Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) Quiz

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About the movie: It's 1650 in New Amsterdam, and Brom Broeck, a young outspoken newspaper publisher is arrested...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)?
a.		Its Sir Michael Caines opinion that Heath Ledger beat the odds and topped Jack Nicholsons Joker from Batman: "Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh. Heaths gone in a completely different direction to Jack, hes like a really scary psychopath. Hes a lovely guy and his Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture." Caine bases this belief on a scene where the Joker pays a visit to Bruce Waynes penthouse. Hed never met Ledger before, so when Ledger arrived and performed he gave Caine such a fright he forgot his lines.
b.		While Welles would direct "Ambersons" during the day, at the same time each night he would act his part of a Turkish policeman in Norman Fosters film Journey Into Fear.
c.		John Getz (as Stathis Borans) is the only actor reprising a role from the original The Fly.
d.		Washington Irving, author of "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", was a prominent character in the stage version of this musical, where he was played by Ray Middleton; however, he was completely omitted from the film version.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)?
a.		This production of "Fanny" began as a hit Broadway musical in 1954, with the libretto co-authored by Joshua Logan, who also directed the show, which starred Ezio Pinza, in his last stage role before his death, as Cesar, Walter Slezak as Panisse, and Florence Henderson as Fanny. When the musical was filmed, Logan stayed on as director, and the film was faithful to the show, except for the fact that Logan dropped all of the songs and simply used them as background scoring.
b.		Charlton Heston was sick during much of the film with the flu. Rather than wait for him to get better, the producers felt that his hoarse voice added something to the character of Taylor. According to Hestons diary, after filming the scene where Taylor and Nova are forcibly separated, he wrote that he was feeling like hell while shooting because of his illness, and felt even worse "every time that damn fire hose hit me".
c.		Kobie Jarmon, who plays Laura, was a Tennessee Hip-Hop champion.
d.		Although most of the stage musicals songs were omitted from the film, "September Song" did make it into the film, and the original lyrics of the song (referring to Peter Stuyvesants wooden leg) were used, rather than the more familiar ones sung by most popular and nightclub singers.

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