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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Peter Pan (1953) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Peter Pan (1953) - Part (3)

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.		A false story has circulated that George Reeves auditioned for the role of Samson in Samson and Delilah but lost the role to Victor Mature. Reeves was never under consideration for the role of Samson. However, he was given a role as the wounded messenger at the recommendation of Mature, who was very loyal to his friends from his student days at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Many of the smaller roles in Samson and Delilah, were also played by Matures friends from Pasadena.
b.		Spade Cooleys real first name was "Donnell," but its pronounced "Donald" throughout the film.
c.		Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys music was also used in Max Reinhardts version of William Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream.
d.		Many Peter Pan purists were very upset by the characterization of Tinker Bell as a petulant (and voluptuous) young woman.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		Platform 9 3/4 was filmed at Kings Cross, but on platforms 4 and 5. J.K. Rowling has admitted that she mixed up the layout of Londons Kings Cross railway station when she assigned the Hogwarts Express to platform 9 3/4, reached by using magic between platforms 9 and 10. She meant the location to be in the inter-city part of the station, but 9 and 10 are actually among the rather less grand suburban platforms. The movie conformed to the book: the platforms seen as 9 and 10 are in real life inter-city platforms 4 and 5. However, there is, in fact a "Platform 9 3/4" at Kings Cross. Its located in the walkway area between the real platforms 9 and 10, as a treat for fans of Harry Potter.
b.		Julia Roberts makes a reference to Camp Birchwood, before she makes the platypus face, She attended that camp, in northern Minnesota, as a child.
c.		Warren Williams most immediately prior film was titled Three on a Match. That films title refers to the "superstition" that if three people light their cigarettes with the same match, the third person will soon die. The so-called superstition was actually part of a promotional campaign designed by Ivar Kreuger (the real-life counterpart to Williams character) to increase the use of matches by cutting down sharing.
d.		Walt Disney had been trying to buy the film rights to J.M. Barries play since 1935 having been smitten by a traveling production of the play when he was a child. The hold-up in negotiations was because Barrie had bequeathed the rights to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. Disney finally secured the rights in 1939.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		Bill Condon interviewed many of Dr. Alfred Kinseys colleagues before he started writing the script.
b.		Jonah Hill: Uncredited cameo as the Smithsonian guard Brandon/Brundon.
c.		Heather Chasen was a contender for the role of Magda.
d.		The Reluctant Dragon features a tour of the Disney studios in which drawings of Captain Hook can be clearly seen, indicating that the film was in active development then.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		Jamie Foxx was considered for a role, but in the end, Anthony Mackie was cast.
b.		Active story development began in the early 40s as Walt Disney intended for Peter Pan to be a follow-up to Bambi. Plans were put on hold however with the outbreak of World War II and would stay that way up until after the war ended.
c.		Robert Redford was considered as director, but withdrew due to scheduling conflicts.
d.		When Nicolas Cage asks Jared Leto, "Why... Why... Why are you so messed up all the time", this is a direct quote from Rumble Fish where Mickey Rourke asks the same of Matt Dillon. That film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Cages uncle.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		This is the only film in the trilogy to receive a G rating. The other two films are rated PG.
b.		In the originally planned version Nana traveled with the children to Neverland. It also had a much darker ending.
c.		The piranhas in this sequel developed an additional skill which they did not have in Piranha. They could fly.
d.		The bus number is 2525. 25+25=50. The bus has to stay above 50mph.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		Margaret Kerry was Tinker Bells live-action reference model, and not - as persistent rumors have intimated - Marilyn Monroe. Kerry also provided the voice of the red-haired mermaid.
b.		Several of the sets, including Lord Zedds throne room (a.k.a. the Chamber of Command) and Dulceas Palace, were made up of aluminum foil over constructed wood framings.
c.		Was initially to be directed by Geoffrey Wright, but he quit the film over a script dispute five weeks before principal photography was due to commence.
d.		The Ingrid Bergman house in the film was her first in Hollywood (1939). Her boss, David O. Selznick, rented it for her. Later she moved to a larger residence in Benedict Canyon.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		The radio voice of Bob Hope is contributed by an uncredited Dave Thomas, who had impersonated Hope several times on "SCTV."
b.		Hawkeyes real name in the novel is Natty Bumppo, but was changed to Nathaniel Poe for the film to avoid titters from the audience.
c.		Disney attracted negative comments for their stereotypical depiction of Indians, as indeed did J.M. Barrie with his original play. Its probably for that very reason that the Indians do not appear in the 2002 sequel, Return to Never Land.
d.		Debra Winger was given the choice of the two roles in Black Widow; she chose the role of the FBI agent, because she didnt understand the motivation as to why the Black Widow kills, so the title role went to Theresa Russell.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		When Ed (John Cusack) shoots Rhodes (Ray Liotta) at the end of the movie, you can see Rhodes mouth the words "I didnt do this" and Ed replies "I know". Neither of these lines are audible. They were muted because the director felt that would make it obvious that Rhodes was not the killer, thus making the true climax (finding that Timmy is the killer) less surprising.
b.		The script had uncredited rewrites by late producer/directors Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. The film was also dedicated to their memory in the end credits.
c.		Unlike the voices in animated films today (which use and are promoted by big name film stars), this drew a lot of its voice cast from the radio, a medium where actors are used to performing solely by their voice. Bill Thompson who voices Smee in the film is one such example.
d.		The bed sheet that Leslie Caron "wears" in one scene cost over $2,000 since it had to be dyed, tailored and fitted for the actress.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		According to Bryan Singer, he conceived the idea of Jean Greys death mid-way through production. During the filming of the museum scene, he privately met with Famke Janssen to discuss the concept of Jean dying at the end of this film, with the allusion to her return as Phoenix (as in the comic book mythology) in the next sequel. Janssen enthusiastically agreed.
b.		One of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is preserved by the Library of Congress, has a running time of 74 minutes and an added piano music score.
c.		Ronald D. Moore - one of the executive producers and developer of the revamped Battlestar Galactica - cites this film as the inspiration for one of the recurring themes of his series, concerning the cyclical nature of time. The opening line of the film "All of this has happened before and it will all happen again" is frequently quoted as a piece of scripture in Moores series.
d.		Alfred Hitchcock: About an hour in, at the party in Alexander Sebastians mansion, Hitchcock gets a glass of champagne from the bartender and quickly turns to the left and walks off screen.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Peter Pan (1953)?
a.		The fictional TXRD team Hurl Scouts were based on the Tough Cookies from Los Angeles: both teams share a green uniform and theme based on the Girl Scouts of America.
b.		Stan Lee: X-Men creator and executive producer is a man near a hot dog stand on the beach when Senator Kelly comes out of the water.
c.		"R" rated scenes for this film were shot inside Palisades Park Junior High School. This led to the temporary suspension of the principal who approved the filming for a location fee of $1500. The story made local and national news, but a protest by students got him reinstated.
d.		Michael Jacksons favorite film. He bestowed the name Neverland on his ranch in Santa Barbara, complete with private amusement park. Jackson was forced to vacate it after controversy over his involvement with young, unsupervised children on the premises in 2005.

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