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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lonely Are the Brave (1962) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lonely Are the Brave (1962) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962).
About the movie:
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
A story circulated for a long time that
Dustin Hoffman
(being a "method actor") stayed up all night to play a character who has stayed up all night. Arriving on the set,
Laurence Olivier
asked Hoffman why he looked the way he did. Hoffman told him, to which Olivier replied in jest, "Why not try acting? Its much easier." Hoffman repeatedly denied the story, and finally cleared up the matter in 2004. The torture scene was filmed early in the morning, Hoffman was going through a divorce from his first wife and was depressed, and had spent the previous two nights partying hard. Hoffman told Olivier this and his comment related to his lifestyle and not his "method" style of acting.
b.
William Castle
: [gimmick] The movie was filmed in "Illusion-O" and a special viewer was needed to see the ghosts. This resulted in a number of sources incorrectly stating that the film was originally shown in 3D. The "ghost viewers" contained a red filter and a blue filter, but unlike 3D viewers/glasses, both eyes would look through the same color filter. The red filter would cause the ghostly images to intensify while the blue filter caused the images to fade.
c.
A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
d.
Jerry Goldsmith
wrote cues for the scenes when Whisky is hit by the truck and later when he is dying that were not used.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
Bond meets up with Vijay when he hears Vijay play a few bars of "The James Bond Theme."
b.
The helicopter used in the manhunt for Burns was a 1960 Bell 47J-2, serial number 1810. The FAA registration number is N8411E. This bird still lives and is used for aerial advertising.
c.
In the original posters for the film,
David O. Russell
gets full writing credit, although the story is based on a draft written by
John Ridley
. It wasnt until Ridley took legal action that he received a "Story by" credit. Ridley blocked a novelization of the screenplay from being published. According to Ridley, he wrote the script as an experiment to see how fast he could write and sell a script. It took him seven days to write it, and Warner Brothers bought it 18 days later.
d.
Jeff Lieberman
chose
Brian Smedley-Aston
to edit the film because Smedley-Aston was the editor on
Performance
, one of Liebermans favorite films.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
The one-armed man tells Jack Burns in the bar that he lost his arm at Okinawa during World War II.
Bill Raisch
, the actor who played the one-armed man, actually did lose his right arm in a fire on board a ship during the war. Raisch was
Burt Lancaster
s stand-in and later landed a recurring role in the TV series
The Fugitive
.
b.
When the boys return from the mountain, after signing the book, they are bare-chested with their faces painted. This is very reminiscent of Lord of the Flies, the 1990 theatrical version of which also starred
Balthazar Getty
.
c.
The film features entirely Chicago actors.
d.
The girl Lindsey who drove Rachel and Jamie to the discount mart was going to be revealed as Lindsey Wallace from Halloween 1 and have a larger part in the film as Rachels friend and helping her babysit Jamie, but was cut for budget reasons
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
Twentieth Century Fox composer
Alfred Newman
had admired
Jerry Goldsmith
s work on the TV series
Thriller
and recommended that the young composer be hired. It proved the first major credit in what would become a long and productive career as a film composer.
b.
Wingate and Cochran are Major General Orde Wingate, commander of the Indian 77th Brigade, and Colonel Phillip Cochran of the 1st Air Commando Group (US Army Air Force).
c.
There are very few scenes in the film that were actually shot underwater, as production went for the "dry for wet" look. With most of the scenes inside the Shack taking place on soundstages and a tank measuring 130ft x 270ft.
d.
Joel Coen
,
Ethan Coen
: [
Stanley Kubrick
] One of the killings later in the movie takes place in room #114, a number seen repeatedly in Kubricks films.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
After
Kirk Douglas
read the novel "Brave Cowboy" by
Edward Abbey
, he purchased the rights to it and gave the project to his friend
Dalton Trumbo
. Douglas said Trumbos screenplay was perfect, the best he had ever read, and he didnt change one word of it.
b.
The real U-33 of World War One served in the Mediterranean and survived the war.
c.
The opening credit sequence (a shadow moving across the ground) is a homage to the opening credit sequence of the classic
Basil Rathbone
/
Nigel Bruce
Sherlock Holmes film series.
d.
Mickey Spillane
s "I, the Jury" novel was his first novel that featured the detective Mike Hammer.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
When preparing a compilation of film clips for
Kirk Douglas
life achievement award by the Shoah Foundation,
Steven Spielberg
couldnt locate footage from this film and asked Universal for a clip. Spielberg recommended to the studio that the film be green-lighted for preservation, which it was.
b.
The wistful piano player at the Italian restaurant is
Roger Edens
.
c.
When the "extreme" guy takes Harold and Kumars parking spot, one of them says, "Better luck tomorrow!"
John Cho
(Harold) starred in
Better Luck Tomorrow
.
d.
There are numerous references to
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
, including the computer virus being named Ice-9 (from "Cats Cradle"), Clayton reading "Slaughterhouse Five" at the coffee shop, and Clayton referring to his fathers eggs as the "Breakfast of Champions".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
Many family members from the production team, and
Luis Valdez
s and the Valenzuela family, appear in this film.
b.
Alfred Lunt
and
Lynn Fontanne
, husband and wife, recreated the roles that they had played on Broadway in 1924. Although both had done silents, this was their debut in sound films.
c.
Film debut (uncredited) of
Bill Bixby
(Airman in the helicopter).
d.
Sofia Coppola
suggested
Angela Lindvall
for the role of Valentine/Dragonfly.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
The picture accompanying the line "What about a pool" depicts Johnny Weissmuller, who before he played Tarzan was an Olympic swimming champion.
b.
Inspiration for the long-running prime time TV soap opera
Knots Landing
.
c.
Kirk Douglas
intended to call the film "The Last Cowboy" but was overruled by the studio.
d.
Scripted with Disneyland as the Griswolds destination, but Disney objected, pointing out that they are open 365 days a year.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lonely Are the Brave (1962)?
a.
Not only does
Kirk Douglas
consider this his favorite picture, but his son
Michael Douglas
considers it his fathers best work, too.
b.
The Monstars/Nerdlucks names are Pound (orange one), Bang (green), Nawt (magenta), Bupkus (purple) and Blanko (blue). None of their names are mentioned in the film, and neither is the word "Nerdluck."
c.
Although most of
Akira Ifukube
s score is replaced in the American version, if you listen closely enough you can her a version of what would become the familiar "March of the Monsters" theme from many of the mid-sixties Godzilla films.
d.
Actor/Director
Saul Rubinek
plays the piano score for this film.
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