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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fear Strikes Out (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fear Strikes Out (1957) Quiz
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About the movie:
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear Strikes Out (1957)?
a.
Anthony Perkins
had to bat and throw with his opposite hand to portray the right handed Jimmy Piersall.
b.
When
John Lithgow
enters the Prison Cell with
Jesse Ventura
(WWF) the picture on the wall is of Vince McMahon President of the WWF who Ventura worked side by side with for years as a ringside commentator.
c.
In the last scene of the movie, Anna and Ethan are driving through the autumn countryside. This scene was filmed in West Amwell, New Jersey because in the original filming place, the leaves on the trees had already fallen off.
d.
Ford Sterling
and
Louise Fazenda
, who played heroine Bernice Clares parents, were both veterans of
Mack Sennett
s Keystone studios in the silent era.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear Strikes Out (1957)?
a.
On Deltas fraternity banner, the motto "Ars gratia artis" can be seen. This also appears in the studio logo of MGM.
b.
Richard S. Castellano
ad-libbed the line "Take the cannoli".
c.
During production of this film,
Tab Hunter
, who had previously starred in the TV production (
Fear Strikes Out
), dropped by to visit his friend
Anthony Perkins
on the film set. He got a chilly reception from the other cast members and crew, so he discreetly left. (Source: Autobiography "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star" by
Tab Hunter
and
Eddie Muller
(2005 - Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, NC)
d.
Harvey Korman
did the voice of the Dictaphone in the 1994 film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear Strikes Out (1957)?
a.
Peter Tork
whistles the chorus to "Strawberry Fields Forever" by
The Beatles
when entering a restroom.
b.
Chris Columbus
was offered the directors chair but opted to make
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
instead.
c.
The scene of Duncan in the hilltop in Scotland was the last shot filmed, and arrived for the editors the day they started making release prints.
d.
This was a remake of a TV production broadcast live on Aug. 15, 1955 starring
Tab Hunter
:
Fear Strikes Out
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear Strikes Out (1957)?
a.
David Lynch
first came up with the idea for the story in the early 1990s, when his television show
Twin Peaks
was still on the air. Would the show have continued for a third season, Lynch would have entered into talks with ABC to spin-off the character of Audrey Horne, who would have survived her being trapped inside an exploding building in the Season 2 cliffhanger. The character(s) that
Naomi Watts
plays was originally intended to be Audrey; David Lynch has never revealed if Audrey would have had the same fate as Naomi Watts character(s) in the film.
b.
The painting of Elviras Great Aunt Morganna is actually a painting of
Cassandra Peterson
, sans makeup & wig.
c.
Karl Malden
as usual refers to someone, in this movie a baseball scout, by the name of Sekulovich. His real birth name.
d.
During the end credits, Crazy Joe the hermit crab taps on Head of Artistic Development
Frank Gladstone
s name and yells out "What! You see this guy? He hardly worked on the movie at all! Always on the phone yakking yakking yakking...".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear Strikes Out (1957)?
a.
The card Jimmy Dix signs for Joes daughter is a Pro Set Superbowl Super Heroes card. That set, which was produced by the only card company ever fully endorsed by the NFL, was made only in 1991 and featured stars of the NFLs biggest game. On that note,
Damon Wayans
has been asked for "Jimmy Dixs" autograph in real life...and given it.
b.
When his editor tells him hes being reassigned to Paris, "where youll probably die," Newman replies, "Yeah, but what a wonderful way to go." The line turned out to be prophetic - the very next year, Newman played an American living in Paris in
What a Way to Go!
.
c.
Originally an unsold TV pilot that was released to theaters.
d.
The real
Jimmy Piersall
disowned the movie due to its distortion of the facts.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fear Strikes Out (1957)?
a.
Award-winning childrens-book illustrator
Gustaf Tenggren
helped create the European-storybook conceptual design, rendering town streets and the undersea landscapes. His design sketches ultimately influenced design work for Disneyland. Although Tenggren heavily influenced the overall look of the film, he left the Disney studios before the film was completed, and received no credit.
b.
Disneys 30th animated feature.
c.
Most of Jimmy Piersalls teammates on the Boston Red Sox have unusually high uniform numbers, ranging from the 50s through the 80s. Since numbers that high were rarely used, this move may have been done to avoid associating any real players with the movie.
d.
Henriette, the Duc, and the children pass a steam-powered, platform carousel. While Carousels had been popular in France since the 17th century, mechanized carousels like that shown in the film were invented in the late 1840s, when the film is set.
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