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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hope and Glory (1987) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hope and Glory (1987) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hope and Glory (1987)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987).

About the movie: A semiautobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		In January, 1957, Herb Stempel and Charles Van Doren actually had a series of three scripted ties and Charles Van Doren finally won on the fourth game. While Charles Van Doren did lose to Vivienne Nearing, he actually played against her three times to a tie before losing. He had beat her husband, Victor Nearing, earlier in the year. He signed a 3-year contract for $150,000 ($50,000 a year in the movie, pretty much got it right) in April, 1957, to guest on Steve Allens show, guest host the Today show, and be a panelist on NBCs radio show, "Conversations."
b.		The final film directed by Stanley Kramer.
c.		The location for the birch woods in the film was found using Google Earth.
d.		According to the Australian DVD sleeve notes, this film is based on director John Boormans "own childhood experiences" during World War II.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		Was named the best screenplay of all time by the Writers Guild of America (2006)
b.		A 650 feet long suburban street set with seventeen semi-detached houses was constructed for this movie. Apparently, at the time at least, it was the largest set built in the UK for twenty-five years.
c.		Jami Gertzs screen debut.
d.		The eyepiece of one of the Borg contains the front canopy of a Star Wars TIE Fighter toy made by Kenner.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		It was one of the highest grossing independently financed movies of 1974. The success of the film inspired the sequel Return to Macon County.
b.		Charley Boorman, who plays the Luftwaffe Pilot, is the son of the films director, John Boorman.
c.		Unveiled just after the clock struck midnight on Dec 31st 1999, making it the first film to be released in the new millennium (pedantry over the date of the beginning of the millennium notwithstanding).
d.		Pia Lindström filmed scenes for the movie as a "Peasant Girl," but her scenes were cut before release.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		It was Walt Disneys lead story man and writer Bill Peet who first suggested making an animated version of The Jungle Book.
b.		In the scene where Mrs. Doubtfire is reading a story, the story she is reading is Stuart Little, and the part she reads is from "Chapter 1: The Drain"
c.		Trevor Howard was replaced by Ian Bannen.
d.		Art Clokey and Dal McKennons last film.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		People on set commented that Jemaine Clement and director Jared Hess bore a striking resemblance, which Clement explained by joking, "Ive found directors often hire people who look like them."
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.		Advance bookings totaled $26,000,000 in 340 theaters.
d.		The films title is a shortening of the title of the flag-waving patriotic 1902 nationalist British song, "Land of Hope and Glory", music composed by Edward Elgar and lyrics by Arthur C. Benson.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		There was to be a sequel, appropriately entitled "Cats". But when "Dogs" failed at the box office, production was canceled.
b.		The film was mostly shot in an abandoned jeans factory in Durango, Mexico with blue and green screens.
c.		Eight years earlier, the movie Yankss storyline partially captured the experiences of young English boys during the Second World War, a theme that is elaborated on in this film.
d.		Angelo Badalamenti: the soundtrack composer appears as the espresso-drinking movie exec at the beginning of the film.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		"News reel" footage shown in the cinemas of the RAF versus the Luftwaffe is actually from Battle of Britain
b.		Ray Harryhausen stated in his biography that this is his least favorite of his films.
c.		Daniel Waters wrote a draft of the screenplay in 1995. The writers that revised the script include: Laeta Kalogridis, Theresa Rebeck (credited), Kate Kondell, John Rogers (credited), John D. Brancato (credited), Michael Ferris (credited), Jon Cowan, John OBrien, David Reynolds, Harley Peyton, Valerie Breiman, Rita Hsiao, and Andrew W. Marlowe.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 11, 1937 with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray reprising their film roles.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hope and Glory (1987)?
a.		This is the second World War II movie made by director John Boorman. The first had been Hell in the Pacific, nineteen years earlier. He would later make the war-related film, Beyond Rangoon.
b.		The scene where Micah shows Katie the Internet page about Diane originally showed a lengthy online video of the exorcism; the scene was cut down significantly.
c.		Writer / director J.P. McGowan had been a diamond prospector in South Africa in the early years of the 20th century, and based this movie on his experiences there.
d.		When this movie was released, Ashton Dearholt claimed he had to take the place of an actor named Don Costello, who had been hired to play the evil Raglan, after he had come down with a tropical illness. Not true - Don Costello did not exist, he was just a name Dearholt invented.

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