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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hollywood or Bust (1956) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hollywood or Bust (1956) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hollywood or Bust (1956).
About the movie:
A singer who can't pay his bookie joins a nerdy, star-struck movie fan and his Great Dane in a cross-country convertible ride to Hollywood.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hollywood or Bust (1956)?
a.
As the release date neared,
Walt Disney
was dismayed to learn that not all theaters were equipped to show a film in CinemaScope. Consequently, another version of the film had to be made, this time in original aspect ratio.
b.
When they arrive in Hollywood,
Anita Ekberg
is starring in a movie where she plays Napoleons lover. That same year, Ekberg was featured in
War and Peace
, another Paramount release, which included Napoleon as a character.
c.
It is sometimes stated, incorrectly, that this picture was based on the play "Submerged" by Clay Shaw, who was later acquitted of conspiring to assassinate President
John F. Kennedy
. When this picture was released Shaw was about 17 years old.
d.
David Fincher
claimed in an interview in UK film magazine Empire, that there is a Starbucks coffee cup visible in every shot in the movie (see also
The Game
) .
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hollywood or Bust (1956)?
a.
Jessica Simpson
was considered for the role of Jamie Sullivan.
b.
One of the lumberjacks expresses a wish to be a Pet Shop Owner, instead. This is a reference to a famous Monty Python sketch where the reverse situation is the case.
c.
The last film that
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
did together before breaking up as a comedy team.
d.
The original title of this movie was "Garage Sale".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hollywood or Bust (1956)?
a.
Harry Connick Jr.
spent weeks watching documentaries on serial killers in preparation for his role.
b.
The original screenplay by
Erna Lazarus
concerned the adventures of a down-on-her-luck ex-chorus girl and a con man as they made their way to California. It was conceived as a vehicle for
Shirley Booth
and
Humphrey Bogart
. By the time
Frank Tashlin
got through re-tooling it for
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
, it bore little resemblance to the original script. Nevertheless, Lazarus retained the sole writing credit.
c.
According to director Melanie Anne Phillips the opening scene was shot without permission at a real mine called "The Red Rover". About a month after shooting their scenes some real life miners hired to see if the mine was worth reopening entered and went further in than the film crew had, then died from poison gas exposure.
d.
In the film,
Ronald Colman
plays a fictional actor who stars in the longest-running "Othello" in history. In real life, actor
Paul Robeson
, who had just become the first black actor to star in an otherwise white production of "Othello" on Broadway, had just completed the longest run of the play.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hollywood or Bust (1956)?
a.
Among the casino marquees that the boys pass advertising show headliners include
Joe E. Lewis
,
Elvis Presley
, and
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
.
b.
The gym where the Looney Tunes practice is called "Leon Schlesinger Gym" after
Leon Schlesinger
, the man who produced the first Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
c.
When Reggie is calling his old friends to try and borrow money, one of the men he calls is named "Willie Biggs". In the original screenplay for the first movie, Willie Biggs was the original name of Eddie Murphy (I)s character. Murphy requested that the name be changed because he thought it was a "generic black name," and the character became Reggie Hammond.
d.
When the airport employee "lends" Tyler the car, the Narrator and Tyler get in through the same door. After the crash where Tyler was driving, Tyler pulls the Narrator out of the drivers side of the car.
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