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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).
About the movie:
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)?
a.
The tunnel scene where the hero hides briefly from the townspeople was filmed at Bronson Cave in Griffith Park, famous with locals as the Bat Cave.
b.
After Chris (
Will Smith
) takes his bone density scanner from the hippie on the bus, as he walks out, listen very closely and you will hear a woman whisper "is that Will Smith?"
c.
The rights to
Hal G. Evarts
story were sold to Republic Pictures by his widow. Ironically, the serial isnt faithful whatsoever to Evarts original story: the writers substituted an entirely different story.
d.
To achieve his unique "look" for the film, cinematographer
Janusz Kaminski
adjusted his film shutter to 90 degrees to create sharper, more realistic images, and used an Image Shaker to vibrate the camera to approximate the impact of explosions.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)?
a.
The movies poster was listed as #20 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere magazine.
b.
One of the pictures on the "Wall of Shame" (just left of center) is of porn performer
Kitty
.
c.
Only $15,000 of the budget was spent on special effects.
d.
The office Christmas party scene was actually filmed on December 23, 1959, so as to catch everybody in the proper holiday mood.
Billy Wilder
filmed almost all of it on the first take, stating to an observer, "I wish it were always this easy. Today, I can just shout action and stand back."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)?
a.
In the original script, Joon was supposed to have burned the house down towards the end of the movie.
b.
Benicio Del Toro
was the third actor to win an Academy Award (for
Traffic
) after appearing in a James Bond movie.
Judi Dench
was the second (for
Shakespeare in Love
) whilst
Sean Connery
was the first for
The Untouchables
. Del Toro is the fourth actor to appear in a James Bond movie who has won an Oscar, the first was
Christopher Walken
who won one before he appeared in a Bond movie. He is the first Bond henchman to win an Oscar and the second Bond villain to do so, again after Walken.
c.
Becky and Miles paraphrase Shakespeare twice. "I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows" is from A Midsummer Nights Dream. "That way madness lies" is from King Lear.
d.
The entrance to "The Leaky Cauldron" and, behind it, Diagon Alley is shown to be on Great Newport Street, just off Charing Cross Road, between the bookshop and number 12.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)?
a.
The film originally ended with Miles J. Binnell on the highway shouting to the people driving by, "Youre next, youre next!" However, the studio wanted a happier ending that would assure the audience that the heros efforts were not in vain, so scenes were added to the opening to show Miles in a hospital recounting his story to two other doctors and to the end when the other doctors find out about the pods and one of them contacts the FBI.
b.
Jon Bon Jovi
auditioned for the lead role.
c.
Poor quality transfers of the film are due to the fact that the film only survives in 16mm form, mainly through Universals "Show-At-Home" film rental library. About 10-15 minutes of footage still remains missing.
d.
In the movie, a flooded excavation plagues the Blandings and their builders, requiring pumps to empty it. In reality,
Eric Hodgins
reported in his interview with LIFE magazine that the movie set excavation leaked so badly that large pumps were required just to keep it filled for shooting.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)?
a.
Val Kilmer
spent several hours a day in the makeup chair for placement of numerous fake tattoos on his chest, arms and back.
b.
Ranked #9 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sci-Fi" in June 2008.
c.
Co-authors
Mario Puzo
and
Francis Ford Coppola
disagreed over whether Michael should have Fredo killed. Coppola only agreed on condition that Michael would wait until their mother was dead.
d.
Director
Hy Averback
said in an interview that one day,
Peter Sellers
refused to shoot a scene until a crew member standing off camera changed clothes. The superstitious Sellers claimed the outfit was the "wrong color". Shooting had to stop while they went to wardrobe and got a different color outfit for the crewmember.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)?
a.
Every time Inspector Clouseau says Miguel, he pronounces it incorrectly by adding the sound of the letter u. All the other characters who say it pronounce it correctly (with a silent u).
b.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
was originally cast as Samantha.
c.
Universals UK DVD (824 346 1.11) comes with a choice of the original black and white or a colorized version. The black & whites running time is 1hr and 20 mins while the color version has an added five minutes to its running time.
d.
The
Glenn Corbett
appearing in this film is not the same actor as the better known
Glenn Corbett
who entered films in 1959.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)?
a.
Throughout the years,
Sam Peckinpah
(who appears briefly in the film as the meter reader) claimed that he had done work on the script ranging from modifications to major overhauls. Those who worked on the film claimed that if Peckinpah had made any changes to the script, it was limited to a few lines of dialog. Peckinpahs claims became so inflated that the actual writer,
Daniel Mainwaring
, threatened to file an official complaint with the Writers Guild of America, so Peckinpah backed down. When Peckinpah died in 1984, many of his obituaries still carried the claim that he had rewritten the screenplay for this film.
b.
John Landis
states, had
Martin Short
turned down the role of Ned, he would have then approached
Rick Moranis
to play the role.
c.
The scene where Ramona helps Scott fight Roxy Richter by controlling his arms, because he refuses to hit a girl, resembles a scene in the Free Comic Book Day issue of Scott Pilgrim. In that issue Scott refuses to fight a group of clones of pop singer Winifred Hailey.
d.
The killer whale was portrayed by a combination of stock footage taken at Marine World in Redwood City, California, and an animatronic whale which was filmed off the coasts of Malta and Newfoundland.
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