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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : No Way Out (1950) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : No Way Out (1950) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : No Way Out (1950)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950).

About the movie: The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		When Scott is questioning the boyfriend, a plaque in the background has the names of various cast members.
b.		Quorras DNA is triple stranded.
c.		It was the idea of screenplay writer Philip Yordan to depict scenes showing the doctors family inside their home.
d.		Several of the actors who played soldiers, including Wes Chatham (Corporal Steve Penning), Jake McLaughlin (Spc. Gordon Bonner) and Sean Huze (Captain Jim Osher) had actually served in the Iraq War themselves.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		Lesser Samuels original story was bid on by Warner Brothers, Paramount, Columbia and Universal-International in addition to Fox, which signed him in January 1949 to a ten-week contract to write the screenplay.
b.		On Stanislaw Lems personal website, shortly before he passed away, he posted that he felt this adaptation had overemphasized the human relationship dilemma in his novel, when he had been trying to propound what an Encounter with something truly Alien might be like. The planet Solaris is about as far from any preconceptions of Alien life as you can get, so identifying with Rheas Phi-Creature misses the point that all the Phi-Creatures are Solaris.
c.		The Westborough Baptist Church planned to protest Red State at its premier at the Sundance Film Festival. Kevin Smith in turn planned a counter protest which he and his fans took part in. At the premier the counter-protesters heavily outweighed the handful of Westborough protesters who showed up. This occurred 12 years after Smiths first film to tackle religious controversy, Dogma, drew protests from certain sects of the Catholic Church. One of which Smith jokingly took part in himself.
d.		In the original script, Rosalie, the woman in the wheelchair at Peggy Sues high school reunion, was a gymnast who was crippled in an accident. In the original script, Peggy Sue tried to take advantage of her knowledge of the future. She invented pantyhose, encouraged people to invest in Xerox, and tried to prevent Rosalie from hurting herself.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		Two of the actors had acted in a 1965 Play of The Month version of the Novel. Saeed Jaffrey in the same role and Ishaq Bux as Alli.
b.		Patricia Arquette didnt have to audition for the role of Valerie.
c.		In the original version of the story Luther was hideously slaughtered, but Darryl F. Zanuck changed his mind because he believed that ending would leave the audience with a "feeling of utter futility."
d.		This film features the first man-into-bat transformation ever seen on camera. In Dracula no transformations were shown on screen. Both John Carradine and Bela Lugosi would get similar treatment over the next five years.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		When Glenn Shadix (who played Otho) died in September 2010, the last song performed at his memorial service was "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)," which was used to great effect in the scene in which Otho leads a séance and everyone around the table is possessed and dances to the music.
b.		During filming, Lauren Bacall was brought to the set in order to gauge her chemistry with Humphrey Bogart with whom she would soon be co-starring in To Have and Have Not. This was the famous duos first meeting, though it would be months before their romance began.
c.		The poster art was done by Saul Bass. It is his first film credit.
d.		Throughout his career Burt Reynolds has made a number of movies that examine movie-making and this film is one of them. The pictures include Fade-In (location filming & westerns); Silent Movie and Nickelodeon (silent films); Best Friends (scriptwriting & Hollywood); Hooper (stuntwork and Hollywood); The Player (Hollywood); Boogie Nights (adult films); The Last Producer (producers and Hollywood); The Hollywood Sign and A Bunch of Amateurs (actors and Hollywood).

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		The day before he began filming as C-3PO, Anthony Daniels tried on his costume for the first time. Within two steps, the left leg shattered down into the plastic of the left foot, beginning to stab the actor every time he took a step.
b.		Even though Clayton (first name William in the book) is a villain in the movie, he and Tarzan are actually cousins according to the original story from Burroughs. William being after Tarzan in line of succession and therefore wouldnt not want him to be alive.
c.		Many production and story ideas and elements not used in the movie Moonraker ended up being utilized for this film. These included the knife throwing twins, the casting of Louis Jourdan as the villain and the Acrostar Bede jet sequence. The backgammon game was originally intended to take place in Max Kalbas club in The Spy Who Loved Me.
d.		Sidney Poitier lied to director Joseph L. Mankiewicz and told him he was 27 years old, when actually he was only 22.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		Although many credit this as Sidney Poitiers film debut, he had previously made three short films for the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
b.		This film was originally going to be called "The Glob." It was changed when it was discovered that cartoonist Walt Kelly had already used that title.
c.		Keiko, the killer whale used in the film, died on Friday 12 December 2003 after the sudden onset of pneumonia in the Taknes fjord in Norway. The whale was 27 years old.
d.		From pre-to-post production, sound mix, color correction, web sites and the cutting of the trailer, this film was completed for only $10,000.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		There was a sequel to This Island Earth in the works in 1956. Screenwriter Franklin Coen and producer William Alland submitted a script titled "Aliens In The Skies" to Universal Pictures, and for a short time it was announced as in "pre-production development" at the studio. However, the studio boss, Edward Muhl, shot down their proposal when he looked over their proposed budget for the film, to be shot in Technicolor and CinemaScope, and to co-star Rex Reason and Faith Domergue reprising their roles, to be released in 1957. It was too expensive, he said. Muhls idea of a science fiction movie in the 1950s was a cheaply-made B-movie with a monster in it for the kids.
b.		Audrey Scott doubled for both Alice Faye and Constance Bennett for their respective plane crash scenes, and was injured on both occasions.
c.		Fifteen minutes were cut from the film after the Hollywood preview and before the New York release.
d.		Darryl F. Zanuck wanted to schedule the release of this film a year after Pinky, which had been shot at the same time and covered the same subject, because he wanted "a gradual buildup of audience receptivity."

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		When the black actors who were part of the race riot scene found out that they were getting paid less than their white equivalents, they protested until accommodations were made.
b.		When Tony Rome gets in the taxi by the airport, on the side of the cab there is an advertisement for fellow "Rat Pack" member, Dean Martins restaurant on 79th Street Causeway.
c.		Jean Negulesco was originally hired as director. He was fired during production and replaced by Richard Quine.
d.		In 1941 Barbara ONeil was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in this movie. She lost to Jane Darwell and her performance in The Grapes of Wrath.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		Richard Widmark was apparently very uncomfortable with some of the racist comments his character, Ray Biddle, made, especially given his friendship with Sidney Poitier. As a result, after some of the takes involving particularly venomous remarks, Widmark actually apologized to Poitier for the remarks his character had made.
b.		The original script featured a cut beginning and ending sequence that took place in the future. In the end, an older Clementine comes in to have the procedure done and a look at her screen shows that shes had the procedure done multiple times and all of them involved Joel. At the very end of the script, an older Joel calls Clementine to ask why she hasnt called, but the technicians performing the procedure erase his message. Other cuts in the original script include a montage of memories people wanted erased, including a soldier seeing his dead friend on a battlefield and a girl who was raped at a young age. Another sub-plot dropped from the script was Mary (Kirsten Dunst) finding out that Howard (Tom Wilkinson) made her get an abortion after they had the affair resulting in her desire to have her memory wiped.
c.		The first film from Hollywood Pictures in five years.
d.		Released as a double feature with The Andromeda Strain.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: No Way Out (1950)?
a.		Film critic Gene Siskel often referred to this as his favorite film. He saw it 17 times and at one time owned the famous "white suit".
b.		Some of the scenes of Benjamin in "Berkeley" were actually filmed at the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) and USC (University of Southern California).
c.		The design of the Talon jets is based on the Northrop Grumman Switchblade, a forward-swept swing wing fighter-bomber intended to replace the F-111.
d.		Fox contract producers Otto Preminger, Sol C. Siegel and Nunnally Johnson all wanted to do the film, but studio head Darryl F. Zanuck produced it personally.

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