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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gone with the Wind (1939) - Part (7) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gone with the Wind (1939) - Part (7) 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.
Robert De Niro
had originally planned on merely providing a brief cameo for the film - however after director
Nick Hamm
heard De Niro would be interested in his project, he asked De Niro to participate in a few more scenes that were all filmed within a week. De Niro later regretted this because his name was "splashed over all the advertisements".
b.
Robert Montgomery
patterned his portrayal of a ruthless Broadway producer who lets nothing stand in the way of getting what he wants, after
Jed Harris
, a noted Broadway impresario who had the same reputation.
c.
The horse that
Thomas Mitchell
rode was later Silver of
The Lone Ranger
fame.
d.
Studs Terkel
was 75 years old when he played the part of famed Chicago sports writer Hal Fullerton. Fullerton was only 46 years old at the time of the 1919 World Series making Terkel 29 years too old for the part.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Hattie McDaniel
became the first African-American to be nominated for, and win, an Academy Award.
b.
The scene in the 1998 section that features Chris and Dave driving towards a party totals only 12 minutes in the final film. The scene was filmed in real time as the 2 drove. It took over 75 minutes to make the drive as the 2 drove in circles (at times) yet the scene was filmed in 1 take and 1 take only. The footage was then cut down to the 12 minutes in the finished film to make the conversation more interesting.
c.
Since
John H. Kafka
was in Hollywood in the 1940s and even wrote some MGM films, it is not known if his onscreen credit for original story is based on his direct contribution to this film, or was due solely to his work on the original 1938 French version.
d.
Harry Caesar
s last movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
"Low" was based on a play by the same name that ran in Hollywood in 2005.
b.
If the number of total admissions are calculated, this is the most popular movie of all time in the US with over 200 million tickets sold. While having the advantage of being released several times in theaters, there were half as many Americans alive when it was released, compared with other films that set the domestic box office record:
Avatar
,
Titanic
,
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
,
Star Wars
and
Jaws
. (However subsequent films also had to compete with television and later the internet for audiences, and the emergence of home video formats in the 1980s reduced the demand to see all films theatrically.)
c.
Production lasted 16 months, roughly half the amount of time it takes to make a Pixar movie.
d.
John Carpenter
originally wrote the film in the mid-70s as a reaction to the Watergate scandal, but no studio wanted to make it because it was deemed to be too dark and too violent. That all changed after the success of
Halloween
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Merchant Ivory Productions faced strong objections from Francoise Gilot and her son, Claude, when making this film. Claude Picasso met once with the Merchant-Ivory team but then strongly objected to the making of the film, petitioning the studio to stop production. Gilot had written her story in the book "Life with Picasso" in 1964, which Picasso had tried to stop from being published; the filmmakers were unable to acquire the rights. Instead they used
Arianna Huffington
s "Picasso: Creator and Destroyer" as the basis for
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
s script.
b.
Beau Brandenburg races for Target Ganassi Racing, whose owner is played by
Chip Ganassi
. In reality, Target Ganassi is an extremely successful CART team owned by the same person.
c.
Sky Captains real name is Joseph Sullivan.
d.
Priscilla Lane
was considered for the role of Melanie Wilkes.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Every major character in the film graduated from the same high school in 2008.
b.
The costume worn by Powerline is a parody of the yellow HazMat costumes worn by
Devo
, circa 1977/78.
c.
The reminiscent wounded soldier in the makeshift Atlanta hospital talking to nurses Scarlett and Melanie about his "brother Jeff" was played by
Cliff Edwards
. Edwards later provided the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disneys classic
Pinocchio
and introduced the Academy Award winning song "When You Wish Upon A Star". Edwards is only heard, not seen, as the reminiscent solder in
Gone with the Wind
.
d.
The role of Katherine Thorn was originally offered to
Rachel Weisz
who declined because she was pregnant at the time. Other actresses considered for the part were
Laura Linney
,
Hope Davis
and
Alicia Witt
, before
Julia Stiles
who finally got the part. Stiles and
Mia Farrow
were both in a play together, and Stiles suggested to director John Moore that they use Farrow for the role of Mrs. Blaylock (Damiens nurse). Initially Moore didnt think that Farrow would accept the role, but Stiles convinced him she would. Eventually he just rang up Farrow at her home and offered her the part.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Theatrically released in the USA with
The Pink Phink
as the preceding cartoon.
b.
If box office receipts for the movie were adjusted for inflation, it would be the top grossing movie of all time;
Star Wars
would only be the second most successful movie of all time. According to the Guinness World Records homepage the total gross in 2005 figures would be $3,785,107,801.
c.
Able (the old man) is much like Crazy Ralph from the first two films.
d.
The Spanish title of the film is El Rayo Destructo Del Planet Desconocido which means The Destructive Beam of the Unknown Planet.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
None of the interior sets had ceilings. These, and the upper parts of many exteriors, were optically added or modified with matte paintings. This is most noticeable to the modern discerning eye in the last shot of the scene showing the many dead and wounded Confederate soldiers. The tattered Confederate flag, previously seen in the astonishing pullback crane shot blowing in the breeze, is now represented by a matte painting, hanging limp.
b.
Brad Renfro
s final film.
c.
According to author
Stephen King
the story of this film was part autobiographical as it was inspired by the events that led to him revealing his own writing pseudonym of Richard Bachman.
d.
Director-producer
W. Lee Wilder
(and his son, the films screenwriter Miles Wilder) deliberately took the name of the police detective, Lt. Dunbar (played by William Phipps) from the name of the prisoner of war played by
Don Taylor
in the film
Stalag 17
, which was written, produced and directed by W. Lees much more famous brother:
Billy Wilder
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
According to director
John Boorman
,
Stanley Kubrick
wanted to cast
Bill McKinney
in the role of Gunnery Sgt. Hartman. However, Kubrick was so unsettled after viewing McKinneys performance in
Deliverance
that he declined to meet with him, saying he was simply too frightened at the idea of being in McKinneys presence.
b.
Was originally titled "Pilot Number 4."
c.
David O. Selznick
was required to give MGM the distribution rights in exchange for the use of
Clark Gable
and $1,250,000 in financing.
d.
Los Lobos
: During the bar scene during the opening credits, the composers can be seen in the audience.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
Filming began in 1931 in Mexico, but because of production delays, personnel changes and other problems, the film wasnt released until 1934.
b.
The role of Jean was originally intended for
James Brolin
.
c.
Tave, played by Steve Krieger, was also the SFX Coordinator and is best friends in real life with Clynt who he kills in the film, played by Scott Roland who was also the Stunt Coordinator.
d.
Rhett was not allowed to say, on film, "Maybe youll have a miscarriage" right before Scarlett falls down the stairs; the line is changed to "Maybe youll have an accident."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gone with the Wind (1939)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
Mickey Kuhn
, who played
Vivien Leigh
s nephew Beau Wilkes, also played the young sailor who helps her onto the streetcar in
A Streetcar Named Desire
. When Kuhn mentioned to someone else on the set that he had acted with Leigh as a child, word got back to her and she called him into her dressing room for a half-hour chat. In an interview in his seventies, Kuhn stated that Leigh was extremely kind to him and "one of the loveliest ladies he had ever met."
c.
The intersection shown at the very end of the film is the same exact intersection shown at the end of "The Pursuit of Happyness".
d.
The first Sherlock Holmes film of
Basil Rathbone
.
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