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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Heidi (1937) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Heidi (1937) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937).
About the movie:
When little Heidi is stolen by her cruel aunt (who sells her) her grouchy grandfather searches for her. Meanwhile she brings happiness to the invalid daughter of a wealthy man.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
In
Michael Crichton
s novel, the opposing group on the island is not led by Peter Ludlow (who does not exist in either novel), but rather by Lewis Dodgson, head of the rival company BioSyn, who had hired Dennis Nedry in the previous film. Dodgson hides from the T-Rex under a Jeep with Sarah Harding, who kicks him out to lead the T-Rex away. The T-Rex takes him home to its nest to feed to its young. This is closely paralleled by the fate of Ludlow in the film.
b.
The scene in which Heidi smuggles a litter of kittens into the house, and the following scene in which Sebastian hides the kittens from Heidis cat-hating aunt, were in the original book; the scene with the capuchin monkey was written for the film.
c.
Judith Allen
, who plays the corset model, had previously worked as a model in New York (under the name Mari Colman) before her acting career began.
d.
Towards the end of principal photography an incident occurred which has become known as the T-shirt war. The majority of the crew didnt enjoy working on the film, and didnt like working for
Ridley Scott
, who they considered to be cold and distant. In an article in the British press, Scott commented that he preferred working with English crews because when he asked for something they would say, "Yes govnor" and go get it, but things werent that simple with American crews. Makeup supervisor
Marvin G. Westmore
saw the article and was disgusted. In retaliation, he had t-shirts printed with "Yes govnor my ass!" on the front, and either
Will Rogers
never met Ridley Scott" or "You soar with eagles when you fly with turkeys" on the back. In retaliation, Scott and several of his closer collaborators had t-shirts made with "Xenophobia sucks" on them.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
Having acted with him four years before in
To the Last Man
,
Shirley Temple
chose
Delmar Watson
to play Peter in this movie.
b.
The scene in which Mikal asks to drive the car was filmed at the entrance to Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
c.
Some of the Jeeps in this film have a vertical bar on the front. This was to cut invisible wires set between two trees by the enemy to decapitate the soldiers.
d.
Underwater shots were filmed with miniatures at the large inland Salton Sea in Southern California.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
Judge Reinhold
s first feature film.
b.
Before it was offered to
Michael Mann
, the script was offered to the Brazilian director
Fernando Meirelles
, who was planning on doing it in the style of
Martin Scorsese
s
After Hours
.
c.
For the scene in which Heidi is butted by a goat and falls over,
Shirley Temple
was butted for the first few takes. Although she later said that being butted was not painful, her mother
Gertrude Temple
became concerned for her safety and insisted that a stunt double be used.
d.
Composer Alan Silvestri was the original choice to write the films score and even met with the producers in Spring of 1986 about the job. Later in the summer, it was announced that John Barry had been hired to score the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
Marcia Mae Jones
was four years older and eighteen inches taller than
Shirley Temple
when this movie was filmed. Jones later recalled of the scene in which Temple helps her crippled character to walk that if she had really leaned on Temple, she "would have crushed her."
b.
This film is part of Brutal Underground DVD box set from Alpha Blue Archives.
c.
This is one of two movies to be released in 2009 to have been based on a short film released in 2005. The other film was
Shane Acker
s
9
. Both films were adapted for a full-length feature film by their original directors.
d.
The concept for this movie originated during the filming of a scene in
Uncle Buck
in which
Macaulay Culkin
plays a character who interrogates a would-be-babysitter through a letterbox.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
Delmar Watson
was not allowed to study his lines in advance. Because director
Allan Dwan
wanted Peter to seem slow, Watson was not given his lines until the day before they were filmed.
b.
Burt Reynolds
: The franchises big main star makes a walk-on appearance as The Real Bandit / Bo Darville.
c.
Deke and Randy call each other by the nicknames "Poncho" (Randy) and "Cisco" (Deke). These two character names are borrowed from "The Cisco Kid", the TV show playing in the background during the films first story, "Old Chief Woodnhead".
d.
Dwayne Johnson
/The Rocks payday of $5.5 million made the Guinness Book Of Records for the highest salary for a first-time leading man.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
A scene in which Heidi teaches Peter to read was cut from the final film.
b.
The Devil (
Elizabeth Hurley
) gives Elliot (
Brendan Fraser
) a business card with the name the Devil on it to prove that she is in fact the Devil. It is just like
Oh, God!
, when God (
George Burns
) gives Jerry Landers (
John Denver
) a business card with God written on it to prove he is God.
c.
As well as footage, this movie borrows in other ways from the crash of TWA Flight 800. The July 17th, 1996 flight was carrying a high school French club, it exploded suddenly and was investigated for a possible deliberate act causing the accident - first a bomb, then a surface to air missile. As with the movie, it was ultimately decided that the crash was a result of mechanical failure (explosion in the central fuel tank), although the FBI investigation is still open.
d.
The film had an extremely limited release and quietly died at the box office, then about five years later it was purchased from
Michael Findlay
by producer/distributor
Allan Shackleton
who hired director
Simon Nuchtern
to add a fake "snuff" segment at the end of the film. Shackelton then retitled the film
Snuff
, took off the credits and promoted it as a genuine snuff film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
The story that Father Grogan tells Michael and Christine about finding Caravaggios "The Taking of Christ" is true. The painting was found by accident when it was sent for cleaning. It can now be see in the National Gallery of Ireland as stated.
b.
Despite the 1969 copyright date on the title card, according to the date printed on a telegram shown during the scene immediately after the credits, the action of this film takes place during August 1966.
c.
The scene where Gale is drunk in downtown Austin (6th street) was somewhat improvised and shot with two lights and a camera. "Most of those people arent extras,"
Alan Parker
said to an audience at the University of Washington.
d.
Marcia Mae Jones
received fan mail from disabled children all over the world after playing Klara in this movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
This film did well both critically and financially for Warner Brothers B-Picture unit. In a review, "Film Daily" wrote "
Mark Hellinger
Associate Producer, uncredited can take full credit for an excellently mounted, well cast and carried out production." Most of the other reviews marveled that so much had been done with so little.
b.
The films special effects were not done by ILM because the members of ILM were already working on
Ghostbusters II
and
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
. This hindered the films ending greatly because the ending was to be much longer than Kirk simply being chased by "God." However, the sequence had to be cut out as a result of awful-looking special effects. The scenes were replaced by more shots of
George Murdock
s face, except his eyes glowed.
c.
Writer and director
Kurt Wimmer
invented the martial arts style of gunfighting for this movie in his backyard.
d.
Shirley Temple
suggested the idea and placement of the "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" sequence because she felt the song would liven up the movie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
James Coburn
(Britt) and
Robert Vaughn
(Lee) have only 11 and 16 lines in the entire film respectively. Although they were close friends for almost 50 years, this is their only film together.
b.
Shirley Temple
developed throat problems after she accidentally swallowed fake snow during a winter scene, and the crew had to shoot around her for two days.
c.
In the Spanish version, actors
Fernando Rey
and
Jesús Puente
dubbed actors
Henry Fonda
and
Peter Lawford
.
d.
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.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Heidi (1937)?
a.
The playing of "oldies" in the soundtrack became part of a 1970s trend where various recordings by the original artists were used to score a film.
b.
When Hagrid is escorting Harry out of Knockturn Alley, and again when Lockhart turns to show his other profile to the photographer, hardcover editions of Harry Potter books can be seen on the shelves.
c.
At one time
Jim Carrey
was slated to star as the lead and even contributed jokes to the screenplay, such as the main character being named Focker.
d.
The movie was filmed during the summer, and
Jean Hersholt
s heavy costume once caused him to collapse from heat exhaustion.
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