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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Donovan's Reef (1963) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Donovan's Reef (1963) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963).
About the movie:
'Guns' Donovan prefers carousing with his pals Doc Dedham and 'Boats' Gilhooley, until Dedham's high-society daughter Amelia shows up in their South Seas paradise.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
"Boats" is Navy slang for the rating of *Boatswains Mate*. "Guns" is Navy slang for the rating of *Gunners Mate*.
b.
Cinematographer
Donald Peterman
s final film before his death in 2011. He was unable to shoot any more, due to the injuries he sustained in an accident on the set of
Mighty Joe Young
.
c.
The engine that crashes into a derailed engine was moving at nearly 60 mph. The crash was staged in the town of Acquigny, with extensive safety precautions and special insurance. Only one take was possible, and seven cameras were used.
d.
Shot in early 1948 but not released until mid-1949.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
One of the only films to create a series of character based vignette teasers. As of April 2010, three of the seven have been released over the Internet.
b.
During the final scene in the garden, the statue in the background is of Saint Francis of Assisi, the first person to bear the marks of the Stigmata.
c.
In a fight with
Lee Marvin
,
John Wayne
underestimated an uppercut. He crashed through a table and fell down. Director
John Ford
decided to leave the scene in the movie.
d.
Gunther von Hagens
: The creator of the Body Worlds exhibit can be heard and his trademark black hat seen - but not his face - during the sequence where Bond stabs a man in the museum in front of one of von Hagens displays.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
Average Shot Length = ~7.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.9 seconds.
b.
In the beginning, Gilhooley tells the captain who "shanghaid" him that they were supposed to be at the island "on the 7th". Taking into account the time-line of the movie, ending on Christmas, that would make Donovan and Gilhooleys birthday as December 7th, the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
c.
Amongst other script problems, an renewed outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland in 1990 forced large revisions. Ironically, the films release date in 1997 came as peace negotiations had moved forward to such an extent, that the Belfast Agreement (Good Friday Accords) were signed in April 1998.
d.
The Broadway production of "A Little Night Music" won the Tony Award for Best Musical of 1973.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
During the scene where Amelia is wishing to "charter the Araner", Donovan states that he owns the Araner and a boat named the Inisfree. Inisfree is the name of the village in Ireland in which
The Quiet Man
, another
John Wayne
/
John Ford
film, takes place.
b.
The teal velvet bonnet
Greta Scacchi
(Mrs. Weston) wears in the final scene is the same one worn by
Felicity Dean
(Mrs. Clay) to visit Lady Dalrymple in
Persuasion
, and
Emma Pierson
(Fanny Dorrit) wears to visit Mrs. Merdles in
Little Dorrit
.
c.
Steve Kloves
script originally used all the six flashbacks of Voldemort. In the film, only two were used. Had all of the remaining flashbacks used, it would give more exposition such as how Merope Gaunt met Tom Riddle Sr in the 20s; how young Voldemort tracked down his uncle Morfin in Little Hangleton in 1943, subsequently resulting in the murder of the Riddle family; the origins of Hufflepuffs Cup being a horcrux - which pays off in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
; and finally, explaining why the Defense of the Dark Arts job gets jinxed with each teacher lasting no more than one year since 1956 - Dumbledore turned down Riddles offer to teach.
d.
Kevin Smith
: [
Jaws
] T.S. was going to propose to Brandi at Universal Studios "after Jaws popped out of the water". Character names Brodie, Bruce, and Quint are references to the same movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
John Lydon
, the frontman of Public Image Limited, was rumored to be in talks to provide the nasal squeak for Angry Bob, the insane DJ of W.A.R. Radio Channel. The part eventually went to
Iggy Pop
, yet Lydon is still heard in the films soundtrack in the PIL track "Order of Death". Ironically enough, the cast listing in the back cover of the Japanese laserdisc credits Lydon for the part.
b.
The first of three movie musicals in which
Judy Garland
and
Gene Kelly
starred in together, though they did appear separately in other movies and features.
c.
This movie is a prequel to a sequel (
The Mummy Returns
) to a movie (
The Mummy
) that was a re-make of another movie (
The Mummy
) that was made 70 years prior.
d.
In the movie Donovan and Gilhooley are supposed to share December 7th for their birthday. In real life,
Mike Mazurki
(Sgt. Monk Menkowicz) was born December 25, 1907.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
Despite what Emma believes, Ylva *is* a Swedish name.
b.
Actor
Mickey Simpson
is sometimes mistakenly credited as the mate hit with a mop by
Lee Marvin
in the opening scene. It is not Simpson but
Duke Green
.
c.
The melody in the song "Hay Amores" (Bolero) sung by
Shakira
in this film is based on an anonymous traditional popular song called "La Panaderita" (The little baker woman) from the small town of Torrecilla en Cameros, La Rioja, Spain. Whether intentionally or by pure coincidence is not clear. The lyrics in Shakiras song are totally different, of course.
d.
Ben Folds re-wrote the lyrics to the closing song "Rockin the Suburbs", replacing the teenage angst and nu metal parodies with a more child-friendly attack on Suburbia. This version also features a spoken part by William Shatner, who plays Ozzie in the film
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
There is very little CGI used in the movie because the people involved in the filming believed that CGI was being over-used at the time and that it would take viewers out of the movie because they would be focused on how the special effects looked rather than the story, thus the werewolves are animatronics and body suits with stilts.
b.
When released in 1998, this was the only John Grisham film not adapted from one of his novels. Instead, it was from an original screenplay from Grisham himself.
c.
The gun used by Powells villains is the H&K G36k, the shortened carbine version of the G36 assault rifle. Both are in use with the German army.
d.
Actor
John Qualen
dubbed the voice of the sailor who yells "Man overboard!" in the opening scene, though it is not Qualen on-screen.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
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.
Patrick Wayne
, John Waynes son, has a small cameo - he plays the Australian Shore Patrol officer that breaks up the final fight.
c.
According to
Paul W.S. Anderson
,
Kurt Russell
worked out three or four hours a day for eighteen months to get himself into the "pumped-up" condition we see in this film. Anderson says the making of ;Soldier; was actually postponed to allow Russell to do this, because Russell thought it was so important to Sgt. Todds character; Anderson made
Event Horizon
in the interim, and Russell made no other movies during that time.
d.
The inscriptions on the Riddles family tombstone had to be digitally changed at the last minute after fans of the books, having seen promotion stills released from the graveyard scene, pointed out that none of the Riddle names on the tombstone referred to Voldemort (a.k.a. Tom Marvolo Riddle), as the filmmakers erroneously thought, but to his dad, Tom Riddle (Sr.), his grandfather, Thomas Riddle, and his grandmother, Mary Riddle, all three of whom were killed by Tom Marvolo Riddle in 1943.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
Frank says he became a high school teacher in Vineland. However, the exterior shots are from the Vineland Developmental Center, East Campus. This is a NJ State School for the mentally challenged, still in operation today.
b.
This is the technically last movie that
John Ford
and
John Wayne
worked on together, although Wayne later provided the voice-over narration for Fords documentary
Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend
.
c.
Cheryl Smith
: As White Prostitute.
d.
This is the first Resident Evil movie not to be released onto the VHS format, all the other movies were.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Donovan's Reef (1963)?
a.
The literal translations of some of this films foreign language titles include "Pippi Longstocking: The Strongest in the World" (Sweden; Pippis native country); "Pippi Longstockings New Tricks" (Germany); "Pippi Longstockings Adventure Story" (Japan); "Pippi Longstocking: The Worlds Strongest Girl" (Finland); "The Worlds Strongest Pippi" (Norway); "Pippi Longstocking: The Movie" (Spain); and "The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking" (Argentina and France).
b.
The Ku Klux Klan was written out of the screenplay as the organization to which Frank Kennedy turns after Scarlett is attacked in Shantytown. Producer
David O. Selznick
said that he had no desire to remake
The Birth of a Nation
, telling screenwriter
Sidney Howard
in 1937, "I do hope you will agree with me on this omission of what might come out as an unintentional advertisement for intolerant societies in these fascist-ridden times. . . ."
c.
Ameilia asks the captain "to charter the Araner." That was the real name of
John Ford
s yacht, which is the yacht used in the movie.
d.
Prop master Jim Murray coated the pigs used in the judges trap with honey and attempted to stick live maggots on them for close-up shots, as requested by director
Darren Lynn Bousman
.
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