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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Reds (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Reds (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981).
About the movie:
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
During the credits there is no credit for costumes, this is because
Audrey Hepburn
herself picked the clothes she wore from the stores in Paris.
b.
Over 130 hours of footage were shot, about 40 times more than the final cut of the film. It takes 2 days for everyday shooting dailies (shot in Europe except for London scenes) to reach editors Dede Allen and Craig McKay. This was accomplished by having a courier on standby round the clock. The courier would take the dailies to the Technicolor Lab in Rome for the special processing and would reach Los Angeles (where post-production is done) at the end of next day.
c.
The concept for The Beast was inspired by Italian gymnast
Yuri Chechi
s performance during the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics, in which the masked performer repeatedly swung an oversized foundry hammer.
d.
When it was released on DVD in the United States, the studio accidentally released it in 1:78:1. The correct aspect ration is 2:35:1.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
It took three years to get this movie financed.
b.
As a fun inclusion for the fans, the light-blue Chevy pickup with the "sidestep" bed is just like the one the kids in "Red Dawn" used to escape into the woods, and "Red Dawn" is also the movie that inspires Blaine, the chief antagonist, to believe that the time travelers might actually be some kind of "21 Jump street communist spy battalion type dudes."
c.
Historically significant as Universals first 100% talkie, the production suffered from having a tight shooting schedule. Carl Laemmle was only able to rent Foxs Movietone recording system for one week.
d.
The scene where Gene Hackman tells Jack Reed that Louise Bryant has lost her job, took exactly 100 takes to shoot. Hackman vowed that he would not shoot a 101st take and he did not.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
When
Aron Ralston
was asked how how authentic the film was, he said, "the movie is so factually accurate it is as close to a documentary as you can get and still be a drama."
b.
Warren Beatty
lost 30 pounds and suffered laryngitis after completion of the movie. This partially explains why he did not make any press interviews for the film. At that time, he was recovering at his friend Jerzy Kozinskis house - which he was sharing.
c.
During the scene where Woody and Buzz are riding RC to catch up to the moving truck, for a fraction of a second
WALL·E
is visible posing as a garbage can in the background. This is because
John Lasseter
and others came up with the idea for the movie at a lunch just before Toy Story was complete.
d.
The mall where Marty McFly meets Doc Brown for their time travel experiment is called "Twin Pines Mall." Doc Brown comments that old farmer Peabody used to own all of the land, and he grew pines there. When Marty goes back in time, he runs over and knocks down a pine tree on the Peabodys property. When he comes back to the mall at the end of the film, the sign at the mall identifies the mall as "Lone Pine Mall."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
Cocknockers "saber" was actually a vibrator.
b.
The $8 million budget was financed by a wealthy producer-financier,
Sam Nazarian
of Element Films.
c.
Veteran animators
Frank Thomas
and
Ollie Johnston
consider it their best picture without
Walt Disney
.
d.
To date, this is the last movie to receive Oscar nominations in each of the four acting categories. No film in the ceremonies since 1982 has achieved this feat.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
Three songs were cut from this picture: "Im Always Chasing Rainbows" (music by
Joseph McCarthy
, lyrics by
Harry Carroll
), sung by
Alice Faye
(Note: the melody is played in the background); "Ill See You in My Dreams" (music by
Isham Jones
, lyrics by
Gus Kahn
), sung by
Alice Faye
; and "Avalon" (music and lyrics by
Al Jolson
and
Vincent Rose
), sung by
Al Jolson
. All three songs as filmed still exist.
b.
Macys department store refused permission for its name to be used in this remake.
c.
The role of Eugene ONeill was always intended for Jack Nicholson. According to Warren Beatty, he believed that Nicholson was the only person who "could take her girl" (Diane Keaton) away from him.
d.
When the heavenly whippet looks in Charlies records, his mother and father are named "Loni" and "Burt", and look like canine versions of
Loni Anderson
and
Burt Reynolds
(who were together at the time.)
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
At one point, Vittorio Storaro nearly quit the project when he and Beatty clashed over the use of the camera. Storaro wanted a dynamic fluid movement while Beatty wanted static shots. Finally, a compromise was made between the two men: the film would open with static shots and as it progresses, more camera moves are added. This style is similarly applied to another film, Network. Yet by 2011, Beatty described the process with Storaro this way: Theres no greater cinematographer...we were in total agreement and continual conversation.
b.
Art Director
Harry Oliver
transformed three acres of the back lot between Willoughby Avenue and Alta Vista Street into a stylized Gothic swamp.The ground was scraped bare in places, 600 trees were carted in and pits dug and filled with a mixture of burned cork, sawdust and muddy water.
c.
Buzz Lightyears facial features are loosely based on those of the films director,
John Lasseter
; most notably his eyebrows, cheekbones and the dimple in his chin. Lasseter demonstrated this by sketching a rough self-portrait of himself on the U.K. breakfast show
The Big Breakfast
and then adding the spacesuit helmet to transform himself into Buzz.
d.
First film for actress
Jill Ireland
since
Death Wish II
, a gap of about five years.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
Vitaphone production reels #2331-2337; a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
b.
The poem that
Jack Nicholson
gives
Diane Keaton
was a real poem that he had actually written for her.
c.
The rotational shot of the space station over earth took nearly a third of the films budget.
d.
When
Glenn Close
finally secured the part of Alex Forrest, one of the first things she did was to take the script to two different psychiatrists to ask them: "Is this behavior possible and if it is, why?"
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
Warren Beatty
began filming interviews with the "witnesses" in the early 1970s.
b.
When the shark is destroying the cage after Hooper swims away, you can see the shark turn and twist upside down. This was actual footage shot by
Ron Taylor
. As seen and explained in a recent
Jaws
documentary, the Great White Shark the couple had been filming became entangled in the cages suspension ropes. The cage broke loose and sank to the bottom, however the shark managed to escape and swim off (as can also be seen in the film). After the shark had cleared the area, Ron had to take a second cage to the bottom in order to rescue the first. Ron and
Valerie Taylor
eventually went on to develop the chain-mail shark-proof diving suit.
c.
The gentleman bothering Cole Younger (
David Carradine
) outside the bank just before the shootout is speaking Swedish. He asks (in Swedish) if he can buy Coles horse, and is refused. After being refused the Swede replies, "A shame. Its a beautiful horse".
d.
Juan Gerard
tried to film in Cuba, but was unable to obtain permission; hence the film was shot in the Dominican Republic.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
When Robert Picardo was in full makeup and costume as Wak, his mouth was the only part of him not completely covered (though his mouth was made up to blend in with Waks face).
b.
The first film to use the ENR variable silver retention development process developed by Ernesto Novelli Rimi at Technicolor Rome. Cinematographer
Vittorio Storaro
would go on to play with shades of color shooting
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
and
Dick Tracy
.
c.
Morton the mouse, who isnt in the original book, is actually named after the baby elephant/bird creature, Morton, from "Horton Hatches the Egg."
d.
As the regiments blacksmith, named "Wagner", is seen at work, we can hear the orchestra playing the "Nibelung"-motif from
Richard Wagner
s famous opera, "Siegfried". In the opera the motif is connected with the forging of Siegfrieds sword.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Reds (1981)?
a.
In the mid-1980s, ABC wanted to telecast an edited version of the film. Star and producer
Warren Beatty
refused to allow an edited version to be shown, so that version was never aired.
b.
Shot in 1983, not released until 1987.
c.
The real
Travis Walton
and Dana Walton make cameo appearances in the scene where the townspeople discuss what to do about Travis disappearance,
d.
Brian De Palma
who had originally been slated to direct, had worked on the script for over a year before being replaced by
Sidney Lumet
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