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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Confidential Agent (1945) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Confidential Agent (1945) Quiz
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About the movie:
During the Spanish Civil War, a republican courier travels to England to try and buy coal. He meets with an amount of local hostility...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Confidential Agent (1945)?
a.
Steve McQueen
and his first wife,
Neile Adams
, were offered the chance to star together in this film. McQueen was quoted as saying. "Neiles no Lombard and Im no Gable." They turned down the offer.
b.
According to his shirt on Parris Island, Pvt. Jokers real name is J.T. Davis.
c.
Near the end of the picture, as the ship is nearing Murmansk, several Russian airplanes fly out to meet them. One of the pilots keeps gunning his engine in short bursts. There are three short bursts followed by a long one. Movie audiences of the 1940s would immediately recognize this as the three dots and a dash of the Morse code "V". "V for Victory" was heavily used as a slogan during World War II.
d.
Last film of
Lawrence Grant
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Confidential Agent (1945)?
a.
Early story treatments for the "Rite of Spring" extended the time line to the appearance of humankind and the discovery of fire. It was decided to end the segment with the extinction of the dinosaurs to avoid controversy with fundamentalist groups.
b.
Franz Waxman
reused his title music for this movie in
Dark Passage
. The same music was also used over the title is
To Have and Have Not
.
c.
This was not the only movie made around the time of the early 1980s that purported to be a modern reworking of the Hollywood classic,
Casablanca
. Both
Cuba
and
Far East
also re-tread the Casablanca storyline.
d.
The film was financed by director
Harold Becker
, screenwriter
Joseph Wambaugh
, and many of Wambaughs friends, which allowed them to have total creative control.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Confidential Agent (1945)?
a.
The song that plays as Donnie is riding his bike home in the theatrical version is "The Killing Moon" by
Echo & The Bunnymen
. As Gretchen waits for the school bus, a Volkswagen Rabbit vehicle quickly passes in front of her. When Elizabeth Darko is sleeping on the recliner, there is a stuffed rabbit next to her. As Donnie reaches for the car keys, there is a Polaroid picture of him and his sister in Halloween costumes on the desk. Donnie is dressed as a rabbit. When Donnie is talking to his sister after his mom leaves near the end, a "jack o lantern" bunny is seen on the table. Frank, the rabbit, often appears near a water source (sprinklers, water main, faucet).
b.
This is famously the movie where
Howard Hawks
said
Lauren Bacall
let her voice get high again, and as a result no one liked her in it. Curiously enough there is no sign of this in the actual movie. If no one liked her in it maybe she was just miscast as an Englishwoman.
c.
King Kongs roar was a lions and a tigers roar combined and run backwards.
d.
The character being laid to rest at the funeral is named Lester Richards. This is a nod from
Steven Soderbergh
to
Richard Lester
, one of the main influences on the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Confidential Agent (1945)?
a.
Film debut of
Wanda Hendrix
.
b.
The song Mole plays on the piano is actually
Art Tatum
s recording of the
Cole Porter
song "Night and Day". The use of this recording is something of an inside joke, as Tatum was blind and moles are known for having very poor vision.
c.
Olivia Newton-John
was interviewed for a key role.
d.
Prints were sent out to UK cinemas under the fake name "New Hampshire" - a reference to the states "Live Free or Die" motto and the movies original title - in spite of the title being changed to "Die Hard 4.0" in European territories.
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