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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Never So Few (1959) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Never So Few (1959) Quiz
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About the movie:
Captain Tom Reynolds and his band of skilled O.S.S. operatives are in WWII Burma to train the Kachin natives in modern warfare...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Never So Few (1959)?
a.
Art Carney
s final film appearance.
b.
This movie is based on the real-life story of World War IIs OSS Detachment 101. This was an OSS Operations Group designed to specialize in activities in the China-Burma-India region in collaboration with the Kachin Rangers and other Allied special operations units.
c.
Many of the comedy routines used in the movie were on
Chris Rock
s "Bigger and Blacker" album.
d.
Director
J. Lee Thompson
s first American feature was also his opportunity of working with some of the biggest Hollywood stars.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Never So Few (1959)?
a.
Steve McQueen
s role was originally going to be played by
Sammy Davis Jr.
. A feud had broken out between Davis and
Frank Sinatra
after Davis had claimed in a radio interview that he was a greater singer than Sinatra. Sinatra demanded he be dropped from the cast, and McQueen got the part.
b.
The success of the film had encouraged MGM to create further movies involving the Smith family and was to be based on further tales of
Sally Benson
s family. MGM wanted to make sort of a deluxe color group of serials in the spirit of the popular "Andy Hardy" series. A proposed sequel titled "Meet Me in Manhattan" was in the works in which the Smith family actually moved to New York. (This happened in real life to
Sally Benson
s family.) However, the project never got out of planning stages and the film was never made.
c.
All vehicles driven by the main characters are Fords. There is the Ford/Shelby GT500 Mustang that Neville drives in the beginning, the Ford Expedition he drives throughout the film, and the Ford Escape used to depart New York at the end.
d.
Rosalind Russell
was borrowed from MGM for this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Never So Few (1959)?
a.
John Goodman
pushed for
Steve Buscemi
to voice the villain Randall.
b.
For the theatrical release, the film was called "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," but for the DVD release, the title was changed to "National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets."
c.
According to the Australian DVD sleeve notes, this was Italian
Gina Lollobrigida
s first movie that she made in Hollywood.
d.
The restaurant scene was written directly for the movie and took twice the time to shoot than expected: four days. The difficulty resided in the editing, since the characters had to eat, and the background actors kept walking around.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Never So Few (1959)?
a.
The two teens infatuated with Will Parker were an invention of director
Fred Zinnemann
and choreographer
Agnes de Mille
.
Lizanne Truex
(blonde) and
Jane Fischer
(brunette) were originally slated to appear only in the "Kansas City" routine. Zinneman and de Mille liked the girls work so much that they decided to add them - and their characters "The Goon Girls" - to the entire film. Zinnemann wanted the part of "Ado Annie" to be played comically, but
Gloria Grahame
kept putting a sexy twist to the part, so he told the "Goon Girls" that he would use them more extensively as comic relief to compensate for Ms. Grahames interpretation. They appeared in every dance scene and had more screen time than some of the co-stars. Since the girls were going to have so much exposure, there was some discussion as to what to call them. Zinnemann said that because they were always "gooning" (fooling) around, they should be called "Goon Girls", and the epithet was born. Truex also had three one-liners, somewhat unusual for ensemble dancers. While waiting for the film to be released, she joined the European tour of the stage version of "Oklahoma!" which starred
Shirley Jones
and her then-husband,
Jack Cassidy
. In this tour, Ms. Truex played the role of "The Girl Who Falls Down," performed in the film by
Virginia Bosler
.
b.
The film utilizes an oft-used storyline of the war movie genre which has two soldiers in love with the same girl.
c.
Anthony Rapp
kept the famous scarf he wore as Mark in the original Broadway show. It could not be used in the film, however, because the white was too bright for the camera. Instead he wears a navy and light gray scarf.
d.
The scene where Waynes ex-girlfriend Stacy (
Lara Flynn Boyle
) tries to patch up their relationship by buying him a gun rack, is based on some truth.
Mike Myers
once dated a girl who apparently broke up with him due to his preoccupation with his comedy. A week later, after some thought, she tried to reconcile by buying Mike a gun-rack. To her, this was an absurd joke that she had hoped Mike would appreciate. He didnt, and the two remained apart. When the movie was released, and Mikes ex viewed the movie with her new steady boyfriend, she was mortified not only to learn that the gun-rack anecdote had been written into the film, but also she was shocked to see that the main characters referred to the Stacy character as a psycho hose-beast. Some time later, Myers telephoned his former girl, attempting to apologize for including a very detracting version of her in the movie, but the damage had been done.
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