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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hellfighters (1968) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hellfighters (1968) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968).
About the movie:
The story of macho oil well firefighters and their wives.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968)?
a.
This was the first of Universals Sherlock Holmes series in which Dennis Hoey appeared as Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
b.
Contrary to some belief, the exterior of the Simmons house was not the same one built for
Alfred Hitchcock
s
Psycho
. The Simmons house is a different facade located on what used to be named Colonial Street on Universals back lot, and has been used in several other shows.
c.
John Wayne
,
Bruce Cabot
and
Jim Hutton
also all starred together in
The Green Berets
d.
The climactic foot chase between Coley Blake and the police was completely improvised. Moreover, Blake was more of a slick New York City criminal type in an earlier draft of the script.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968)?
a.
Actress
Cybill Shepherd
and director
Peter Bogdanovich
were romantically involved during the making of this movie.
b.
The house into which the dead boy is brought, was not supposed to be blue, but rather have the same natural red color as the others. It was painted blue by a member of the village during the course of time from which it was selected until the crew returned. Anderson chose to use it anyway.
c.
A burning oil well prompted the owner, present-day billionaire Phillip Anschutz, to call Red Adair, a famous firefighter who later put out the oil well fires during the Gulf War, to put out the blaze. To pay Adair, Anschutz persuaded Universal Studios to pay him $100,000 to film Adair putting out his well fire for "Hellfighters."
d.
According to
Janet Leigh
, wardrobe worn by her character Marion Crane was not custom made for her, but rather purchased "off the rack" from ordinary clothing stores.
Alfred Hitchcock
wanted women viewers to identify with the character by having her wear clothes that an ordinary secretary could afford, and thus add to the mystique of realism.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968)?
a.
Don Creech
("Mr. Anderson") is the keeper of the Muppets for the Jim Henson company. He takes care of and repairs the thousands of Muppets created over the years.
b.
The character of Chance Buckman is based on real-life oil well firefighter
Red Adair
.
c.
Robert Towne
wrote (and continually rewrote) the screenplay for this film eight years before it was finally produced,
d.
Press reports at various times suggested that
Herman J. Mankiewicz
would write the film,
George Stevens
would direct it, and
Loretta Young
would star in it. None of these people had anything to do with the film as produced.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968)?
a.
Voices of Joey Bishop and announcer Regis Philbin can be heard in background, excerpted from Bishops late night ABC TV talk show of late Sixties.
b.
When Tish Buckman and Greg Parker look at the house they plan to move into after they wed, its the same house used as the Douglas home in
My Three Sons
. It was later used as one of the houses on "Wysteria Lane" in
Desperate Housewives
.
c.
Oren Peli
s directorial debut.
d.
The rifle used by the group throughout the movie is an older model Ruger Mini-14, chambered for the .223 Remington.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968)?
a.
Last cinema feature of
Jim Hutton
.
b.
According to director
Richard Donner
,
Mel Gibson
improvised the opening scenes in which his character expounds his conspiracy theories to a succession of passengers.
c.
Actors Michael Burger and Jason Lee Boyson were initially supposed to have the entire shooting day to film the final sequence; however, a scheduling conflict with another actor forced the actors into a four-hour window. The scene began at 9am and filmed til the afternoon.
d.
There is conflicting information for the original (1927) song credits. Some references list music by
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Buddy G. DeSylva
and
Lew Brown
. However, sheet music published in connection with that show, and the 1947 movie list all three for music and lyrics. The on-screen credits also lists all three for music and lyrics.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968)?
a.
William Wyler
s first post-war movie.
b.
Katharine Ross
and
John Wayne
had many arguments over his very vocal support for the Vietnam War.
c.
The tutu outfit that Carrie models for the girls is the same outfit she wears on the
Sex and the City
opening credits.
d.
The film came in at $200,000 under budget because
Roger Corman
reused sets from other movies, including a mansion that served as Capones home (even though in reality
Al Capone
lived in a modest brick home in a working-class neighborhood).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hellfighters (1968)?
a.
John Larkin
, who plays Colonel Broderick, died suddenly less than a year after the film was released. Larkin had already shot many other films and TV episodes, which were released or aired posthumously.
b.
According to
Charlton Heston
s published diaries, "Charlton Heston: The Actors Life; Journals 1956-1976" he wanted
Julie Christie
to be his co-star, but she was vetoed by the studio.
c.
A Bluebird Production. Universal, lacking its own theater chain, devised a 3-tiered branding system to market its features to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low-budget), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced to command higher roadshow ticket pricing). This brand-driven marketing system would fade away by late 1929.
d.
When asked to comment on the film during production, actress Katharine Ross replied, "Its the biggest piece of crap Ive ever done!" Then the reporter asked Vera Miles (who was playing Waynes wife and Rosss mother in the film) to respond to Rosss comment. She thought for a moment and said, "Well, its not the biggest piece of crap IVE ever done!"
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