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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Crash Dive (1943) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Crash Dive (1943)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943).

About the movie: A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		Marilyn Harris, who played Maria, the girl The Monster accidentally kills in the original Frankenstein, appears uncredited as another young girl.
b.		This movies opening prologue states: "The cooperation and assistance of the officers and men of the U.S. Navy submarine base, New London, Connecticut, is gratefully acknowledged."
c.		The actors were given no more than a 35-page outline of the mythology behind the plot before shooting began. All lines were improvised and nearly all the events in the film were unknown to the three actors beforehand, and were often on-camera surprises to them all.
d.		Stephen Lang auditioned for the role of Carter Burke.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		This movies closing credits feature an advertisement for the World War II USA war effort at the end of the credits roll. It states: "For Victory - U.S. War Bonds and Stamps - Buy yours in this theatre."
b.		The laughter that can be heard faintly in the background during the "Whos on First" routine belongs to the film crew and director Jean Yarbrough. After numerous re-takes trying to eliminate it, Yarbrough just couldnt get the crew - or himself - to stop laughing during the routine, no matter how many times they heard it. So he just gave up and left the giggling in.
c.		"Swink" was shot over the course of a year, but actual shooting only took 12 days on weekends in April, August, and October of 2005.
d.		This movie originally had a US $10 million dollar budget with a twelve week shooting schedule. This blew-out to a US $22 million dollar budget and a twenty week shooting schedule.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		This movie had two working titles: Submarine School and SS 111.
b.		The name of the dance team is "410". 410 is the area code for telephone numbers in Baltimore.
c.		The film was shot from a 124-scene treatment of sorts; essentially only general descriptions of scenes ("The sound of hard wind," is all it says for Scene 8. In Scene 58, "Juliens brother tries again in vain to kill the swan."). All the dialogue was improvised by the actors, except for one scene where Julien is talking to his "dead mother" on the telephone.
d.		Robert Zemeckis first project with the Walt Disney Company since Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		John Cusack filmed scenes as one of Suzannes friends in rehab who belonged to the Manson Family. His scenes were later cut.
b.		Arnold Schwarzenegger was turned down for the lead role because of his impenetrable Austrian accent.
c.		John Payne and Randolph Scott were originally set to star.
d.		Teller talks at the end of the movie, which for many people was the first time they had ever heard the magicians voice.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		As part of her deal to star in the film Tanya Roberts choreographed her own sex scenes. One of the scenes she directed with Brett Baxter Clark was too graphic even for the unrated version and had to be cut.
b.		Real ammunition and pyrotechnics were used throughout the production. The filmmaking process had to be carefully well-orchestrated to remain safe yet visually effective.
c.		The film utilizes an oft-used storyline of the war movie genre which has two soldiers in love with the same girl.
d.		In the hospital, someone can be heard paging Mr. Miner in the background. Lake Placid was directed by Steve Miner.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		One of the producers has a cameo as the guy getting his book signed by Ron Perlman.
b.		From a budget of $18 million (sizeable at the time), this went on to become one of the top grossing films of the 70s.
c.		When Mrs. Henderson is in bed talking to Lady Conway by telephone, we see it as a split screen. Stephen Frears achieved this by filming them simultaneously side by side.
d.		The PT boats seen at the beginning (and for a brief moment, at the end) of the film are Elco 77-foot PTs, the type of boat that saw intense combat against the Japanese Navys "Tokyo Express" in the Guadalcanal area early in World War II. The wartime second-series Elco 77-footers, which were the same type as PT 59, John F. Kennedys second command after PT 109 was rammed and sunk, are seldom seen on film, and hardly ever in color.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		At the premier of the film at the Sundance film festival, Kevin Smith said he would "pick the distributor auction style" immediately following the screening. After the screening he then pulled producer John Gordon on stage to conduct the auction. Smith then bid $20 for distribution rights and Gordon immediately sold it to him. Smith revealed it was his plan all along to self-distribute the film himself.
b.		This movie represents one of a select group of a few World War II submarine movies which have won the one single Academy Award in a technical category, thats just only the one Oscar in either special effects or sound editing. These movies include Crash Dive; The Enemy Below; Torpedo Run and U-571. The non-WW II sub-movie, The Hunt for Red October also won just the one Oscar as did the WW 2 part sub-movie 49th Parallel, but for Best Original Story.
c.		This film was the film directorial debut of John Sayles.
d.		The story for this Bowery Boys entry was written by Jan Grippo, who was Leo Gorceys agent and became his producing partner for the Bowery Boys films. This was the only story by Grippo to be produced.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		Steve Martins screenplay is based on the play "Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)" by _Edmond Rostand_. C.D. Bales has the same initials as Cyrano.
b.		The film is largely based upon actual reported encounters with a Bigfoot creature in the Fouke-Boogy Creek, Arkansas area throughout the 60s and early 70s. Most of the actors in the film were the real people from the encounters playing themselves.
c.		Director Steven Soderbergh is known as being first camera on many of his films, as a result, he was operating the camera for most of the shooting.
d.		Neither the later pictures Crash Dive nor its sequel Counter Measures (aka Crash Dive 2) are remakes of this film. They merely all share being submarine movies and being part of the sub-movie genre with a submarine term title.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		Philipp von Schulthess, who plays Tresckows aide in "Valkyrie", is the grandson of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. In the movie Countess Nina Von Stauffenberg is pregnant with the mother of Philipp von Schulthess.
b.		In the video room there are posters for Alien, Planet of the Apes, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and X2 - all films released through Fox.
c.		Ron Perlman shattered his kneecap while shooting, when a wave hit him during a beach scene.
d.		Tyrone Powers picture credit reads "Tyrone Power U.S.M.C.R.", the latter letters after his name standing for United States Marine Corps Reserves.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Crash Dive (1943)?
a.		Composer and musician Frank Zappa made a tribute to "It Conquered the World" in his album, "Roxy & Elsewhere" (1973). In the introduction of the song "Cheepnis", Zappa tells the audience that he loves monster movies. "And the cheaper they are, the better they are". Frank Zappa describes "It Conquered the World" as a perfect example of monster movie with its alien with an "inverted ice-cream cone head with fangs". Frank describes one special scene when the "monster came out the cavern" and he could see the technicians pushing the creature over the rail. "This is cheepnis", Mr Zappa concludes before playing the song.
b.		In order to film the beginning of the scene featuring "Ill Cover You", a fake subway entrance had to be built in the East Village. Tracie Thoms actually went back to try and find it, when it had already been dismantled.
c.		Arnold Schwarzenegger makes an appearance in the film. Not as an actor, but as the Governor of California - his photo in a frame hangs on the wall of Lt. Dixons office (Ryan Phillippes boss).
d.		Final film for Tyrone Power prior to entering military service as a private. He is credited in the film as as Tyrone Power U.S.M.C.R. On 1 October 1942, Power was allowed to defer the start of his military duties in order to complete production on this movie which did not finish shooting until mid-November 1942. Power did not star in another movie until 1946 when he appeared in The Razors Edge. At the time of Powers death in 1958, he was a Major in the United States Marine Corps Reserves.

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