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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : From Here to Eternity (1953) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : From Here to Eternity (1953) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953).
About the movie:
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
Won the Audience Favorite Award Best Feature Film at the 2009 Big Bear Lake Film International Film Festival.
b.
When the Bavaria Studios backlot proved to be too small, the production team obtained permission from the German government to shoot in a national forest adjoining the studio. After the end of principal photography, the company restored (by reseeding) some 2,000 small pine trees that had been damaged in the course of shooting.
c.
Fred Zinnemann
insisted on filming in black and white, as he felt that "color would have made it look trivial". He also eschewed the use of any of the popular new widescreen ratios.
d.
French visa # 32045.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
Bette Davis
filmed all of her scenes in 16 days.
b.
Set entirely in Las Vegas, but completely filmed on a sound stage.
c.
Fred Zinnemann
was initially reluctant to make the film, as he had an inherent distrust of Columbia head
Harry Cohn
. He also felt that in the then climate of McCarthyism, to voice anything that cast any doubt over such institutions as the Army, the Navy or the FBI was just asking for trouble.
d.
The directors birthday is mentioned in the film
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
The film went on to gross $18 million, the tenth highest grossing film of the 1950s.
b.
Made for virtually no money, this film was created by the McCain Brothers, who called in favors from friends, actor buddies and news reporters around the world, they had met on their travels as both actors and newsmen, themselves.
c.
As well as providing the voice over for the films teaser trailer (using an American accent)
Alfred Molina
(who played Aringarosa in the previous movie
The Da Vinci Code
) provides the opening voice over for
Angels & Demons
, this time in his native English accent.
d.
Taped primarily in 2002, Cactuses is the result of a unique, non-profit moviemaking venture that interned 24 high school students to fill primary crew positions.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
Christian Bale
got involved when
Mark Wahlberg
asked him to take part in the movie. Wahlberg happened to know Bale through their daughters studying in the same elementary school.
b.
The water fountain Paul Vitti gives Dr. Sobel as a wedding present is 40 feet tall and has a diameter of 24 feet.
c.
When Mulder and Scully first walk back into the FBI offices right before they walk into the bullpen, a female agent walks by that catches Mulders attention and he watches her walk away. The woman is
Vanessa Morley
, who throughout the series played the young Samantha Mulder, and is the same Samantha in the photo Mulder has taped to the back of his home office door.
d.
Dubbed "Cohns Folly" because many thought the novel was too long and too adult to be filmed.
Harry Cohn
paid $82,000 for the rights.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
The US Army was initially reluctant to lend their co-operation to the production. Producer
Buddy Adler
had been a Lieutenant Colonel in the Signal Corps during WWII and was able to bring his influence to bear.
b.
Leigh Whannell and James Wan confirm that when Adam begins to smash Zepp with the toilet lid, Leigh Whannell is actually hitting a garbage bag full of fake blood.
c.
Final film of
Jay Novello
.
d.
Don Rickles
was an early choice to play Saul Bloom.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
During the filming of an emotional court room scene with
Diane Keaton
concerning the custody of her daughter, it was found out that one of the cameras shooting did not have the proper film so did not film the scene. Director
Leonard Nimoy
felt bad about having to have Diane Keaton film it again because she had done it so well. He showed up at her dressing room door with two dozen roses in his arms. He gave the roses to her first, then gave her the bad news about having to re-shoot the scene. Diane Keaton took it well, and had no problem with having to re-shoot the scene.
b.
Although this film was made by students it was not made for a class project. The film school had no involvement in the production besides renting out some small equipment.
c.
Burt Lancaster
was nervous when he started the film. Most of his previous pictures had been fairly lightweight productions, and this was his first "serious" role. He was especially intimidated by
Montgomery Clift
s skill and intensity.
d.
One of the gas bombs from
King Kong
can be seen in the shot of the cage filled with chloroform
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
A nationwide search of Army surplus stores yielded pre-Pearl Harbor style Springfield rifles, canvas leggings, campaign hats and flat steel helmets. The extras - who were all real soldiers - were all drilled to learn how to use all this outdated equipment.
b.
The picture of Richard Kimble on the composite from medical school is actually
Harrison Ford
s yearbook picture from Ripon College. He (almost) graduated in 1964, nine years before the picture was said to have been from.
c.
The main character Barry is based on real-life conman Andrew Robertson Stoney.
d.
During the off days of filming, in Iowa,
Dick Van Dyke
rented a car to drive around the open spaces and small towns locally. He ran out of gas one day, and sat on the roof of his car whistling by putting a blade of grass up to his teeth and blowing. A farmer happened by and gave Van Dyke a lift to get gas.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
James Jones
himself was one of the numerous writers who had attempted to adapt the book for the screen.
b.
Petes Barber Shop is named for director
Pete Docter
.
c.
The film originally was going to be released in the fall of 1990. However, distributor Orion Pictures decided instead to delay its release until late January 1991 so that all the companys efforts could be concentrated on promoting
Dances with Wolves
for Oscar consideration. As a result, Silence proved to be a notable exception to the conventional wisdom that films released early in a calendar year are forgotten come Oscar time - it won all five major Academy Awards, clearly vindicating Orions strategy for both pictures (Dances having seven wins including Best Picture).
d.
With the exception of
Parker Stevenson
, most of the boys featured in the movie were real students at Phillips Exeter Academy where the movie was filmed. This includes
John Heyl
who played Finny. Heyls Father was the schools on-site doctor.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
Adam Sandler
: A clown in the early bar scene.
b.
Fred Zinnemann
was chosen to direct the project largely at the suggestion of screenwriter
Daniel Taradash
, who had been impressed with Zinnemanns handling of the previous war-themed movies
The Search
,
The Men
and
Teresa
.
c.
Annies car is "The Classic" - the Delta 88 Oldsmobile that appears in every Evil Dead movie and nearly every other Raimi movie.
d.
Marty Sanelli, one of the restaurants customers, also played the rapist in "Legend of Suzi". While working on the set of Won Ton Baby!, Debbie Rochon nicknamed him "twink" for his lack of hair and smooth skin.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: From Here to Eternity (1953)?
a.
Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any):
Joe Caits
(Ambulance Driver),
Hal Cooke
(Headwaiter),
Lester Dorr
(Reporter),
Kenneth Gibson
(Hotel Clerk),
John Hansen
(Fight Announcer),
Richard Kipling
(Headwaiter),
Frank Reicher
(Theo Drukker),
Dick Rush
(Doorkeeper),
Al Williams
(Page Boy) and
Charles Williams
. Additionally,
George Meeker
was in a Hollywood Reporter production chart, but he was not seen in the movie either.
b.
Montgomery Clift
threw himself into the character of Prewitt, learning to play the bugle (even though he knew hed be dubbed) and taking boxing lessons.
Fred Zinnemann
said, "Clift forced the other actors to be much better than they really were. Thats the only way I can put it. He got performances from the other actors, he got reactions from the other actors that were totally genuine."
c.
Director
Woody Allen
cast and shot this film twice, without telling the original cast.
d.
The film was originally conceived as a western version of
William Shakespeare
s "Romeo and Juliet," to be called "Ramona and Julian". In the fall of 1967, while on a lecture tour in Tucson with
Andy Warhol
,
Paul Morrissey
had mentioned to the press that their next film would be a western filmed on location in Tucson and would be called "The Unwanted Cowboy."
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