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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lion of the Desert (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lion of the Desert (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981).
About the movie:
This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya in WWI...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
Average Shot Length = ~9.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~9.4 seconds.
b.
Cameron Diaz
and
Lin Shaye
were mooned by one of the Farrelly brothers during the filming of the scene in which the two actresses were looking downwards out of the window Puffy had jumped out of.
c.
Freddie Bartholomew
was considered for the part of
Mickey Rooney
s best friend, but was not cast because the producers felt he was too associated with
Little Lord Fauntleroy
and so would not be believable in this film.
d.
The productions obsession with authenticity extended right down to the same barber who used to shave
Benito Mussolini
s head being hired to shave
Rod Steiger
s, the actor playing him.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
Research for the project, which took a year and a half, was made a little easier by the fact that
Benito Mussolini
, who was obsessed with propaganda, had had virtually every aspect of his Libyan campaign captured on film.
b.
This is the French-language version produced by MGM of
Let Us Be Gay
)
c.
Father Dyers joke about being addicted to lemon drops is actually present in "The Exorcist" novel, not in "Legion", in which this movie is based. Also, the inscription in Father Mornings room ("What we give to the poor is what we take with us when we die") can be read in Father Merrins wallet in "The Exorcist" novel. Lt. Kindermans rants about having a carp in his bathtub that wont allow him to bath can be read in both "The Exorcist" and "Legion".
d.
During the battle sequence, one of the cannons rolled over the foot of
Laurence Harvey
, breaking it at the instep. He continued with the scene, eventually treating the injury himself.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
Stephen Lang
auditioned for the role of Carter Burke.
b.
When Major Hellstrom reasons out that his card says
King Kong
, he is giving
Quentin Tarantino
s analysis of the movie as an allegory of the American slave trade. He explained this analysis in an interview on NPR with
Terry Gross
.
c.
Cameras had to be brushed every two hours to keep them free of sand. The same was true of the film canisters that the editing team were working from, and all the firearm props which kept jamming as they were all clogged up.
d.
Julia Roberts
invited her friend
Garry Marshall
to direct the film, but Marshall declined because he was unwilling to travel outside America to the locations where the film takes place. However, during the meet Marshall offered Roberts a role in
Valentines Day
(on which he was working), which she accepted. This, in turn, allowed
Ryan Murphy
to step in as director.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
An entire makeshift village was created in the middle of the desert about 600 miles from Bengazi to house the production, which numbered approximately 500 people, throughout the shoot. All the materials for the creation of this village were shipped out from England. They had particular problems with catering as all the food had to be bussed in, meat being particularly problematic as in this desert area of Libya cold storage was virtually unheard of.
b.
This was the first film
Alfred Hitchcock
made with
David O. Selznick
. Hitchcock worked with screenwriter
Robert E. Sherwood
and Hitchcocks assistant
Joan Harrison
in the scripting process. But he was dissatisfied almost from the beginning of the shoot with Selznicks controlling - some called it obsessive - manner of "producing".
c.
Although it was his most famous role,
Bela Lugosi
played Dracula only once more on screen, in the comedy
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
. However, he played Dracula-like characters in movies such as
The Return of the Vampire
and
Plan 9 from Outer Space
.
d.
Orlando Bloom
and
Bill Nighy
have both appeared in adaptations of The Lord of the Rings. Bloom played Legolas in
Peter Jackson
s films, while Nighy was the voice of Sam Gamgee in the BBC Radio version.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
In 2001,
Mark Wahlberg
and
Hugh Jackman
were in talks to star. Production was scheduled to begin in February 2002. But after the September 11, 2001 attack on New York City and the celebrated heroics of the citys police, it was deemed inappropriate to make a film featuring corrupt NYPD officers at the time.
b.
This was the last feature film appearance of
Carl Ballantine
. Director
Richard Rossi
said, "Carl and Is friendship was the source of great times together at the Magic Castle and Hollywood jazz clubs and smoking Cuban cigars. Im gonna miss him. He taught me some important secrets to survive in show business and I loved smoking stogies with him and hearing his memories of vaudeville and Hollywood."
c.
Franco Fantasia
, who plays Grazianis Governor General, also served as technical advisor.
d.
It was revealed in the commentary track by the writers that the two additional people with Dr. Gordon at the end were Brad and Ryan from the opening trap.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
The number 7 appears throughout the movie, most notably when it is stated that the Golden Army consists of "70 times 70", but also during the scene in the auction house, where the crown piece is listed as lot 777, with a starting price of $7,000,000.
b.
In the auditorium scene where
Morgan Freeman
s character expels the students on stage, a young
Michael Imperioli
of
The Sopranos
can be seen behind him.
c.
Executives at United Artists were very reluctant to finance the film as they were perturbed by the extreme profanity and violence in the screenplay. With some justification, as it transpired: at one point it was doubtful whether the film would be released in the UK at all due to its extreme nature.
d.
This movies opening prologue states: "The characters in this film are real and the events based on historical facts."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
This film, a box-office failure, was bankrolled by Libyas Col.
Muammar Gadaffi
.
b.
"Miles Gloriosus," literally translated, is the Latin term for "glorious soldier." But it is also Latin slang for "blowhard" and "braggart."
c.
Valentina Ganibalova
(Water) made one of the own costumes for the film, and can be seen wearing it in an outdoor sequence.
d.
The Sultan (
Samuel L. Jackson
) greets a man with shoulder length black hair and a black suit with "Hey Vincent, Vincent, wheres Jules man," a reference to Jacksons character in
Pulp Fiction
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
The opening shot of the ice shelf is completely CG and lasts just over 2 1/2 minutes.
b.
In her final years at MGM,
Joan Crawford
was handed weak scripts in the hopes that shed break her contract. Two films she hungered to appear in were
Random Harvest
and
Madame Curie
. Both films went to bright new star
Greer Garson
instead, and Crawford left the studio soon after.
c.
For shots of Kong holding
Jessica Lange
, the filmmakers built giant hydraulic gorilla arms. The hands were six feet across and the arms weighed 1,650 lbs. each. The design was complex, so the arms were not ready until shooting was well underway. When they were finally built, producer
Dino De Laurentiis
was invited to the set to witness a test. He walked into the studio, and the giant arm extended in his direction. Then the middle finger slowly uncurled and extended itself. De Laurentiis broke up. So did the arm. It was frozen, finger up, for a week.
d.
The antagonists, Omar Muktar played by
Anthony Quinn
, and Gen. Graziani, played by
Oliver Reed
, only have two scenes together.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
This movie was originally to have been a two-reel Western, but was converted into a serial.
b.
Rosemary takes a job at a girls private school called "The Webster Smalley School for Girls". Webster Smalley is well known for teaching playwriting at the University of Texas at Austin, which
Wes Anderson
and Owen Wilson both attended.
c.
Some scenes feature up to 10,000 extras.
d.
At a cost of $1.8 million, this was one of the most expensive films ever made by RKO Pictures. The Notre Dame replica alone cost $250,000.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lion of the Desert (1981)?
a.
The film cost approximately $35 million but only managed to gross about $1 million worldwide, making it one of the largest financial disasters in film history.
b.
A print of this movie still exists.
c.
This movie invented the phrase "vamp out", which has passed into common usage on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
.
d.
The painting in Spocks is a copy of "Adam et Eve chassés du Paradis" by Marc Chagal (1961)
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