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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mary Poppins (1964) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mary Poppins (1964) - Part (6) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964).
About the movie:
A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Ariels sisters names are Aquatta, Andrina, Arista, Adella, Alana and Attina.
b.
This was an ultra low budget production. The elaborate special effects were taken (uncredited) from two big budget Soviet productions, _Mechte Navstrechu (1963)_, and _Nebo Zovyot (1960)_.
c.
This film was in slow development at
Walt Disney
Studios because the studio still had not obtained the rights to film the property from author
P.L. Travers
. This did not happen until sometime in 1961 or 1962.
d.
The head of the Statue of Liberty is shown about 50% larger than actual size. CG supervisor
David Vickery
said in an interview that many people imagined the head being much bigger than it actually is, and that the size was increased due to complaints that the head looked too small in the trailer.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Most of the film was shot in a Bushwick Brooklyn loft, recycling and building sets overnight, only weeks before the building was condemned for illegal zoning and all the tenants were evicted.
b.
Director
Jon Favreau
voiced Iron Man in the
Robot Chicken
episode "Two Weeks Without Food."
c.
A sequence known as "The Magic Compass", consisting of four songs, was dropped from the film in preproduction. One of those songs, "The Beautiful Briny", later resurfaced in
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
. The melody for another song from this sequence, "The Land of Sand", was used for "Trust in Me (The Pythons Song)" in
The Jungle Book
, using completely different lyrics.
d.
According to the original character design sketches found on the DVD, Funguss first name is Jeff and his surname was originally "Frungus".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for Preservation
b.
This was the final film for
Jane Darwell
(who appears here as the bird lady). She had retired in 1959 and was living at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, when she was approached by Walt Disney Pictures to play the Bird Woman. She at first refused, but
Walt Disney
was so set on having her in the film that he personally visited her at the MPCH and eventually persuaded her to take the part. He even sent a limo to fetch and return her during her one day of shooting.
c.
Most of the cast and crew disowned this movie. On the 25 years of Terror DVD, they stated that the studio, producers, and director interfered and argued to the point of ridiculousness which resulted in a very poorly directed and edited film.
d.
The movie was scripted as the first film of a potential trilogy.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
The Wendys are played by real-life sisters,
Adrienne Marquand
and Ashley Marquand.
b.
There are 19 distinguishable names in "Jolly Holiday" when Bert and the penguins are discussing how no one is better than Mary Poppins. The names are as follows: Mavis and Sybil have ways that are winning, Prudence and Gwendolyn set your heart spinning, Phoebe delightful, Maude is disarming, Janis, Felicia, Lydia charming, Cynthia dashing, Vivian s sweet, Stephanie smashing, Priscilla a treat, Veronica, Millicent, Agnes, Jane convivial company time and again, Doris, Phyllis, Glynis of sorts, Ill agree are three jolly good sports. But, cream of the crop, tip of the top, its Mary Poppins and there we stop.
c.
Although Nemo dies in this movie, his fate was left unknown in the original
Jules Verne
novel, and he reappeared in the sequel, Mysterious Island.
d.
While filming this movie,
Harrison Ford
also filmed a cameo appearance on
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
. This gave
George Lucas
the idea of making another Indiana Jones film with Ford, set in the 1950s. The beard he had grown for this film resulted in Indy being bearded in that episode as well. Appropriately, the resulting film,
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
also ended up featuring
Neil Flynn
, who played a subway cop in this film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
During the brain surgery scene prop master Jim Murray had to hold
Bahar Soomekh
s arms still for the close up shots because she was unable to steady herself and keep the tool under control.
b.
They shot 25 takes of the closing scene when
Bill Murray
wakes up next
Andie MacDowell
as they were unsure of the tonality of the scene.
c.
This Disney film, as of 2006, holds the record of having the longest in-print status on video. The film was released on video in 1981, and has been re-released several times, managing to stay in video stores since then. Not once has the film been out of print on video.
d.
This was the first and last time that
Frank Capra
produced, financed, directed and co-wrote one of his films.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Theres a small pennant with a Russian tricolor hanging behind the LCD screen at SALTs working desk. The Russian lettering on it says "To the participant of the war campaign in Chechnya".
b.
This was the only film personally produced by
Walt Disney
to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. (
Beauty and the Beast
was also nominated for Best Picture, but that film was made in 1991, and Disney died in 1966).
c.
A sequel was proposed for the film which would have reunited the band in New York City.
d.
"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 26, 1946 with
George Brent
reprising his film role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Walt Disney
cast
Julie Andrews
for the lead after seeing her in "Camelot" on Broadway. When she mentioned she was pregnant, he offered to wait until she had her baby to start filming and offered her then-husband,
Tony Walton
, the job of designing costumes and some sets for the film. Disney also gave the couple a personally escorted tour of Disneyland and the studio to help them make up their minds.
b.
Though the creature is referred to as the Ymir in reviews and websites, the name is never mentioned in the movie.
Ray Harryhausen
was concerned that audiences would mistake it for the Arabic title "Emir".
c.
Filming became frequently suspended due to the fact that actress
Jo-Ann Robinson
was fighting a serious illness at the time.
d.
The baby born at the end is the first male that appears on screen.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
The fifth slide in the film shown by the twins resembles the painting, "Panic In The Streets" from
Jeff Wayne
s War of the Worlds album art.
b.
Throughout the filming,
Doris Day
became increasingly concerned that
Alfred Hitchcock
paid more attention to camera setups, lighting and technical matters than he did to her performance. Convinced that he was displeased with her work, she finally confronted him. His reply was, "My dear Miss Day, if you werent giving me what I wanted, *then* I would have to direct you!"
c.
Spencer Tracy
was originally cast in the lead role, but withdrew due to ill health and concerns over the ability of co-star
Suzy Parker
.
d.
Voted number three in Channel 4s (UK) "Greatest Family Films".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
The fifth movie directed by
John Sayles
that stars
Chris Cooper
.
b.
Both Star Trek films "The Wrath of Khan" and "First Contact" include characters quoting Herman Melvilles novel "Moby Dick". Khan quotes it in "Wrath" during his death scene, and Picard quotes it in "Contact" when realizing his own obsessive hatred for the Borg, referring to Ahabs obsessive hatred for the whale. Also, John Masefields poetry was mistook by McCoy for Melville (and corrected by Spock) in
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
.
c.
The sketch used to portray a young Forrester in the New Yorker and on the wall of famous writers at the school is based on a young
Sean Connery
from the James Bond period. The same picture is on a desk in Mark Trevors house in
Another Time, Another Place
, in which Connery was introduced to a big audience.
d.
The character of Bert is actually an amalgamation of several of Mary Poppins friends from the books. Among them, the minor character of a chimney sweep. It was a drawing of that sweep by one of the animators that inspired the song "Chim Chim Cheree."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Before
Kevin Smith
started writing the script, the only things he knew he wanted in the movie were a scene at the beginning where the Quick Stop burnt down, the use of the
Talking Heads
song "(Nothing But) Flowers" during the opening credits sequence, the fact that by the end of the film, Dante and Randal would wind up owning the Quick Stop and that the song "Misery" by
Soul Asylum
would play over the closing credits.
b.
John Wayne
was disappointed by the casting of
Kim Darby
as Mattie Ross, and the two hardly spoke at all off camera. He later said, "Christ, talk about having no chemistry with your leading lady! She was the goddamn lousiest actress I ever worked with."
c.
Warner Bros. increased security throughout the production and some actors slept on the Warners lot. Sabotage was suspected when a boom holding one of the cameras collapsed, narrowly missing director
Anatole Litvak
.
d.
His role as Constable Jones became the last on-screen role for
Arthur Treacher
.
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