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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Funny Face (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Funny Face (1957) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957).
About the movie:
Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
The on-screen body count is 15; 16 including the dog.
b.
Ditzy model Marion is played by
Dovima
, who was one of the top fashion models of the day and often worked with
Richard Avedon
.
c.
Plenty of effort was expended creating lances that would splinter convincingly without taking out the stunt riders as well. The body of each lance was scored so it would break easily, and the tips were made of balsa wood. Each was also hollowed out, and the hole filled with balsa chips and (obviously uncooked) linguini to make convincing splinters.
d.
The character of Don Diego/Zorro has always been Spanish, but the character has never been portrayed by a Spaniard. Antonio Banderas is the first Spanish actor to portray Zorro.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Fred Astaire
also starred in the original 1927 Broadway version of "Funny Face" with his sister
Adele Astaire
. However, the storylines of the play and movie are entirely different; the film only uses some of the plays songs. Coincidentally, the exact same thing had occurred earlier with
The Band Wagon
, which had also starred both Astaire and his sister on Broadway in 1931; the film had a different storyline but used some of the plays songs. The only opportunity Astaire had to recreate a role he originated on Broadway was in
The Gay Divorcee
, from Broadways "Gay Divorce".
b.
Of all the post-
Fred Astaire
movies of
Ginger Rogers
to this point, this historical drama was her least successful both financially and critically. According to the June 23, 1947 edition of TIME magazine the picture had "trouble getting into some first-run theaters." Moreover, film reviewers largely felt that Ginger had been miscast. To quote film historian Hal Erickson, writing for All Movie Guide, "The usually ebullient Rogers seems encased in wax as Dolly Madison, the first lady of the United States in the early 19th century."
c.
Aileen Wuornos
, a notoriously uncooperative person, gave director
Patty Jenkins
access to hundreds of letters she had written and received in order to gain insight into Aileens life.
d.
The allusion to
Herman Melville
and the Galapagos islands refers to the "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles", a series of "sketches," or short prose works, about the Galapagos Islands written primarily from Melvilles own experience sailing around the islands.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Fred Astaire
s character is based on photographer
Richard Avedon
. In fact, it is Avedon who set up most of the photography for this film, including the famous face portrait of
Audrey Hepburn
unveiled during the dark room sequence.
b.
This movie marks
Matt Damon
s feature film debut.
Ben Affleck
also auditioned for the role.
c.
J. Hutchison is better known as Hutch Parker - brother of
Parker Stevenson
, and presently President of Production for 20th Century Fox Studios.
d.
Most of the cavernous mine where the mine cart chase takes place is miniature, with the walls made of painted aluminium foil.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Ditzy model Marions interest in comic books was inserted into the film to reflect actress-model
Dovima
s real life passion for them.
b.
The film is set in 1941, according to the reference made by Mrs Parker to Mr Parker about an upcoming game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. These two teams met in a playoff game on December 14, 1941, a Sunday. It was their only playoff game against each other until January 23, 2011. The only previous time these two teams met during a regular season game in December was December 10, 1933. Throughout the 1940s the second game of the regular season between these two teams all occurred in November, the two latest being mid-November in 1942 and 1948.
c.
Marisa Tomei
had to quit the project when delays meant that filming clashed with
Unhook the Stars
.
d.
Hugh M. Hefner
, a good friend of Betties, held a private screening of this movie for
Bettie Page
and a small group of friends. Bettie reportedly liked the movie and remarked that Gretchen Moll was much prettier than she was. Her only complaint was the films title, saying "I was NEVER notorious!"
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Tess asks Sean what happened to all the good dancers in LA, to which he responds
Dancing with the Stars
. Their cast mate on this film,
Julianne Hough
, is one of the professional dancers on the Emmy-Winning show.
b.
Christopher Lee
filmed all his scenes in two days. His filming schedule was moved up to follow pick-up shots for
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
in New Zealand. All of his scenes were shot in front of a blue screen because the Generals Quarters set had not yet been built.
c.
Cyd Charisse
was offered the lead role, but declined.
Audrey Hepburn
s agent initially rejected the film, but Hepburn overrode the decision after reading the script.
d.
"Joes Lullaby" (a.k.a the lamp theme) is inspired by the tune "Loves Roundabout" (La Ronde de lAmour), written by Louis Ducreux and Oscar Straus.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Messer is seen wearing a University of North Dakota "Sioux" shirt. Josh Duhamel is from North Dakota.
b.
During the recording of
Vincent Price
s lines, animators sketched his exaggerated Shakespearean gestures and worked them into the animated poses for Ratigan.
c.
Audrey Hepburn
s terrier appears as the dog in the basket during the "Anna Karenia" train shot.
d.
James Bond and the leading Bond Girl (Camille, played by
Olga Kurylenko
) share a kiss in this movie but do not make love, making it the first time since
Tomorrow Never Dies
where Bonds relationship with a leading Girl (then (
Michelle Yeoh
) is not consummated.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 20, 1941 with
Merle Oberon
reprising her film role.
b.
Audrey Hepburn
was offered the lead role in
Gigi
but turned it down to make this movie.
c.
Prior to this movie, director
Don Siegel
, noted for this violent action thrillers, regularly told interviewers that he would like to make a comedy or even a romantic movie sometime. This film was his first in these genres.
d.
The dog biscuits David Bowe eats for "Uncle Nutzys Clubhouse" were actually cookies purchased from a bakery in Tulsa, Oklahoma where most of the movie was filmed. After filming was finished, the crew ate the rest of the cookies.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Audrey Hepburn
filmed this back-to-back with
Love in the Afternoon
.
b.
Audrey Scott
doubled for both
Alice Faye
and
Constance Bennett
for their respective plane crash scenes, and was injured on both occasions.
c.
Stanley Kubrick
: [bathroom/toilet] The first Kubrick film in which showing a shot of a bathroom/toilet became his trademark. He would repeat this in every film since until his death in 1999.
d.
Immediately prior to the closing sequence of Norman Bates in his jail cell, as the camera moves down the hallway to where police have confined him, the uniformed guard at the cell door is
Ted Knight
, best remembered as pompous, dim-witted news anchor Ted Baxter on
Mary Tyler Moore
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
and
Melissa Mathison
wrote a script during shooting breaks on the location of this film. Mathison was there to visit her husband,
Harrison Ford
and Spielberg dictated to her a story idea he had; that script was eventually called
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
.
b.
The hull of the reproduction of HMS Bounty built for this film is built of steel, and only clad in wood. The reproduction of HMS Bounty built for
Mutiny on the Bounty
was built of wood, in the traditional manner.
c.
The soggy weather played havoc with the shooting of the wedding dress dance scene.
Fred Astaire
and
Audrey Hepburn
were continually slipping in the muddy and slippery grass. Hepburn sings several songs. Her next full musical,
My Fair Lady
, would see her voice overdubbed, much to her disappointment.
d.
The scene with the guys trudging through the swamp was shot in a single take.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Funny Face (1957)?
a.
Director Adam Rifkin wrote the screenplay when he was 19 years old.
b.
The filmmakers placed a pitch video on Kickstarter.com to raise funds, with a goal of $7,500. When the donation period closed on February 3, 2010, 37 backers had pledged to contribute $7,680. These funds covered the majority of expenses during production.
c.
A print of this film plus excerpts survive in the Library of Congress.
d.
Audrey Hepburn
did not want to be separated from her husband
Mel Ferrer
, so filming of the Paris scenes was timed to coincide with Ferrers filming of
Elena et les hommes
(USA title: "Paris Does Strange Things") with
Ingrid Bergman
. Paris unseasonably rainy weather had to be worked into the script, particularly during the balloons photo shoot scene. During filming of the Paris scenes, much of the crew and cast were on edge because of riots and political violence that were gripping the city.
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