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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fun & Fancy Free (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Fun & Fancy Free (1947) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947).
About the movie:
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," a take on the famous fairy tale.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
The Bongo story was inspired by a story written by
Sinclair Lewis
, which appeared in a 1930 issue of Cosmopolitan.
b.
The squadron patch on Yossarians leather A-2 flight jacket - a female nude riding a descending bomb, hurling a bolt of lightning - was the actual patch of
Joseph Heller
s 488th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), one of four B-25 squadrons (the others being the 486th, 487th, and 489th) in the 340th Bombardment Group (Medium) during World War II.
c.
The mobile phone that Hitch uses to talk to Sara when Albert is getting his back waxed is a Sony Ericsson P900.
d.
Leonardo DiCaprio
said that playing Arnie was "the most fun Ive ever had".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
Two of the Decepticons in the film are named Bonecrusher (the mine-clearing vehicle) and Devastator (the tank). They were named after two members of the Constructicons, a faction of Decepticons in
Transformers
who took the forms of construction vehicles, and who could combine into a larger robot. The Constructicons would appear in the second film, though some names necessarily had to be changed.
b.
Joel Coen
and
Ethan Coen
stated that the film was nearly in the works for eight years. It initially began as a project they wrote up for Universal.
c.
Warhol veteran
Joe Dallesandro
was originally cast in the role of Stanley Sweetheart. Dallesandro was fired when he would consistently arrive on the set late and cause trouble with the cast and crew. Ironically,
Andy Warhol
himself later referred to the film as "the quintessential, most truthful studio-made film about the 60s counterculture".
d.
Billy Gilbert
voiced Willie the Giant. He was a well known radio comic whose best-known gag was a comic sneeze. He also voiced Sneezy in
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
Of
Alice Faye
s 35 film appearances between 1934 and 1978, this movie was the first of two not given a contemporary New York Times review. The second picture was
Every Girl Should Have One
.
b.
Gustav Hasford
began working on "The Short Timers" (the book on which this film is based) while serving in Vietnam, and based many of the characters (and names) on soldiers he served with.
c.
The "Mickey and the Beanstalk" project began in 1940, and originally,
Sterling Holloway
was planned to be the narrator.
d.
A suit was brought against the Fox Film Corporation by Robert Maxwell, leader of The Maxwell Choristers, for alleged damages caused by the dubbing of their voices with "Nearer My God, to Thee," in a scene in which they were singing "Ave Maria." He claimed his reputation was damaged by not using their original voices. Although he later dropped the suit and the scene was eventually cut, the song is heard in the opening scene without the choir being shown.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
Although rarely listed as an aviation movie, there is a terrific flying sequence using a Lockheed 12 twin and AT6/SNJ. The aircraft are appropriate and the maneuvers within their capabilities.
b.
The cracked surface of the moon is reminiscent of a dried lake bed. Bonestell knew this was scientifically inaccurate, but used it to give a sense of perspective to the lunar panorama.
c.
Andrea Martin
, who played Phyllis in
Black Christmas
, said in an interview that she hadnt thought about Black Christmas for 32 years and it "came out of the blue" when
Glen Morgan
offered her the role as the house mother in the movie.
d.
This is one of the first Disney films to list the voice credits for the animated characters, and the first to actually list Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy as if they were actors in a live-action film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
Kathy Long
: is the female police officer who beats up Mickey at the pharmacy.
b.
Boris Grishenkos email address was madvlad@mosu.comp.math.edu
c.
The word "chechahcos" is Inuit for tenderfoot or newcomer.
d.
This was the last time that
Walt Disney
did the voice of Mickey Mouse. Much of it was recorded in the spring and summer of 1941.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
An early version of "Mickey and the Beanstalk" had Honest John Foulfellow, the fox from
Pinocchio
, selling Mickey the magic beans.
b.
Shot in seven days.
c.
The tank used in the final battle sequence is a soviet-made WWII-era T-34 with an 85mm canon.
d.
The COBRA nanomites, which decay metal, are colored green to resemble fungus, which can also decay metal.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
Frederick Loewe
and
Alan Jay Lerner
had originally wanted their musical to be titled "Fanfaroon."
b.
Is the second film in Zach Hortons Disaster Trilogy (after Airplane Disasters).
c.
For the fight scene in the club toilet,
Dwayne Johnson
spent two days learning "52 Blocks", a fighting style originating from West Coast prisons.
d.
A scene with Mickey selling the cow to the queen of Happy Valley (played by Minnie Mouse) was storyboarded, but never animated.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
The song "Fun and Fancy Free (Im a Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow)" as sung by Jiminy Cricket was intended to be used in
Pinocchio
but was dropped.
b.
A sequel was planned but scrapped due to the critical and commercial failure of
Old Dogs
, also directed by
Walt Becker
.
c.
In the
I Love Lucy
episode "Hollywood at Last",
William Holden
was featured as a guest star. During a conversation with Ricky Ricardo (
Desi Arnaz
) regarding working at the movie studio, he mentions, "I just finished a picture called The Country Girl with
Bing Crosby
and
Grace Kelly
."
d.
When the film was first released on VHS in October 1993, it sold over 10.8 million copies in its first week and went on to sell over 25 million in total. This record stood for only two years when it was beaten by the release of
The Lion King
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
On the Waterfront
is widely known to be an act of expiation on the part of
Elia Kazan
for naming names to HUAC during the
Joseph McCarthy
witch-hunts of the 1950s. What is less widely reported is that Kazan intended it as a direct attack at his former close friend
Arthur Miller
who had been openly critical of Kazans actions. Specifically, it was a direct response to Millers play The Crucible.
b.
This is the fifth of seven "package films" released by
Walt Disney
s company in the 1940s due to wartime budgetary constraints. They were called "package films" because they were feature-length films containing two or more short films tied together by surrounding material. In this canon,
Fun & Fancy Free
was preceded by
The Reluctant Dragon
,
Saludos Amigos
,
The Three Caballeros
, and
Make Mine Music
and followed by
Melody Time
and
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
.
c.
Gérard Depardieu
s son
Guillaume Depardieu
and daughter
Julie Depardieu
also appeared together in a Musketeer film: they played Athos and Constance in
Milady
.
d.
The strip joint in the movie is real, and yes, those are real strippers.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Fun & Fancy Free (1947)?
a.
The original script had the opening in Istanbul, Turkey but had to be changed to the present location because of budget restraints.
b.
The song "Moon River" was written especially for
Audrey Hepburn
, since she had no training as a singer. The vocals were written to be sung in only one octave.
c.
Both segments were being produced independently as full length features, but when wartime shortages lost the studio resources, time and animators (who were drafted),
Walt Disney
made the decision to combine the two.
d.
As soon as
Robert Pattinson
was cast, he moved to Oregon and began working on his character, both physically and mentally. He worked out five hours a day with a trainer: learning to fight, play baseball, and do stunts. He also had to learn to drive and get an Oregon drivers license.
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