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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Papillon (1973) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Papillon (1973) Quiz
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About the movie:
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Papillon (1973)?
a.
WILHELM SCREAM: Heard during the battle on the Dauntless between the Royal Navy and Barbossas crew.
b.
Howard Shore
wrote and recorded a full score, which was rejected by director
Ron Howard
and replaced with a new one by
James Horner
.
c.
When the film was aired on NBC-TV in the USA on 6 January 1968, it became the highest rated film shown on television up to that time. The record held until
Love Story
overtook it on 1 October 1972.
d.
Dustin Hoffman
based his character on the movies screenwriter
Dalton Trumbo
, particularly his withdrawn and shy mannerisms which had inspired Hoffman when meeting Trumbo for the first time.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Papillon (1973)?
a.
Contrary to common thought, this film serves as a sequel to, not a remake of, the film
Shaft
, since the Shaft of those films appears, once again played by
Richard Roundtree
, and the main character of this film is presented as his nephew. Therefore, this serves as one of the few sequels with the same title as the first film in the series.
b.
Filmed in 1981.
c.
Once the prisoners arrive at the island and are walking with their bags, we see one prisoner fall over, onto a chicken. You can see the chicken get injured (probably a broken leg).
d.
The final scene with Taylor coming across the Statue of Liberty was suggested by
Rod Serling
. According to rumor,
Pierre Boulle
was greatly upset by this ending, but later warmed to it, preferring this new ending over the very different ending he had written. The skeletal remains of the torch appear as "set decoration" in the final episode of
Junkyard of Space
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Papillon (1973)?
a.
Began shooting mid-October 1953.
b.
Product placements, brand integrations and promotional tie-ins for this movie include Land Rover; Mont Blanc Pens; Seiko Watches including the Seiko TV and G757 Sports 100 watches; Enco (ExxonMobil); and Alfa Romeo, Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes cars.
c.
According to
Jason Robards
,
Robert Ludlum
offered to rewrite the overly complex and confusing script for free, but differences between the producers and director
Sam Peckinpah
, whod expressed his concern from the beginning, prevented this from happening.
d.
"Papillon" is one of those rare films that were given two major releases by two different distributors. First, Allied Artists and then Columbia released it in 1973.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Papillon (1973)?
a.
This film, and
In the Money
, were the last two films in the Bowery Boys series. They were made because
Huntz Hall
still had two films left on his contract with Allied Artists.
b.
Papillon is the French word for Butterfly and is pronounced: PAP ee yonh.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
d.
Natalie Portman
originally auditioned for the part of Ada.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Papillon (1973)?
a.
Some additional characters shown as Addams (relatives which had more emphasis in the original script, but less screen-time) were: Dexter and Donald Addams (the two-headed cousin in matching turtlenecks); cousin Ophelia Addams (revealed to Morticias sister who looks like a
Tennessee Williams
heroine); Slosh Addams (a great, fat, toad-like man who was revealed in the script to have "made many a killing on Wall Street"); his child-sized wife, Lois; Digit Addams (a four-armed Addams with an over-aged Heidi-look-alike, complete with thick blonde braids, as his date); and Lumpy Addams (a teenage hunchback cousin in a loud blazer).
b.
This film was apparently a guilty pleasure of Alfred Hitchcock.
c.
Dustin Hoffman
had to wear contact lenses so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses he had to wear.
d.
Candice Rose really broke Clint Curtis nose in the movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Papillon (1973)?
a.
Richard Dreyfuss
s father was an extra in the film and spent six months on location; however the scenes in which he appeared never made the final cut.
b.
Although billed as a true story, the French in French Guiana claim that much of the story of
Henri Charrière
(Papillon) is fabricated. Papillon was documented to have been incarcerated in Saint Laurent and may have escaped from there, but he never served any time on the Devils Islands (now known as Iles du Salut or Salvation Islands). The book and movie both present Devils Island as having rocky cliffs, when in fact, though the entire island is rocky, it gently slopes into the surrounding sea.
c.
Mario Van Peebles
and
Andrew McCarthy
wear the same identical glasses in the film.
d.
While Harris (
Steve Martin
) and Sara (
Victoria Tennant
) visit the graveyard, Harris reveals to Sara the tombstone of Shakespeare. This foreshadows their encounter with the gravedigger (
Rick Moranis
) and resulting conversation which is a spoof of Shakespeares play Hamlet (Act 5, Scene 1).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Papillon (1973)?
a.
The Vietnamese government wouldnt allow
Oliver Stone
to film on location due to the scripts unflattering depiction of the Viet Cong.
b.
Director of photography
Ross W. Clarkson
received two awards in Australia for "The Mechanik": Gold for feature film at the 2006 Queensland A.C.S (Australian Cinematographers Society) Awards, and an Award of Distinction at the National A.C.S. Awards.
c.
Sergio Leone
had refused the offer to direct
The Godfather
, an opportunity he deeply regretted. This may have partly inspired him to try a gangster film; Leone has also notably used the flashback technique pioneered in
The Godfather: Part II
d.
The real-life Papillon,
Henri Charrière
, was 25 when he was sent to Devils Island.
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