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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dances with Wolves (1990) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dances with Wolves (1990) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990).
About the movie:
Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
The original off-Broadway production opened at the Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall on May 29, 1987, ran for 210 performances and closed November 29, 1987. The Broadway revival opened at the Longacre Theater on March 11, 2007, ran for 121 performances and closed on June 24, 2007 winning the 2007 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Play.
b.
Filmed during a drought, water had to be trucked into the Fort Sedgwick location to fill up the pond.
c.
Selenas historic Houston Astrodome concert was recreated at the San Antonio Alamodome.
d.
Ronnie Schell
s film debut.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
The tavern in which the final scene takes place is called Greeleys. It is a reference to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley who is often incorrectly attributed with writing the line "Go West Young Man." That line was actually written by John B.L. Soule.
b.
Despite appearing in all three of the major stories,
Brittany Murphy
filmed all of her scenes in one day.
c.
Henry King
was originally set to direct the film with
Tyrone Power
in the leading role, but in May 1951 King requested a transfer to another picture and Power left too.
d.
Many of the native Indians were visibly moved by the scene where the Sioux encounter a field full of dead, skinned buffalo.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
The line "Can you dig it? I knew that you could," spoken at various times by Tony and his friends was originated by Billy Crystal on a 1975 episode of Saturday Night Live and became a national catchphrase.
b.
The dress
Anna Lee
is wearing as she mounts her horse is the one
Vivien Leigh
made from the curtains in
Gone with the Wind
.
c.
The
Star Trek
episode that Angela and Marcus are watching is Episode 57: Elaan Of Troyius.
d.
In the opening scene where two doctors are examining John Dunbar, the man on the table is
Kevin Costner
s stand-in. The two people playing the doctors are actually the films producer,
Jim Wilson
on the left and director/star Costner on the right. The voices were dubbed by other actors.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
Only one take a day could be made of the buffalo stampede as the animals would often run a distance of 10 miles. It would take the wranglers all day to round them up again.
b.
This was
Una OConnor
s last big screen motion picture.
c.
Ex-adult film star Marilyn Chambers last film.
d.
Judd Apatow
and
Adam Sandler
were old roommates. The footage seen in the opening sequence was recorded back then. Sandler would regularly make prank phone calls and one day Apatow decided to start filming them.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
Two Socks was played by two wolves. One was called Buck and the other was called Teddy, and both were kept on set at all times.
b.
Bruce Willis
, who appears as himself in the film, was originally signed to play Danny Ocean in
Oceans Eleven
, but pulled out due to scheduling conflicts.
c.
Charles Laughton
portrayed a minister in one sequence which, because of its dramatic tone in an otherwise frothy comedy, wound up on the cutting room floor. Mr. Laughtons segment was replaced with a parody of
Dorothy Lamour
s South Seas movie epics. Independent producer
David O. Selznick
offered to buy the film in order to issue the Laughton sequence as a short, scrapping the rest of the picture. Selznicks plan was rejected by producer
Benedict Bogeaus
and producer-star
Burgess Meredith
.
d.
The Syracuse Bulldogs stick boy was played by
Danny Belisle
s son, Dan Belisle Jr.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
Winifred Watson
s book was published the fall of 1938 and it became a smash hit. Plans were in the works for a Hollywood film version starring
Billie Burke
as Miss Pettigrew, but the start of WWII brought those plans to a halt. The publisher re-released the book in 2000 which lead to it being "found" again by Hollywood after 60+ years.
b.
During production, writer
Brian Sibley
visited the set. Sibley had previously written the BBC Radio adaptation (with
Ian Holm
), as well as the text to two maps of Middle-Earth. In this case, he was researching for two books about the production of the film version. He met co-writer
Fran Walsh
, and discovered that they both had an interest in genealogy. They discovered that they had common ancestors buried in New Zealand and were, therefore, distant cousins.
c.
Graham Greene
, who plays Kicking Bird, also plays Edgar Montrose in
The Red Green Show
. In one episode of that series, Edgar mentions "Dances With Wolves", and says the "native guy" (Kicking Bird) should have gotten the Oscar.
d.
Six months were devoted to developing the design specifications for the cameras Bluth and his crew needed for the newly founded Don Bluth Productions and their upcoming movie, and then another fourteen months were spent building and testing the cameras. Two identical camera stands were built by Mechanical Concepts especially for Bluth because there were no animation cameras available commercially that could do everything necessary to shoot the film, according to Fred Craig, Director of Special Processes for the film. One of the features which the cameras built for Bluth had that was not found on conventional animation stands was the capability of shooting backlit art in an anamorphic format.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
During the scene in the playground where Heather is talking about what happened at the funeral, right as she says, "Seeing Freddy in that grave seemed pretty real," a boy rides by on a bicycle wearing a sweater that is nearly identical to the one Freddy himself wears.
b.
The green couch in Simones apartment is director
Katherine Brooks
s personal sofa.
c.
The buffalo herd comprised 2000 animals, the largest herd in America.
d.
Although he had made an appearance in
Irma la Douce
, this was
James Caan
s first credited feature film role after getting his start with sporadic television parts.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
With the exception of the opening Civil War scenes (which were shot last), the film was shot in sequence because of the weather. They needed it to correspond with the time sequence in the film because of so much outdoor shooting. Most films are not shot in sequence.
b.
In the originally planned version Nana traveled with the children to Neverland. It also had a much darker ending.
c.
This films dedication states that the filmmakers " . . . dedicate this picture to the Destroyer Forces of the United States Navy."
d.
The scene of everyone standing around watching the Bellagio fountain and leaving was somewhat improvised,
Steven Soderbergh
wanted Rusty,
Brad Pitt
, to leave first. The other actors were told to line up and depart in whatever order felt natural.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
Many bit players from
The Poseidon Adventure
also appear in this film
b.
The feasting scene after the buffalo hunt, where Dunbar and Wind in His Hair become friends and exchange their gifts, was actually shot indoors inside a Quonset hut because it was so cold outside.
c.
Though the film cost a mere $1 million to make, it was purchased by Miramax for a staggering $6 million after a bidding war broke out amongst studios at the Sundance Film Festival.
d.
The opening sequence of the evil moving over the pond, is actually
Bruce Campbell
pushing
Sam Raimi
in a dingy whilst he films the shot.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
Approximately 25% of the dialog is not in English.
b.
Joseph Fiennes
loved the project so much that he met with three different directors attached at various times about starring in the film.
c.
During the wedding scene at the end,
Harold Russell
fluffed his lines during his vows. Rather that calling cut and ordering a re-take,
William Wyler
liked how natural it sounded and this was the take used.
d.
The film project was confirmed in 1989. Terry Semel and Bob Daly, then studio bosses at Warner Bros., were "Phantom" fans and wanted it filmed. The project was ready to begin filming in 1990 and be released in November 1991; it was set to star
Michael Crawford
and
Sarah Brightman
(the original stars of the stage version). Just before filming began,
Andrew Lloyd Webber
divorced Brightman and the project was put on hold.
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