QuizAssess
Home
Popular Quiz Categories
Home
Hollywood Movies Famous Trivia Quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rear Window (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rear Window (1954) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954).
About the movie:
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
All the apartments in Thorwalds building had electricity and running water, and could be lived in.
b.
Much of the spooky soundtrack was lifted directly from
Stanley Kubrick
s
The Shining
.
c.
Directors
Mark Neveldine
and
Brian Taylor
operated both "a" and "b" cameras, where one would get a wide shot and the other would get a closeup shot.
d.
First feature film directed by
Woody Allen
that is not produced by
Charles H. Joffe
. Joffe, who had worked with Allen for nearly 40 years, died in July 2008.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
Jessica Lange
was set to star opposite
Sam Shepard
, but she became pregnant and was replaced by
Kim Basinger
.
b.
The animatronic puppet of Treebeard was 14 feet high.
c.
The eighth of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.
d.
During the month-long shoot
Georgine Darcy
, who played "Miss Torso", "lived" in her apartment all day, relaxing between takes as if really at home.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
The movie is said to be responsible for popularizing the term "Dogface" in popular culture. Dogface is the term used for describing foot soldiers of the US Army Infantry, frequently in respect of World War II. Also, this movie features a song entitled, "The Dogface Soldier".
b.
According to
Wil Wheaton
on the DVD documentary, the scene in which Verne (
Jerry OConnell
) cant remember the "secret knock" to the clubhouse was thought of by Wheaton, Phoenix, and Feldman on the day it was shot as another way to make Verne look more pathetic.
c.
While shooting,
Alfred Hitchcock
worked only in Jeffs "apartment." The actors in other apartments wore flesh-colored earpieces so that he could radio his directions to them.
d.
During the final fight sequence between McLeod and Kurgan on the roof of the Silvercup Studios building, cables can be seen in the foreground pulling the studios neon sign down. After filming had been completed, the production discovered that they had done so much damage to both the set and the actual roof of the Silvercup studios building as to make re-takes impossible.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
Director
Alan Parker
cites this movie as the most personally enjoyable production experience of his career.
b.
Work first began on the movie in 1997. Physical production actually began in January 2000 with a crew that ultimately comprised 180 people.
c.
The size of the set necessitated excavation of the soundstage floor. Thus Jeffs apartment was actually at street level.
d.
The films opening dedication, "To the memory of those who made us laugh: the motley mountebanks, the clowns, the buffoons, in all times and nations, whose efforts have lightened our burden a little, this picture is affectionately dedicated." with the added phrase "...in this cockeyed caravan..." was initially to be spoken by
Joel McCrea
in an epilogue as if it was to be the prologue for the comedy he intended to make. In the original script the prologue
Preston Sturges
initially wrote was, "This is the story of a man who wanted to wash an elephant. The elephant darn near ruined him."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
William Wisher Jr.
: Co-writer Wisher is the man taking pictures of the Terminator as it was thrown through the glass window in the galleria. Wisher also had a cameo as a cop who is violently robbed from his car in
The Terminator
(hence his look of recognition as he sees the Terminator get up).
b.
In the movie they show an oil rig on fire in the Gulf of Mexico. A little more that a year later on April 20 2010, it became a reality with the BP oil spill in the gulf.
c.
Stanley Mann
who wrote the script has cameo as a diplomat.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
supposedly hired
Raymond Burr
to play Lars Thorwald because he could be easily made to look like his old producer
David O. Selznick
, who
Alfred Hitchcock
felt interfered too much.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
Kirk prophetically tells Spock and McCoy hell die in their absence. In
Star Trek: Generations
, Kirk does just that.
b.
The staging of the climactic sword fight between Justin and Jenner was largely taken from the
Errol Flynn
/
Basil Rathbone
duel in
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(some choreography, including the villain getting stabbed in the stomach, was literally copied by the animators). Other moments were inspired by fight scenes in
The Vikings
.
c.
The love affair between war photographer
Robert Capa
and actress
Ingrid Bergman
is believed to be
Alfred Hitchcock
s inspiration for the films romantic aspect.
d.
The Gollum that is briefly glimpsed in
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
is an entirely different creation than the one that appears in this film. It was during the filming of the second movie that
Peter Jackson
realized that
Andy Serkis
physical performance would have to be employed in the digital creation of Gollum. So Weta Digital had to alter the design of one of the lead characters in the film, scanning Serkis face so that they would be able to incorporate some of his facial characteristics (the fact that Jackson had also filmed a flashback to be included in
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
with Serkis playing the original Smeagol only cemented this decision). This ultimately meant, however, that Weta Digital had only 2-1/2 months to redo two years work. Serkis himself thought that the final result looked like a combination of his father and his newborn baby.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
Photographed in 17 days.
b.
At the time the set was the largest indoor set built at Paramount Studios.
c.
Art by Sarah Charlesworth appears in Elizabeth (
Kim Basinger
)s gallery.
d.
Contrary to misconception, the film takes place after the U.S. Civil War, during the period known as, "Reconstruction".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
The movie was shipped to theaters as "The Doll House" to thwart piracy attempts.
b.
In every
Chris Van Allsburg
book, there is a bull terrier named Fritz.
Jon Favreau
put Fritz in the movie - look for a Beanie Baby bull terrier behind Walter near the end of the movie.
c.
In the weeks prior to the films release, a series of short animated adventures featuring the voice of
John Forsythe
as Charlie were produced and distributed over the Internet. These adventures expand upon events shown at the start of the film.
d.
The film was unavailable for decades because its rights (together with four other pictures of the same period) were bought back by
Alfred Hitchcock
and left as part of his legacy to his daughter. Theyve been known for long as the infamous "Five Lost Hitchcocks" among film buffs, and were re-released in theatres around 1984 after a 30-year absence. The others are
The Man Who Knew Too Much
,
Rope
,
The Trouble with Harry
, and
Vertigo
. However, prior to the theatrical re-releases in the 1980s, "Rear Window" was televised once, in 1971, on ABC, although the network technically did not have the legal right to do so.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
All of the sound in the film is diegetic, meaning that all the music, speech and other sounds all come from within the world of the film with the exception of non-diegetic orchestral music heard in the first three shots of the film.
b.
The final fight scene that takes place at the Silvercup studios (the sign is used in a few shots) used to be a bakery for the Silvercup bread company that had gone out of business a few years earlier.
c.
Ted Elliott
and
Terry Rossio
were given partial writing credits for the film, despite the fact that their script was totally abandoned when Roland Emmerich was assigned to direct.
d.
The accounting department claimed shooting was 4 days behind schedule on only the second day.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rear Window (1954)?
a.
The character Marvin Dummitz and the story of Mr. Parkers business partner having had the misfortune to hail Dummitzs cab and never making it to the meeting is a parody of the real-life story of Melvin Dummar and Howard Hughes, which was later told straight in Melvin and Howard.
b.
One thousand arc lights were used to simulate sunlight. Thanks to extensive pre-lighting of the set, the crew could make the changeover from day to night in under forty-five minutes.
c.
The proper or common name of the fictional drug in the film, Gleemonex, is revealed to be "Duoroflouriximinimum 602" during the scene where Queen Elizabeth II approves its release.
d.
Oscar-nominated editor
Sam OSteen
would later direct the sequel,
Look Whats Happened to Rosemarys Baby
.
Related movie quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rear Window (1954) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rear Window (1954) - Part (3) Quiz
Year: 1954 related famous movies quizzes
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rose Marie (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Mad Magician (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Phffft (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Man with the Steel Whip (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Star Is Born (1954) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Egyptian (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : It Should Happen to You (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Chained for Life (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dial M for Murder (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paris Playboys (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Atomic Kid (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Marshals in Disguise (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Susan Slept Here (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Brigadoon (1954) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ring of Fear (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gog (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) Quiz
Related genere famous movies quizzes
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Pelican Brief (1993) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Strangers on a Train (1951) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : In a Lonely Place (1950) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Hollywoodland (2006) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Player (1992) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Spellbound (1945) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Cheap Detective (1978) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Ghost (1990) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : North by Northwest (1959) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : In a Lonely Place (1950) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : The Big Easy (1986) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Conspiracy Theory (1997) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : In a Lonely Place (1950) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Rear Window (1954) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Charade (1963) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Jagged Edge (1985) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Laura (1944) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Charade (1963) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Ghost (1990) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Palmetto (1998) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Laura (1944) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Dead Man's Curve (1998) Quiz
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) - Part (4) Quiz