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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hamlet (1964) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hamlet (1964) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hamlet (1964)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964).

About the movie: The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964)?
a.		In an interview with Heather Langenkamp, she mentioned that Ronee Blakley really did slap her during the kitchen scene. However, if you watch the scene carefully, you can see that she must be referring to a previous take. Its obvious that the slap seen in the final take is artificial.
b.		Mimi Michaels attended a Pentecostal service in Santa Monica, California, for the first time to prepare for the role of Aimee. She walked up to the pulpit and gave an impromptu sermon, leading the congregation into ecstatic praise. Several audience members at test screenings claim they experienced miracle faith healings when Aimee (Mimi Michaels) prays in the film.
c.		By the time this film was made, Frederick Young had replaced Robert Burr in the role of Bernardo.
d.		Jill Clayburghs first movie.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964)?
a.		Later remade by RKO, Sunny, starring Anna Neagle and Ray Bolger.
b.		Richard Burton asked John Gielgud to direct him in this production of Hamlet while they were filming Becket together.
c.		The role of Amy Robbins went to Mary Steenburgen. However, the studio had wanted Sally Field. Director Nicholas Meyers first choice was his girlfriend, Shelley Hack. She reportedly didnt want to become famous due to her boyfriend - but she did accept a small role as a docent at the museum H.G. Wells transports into.
d.		Played opening night at the Drake Film Festival in Bagnoli, Italy in 2009.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964)?
a.		The original play by S.N. Behrman opened in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 31 March 1939.
b.		Actor William Redfield, who appeared as Guildernstern in the John Gielgud-directed stage version of Richard Burton Hamlet, published a memoir of the event, "Notes of an Actor", in 1967. He wrote that Gielgud had an encyclopedia knowledge of the play and could play any and all parts of it from memory for his cast as he directed the production, but he lacked the overall vision to bring the production together.
c.		Four Walls opened at the John Golden Theater on September 19, 1927 was written/directed by George Abbot and ran for 144 performances.
d.		A scene with Tim Robbins and Peter Gallagher having lunch was cut from the movie. The scene featured cameos by Franco Nero, Tim Curry, Martha Plimpton, Richard D. Zanuck, Richard Edson, and Seymour Cassel.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964)?
a.		Richard Burtons adoptive father, Philip Burton, had to intervene and help his son with his interpretation of the melancholy Dane, as well as help other cast members who were confused by director John Gielguds direction (or lack of it). Philip had been estranged from Richard since the younger Burton left his wife and two daughters to hook up with Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra. Though the two hadnt spoken since the breakup of Richards marriage, Taylor called Philip and told him that Richard was struggling under Gielguds direction. Four years earlier, Philip had stepped in to help director Moss Hart with the direction of the 1960 Broadway musical "Camelot" after Hart had had a heart-attack. Father and son were reconciled, and under Philips tutelage, Richard Burton ultimately presented a Hamlet that was more of the old Jacobian "Revenger" type (known colloquially as "Belleforest" after an adulterated version of the play dating from the 18th Century) that was the antithesis of the Gielgud-Laurence Olivier German Romantic conception of Hamlet that had dominated the English-speaking stage in the 20th century. (In addition to fusing Freud with the Bard, Olivier did add Revenger flourishes to his Hamlet, though, by making the character somewhat of a swashbuckler. However, Belleforest-style Hamlets, such as the one presented by Albert Finney at the National Theatre in 1975, were considered "old-fashioned" as they underplayed the psychology so dear to 20th Century audiences and were typically panned by critics.) Prior to his step-fathers help, Richard Burton had found himself unable to convincingly play a Romantic Hamlet under Gielguds direction. Ironically, as the long run of his Broadway Hamlet went on, a bored Burton would vary his Hamlet night by night according to how he felt. According to his own memoirs, Richard Burton might one night present the prince as a homosexual, while another night add German words to the text in order to see if anyone noticed. Some theatrical mavens who had returned to the theater to see the fiery Hamlet of the opening days of the production criticized Burton for his lack of discipline.
b.		James Caan: seen in the USO fight scene.
c.		Gloria Swanson was originally cast as Memnet, but she was then having difficulties getting a backer for a musical stage version of Sunset Blvd. so she had to depart from the project (The musical eventually had to be abandoned in the early 1960s, even after a cast album was recorded during out-of-town tryouts).
d.		Dick Millers favourite film of his own.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964)?
a.		At least five scenes were cut from the film before release, and some appeared in the trailer: Peter Ludlow talking to the InGen committee about their expenses, Roland and Ajay talking in a bar, T-rexes trying to attack Kelly, who was left alone in the High Hide, The Raptors and T-rexes fighting in the rexs nest, and Pteranodons attacking the rescue helicopter.
b.		At the time of filming, a majority of the main cast were current or former members of Divine Comedy, a sketch comedy troupe at Brigham Young University.
c.		Director John Gielgud had, of course, played Hamlet years before on stage. Cast opposite him, as Ophelia, was Jessica Tandy, whose husband, Hume Cronyn plays Ophelias father Polonius in this film.
d.		Robert Benchley was allowed to write his own lines.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964)?
a.		The last film to date to be nominated for every major Academy Award, including Best Picture.
b.		In actuality (not the film), Peter Llewelyn Davies was not J.M. Barries inspiration for the Peter Pan character. His younger brother, Michael, was. Michael is also said to be Barries favorite of the children, not Peter. It is not certain why Barrie then chose to name the main character Peter. One idea why is because of his brothers, Peter behaved the most like an adult at a young age. Barrie wished he had had more of a childhood, so he immortalized him as the symbol of youth.
c.		The film was scheduled to be shown in cinemas for a week and then all copies were to be destroyed. A single print was found in Richard Burtons garage after his death, which his widow allowed to be distributed as a DVD.
d.		Hilary Swank won the lead role of Brandon/Teena after hundreds of other actresses had been considered and rejected over the course of three years. She told director Kimberly Peirce that, like her character, she was also 21 and came from Lincoln, Nebraska. But she was fibbing, and when Pierce later confronted her with the lies, she responded, "But thats what Brandon would do."

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hamlet (1964)?
a.		Composer Harry Gregson-Williams used stanzas from an ancient Norse poem to underscore the theme "Logan Through Time."
b.		Final screen appearance of Mae Questel, whos film career began in 1930 as the voice of Betty Boop.
c.		The lyrics to the famed title song are only heard at the very end, are sung by a large choral group, and are different than the familiar lyrics heard in the popular-song record releases of the time.
d.		This film belonged to a genre of films that began in the mid 60s that were actually stage productions filmed much like a television show, but for theater distribution. These films also included the heralded The T.A.M.I. Show and "TNT" (1966) rock concerts as well as the theatrical 2nd version of Harlow starring Carol Lynley.

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