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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hondo (1953) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hondo (1953)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953).

About the movie: Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		This film, released on March 9, 1933, single-handedly rescued the movie musical, which had been considered a money losing proposition since mid-1930. Early "all talking, all dancing" musicals typically suffered from severe camera restrictions coupled with poor musical staging, soured the public on the genre in general (Universals huge losses from the lively King of Jazz had put an unofficial moratorium on the musical) and no other studio wanted to risk producing one. Warners, at the time of the films release, had Gold Diggers of 1933 nearing completion and pre-production plans were well underway for Footlight Parade, all utilizing the talents of Busby Berkeley. The success of this film would convince Radio Pictures to produce Flying Down to Rio (released that December). Other major studios would continue to shy away from musicals throughout 1933, although Paramount would proceed with plans to produce the lavish Murder at the Vanities toward the end of the year.
b.		John Wayne was originally to be only the producer for his Batjac company, and wanted Glenn Ford for the title role. But Ford had such an unpleasant working experience with director John Farrow on their previous collaboration, Plunder of the Sun, that he turned down the offer. Wayne then took on the role himself.
c.		A huge silk screen was used to mask the sun during the shoot in California to create a more misty atmosphere.
d.		The large-scale sets were quite expensive, so most of the set was used again and again, since they could be disguised by the dense fog of the scenes.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		Kris Kristofferson and Sam Peckinpah had several heated arguments during the making of the film, and others on the set often thought it would end up in a fight. Peckinpah, always very confrontational, wanted to fight Kristofferson but said that he feared Kristoffersonm, a former Army Airborne Ranger, would "kill him". Kristofferson answered, "Yeah, Sam, I think youre right". In spite of this, Peckinpah referred to Kristofferson as a "fucking great guy" and said that working with him was "one of the greatest experiences of my life".
b.		Katharine Hepburn was originally planned to have been cast as the female lead, with the idea being that her part and John Waynes would be roughly equal. However, the female lead role grew less prominent as the script was developed, until it was clearly subservient to Waynes. Therefore, producer Robert Fellows sent a letter to Hepburns agent expressing his belief that such a role was beneath a star of Hepburns stature, and explaining that rather than embarrass her by offering her a part she would be forced to turn down, he decided not to offer it to her at all. The role went to Broadway actress Geraldine Page, instead, while Hepburn and Wayne finally teamed more than twenty years later in Rooster Cogburn.
c.		This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
d.		The Indian woman who flees from the train station in the opening sequence was actually played by a Hawaiian princess, Luukialuana (Luana) Kalaeloa (aka Luana Strode). She was the wife of actor Woody Strode.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		The climax was going to be a humorous existential dialogue between agents J and K and the Bug, but the studio called for a more action-packed climax, so it was changed to the Bug getting blown up.
b.		Geraldine Page, a left wing liberal actress from Broadway, was horrified by the right-wing views of John Wayne, Ward Bond, James Arness and John Farrow.
c.		Gregory Nicotero: The long haired biker that Tom Savinis character steals the beer from is the makeup effects supervisor. His character makes a further appearance in a deleted scene where in he is brutally murdered by Santanico Pandemonium when she sits on his lap (in human form) and seduces him into a false sense of security. Then a second vampiric snake-like mouth erupts from her own and bites his head off in an explicit fashion.
d.		Gloria Swansonadmitted in an interview decades later that Wallace Reids drug addiction scared her while they were making this film, and she avoided socializing with him because of it.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		During the final battle between the Deadites and Ashs men, one of the Deadites lets out a war cry that is almost identical to that of Xena: Warrior Princess - a series in which Ted Raimi and Bruce Campbell both featured in, and was also produced by Sam Raimi.
b.		Janusz Kaminski is a regular cinematographer on Steven Spielbergs films. When Spielberg approached him for Minority Report, he told him to create "the ugliest, dirtiest movie" either of them had ever made.
c.		Daniel Day-Lewis based his voice for and characterization of Daniel Plainview in part on old recordings of the director, writer, and actor John Huston. An article by Christopher Goodwin in the Sunday Times (of London) revealed Paul Thomas Anderson sent Day-Lewis documentaries about Huston while Day-Lewis was preparing to play the role.
d.		Film debut of Geraldine Page.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		John Wayne attributed the films moderate performance at the box office to its similarity with Shane.
b.		The different type of psychics in the film are Movers (who can move objects with their mind), Pushers (who can control other peoples thoughts), Watchers (who can see the future), Bleeders (who emit high-pitched screams that can burst blood vessels), Sniffs (who can track people), Shifters (who can temporarily change what an object looks like to others), Wipers (who can wipe memory), Shadows (who can cloak themselves and others around them from detection) and Stitchers (who can heal or unheal people).
c.		During the production of the Alien Quadrilogy DVD set, Frantic Films was brought in to re-shoot the title sequence where the bugs teeth gives way to a shot of the Auriga.
d.		For the 1.33:1 video transfer, rather than pan-and-scan the original 2.35:1 theatrical image, Pixar actually re-used the original computer images, re-framed some scenes, and even to the point where theyd place characters to a different spot in the scene to fit into the 1.33:1 frame.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		Star Drug Store has been a Galveston fixture since 1917. Its exterior, with its distinctive ceramic Coca-Cola sign, is seen in several scenes, and Schwimmers character uses a pay phone in the back of the soda fountain. It burned in 1998, shortly after the movie was released, and was closed for several years before reopening in 2001.
b.		Katharine Hepburn was originally sought for the role of Mrs. Lowe, but turned it down due to her outrage at John Waynes activities as President of the far-right-wing Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, which endorsed, among other things, the blacklisting of "Commies, pinkos and fellow travelers" in the motion picture business. Ironically, more than 20 years later Hepburn did act with Wayne in Rooster Cogburn.
c.		The car driven by Johnny at the beginning of the film was owned by Tom Savini. According to the director it was the first car he bought after meeting with success and it broke his heart to wreck it during filming.
d.		Third baseball-themed movie for Kevin Costner. Previous were Bull Durham and Field of Dreams.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		M. Night Shyamalan: Stadium drug dealer.
b.		Scream 4 is the first film in the franchise not to be edited by Patrick Lussier, Wes Cravens long time editor. Since the third movie, Lussier has gone on to a directing career of his own that includes the remake of My Bloody Valentine which is one of the many horror film remakes mentioned in Scream 4.
c.		Originally filmed in 3-D.
d.		This story takes place over the course of a few days. In the novel that the film is based on, the story takes place over the course of around two years. Also, in the book, Alex Cross is 38 years old with two kids, where as in the film he is in his mid to late fifties.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		In the Married with Children episode "Assault and Batteries," Al Bundy says that Hondo is his favorite movie of all time, and he spends the entire episode trying to watch it in peace.
b.		The actress credited as "Skiba", who appears as the homeless woman under the opening credits, was actually the films make-up artist, Mary Ann Skiba.
c.		The film continues where Trail of the Pink Panther leaves off.
d.		In a number of scenes, you can see the house used in Lethal Weapon just across the street from Bud and Mary-Sues.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		According to TCM, John Wayne won the well-trained dog Sam from his owner/trainer in a poker game after the movie wrapped.
b.		Portia de Rossi, Kyra Sedgwick, Brooke Shields and Kate Winslet turned down the role of Connie.
c.		George M. Cohans first movie.
d.		All the roles in this film were played by children.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hondo (1953)?
a.		Pal, the dog that played Sam, was the son of Lassie. In the movie, he is supposed to be vicious and ill-tempered, but the temperatures during filming were so hot, he simply panted instead of snarling when on camera. In order to overcome this, he was kept in a special air-conditioned crate while on set and was only brought out for his shots.
b.		Slash: When the nightmare scene is being filmed on the docks, the harpoon that goes through the window is fired by Slash, the guitarist from Guns N Roses.
c.		The opening sequence in the film was originally supposed to take place on a boat. During a location scout, they found the airplane set and decided to revise the script. As it turns out, the original boat sequence was originally inspired by the airplane sequence in Twilight Zone: The Movie.
d.		During an emotional scene in the film, Miles talks with great passion about Pinot Noir. After the release of this movie, sales of Pinot Noir wines rose by more than 20 percent over the 2004-05 Christmas/New Year period, compared to the same period the previous year. A similar phenomenon was experienced in British wine outlets. Miles is deeply disparaging, in a different scene, about Merlot, and sales dropped after the film came out. Ironically, Miless prized bottle of wine, a 1961 Château Cheval Blanc, is a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, another grape Miles disparaged.