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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Edge of Darkness (1943) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Edge of Darkness (1943) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943).
About the movie:
After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943)?
a.
One scene was cut from the film by the producer at the urging of a distributor, much to the disgust of director
Curtis Harrington
. This scene features Terry wandering around the zoo looking at the caged apes. He hears a familiar laughter and turns to find Tina and her boyfriend making out in another nearby cage. This sequence preceded the scene in which Terry arrives home and encounters Mrs. Orland descending the staircase. Harrington described the footage as "wonderful" and the sequence as "very important psychologically" but he concluded the film was otherwise cut together and released as he intended.
b.
Location shooting for this movie involved filming in Monterey County and on the Monterey Peninsula in California. Sites included Monterey and Monterey Bay, Cannery Row in New Monterey, Del Monte and the Del Monte Forest and in coves near Cypress Point. Special authorization was granted the production by the US Navy and US Army for the production to shoot in a Restricted Military Zone in Del Monte in the environs of the Monterey Presidio. The New York Times reported on 27 September 1942 that the production filming involved a fleet of local fishing boats and two piers at Monterey.
c.
Based on a real event in 2001. Chante Mallard, a black woman in Fort Worth, Texas, was driving drunk and on ecstasy when she struck Gregory Biggs, a homeless man, who became lodged in her cars windshield. She then drove home, locked the car in the garage, and left Biggs to die. After bragging about "killing a white man" in the presence of an enemy who turned her in, Mallard was convicted of murder and evidence tampering and sentenced to fifty years in prison.
d.
The poem read by Nick in class is a classic poem by the famous poet
e.e. cummings
entitled "She Being Brand New."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943)?
a.
Miles Mander
s voice is heard over the short-wave radio as that of Winston Churchill. The year before he had voiced Churchill at Warners for
Captains of the Clouds
.
b.
The second language following English version was Cantonese, then Japanese, thus it was released in Hong Kong before Japan.
c.
Myra is seen working a con at the offices of Coe, Stark, Fellowes & Associates. Tucker Coe and Richard Stark are two pseudonyms used by screenwriter and novelist
Donald E. Westlake
.
d.
The hull of the reproduction of HMS Bounty built for this film is built of steel, and only clad in wood. The reproduction of HMS Bounty built for
Mutiny on the Bounty
was built of wood, in the traditional manner.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943)?
a.
The nude figure climbing out of the river is not
Megan Dodds
. A body double was used.
b.
Mark Dacascos
and
Christophe Gans
choreographed the end sword fight.
c.
The Minister of St. Olavs Church for Norwegian Seamen,
Hans Stesness
acted as a a technical advisor to the production for the religious scenes, according to a press release for this movie held at the AMPAS Library. St Olavs Church is situated in the environs of the Los Angeles Harbor and is now known as the Norwegian Seamens Church, San Pedro and it is part of the Norwegian Church Abroad.
Richard Fraser
portraying village Pastor Aalesen was personally lent a robe by Pastor Stessness for wearing in this film.
d.
When Jonathan and his father enter the Tavern after the funeral of their family, a news program is playing on the TV in the background and discussing the murders. Someone immediately changes the channel and on comes (briefly) the 1986 concert footage of
Alice Cooper
s The Nightmare Returns tour.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943)?
a.
The person in the bear costume who danced on stage actually was
Judi Dench
.
b.
Kenneth More
, playing Capt. Colin Maud, carried the shillelagh Maud had used in the actual invasion. Maud loaned it to More so the actor could use it in the film.
c.
The working title for this movie was Norway in Revolt.
d.
Larrys hat says, "Honky Tonk HTTP Tailgate Party".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943)?
a.
Owen Wilson
says "Who you tryin to get crazy with ese? Dont you know Im loco?" These are the opening lines to the
Cypress Hill
song "Insane in the Brain".
b.
The final scenes of this film feature
Doris Day
teary-eyed, wearing a housecoat and slippers. When her husband of 17 years
Martin Melcher
died suddenly just after production was completed, gossip magazines at the time used stills of Day from this movie, looking distraught and out-of-sorts, to accompany their articles about Melchers death.
c.
This film was apparently banned in Argentina (at least at around the time the film was completed and first released). Their government of the day denied an exhibition permit for the film citing that the picture could compromise that countrys political neutrality.
d.
David Schwimmer
s movie debut.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943)?
a.
Studio Warner Brothers acquired the filming rights to
William Woods
s novel The Edge of Darkness for US $30, 000.
b.
According to costume designer
Mary Zophres
, there were about 130 day-players (bit part actors) and 3,000-4,000 background extras employed throughout the film.
c.
Jennifer Salt
and her real-life mother
Mary Davenport
portray mother and daughter on screen.
d.
Writer-director
Shana Feste
wrote the script over three months while working as a nanny in Southern California.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Edge of Darkness (1943)?
a.
This film was one of a handful of movies that were all released around the same time that dealt with the Norwegian Resistance in World War II. The movies include
They Raid by Night
aka The Commandos Have Landed;
Commandos Strike at Dawn
;
First Comes Courage
and
Edge of Darkness
.
b.
Legendary documentary filmmaker
Frederick Wiseman
reportedly wrote one version, or contributed to screenplay of this film, without any on-screen credit.
c.
A young
Paul Reubens
plays the waiter serving Jake and Elwood when they go to find Mr. Fabulous.
d.
The Happy Holidays team organized a red carpet world premiere at Chapman University. They were the first students ever to utilize the brand new state of the art theater to privately showcase a non-school related student made film.
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