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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : JFK (1991) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : JFK (1991) - 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: JFK (1991).
About the movie:
A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
Some of the screams of the sailors as the ship sinks are the same as the screams of the sailors in
King Kong
when Kong shakes them off the log.
b.
Two songs were written for the movie but not used: "I Know Its Wrong" by
Gene de Paul
and
Don Raye
and "It is Written" by
Sammy Fain
and
Ralph Freed
. "Noche De Ronda" written in 1935 by
Maria Teresa Lara
was recorded but cut from the final release version.
c.
Even before "JFK" had finished filming, the Washington Post national security correspondent George Lardner showed up on set and wrote a scathing article attacking the movie. Lardner based this on the first draft screenplay he had read. Other leading newspapers followed suit upon the films release, many taking particular umbrage with the liberties with the facts that Oliver Stone had taken.
d.
Tex Ritter
auditioned for the role of Sam the Lion as his son John was considered for the role of Sonny.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
George Clooney
,
Johnny Depp
and
Antonio Banderas
(who took Guidos role in 2003 Broadway revival, and was nominated for a Tony Award) were considered as possible Guido.
b.
While holding casting calls the film makers were not having much luck finding actors to portray one of the leads "Old Ramon" and some of the other gang members. Three actors walked in that day for another audition being held in the next room and asked if they could audition for "The Way". All three were cast with one of them, Ademir Velasquez, winning the lead role of "Older Ramon".
c.
Many actors waived their usual fees to appear in the film.
d.
Shelly Winters hated her role as "Rose-Ann" and was actually overwhelmed and speechless the night she won an Oscar for Best Supporting actress.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
Eminem lost 24 pounds for the role.
b.
Warren Hymer
(Jessies Taxi Driver),
Matt Moore
(Desk Sergeant) and
Ralph Sanford
(Theater Policeman) are in studio records/casting call lists for their parts, but were not seen in the movie. Pre-production news items added
Harold Lloyd
(as a Recuit) and
Ginny Simms
in the cast, but they did not appear in the movie either.
c.
Borrowed its plot from
William Shakespeare
s "Romeo and Juliet".
d.
Stone hired
Jane Rusconi
, a recent Yale graduate, to head up a team of researchers and assemble as much information about the assassination as possible while he completed his directing duties on
Born on the Fourth of July
. While Stone read two dozen books about the assassination, Rusconi read well over 200 books on the subject.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
When Virginia and Robert go to the movies in their courtship days, the offscreen fanfare indicates that they are watching a 20th Century Fox film, the same studio that made "The Snake Pit".
b.
Making Dealey Plaza look the same as it did in 1963 cost $4 million.
c.
Released on tour in March 2011, Kevin Smith invited the WBC and specifically Megan Phelps over Twitter to attend the Kansas City screening and Q&A. Megan and around 15 other members of WBC attended the screening and some brought their young children along. Smith warned the family that the films content was for a mature audience and not suitable for children, but was promptly told off by the church members. Less than twenty minutes into the screening the entire WBC audience attending the event walked out outraged by the films content. Megan Phelps called the film "filth" and "a vulgar piece of tacky melodrama."
d.
Many of the characters in the film are seen wearing Free City clothing. Free City was created by Nina Garduno, girlfriend of
Leisha Hailey
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
Director
Kevin Bray
wanted to update the "Pusser stick" by making it a baseball bat instead of a piece of wood but there were objections, so the compromise was to just add a handle.
b.
In
Back to the Future Part II
, Biff watches
Per un pugno di dollari
in the alternative 1985, in which
Clint Eastwood
s character uses steel plating underneath his poncho. Marty (calling himself "Clint Eastwood") uses the hatch from a stove under his poncho in 1885. The sign at the train crossing in 1985 identifies the location as "Eastwood Ravine".
c.
This mammoth production was shot in only 72 days.
d.
In the opening sequence there is a shot of the exterior of the fictional American Ballet Academy. Actually, that building is the Julliard School, and the top floor with the dance studio in it was added to the top of the building with digital special effects.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
Veteran movie critic for The Washingtonian Pat Dowell had her 34 word capsule review for the January issue rejected by editor John Limpert, a known opponent to the film. Limpert didnt want a positive review for a film that he regarded as treacherous. Dowell resigned in protest.
b.
In one scene, an enraged Millie refers to Kit as "Jezebel!" This was the title of
Bette Davis
blockbuster hit five years before this movie (
Jezebel
).
c.
Based on the real-life efforts of former prison administrator
Thomas O. Murton
to reform Tucker and Cummins Prison Farms in Arkansas in 1967-68. Murton served as a technical advisor for the film.
d.
June 2008 Ranked #1 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Romantic Comedy".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
No one on
Jim Garrison
s team was called Bill Broussard, but Garrison did frequently visit a restaurant in New Orleans called "Broussards" (as told in his book "On the Trail of the Assassins").
b.
The large oil portrait of Mame is based on the painting "Emile Floge 1902" by Gustav Klimt, but with
Lucille Ball
s face substituted, and a slightly different color scheme.
c.
Feature film debut of
Betty Hutton
.
d.
Cheryl Holdridge
s final performance.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
Initially,
Kevin Costner
turned down the chance to play Jim Garrison.
b.
The Nationals were filmed in Oceanside, California.
c.
Cher
was considered for the role of Barbara Rose.
d.
A scene at the beginning showing the crew rounding up at the moon pool had to be re-shot, because the Flatbed submersible was parked in the pool. Flatbed was supposed to be out in the water pulling the rig during that particular scene.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
All of the dogs except for Dug are named after letters of the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc) although this could relate to rankings in a dog pack, where the lead male is known as the Alpha, then Beta and so on. This is supported by the fact that when Dug puts Alpha in the Cone of Shame, all the other dogs begin referring to Dug as Alpha. The voices of both Dug and Alpha are performed by the same actor,
Bob Peterson
.
b.
Jane Fonda
tested unsuccessfully for the role of Wilma Dean Loomis.
Natalie Wood
and
Diane Varsi
made the final list with Wood eventually being chosen.
Lee Remick
was also considered for the role of Deanie.
c.
Burt Reynolds
turned down the role of astronaut Garrett Breedlove in
Terms of Endearment
, a movie script that he reportedly loved. He could not do the film due to his commitment to this movie. The character of Garrett Breedlove was actually written specifically with Reynolds in mind by writer-director
James L. Brooks
.
d.
Getting permission to film in the Texas School Book Depository proved to be very difficult. The Depository demanded $50,000 to put someone in the window where
Lee Harvey Oswald
had stood. They were only allowed to film at certain times of the day, with only five people allowed on the floor at any one time. Co-producer
Clayton Townsend
said that the hardest part of the whole process was getting permission to transform the building back to the way it looked in 1963. That took five months of negotiation. Scenes of interior action on the sixth floor were actually filmed on the fifth floor, as the sixth floor is a museum exhibit. But all point of view shots of the motorcade were filmed from the actual sixth floor window, as well as all shots of the shooter behind the window as seen from the outside.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: JFK (1991)?
a.
Stanley Andrews is listed in the end credits as playing "Jim Allen, " but the character is referred to more than once as "Tom" rather than Jim.
b.
The trainer Angelo Dundee trained Willie Pastrano, Ralph Dupas, Mohammed Ali and trained
Will Smith
for the movie
Ali
.
c.
WALL·E, as a character, is a possible example of the Ship of Theseus Paradox. Its hinted that every single piece of the original WALL·E has been replaced by himself prior the story. This could be confirmed if it was made obvious the chip replaced by Eve at the end of the film contains WALL·Es personality, although the only thing we we know for a fact is it controls his power system.
d.
The first draft of the screenplay was 190 pages long, pared down to 156 pages for shooting.
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