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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
About the movie:
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Peter OToole
was asked to play Rasputin.
b.
The title is a poke at Hollywoods trend to exploit any popular trend by turning it into a movie. Before the "Pizza: The Movie" was settled on, "Roadwaiters" was also strongly considered as a title.
c.
Mark Richt, the head football coach at the University of Georgia, has a cameo in the film.
d.
In 2004 the BBC TV listings magazine "Radio Times" conducted a poll into the Best Film Never to Have Won an Oscar.
Its a Wonderful Life
came second (
The Shawshank Redemption
was first).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
350,000 feet of film were used.
b.
Eragon tries to save Brom with the incantation "Waisse heill!" This is an inside joke for language buffs. "Waes hael" ("Be well!") was an Old English drinking toast and source of the word "wassail," a kind of Christmas punch.
c.
For the scene in which the dining room is seen flooding, with water rushing in through the portholes, fireboats were positioned alongside the liner. They fired water at the portholes into the dining room, which was still well above sea level.
d.
In real life
Ashton Kutcher
was a biochemical engineering major at the University of Iowa. Ashton wears Iowa U sweats and hats in the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
When Shaws Secret Service agent plants the rifle at the rally site for Marco, the spoken word piece "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round" by
Dead Kennedys
can be heard. The piece is about the U.S. "Secretary of War" calling Britains Prime Minister suggesting "its time to start another war", and suggesting that both countries give their soldiers, and young people who might be drafted, drugs to ensure compliance.
b.
Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names):
Wilson Benge
(Butler),
Leo G. Carroll
(Senate head) and
Harry Allen
&
Dan Maxwell
(Stone buyers).
c.
The last movie produced by
Hal B. Wallis
.
d.
The instant that George says "God" on the bridge, it starts snowing, showing that he is back in the real world.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
James Stewart
cited George Bailey as being his favorite character. The part was originally developed at another studio with
Cary Grant
earmarked for the role. When
Frank Capra
inherited the project, he rewrote it to suit Stewart.
b.
According to several sources including Steven Bachs Final Cut,
Clint Eastwood
perceived himself to be upstaged by
Jeff Bridges
.
c.
Malcolm McDowell
received death threats from obsessed Star Trek fans after his character killed Captain Kirk.
d.
The movie was dubbed into Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
The restaurant, where Matthew overhears Lisa talking on the telephone, is called "Bellucci".
Monica Bellucci
was the female lead in the French original
Lappartement
, of which this film is a remake.
b.
This was the first and last time that
Frank Capra
produced, financed, directed and co-wrote one of his films.
c.
For the scene in the cemetery where they meet following the events at the Sanctuary, Duncan and Connor originally spoke French, because both Paul and Lambert are fluent. However, during post-production it was decided to switch the language over to Scottish Gaelic.
d.
Shot without a script.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
The majority of film score features music by underground hip-hop artist/producer, The Custodian of Records.
b.
Sarah Jessica Parker
has stated that this film changed her career. Up until this point she had always played mousy girls or the best friend. She said that no one in Hollywood had thought of her as "sexy." Once she was cast in this role several new doors opened for her.
c.
James Stewart
repeated his role in a one-hour radio version for NBC Radio Theater in 1949.
d.
Burt Lancaster
recalled that
Gary Cooper
would object to anything in the script that implied his character was anything other than good, and demand it be changed.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
The address of the Warbucks mansion is given as 987 Fifth Avenue. There is no such address in New York City; the closest address is 1000 Fifth Avenue, which belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
b.
The studio where "I Could Fall In Love" is recorded in the movie, is Studio A in Q-Productions, where Selena actually recorded her English Album.
c.
After the war
Frank Capra
set up Liberty Films with
George Stevens
and
William Wyler
to make more serious, soul-searching films. This and
State of the Union
were Libertys only productions.
d.
The cave scene where Jim is wandering out in the New Mexico desert was shot at the Mitchell Caverns in the East Mojave Preserve in California. According to the tour guide there,
Oliver Stone
and the art dept. painted Indian petroglyphs at the site that wouldnt wash off. This upset the state park, Stone was fined, and which prompted that filming unfortunately could no longer be done at the caves.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
The life clocks on everyones hands all start out clear (at birth), turn yellow at age 8, green at 16, and red at 23. Everyone wears clothes the same color as their life clocks (except Sandmen, who wear black uniforms). As Lastday - age 30 - approaches, the life clocks flash red and black, then, at 30 turn totally black.
b.
After a month went by with
Marlon Brando
failing to respond to
David Lean
s written inquiry into whether he wanted to play Viktor Komarovsky, he offered the part to
James Mason
, who accepted. Lean, who had wanted to cast Brando as
Lawrence of Arabia
and offered him roles in
Ryans Daughter
and his unmade "Nostromo", decided on Mason as he did not want an actor to overpower the character of Yuri Zhivago. Mason eventually dropped out and
Rod Steiger
accepted the role. Steiger eventually would be involved in the filming of "Dr. Zhivago" for the better part of a year, which may have been a reason that both Brando and Mason shunned the role.
c.
The Gung Ho term for harmonious military team-work became the Second Marine Raider Battalions war cry. The term spread through the Marine Corps and into the American vernacular.
d.
Vincent Price
was considered for the part of Mr. Potter.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Residents of the area around Stockton, California were used as extras in the film; often, director
Robert Rossen
would give them speaking parts and film the "rehearsals" to get a more spontaneous effect.
b.
The answer to Julians math riddle, with the average month having 30 days, is $10,737,418.23.
c.
Donna Reed
s first starring role.
d.
In his autobiography Dream Repairman, editor
Jim Clark
wrote that he walked out of the post-production in mid-2001 with the film shown in Cannes incomplete with missing insert footage. Clark said that "My 70th birthday was coming up on May 24 and I wanted to be home for that. Also, I was tired of sitting in small airless rooms in New York waiting for something to happen on a film that seemed mired in inaction."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Sydney Chaplin
s film debut.
b.
At $3.7 million, this was a very expensive independent production. In its initial box office run, it only earned $3.3 million.
c.
Herschel Bernardi
was nominated for the 1969 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Musical for "Zorba" in the musical adaptation of this movie.
d.
Life Magazine wrote that this film was producer
Mark Hellinger
s "personal love letter to New York" and that he was present on every location in New York, checking details and supervising it.
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