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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dances with Wolves (1990) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dances with Wolves (1990) - Part (3) 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.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
Viggo Mortensen
was originally cast to play John Dunbar. Mortensen will, however, be playing John Dunbar in the upcoming sequel to this movie,
The Holy Road
, as
Kevin Costner
has stated that he will not be reprising his character.
c.
In
Lonesome Dove
Tommy Lee Jones
also goes on a long horseback journey taking his dead friend home to bury him.
d.
Stunt coordinator
Vic Armstrong
, who worked in all three of the previous Indy films, could not work in this film, as he was committed to
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
, so he was replaced with
Dan Bradley
. However,
Steven Spielberg
was able to meet Armstrong during
War of the Worlds
and talk about three action sequences he had conceived.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
The piranhas in this sequel developed an additional skill which they did not have in
Piranha
. They could fly.
b.
When the film was released, it got bad reviews and lost money. The studio, without
Billy Wilder
s permission, changed the title to "The Big Carnival" to increase the box office take of the film. It didnt work. On top of that,
Billy Wilder
s next picture
Stalag 17
was a hit and
Billy Wilder
expected a share of the
Stalag 17
s profits. Paramount accountants told him that since this picture lost money, the money it lost would be subtracted from the profits of
Stalag 17
.
c.
Filmed in South Dakota, which is mainly wide-open rolling hills. The cornfield at the beginning of the film had to be specially grown, and the few trees that were on the chosen location had to have their leaves painted different shades of red and brown to signify fall.
d.
The "Spy Cat" cartoons were done by Joe DAngelo who went on to greater fame as the writer/artist of the "Pirate Cove" web comic.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
The buffalo hunt and several other sequences were filmed on the 55,000-acre Triple U Ranch owned by
Roy Houck
, who had served as South Dakotas lieutenant governor in the 1950s; he gave the filmmakers considerable assistance in managing the logistics of the sequence.
b.
In 1980 the British rock band
Siouxsie and the Banshees
recorded "Christine," a song based on the same case of multiple personality dramatized in "The Three Faces of Eve".
c.
Because they were deemed as too frightening or could even cause psychological damage to young children, about 19 scenes, mostly pertaining to the Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the five characters in mild peril or distress was cut or trimmed.
Don Bluth
was unhappy with the cuts, and fought to keep the footage, but felt like he had to do so, making this film only 69 minutes, one of his shortest.
d.
The reason the film has two credited directors is because
John Ford
began the film but
Mervyn LeRoy
had to finish it. Some reports claim Ford left the project due to an illness, others claim it was due to a disagreement with star
Henry Fonda
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
The first of the Batman movies in which one of the the villains wasnt played by an Oscar winner (although
Uma Thurman
was nominated).
b.
Two of the domesticated buffalo used in the production were borrowed from singer
Neil Young
.
c.
In the UK this film was banned for 30 years after it was first released.
d.
The first film of
Vic Tayback
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
The highest grossing Western of all time, with a domestic take of $184 million. It achieved this figure without ever reaching #1 on the box-office charts.
b.
The production was stopped in early June 1940, when
Cesar Romero
broke his leg. It resumed on 5 August 1940. In the interim, director
Otto Brower
served as second unit director on the film
Brigham Young
and directed
Youth Will Be Served
.
c.
Matty Boy Anderson
: [gross-out] A character is tricked or forced into drinking urine.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 22, 1951 with
William Holden
reprising his film role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
At one point,
Christopher Lloyd
was set to star in the film.
b.
Extras were provided by the French Foreign Legion and the Moroccan Spahi cavalry.
c.
To add realism to the movie, a language coach was brought in to teach Lakota to cast members who did not know how to speak it. Because of the difficulty in learning the language, the "gendered speech" aspects of the language were omitted from the lessons. When native speakers of Lakota saw the finished film, they found it amusing to hear Lakota warriors talking like women.
d.
The large knife in the trunk of the car is an Emerson Kandahar custom knife.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard several times during the rain after Jed and Rachels picnic.
b.
The movie was banned in Spain, which was still ruled by Generalissimo
Francisco Franco
, the fascist victor of the Spanish Civil War.
c.
This is the final film that composer
Jerry Goldsmith
would compose for Director and personal friend,
Franklin J. Schaffner
, who would direct one more film before his passing in 1989.
d.
Michael Blake
wrote a spec screenplay in the early 1980s. When
Kevin Costner
came across the project in 1986, he suggested to Blake that he should turn it into a novel, thereby increasing his chances of getting it made into a film. Blake did so and, after many rejections, found a publisher in 1988. Costner immediately snapped up the movie rights with an eye to directing it himself.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
This is the last movie to have been released on LaserDisc in the United States.
b.
Ang Lee
turned down
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
to direct this film.
c.
Three other
Arthur Schwartz
and
Howard Dietz
numbers, which can be heard on the Rhino soundtrack CD, were deleted from the movie: "Sweet Music," sung by
Nanette Fabray
and
Oscar Levant
(NOTE: the melody is played in the background); "You Have Everything," danced by
Fred Astaire
; and "Got a Bran New Suit," performed by Astaire and
Nanette Fabray
(with
Oscar Levant
on piano).
d.
Pope John Paul II
once mentioned that
John Barry
s score was one of his favorite pieces of music.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
Brad Pitt
was considered for the role of Hephaestion, but turned down the role due to personal concerns with the character.
b.
James Cagney
s powers of memorization were failing him and cue cards had to be used for the 81-year-old actor.
c.
To prevent any possible animal cruelty
Kevin Costner
s Tig Productions spent $250,000 on animatronic buffalo to be used in the climactic buffalo hunt.
d.
Larri Thomas
: the woman in the carriage who blows a kiss at Bert during "Chim Chim Cheree" was
Julie Andrews
stand-in.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dances with Wolves (1990)?
a.
Originally, Stallone wanted
Al Pacino
to play Lenny Carboni.
b.
Because of budgetary overruns and general industry reluctance to invest in a Western,
Kevin Costner
was forced to dig deep into his own pockets to make up the films $18 million budget. As it then went on to gross over $100 million, he himself earned an estimated $40 million from his original investment.
c.
A lot of the films success was attributed to the publics then fascination with Britains
Princess Margaret
who was creating a stir over her much publicized relationship with commoner
Peter Townsend
. (The Princess was forced to renounce her true love because he was divorced and marry more "suitably".)
d.
Director
Robert Rodriguez
edited the movie in his garage. His garage is actually a state of the art editing studio that is in his home, but he calls it his garage.
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