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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968).

About the movie: One of WWIIs bloodiest battles as the Allies smash through the German lines which have enclosed the Anzio beachhead. Four months and 30,000 casualties before the Allies finally march to Rome.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)?
a.		While working on makeup effects for Cindy Weintraub, Tom Savini accidentally dyed her skin beet red. It took three days for the dye to wear off.
b.		The Rapido River was the site of a major assault by the US 36th Infantry (Texas) Division. The attack was repulsed by the Germans with many casualties (143 killed, 663 wounded and 875 missing) The 36th Division was destroyed as a combat capable unit.
c.		Brooke Shields, Meg Ryan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Melanie Griffith, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bridget Fonda, Elisabeth Shue and Jennifer Jason Leigh were all considered for the role of Leslie.
d.		The first baby Kal-El in the flight sequence of the escape capsule was played by Elizabeth Sweetman. The filming took place at Pinewood in October 1978 when Elizabeth was 6 months old. She earned £40 per day for four days work, netting a grand total of £120 after agency fee deductions.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)?
a.		Joe Johnston, the director of "_Captain America: The First Avenger_", also directed "The Rocketeer". In The Rocketeer, the hero, Cliff Secord, finds a rocket pack created by Howard Hughes, thus becoming the Rocketeer. In Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America obtains his iconic shield from Howard Stark, a character closely based on Howard Hughes.
b.		Ranked #2 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Gangster" in June 2008
c.		The "Black Devils" was the nickname of the 1st Special Service Force, The Devils Brigade (also called The Black Devils and The Black Devils Brigade), a joint American-Canadian commando unit organized in 1942 .
d.		In the murder scene in the shower, there are two split second frames of the knife touching the body

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)?
a.		For the first shot of Erich von Stroheim playing Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in this film, director Billy Wilder filmed him in a close-up from the back of his neck as an establishment shot. Wilder said: "Standing with his stiff fat neck in the foreground he could express more than almost any actor with his face."
b.		Cameron Crowes first choice for the part of Claire Colburn was Kirsten Dunst. Dunst wanted the part very much but had already signed for The Village. Evan Rachel Wood (who was apparently too young) was then under consideration for the part but Dunst dropped out of The Village at the last moment to audition for the part and won it. Judy Greer, however, appeared in both "The Village" and "Elizabethtown".
c.		Italian censorship visa # 51479 delivered on 26-4-1968.
d.		Production on the film was suspended after the release of The Aviator, and Christopher Nolan directed Batman Begins instead. He returned to the project after finishing directing his third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)?
a.		The song "The Childrens Marching Song", more commonly known as "This Old Man", was better-known in England than the U.S. at the time this film was made. When the film became a hit in America, so did the song, helped in no small measure by Mitch Millers popular recording.
b.		The meaning and relevance of this movies title "Anzio" refers to the Battle of Anzio on 22 January 22 1944 during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War. The Battle of Anzio was an amphibious assault against the Axis allies of Germany and Italy in the Italian regions of Nettuno and Anzio. The name of the World War II military mission that resulted in this combat was Operation Shingle. This operation was aimed at outflanking the German army on the Winter Line and as such allow for an assault on the capital city of Rome, Italy. Operation Shingle was lead by Major General John P. Lucas
c.		Last cinema film of Eartha Kitt.
d.		The scene on the extended DVD version of the "Corsairs of Umbar" being attacked by the army of the dead includes several cameos. Peter Jackson is the one hit by Legolas arrow. (In the commentary, he states that he performed 6 or 7 takes of the hit - without any padding.) Co-producer Rick Porras is seen with a "look of horror" as the ghostly hoard attacks at the very end of the scene. Also in the scene are WETA supervisor Richard Taylor, prosthetics supervisor Gino Acevedo, and director of photography Andrew Lesnie.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)?
a.		The cemetery scene was shot on location at Goldenrod Cemetery in Tekoa, Washington.
b.		Peter Falk in his 2006 auto-biography Just One Thing: Stories of My Life states that he didnt like the script for this movie which he thought was hackneyed and full of cliché. Falk wanted to leave the film for these reasons. However, producer Dino De Laurentiis encouraged Falk to stay by giving him film poster name-above-the-title credit as well as choice of writer for his dialogue. Falk stayed on the picture and apparently actually wrote his own dialogue.
c.		In an interview, director Edward Bernds said that Zsa Zsa Gabor got very "testy" with the actresses playing the Venusian girls. They were mostly beauty contest winners, and were many years - and in some cases a few decades - younger than her. When she noticed that the crew was paying more attention to the tall, leggy, mini-skirted "Venusians" than they were to her, she became very difficult to work with. He said that Gabor gave producer Ben Schwalb such a hard time on the picture that Schwalb eventually wound up in the hospital with ulcers.
d.		Filmed in 1990. The delay in its release was most likely the result of Orion Pictures pending bankruptcy, which resulted in many of its films to be briefly shelved (films similarly handled as such includes RoboCop 3 and Blue Sky among others).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lo sbarco di Anzio (1968)?
a.		Vinnie Jones was offered Ferdy the fence.
b.		Gemma Arterton, Eva Green, Megan Fox, January Jones, Abbie Cornish, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Blake Lively and Jessica Biel were considered to play the lead role.
c.		Director, Carlos Ferrer, was 16 when production began and turned 17 in the middle of shooting.
d.		Location filming for this movie was conducted in and around the environs of Rome, Italy.

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