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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ragtime (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ragtime (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ragtime (1981)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981).

About the movie: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		Because of the presence of the ailing James Cagney (in what would prove to be his final screen appearance), the movie was officially exempted from the long-running Actors Strike of the early 1980s - the only production afforded this honor.
b.		Although there are numerous graphic murders in the film, the villain is never directly seen killing anyone on screen.
c.		Ranked #5 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
d.		The B-25 is the only military plane to be named for a person: Gen. Billy Mitchell.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		Robert Altman was replaced by Milos Forman as director of this project.
b.		The previous Ray Harryhausen films were generally shown as part of a double feature in "B" theatres. Columbia was able to book this film as a single feature in many "A" theatres in the United States.
c.		In early versions of the script, the character of Billy was named Ernie.
d.		Winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Lentulus Batiatus, Peter Ustinov stands as the only actor to win an Oscar for a Stanley Kubrick film. Peter Sellers is the only other actor to receive so much as a nomination.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		Originally presented in exhibitions that included slides, a lecturer, hymns, and organ music.
b.		Although the onscreen credits specify the movie was based on s story by novelist Louis Joseph Vance, no such story has been found.
c.		Milos Forman originally wanted E.L. Doctorow to collaborate on the screenplay, but the novelist thought that a feature film could not do justice to his epic novel and believed that it should be done as a ten-part TV miniseries. Doctorow did not participate in the development of the screenplay.
d.		Warren Beatty and Richard Beymer were finalists for the role of Nick, but after negotiations broke down with Beatty, Beymer was ultimately cast.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		This movie represents the first of ten teamings between producer Pancho Kohner and star actor Charles Bronson. After this picture, they made The White Buffalo, Love and Bullets, 10 to Midnight, The Evil That Men Do, Murphys Law, Assassination, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, Messenger of Death and Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects.
b.		O.J. Simpson was considered for the role of Coalhouse Walker.
c.		George Scribner was the films original director.
d.		Attempts to send Robert Wise to Brazil so that he could work alongside Welles were prevented due to wartime travel restrictions.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		Wayne Kramer was shocked to find out that the movie got the R rating on the first submission. He states in the DVD commentary that he thought that he would get NC-17, but he luckily didnt.
b.		According to Milos Forman, James Cagney initially agreed to play the police chief on two conditions: he would not sign a contract of any kind, and he reserved the right to change his mind and quit the film until three days before shooting began on his scenes.
c.		Timothy Norman informed actors from both the Irish and the Italian sides of the movie that their characters were the protagonists and that the opposing group were the movies villains, in an attempt to keep the movie from having any clear-cut heroes or villains.
d.		Shooting began February 16, 1940, released April 18.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		Most of the cast and crew were comprised of members of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. For example, the role of Bobby Lee Duke, the opposing coach in the state final, was played by Sherwood Baptist associate pastor Jim McBride.
b.		Only one full-size APU was ever built. It was completely rendered in Auto-CAD and parts were made detachable so that for scenes involving different pilots/APUs, the detail work could be altered. The full model weighed around 2 tons.
c.		Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz facilitated the filmmakers use of Mount Kisco, New Yorks Mutual Fire Companys station in the filming of the firehouse sequences. Mankiewicz was a local resident.
d.		Although Kathryn Grayson would replace James Melton in the closing song, Victor Records issued, in early 1945, a commercial disc of Mr. Melton singing "Theres Beauty Everywhere" with Al Goodman and His Orchestra (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Arthur Freed).

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		20th Century Fox insisted the film be shot in Cinemascope, a decision that George Stevens was not happy with.
b.		The original version of the score was composed during production of the film and didnt mesh with the final cut. It was thrown out and composer Garett Grow was given three weeks to write a new score
c.		Characters from the film (Frankie the frog and his band playing "I Heard it Through the Grapevine") were used in an anti-cell-phone commercial to encourage movie audiences to turn their cell phones off and behave appropriately.
d.		Mary Steenburgen was pregnant during filming, but her turn-of-the-century clothes concealed it.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		Howard E. Rollins Jr. was a schoolteacher prior to his taking the role of Coalhouse Walker. He lost out on the Golden Globe Award for Best Newcomer that year to Pia Zadora.
b.		In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #19 Greatest Movie of All Time.
c.		The movies line "Houston, we have a problem." was voted as the #50 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
d.		Filming of The Dionne Quintuplets took place at their home in Callander, Ontario, Canada, for only 45 minutes per day under the technical supervision of Dr. Allan R. Dafoe. Dorothy Peterson, Jean Hersholt, director Henry King, camera and sound men spent 17 days getting as much film shot as they could. King basically discarded the script at that point and let the quintuplets do the things that toddlers do. Twentieth Century-Fox agreed to hire the same number of Canadian technicians as Americans who entered Canada for the movie, after Canadian union men protested the lack of Canadians for the job.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		In addition to being an accomplished dancer, Russ Tamblyn also studied acrobatics and gymnastics. It is Tamblyn, not a stunt double, doing the many athletic moves.
b.		Though James Cagney was 81 years old when he filmed this movie, the real Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo was only 32 at the time in which the movie was set.
c.		According to writer Ron Kivettm the monster was originally supposed to suck the blood out of its victims, which is why it has a leech-like mouth.
d.		From a list of stats reported in Famous magazine: It took 1,000,000 man-hours to complete the film with a crew size of 150 Of the 4,500 costumes that were designed for the film only 2,500 actually made it into the final cut. 1,373 characters are present in the theatre scene with Prince Charming performing. This is recorded as the largest crowd scene of all three Shrek movies. There are 23 key fairy tale characters that appear through out the film and a total of 4,378 generic characters that were available for the animators to pull from library when making crowd scenes. 62,173 branches per tree with 191,545 leaves per tree. As for bricks there are 1,602 bricks making up the docks and 3,196 bricks making up the sewer walls the Princesses use as escape. A total of 60 new "environments" were created for the movie.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ragtime (1981)?
a.		Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
b.		James Cagney was wheelchair-bound at the time of shooting. Most scenes show him sitting; a stand-in was used for his remaining scenes showing him on his feet (and were shot from the back to obscure the stand-ins face).
c.		French director Nicolas Boukhrief was involved in the writing of the screenplay.
d.		A scene was filmed that was to have taken place before the scene where Will Scarlet comes riding into the forest clearing with Much the Millers Son on his saddle. This was the scene where King Richard challenges Friar Tuck to a fistfight and wins, after which Robin himself agrees to fight King Richard. The scene was deleted from the final version of the film, making it appear that King Richard and Robin are about to fight for no reason.

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