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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paint Your Wagon (1969) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paint Your Wagon (1969)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969).

About the movie: Two unlikely prospector partners share the same wife in a California gold rush mining town.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		Lesley Ann Warren and Sally Ann Howes turned down the role of Elizabeth. Kim Novak was also approached, and Diana Rigg was set to star as Elizabeth but was forced to withdraw due to illness.
b.		Body Count: 4.
c.		One of the last scenes in the film, with Andre on the airplane, was filmed several months after the initial completion of the film. The scene was added because test audiences reacted badly to Erin standing-up Andre at the end of the film. The intention of the scene was to show that Andre was not a nice guy (as he had been throughout the film) and remove any sympathy viewers had for him. The fact that this scene was filmed so much later also explains why Andres hair is significantly different in that scene than in the rest of the film.
d.		Alice Krige suffered much discomfort throughout the film. Her costume was too tight, causing blisters, and the silver contacts she had to wear were so painful they could only be kept in for four minutes at a time.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		James Dean refused to attend the premiere party, which almost cost him the lead in Rebel Without a Cause
b.		Although not released until 1964, movie was obviously filmed prior to the 1963 JFK assassination and includes brief sight gag involving President Kennedy lookalike sitting in his famous rocking chair.
c.		Director David Lean said filming on location in Italy was expensive because he had to pay local merchants whose customers were scared off by the camera equipment and crew.
d.		The play was produced on Broadway in 1951 and was one of the two properties Louis B. Mayer took with him after being ousted from MGM. Advancing age and the fact that Mayer had been so removed from actual film production for 30+ years rendered him unable to get it underway as a film.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		The redesigned bridge of the Enterprise-D that is used in in this film was inspired by the "alternate-history" bridge of the Enterprise-D from Yesterdays Enterprise.
b.		Lee Marvin was set to star in The Wild Bunch, a project that he helped put together with stuntman Roy N. Sickner, when Paramount offered him $1 million plus a percentage to star in this picture.
c.		Gerrit Graham was so sick the day that the "Life at Last" scene was filmed that he could hardly walk.
d.		The "Jet Turbine" Y2K bike that Cary Ford rides to catch Henry actually exists - one is owned by Jay Leno. Its an MTT Turbine SUPERBIKE, powered by a Rolls-Royce Allison 250 turboshaft engine commonly used in helicopters.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		Released at a time when musicals were rapidly going out of fashion, the film went notoriously over budget and behind schedule. Opening to mostly negative reviews, it was not the huge box office success that the producers had hoped.
b.		On 6 January 1998, 3 special-effect crew members were injured preparing a gas-based explosion in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Two of the crew were hospitalized with serious injuries and the third was treated and released. Improper safety measures that went against industry standards allowed for a premature explosion as the crew was setting up the shot. The battery used to trigger the explosion was stored inside a truck engine compartment rather than in the open. The battery was not disconnected when a cable touched the electrical contacts, causing detonation. Black Dog Productions was fined $16,800 by the state. These scenes that were filmed in downtown Wilmington were not used in the final release.
c.		Richard Donner asked Jet Li to slow down during action sequences because he was moving faster then the camera shutter speed, and it wasnt registering on film.
d.		Director Lee Unkrich voiced the Jack in the Box that yells "New toys!" to Andys toys when they arrive at SunnySide.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
b.		Charleys old mobile home was located near the home of well known Nevada artist Afton Frederick, who allowed the use of her home for some exterior shots. Her husband Cliff Frederick helped the crew with the night security of the old Varrick mobile home, because the roof of Varricks home was fully removed for the ease of the camera and lighting work inside. The weather was extremely warm during the filming, which lasted seven weeks in the Dayton, Carson City, and Genoa, Nevada area.
c.		EASTER EGG: in the Limited Edition DVD (and in the standard Region 2 edition) allows the movie to be watched in the exact chronological order of the events in the film. The first couple scenes of the regular cut of the movie appear normal in this version, meaning they are not reversed. However, this version of the movie is on Disc 2, is quite difficult to reach (the user must answer several questions and solve a puzzle), and forward, reverse and chapter skip capabilities are disabled.
d.		In the DVD version the 420 intermission is kept in the film.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		The first attempt to film this property was by Louis B. Mayer and Jack Cummings in 1957. Planned as a Cinerama release with a screenplay by John Lee Mahin and new songs by Alan Jay Lerner and Arthur Schwartz, the project was abandoned when Mayer died. Gary Cooper was being sought to play Ben Rumson.
b.		Final performance to date by Sean Connery playing James Bond in a motion-picture movie, though he does do James Bonds voice in the video-game James Bond 007: From Russia with Love.
c.		Lars von Trier has said that each morning before filming, Björk would say "Mr. von Trier, I despise you," and spit at him.
d.		Body Count: 6

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		The film is based on a combination of both the Ultimate Spider-Man comic series and the original Amazing Spider-Man series. For instance, this incarnation of Mary Jane Watson (the "girl next door" version) is from the Ultimates series, while this version of the Green Goblin is from the original Amazing Spider-Man universe.
b.		Filmed entirely with a handheld camera that could only record thirty-two seconds of film at a time. The film was shot without sound; all the lines were later dubbed by only three people - two men and one woman. The little girl who plays Debbie cried when she first heard her dubbed voice.
c.		Paramount advertised for extras, and Portlands hippie population turned out, complete with long hair, mustaches and beards, period clothing, and camping gear. The local rednecks were infuriated that dirty hippies got the plum jobs...until they began buying groceries, beer, and antiques in town.
d.		During filming Steven Spielberg and Richard Donner sent the boys to the Dodger Stadium for Michael Jacksons Victory concert.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		Tommys opening dream was different in the original script, and arguably made him seem more of a suspect later on. It opens as more of a continuation from the ending of the previous film - The Final Chapter - as a young Tommy is taken to the same hospital as Jasons corpse. Then, in a sudden fit of psychotic rage, young Tommy winds up attacking half the hospital staff trying to get to the morgue and finding Jasons bloodied body. Once he had finally found the body, Jason suddenly rises from the autopsy table. Immediately after this, the adult Tommy wakes up in the van en route to the Pinehurst house.
b.		During filming, news reached Jill Kinmont that her cousin Jimmy Lewis, who had visited her during her hospitalization 19 years before, suffered a spinal cord injury in a fall and was paralyzed.
c.		Uphams shoulder patch, a blue and grey "yin yang" symbol, identifies him as a member of the 29th US infantry division. It symbolizes the fact that the division was composed of units from Virginia and Maryland, who fought on both sides of the American Civil War.
d.		George Maharis was a close contender for the role of Pardner.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		When Eli is staying as a "guest" of Carnegie, a poster for the movie A Boy and His Dog is on the wall. That film, just like this one, is about a wanderer in a post-apocalyptic world.
b.		The role of Eggars crazed mother is actually played by a man.
c.		This was the only film produced by Alan Jay Lerner.
d.		This film utilized original black-and-white archive footage from World War II. However, no actual combat footage is seen except for the opening sequence set around the opening credits. Predominantly, the archival footage used was of air base mission planning and aerial landings and take-offs.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paint Your Wagon (1969)?
a.		In the movie, Manny is referred to as Manfred, Manny, that neeny weeny mammoth, Manny the Moody Mammoth, Manny the Melancholy, friend, Jumbo, the mammoth, Fat Hair Boy, and buddy.
b.		Jean Sebergs singing voice was dubbed by Anita Gordon, while Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin did their own singing. Marvins recording of the song "Wanderin Star" went to #1 on the British charts, earning him a gold record.
c.		First feature of Jerry Hardin.
d.		F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack before finishing the novel. It was based on the life of the late head of production at MGM, Irving Thalberg. Fitzgeralds old friend and Princeton classmate Edmund Wilson edited the uncompleted manuscript for publication. It was published, in its incomplete form, in 1941, in a volume that also included "The Great Gatsby" and a selection of short stories.

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