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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Peter Pan (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Peter Pan (1953) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953).
About the movie:
Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
Based on the writers life in a marching band.
b.
The melody for "The Second Star to the Right" was originally written for
Alice in Wonderland
for a song that was to be called "Beyond the Laughing Sky".
c.
Jason Reitman
and
Ivan Reitman
are one of only two father/son producing teams to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. The other is
Mario Cecchi Gori
and
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
for
Il postino
.
d.
The first mainstream American film to include the expletive "bullshit" in its dialog (see Quotes section).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
Prints of this movie were delivered to theatres under the fake title "Ribbon".
b.
Although original author
J.M. Barrie
is credited, this is the only major film version of "Peter Pan" which uses little of his original dialogue. (Even the live-action musical versions, as well as the 1924 silent film version, use much of Barries original dialogue.)
c.
Shelley Winters
had a part in this motion picture. In the spring of 1984 she filmed a few scenes, but at she had disagreement, threw a tantrum and left the set. Her agent pleaded with her to go back and resume her role, but she refused and her character was replaced. She does not appear in the final film.
d.
Randolph Roberts
auditioned for the minor role of Hank Lassiter (which ultimately went to
Edd Byrnes
), but he so impressed producer
William T. Orr
and director
Richard L. Bare
that he was cast as the lead.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
Justin Kady and Scott Clark improved all their lines together.
b.
Writer
John Doolan
is shot through the head with a crossbow in this film. He was also killed with a stick through the head in
Banshee!!!
which he also wrote and was produced by the same company.
c.
"Come What May" was written by
David Baerwald
for
Romeo + Juliet
but not used. In Moulin Rouge, it is newly written for the stage show by Christian. It is the only completely original song in the entire film. However, because it was written for another film, it was disqualified for the Oscars Best Song award.
d.
Kathryn Beaumont
, who provided the voice for Wendy, also performed the live action references. In an interview, she said she had to hold out her arms and pretend to fly for all the scenes requiring it.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
In the original play, Hook loses his right hand, but the Disney artists felt that would limit his actions too much, and switched the hook to the left hand.
b.
The newsreel footage showing
John Dillinger
being extradited from Tuscon back to Indiana is actually a combination of the real news footage of Dillingers transfer and that of the FBI transporting "Machine Gun"
George Kelly
. The latter is the footage of a ladder being rolled up to an American Airways plane and the wide shot of men gathered around cars.
c.
Ben Nunziata plays the medical examiner and Jasmyn plays the other massage parlor girl. They both appear in the original film but are only credited in the later version.
d.
The peasants inside the inn are praying The Lords Prayer in Hungarian.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
s only ever western.
b.
22 year-old
Margaret Kerry
(who measured 35-25-36) was the real-life model for Tinker Bell.
c.
John Hughes
refused to release a soundtrack album; he felt the mix of songs was too uneven and didnt flow together, and wouldnt work well as an album.
d.
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.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
The Headphones Portman was wearing are Aiwa HP-X223.
b.
The "39 Lashes" scene in
Jesus Christ Superstar
was so realistic that
Ted Neeley
s mother walked out on it. Mrs. Neeley had never laid a hand on young Ted in an anything but affectionate manner, and could not bear the sight of her son being whipped and tortured by anyone else, even though she knew it was just acting.
c.
Bobby Driscoll
s sixth Disney Movie.
d.
The process of creating the dances was elaborate, complex and highly collaborative, involving everyone from the director to the production designer, costume designer and director of photography. Styles of dance ranged from swing to
Bob Fosse
-inspired jazz, Bollywood, hip-hop and Las Vegas-type show dancing. More than 400 dancers were auditioned in order to find the 30 used in the final production.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
When Morts conscience is revealing the real situation to him at the end of the movie, Mort begins to yell, "Rah! Rah! Rah!"
Johnny Depp
took this from his son, who was pre-verbal and expressed his confusion by saying "Rah!" Depp felt that Mort would be so confused at that point that he would not know what to say to convey what was happening that he would become pre-verbal again.
b.
In compliance with the tradition of the stage version, the same actor,
Hans Conried
, performed the roles of both Mr. Darling and Captain Hook.
c.
Shot in 3D, but released mainly in regular 2D.
d.
Sets were re-used by
Val Lewton
in
Cat People
and
The Curse of the Cat People
to help save production costs resulting from a ridiculously small budget.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
Bobby Driscoll
(as a voice actor) was the first male to play the title role on film.
b.
When the movie was filmed in the winter of 1993-1994, there was already at least a meter of snow on the ground in Harvard Square and in all of Boston. However, because the actual snow did not look "real" enough to be filmed, it was all cleared away and replaced with artificial snow.
c.
According to a 1983 interview with the actor, the debut role of
Charles Nelson Reilly
as a saxophonist did not make the final cut of the film.
d.
The character Ned Broy, played by Stephen Rea in the film, is in fact a composite of the historical figures Ned Broy, who was a double agent in the police, and Dick McKee, who was Commandant of the Dublin Brigade of the IRA and hence a central figure in planning intelligence operations with Collins. Broy survived the war, but McKee was captured the night before the attack on British agents, tortured and shot.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
Paul Gleason plays an uncredited character called "Blind Boy Grunt". Blind Boy Grunt was a pseudonym used by
Bob Dylan
in the early 1960s, and was also the name of a famous bootleg album of his in the early 1970s.
b.
The only copy of this film that is known to survive is an incomplete, edited five reel 16mm Kodascope version, which runs approximately 54 minutes.
c.
Though the film was extremely successful,
Walt Disney
himself was dissatisfied with the finished product. He felt that the character of Peter Pan was cold and unlikable.
d.
Kevin Sorbo
was originally signed to star, but had to pull out due to medical problems.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.
Helen Hunt
was injured while filming the scene where the truck drives through the corn, when the door was forced back into her head. For later shots, the door was wedged open.
b.
The phrase "second to the right and straight on till morning" was changed into "second star to the right..." for the Disney version. Also, since the stage musical version with
Mary Martin
opened on Broadway in 1954, non-Disney versions have used the term "Never Never Land" as opposed to "Neverland."
c.
Stefanie Powers
was originally announced as the star of the movie.
d.
Producer
Ray Stark
originally wanted the film to be a vehicle for actress
Raquel Welch
.
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