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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cockfighter (1974) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cockfighter (1974)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Cockfighter (1974).

About the movie: Southern action drama film about cockfighting.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cockfighter (1974)?
a.		A couple who are talking on the train near the beginning of the film are having the same conversation in English, then in German.
b.		While trying to come up with an ad campaign to this seemingly unmarketable film, American Internationals advertising committee came up with this humorous fake tagline: "He came into town with his cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states."
c.		Matthew (Chuck Norris)s horse is called Old Nick in the film, the French subtitled version translates this more straightforwardly as Satan.
d.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cockfighter (1974)?
a.		The extras in the scenes at the karate school are actual karate instructors and students from schools in Texas (Austin, San Antonio, & Colleyville).
b.		Annette Day made in the movie, her screen debut - so far, its her only role too. Producer Judd Bernard found her while he was with his wife shopping in London and entered an antique shop. Shop was owned by her parents. Judd Bernard asked her to have a lunch with him and talk about a part in a movie. Bernard, Day and Lee Marvin had lunch together in a hotel. Later Bernard went back to Hollywood, and soon Day got a message from him telling to travel to Hollywood and make a screen test. She got a role in the movie.
c.		The film has never been released in the UK and was recently banned from public showing at the 2006 Edinburgh Film Festival following intervention by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA). According to the BBFC the movie would never receive a UK certificate as the film contravened the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 because the cockfighting scenes were organized for the purpose of filming.
d.		Amongst the ancestral portraits in the castle is a depiction of an ugly old woman inspired by a sketch of Leonardo da Vinci and since the 18th century frequently connected with Margarete Maultasch, countess of Tyrol (1318-1369).