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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Elmer Gantry (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Elmer Gantry (1960) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960).
About the movie:
Elmer Gantry is a fast talking, hard drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
According to the trailer, the story is set in the 1300s. No date is given in the film itself.
b.
According to
Ramin Djawadi
, Tony Starks different moods, as performed by
Robert Downey Jr.
, was the inspiration the Iron Man scores in the film.
c.
A highly controversial novel in its day, no studio initially wanted to finance the film.
d.
Elvia Rivera (the Mexican movie goddess) was named after director
Allison Anders
landlord.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
The cave scenes with the mutants were shot at Bronson Caves in Bronson Canyon. When a stuntman playing a mutant was set on fire, another actor portraying a mutant was also accidentally set on fire.
b.
The imagery and characters in Unremembered are based on Homers Greek epic, The Odyssey.
c.
Sister Sharon is seen briefly outside a movie theater advertising a film. The title is not given but the stars names are given as
Rudolph Valentino
and
Agnes Ayres
, suggesting that the film is almost certainly
The Sheik
.
d.
Many of the native Indians were visibly moved by the scene where the Sioux encounter a field full of dead, skinned buffalo.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
Fred Olen Ray
s first movie.
b.
When he first learned that
Richard Brooks
was interested in adapting his novel,
Sinclair Lewis
told him that he should change it significantly, advising him to read all the criticisms of the book and use them as a way to improve on it.
c.
Renny Harlin
is in the movie as a crew member for two different teams. He is first seen as a PacWest/Motorola crew member who gets out of the Motorola car so that Jimmy Bly can demonstrate that he can get out of the car in 5 seconds. Harlin is then seen in a Bettenhausen/Herdez uniform taking his real life son Lukas to a playground.
d.
This is the second movie in which
Kenneth Branagh
,
Kevin McNally
and
Ian McNeice
have appeared together. The other was
Conspiracy
. Both movies are based on true events from World War II and both are stories from the German side. Here they are
Adolf Hitler
s enemies, while in the other they are following Hitlers regime.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
In his autobiography, writer Arthur Laurents said that he had been hired by director Anatole Litvak to rewrite the first draft of the screenplay by Frank Partos and Millen Brand, which he did. Partos and Brand wanted the WGA to rule that they were the only writers and to delete Laurents credit, so they submitted the script to an arbitration and presented carbon copies of Laurents work as their own. The WGA removed Laurents credit, even though several years later, Brand admitted to Laurents that he and Partos had created forged carbons to make Laurents work look like theirs.
b.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
c.
Harold Lloyd
always claimed this to be his favorite among all his films, and in later years proudly screened the film in selected theaters and at film schools.
d.
After this film was released,
Burt Lancaster
got a letter from a boyhood friend he had not heard from in years. The friend wrote him that Lancasters part in this film was the closest to the way Lancaster acted in real life when they were kids.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
Ben Chace and Sam Fleischner have been friends since kindergarten. Two years ago Ben won a cruise in a raffle and invited Sam along for the vacation. Both young filmmakers, they decided to turn the trip into a project. With a mutual love for Jamaican culture and a free boat ride to the Caribbean, they began to map out the storys possible scenarios. Two additional cruise tickets were bought for Sean Bones, the lead, and Kevin Bewersdorf, sound recordists/actor. The crew of four boarded the luxury vessel in Red Hook, Brooklyn and sailed for one week. Once in Jamaica they were joined by producer, Katina Hubbard for two weeks of Island production.
b.
Kenneth Branagh
s decision to shoot in 65mm was largely inspired by a film format seminar conducted by visual consultant Rob Hummel. Hummel convinced him to use the format because of high-resolution and certain shots could only be achieved in 65mm. Also, Branagh once said that the intention was to give a sweeping feel to the play, hearkening back to the 1960s - epics like
Lawrence of Arabia
.
c.
The wedding chapel at the end of the movie is located in Sudbury, Massachusetts, west of the Wayside Inn. The Martha-Mary Chapel was built by
Henry Ford
in 1938-9, also visible outside the chapel is the red schoolhouse made famous by Mary Sawyer, who had a lamb follow her to school.
d.
George F. Babbitt, the main character in
Sinclair Lewis
1922 novel "Babbitt", is a minor character in "Elmer Gantry". His character is the one most responsible for bringing Sister Sharons revival to his home town of Zenith and just so happens to be the brothels landlord.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
Malcolm McDowell
was asked to play a major role.
b.
Originally
Rick Baker
was doing the special effects for the film, but he left the production to do
An American Werewolf in London
. Baker left the effects job for this film in the hands of assistant
Rob Bottin
. Both this film and "An American Werewolf in London" were released the same year and both received praise for their makeup work.
c.
Although
Robert Aldrich
had tried to purchase the rights to
E.M. Nathanson
s novel "The Dirty Dozen" while it was still in outline form, it was MGM that successfully acquired the property in May 1963. The book became a best-seller upon its publication in 1965.
d.
Director
Richard Brooks
did not want
Shirley Jones
for the role of Lulu Bains, but
Burt Lancaster
insisted. As a result, Brooks gave Jones no direction in the filming of a very difficult scene. Brooks eventually admitted to her that he couldnt see anyone else in the role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
During filming, a young
Tim Burton
was having trouble shooting a scene with
Jack Palance
. An irritated Palance asked Burton, "Ive made more than a hundred films, how many have you made?" Burton said, years later, that it was a "whiteout" experience he would never forget.
b.
The original musical director of this film was
Al Kooper
. When he was dismissed from the movie he was replaced by
Dave Alvin
.
c.
Benjamin Stoloff
took over direction of the film when George Nicholls Jr. was killed in an automobile accident during production.
d.
Among the writers Gantry condemns in one of his sermons is
Sinclair Lewis
, the author of the book the film is based on.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
There is a scene in which the team is watching an episode of the TV series,
S.W.A.T.
.
Steve Forrest
, who played Lt. Harrelson is shown.
b.
Ferriss sampler/synthesizer is an E-MU Emulator II.
c.
For the films debut on US network television, the subplot featuring
Shirley Jones
in her Oscar-winning role as a prostitute was largely excised. This was because Jones was then the star of the hugely successful and very wholesome
The Partridge Family
.
d.
When Sally is being hounded by reporters for the first time about her involvement with the president and one of them asks, "Have you guys had sex yet?" that guy wasnt an actor, but a personal friend of
Ray Romano
s and a stand-up comedian who used to open up for him.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
Ramonas cat "Gideon" from the comic book series is not in the film, but an image of the same cat is seen on the mug Scott is drinking out of in the beginning of the movie.
b.
Michael Palin
s father stuttered, so Michael used a lot his real life experience when playing Ken, including the fact that Kens stutter is less pronounced around people he trusts (Tom and Wanda) and worse around people he is uncomfortable with (Otto).
c.
The character of the Hollywood judge Thomas Alva Mantke is actually a composite character of many judges, the screenwriters chose to name him after one of their friends.
d.
In a hate-filled sermon, Gantry denounces a number of "heresies" including "Russellism". This is a reference to Charles Taze Russell, first president of the (current) Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the legal organization used by Jehovahs Witnesses.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Elmer Gantry (1960)?
a.
J. Clifford Forrest Jr.
and
Ingeborg Forrest
, parents of
Christine Forrest
and
Cliff Forrest
, make appearances as zombies in the film.
b.
The "Youre All the World to Me" dance was accomplished by putting a whole room, attached camera and harnessed cameraman inside a 20 ft. diameter rotating "squirrel cage."
c.
To keep word from leaking out as to how the novel would be adapted to the screen, only the films six major stars were given access to the complete screenplay.
d.
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.
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