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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) - 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: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966).
About the movie:
A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
Was filmed in the same area as another Robert Redford film, A River Runs Through it, up the Boulder Valley, south of a small Montana town called Big Timber.
b.
The church in the movie is St. Peters church in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, about 20 miles north of the movie house in Toms River. They also used the park across the street from the church, Pleasure Park, for the priest playing basketball scene. They used local kids as players, and had to ask them to take it easy and let the priest get the ball from time to time.
c.
Short film version, SLICE was produced in Fox Searchlights new directors program, Fox Search lab.
d.
The snake Michael shoots looks a lot better than the rest of the film because it was stock footage lifted from a Disney nature documentary. Its also why the snake is on purple carpet.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
Robert Redford
decided to do the film because the storys family reminded him of his own in the way it talked around issues.
b.
The gun used to shoot the
Sean Connery
character is a Walther PPK, the same model as Connerys James Bond gun.
c.
The knife used by the killer on the jetty is a Kukri the weapon of the Nepal army (also the British gurkhas).
d.
John Reynolds
wore his prosthetics incorrectly, causing permanent damage to his kneecaps. He took painkillers constantly until his death.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
According to the DVD audio commentary, it was the decision of director Guy Green that the movie be filmed in black-and-white, although color was available.
b.
John Wayne
actually pleaded with the director
Mark Rydell
to allow him to play Wil Anderson.
c.
Director
Harold P. Warren
later approached cinematographer
Robert Guidry
with another script, this one called "Wild Desert Bikers". Guidry declined.
d.
Jeff Chandler
was originally offered the role that went to
Cary Grant
. Grant himself was at first reluctant to take it, knowing he was much too old to play a wartime captain.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
The motorcycle that Button rides in India is a 350cc Royal Enfield Bullet, a British-designed motorcycle originally made under license in Chennai (Madras), India since 1955.
b.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
The big fight sequence between
Gene Autry
,
George J. Lewis
and
John L. Cason
was originally used in
The Big Sombrero
.
d.
Writer/director/producer/actor
Harold P. Warren
was an insurance salesman (later a fertilizer salesman) from El Paso. He made a bet with visiting location scout
Stirling Silliphant
(later an award-winning screenwriter) that he could make a popular horror film on an extremely minimal budget.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
Tom Neyman
, who plays the master, also helped
John Reynolds
make Torgos knees and he painted the portrait of the master and his dog.
b.
Mercedes McCambridge
:
c.
During the final battle, there was originally going to be a sequence where Tony, in the Iron Man suit, drives an Audi R8 that would crash into Iron Mongers legs then flip over, after which Iron Man would split the car in half and jump out. However, the Audi R8 was so well-built that it refused to flip despite repeated crashes and the roof wouldnt split the way the Director wanted it to because the cars frame was so tough. As a result, the whole final fight sequence was re-written. The filmmakers were so impressed by the toughness of the car that it was decided that the convertible version was to be featured in
Iron Man 2
.
d.
Written by a real-life teacher.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
One of the photos burnt is a photo of Colonel Mustard and a soldier, both in US Army dress uniform. The soldier is likely his driver and the Motorist.
b.
Sam Spiegel
forgot to pay for rear-projection equipment, hence the reason why the cab where
Marlon Brando
and
Rod Steiger
play out the films most famous scene has blinds.
c.
In lieu of a salary, director
Harold P. Warren
sold shares to the cast and crew for their hard work and long hours.
d.
Bette Davis was originally offered the role of Louise, but turned it down to go on maternity leave.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
The birth name for
Caryl Chessman
is Carol Whittier Chessman. Whittier is the name used for the convict.
b.
Each Terminator film has been produced under a different company.
The Terminator
was produced by Hemdale and went through Orion,
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
went through Carolco and Tri-Star (which was owned by Columbia),
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
was produced by C-2 Pictures and distributed through both Warner Bros. (Domestic release) and Columbia Pictures (international release), and
Terminator Salvation
was produced by The Halcyon Company and distributed through both Warner Bros. (Domestic release) and Columbia Pictures (international release).
c.
Claudia Cardinale
could not speak English, so Princess Dalas dialog was dubbed by twenty-year-old
Gale Garnett
.
d.
In addition to his daughter
Jackey Neyman
playing Debbie,
Tom Neyman
s wife
Jacqueline Neyman
made the master and wives costumes and their dog played the demon dog.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
Lighting was limited for the film, which explains the infamous scene in which two cops literally take two steps to investigate, then turn back.
b.
In real life, Danny Cohen owned the club in which Joe E. Lewis first worked. When Lewis defected for more money, Cohen gave mobster Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn (real name: Vincenzo Antonio Gebhardi), a lieutenant in Al Capones mob, a 25% share in the club in return for his persuading Lewis to stay. McGurns method of persuasion was the beating which Lewis received.
c.
Pam Bouviers alias as Ms. Kennedy is a reference to
Jacqueline Kennedy
, whose maiden name was Bouvier. Her weapon was a .25 caliber Beretta 950 automatic.
d.
Jack Conway
shot retakes and pick-up shots when
Sam Wood
wasnt available.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
was brought in to do uncredited "punch-ups" of the dialogue. His major contribution was the comic book bickering. The character name "Russell Vossler" is a reference to
Rand Vossler
, with whom Tarantino used to work at a video store. See also
Pulp Fiction
.
b.
The only two members of the cast that were paid for their performances were
Jackey Neyman
, who got a bicycle, and the Doberman, which got a bag of dog food. The rest of the cast was to be paid by a cut of the movies profits, which never materialized.
c.
Julianne Moore
was pregnant during the filming of this movie.
d.
Although Entertainment Weekly issued a D- rating for the theatrical release of Stay Alive, the Directors Cut garnered a respectable C+ rating.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)?
a.
The only shot in the film not achieved in-camera was the slow zoom in on the model of the maze, with the tiny figures of Danny and Wendy walking around at the center. To achieve this shot, a model of the maze was shot from six feet above. Then the small central section of the maze was built to scale next to an apartment complex. Actors
Shelley Duvall
and
Danny Lloyd
then walked about in the central section whilst the camera crew filmed it from the roof of the apartment building. The two shots were then simply composited together.
b.
The address of the building where Rachel Dawes is killed and where the final confrontation between Gordon, Batman and Two-Face occurs is 250 52nd Street. Sounded out, this address contains "Fifty-Fifty", a major thematic element in the film.
c.
There was no way to composite
Spencer Tracy
s image into the scenes where
Van Johnson
is flying, so he actually had to be standing behind Johnson and, later,
Irene Dunne
for the filming of these scenes. The same approach was used for
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(techniques for superimposing one image onto another were not invented until much later).
d.
Quentin Tarantino
owns one of the only 35mm copies of the film left in existence. He claims this is his favorite "comedy" of all time.
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