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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kronos (1957) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kronos (1957) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957).
About the movie:
Scientists investigate what appears to be a meteorite that crashes into the ocean. After a few days and nights of mysterious lights and noises...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957)?
a.
An old Safeway grocery store in Las Vegas, NM, was converted to a sound stage and used for several scenes.
b.
Filming and postproduction took place over a period of only 5 months.
c.
Baxter Ward, who played a TV news anchorman, was a real life TV news reporter at the timea.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957)?
a.
There was an urban legend that Nikkatsus international English prints originally had a racist line, "The monsters are attacking Tokyo. Fortunately they are attacking the Negro section of town." (and that the line was changed). This was untrue.
b.
A sequel to
Todd Solondz
s movie
Happiness
, but with entirely re-cast characters.
c.
Before production began, the budget was cut. This required a second draft of the script which eliminated some character development and some expensive special effects sequences.
d.
To make
Chris ODonnell
appear to be much taller than
Minnie Driver
than he really is, she had to walk in a ditch when they were filming the scene of their stroll in Knockglen.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957)?
a.
The middle initial in Ernest P. Worrell fittingly stands for "Powertools".
b.
Sterling Hayden
was first choice for the role of King Osric but became ill before shooting began.
c.
Copies of this film survive at George Eastman House (Rochester, New York) and the Betzwood Film Archive (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania).
d.
"M47" (Dr. Leslie Gaskells designation in the movie for the so-called "asteroid") is in real life, one of the "missing" Messier Objects whose correct position was not definitively identified until 1959 (two years after the release of Kronos). It is an open star cluster in the constellation of Puppis.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957)?
a.
The movie features a quick cameo by
Paul Teutul Sr.
and
Paul Teutul Jr.
of
American Chopper: The Series
fame. The two famous bike builders appear in the Wild Hogs favorite bar as the bar owner and a background patron.
b.
Although set in an unnamed small town in the American south, most of the exteriors for this film were actually shot in Milton, New York, a small town on the Hudson River, approximately 40 miles from New York City.
c.
The street that
Sean Connery
is parked in waiting for
Catherine Zeta-Jones
to leave the antiques shop is the same one that Hagrid and Harry walk down in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
when they are heading for the Leaky Cauldron.
d.
Spyros Skouros, then president of 20th Century Fox, liked the concept and reportedly urged the production of this film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957)?
a.
The long shots of Kronos moving were accomplished by animation, presumably the work of animator
Gene Warren
.
b.
Louisiana was chosen as the main shooting location because of the cooperation of the residents of Morgan City, the lush jungle vegetation, bayous, waterways, abundant black extras, and facilities such as hotels, a railway-serviced wharf and an adjacent storage warehouse.
c.
The character Yuri Modin is loosely based on supposed Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn.
d.
The "Apache" Indians are actually lifeguards from the beach at Santa Monica, California, painted with full body paint and made up to look like Apaches. Director
Hugo Fregonese
and producer
Val Lewton
wanted the Apaches to do a lot of leaping from high windows, off of roofs, etc., and the films budget precluded hiring stuntmen to play the Apaches. They decided to hire the lifeguards because of their athleticism and, more importantly, the fact that they didnt have to get stuntmens pay.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957)?
a.
Antwone Fisher
was working as a security guard at Sony Studios. Studio executives began hearing about his life story and offered to buy the rights. But Fisher refused insisting that he write the screenplay himself. Fisher wrote 41 drafts until he sold it to Fox.
b.
The communication console and screen from Klaatus saucer featured in
The Day the Earth Stood Still
can be seen directly in the background of Labcentrals "Astro Physics" Laboratory where Vera Hunter and Dr. Hubbell Eliot have their confrontation. A map of the world has been placed behind the glass.
c.
Original cinematographer
Lucien Ballard
fell ill during production and was replaced by
Philip H. Lathrop
.
d.
The Baroness derisively calls Duke and Ripcord "real American heroes," the tagline of the G.I. Joe series.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kronos (1957)?
a.
Ranked #10 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Gangster".
Scarface
, the version starring
Paul Muni
, was ranked #6 in June 2008.
b.
The films famous chase scene wasnt originally in the script. In the first draft of "Bullitt", adapted from Robert L. Pikes novel "Mute Witness", Det. Frank Bullitt was a Boston policeman who ate a lot of ice cream and never solved a case. The book had originally been bought with
Spencer Tracy
in mind; but with Tracys death, the property fell into the hands of
Steve McQueen
and Producer
Philip DAntoni
. DAntoni added the chase and changed the location to San Francisco.
c.
In the original script, Lex Luthor had another henchman in addition to Otis, named Albert. This character was dropped in subsequent drafts.
d.
After a string of highly successful big budget science fiction films throughout the 1960s, Twentieth Century Fox considered remaking this film in the early 1970s in response to the energy crisis. The project was not green lighted and, by the end of that decade, accepted an offer from
Wade Williams
to buy the film and all rights. This film is now part of the "Wade Williams Collection."
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