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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Oklahoma! (1955) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Oklahoma! (1955) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Oklahoma! (1955).
About the movie:
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Oklahoma! (1955)?
a.
Adrien Brody
remarked that during the river scene,
Wes Anderson
s instructions were the exact opposite of what he had intended to do, making the scene sadder in his opinion.
b.
Shot as a test pilot in December 2004 in three days.
c.
When the Group Theater (1931-1940), the first American acting company to attempt to put the Russian Stanislavskis principles into action, disbanded many of the actors who had participated in its revolutionary realistic productions on Broadway ("Awake and Sing" "Waiting for Lefty") made their way to Hollywood in search of work;,
Roman Bohnen
("Warden"), and
Art Smith
("Dr. Walters") - all of whom can be seen in this film. As many of the actors in The Group were members of the Communist Party or leftist organizations, they would soon be blacklisted during the HUAC period along with the director of this film,
Jules Dassin
. In 1946, a year before the release of this film,
Elia Kazan
, one of the members of The Group Theater who named names, happened to be in Hollywood and saw a production of one of
Tennessee Williams
s early plays "Portrait of a Madonna" directed by
Hume Cronyn
- who plays the sadistic Capt. Munsey in this film. Kazan was so impressed by the work of Cronyns wife,
Jessica Tandy
, that he offered her the role of Blanche Dubois in his Broadway production of "Streetcar Named Desire."
d.
Michael Todd
had seen
Shirley Jones
in a touring performance of Oklahoma and suggested she be cast as Laurey for the film version.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Oklahoma! (1955)?
a.
According to General Ross, the serum project that mutated Bruce Banner into the Hulk was developed during World War II. This is a reference to Marvel Comics next film,
Captain America: The First Avenger
, who was created with the use of a special serum. Additionally, the person who takes the serum must be treated with a unique form of radiation - any accidents or deviations from the procedure can cause horrific side effects to occur... as befalls Banner and Blonsky.
b.
The movie was released in the late 1980s in Poland under the title "The Electronic Murderer". The title was changed because there is a Polish word terminator, meaning roughly an apprentice, and so the title was changed to something more catchy and interesting to audience. By the time
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
was released, the original movie was widely available on pirate copies under its original title, and because of it in the early 90s in Poland the word terminator was widely recognized as the character played by
Arnold Schwarzenegger
instead of its original meaning, so all the sequels had their titles unaltered.
c.
Robert Stack, Piper Laurie, Lee Marvin, Vic Damone, Dale Robertson and Joan Evans were all screen tested for various roles.
d.
The street that
Sean Connery
is parked in waiting for
Catherine Zeta-Jones
to leave the antiques shop is the same one that Hagrid and Harry walk down in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
when they are heading for the Leaky Cauldron.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Oklahoma! (1955)?
a.
Allene Roberts
auditioned for the role of Laurey Williams.
b.
Directorial debut of
Edwin L. Marin
.
c.
When this project was in early development it was mentioned at The 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008 when host (
Jon Stewart
) introduced Kidman by saying that according to IMDb the next presenters the star of the "Untitled Nicole Kidman Project".
d.
In this movie the motorman hijacker (played by
Luis Guzmán
) is the first of the villains to die, while in the original movie this character (played by
Martin Balsam
) is the only one to survive.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Oklahoma! (1955)?
a.
The referee for the semifinal game is played by
Ryan Walter
, an ex-NHLer and Vancouver native who finished his career as a Vancouver Canuck and was a technical consultant for the movie. He "choreographed" all the hockey scenes to be realistic and the goals to be exactly as they really were. He has also said that he had to down-grade his skating in order to better impersonate the Finnish referee Carl-Gustav Kaisla.
b.
Two beer brands feature in the film. West End Bitter is a South Australian beer. Courage Bitter was an attempt by an English brewer to enter the Australian market - the attempt failed.
c.
In her autobiography Playing the Field,
Mamie Van Doren
recalls her campaign to play Ado Annie. Van Doren claims one of the reasons she lost the part was that her acting coach, who happened to be Gloria Grahames mother, mentioned Van Dorens interest in the part to her daughter; Grahame suddenly became interested in playing the part herself, launching a campaign of her own to win the part--which she did.
d.
After several unsuccessful attempts to film the scene where Margot stabs Swan with the scissors,
Alfred Hitchcock
said, "This is nicely done but there wasnt enough gleam to the scissors, and a murder without gleaming scissors is like asparagus without the hollandaise sauce - tasteless."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Oklahoma! (1955)?
a.
The first Care Bears movie to be made by a studio other than Canadas Nelvana.
b.
The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 22 October 1932 and closed in May 1933 after 232 performances. The opening night cast included
Constance Collier
as Carlotta Vance,
Paul Harvey
as Dan Packard,
Conway Tearle
as Larry Renault and
Cesar Romero
as Ricci (character deleted from the movie). The play had 2 Broadway revivals, the last in 2003.
c.
The movie was purposely filmed with very little camera movement, and editing, to give it the Broadway feel. (Actors occasionally stumble over a line like on stage.)
d.
Following this films release, it was reported that
Jed Buell
planned to use the same cast in a film version of the story of Paul Bunyan (with a large gentleman playing Bunyan). It is assumed this idea never got past the pre-production phase.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Oklahoma! (1955)?
a.
Terence Rattigan
s play was generally performed as two one-act plays separated by an intermission, with the same actor playing the Major and John, and the same actress portraying Ann and Sybil.
b.
Despite being the lead character, Emily Browning does not have a line of dialogue until about 20 minutes into the film.
c.
The 1970 USTV premiere of this film was on CBS and hosted by the cast of the networks popular series "Family Affair": Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot, Anissa Jones, Johnnie Whitaker, and Cathy Garver. Presented in character, the wrap-arounds involved the fictional Davis family viewing and commenting on the film.
d.
Gossip columnist Elwell (
David White
) is also a character in
The Comedian
. Both productions are from material by
Ernest Lehman
.
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