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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Finian's Rainbow (1968) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Finian's Rainbow (1968) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968).
About the movie:
A mysterious Irishman, Finian, and his beautiful daughter Sharon, arrive one day in Rainbow Valley, a small Southern town of tobacco sharecroppers in the mythical state of Missitucky...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
The character "Woody Mahoney" was based loosely on songwriting wanderer
Woody Guthrie
.
b.
One of the first films to be shot behind the Iron Curtain. Czechoslovakia was seen by Russia as becoming too liberal in its values. In attempting to justify the forthcoming invasion by the USSR, Soviet agents spread the rumor that the American soldiers were real. Actually most of them were played by Czech students. Pictures of stored movie props were published as "proofs" of weapons shipments from the United States to arm local "reactionaries". It was even reported that American tanks were rolling through the streets and occupying the towns.
c.
The dogs real name is Tiger. He lives in Manhattan and has also appeared in magazine spreads (Vogue)and a TV commercial. This was his first movie.
d.
Synonamess Botch is a play on the name of the 16th century artist, Hieronymus Bosch.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
Johns foster parents are named Todd and Janelle Voight. This means that if hed legally taken their name, he would have been
Jon Voight
.
b.
Petula Clark
, who had many hit records in French and English, does her own singing in the French-dubbed version of this film. The French audio track is included on the DVD.
c.
"Only a Northern Song" was originally written for the "Sergeant Pepper" album, and is a reference to Northern Songs Ltd.,
The Beatles
s music publishing company.
d.
Both the VHS and DVD releases of this film from VCA are missing footage of the rape of
Barbara Bourbon
by
Jamie Gillis
and
Darby Lloyd Rains
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
The song "Pocketful Of Rainbows", seemingly a duet with Elvis and Juliet Prowse, had Prowse lip-syncing to an unknown backup singers vocals.
b.
Not heard in the film is a soulful rendition of "Necessity," taken from the
Burton Lane
-
E.Y. Harburg
1947 Broadway score and sung by
Brenda Arnau
with a chorus. Fortunately, this version has been preserved on the soundtrack LP from Warner Bros. Records, and more recently, on the soundtrack CD from Rhino Handmade.
c.
The signs in Franks body read "Slow - Sore Throat", "Ulcer Repair", "Danger - Open Nerve" and many more like it. In the stomach, Arrivals signs like "Booger" can be seen.
d.
The symbols on the neck of the guitar KG gives JB (from bottom to top) are: a pentagram (point down); a cross; the infinity symbol; a crescent moon and the Star of David (on the same fret); the yin-yang; the equation for
Albert Einstein
s theory of relativity; a cannabis leaf; and the Eye of Providence (eye inside a triangle). The headstock has a crown inscribed with the word "ROCK."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
Susan Buckner
and
Douglas Barr
were both in the same TV series,
When the Whistle Blows
, before going on to this film.
b.
Quentin Tarantino
had intended for three actors of different nationalities to represent their respective countries.
Chia Hui Liu
represents China,
Sonny Chiba
represents Japan, and
David Carradine
represents the United States. Tarantino said that had
Bruce Lee
still been alive hed have been asked to appear in Kill Bill as well.
c.
This was
Fred Astaire
s last (non-compilation) musical.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1951 with
Ann Blyth
reprising her film role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
The character of Billboard Rawkins, the racist senator, was based/suggested on the real-life Sen. Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, who died while the show was being written.
b.
Originally titled "Another Day in Zombieland", but the studio feared people would think it was a sequel.
c.
The vampire "final Solution" in this film originally came from an idea in
Blade
, the first film in the trilogy. In a deleted scene Deacon Frost shows Karen Jensen a prototype of harvesting human bodies. This can be found on the "Blade" DVD.
d.
The first Disney movie to have closing credits since
Alice in Wonderland
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
The film rights were purchased before the novel was published.
b.
The people listed in the closing credits of the TV Land cartoon broadcast are all real-life Hollywood professionals, and some are credited with having served on the crew of this movie. The first on the list,
D.J. Gugenheim
, is listed as "Asst. to Z. Diddy."
Joel Zwick
s nickname during production was Z. Diddy, and
D.J. Gugenheim
was his assistant.
c.
One early attempt to film the musical was as an animated feature to be directed by
John Hubley
. It was during development of this unfinished project that Hubley first collaborated with future wife
Faith Hubley
(then Faith Elliot). The soundtrack for the animated film was already completed and the entire film had been storyboarded. The voice talents included Frank Sinatra (as Woody), Barry Fitzgerald (Finian), Jim Backus (Senator Rawkins), Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and from the original Broadway cast Ella Logan (Sharon) and David Wayne (Og). The project died when Hubley refused to "name names" when he testified before The House Un-American Activities Committee. Hubley was blacklisted and Chemical Bank, which was providing the financing, withdrew funding for the proposed film. Artwork done for the movie appears in the PBS documentary "Independent Spirits - The Faith and John Hubley Story" and the Sinatra prerecordings are available on the CD Box-set "Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964."
d.
In the ending sequence when the monsters make children laugh instead of cry, one monster on the factory floor can be seen carrying a sledgehammer and a watermelon - a clear homage to the comedian
Gallagher
, who popularized that particular gag.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
Joe Johnston
s directorial debut.
b.
Over 1500 wild horses were used for this movie
c.
According to the commentary track on the DVD, choreographer
Hermes Pan
was fired part of the way through production because
Francis Ford Coppola
felt his choreography was too old-fashioned. Pan was replaced by a much younger choreographer,
Claude Thompson
, who was familiar to many of the dancers in the film.
d.
Michelle Pfeiffer
took on the female lead because she was friends with the films writer and director Jessie Nelson, who had co-wrote the screenplay to the actress earlier film The Story of Us(1999) and because she wanted the chance to work with Sean Penn.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
This film was originally conceived in the 1970s by
Green Acres
creator
Jay Sommers
and writer
Dick Chevillat
as a spin-off starring recurring character Arnold Ziffel the pig.
b.
The original Broadway production of "Finians Rainbow" opened at the 46th Street Theater on January 10, 1947, ran for 725 performances and won the 1947 Tony Awards for the Best Actor (
David Wayne
), Music Director and Choreography.
c.
As if to confirm this would be his last movie,
Cary Grant
did not get the girl for the first time since the early days of his Hollywood career.
d.
Carls back story is hinted at once, when he is referred to as "Professor" by a waiter.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Finian's Rainbow (1968)?
a.
At an official $150 million (unofficial $180 million) it stands as the most expensive movie produced by Warner Bros. and the most expensive movie released in 1999.
b.
During filming, media reports stated that
Goldie Hawn
and director Demme argued constantly.
c.
In the novel, Dizzy is a man; he is killed in the first chapter; there was no romance between him and Johnny Rico.
d.
Because of its satire on racism, this popular 1947 Broadway musical was considered such a hot potato in Hollywood that studios would not touch it unless they were allowed to change the story. Its original creators,
E.Y. Harburg
,
Burton Lane
and
Fred Saidy
, held out and by 1968 it was able to be filmed with very few changes.
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