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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hellcats of the Navy (1957) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hellcats of the Navy (1957) - Part (2) Quiz
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About the movie:
Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
The name Hellcats of this movies title refers to the US Navy vessels which took part in Operation Barney and traveled through the mine-ridden waters that lead to the Sea of Japan. The Hellcats term is derived from the US Navys slang word for mines belonging to the Imperial Japanese Navy: Hell Pots.
b.
ACTRADE(
Bruce Willis
): Firing two handguns at once.
c.
Expanded from the 1955 hour-long live TV play "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall," broadcast on "Philco Television Playhouse (1948)," also with Sidney Poitier in the role of Tommy.
d.
Richard Harris
and
Franco Nero
play brothers-turned-enemies Cain and Abel, and only a year later would play friends-turned-enemies Arthur and Lancelot in
Camelot
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
Cast members
Seann William Scott
,
Jason Biggs
and
Shannon Elizabeth
were filming this movie around the same time as
American Pie 2
.
b.
This movie received extensive cooperation from the United States Department of Defense to the point that even the US Navys Fleet Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz
introduced in person at the movies start.
c.
Shortly after this film released, a young woman named
Elizabeth Short
was murdered in Los Angeles. The local newspapers dubbed the case the "Black Dahlia" as a morbid twist on this films title. Unlike the movie, the Short murder case is still unsolved.
d.
Al Pacino
and
Paul Guilfoyle
studied and examined the play for four years before they decided to make a film of it. When they finally decided to film it they spent four months rehearsing before it was finally shot. They approached the production of the film as if they were staging a play and wanted to avoid making it look too much like a film. Pacino deleted any shots looked too cinematic for his taste.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
The modestly-budgeted film was financed by the directors successful vineyard in California.
b.
This movies lead star, former American President
Ronald Reagan
s funeral was very well attended by the United States Navy in 2004.
c.
Sharon Tate
told her
Roman Polanski
that the happy atmosphere on this film was marred when a young uncredited stuntman drowned after parachuting into the Pacific Ocean.
d.
Oscar Goodman
, who plays Sam Rothsteins attorney, is in real life a lawyer who defended several reputed mobsters with Las Vegas connections. In June of 1999, he was elected Mayor of Las Vegas.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
Maule confesses to Alma that he is afraid of horses, but in real life
Virginia OBrien
was afraid of horses.
b.
The only Harry Potter film not to star
Julie Walters
.
c.
The film utilizes an oft-used storyline of the war movie genre which has two soldiers in love with the same girl.
d.
This film was adapted from a Broadway play that originally starred
Deborah Kerr
,
John Kerr
and
Leif Erickson
, who recreate their stage roles in this film. Also in the Broadway cast in supporting roles were
Alan Sues
(who later appeared on TVs
Rowan & Martins Laugh-In
) and
Dick York
(the first actor who played Darrin on TVs
Bewitched
starring
Elizabeth Montgomery
).
Joan Fontaine
and
Anthony Perkins
also later appeared in the stage version of "Tea and Sympathy" as cast replacements during its long run. The stage production opened on Sept. 30, 1953 at the Ethel Barrymoore Theatre and ran for 712 performances.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellcats of the Navy (1957)?
a.
The cameo appearance of
Clive Owen
can be seen both as a nod to the fact that Owen was rumored to be a contender to replace
Pierce Brosnan
as James Bond in
Casino Royale
(denied by both EON and Owen), and a tribute to
Peter Sellers
(the most famous actor to play Inspector Clouseau) who also parodied James Bond in the spoof film,
Casino Royale
. Owens role was originally intended for Pierce Brosnan, but his contract with EON specifically prohibited him from appearing as a spy in a tuxedo for at least five years after leaving the role of 007.
b.
The name of the Hellcat submarine in this movie that
Ronald Reagan
commands was the USS Starfish aka The Starfish. This was a fictional name and not the name of a real World War II US Navy Hellcat submarine. However, the type of name was in keeping with the style of fish and marine-like names of the real Hellcat submarines of the Second World War which were named as follows: SS 411 USS Spadefish; SS 401 USS Sea Dog; SS 291 USS Crevalle; SS 302 USS Skate; SS 282 USS Tunny; SS 283 USS Tinosa; SS 229 USS Flying Fish; SS 287 USS Bowfin; and SS 223 USS Bonefish.
c.
The scenes in the FBI Headquarters were filmed at the "Haagse Hogeschool" in The Hague, the Netherlands. The building you see is the school.
d.
As Meowth gets sucked into a tube, James says "Whos That Pokemon?", a reference to the commercial-break game of the same name on the TV show.
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