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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Romeo and Juliet (1936) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Romeo and Juliet (1936) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Romeo and Juliet (1936)

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About the movie: The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		The Hutchinson Co. quarry where the final shootout takes place was located just south of the Larkspur exit off highway 101. It was demolished in the mid 1980s.
b.		The role of Romeo was turned down by Laurence Olivier.
c.		When Gabriel is talking to McClane over the phone and pulling up his information on the computer, Bonnie Bedelia makes a cameo appearance in the form of her character Holly McClanes drivers license photo. The photo appears as though it may be either a publicity shot from a prior "Die Hard" film or a still photo (i.e. family portrait) from one of the movies.
d.		In the flashback when Rob and Laura are listening to Ian have sex upstairs, the book Laura is reading is entitled "Love Thy Neighbor".

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		The closing track "I believe" was originally performed by Stevie Wonder and was later covered by Art Garfunkel and Peter Frampton. All three are artists that Rob, Dick, and Barry make fun of in the movie.
b.		The films literary consultant was Professor William Strunk Jr., co-author of the famous treatise on the English language, Strunk and Whites "The Elements of Style." Producer Irving Thalberg hired Strunk to work with the screenwriters to make sure that the Hollywood adaption of Shakespeares play stayed true and respectful to its original source. Thalberg told Strunk, "Your job is to protect Shakespeare from us."
c.		John Travolta, Richard Gere, and Denzel Washington were each set to star in the film at some point.
d.		Shot on a micro-budget in 14 days. Much of the principal photography was done without permits in New York City.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		Jon Stewart plays Prof. Edward Furlong in this movie. Actor Edward Furlong played John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, chased by the T-1000 Terminator played by Robert Patrick (Coach Joe Willis).
b.		Contains the only on-screen sword fight that expert swordsman Basil Rathbone won in his entire career.
c.		In the movie Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood)s boyfriend enlists in the army and is killed in action in Vietnam. In the video for Green Days song "Wake me up when September Ends" Evans characters boyfriend enlists in the Marines and is possibly injured or even killed in Iraq.
d.		Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner came upon with a concept for this film that involved time travel through dreams. However, producers Robert Shaye and Sara Risher felt that this was too high a concept for a Nightmare On Elm Street sequel and didnt think it fit the formula that Craven created with the first film.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		An autographed copy of the script adaptation, containing the signatures of 27 cast and crew members (including Rathbone, Howard and Shearer) was donated to the University of Idaho library by Talbot Jennings in 1939.
b.		The Bear that White Fang takes on to protect Jack is played by "Bart the Bear" who played the infamous "Bald Headed Bear" in The Great Outdoors.
c.		Joss Whedons feature film directorial debut.
d.		The character Joe Darrow was written with the intention of Harrison Ford taking the part. Ford turned down the role to take a year off from movies.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		Wonder Bread, Old Spice, and Perrier were not charged for their product placement in the movie. Old Spice and Wonder Bread promoted the movie through back-end deals while Perrier was not required to take any action despite its presence in the movie. In addition, Ferrell showed up to many public appearances in his Wonder Bread uniform at no additional charge to the company.
b.		This was the last film producer Irving Thalberg personally produced before his death. The films Los Angeles premiere took place at the Carthay Circle Theater on September 14, 1936, the night of Thalbergs death. Frank Whitbeck, the radio announcer for the broadcast of the premiere, decided not to interview the stars of the movie on the air. The actors were so grief-stricken that Whitbeck was afraid they would break down crying, so he simply announced their names as they arrived.
c.		Theatrical Trailer is on the DVD "Grindhouse Universe" by Ban 1 Productions.
d.		Alexandre Aja planned to have Joe Dante (director of the original Piranha) and James Cameron (director of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning) play boat captains who give safety lessons to the teens. Dante wanted to do it but Cameron was too busy.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		The original concept for the film was that it was going to be shot as a straight survival story without the giant animals. However, the producers felt that concept was too boring and decided to include the giant monsters.
b.		David Lynch wrote the script with Barry Gifford, who wrote the book Wild at Heart. Lynch said that he got the name for this project from a page in Giffords book. He said that on that page he saw the words "Lost" and "Highway" and the words clicked with him.
c.		The role of Romeo was turned down by Robert Donat.
d.		Has Cameo Appearances by Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger, Erick "Buddha" Medina from Blood for Blood, Bobby "Sullee" Sullivan of Vh1s The White Rapper Show and Insane Shane McKane "The King of Country Bling".

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		As of 2004, this film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
b.		The only comment Robert Duvall will make about his performance is that he wished "they would have made a better hairpiece" for his character.
c.		Spoiler: According to Cinematographer Haskell Wexler, after the test screening the ending was changed as "the bad guy at the end didnt die badly enough. As it was, Halle Berry shot the guy, bang, he died. When we redid the scene, she shot him, kicked him in the nuts, struck him with a hatchet so he fell back, shattering a car windscreen before hitting the ground, where we stabbed him with a high heel..."
d.		The role of Mercutio was the only Shakespearean role that John Barrymore ever played complete onscreen. His only other screen appearances in Shakespearean roles were in a screen test for a never-made film version of "Hamlet", a soliloquy as Richard III in the 1929 film "The Show of Shows", and a role in the film "Playmates", as a hammy Shakespearean actor.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		John Hurt wanted to read the script before he signed on. He had previously heard about actors who signed on to a Steven Spielberg film before reading the script, since "Spielberg - you know, GOD - was doing it!" Hurt replied, "Well, I need to have a little bit of previous knowledge even if God is doing it." The filmmakers sent a courier with the script from Los Angeles over to London, who gave the script to Hurt at three in the afternoon, reclaimed it at eight that evening and flew back the following day. Ray Winstone mentioned a similar experience on a British chat show: he was asked if he wanted to be in the film, and he requested to read the script. He described a young man in a suit coming to his house, drinking tea while he read it, then getting on the next plane back to America. He also noted that once the film was over, they had to give the scripts back.
b.		The role of Romeo was originally offered to John Gielgud, who had just had a triumph in a stage production of the play in London in which he alternated the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with Laurence Olivier. Gielgud not only turned the part down (thinking that Shakespeare couldnt effectively be presented on screen), but was so disgusted by the finished film that he walked out of the theater after watching only fifteen minutes of it.
c.		Rosalind Russell was originally considered for the role of the mother (played by Nancy Kelly), until the studio decided to go with the Broadway cast.
d.		Most of the cars in the movie are modified pre-2004 Audi A2, A6 and TT models. There are even some unmodified cars.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		The plot of this movie is actually that of Leonard Gershes unsuccessful Broadway musical "Wedding Bells" - apparently the studio bought the rights to the title just so they could use the song. The original plot of the musical was scrapped, and Gershwin songs from other musicals replaced several numbers originally written by Gershe himself for "Wedding Bells". These numbers were tweaked so that they could fit into the main storyline, and one of them - of course - was "Funny Face". The studio may have felt that the original plot of "Funny Face" could not be properly adapted into a movie as it was an "ensemble" musical with people dropping out and parts changing all the time.
b.		In an interview with Dick Cavett, Alfred Hitchcock explained how he managed to call attention to the glass of milk containing the fatal dose of poison. He wanted it stand out so he had a glass made that contained a small battery operated light so the glass would show up in the long down the hallway shot.
c.		In order to get the automatic sinks in the airport bathroom to go off when Zach Braff walked by them production had PAs underneath the counter pressing the sensors when he hit his marks.
d.		Because she wanted to play the Nurse in this film, Edna May Oliver turned down Universals offer to reprise her stage role of Parthy Ann Hawks in the 1936 film version of Show Boat. The Nurse turned out to be Olivers only Shakespearean role.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Romeo and Juliet (1936)?
a.		Jessie Keosian, who plays Aunt Ceil in the Woody Allen segment, "Oedipus Wrecks," was Allens high school biology teacher. They had not met since high school until the audition for this film.
b.		Basil Rathbone played Tybalt in this film even though he had triumphed in the role of Romeo on Broadway in 1934, opposite the Juliet of Katharine Cornell.
c.		The original script included a scene in which Zigzag conjures a giant dragon to destroy the city. Tack defeats it by throwing one of his tacks at it, causing it to deflate and emit noxious gasses. The scene was never animated, as it would have been too elaborate to animate and the production was difficult enough as it was.
d.		Originally, Elliott the dragon was not to be seen at all in the film and remain invisible throughout. However, members of the studio animation department gradually lobbied studio heads to increase the amount of visible screen time. At first it was decided he would be only seen at the end of the film, but ultimately the characters screen time was increased to 22 minutes.

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