty and innocent all at once).
b.
In the movie Wallace is jumped, beaten down, and captured at Edinburgh Castle; in real-life, Wallace was captured near Glasgow.
c.
In the scene where Bernstein enters the Inquirer amidst a pile of boxes and luggage, some of the boxes are labeled "891" and "LOT 891." Unit 891 was the WPA theater company
Orson Welles
directed for (and starred with) before shooting this picture.
d.
Clara can be seen behind Marty and Doc while looking at the map at the train station.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
The rights to the novel once belonged to
Mel Brooks
. However, the rights had lapsed.
b.
In the original script there was to be a scene when Connie marbles hair catches fire. Mink stole the actress who plays Connie marble agreed to do the stunt before eventually changing her mind.
John Waters
said on the audio commentary track that he was happy that mink stole changed her mind in retrospect because mink stole would have had third degree burns on her head and he would been in jail.
c.
At the beginning of "News on the March" the several shots of buildings with Spanish Architecture were filmed at San Diegos Balboa Park. The statues "El Cid" and "Youthful Diana" were also located in Balboa Park. Both statues are by Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). "El Cid" is still standing. "Youthful Diana" is not currently visible but is owned by the San Diego Museum of Art. The large birdcage in the newsreel is one of two located at the San Diego Zoo.
d.
The scenes in the mental hospital were shot in the former Bangour Village Hospital, a disused insane asylum, in West Lothian, Scotland, near Edinburgh. As The Jacket was released, several other film scouts expressed an interest in the hospital building as a location, but the area had already been earmarked for housing development. Since then, the housing development has been scrapped, and Bangour Village Hospital still stands as it did at the time of filming, and continues to attract ghost-hunters as certain of the patient villas are believed to be haunted.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
Originally filmed in 3D.
b.
The opening scene in a darkened theater (after the newsreel) is played by all the main male characters from the rest of the film, including
Joseph Cotten
and
Orson Welles
.
c.
During the ocean cruise, Sandy (
Jayne Mansfield
) sends a telegram announcing her pregnancy to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peers in Texas. The Peers were Mansfields actual mother and step-father.
d.
Likenesses of the directors
Tony Bancroft
and
Barry Cook
appear as the firework attendants frightened by Mushu in the climax.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Citizen Kane (1941)?
a.
On the night the movie opened in San Francisco, Welles found himself alone with
William Randolph Hearst
in an elevator at the citys Fairmont Hotel. Aware that his father and Hearst were friends, Welles extended an invitation to the magnate to attend the premiere of
Citizen Kane
. Hearst disregarded the offer and as Hearst was about to exit the elevator at his floor, Welles remarked, "Charles Foster Kane would have accepted."
b.
Although the names Suzanne Palmer, Stephenie Fox and Patricia Hart appear in promotional material for this film these names are not actually listed in the on-screen credits.
c.
Many of the actors did their own driving for the speeding and racing scenes.
d.
The lit candelabras that rise from the water were not done with special effects or CGI lights: the special wicks ignited when they reached the air. This effect was done in one take and didnt work again after that.
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