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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Psycho (1960) - Part (9) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Psycho (1960) - Part (9) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960).
About the movie:
A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
Based on a true story.
b.
The role of Inspector Clouseau was originally offered to
Peter Ustinov
. Despite being relatively unknown internationally,
Peter Sellers
was offered the part, and was paid 90,000 pounds.
c.
Ranked #8 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Romantic Comedy" in June 2008.
d.
Controversy arose years later when
Saul Bass
made claims that he had done the complete planning, and even directed the famous shower scene. Those who worked on the film have refuted this claim.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
Ollie refers to losing a bet and having to watch a musical on roller skates. The musical hes talking about is "Starlight Express" written by
Andrew Lloyd Webber
and
Richard Stilgoe
.
b.
Interior shots of the Claymont Steel Mill were compiled from footage shot during
The Ritual
.
c.
Jaws
single-handedly caused a downturn in the package holiday trade.
d.
Janet Leigh
only had three weeks to work on the movie and spent the whole of one of those weeks filming the shower sequence.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
Capt. Brackett takes great umbrage over an implied slight from Lt. Cable over the virility of older men, claim that "I, in fact, am over 50.
Russ Brown
, the actor playing Capt. Brackett was, in fact, 62 at the time.
b.
Vitaphone production reels #4081-4082 and #3885 (trailer).
c.
This is the second of three Hollywood adaptations of the Leopold-Loeb murder. The first was
Alfred Hitchcock
s
Rope
, the third
Tom Kalin
s
Swoon
.
d.
Joseph Stefano
and
Alfred Hitchcock
deliberately layered-in certain risqué elements as a ruse to divert the censors from more crucial concerns - like the action that takes place in the bedroom in the beginning and the shower murder. The censors reviewed the script and censored the "unimportant" extra material and Hitchcock managed to sneak in his "important" material.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
Rose McGowan
originally suggested her friend
Rey-Phillip Santos
for the role of El Wray. Instead it went to
Freddy Rodríguez
.
b.
Ferenc Némethy
, who plays Grandpa (and dies at the beginning of the movie) died shortly after filming.
c.
Film debut of
Ruby Dee
.
d.
In
Robert Bloch
s novel, Norman Bates is short, fat, older, and very dislikable. It was
Alfred Hitchcock
who decided to have him be young, handsome, and sympathetic. Norman is also more of a main character in the novel. The story opens with him and Mother fighting rather than following Marion from the start.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
Because there are no professional actors in the film, everyone would take a quick glance at the script then improvise or ad-lib their lines.
b.
The MPAA objected to the use of the term "transvestite" to describe Norman Bates in the final wrap-up. They insisted it be removed until
Joseph Stefano
proved to them it was a clinical psychology term. They thought he was trying to get one over on them and place a vulgarity in the picture.
c.
The cameo appearance of
Clive Owen
can be seen both as a nod to the fact that Owen was rumored to be a contender to replace
Pierce Brosnan
as James Bond in
Casino Royale
(denied by both EON and Owen), and a tribute to
Peter Sellers
(the most famous actor to play Inspector Clouseau) who also parodied James Bond in the spoof film,
Casino Royale
. Owens role was originally intended for Pierce Brosnan, but his contract with EON specifically prohibited him from appearing as a spy in a tuxedo for at least five years after leaving the role of 007.
d.
At ninety minutes, each episode of the television series is actually longer than the movie runs (73 minutes).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
One climber,
David Knowles
was killed by a boulder on the second day of shooting.
Clint Eastwood
had been in the same position just minutes earlier.
b.
The beautiful song "Stella By Starlight" was written specifically for this movie and is featured several times. In the movie Roderick Fitzgerald "writes" it for Stella Meredith.
c.
The stabbing scene in the shower is reported to have taken seven days to shoot using 70 different camera angles but only lasts 45 seconds in the movie.
d.
The building used for the police headquarters is actually the county courthouse for Dade County.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
During post production the film was re-edited three full times before a final version was agreed upon.
b.
In the scene when Germany surrenders, the crowd in the Casino is singing the Marcha de San Lorenzo (San Lorenzos March), instead of the Argentine national anthem (which would have been the logical theme to sing at that occasion). This piece of music honors a famous battle in Argentine history, and is usually played only in the festivities related to Argentine hero José de San Martín.
c.
When
Alfred Hitchcock
was off due to illness, the crew shot the sequence of Arbogast inside the house going up the stairs. When Hitchcock saw the footage, he complimented those responsible but said the sequence had to be re-shot. Their version made it appear as if Arbogast was going up the stairs to commit a murder. Hitchcock re-shot the sequence.
d.
The film was rated R when it was released in late 1977. The studio was so eager to attract more young people to the film because they were buying the soundtrack album, that the film was cut by a few minutes and the shorter version was given a PG rating. The PG version was released in 1978. Both versions were released on VHS but only the R rated version was released on DVD.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
John Travolta
initially declined an offer to be in this movie, but was convinced by
Quentin Tarantino
to do it.
b.
During preproduction,
Alfred Hitchcock
said to the press that he was considering
Helen Hayes
for the part of Mother. This was obviously a ruse, but several actresses wrote to Hitchcock requesting auditions.
c.
In addition to
Steven Spielberg
, other candidates for the directors job were
Jonathan Demme
,
Brad Silberling
and
Terry Gilliam
. Gilliam was
J.K. Rowling
s initial favorite but the studio finally picked
Chris Columbus
to direct because he had experience directing child actors. Columbus was also asked many times by his daughter to direct and he agreed after he read her copy of the book.
d.
The actor who played "Colby" is
Tyson Ritter
, who is also the lead vocalist for the rock band
The All-American Rejects
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
Production never used more than four total crew members at any given time, usually operating with just a cameraman and boom operator.
b.
South Africa was originally scheduled as a filming location for the movie. A James Bond movie had never lensed in this country before. Scheduling difficulties and the inability to secure shooting locations in the southern hemisphere country meant that the location had to be scrapped.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 22, 1948 with
Charles Boyer
and
Ann Blyth
reprising their film roles.
d.
The novel upon which the film is based was inspired by the true story of
Ed Gein
, a serial killer who was also the inspiration for
Deranged
,
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
, and
The Silence of the Lambs
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Psycho (1960)?
a.
Hugh Jackman
s physique looks slightly different in different scenes because he was cast 1.5 months after principal photography had started and kept working out extensively while shooting continued.
b.
Clark Gable
disliked wearing knee-breeches, because he found them "effeminate."
c.
Immediately prior to the closing sequence of Norman Bates in his jail cell, as the camera moves down the hallway to where police have confined him, the uniformed guard at the cell door is
Ted Knight
, best remembered as pompous, dim-witted news anchor Ted Baxter on
Mary Tyler Moore
.
d.
Martin Scorsese
and
Leonardo DiCaprio
both took salary reductions to preserve the budget.
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