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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hell and High Water (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hell and High Water (1954) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hell and High Water (1954).
About the movie:
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hell and High Water (1954)?
a.
This marked the feature film debut of
Darryl F. Zanuck
s muse
Bella Darvi
, whose stage surname was a combination of the first names of Zanuck and his wife Virginia.
b.
The original story was written by John Bowers and Andre de Toth with John Wayne in mind. Wayne loved it and offered Bowers $10,000 for it. The writer thought it was worth more and told Wayne how he felt. The actor reportedly said, Well, you wrote it for me. Dont you have any artistic integrity?" Bowers later got $70,000 for it at Fox, and Wayne harbored ill-feelings about the incident, accusing Bowers of selling it out from under him.
c.
The wife of Sam,
Harry Morgan
s character, was named Mildred. In
M*A*S*H
, Morgans character, Col. Sherman Potter, also had a wife named Mildred.
d.
The movie ends with the implication that Lefty was killed after being "sent for". In real life, the FBI intercepted Lefty on the way to being killed and arrested him. Sonny Black, however, was "sent for" and subsequently murdered, his body turning up a year later on Staten Island. The individual who had orchestrated his murder, Joe Massino, wasnt convicted until 2005. Lefty was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, extortion, distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, and running an illegal gambling operation; he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but received early parole in 1992 after it was discovered he was suffering from terminal cancer. He died of lung cancer in 1994.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hell and High Water (1954)?
a.
Lindsay Felton was cast in the film after responding to a message on Twitter sent by writer/director Travis Legge.
b.
Most of the characters are based on the Directors friends: Grundel, Roy, Big Pig, and Malone all play an over the top version of themselves in the movie.
c.
This was Twentieth Century-Foxs fifth CinemaScope production.
d.
Shooting at the mall was suspended over the Christmas season because it would have been too costly to nightly remove and then later re-hang all the seasonal decorations.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hell and High Water (1954)?
a.
The cast met for weekly rehearsals from August to mid December.
b.
The film was initially banned in France "on political grounds." An article noted that France had also banned Soviet films with political themes, and that "a number of European countries are sensitive to films with political themes and refuse them exhibition permits rather than rouse the ire of either the U.S. or Russia."
c.
The crucified animal carcasses were borrowed from a local restaurant, which were then served to customers upon being returned.
d.
Shot in 1973, not released until 1976.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hell and High Water (1954)?
a.
Director Len Kabasinski is a lifelong Seattle Seahawks fan. Several of the villains in this film are named after Seattle Seahawks players (Largent, Zorn, Nash, Greene, Fenner).
b.
A fat girl in the beach photograph appears to be
June Gittelson
, and the girl in the framed photograph appears to be
Martha Sleeper
.
c.
Film debut of
James Morrison
.
d.
Charles Boyer
was originally cast as "Prof. Montel."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hell and High Water (1954)?
a.
The crew originally intending on shooting the movie backwards due to a heavy snow storm that hit the New York City area in February 2010. However, those plans were scrapped after two days of mid-70s weather melted all the snow two days before filming began.
b.
Dolores in the dream sequence is depicted as having her back hollowed out and ashen. In this aspect bears a strange resemblance to the Skogsra or Huldra or Norwegian folklore: beautiful forest trolls whose backs resembled hollowed out trunks that seduced men into marrying them. If their men abused them they would however, wreak vengeance on the men, or revert to an ugly form. This may be a foreshadow for Dolores mental breakdown being related to Teddy/Andrews alcoholism and the implied mental and verbal abuse she suffered at his hands as a result.
c.
The film has been in production for many years. Originally
Mandy Moore
was cast as Lucy,
Amber Tamblyn
was cast as Tess,
Kelli Garner
was cast as Peggy,
Paul Dano
was cast as Jim,
Alison Pill
was cast as Ann and the singer
Nellie McKay
was cast as Sue . In early 2008 all six dropped out and
Amanda Seyfried
was given the role of the character Peggy. She was then cast as Sophie in the film
Mamma Mia!
and dropped out of
What Goes Up
and was replaced by
Sarah Lind
.
Hilary Duff
and
Olivia Thirlby
were then cast in the roles of Lucy and Tess respectively.
Josh Peck
,
Ingrid Nilson
and
Andrea Brooks
were then cast in the roles of Jim, Ann and Sue respectively.
d.
In his review of the film, New York Times critic
Bosley Crowther
misquoted the foreword, implying that the film was based on a true story in which announcements about an explosion had been made by the White House and Atomic Energy Commission.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hell and High Water (1954)?
a.
Jon Lovitz
and
Phil Hartman
, who have a cameo in the film as the Comic Policeman, were both regulars on
Saturday Night Live
when this film was in production. They each left the show soon after to pursue film careers.
b.
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.
c.
Frank Redman
replaced
Lee Garmes
as cinematographer when Garmes was called back to the US to work on
China Girl
,
d.
The scene from the attack on the first island was taken from the movie
Crash Dive
. Particularly the ammo exploding in the depot and the burning fuel cascading over the short cliff into the sea.
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