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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mary Poppins (1964) - Part (8) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mary Poppins (1964) - Part (8) 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.
The old woman in the park Bert talks to in the beginning of the film (with the two tall daughters) is Mrs. Corry. In the book she ran the sweet shop in the park and in the Broadway show this is where they buy the letters to make the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". The shop is mentioned once by Mary Poppins in the film before she and the children make a detour to Uncle Alberts house.
b.
Before Gus takes Kathy underground, he yells to Sean, "Im gonna fuck her!" and repeats it two more times, but the MPAA strongly advised the makers of the movie to dub out the word "fuck" at that scene because they felt that it was wrong for an adult male to say that he was going to have sex with an underage girl. Instead, Cliff Gormans quote was fixed for him to say, "Im gonna keep her."
c.
Roger Corman
decided on a major change for this film. Instead of a fire, the usual finale for a Corman film of the period, he had the castle flooded instead. Cormans crew had come to look forward to "fire day".
d.
Ron Perlman
s character (Sayer of the Law) is blind, so Perlman had lenses put over his eyes so he actually played the role blind.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
On an episode of National Public Radios "Wait, Wait, Dont Tell Me" (broadcast October 25, 2010)
Dick Van Dyke
was asked by host
Peter Sagal
about his notorious accent in this film. Van Dyke stated that his vocal coach was Irish-born
J. Pat OMalley
, who had an even worse British accent.
b.
Inger Stevens
last film before her suicide in 1970.
c.
When the clock starts counting down from 60:00, the movie ends exactly one hour later.
d.
A Southern prison camp was built for this movie just north of Stockton, California. A dozen buildings were constructed, including a barracks, mess hall, wardens quarters, guard shack, and dog kennels.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
The white SUV that Kristopher Bowmans character, Sean, hides behind when leaving the drug store was the rental car of the director. That is why the vehicle has a Las Vegas license plate, despite the movie being set in Ontario.
b.
Although
Dick Van Dyke
considers this the best film he has appeared in, he nevertheless maintains to this day that he was somewhat miscast as Bert. He has suggested that either
Jim Dale
or
Ron Moody
would have played the part better.
c.
In addition to the mosquitoes, the sound department had the additional challenge of both inbound and outbound airplanes due to the proximity to Omahas Eppley Airfield.
d.
The DVD contains a more ambiguous and much shorter alternate ending in which Gin simply reappears on the platform and smiles at Mac.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Producer/director Elgin Cahill is vehemently opposed to using "555" numbers in his films, due to the belief that they take the viewer right out of the story. The "POST REPORTER" leaves a phone number on SHAWNs answering machine (206-339-0532). If you call the number, you will hear a message revealing the backstory behind the shooting of Tommy.
b.
Due to severe flooding in Los Angeles in 1938, the presentation of the Best Picture Oscar for this movie was postponed from Thursday March 3rd to Thursday March 10, 1938. (see also -
In the Heat of the Night
and
Raging Bull
).
c.
The first screening at the Bijou Cinema in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold out in 45 minutes. Three more showings were added and were all sold out before the weekend even started.
d.
Set in April 1910, shortly before the death of
King Edward VII
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
"Feeding the birds" at Saint Pauls Cathedral, seen as a charitable act of kindness in the film, became forbidden by law in the 21st century, having resulted in excessive defecation from the expanding avian population.
b.
The teaser trailer was actually
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
s screen test.
c.
All of the names on Danny McGraths People To Kill List (except for Billy Madison and Eric) are those of the crew, directors, or producers of the movie
d.
Both
Lee Phelps
(Court Clerk) and
Lester Dorr
(Chauffeur) are in studio records/casting call lists for their roles, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Filming commenced on 8 November 2004, 26 years almost to the very day that shooting began for the original pilot,
One Armed Bandits
.
b.
The actual address of the fictitious Vanessas Flower Shop is at the corner of 67th W and Columbus, New York, New York.
c.
January 2001 Silver Pictures approached
Todd Alcott
to write a Wonder Woman script. He was replaced in August 2003 with
Laeta Kalogridis
. Later in March 2005
Joss Whedon
was hired to not only write but also direct the film, but in February 2007 he left due to creative differences.
d.
Walt Disney
was so determined to cast
Julie Andrews
that he offered to delay filming until the summer of 1964 if Andrews was cast as Eliza Dolittle in
My Fair Lady
. Since
Audrey Hepburn
was cast as Eliza, both movies began filming around August/September 1963. (When President
John F. Kennedy
was assassinated in November 1963, Hepburn, over at the Warner Bros. studios, was hit particularly hardest by the news. She was inconsolable for a few days.)
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
Richard Gere
was the first choice to play
Tina Fey
s boss, but he turned the role down.
c.
Production was delayed on several occasions. In 1929, one break lasted 62 days.
d.
The kazoo music heard during the penguins routine is played by
Richard M. Sherman
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Star Fred Williamsons "M.A.S.H." co-star
Elliott Gould
s completely improvised part was the result of his coming in for a half hours work to help out his friend.
b.
The first time
Miko Hughes
saw
Robert Englund
in full Freddy make-up, he was so frightened he ran into his mothers arms.
c.
Feature film debut pf
Jon Gries
. Billed as Jon Francis, it was never the original intention to cast the boy part of Horace (aka Button) with the directors son. According to a DVD Special Feature, Jon would be at the studio whilst the picture was in development. He would spend time playing until one day the films producers invited him into the office. Later, they told the director they had found their boy for the part.
d.
Premiered at the Graumann Chinese Theatre in 1964. Re-Premiered at the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York City in 1966.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
b.
Location filming was done in Chicago March through May of 1964. The stars stayed at the Astor Towers Hotel during filming. Interiors were shot at Fred Niles Studios which are now Oprahs Harpo Studios. The exterior of the Xanadu night club in the film was the old Gate of Horn folk club at the southeast corner of Dearborn & Chicago. The interior night club scenes were shot in what had been the short-lived "new" Chez Paree at 400 N. Wabash. The film opened in Chicago on October 27, 1965 at the Woods Theater which can be seen in film with the film "The Cardinal" listed on the marquee.
c.
Filmed entirely on soundstages under heavy studio lighting.
d.
Pink
was originally cast in the leading role.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mary Poppins (1964)?
a.
The blue car used throughout the movie is a Trabant 601 Kombi/Estate.
b.
Steve Kloves
script originally used all the six flashbacks of Voldemort. In the film, only two were used. Had all of the remaining flashbacks used, it would give more exposition such as how Merope Gaunt met Tom Riddle Sr in the 20s; how young Voldemort tracked down his uncle Morfin in Little Hangleton in 1943, subsequently resulting in the murder of the Riddle family; the origins of Hufflepuffs Cup being a horcrux - which pays off in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
; and finally, explaining why the Defense of the Dark Arts job gets jinxed with each teacher lasting no more than one year since 1956 - Dumbledore turned down Riddles offer to teach.
c.
When
Dave Smith
went on a search for the snowglobe from this movie, which featured birds flying around Saint Pauls Cathedral, he finally found it on a shelf in a janitors office. The janitor explained that he saw the snowglobe sitting in a trash can, but found it too pretty to throw away and kept it himself.
d.
It was Jack Hawkins suggestion that the film be shot in Ceylon, rather than Burma.
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