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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fanny (1961) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fanny (1961)

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About the movie: Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fanny (1961)?
a.		The New York production of "Fanny" opened at the Majestic Theater in New York on November 4, 1954 and ran for 888 performances.
b.		Daryls number on the Mohawks Little League baseball team is 7 and Turtles is 3.
c.		Sandra Bullock was rumored to have a role in the film, but revealed that she did not even know about the project. Despite the news, she did express interests in working in its possible sequel, depending on the storyline.
d.		Norman Jewison has stated that the climatic kitchen sequence was the most difficult scene that he ever shot in his career. The crew were dismissed and Jewison rehearsed with the cast for some time, using a stage production approach. Only after the actors perfected their timing did he decide where to put the camera.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fanny (1961)?
a.		The set used as a brothel also served the same function in Foxs The Sand Pebbles
b.		There has been a strong suggestion that this film may be filmed in New York. Interestingly, the 007 Magazine has reported a time when in the early days of trying to film what would become Never Say Never Again, the following 1975 Bond movie New York location scout occured: "In 1975 McClory i.e. Kevin McClory, accompanied by Sean Connery, traveled to New York in order to scout locations for their new 007 project then entitled James Bond of the Secret Service. The script, co-written by McClory, Sean Connery and Len Deighton (thriller writer and creator of the Harry Palmer character immortalised on screen by Michael Caine) included scenes inside and outside the Statue of Liberty, where the villainous SPECTRE has a secret base from where they launch robotic sharks to keep away any prying intruders."
c.		Marius is 19 and Fanny is 18 at the beginning of the play. In reality, Horst Buchholz was 28 and Leslie Caron was 30 when they played their respective roles.
d.		Director Paul Thomas Anderson is the son of former ABC-TV announcer Ernie Anderson, who started his career as a Cleveland late-night monster-movie host named "Ghoulardi". Paul Thomas Andersons production company is called Ghoulardi Pictures. One running Ghoulardi gag was to make fun of Parma, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb known for its Polish population. Philip Seymour Hoffmans character is named Phil Parma. One of Ghoulardis catch phrases was "Stay sick!" When Donnie Smith (William H. Macy) remarks to Thurston Howell (Henry Gibson) that he is sick, Thurston replies, "Stay that way."

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fanny (1961)?
a.		Jim Varney was originally cast as Stan Laurel but had to bow out due to ill health.
b.		Claude Dauphin was considered for the role of Monsieur Brun.
c.		This movie was Charles Chaplins biggest-ever box-office hit, grossing about $US 5 million at the time.
d.		The screenplay underwent through several drafts before finally settling on Leon Piedmonts version.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fanny (1961)?
a.		In several scenes, White Sox players are seen tossing their mitts on to the field as they head towards the dugout. This was an actual practice by major league players to share equipment. The home team players would often leave the mitts on the field for the opposition to wear during the upcoming inning. The tradition slowly died off during the 1920s.
b.		Although Elia Kazan directed "Cat" on Broadway, he was not involved in the film, despite having two cinematic successes with Tennessee Williams work A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll. Kazan had had trouble with Williams, demanding that he rewrite the third act of the play to bring Big Daddy back on stage. He also was tired of having critics call him a "co-author" of Williams work, which he knew he was not. He would eventually direct one more Williams play on Broadway, Sweet Bird of Youth, but that film also would be directed by Richard Brooks.
c.		This production of "Fanny" began as a hit Broadway musical in 1954, with the libretto co-authored by Joshua Logan, who also directed the show, which starred Ezio Pinza, in his last stage role before his death, as Cesar, Walter Slezak as Panisse, and Florence Henderson as Fanny. When the musical was filmed, Logan stayed on as director, and the film was faithful to the show, except for the fact that Logan dropped all of the songs and simply used them as background scoring.
d.		Florence Henderson, who played Carol in the original The Brady Bunch, appears as Grandma.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fanny (1961)?
a.		Peter Stephens was a candidate for the role of Brun.
b.		The guitar that Sean Penn plays in the movie is a Selmer Maccaferri of about 1932 (though it seems likely that its a reproduction of the rare instrument and not an original) This is the same kind of guitar played and made famous by Django Reinhardt.
c.		This film represents one of a small handful of American films which featured the word Hitler or Hitlers, and both referencing Adolf Hitler, in their titles and were ones made around the time of the Second World War. These World War II movies include Hitlers Children; Hitlers Madman aka Hitlers Hangman; Hitler--Dead or Alive; The Hitler Gang aka Hitler & co.; the documentary short, Hitler Lives; The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler; Hitlers Women aka Women in Bondage; the comic short, The Devil with Hitler and Hitler - Beast of Berlin.
d.		Although shot using 35mm film, this was the first feature length movie to have its picture and sound post production completed entirely by means of video technology. No traditional film post production methods were used. Only the final release print used 35mm film.