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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Popeye (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Popeye (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980).
About the movie:
The sailor-man travels to a town called Sweet Haven, falls in love with Olive Oyl, adopts Swee' Pea, and makes an enemy with Bluto.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Similarity between NURV and Microsoft : The Gary Winstons Right-Hand man is not a blatant geek, and is bald...much like Steve Ballmer of Microsoft
b.
Harry Nilsson
took a break in the middle of production of his album "Flash Harry" to create the music for this movie. He wrote all of the original songs and co-produced the music with producer
Bruce Robb
at Cherokee Studios.
c.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 31, 1950 with
Olivia de Havilland
reprising her film role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Howard Douglas
replaced actor
Caven Watson
at short notice.
b.
The twenty-first of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
c.
Harry Nilsson
took his musicians to the island of Malta where they had a purpose-built studio constructed for them.
d.
Final cinema film of
James McEachin
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
In Norman Joness (
Jerry Van Dyke
s) radio studio, there are black-and-white publicity photos of various celebrities on the wall. One of the pictures is of Jerry Van Dykes real-life brother,
Dick Van Dyke
, who was starring in
The Dick Van Dyke Show
at the time the film was made.
b.
An international construction crew of 165 worked seven months to construct the set. Tree trunk logs were driven across the European continent from the Netherlands, and wood shingles were imported all the way from Canada. Eight tons (7,257 kilograms) of nails and 2,000 gallons (7,571 liters) of paint were used to complete the set. When they finished, the fictional village of Sweet Haven consisted of 19 buildings, including a hotel, a schoolhouse, a store, a post office, a church, and a tavern.
c.
The bunny that Ottis hands Opal (at 56:50) is a Netherlands Dwarf. They only get to be between 6 to 8 inches long.
d.
The three children playing the lead characters are all from the area depicted (the Treasure Coast of southern Florida) in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
The producers planned to blow up the Hutchinson River Parkway tollbooth structure for a scene in the movie. The tolls were to be eliminated anyway, and then-Governor
Mario Cuomo
volunteered to push the switch. But opposition from local residents in close proximity and from other officials killed the idea.
b.
Shelley Duvall
sang all of her own songs.
c.
Episode titles: 1. Rails of Death 2. Span of Life 3. Perilous Leap 4. Fires of Hate 5. Vanishing Floor 6. Pool of Mystery 7. Circle of Fire 8. Through Walls of Steel 9. The Floating Mine 10. Spiked Death 11. The Dynamite Trail 12. The Tunnel of Flame 13. Caged In 14. The Purple Rays 15. Poisoned Waters 16. Running Wild 17. Rails of Destruction 18. End of the Trail
d.
The script written by Brian Stewart in 1989 was originally set in New York and optioned by
John Heyman
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
A 200-250 foot breakwater also had to be constructed at the mouth of the harbor to prevent the set from getting flooded during high seas.
b.
Orlando Bloom
suffered from a month of flu during the movie and a couple of hand injuries from sword-fighting.
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.
Film debut of Bob Goldthwait.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
At the end of the film a superimposed caption informs us that Popeye and Cloudy were transferred out of Narcotics and reassigned.
Eddie Egan
was always upset that the film thus implied that this happened to himself and
Sonny Grosso
after the French Connection; in reality the two cops were split up four years and two similarly large narcotic cases later.
b.
Everyone tried to dissuade
Robert Altman
from working with
Harry Nilsson
, saying that he would be constantly drunk. Only
Robin Williams
supported him in this decision. As it turned out, Altman found Nilsson to be delightful to work with.
c.
Two minutes of film were cut, mostly from the club orgy scene, to get an R rating instead of an NC-17.
d.
The name of Lionel was inspired by the hero Lionel Cosgrove in
Peter Jackson
s zombie bloodbath
Braindead
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
The actual correct full name of the real Cannonball Run race was the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. Besides The Cannonball Run, it was also known as the Cannonball Baker.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 7, 1942 with
Greer Garson
and
Walter Pidgeon
reprising their film roles.
c.
At one point,
Lily Tomlin
was signed to play Olive Oyl before the film went back into a lengthy development period.
d.
This film was screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
Kelly Preston
and
Oliver James
did all of their singing in the movie.
b.
Swee Pea is played by
Wesley Ivan Hurt
-
Robert Altman
s grandson.
c.
This is
Tony Randall
s last on-screen appearance.
d.
Ingrid Bergman
was the first choice to play Terry McKay.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
A joint production between Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions, the former released the film in the USA, and the latter had overseas distribution.
b.
Charlotte Ayanna
was considered for the role of Tatum Riley.
c.
Cher
had just done two movies back-to-back and was so tired, she originally turned this part down. She also thought she could not play a bookkeeper because she is such a lavish spender in real life.
d.
The film is a musical drama with a cast of largely Orthodox Jewish actresses who by heritage and Jewish law do not sing or dance in the presence of men, even in the cinema. It thus intended for audiences of women and girls only.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Popeye (1980)?
a.
In a print interview released around the same time as the film,
Shelley Duvall
admitted that kids used to call her Olive Oyl when she was in grade school.
b.
Hans Zimmer
composed eight new motifs including a new love theme for the films soundtrack. He scored scenes as the editors began work, so as to influence their choice of cutting to the music.
c.
Johnny Depp
,
Tom Hardy
and
Michael Fassbender
were considered to play Eric, The Huntsman.
d.
At the beginning of the movie, Wesley walks outside his apartment and looks up to see Cross home. To the left of the home is a telephone pole with a flyer that says "Your Fathers" revealing that Cross is Wesleys real father.
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