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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Five Graves to Cairo (1943) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Five Graves to Cairo (1943) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943).
About the movie:
The fate of Cairo is in the hands of a British corporal undercover in Rommel's headquarters.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
Director "Arch Stanton" is actually
Jim Wynorski
. "Arch Stanton" was the name on the grave next to where the loot was buried in Sergio Leones _Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)_.
b.
The entire movie cost less than half of the cost of a typical Hollywood movies sound effects budget.
c.
Final film as a producer for
Frank McCarthy
.
d.
This movie was made only a year after
Billy Wilder
s first American film,
The Major and the Minor
, a wartime comedy but not a war movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
Unlike in the TV series, in which District Attorney Burgers last name was pronounced as in "hamburger," here it rhymes with "merger."
b.
The character of Deidre was written midway through production in order to provide a third layer of complexity. While Bridgot and Nita represent the battle of maintaining hope, Deirdre represents entire hopelessness.
c.
This movie utilized actual World War II combat footage from the Battle of El Alamein.
d.
The old lady sitting in the rocking chair outside Jebediah Morningsides house, who also appears next to Mike while driving the hearse, is supposed to be the fortune teller from
Phantasm
, originally played by
Mary Ellen Shaw
. In this movie, the character is played by an uncredited, unknown actress.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
Morris chose Zeb Halsell as the lead after three months of intense casting.
b.
Erich von Stroheim
playing Field Marshall Erwin Rommel dictatorially insisted on garnishing his own military uniform and he got permission from the Paramount studio to design this costume as well as his hair & makeup. He studied photographs of Rommel and then made requests for specific equipment, clothing and props. These included authentic German field glasses, a whisk, and a 35mm Leica camera with actual film. These items were all fully functional, in working order and of the correct provenance. Stroheim maintained that his performance could be affected as an actor would know if the items he were wearing or using were not authentic. Director
Billy Wilder
queried him about the real film in the camera which wouldnt be seen by viewers with von Stroheim replying, "An audience always senses whether a prop is genuine or false." Rommel dressed casually and wore loose-fitting uniforms yet von Stroheim demanded that he wear "a uniform as it is supposed to be worn." Von Stroheim believed that Rommel never took off his cap in the desert sun and so did not have sunburn face make-up above his eyes.
c.
Basil Dickey
claimed to have written this with his brother in law
Charles W. Goddard
.
d.
Charles Locher officially changed his name professionally to Jon Hall with this picture in order to capitalize on his real life relationship to "The Hurricane"s co-author, James Norman Hall.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
Was at one point considered for production with Valencia Community Colleges Film Program.
Bruce Campbell
even toured the campus.
b.
The army-green bike Jack (
Ray Liotta
) is riding has the Orange County Choppers logo, the custom bike building company made famous in
American Chopper: The Series
.
c.
This film is loosely based on the crash of the airship Italia, flown by Umberto Nobile, around May 25, 1928 near the North Pole, and the international rescue effort that cost early Polar explorer Roald Amundson his life. The Pilot who rescued Nobile also crashed when returning to rescue more survivors and had to be rescued himself.
d.
This was the first of four movies that cinematographer
John Seitz
shot for director
Billy Wilder
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
Both of
Billy Wilder
s two only war films,
Five Graves to Cairo
and
Stalag 17
received the same number of Academy Award nominations: three.
Five Graves to Cairo
received Oscar nominations in technical categories (Editing, b/w Interior Design, b/w Cinematography) whereas
Stalag 17
received Oscar nominations in performance-related categories (Director, Actor, Supporting Actor), the latter winning Best Actor.
Five Graves to Cairo
and
Stalag 17
were both released in years where another black-and-white World War II movie dominated at the Oscars:
Casablanca
winning three and
From Here to Eternity
winning eight.
b.
This movies closing end coda states: "Nobody Ever Wins."
c.
The insurance fees for
Courtney Love
were so high, the studio would not pay them.
Woody Harrelson
, the producers (
Oliver Stone
and
Michael Hausman
), the director (
Milos Forman
) and Love paid the fees out-of-pocket.
d.
In the bus scene, there is a man in a brown jacket sitting just in front of the "loud punk." He can be seen "reading" the latest issue of Omni Magazine, which from 1978 to 1998 published articles on scientific developments as well as short works of science fiction. The specific issue in this scene is from May 1986; the cover celebrates the "25th Anniversary of American Manned Spaceflight." (http://graphic-server.com/cgi-bin/usedmagazines.cgi?full/OMNI198605.JPG)
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
The theatrical trailer includes additional footage of the war flashback that didnt make the final cut.
b.
This was the final full appearance in a "Beach Party" movie for
Frankie Avalon
. He only appears in six minutes of the follow-up,
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
.
c.
1200 costume uniforms were manufactured for this movie even though it is a small war movie with no large battle set-pieces.
d.
When the movie won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Sir
Laurence Olivier
was presenting the award. He went up to the podium, opened the envelope and said "Amadeus." The problem was he forgot to read the nominees first.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
A number of sources credit
Christopher Lee
and
Geoffrey Bayldon
as being in this project but Lee denies working on the film and Bayldon is nowhere to be seen in the final print.
b.
Ryan Reynolds
only saw a rough cut of the film before it came out. He hasnt seen the film since.
c.
The movie has a Chiaroscuro (literally, Italian for "light-dark") look i.e. a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of bold contrast of light and dark.
d.
Joanne Woodward
was offered the role of Ginny Moorehead but turned it down because she didnt want to work with
Frank Sinatra
. The role eventually went to
Shirley MacLaine
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
Kate Winslet
was offered the role of Eowyn.
b.
Director
Billy Wilder
made two World War II pictures, both containing humor, and both filmed in black-and-white. This film was the first of the two, whilst
Stalag 17
was the second, and made ten years after this movie.
c.
Queen Latifah
was considered for the role of Leticia.
d.
United Artists released this as the top of a double bill with
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
. Both films were directed by
Edward L. Cahn
, and despite each film listing a different production company, Premium Pictures and Vogue Pictures, both were actually produced by the same company.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
When chasing Calibos, you can clearly see the men run through the Winged Bulls doorway of the palace of Sargon II of Assyria. The bulls are currently in the Louvre.
b.
The real
Guy Gabaldon
- unlike
Jeffrey Hunter
, the tall Anglo actor who played him - was Chicano and only 54", 130 pounds. He enlisted in the Marines after Pearl Harbor at age 17. Even though he captured more enemy soldiers single-handedly than anyone else, including WW I hero Sergeant
Alvin C. York
, he was not awarded the Medal of Honor, as York was.
c.
Filming was interrupted for three months during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
d.
This was the third filmed adaptation of
Lajos Biró
s play "Hotel Imperial", made previously only four years earlier with
Hotel Imperial
and sixteen years prior with
Hotel Imperial
. An earlier film production of this play to be filmed as
I Loved a Soldier
was canceled.
Hotel Sahara
was not an adaption of this play.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Five Graves to Cairo (1943)?
a.
When
Michelle Pfeiffer
is auditioning "nerd" characters for her TV show, her assistant announces that the first actor candidates name is Neil Israel - who worked as a director on
Amy Heckerling
s
Clueless
TV series and a writer on her feature
Look Whos Talking Too
. Israel is also Heckerlings ex-husband and the father of her daughter.
b.
The concert scenes were filmed live at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
c.
Star
Charles Bronson
once said of this movie: "I certainly dont advocate anyone taking the law into their own hands. I dont think that the film advocates that, either. If my films have a lesson, its that violence doesnt pay. My opinion is that violence only breeds violence."
d.
This films opening prologue states: "In June 1942 things looked bleak indeed for the British Eighth Army. It was beaten, scattered, and in flight. Tobruk had fallen. The victorious Rommel and his Afrika Korps were pounding the British back and back toward Cairo and the Suez Canal."
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