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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Pit and the Pendulum (1961).
About the movie:
Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pit and the Pendulum (1961)?
a.
The film never had an original prologue. It was added when the film was sold to TV and a further few minutes were required to pad out the running time. Only
Luana Anders
from the original cast was available so an extra scene of her in a madhouse was filmed and tacked on to the beginning. This scene does not really tie in with the rest of the film.
b.
In the scene where Heinrich confronts Ngawang, the director did not tell
B.D. Wong
the script called for
Brad Pitt
to throw him into the dirt; Wongs reaction is completely authentic.
c.
The original Broadway production opened at the Nora Bayes Theatre on May 4, 1926 for one performance.
d.
Last film for
Allan Lane
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pit and the Pendulum (1961)?
a.
John Travolta
suffered from insomnia during the shoot. His lack of sleep helped him create a very moody performance and is why his character seems so downtrodden throughout the movie.
b.
Dimension gave this film a token one week release on one screen before being released on DVD.
c.
Actor
John Kerr
was worried about being strapped down to the table with the pendulum above him for the movies climax. In order to demonstrate that it was perfectly safe, director
Roger Corman
stood in for Kerr while the scene was being set up.
d.
The "Coney Island Amusement Park" in the film is actually The Long Beach Amusement Park in Long Beach, California. The production was able to film at the park from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pit and the Pendulum (1961)?
a.
Before
Bob Hoskins
was given the role of Bart, it was to be played by
Billy Connolly
who had to drop out due to other projects overrunning. Some scenes were shot prior to the change, this is why
Morgan Freeman
mentions being in Glasgow in the film.
b.
The pendulum was made out of wood and had a rubber blade.
c.
Costume designer
Deborah Hopper
had to bring back the look of 1995 in regard to the Springbok uniforms, since the current teams outfits are not the same: "There is a lot of difference in the uniforms. In 1995, the shorts were much shorter and the jerseys were cut fuller and boxier. And the fabric they used at that time was cotton; now its synthetic. We had to have the fabric specially knitted for us." Hopper and her team also had to duplicate the uniforms of the other teams, including the logos, many of which have also changed (in fact, the Springbok on the South African rugby teams logo is facing the opposite direction from the logo of 1995).
d.
Of Foxs 8 MOTO features starring
Peter Lorre
, this was the seventh to be produced, but the last to be released. Copyright 1939, completed September 1938.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pit and the Pendulum (1961)?
a.
Lon Chaney
simulated blindness in one eye by using one of the first scleral (full-eye) white glass contact lenses made for theatrical use. He used non-flexible collodion to form the facial scars.
b.
Sam Raimi
chose
Alfred Molina
after Raimis wife watched
Frida
.
c.
This film was shot in fifteen days.
d.
The bedroom set had to be refrigerated to capture the authentic icy breath of the actors in the exorcising scenes.
Linda Blair
, who was only in a flimsy nightgown, says to this day she cannot stand being cold.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pit and the Pendulum (1961)?
a.
According to
Peter Fonda
s memoirs,
Jack Starrett
was
Dennis Hopper
s second choice for the role of George Hanson after
Rip Torn
dropped out.
b.
This was
Joe Spinell
s final role. He died just six days after filming his scenes.
c.
To increase the pendulums sense of deadly menace, director
Roger Corman
took out every other frame during the editing stage making the blade appear to move twice as fast.
d.
Jay Livingston
,
Ray Evans
: The Paramaount songwriting duo are seen at the piano at Artie Greens New Years party. They are singing a parody of their song, "Buttons and Bows," from the movie
The Paleface
, for which they won an Oscar in 1949, the year
Sunset Blvd.
was made. (Ironically, in the parody they are singing, they lament that "Hollywood to us aint been so good")
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Pit and the Pendulum (1961)?
a.
More or less remade as
El Dorado
.
b.
John Wayne
very much wanted the role of Wild Bill Hickok, which he felt certain would make him a star, but director
Cecil B. DeMille
wanted
Gary Cooper
instead.
c.
This was the second of
Roger Corman
s "Poe" films. He had intended to do "The Masque of the Red Death" but felt that it was too close to the content of
Ingmar Bergman
s recent
Det sjunde inseglet
(US title: "The Seventh Seal"). Several years later Corman would go to England to make
The Masque of the Red Death
.
d.
Maxs play, "Heaven and Hell", contains several references to
Apocalypse Now
.
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