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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rough Cut (1980) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rough Cut (1980)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980).

About the movie: A romantic comedy with action and suspense. Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		According to his book, "Laughing Matters", writer Larry Gelbart was hired, fired, and rehired to do the script. The same thing happened to director Don Seigel. In the end, Blake Edwards and several other writers came and went from the production. Gelbart removed his name from the official release versions of the film.
b.		This was the first Betty Grable vehicle not to achieve major-hit status following her assent to stardom in Down Argentine Way. Twentieth Century-Fox executives blamed the mild box office on the rather genteel appearance of Miss Grable, sporting darker-blonde hair and failing to display her renowned legs.
c.		The only Universal picture until The Wolf Man to introduce the major characters during the opening credits, and the actors playing them, with brief clips from the movie.
d.		Won the Audience Award at the 2010 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		Shipped to theaters as "Bible School Mission".
b.		The earlier title, "Marihuana" was changed to avoid confusion with the earlier, similar anti-drug pic Marihuana.
c.		The scene where Bond stalks a double agent during Giacomo Puccinis "Tosca" opera was shot at the floating opera stage on Lake Constance at Bregenz, Austria. The opera itself, dealing with deception and revenge, holds a parallel to the film. The fight ends when the double agent falls from the roof, mirroring Toscas suicide at the end of the opera (by throwing herself off the castle ramparts).
d.		This movies revised ending was filmed after principal photography had been completed. The different ending was shot at the mandate of producer David Merrick. It was directed by Robert Ellis Miller and not the films director Don Siegel.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		One early draft script was subtitled The Trial of James T. Kirk. This script involved Kirk being court-martialed at the request of the Klingons, who were indignant about the events in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. One particularly interesting facet of this script is that it included the character of Harry Mudd (Roger C. Carmel)as a character witness. When the time-travel script was approved instead, the trial was included as a minor sequence. The trial-by-Klingons idea (and portions of the dialogue) was later re-used in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
b.		The films visual effects supervisor Scott Farrars favourite scene is where the Autobots hide from Ron Witwicky.
c.		Aaron Aguilera (Vinnie) appears regularly on MTVs "Wrestling Society X."
d.		This picture was the second and final film of a two picture contract between star actor Burt Reynolds and producer David Merrick. The first movie in the deal had been Semi-Tough.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		Fourth and final film as a producer for David Merrick.
b.		Screenwriter Anthony Peckham is a native of South Africa, which gave him a special insight to the storys era.
c.		The film was a colossal box-office flop on its 1947 release, despite being ardently championed by writer-critic James Agee, who considered Charles Chaplins acting performance the greatest male performance he had ever seen in films.
d.		New Yorks former World Trade Center Twin Towers can be seen in this picture.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		This film was such a hit that it actually set an attendance record at the Paramount Theater in New York.
b.		Reportedly, Burt Reynolds director-friend Hal Needham also had involvement working on this picture.
c.		Based on writer Jeb Stuarts personal experiences. He spent his college years working as a carpenter in Appalachia where, at the time, illicit poisoning of the countryside was under investigation by the EPA.
d.		The play was partly inspired by an actual case in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1810, "Miss Pirie and Miss Woods vs. Dame Cumming Gordon." Two school teachers, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, were falsely accused of having a lesbian affair by a pupil, Jane Gordon. Under the influence of Janes grandmother, Dame Cumming Gordon, the schools students were removed by their parents and the school was shut down. Pirie and Woods filed a libel suit against Dame Cumming Gordon, and won the case, but given the destruction of their lives and standing in the community, it was considered a hollow victory.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		Bill and Ted introduce Rufus to themselves - Rufus never tells them his name.
b.		To save time and memory when animating the movie, human characters were designed and animated without toes.
c.		Burt Reynolds received top / first billing, Lesley-Anne Down received second billing and David Niven received third billing.
d.		The play originally opened in New York City On 26 November 1928 and ran 229 performances.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		Extant version is a re-edited re-release of two films: _Jesse James Under the Black Flag_ (1921) and _Jesse James as the Outlaw_ (1921), with narration taking the place of most of the original inter-titles, plus musical accompaniment and sound effects. Each of the two original films has now been shortened to approximately half its original length, the mid-point between the two occurring about thirty minutes into the present film.
b.		Legendary stuntman Dar Robinson was killed in a motorcycle accident shortly after principal photography was finished. Director Richard Donner dedicated the film to him.
c.		The last cinema film of Alan Webb.
d.		As with the source novel, this film evoked Agatha Christies relationship with archaeological husband Max Mallowan as the desert regions the movie and novel are set in are evocative of archaeological digs. Filming location Qumran in the Red Sea is where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		Although Tim Burton claims the windmill scene was a reference to Frankenstein, which he lovingly quoted in Frankenweenie, a stronger link can be made to Will Hays Oh, Mr. Porter! which also featured a windmill but not a headless horseman.
b.		When they appeared together in the box-office hit movie The Dirty Dozen, Lee Marvin was the top-billed star whilst Charles Bronson was among the ensemble cast credited alphabetically and after Marvin. By 1981, Bronson received top billing for Death Hunt whilst Marvin received second billing. However, some theatrical posters have Marvins name elevated in height above Bronsons even though Bronsons appears first on the left and Marvins second on the right.
c.		In the films opening scene, an assistant newspaper editor comments that if Jonathan Reynolds Sr. had lived two centuries earlier, he would have made a great pirate - "Captain Kidd himself". Three years later, Charles Laughton, who played Jonathan Reynolds Sr., would play the title role in Captain Kidd and again in Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd.
d.		Though an American film, this picture was mostly filmed in England and arguably qualifies as Burt Reynolds only ever British Film until A Bunch of Amateurs.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		Though an American movie, two of this pictures three lead stars, Lesley-Anne Down and David Niven, are both English, Burt Reynolds being the only American.
b.		Tom McLoughlins hands were used as Raymars.
c.		Ashley Raymer-Brown and Rachael Yeager decided early in the pre-production process that they would use rural locations in Kentucky and all local actors in order to prove that you dont have to go to big cities in order to make a film.
d.		James Addison Reavis (1843-1914) was a real person who, as depicted in the movie, was found guilty of attempting to steal most of Arizona by forging land grant documents. He paid a fine of $5,000 and served two years in jail.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rough Cut (1980)?
a.		This movie was originally intended to be directed by Blake Edwards. Edwards left the project and the films development was postponed. Ironically, Edwards was also the original director of City Heat which Burt Reynolds also starred in but bowed out of the film after creative differences with Clint Eastwood. Edwards and Reynolds eventually worked together on The Man Who Loved Women.
b.		Producer William Winckler was very concerned about the long time it took to get stunt men into latex make-ups and costumes, due to the tight production schedule.
c.		Chapter Titles: 1. The Case of the Crown Jewels 2. The Case of the Stolen Ransom 3. The Case of the Lawful Counterfeit 4. The Case of the Telephone Code 5. The Case of the Missing Expert 6. The Case of the Double Trap 7. The Case of the Golden Car 8. The Case of the Invulnerable Criminal 9. The Case of the Torn Blueprint 10.The Case of the Hidden Witness 11.The Case of the Stradivarius 12.The Case of the Musical Clue
d.		This is the fourth film pairing of Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.

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