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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : On Golden Pond (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : On Golden Pond (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981).
About the movie:
The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
Director
Roman Polanski
originally sought
Tuesday Weld
for the role of Lady Macbeth. She refused to do a nude sleepwalking scene so he cast
Francesca Annis
in the part.
b.
Mel Gibson
also passed on the chance to play
Jim Garrison
.
c.
The movie was shot in Corunna and Owosso Michigan at several of the actual locations including the crime scene.
d.
Henry Fonda
won the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role for his role as Norman Thayer, Jr. At 76 (actually 76 years and 317 days), he was the oldest actor to win the Best Actor Oscar. He is also the only actor to win the Best Actor Academy Award aged in his seventies. Fonda though is not the oldest actor to win an Academy Award for acting as
George Burns
won a Supporting Actor Oscar for
The Sunshine Boys
at age 80 (actually 80 years and 69 days).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
Third modern Shakespeare adaptation with
Julia Stiles
. The others being
10 Things I Hate About You
and
Hamlet
.
b.
Ava Gardner
kept changing one of her lines in the film from "In a pigs eye, you are!" to "In a pigs ass, you are!", much to the delight of the rest of the cast and crew, including director
John Huston
.
c.
The script was originally written in 1935 by
Endre Bohem
, but sat on the shelf until 1990, when his son
Leslie Bohem
found it upon his fathers death. He fell in love with the script and, after updating it for the 90s, sought to have it finally filmed.
d.
Henry Fonda
s last movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
Marvel Comics actually published a comic book series based on a pig version of Spider-Man in the early 1980s. It was called Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham and featured animal versions of other Marvel Comics characters.
b.
During the scene where Morgan reminisces about his days at summer camp, the banjo song from
Deliverance
can be heard in the background.
c.
John Cale
composed his score in three hours.
d.
This is the only film in which
Henry Fonda
and
Jane Fonda
appear together.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
The old barge that the Nightstalkers use as their lair, was originally a floating McDonalds Restaurant built for Expo 86, held in Vancouver.
b.
Nimród Antal
did over 100 pages of storyboards in preparation for directing.
c.
Gertrude, the canoe featured in the film, was included in a lot of the estate of
Katharine Hepburn
during the two-day auction hosted by Sothebys in 2004. The canoe was sold for $19,200 to entertainer
Wayne Newton
.
d.
The wife in the family photograph that Kid Twist put on the desk in the Western Union office was the great character actor Kathleen Freeman.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
In filming the shot in which Doug #1 introduces Doug #3 to Doug #2, Doug #2 tosses a beer to Doug #1.
Michael Keaton
catching the beer (tossed by a body double) was shot first. Keaton tossing the beer (this time *to* a body double) was filmed later. Keatons toss so perfectly matched the body doubles original toss, that the planned special effect of digitally erasing the tossed beer can then adding in a digital beer can was not needed, thereby saving the production quite a bit of money. This was referred to by the special effects crew as "The Million Dollar Miracle Beer Can Toss".
b.
Dwayne The Rock Johnson sings "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" in this movie. He sings the same song the first time he hosted
Saturday Night Live
.
c.
The Baseball Furies were all around 30 or older and from Stunts Unlimited.
d.
Katharine Hepburn
won her fourth best actress Oscar for this role. To date (2008) makes her the all-time record holder for that category. Considering his impressive body of work spanning almost six decades, its astonishing that, except for an honorary Oscar in 1980, this was
Henry Fonda
s only best actor Oscar.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
The film begins in the then standard square frame format before expanding into the much wider Todd AO format. This was done solely to showcase the size of the screen.
b.
When
Katharine Hepburn
comes drifting in to the marina on the Thayers boat she had to get divers to direct her in to the dock.
c.
Haley Joel Osment
went through puberty during filming. As the film progresses, you can hear his voice getting deeper, especially at the end.
d.
Seventh of eight movies that paired
Greer Garson
and
Walter Pidgeon
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
Susan Hayward
s singing was dubbed by
Jane Froman
.
b.
Frances Langford
was originally cast as Helene.
c.
It is estimated that if all the celebrities who did cameos were to charge their normal asking prices, the budget for the film would be in excess of $100 million on salaries alone.
d.
Barbara Stanwyck
was on call to replace
Katharine Hepburn
in the event
Katharine Hepburn
was unable to appear in the film due to surgery she underwent prior to production.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
The film clip featuring
Ingrid Bergman
and
Cary Grant
is from the
Alfred Hitchcock
film
Notorious
.
b.
A scene with
Billy Bob Thornton
and
Bill Paxton
was lost by Northwest Airlines in January 1998 while in transit from Minnesota to Los Angeles. The missing scene had been shot in Minnesota. The film was insured, and the missing scene was re-shot.
c.
Canon 7Ds were used as B-cameras.
d.
Jane Fonda
said she was able to cry in this movie because at the time of shooting,
Katharine Hepburn
was hiding in the bushes shaking her fists at
Jane Fonda
to get her to emote.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
Having lost 20 pounds during the shoot the director lost his vision and spent a week in bed. Asked in an interview I did he says "I lost my vision and it really sucked. I remember being in bed for a while. My mom and ex-girlfriend took care of me. I think it was my body telling me I needed a break."
b.
Mary Astor
was having an affair with
John Huston
during the making of the film.
c.
The brown Fedora worn by
Henry Fonda
belonged to
Spencer Tracy
and was given to
Henry Fonda
by
Katharine Hepburn
on the first day on the set.
Henry Fonda
, overwhelmed with the gesture, painted a still life watercolor of the three hats he wore in the film and gave the original to
Katharine Hepburn
as a gift. He had 200 lithographs made of the painting and sent one to every person who worked on the film. Each copy was numbered and personally signed by Fonda thanking each person by name. In her autobiography, Hepburn wrote that she gave the painting to screenwriter
Ernest Thompson
. After Fondas death, she found the painting to be a sad reminder of him and
Spencer Tracy
.
d.
Felicity Huffman
nicknamed her prosthetic penis "Andy" during filming.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: On Golden Pond (1981)?
a.
The intention had been that
Robert Blake
would star, but his name on the marquee would not, it was thought, generate enough audience interest.
b.
Though real corn was used for most of filming, polyurethane corn had to be used for the more difficult action sequences.
c.
Many of the cast members had also appeared in the Broadway stage revue "Shuffle Along" in 1921. Director
Oscar Micheaux
had seen the production and wanted to incorporate parts of the material into his film.
d.
Jane Fonda
claims that the scene between Chelsea and Norman (
Henry Fonda
) where she tells him she wants to be his friend mirrored the real-life relationship between father and daughter. During one take when the younger Fonda unexpectedly grabbed her fathers hand,
Henry Fonda
started to cry and ducked his head away from the camera, embarrassed by his tears. The take appears in the final film.
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