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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Love Me Tender (1956) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Love Me Tender (1956) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956).
About the movie:
Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while he brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
Paramount executives wanted Wild Bill Hickok to survive the card-game shootout, but
Cecil B. DeMille
resisted and got his way.
b.
In its opening weekend film it shot to #2 in Varietys list. Only
James Dean
s film
Giant
had more viewers.
c.
The scene where Domino, Ed, and Choco are standing outside Claremonts office with their guns is a reference to a photo of
Domino Harvey
and Ed Martinez outside Celes King IIIs office, that was in the newspaper article where
Tony Scott
first heard about Domino. The photo was also printed on the cover page of all drafts of the films shooting script.
d.
When Winthorpe and Valentine arrive at the World Trade Center, Winthorpe tells Valentine "In this building, its either kill or be killed". This line was removed from some TV broadcasts after 2001, out of respect for the victims of the September 11th attacks.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
The script had to be approved by
Priscilla Presley
, who enjoyed it so much that she decided to be Executive Producer.
b.
When Crown first enters the museum there is a banner advertising an exhibition called "Japan", however the Kanji (Chinese characters) in Japanese say "konbu", which means seaweed.
c.
Elvis Presley
was later offered the starring role in director
Robert D. Webb
s next film,
The Way to the Gold
, but 20th Century-Fox refused to pay the $250,000 plus 50% of the profits that Elvis manager asked (Fox had offered $150,000 plus 50%).
d.
Burt Reynolds
once said in 1982, about a year before this picture, that he wasnt going to make any more "car chase" movies.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
Based on a short story the author wrote for an undergraduate short story writing class. She received a grade of A.
b.
The film was produced by 20th Century-Fox but the premiere was at the Paramount Theater on Broadway in New York City. Thousands of fans were outside the building on the night of premiere. A huge paperboard with the image of
Elvis Presley
was on the outside of the building.
c.
"The poem that Jungle Julia has her listeners recite to Butterfly is an excerpt of the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by
Robert Frost
." - it is also a reference to the 70s thriller
Telefon
," where the poem was used as a posthypnotic signal to activate Russian sleeper agents.
d.
During one of the scenes
Allen Keller
was injured when the Sharps Buffalo Rifle he was issued to use exploded. He later sued the company that provided the firearm, Stemburgen Gun Rentals, but he waited until 1986 to do it. By that time, the statute of limitations in Montana had run out.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
A third Rescuers movie was planned for 1996, but after the death of
Eva Gabor
, this and all future Rescuers movies were scrapped.
b.
The title song, "Love Me Tender" was taken from the Civil War ballad "Aure Lea", written by W. W. Fosdick (words) and George R. Poulton (music). That song first appeared on the screen in 1936 sung by a Francis Farmer in "Come And Get It". It was adopted, almost from its beginning, as the "school song" of The West Point Military Academy and was part of the soundtrack for
The West Point Story
and _The Long Grey Line (1954)_.
c.
The bar where Stan and Jack go for Dons party is Cookies Tavern. In real life Shaun Paul Costello and Joe Gariffo hang out there at least twice a week when theyre in Philadelphia.
d.
The hearse Harold originally drives is a 1959 Cadillac Superior 3-way model that is one of the most sought after hearses among collectors today but at the time was considered nothing more than an undesirable used car which was purchased for a few hundred dollars. The Jaguar hearse was really destroyed at the end and no replica exists because they only constructed one version for filming.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
Shot in eight days.
b.
When Eddie takes Roger Rabbit into the back room at the bar where Dolores works to cut apart the hand-cuffs, the lamp from ceiling is bumped and swinging. Lots of extra work was needed to make the shadows match between the actual room shots and the animation for very little viewer benefit. Today, "Bump the Lamp" is a term used by many Disney employees to refer to going that extra mile on an effect just to make it a little more special, even though most viewers or guests will never notice it.
c.
Val Kilmer
did not want to be in this film, but was forced to by contractual obligations.
d.
This is the only movie in which the character played by
Elvis Presley
dies on-screen.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
Possibly the first American film to use a "Squib hit" on an actor (using an explosive under clothing with a blood pack to simulate a bullet hit).
b.
A prologue and epilogue were added only after the director and editor decided that an early cut of the film was too short; actress Judith ODea was enlisted and agreed to come in for a days filming, and extra news footage was shot for the films climax.
c.
The title My Soul to Take was taken from the childrens prayer: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."
d.
Dolores Costello
s last movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
First time the Lone Ranger and Tonto are seen in a live action movie/serial.
b.
Made back its production cost - approximately $1,000,000 - on its opening weekend.
c.
Several scenes were filmed but cut from the final release of the film: 1. An extended version of the scene when McClane enters the terminal, featuring shots of a childrens choir singing Christmas carols (the audio of the choir singing still remains in the final cut, but only heard in the background), A scene of two of the terrorists killing off two painters and stealing their truck as well as their uniforms (to pose as painters later in the Skywalk SWAT team ambush scene). An extended version of the scene where McClane first meets up with Marvin the janitor, and finally an extended scene of Marvin showing McClane the best way to access the tunnels to get to the runways, which includes a scene where McClane has to walk carefully across a narrow beam over a hot boiler. All of these cut scenes can be viewed in the Deleted Scenes section of the Special Features disc.
d.
When Wendell first arrives to Shady Grove and is adjusting the radio, the static that is heard is the same static from the beginning of the song "Hip Hop" by Dead Prez.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Love Me Tender (1956)?
a.
Stan and Ollie spent a lot of time in jail. In addition to this film, they were jailbirds in "The Second Hundred Years", "Hoosegow", and "Flying Deuces".
b.
When the film was re released on DVD, it was found that almost 20% of the original animation files were corrupted, proving to the studio that digital storage was not as feasible as they thought it would be at the time the film was made.
c.
Although this started out as a "B" feature, it wound up costing approximately $1,000,000. It reportedly made its production cost back in only the first three days of release.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 23, 1946 with
John Payne
reprising his film role.
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