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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
About the movie:
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
Ranked #5 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Fantasy" in June 2008.
b.
When Ford and Arthur drink at the pub early in the film, a middle-aged blonde can be seen watching them. According to the DVD commentary, this actress (
Su Elliot
) played Trillian in the London stage version of the story - a fact the director was unaware of until the day of shooting.
c.
The word "Jedi" is derived from the Japanese words "Jidai Geki" which translate as "period adventure drama." A period adventure drama is a Japanese TV soap opera program set in the samurai days.
George Lucas
mentioned in an interview that he saw a "Jidai Geki" program on TV while in Japan a year or so before the movie was made and liked the word.
d.
Pvt. Daniel Jackson kisses a Christian cross before going into battle.
Nathan Fillion
, who plays the "wrong" Pvt. Ryan later played Captain Malcolm Reynolds in
Firefly
, a war veteran who did the same thing. But when his side lost the war, he also lost his faith in God.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
The house in which the dude meets with Jackie Treehorn was designed by architect John Lautner. The movie makes it look as though it sits on the beach, in actuality it sits on the side of a hill overlooking the city of Los Angeles.
b.
The scenes of the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade are of the actual parade held in 1946. As such, careful preparation was necessary for the shots as retakes were obviously out of the question. 20th Century-Fox had cameras positioned along the parade route at the starting line at 77th Street, on Central Park West, on the 3rd floor of an apartment building at 253 West 58th Street, in Herald Square and on 34th Street at 7th Avenue.
c.
Elwood (
Dan Aykroyd
) never removes his sunglasses. Jake (
John Belushi
) only removes them once.
d.
Val Kilmer
was in talks to star in the movie in May 2002.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
In the scene where a womans guts are removed, the director made a torso by painting several layers of liquid latex on a mannequin. But he did not solidify the mold and it came off flabby.
b.
When Dr. Pierce explains Kris belief that he is Santa Claus, he offers for comparative purposes a Hollywood restaurant owner who believes himself to be a Russian prince despite evidence to the contrary, but rather conveniently fails to recall the mans name. This was a reference to
Michael Romanoff
, owner of Romanoffs in Hollywood, a popular hangout for movie stars at the time.
c.
In an episode of The Simpsons, Robin Williams manic portrayal of an English Literature Teacher in this film is blamed for having "destroyed a generation of educators".
d.
Feature version of the previously released serial,
Flying Disc Man from Mars
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
The shot of Ariel reaching out through the skylight of her grotto was the last shot to be completed. It took four tries to get the optical effects just right.
b.
There is more than one instance where you see a poster for 2 missing young boys. Those boys were actually pictures of
Rob Zombie
and his brother (the lead singer of Powerman 5000) as children.
c.
20th Century-Fox studio head
Darryl F. Zanuck
was very much against making this film because he thought it too corny to succeed. He finally agreed to a medium-sized budget provided writer/director
George Seaton
would accept his next three assignments unconditionally. Seaton, who desperately wanted to get the picture made, agreed.
d.
The fights filmed during production were frenetic and were not choreographed. Many of the actors in these scenes were ex-convicts, thus the fights were an accurate representation of the mixed martial arts and street fighting common in this subpopulation.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
The first digital feature transferred to 35mm to screen at the Sundance Film Festival.
b.
Charlize Theron
appeared for free, as a "thank you" to
John Herzfeld
for giving her the breakthrough role in
2 Days in the Valley
.
c.
Maureen OHara
was ultimately forced into her role against her will, as she had just returned to Ireland before being called back to America for the film. However, she immediately changed her sentiments upon reading the script.
d.
Official selection of the 2010 Dances With Films festival.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
The original choice for Professor Rath, when
Marilyn Monroe
was still slated for Lola Lola, was
Spencer Tracy
. When Tracy proved unavailable,
Fredric March
was proposed for the role.
b.
Despite the fact that the film is set during Christmas, studio head
Darryl F. Zanuck
insisted that it be released in May because he argued that more people went to the movies during the summer. So the studio began scrambling to promote it while keeping the fact that it was a Christmas movie a secret.
c.
Following her Best Actress win at the 2002 Oscars,
Halle Berry
became the first Academy Award winner to be a leading Bond Girl in the EON Productions film series, winning her award while shooting this movie.
Kim Basinger
who played Domino in the unofficial
Never Say Never Again
) won her Oscar for
L.A. Confidential
long after she had been a Bond Girl.
Judi Dench
who plays M also has an Oscar from
Shakespeare in Love
.
d.
Hopes name is only referred to twice during the film; the first time it is spoken by Marion, and the second time is when we see it during the closing credits.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
Thelma Ritter
s screen debut.
b.
Filmed November-December 1961.
c.
One of the main reason
Spike Jones and His City Slickers
were chosen for this film was that they had a popular network television shown on NBC. Universal also benefited when free plugs for the film would appear on the show.
d.
Kris Kristofferson
was 36 at the time of filming, playing a character of 21.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
Massive Attacks song "Angel" is prominently featured on in
Doug Liman
s
Go
and
Marc Forster
s
Stay
- movies with opposing titles.
b.
Steve Forrest
, the original Lieutenant Dan Hondo Harrelson from
S.W.A.T.
, appears as SWAT Truck Driver in this movie
c.
At one point, one of the ideas for the ending of the movie was that the gremlins were supposed to be killed by Daniel Clamp filling the building up with cement. That was until the animators discovered that they had the technology to create an "electrical" Gremlin, which they realized could improve the storyline (and its ending).
d.
Natalie Wood
was eight years old when she made this film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
2006: Ranked #9 on the American Film Institutes 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time.
b.
During the rehearsals for the lying game, the cast had to stay in character. If they ever said their own names by mistake, Wadlow would kick them out the room.
c.
Ben Turpin
: The silent movie comedian appears as the cross-eyed lackey who informs Count Renard that the court is ready for him at his wedding.
d.
Shot in 1963. The production company went broke, and the film wasnt released until 1969.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)?
a.
The line "I have it memorized" spoken by character Jason was an add-lib by actor Jonathan Baranick.
b.
There are 21 mail bags carried into the courtroom at the end of Kriss hearing.
c.
More than 900 children, most of them actors, auditioned in the U.S. for the voice of Lumpy. Soon thereafter, auditions were held in the U.K. That day, the team found their Lumpy in five-year-old
Kyle Stanger
, who had never acted before. Songwriter and recording artist
Carly Simon
helped come up with Lumpys full name: Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump, IV. Simon also sings on the soundtrack and wrote some new songs for the film. According to the team, she became very passionate about the story during production. A Heffalumps favorite food: Cookies called rumple-doodles. Heffalump is the first in the Pooh series in which Winnie the Pooh narrates. For the first time, Roo plays the big lead.
d.
Timothy Stack
ad-libbed the the last line in the movie: "Im aching from joy!"
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