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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Darling Lili (1970) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Darling Lili (1970) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Darling Lili (1970).
About the movie:
Set during WWI, this movie is a cute spin on the Mata Hari legend.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Darling Lili (1970)?
a.
Penelopes quote, "A picture is a secret about a secret. The more it tells, the less you know" is actually a quote by acclaimed American photographer Diane Arbus (1923-1971). The biographical film
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
, featured
Nicole Kidman
as Arbus, one of the 20th centurys most revered photographers. Incidentally, "arbus" is Russian for "water melon", which might explain why one gets turned into a camera by the Penelope character.
b.
Because of the students rebellion and strike that paralyzed Paris in May 1968, the movie producers moved to Brussels to film the major scenes (June-July 68). For example, it was possible to use the Superior Court building and transform the ground floor into a Paris railroad station with fake trains and a waiting room and all the other accessories.
c.
In the clip from
Rambo: First Blood Part II
seen on one of Ozymandiass TV screens, actor
Martin Kove
is wearing a Smilie button, which of course is an image associated with Watchmen and The Comedian in particular. However in Rambo, the Smilie is actually frowning.
d.
The title credits music is re-used from
Panic in the Streets
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Darling Lili (1970)?
a.
The role of Major Duvalle was originally offered to
Benny Hill
.
b.
Based on the life of
Barbara Graham
, whose murder trial and controversial execution in 1955 made her a cause celebre.
c.
The real
Rubin Hurricane Carter
is only 58" and 155 pounds, being about 4 inches shorter and nearly 40 pounds lighter than
Denzel Washington
(even when the actor slimmed down to play Hurricane). In actuality, Washington (and the actors who play his opponents in the ring) classify as heavyweights.
d.
A cabaret dancer (a man who played women on stage) tried to teach
Tony Curtis
and
Jack Lemmon
to walk in heels. After about a week, Lemmon declined his help, saying he didnt want to walk like a woman, but a man trying to walk like a woman.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Darling Lili (1970)?
a.
Was rumored to be written as just another detective movie, with a white detective in the lead, but, after the success of
Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song
, the film was rewritten and recast as a blaxploitation movie. This story has been told several times by director Melvin van Peebles. However, it is probably apocryphal. The
Ernest Tidyman
novel which was the basis for the film is about a black detective and not a white one.
b.
"Greased Lightning" was supposed to be sung by
Jeff Conaway
s character, Kenickie, as it is in the stage version.
John Travolta
used his clout to have his character sing it. The director felt it was only right to ask Conaway if it was okay. At first he refused, but he eventually gave in.
c.
The movie was shot as Miguel Silveiras undergrad thesis film at Columbia College Chicago.
d.
Most of the movie was filmed in the spring of 1968.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Darling Lili (1970)?
a.
A very troubled production, the film went way over budget and was a box office flop when released.
Blake Edwards
used the experience of making this film as the inspiration for the script to
S.O.B.
.
b.
Originally cast in 1949 with
Elizabeth Taylor
as Lygia and
Gregory Peck
as Marcus Vinicus. But as the production changed hands the following year, the roles were recast with
Deborah Kerr
and
Robert Taylor
.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 4, 1946 with
George Brent
reprising his film role.
d.
Paul Melluzzo
plays several parts in the movie as an inside joke. During Terrys phone conversation with Killian on the plane, Melluzzo can be seen both on the plane and on the ground.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Darling Lili (1970)?
a.
The manager in charge of hiring the extras to shoot a scene in the Palais De Justice (Superior court) in Brussels in lieu of the Paris railroad station gave away a fixed number of tickets and requested the ticket holders to come back for work around midnight. Some of the left wing activists (socialists) bought a roll of the identical tickets and passed them out to mostly students from the nearby University (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and asked them to show up before midnight. Because they were there early, they were able to get into the court house with no problem. They were given costumes almost right away, and when the real extras showed up, the guys in charge were puzzled that there were so many in line considering that the huge hall was already half full. It took them minutes before they figured that they had been fooled and outsmarted by the local activists. They were forced to turn away those who had the phony tickets and accept only few of the legitimate hired extras.
b.
Broderick Crawford
s film debut.
c.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
is not new to the subject of the film. He has previously been in
The Tuskegee Airmen
.
d.
Michael Corleones funeral was written and rehearsed, but not shot.
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