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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Part (4) 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.
One of
Daniel Day-Lewis
favorite films. He cites the reason for this as being
Heath Ledger
s performance. After Ledgers death Day-Lewis dedicated his SAG award for
There Will Be Blood
to Ledgers memory mentioning in particular the final scene in Ennis trailer being "as moving as anything I have ever seen".
b.
Priscilla Bonner
was originally cast as Esther because
John Barrymore
s first choice, his then-love Mary Astor (I), was unavailable. Before filming started he met and fell for
Dolores Costello
and replaced Bonner with her.
c.
Masao Maki
, who plays the Indian chief, is actually the owner of Sushi Zanmai in downtown Boulder, where UCB is located and where
Trey Parker
and
Matt Stone
attended college while this movie was being made.
d.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #20 Greatest Movie of All Time.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Originally, the Martian war machines were supposed to walk on visible electronic beams. This was attempted by having electrical sparks emanate from the three holes at the bottom of the machine. This was quickly abandoned for fear of it becoming a major fire hazard. The first two shots of the first war machine emerging from the gully has this effect. During filming, the actors were under the impression that they were dealing with the walking tripod machines of the book. This explains the farmhouse scene when
Gene Barry
says, "Theres a machine standing right next to us." However, the results of the walking can be seen wherever the Martian machines fly throughout the film even though the sparking effect was no longer used.
b.
The audio commentary on the DVD version is just one long improvisation of largely false and silly observations.
c.
Debuted a week after
William Wyler
s
The Best Years of Our Lives
, which explained why this movie was a disappointment at the box office and at the Academy Awards.
d.
An entire plot line (which was actually shot) was deleted where Neil would have dreams he was in a restaurant dining with a womanizing Einstein who would give him horrible advice on women.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
If the list of stolen cars on this site is correct, 4 cars are the same: Dianne, Martha, Ruby and Nicole. (1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 limousines).
b.
The FBIs number, to Supervisor Newtons office, was 626-0025.
c.
Director
Peter Farrelly
was and is a huge fan of the band, Orpheus, whose 1968 hit single "Cant Find The Time" is covered by Hootie & The Blowfish for the movies soundtrack. According to an interview which appeared in the Milford Daily News, while in college, Farrelly even dated an Orpheus members ex-wife who was the inspiration for
Amy Smart
s character in the film,
Outside Providence
.
d.
Voted the #1 inspirational film of all time in AFIs "100 Years, 100 Cheers" (June 14th, 2006)
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
The "enormous" dressing trailer for star
Kirk Douglas
stood just outside the locations prison set. Reportedly, it had a white picket fence, a mail box, two flower boxes, and a green lawn planted in front with a water fountain and lounge chairs.
b.
According to sound supervisor
Gloria S. Borders
, approximately 70% of the dialog, and most of the breathing, is ADR (Automated Dialog Replacement/Dubbing). General rule of thumb: the more action in a movie, the more ADR and Foley processing.
c.
Ranked #3 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Fantasy" in June 2008.
d.
Irwin Keyes
was also considered for the role of Ajax, but wasnt cast because
Walter Hill
thought he was too old for the part. However, Keyes still appears in the movie as the cop who arrests Ajax in the park.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Californian First Lady
Nancy Davis
did not like the film because of the swearing.
b.
Although Charlie Chans daughters appeared with him in previous films (including
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
and
Charlie Chan at the Circus
), this is the only film in which a daughter (Frances) plays the assistant role usually done by one of Chans sons (Lee, Jimmy, Tommy).
c.
Originally this movie was plan to be a 15-18 month production.
d.
Frank Capra
often said that this was his favorite of all his films.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Released on a double bill with
Curse of the Stone Hand
.
b.
James Stewart
s performance as George Bailey is ranked #8 on Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
c.
This was legendary film composer
Elmer Bernstein
s first major project. Bernstein had just had some success with his jazz score for
The Man with the Golden Arm
. However, he was not
Cecil B. DeMille
s first choice to score the film. DeMille had a long relationship with Paramount contract composer
Victor Young
, who had been working with DeMille since
North West Mounted Police
. Unfortunately, Young had become very ill and could not accept the assignment.
d.
This is not a feature film. It is two episodes of the
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV show edited together and released as a feature.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
The film had surpassed its $103,000,000 budget within 2 weeks of release.
b.
Ranked as the #1 Most Powerful Movie of All Time by the American Film Institute (2006).
c.
When
Steven Soderbergh
was still supposed to direct, he cast
Brad Pitt
and
Demetri Martin
in the lead roles and had already shot interview scenes with baseball players
Lenny Dykstra
,
Mookie Wilson
and
Darryl Strawberry
to be included in the film.
d.
The films opening credits mirror its main characters illiteracy by misspelling the title, which is given as "Precious (Base on Nol by Saf)" with the correction "(Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)" underneath.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Steve Martin
once said of The Lonely Guys Book of Life: "I love this book!".
b.
The scene on the bridge where Clarence saves George was filmed on a back lot on a day where the temperature was 90 degrees Fahrenheit. This is why
James Stewart
is visibly sweating in a few scenes.
c.
During the monsters death scene, it vomits up a viscous pink fluid. This vomit was made up of a material that burns skin on contact. The fearful FX technicians and the second unit director decided to build a wall made of garbage bags to protect themselves, and then stuck a camera through to film the monsters death.
d.
The first draft script title was originally "Hell to Pay".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
Despite being set around Christmas, it was filmed during a heat wave. It got to be so hot that
Frank Capra
gave everyone a day off to recuperate.
b.
Charlize Theron
was originally cast as Melanie Carmichael, but due to the actors strike, she jumped to a ready-to-go movie
Trapped
.
Reese Witherspoon
was cast the same weekend that
Legally Blonde
opened.
c.
Two versions of the movie were shot. The first in early 1997 which featured the director Ron Bonk (acting under Chris Irvine) cast as the cameraman Rudy Reynolds with Debbie Rochon, Thomas Minlon, Tina Krause and Jerry OSullivan. The movie was re-shot in 1999 with a slew of different actors of Jason Reed, Lisa Chelezna, Chrissy Frick, and Bob Fullenbaum in a re-telling of the same story. Both versions were directed and photographed by Ron Bonk.
d.
This features more Elvis songs than any of
Elvis Presley
s own individual films.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)?
a.
One of the masks used from
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
, was used for the first scene appearance of Michael Myers.
b.
Jamal Woolard
heavily prepared for his role for months, which includes listening and remembering the lyrics to all songs by Biggie, gaining weight and vocal lessons at Juilliard School to get the voice right.
c.
When Officer Bert shoots at George, the "s", the "v" and the "i" in the electric "Pottersville" sign far away in the distance, go out.
d.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
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