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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Criss Cross (1949) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Criss Cross (1949) Quiz
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About the movie:
Steve Thompson, still obsessed with his fickle ex-wife, is drawn by her into the underworld...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Criss Cross (1949)?
a.
The motel manager corpse that was hidden in the freezer by Larry is played by
Stuart M. Besser
, the executive producer and production manager for the movie.
b.
For the scenes of Alexander the Great that were shot in Rome, a production assistant is doubling for
Kim Uylenbroek
.
c.
In the scene in the video store (the one when Lisa finds out that Joe has been doing porno films), the first shot shows the top row of a movie section. Contained in this row are all movies by Troma Studios. Troma owns the rights to
Trey Parker
s first film,
Alferd Packer: The Musical
(aka Cannibal! The Musical). Parker has also noted Troma as inspiration for his style of filmmaking and for
South Park
.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 10, 1949 with
Burt Lancaster
reprising his film role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Criss Cross (1949)?
a.
Alfonso Bedoya
s last film. A longtime alcoholic, he died before it was released.
b.
The B-29 mother ship for the
Chuck Yeager
/X-1 scenes was played by the Commemorative Air Forces "FIFI," the only B-29 in flyable condition. She was painted up to match the actual mother ship used in the late 40s, complete with a dark under-belly so she would be more visible to ground personnel tracking her in the Mojave sky, and "stork delivering a baby" nose art. She appeared again, in the same paint job and nose art, in the Disney movie
The Last Flight of Noahs Ark
. In the early 90s she went back to Boeing in Everett, WA, where she received a complete overhaul, new windows, doors and seals, and a fresh new paint job better matched to her role as a WWII bomber. FIFI is still flying today.
c.
Yvonne de Carlo is tooling at a piano as Burt Lancaster sits near her. She is playing, "Ill Remember April," which debuted in the 1942 Abbott and Costello comedy, "Ride Em Cowboy," and was sung by Dick Foran. Both were Universal Movies.
d.
Many people in the film industry felt sure that
Michelle Pfeiffer
would receive an Oscar nomination for her turn as the murderous mother, but the films failure at the box-office coupled with the aggressive marketing campaign for
Chicago
actresses
Queen Latifah
and
Catherine Zeta-Jones
in the same category, Pfeiffer failed to get a nomination.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Criss Cross (1949)?
a.
Film debut of
Vito Scotti
.
b.
When Joe operates the main drain valve, he is closing it.
c.
At the request of Director
Betty Thomas
, Actor
Darren Shahlavi
lost 30 pounds to be the same size as
Eddie Murphy
in the boxing scenes.
d.
The story on which this film was based originally contained references to
Stephen King
s "Dark Tower" series, which is set in a parallel universe somehow linked to our own. The character of Ted Brautigan later appeared in Kings seventh and final Dark Tower novel, "The Dark Tower". In that novel, the full extent of Teds psychic power is shown. At one point, he leads several other characters into a closet, from which he transports them to a far-off land. One character explicitly compares this to the wardrobe from
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
, by
C.S. Lewis
.
Anthony Hopkins
played Lewis in
Shadowlands
. Lewis himself also wrote an unfinished novel entitled The Dark Tower.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Criss Cross (1949)?
a.
Many shots imitate the work of modern American painters of New York City, especially the work of Ben Shahn and Robert Vickery.
b.
Tony Curtis
: In a dance sequence,
Yvonne De Carlo
is dancing with a young Curtis in an uncredited role.
c.
On Veidts desk a copy of Hollis Masons fictional biography Under the Hood can be seen. The book was quoted in the graphic novel and used to expose plot points that would have been otherwise left unexplored. The song "Ride of The Valkyries," played during Dr. Manhattans Vietnam battle, is referenced in Masons recount of a sad childhood memory.
d.
The action sequence of the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco had to be shot at the parking lot of the Downey Studios in California as though initially allowed to film at the Grand Prix circuit,
Bernie Ecclestone
retracted permission. By the time permission was retracted, one Rolls-Royce Phantom was sent there where driving sequence on the circuit was filmed.
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