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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Escape (1940) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Escape (1940) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Escape (1940).
About the movie:
1938: A young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape (1940)?
a.
In January 1940,
Judith Anderson
was tested for the role of Emmy Ritter.
b.
Danny Lockin
, the blond actor best known for his supporting role of Barnaby Tucker alongside
Michael Crawford
as Cornelius Hackl in
Hello, Dolly!
, screen tested for the role of Rolfe. The test survives today, along with those of many other notable actors who were not cast in the film, including
Mia Farrow
. These tests can be seen in the engrossing
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2
.
c.
The movies line "I see dead people" was voted as the #100 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
d.
Bob Schreck
,
Joe Nozemack
and
Jim Mahfood
all make cameos as Church parishioners. They all worked with
Kevin Smith
in comics with Mahfood illustrating the Clerks comics , Schreck as editor on Kevins Green Arrow run and Schreck and Nozemack as co-publishers of his Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Comics at Oni Press.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape (1940)?
a.
Author
Grace Zaring Stone
used a pen name when her book was published to protect relatives living in Europe from Nazi retribution. Similarly, no composer credit was given in the film for the same reason, and some of the actors used fictitious names.
b.
When Yuri finds Vitaly in the Bolivian boarding house, the shape Vitaly has laid the coke in represents Ukraine, the brothers country of birth.
c.
Patrick Swayze
s wife (
Lisa Niemi
) and mother (
Patsy Swayze
) choreographed the dance sequences.
d.
The newspaper Milo reads at the crime scene is the San Jose Mercury News.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape (1940)?
a.
The original editor for the film was
John Jympson
.
Richard Chew
was Lucas first choice of the editor but budgetary reasons will not allow him to do so. After the first assembly, which was absolutely disastrous, Lucas fired Jympson, asked his then wife Marcia (while editing) New York, New York who in turn brought in Chew and
Paul Hirsch
to finish.
b.
Earned over ten times its budget ($1.8 million) and recouped all its marketing costs ($20 million) during its opening weekend in the US.
c.
Feature debut of
Helmut Dantine
.
d.
Principal photography on this low-budget 16mm film was completed in five weeks.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape (1940)?
a.
This project was originally set up at DreamWorks Animation in 2000, but was bumped to make way for
Shrek 2
and
Madagascar
.
b.
This Spanish-language version was filmed on the same sets and at the same time as the English-language,
Bela Lugosi
version. The English-language version was filmed during the day, and the Spanish-language version was filmed at night.
c.
The plastic flowers/leaves that Charlotte is arranging to hang in her room are commonly used as decorations in shops in Tokyo. The fact that they are pink means it is springtime.
d.
According to the article "Hollywoods friends and foes" by
Colin Shindler
in the film history tome The Movie, this film " . . . though set largely inside a concentration camp . . . managed to avoid the mention of the words German or Nazi " throughout the whole movie.
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