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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pennies from Heaven (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pennies from Heaven (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1981).
About the movie:
In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1981)?
a.
All the co-writers - John Considine, Allan F. Nichols and Patricia Resnick - all have small roles in the film.
b.
The name of the commissioner on the film is "Loeb". However, this is NOT a reference to comic book writer
Jeph Loeb
, author of the graphic novels "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory", but rather simply the canonical name of the Gotham City police commissioner when Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham. This is shown in
Frank Miller
s Year One, which actually influenced both "The Long Halloween" and "Dark Victory" and was published nearly a full decade before either of these.
c.
Christopher Walken
s bar-top dance scene took two months of rehearsal and two days of shooting. He claims he got compliments later from fans
Fred Astaire
and
Gene Kelly
.
d.
All the actors were encouraged to ad lib perplexed reactions to
Benicio Del Toro
s oddball vocal stylings.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1981)?
a.
The script originally called for
Jack Black
and
Joan Cusack
s characters to fall in love following their outing to the bar.
b.
Steve Martin
chose to do this movie rather than
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
c.
The initial cut of the movie was about six hours long.
d.
The original off-Broadway production of "The Fantasticks" opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3, 1960, ran for ONLY 17,162 performances closing on Janary 13, 2002. The original cast included
Jerry Orbach
. A new production opened at the Snapple Theater Center/Jerry Orbach Theater on August 16, 2006 and is still running (June 2010).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1981)?
a.
At the request of production designer
Eve Stewart
, the director advanced the time from the 1830s to the 1850s so she could incorporate elements of the Industrial Revolution in her design plans.
b.
Sylvester Stallone
was originally offered a part.
c.
Some of the scenes were shot in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The crew and cast were directed to the set of "Heyday". This diversionary title was posted everywhere downtown so as to distract onlookers and tourists from the movie set.
d.
The "pennies" that are seen raining down from heaven were penny sized sequins. After filming, they blew out the stage door, and could be found in the corners in the streets at MGM studios for almost a year.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1981)?
a.
Despite his obvious on-screen chemistry in dancing with
Ginger Rogers
,
Fred Astaire
was reluctant to make a second movie with her. He had previously been part of a dance duo with his sister,
Adele Astaire
, but wanted to establish himself as a solo dancer. After
Flying Down to Rio
, Astaire sent a note to his agent about Rogers. "I dont mind making another picture with her, but as for this team idea, its out! Ive just managed to live down one partnership and I dont want to be bothered with any more." But when the critics praised the Astaire-Rogers pairing in "Rio," Astaire was persuaded, and he and Rogers soon made the second film in their partnership, _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (QV).
b.
For the scene where the marshals are following Chen (
Michael Paul Chan
) over 700 extras were used.
c.
Signed to Twentieth Century-Fox since October 35, 1939,
Betty Grable
informed the studio chief
Darryl F. Zanuck
during production that she would not commit to the remaining three years of her latest contract. On June 3, 1953, a studio press release announced the official split. Returning only once to Fox, Betty would star in
How to Be Very, Very Popular
, a vehicle in which Marilyn refused to appear and was replaced by
Sheree North
. Two unfulfilled proposals to have Miss Grable film again at Fox were the mother role (subsequently played by
Ginger Rogers
) in
Teenage Rebel
and then in 1964, another mom part in a project ultimately canceled named "High Heels."
d.
At least four paintings are recreated as "tableaux vivants" in the film: "Hudson Bay Fur Company" (1932) and "20 Cent Movie" (1936), both by Reginald Marsh, and "New York Movie" (1939) and "Nighthawks" (1942), both by Edward Hopper. Three of the four were painted after 1934, when the movie takes place, and all depict scenes in New York, not Chicago, the setting of the movie. Turner Classic Movies uses the "Fur Company" and "Nighthawks" shots in their "Open All Night" interstitial.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pennies from Heaven (1981)?
a.
The B-25 is the only military plane to be named for a person: Gen. Billy Mitchell.
b.
Irena is Serbian in origin (as shown on the precursor Cat People) yet sings a traditional French Christmas carol Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant to Amy.
c.
In the scene in the classroom, miniature flags of several nations are sitting on the desk. The Canadian flag, however, is inaccurate because the Red Maple Leaf flag used was only created in the 1960s and became Canadas official flag in 1965 many years after "Pennies from Heaven" took place.
d.
The world premiere was staged at Central Park, NYC, on June 10, 1995. 70mm prints were projected on three enormous screens, and the sound was offset by twelve frames to accommodate the vast seating area.
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