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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) Quiz
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About the movie:
A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)?
a.
Jim Ameche
played Alexander Graham Bell, while his brother played him in the more famous film biography of the inventor of the telephone.
b.
Behind-the-scenes footage made during location filming in Canada is included in the CBC-TV documentary "Canadas War in Colour" (2005).
c.
This film represents one of a small handful of American films which featured the word Hitler or Hitlers, and both referencing
Adolf Hitler
, in their titles and were ones made around the time of the Second World War. These World War II movies include
Hitlers Children
;
Hitlers Madman
aka Hitlers Hangman;
Hitler--Dead or Alive
;
The Hitler Gang
aka Hitler & co.; the documentary short,
Hitler Lives
;
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
; Hitlers Women aka
Women in Bondage
; the comic short,
The Devil with Hitler
and
Hitler - Beast of Berlin
.
d.
Morton Feldman was originally hired to compose the score, but was replaced by Aaron Copland.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)?
a.
Bristol Blenheim light bombers and Westland Lysander liason aircraft were painted up with German Balkankreuz markings to stand in for unavailable Luftwaffe types.
b.
Lisa Wilcox
s name appears on the opening credits, but not on the ending credits.
c.
Composer
Pino Donaggio
s score for this film has been likened to the work of composer
Bernard Herrmann
.
d.
Trade Paper Variety reported that this film ". . . project apparently grew out of an interesting proposition - a major oil-producing nation breaks with the Middle Eastern oil cartel to join forces with Israel to assure technological development and peace."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)?
a.
This film was one of a handful of movies that were all released around the same time that dealt with the Norwegian Resistance in World War II. The movies include
They Raid by Night
aka The Commandos Have Landed;
Commandos Strike at Dawn
;
First Comes Courage
and
Edge of Darkness
.
b.
Based on director Nate Thomass 10 years of experience working as a counselor at the Florence Crittenton Center, a group home for pregnant teens in Los Angeles. Actor Tim Russ, from "Star Trek: Voyager" fame, financed the bulk of movie and plays a role autobiographical of his close friend Thomas.
c.
Liev Schreiber
s second movie, by one day.
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
premiered on television the day before Mixed Nuts opened in theatres.
d.
Being a Spanish co-production, this film went on after its release on September 7, 2001, to become Spains biggest grossing domestic film of all time after less than two months of release.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)?
a.
Co-writer
Bernardo Bertolucci
says on the films DVD that when he first suggested to director
Sergio Leone
that the films central character be a woman, Leone was hesitant. Leone first budged on this subject by suggesting the introductory shot of Jill would be from below the train platform so the camera could see under Jills dress and show she wasnt wearing any undergarments.
Claudia Cardinale
says she was never told this idea and says she probably wouldnt have agreed to be in the movie if it required this shot (suggesting that Leone, mercifully, gave up on the idea in the writing process).
b.
The many underground tunnels filmed in the movie were actually no more than two corridors in which the director had the actors running repeatedly through from different angles.
c.
Russell Hicks
is in studio records/casting call lists for the role of Dr. Malcolm, but he did not appear or was not identifiable in this movie
d.
Alexander Knox
who plays the German Captain in 8th credited position, also provides the uncredited voice of the off-screen Chaplain of the British naval vessel, as well as that of the off-screen closing narrator.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)?
a.
The original play opened in New York on 10 February 1913.
b.
The town meeting scene was filmed in the hallways and gymnasium of Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, VA.
c.
During Gunther Toodys dream sequence he is wearing the same uniform that was worn by his character in the original show.
d.
This was the movie debut of 43-year-old
George Macready
, who had been a stage actor since 1926.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)?
a.
A rejected score was composed by
Igor Stravinsky
. He published his unused music as "Four Norwegian Moods"
b.
Summers boyfriend Don only wears the color white the entire movie.
c.
Film debut of
Tim Robbins
as one of the assassins that kills
Peter Finch
s character. Robbins does not talk at all in the film.
d.
Evelyn Keyes
debut.
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