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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flat Top (1952) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flat Top (1952) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952).
About the movie:
Group Commander Dan Collier, on an aircraft carrier in Korean waters during the Korean War, starts to think back to the rough days of the air-war against Japan during World War II...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
According to the director/cast commentary on the DVD, there were no actual women performing in the film. All female characters, including extras and the models for the magazine covers of Cher and Madonna, are performed by men in drag.
b.
Ex-adult film star Marilyn Chambers last film.
c.
Jack Nicholson
was the original choice to play Coach Norman Dale but had a schedule conflict. Told the producers he knew they were on a tight schedule to shoot, and if they found another actor to go ahead. If not, he could do it the next year.
Gene Hackman
then signed on for the part. (from the DVD bonus features)
d.
The film utilized real color aerial combat footage.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
According to an edition of Daily Variety in July 1953, this movie was not called "Flat Top" in the UK and was re-titled "Eagles of the Fleet" as the "Flat Top" air-craft carrier term was apparently not as well known overseas as it was in America.
b.
The music which played when
Edward G. Robinson
was "going home": - The overture was the principal theme from the first movement of
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
s Symphony No. 6, the "Pathetique." - When the visual presentation starts, the music is the first movement of
Ludwig van Beethoven
s "Symphony #6 (The Pastoral)". - When the flock of sheep appear, the music is "Morning" from
Edvard Grieg
s "Peer Gynt Suite #1". - At the end of the presentation is "Asas Death", also from the "Peer Gynt Suite".
c.
Final theatrically released feature film of British director
Peter Yates
.
d.
Garry Marshall
confessed that nearly all the film crew had a go on the firemans pole.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
Lamars date at the party was a member of the crew. So was the burly homeowner he approaches when house hunting.
b.
The movie is black and white except for four times when Dorian Grays picture is shown in color.
c.
The Los Angeles Times announced in July 1951 that this movie was going to be filmed in Canada. The picture did not end up shooting in Canada.
d.
Andy Serkis
and
Elijah Wood
were given prop rings used in the movie by director
Peter Jackson
. They each thought they got the only one.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
The route the train takes is the route of the old Santa Fe Railroad. The Amtrak Southwest Chief takes that same route as of 2009.
b.
This movies premiere was held on Armistice Day 11 November 1952 in San Diego Harbor aboard the ship the USS Princeton where the film was predominantly shot. The premiere was attended by Media, US Government Officials, and crew and officers of the US Navy and the USS Princeton including those that had acted in the movie.
c.
During the filming of a scene where a lion sniffs her character as she lies unconscious,
Louise Lorraine
had to interact with the real lion, who refused to leave her after the shot had been taken. She had to lie completely motionless while various members of the crew (and eventually the tamer) distracted the lion and coaxed it away from her.
d.
Natalie Portman
,
Sarah Michelle Gellar
,
Kirsten Dunst
,
Bijou Phillips
and
Jessica Biel
audition for the role of Mia.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
The opening cloud shots were originally used for the
Clint Eastwood
movie
Firefox
.
b.
Fashion icon Giorgio Armani, who provided the costumes for the film, told
Brian De Palma
that he should cast
Don Johnson
as Eliot Ness. Johnson wore Armani on TV every week on
Miami Vice
, and Armani called Johnson his male muse.
c.
Steven Spielberg
wanted to work with Indian actor
M.R. Gopakumar
in the movie, but due to his passport traveling issues he was unable to accept that offer.
d.
This film utilized actual newsreel footage edited into the movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
The movies producer approached singer
Amanda Saenz
to write a touching song for the movie. She offered a song she had previously written titled "Perfect Storm". The producer liked it but asked if she could record it in Spanish instead of English. The song was then changed into "La Tormenta".
b.
The character of Clay Driscoll is based on the legendary girls coach from Oklahoma, Jim Keith.
c.
The Hollywood Reporter announced in July 1951 that actor
Johnny Sands
would be appearing in this picture but Sands is not credited as being in the films cast.
d.
According to writers
Mark Swift
and
Damian Shannon
several endings were considered for the film and finally director
Ronny Yu
and producer
Robert Shaye
came up with an idea which was acceptable for everyone.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
The Hollywood Reporter announced in April 1952 that some filming for this movie was shot on location in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
b.
This film was shot entirely in western North Carolina over the course of five months.
c.
First film of
Jeremy Slate
.
d.
Every member of
The State
makes an appearance. Due to scheduling conflicts
Michael Patrick Jann
was unable to make a true cameo but a picture of him is held up during the last story.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
According to The Los Angeles Times in July 1951, This movie was originally going to be the first production of
Walter Wanger
s independent production house Allied Artists / Monogram. However, Wanger in the end did not make this his debut production for this company and made another war film which was
Battle Zone
.
b.
Approved by the British Board of Film Censors on December 6, 1963. Released theatrically in England on or before December 24, 1963 as the second half of a double bill with "The Sword In the Stone."
c.
The original title was "Honor Among Thieves".
d.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
Story based on director-writer-actor
Monty Lapica
s own experiences following the death of his father.
b.
Joan Fontaine
plays the romantic lead opposite
Robert Taylor
in this film, which involves the return of King Richard to the throne of England and features Robin Hood as a minor character. Fourteen years earlier Fontaines sister
Olivia de Havilland
played the romantic lead opposite
Errol Flynn
in
The Adventures of Robin Hood
, a film set around similar events.
c.
The films title "Flat Top" is an informal term for an aircraft carrier as they have a long flat-top deck design for the enabling of aircraft to take-off and land. It is on one that most of this film is predominantly set.
d.
This would be
Laurie Bird
s (as the girl/hitchhiker) film debut. She would only star in two more films including
Cockfighter
and
Annie Hall
before taking her own life in New York in 1979.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flat Top (1952)?
a.
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) bus used for Route 22 (Fillmore) is a real 1989 New Flyer bus built in Canada for the Muni fleet.
b.
This movies opening prologue states: "We desire to express grateful appreciation to the Department of the United States Navy for the cooperation which was extended on the production of this picture. We especially salute the men and officers of the USS Princeton on whose ship many of the sequences were filmed."
c.
All the baseball teams are identified by their city but never by their nicknames. Even the home team uniforms, which should have the team nicknames, list the city instead. The reason is because the commissioner of baseball, Happy Chandler, would not sanctioned the movie because of the cheating element in the movie. So 20th Century could not use the the name of the teams or even use cameo baseball player walk ons like the studio wanted to do.
d.
Was originally supposed to be directed by
Martin Scorsese
. Rocco Klein would have been the main character, played by
Robert De Niro
Scorsese changed his mind, opting instead to direct
Casino
, and De Niro went with him. Scorsese then asked
Spike Lee
if he wanted to direct. Lee accepted (and decided that Strike, not Rocco, would be the primary character), and Scorsese was given an executive producer credit.
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