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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Decision Before Dawn (1951) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Decision Before Dawn (1951) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951).
About the movie:
As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners to spy behind German lines.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951)?
a.
One of the first films after World War II to portray the German people - outside of the Nazi regime - in a sympathetic light.
b.
Apparently morose over the loss of friend and collaborator
Lon Chaney
and in the midst of severe alcoholism, the normally meticulous
Tod Browning
was said to have been sullen and unprofessional during the shoot. Among his actions were to leave set, leaving cinematographer
Karl Freund
to direct scenes. He would also recklessly tear pages out of the script if he felt them to be redundant.
c.
Luke Greenfield
: the director of the porn film being shot towards the end of the movie
d.
Film debut of
Hal Taliaferro
(billed as "Wally Wales").
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951)?
a.
December 8th, 1944: the date on which Karl Maurer (Werner) is captured in the film, was in real life the actual date on which Oskar Werner deserted from the Wehrmacht.
b.
Final cinema film of British director
Peter Yates
, which predominantly premiered on video.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 30, 1953 with
Sammy Ogg
reprising his film role.
d.
The car Jim drives is an Oldsmobile 442.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951)?
a.
Julie Andrews
loves fresh flowers, and convinced
Garry Marshall
to use only real flowers in the arrangements inside Rinaldi Castle. During the filming, she was constantly adjusting the arrangements, removing dying blossoms, etc. The centerpiece of the kitchen table (in the scene where Nicholas tops his chocolate mousse) got switched from a large piece (as seen in the background) to the cluster of small flowers seen in the final cut - the original arrangement got in the way of the filming.
b.
Took fifty-three days to edit.
c.
Since the instigation of five Best Picture nominees for the Academy Awards in 1944, this was the first Best Film nominee to only be nominated in one other category. The next instance of this occurred in 1994 when
Four Weddings and a Funeral
only picked up two nominations (including Best Film).
d.
This movie has been described as a cross between
The Birds
and
Born Free
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951)?
a.
In the scene where Adam Sandler is kissing
Marisa Tomei
in Yankee Stadium, if you look behind them to the right, an extra is wearing a Boston Red Sox cap. The Red Sox are arguably one of the Yankees biggest rivals.
b.
Not a single policeman is ever visible on screen during the film. This was purposely done by director
John McNaughton
so as to create a sense of a world without law and order, and to remove the comforting buffer zone that seeing a policeman would give an audience. There is a scene where a police car plays very prominent role. As the two ex-cons are driving on a highway after one of the more brazen murder scenes, they are passed by a squad car that speeds past without a pause. This irony serves as one of the few humorous moments in the film.
c.
Many felt that the reason why
Decision Before Dawn
picked up a surprise Best Film nomination at the Academy Awards was because its producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
had pushed it with an expensive 12 page glossy insert in all the trade magazines.
d.
The machine whose purpose
William Shatner
s staff cannot fathom is a prop from the Regula 1 Space Station set of
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951)?
a.
Joe Urban who plays Woody in the film also plays the "Drill Sargent" Stormtrooper in the alley scene.
b.
Oskar Werner
and
Richard Basehart
did most of their own stunt work, including jumping in and swimming the fast currents of the Rhine river on location in Germany.
c.
Gus Hansen
: As a poker player who loses the hand of Texas Hold-Em Poker (three aces to the flush).
d.
Both
Robert De Niro
and
Nick Nolte
had to alter their physiques for the film because the 61", bulky, Nolte is clearly larger than the 510", slimmer De Niro. Nolte lost a good deal of weight while shooting the film and De Niro bulked up his muscles considerably until De Niro was clearly Noltes physical superior. Interestingly the original Sam Bowden (
Gregory Peck
) was also slightly taller than the original Max Cady (
Robert Mitchum
).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951)?
a.
Mariah Carey
was cast as Tangie, but dropped out when she learned she was pregnant.
b.
The "Now I can shoot and toot" speech during "The Maladjusted Jester" was previously said by
Danny Kaye
in his first feature role in
Up in Arms
c.
This was not the first ever film to have The Evil That Men Do title. Two silent films,
The Evil That Men Do
and
The Little Door Into the World
(aka The Evil That Men Do in the UK as a reissue title) precede it.
d.
The producers and director
Anatole Litvak
chose to film the movie on location in postwar Germany because of its authentic background - many of the countrys large cities still had areas that had been bombed into rubble and not been rebuilt yet, and there was a lot of actual WW II German military equipment - tanks, rifles, uniforms, etc. - still available.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Decision Before Dawn (1951)?
a.
20th-Fox Producer
Irwin Allen
used the tiled tubular set of subterranean New York for an episode of
Land of the Giants
, and as an electrical power-duct in his TV-movie
City Beneath the Sea
. In both cases, panels of red lights were inset into the tiled tube making it more useful in these later projects. The same set would be used in
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as corridors between sections of the Ape Management complex (utilizing white lights).
b.
The World Premiere of the film took place at Tulane Universitys McAlister Auditorium in New Orleans.
c.
As of the 2009-10 season, former Mississippi basketball superstar
Sean Tuohy
was entering his ninth season as a broadcaster for the NBA Memphis Grizzlies. As depicted in the movie, Tuohy also has a successful fast food business.
d.
Based on a true story. Towards the end of the war, Allied military intelligence services did recruit, train and utilize German POWs to return to Germany and spy for them.
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