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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cuba (1979) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cuba (1979)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979).

About the movie: A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		Polidori, the doctor played by Udo Kier, shares his name with the surgeon to Lord Byron who was present on the night that Mary Shelley came up with the idea for "Frankenstein". Dr. Polidori was also a character in "Frankenstein the True Story" - 1973... also starring Michael Sarrazin. Sarrazin refers to the Polidori character in both films as "Polly Dolly", and in both films Polidori was killed by electricity.
b.		Tumbleweeds were shipped from Texas to various parts of the United States and world so they could get on location footage of tumbleweed attacks.
c.		Victor McLaglen, could not be loaned out from Fox to reprise his role of Hercules from the original silent version of this film, so the part was eventually shortened in the final cut.
d.		Director Richard Lester once described this movie as "A political film within which no one speaks about politics and a love story in which no one speaks about love."

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		As this movie could not be filmed in Cuba, it was shot in Spain which portrayed Cuba. Sean Connery stars in this movie and it is well known that he was the original James Bond. The Bond movie Die Another Day also used Spain to double for its scenes that were set in Cuba.
b.		The play, "As Good as New," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 3 November 1930 and closed in December 1930 after 56 performances. The opening night cast included Marjorie Gateson, Otto Kruger and Vivienne Osborne.
c.		Played at Montreals Just For Laughs (Juste Pour Rire) Comedy Festival
d.		David Walliams auditioned for the role of David.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		In "The Films of Errol Flynn," it was alleged that Errol Flynns drinking necessitated a good deal of "shooting around" him, but on the DVD commentary director Vincent Sherman says that this only happened once.
b.		Michael Madsen was briefly considered for the role of Marv before Mickey Rourke was cast. He was eventually cast as Bob.
c.		Bosco, at the party, tells a story of a grade school friend of his name Raoul. Michael Mann said that the story was completely ad-libbed by Ted Levine and that he had no idea how Levine came up with it.
d.		This movie is set in Havana during the period of the approaching end of the Batista regime in 1959.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		Takashi Miike: Businessman at the warehouse.
b.		During the dinner scene towards the end of the film, when Leatherface cuts Sallys finger, he actually does cut her finger because they couldnt get the fake blood to come out of the tube behind the blade.
c.		Cecil B. DeMille appears in the trailer and tells the audience how the film came to be made, after hearing Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the radio.
d.		Director Richard Lester had previously worked with Sean Connery on Robin and Marian.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		Produced in order for Miramax to retain the rights to Modesty Blaise. Produced as a prequel to the popular spy comic strip, plans call for this film to be followed by more Blaise movies taking place during the timeframe of the comic strip.
b.		Brenda Joyces reluctance to appear in "A-Haunting We Will Go" led to the termination of her Fox contract. Her role was played by Sheila Ryan.
c.		Jack Palance was offered the part of Chancellor Gorkon, but passed because the filming dates clashed with City Slickers for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting actor.
d.		At around the time of release, Executive Producer Denis ODell once said of using Spain to portray Cuba: "Cuba has changed radically in twenty years, But Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz and Seville, which was a major source of Cuban architecture in the first place, have hardly been touched by time."

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		All of the characters last names are tied into horror films.
b.		Prior to this movie, Brooke Adams and Sean Connery both had actually appeared in The First Great Train Robbery. Connery was in a starring role whereas Adams was in a much small uncredited part. Both movies were released in 1979, that movie at the beginning of the year and this movie towards the end.
c.		The films title for its release in Spain was Creando el terror, which means "Creating the Terror."
d.		The lead character was offered to Patty Duke in the late 60s. But she turned it down because she wanted to be married and not work at the time.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		One of this movies main posters was designed in painted artwork with Sean Connery holding a black pistol with his arm around a woman, featured a number of girls in bikinis and displayed a number of action/adventure scenes from the movie, all typical of the James Bond movie franchise which he had been a big part of. Interestingly, the studio that made this movie was United Artists, the same studio behind the Bond movies.
b.		Joanne (Rumer Willis) breaks out of her back brace in an homage to an early scene in Forrest Gump. Oliver (Colin Hanks) is the son of Tom Hanks, who played the adult Forrest.
c.		The gym where the Looney Tunes practice is called "Leon Schlesinger Gym" after Leon Schlesinger, the man who produced the first Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
d.		As this was one of Marilyn Monroes first starring roles, she was still under an acting coach and wanted her on the set to help her in scenes. She would stand behind director Fritz Lang and tell her when a scene was good enough, as opposed to listening to Lang, and when the director saw what was doing on he got furious and demanded she leave the set (at the time this coach also worked for 20th Century Fox). After Monroe complained and wouldnt act without her, Lang allowed the coach to return to the set, on the condition that she not direct Monroe.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		Historical events of the Cuban Revolution portrayed in this movie were treated again about a decade later in another Hollywood movie, Havana. Cubas tagline even mentioned Havana by saying, "Part Heaven...Part Hell...Pure Havana". These events were also depicted in an earlier Hollywood movie about five years previous, in The Godfather: Part II.
b.		During the field bonfire scene, actor Tom Burns was actually performing oral sex on one of the extras.
c.		One nitrate reel of this 5 Reel film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.		Richard Harris hated making the film so much that he refused to return to Hollywood for five years.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		Judy Greer was considered for both Deadly Girl and Power Chick. The director felt her talents were needed for the more difficult role of Deadly Girl.
b.		Both Jeremys got B.A.s in Communication, and minors in Digital Media Based Imaging and Business Management, from the Universities of USC and Arizona.
c.		Groucho Marx called Judy Garland not winning an Oscar for A Star Is Born, "the biggest robbery since Brinks." Hedda Hopper later reported that her loss to Grace Kelly for The Country Girl was the result of the closest Oscar vote up till that time that didnt end in a tie, with just six votes separating the two. In any event, it was a heartbreak from which she never really recovered and which has remained a matter of some controversy ever since.
d.		The role of Alexandra was originally offered to Diana Ross who turned it down. In the end the part went to Brooke Adams.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cuba (1979)?
a.		This movie was filmed with two endings: one happy and one sad.
b.		Jennifer Lopez tried out for the part of Carolina.
c.		Censorship problems arose from early versions of the script, which included phases of Catherines actual childbirth and references to labor pains, gas, her groaning and hemorrhaging. After these were removed, the MPPDA approved the script, and even issued a certificate for re-release in 1938 when the censorship rules were more strictly enforced. Still, the film was rejected in British Columbia and in Australia, where Hemingways book was also banned.
d.		A scene in which a person picked up the CPU of the terminator after it was crushed, was filmed but not included in the movie. Another reference to the time paradox whereby the events in the film directly lead to the creation of Skynet was also cut: in the scene where Sarah is driven away in the ambulance following the destruction of the terminator in the hydraulic press, after the cut seen in the theatrical release, the camera pans up to reveal that this took place inside Cyberdynes production facility.

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