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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gone with the Wind (1939) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gone with the Wind (1939) - 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: Gone with the Wind (1939).
About the movie:
American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Filmed entirely at night.
b.
Sigourney Weaver
is almost a foot taller than
Holly Hunter
, thus for many scenes Weaver would be sitting down to make their heights appear more equal.
c.
The Ku Klux Klan was written out of the screenplay as the organization to which Frank Kennedy turns after Scarlett is attacked in Shantytown. Producer
David O. Selznick
said that he had no desire to remake
The Birth of a Nation
, telling screenwriter
Sidney Howard
in 1937, "I do hope you will agree with me on this omission of what might come out as an unintentional advertisement for intolerant societies in these fascist-ridden times. . . ."
d.
According to the DVD Commentaries and Featurettes, the house in
The Grudge
was built completely on a sound stage. It was based almost entirely on the house in
Ju-on
. It was built like a normal house, the house set had two floors so that cuts did not have to be made when a character was walking upstairs. However, the attic was built separately from the house to allow for more room when filming.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Though not credited as an act in the opening titles,
Willie Bryant
and
Leonard Reed
were a team in vaudeville team for many years, and do a skit in this film.
b.
One of the few remaining scenes directed by
George Cukor
to survive into the final cut of the film is the birth of Melanies baby.
c.
During the training camp session, coach Lengyl tells one of the players to "Head slap the shit out of him" if the opposing player goes for his knees. In the mid 1970s, both the NCAA and NFL banned the head slap because of head injuries sub stained by players as a result of the move.
d.
The road manager is reading
Ray Bradbury
s The Illustrated Man on the tour bus.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Betsy, the white-headed capuchin Monkey, also appears in the sitcom
Friends
as Marcel, Ross pet. The monkeys prior role in Outbreak was spoofed by a poster showing Marcel as the star in the fictional movie "Outbreak 2: The Virus Takes Manhattan". Both the movie and the TV series are Warner Brothers productions.
b.
Feature film debut of
Vincent Price
.
c.
Roy Ward Baker
directed the location footage,
Henry Hathaway
directed all the studio footage.
d.
Olivia de Havilland
was a contract player at Warner Brothers when MGM made the call to her for the part of Melanie. De Havilland was very keen to take the part and managed to convince her boss
Jack L. Warner
to let her out of her contract, mainly by getting his wife to exert her influence.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Contrary to popular belief, this is not the first film to use the word "damn". The expletive was used in numerous silent intertitles and in several talkies, including
Cavalcade
and
Pygmalion
.
b.
The WGA-mandated writing credits for this film are incomplete. The character of Modesty Blaise was created in 1963 by
Peter ODonnell
.
c.
When
Zach Braff
sent the script to people, he would also send them a copy of the songs which would eventually be the soundtrack (which he handpicked). That is why on the actual soundtrack album, all of the songs are in the order that they appear in the movie.
d.
Ralph Dunn
(Policeman) is supposedly in this film but was not seen.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Film critics derided producer
Joseph E. Levine
for casting a then 36-year-old
Ryan ONeal
to play an army general. But in reality, Brig. Gen.
James M. Gavin
was only 37 years old at the time of the battle. In fact, shortly after this battle, Gavin was promoted to major general and at 37 was the youngest man ever to hold that rank.
b.
This was considered to be the first Disney animated feature using all digital processes but at the time CAPS wasnt ready. Disneys next animated feature
The Rescuers Down Under
was going to be the first 100% digitally processed film.
c.
Mushu was animated by director
Tony Bancroft
s twin brother
Tom Bancroft
.
d.
Margaret Mitchell
s inspiration for her book title came from the 13th line of the Ernest Dowson poem, "Cynara" - "I have forgot much Cynara! Gone with the wind."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Crew members visited Vatican City as tourists and extensively photographed the city to capture as much detail as possible, knowing they were unlikely to be allowed to film there, so that they could recreate the sets as faithfully as possible.
b.
During
Jerry Goldsmith
s recording sessions for the score which took place from February 28 to March 3, 1983, with each recording day devoted to each segment of the film. Film its Prologue to the main segments to the Epilogue.
Steven Spielberg
attended most of these sessions. However, it was
Joe Dante
, who mainly supervised the entire sessions also filling in for
George Miller
and
John Landis
, were not involved in the post-production of the film which included the music. Dante and Goldsmith would become good friends and begin a fruitful collaboration that would last over the next two decades (1983-2003).
c.
The film was shot in five weeks.
d.
Half a million feet of film were shot. This was all edited down to 20,000 feet.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
This film has been preserved by National Film Preservation Foundation - filmpreservation.org.
b.
Leslie Howard
privately felt that he was much too old to play Ashley Wilkes (the character was supposed to be about 21 at the start of the film). He wore extra make-up and a hairpiece to make him appear younger. Selznick was only able to persuade him to take the part by offering him a producer credit on
Intermezzo: A Love Story
.
c.
Dan Aykroyd
,
Judith Belushi-Pisano
James Belushi
, and many other friends and relatives of
John Belushi
boycotted the film, because it made "Johns life look bad". This ultimately ended with the film being a bomb in the box office.
d.
The raven was imported from Chile.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Since she had received no alimony from ex-husband
Paul Simon
,
Albert Brooks
asked good friend and daughter of the movies star
Debbie Reynolds
,
Carrie Fisher
, if she would ask her ex to give Brooks the right to use an adapted version of his famous song "Mrs. Robinson", originally used in the film
The Graduate
along with his equally famous partner
Art Garfunkel
. As "Simon & Garfunkel", both artists refused to allow anyone use of their iconic song. In the early eighties, the duo were offered a lot of money to rework the song for a "Mr. Coffee" commercial. They refused that and all other offers. However, because of his relationship with Fisher, Simon agreed and the song was rewritten using the name "Mrs. Henderson" instead.
b.
Both the lodge number and Arctors house address are "709". This is a reference to the famed Austin satirical rock band "Uranium Savages", who use 709 as a "secret" number. All Uranium Savages fans are familiar with this and the director likely inserted the number as homage to the band.
c.
David O. Selznick
traveled to Bermuda in September 1938 to finalize the script. He reportedly brought four suitcases full of drafts with him.
d.
Clare Boothe Luce
, then US Ambassador to Italy, prevented the film from being shown at the Venice Film Festival. A Senate committee had decided that the film would not have beneficial effects on the youth of the day.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
There are more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras in the film.
b.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
s character has 37 lines in the entire film.
c.
The film received terrible reviews on release. Many critics felt that it was too obviously derived from
The African Queen
, and that both
John Wayne
and
Katharine Hepburn
were too old for their parts.
d.
Most of the action of the film takes place on the west side of Park Avenue just to the north of 116th Street.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Former San Francisco Giant Mike Sadek served as a body-double for Robert De Niro in scenes where he was throwing a baseball.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 28, 1949 with
Loretta Young
and
Robert Cummings
reprising their film roles.
c.
Although it was ultimately determined to be fiscally unfeasible to shoot the entire film on 65mm film stock, this has the distinction of being the first feature film in nine years to shoot on 65mm stock for non-visual effects shots. The last film to shoot in 65mm was
Kenneth Branagh
s
Hamlet
, which remains (as of 2005) the last feature to be entirely shot on 65mm.
d.
For the premiere in Atlanta in December 15, 1939, the governor declared a state holiday. Ticket prices for the premiere were 40 times the usual going rate.
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