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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Run Silent Run Deep (1958) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Run Silent Run Deep (1958) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958).
About the movie:
A U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
Woody Allen
and
Sylvester Stallone
appeared in a film together 27 years earlier -
Bananas
.
b.
The B-25J seen in this film is known as "Photo Fanny" and is located at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California.
c.
A copy of this film survives at the British Film Institute in London.
d.
According to Daily Variety in 1965, this movie was at one time being developed as a television series but alas it never surfaced and its development ultimately crash dived.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
Only the original hero head of the turkey puppet remains. The rest of the body and additional heads were destroyed in the making of the film. The original mold has since been destroyed as well.
b.
The The Hollywood Reporter announced on 22 May 1957 that
Nigel Balchin
was co-scriptwriter on this film with
John Gay
but Balchin is not included as a writer in this films credits so it is not known the extent to which his work (if any) contributed to the final shooting script.
c.
When PC Erny talks on the police radio, the voice on the other end is director
Ken Russell
.
d.
The original title "The Clansman" was jettisoned for being too tame given the breadth and scope of the subject matter.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
The World Premiere for this movie was held on 1st April 1958 on board the SS-313 USS Perch. The Los Angeles Times in April 1958 reported that this movie was the first ever to have an Underwater Submarine Premiere. Attendees at this premiere included a wardroom full of US Navy submarine officers and media. The USS Perch submarines location during the premiere was in the Pacific Ocean near Terminal Island.
b.
According to Pollexfen, Ulmer did rewrites, designed the moon and spaceship, and glass paintings to expedite the production economically.
c.
In December 2008, Mamma Mia! became the highest grossing film of all time in the U.K., smashing the previous record set by
Titanic
.
Avatar
has beaten that record.
d.
The movies release was delayed for 6 to 8 months to re-shoot the entire third act.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
Toni Braxton
was set for a role in the film, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
b.
Both the Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter announced in September 1955 that Run Silent Run Deep would be starring
Cary Grant
and be directed by
Delmer Daves
. The two, as star and director, had previously made
Destination Tokyo
for Warner Brothers about twelve years before this announcement was made. Neither Grant nor Daves ended up working on this picture.
c.
According to director
Irvin Kershner
, the brief moment in which Laura walks into her warehouse studio office and opens the window overlooking featured a glaring continuity error that required post-production lab work to fix. The wide shot of Laura at the window was cold in tone, while the medium shot was much warmer. Allegedly, editor
Michael Kahn
resorted to gradually altering and "warming up" the tone of the wide shot to better match the color temperature of the medium shot that follows. (For those who notice, this explains why the central area of the wide-shot suddenly shifts in color temperature.)
d.
Mary Gail Artz
, who plays Ingrid, later went on to become a major Hollywood casting director, and has casted such films as
Halloween II
,
The Nightmare Before Christmas
,
Serendipity
,
House of Wax
,
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
and many, many others. Ironically enough, she never starred in any other film besides this one.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
The newspaper reporting the girls "tag" disaster has a picture of Powerpuff creator and director
Craig McCracken
in the top corner.
b.
Exterior shots of submarines seen moving during the undersea sequences were actually scale models manufactured by special effects personnel. These f/x were considered cutting edge at the time.
c.
The scene in which Billy puts on a Santa Claus suit upon leaving the mental institute is a reference to the character Billy Chapman in the movie
Silent Night, Deadly Night
.
d.
The movie that plays at the Frankfurt psychiatric hospital begins with the original
The A-Team
theme music, and its credits contain names that relates to the original Teams careers: The first name credited is "Reginald Barclay."
Dwight Schultz
, who was the original Murdock, played a character named Reginald Barclay in
Star Trek: The Next Generation
,
Star Trek: Voyager
,
Star Trek: First Contact
and
Star Trek: Elite Force II
. The next credit reads "Thomas Banacek."
George Peppard
, who was the original Hannibal, played detective Thomas Banacek in
Banacek
. The third and final credit reads "G.F. Starbuck."
Dirk Benedict
, who was the original Face, played Lieutenant Starbuck in
Battlestar Galactica
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
Joe Maross
film debut.
b.
Allan Arkush
: in the "Auld Lang Syne" concert finale scene, wearing his "Fillmore East" ushers t-shirt.
c.
The double rows of large buttons on the bridge consoles are ice cube trays illuminated from beneath.
d.
Originally shown in seven parts from January-September 2008 at The Entertainment Show, a monthly comedy/variety show produced by Travis Vogt and Kevin Clarke, at the Sunset Tavern in Seattle.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
The vehicle that Jeep and Charlie are driving into the sunset in at the end of the movie is actually a Jeep (Wagoneer).
b.
Princess Vespas name is a joke in-and-of itself: Vespa is the Italian word for a wasp. In North American slang, the term WASP can connote a white vainglorious person of high breeding.
c.
Producers Hill and
Burt Lancaster
had the film re-edited after director
Robert Wise
finished his cut. Wise left the film after this point for the rest of post-production.
d.
Michael Rollins the murdered boy, is played by
Jodelle Ferland
- a female child actress.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
This movies closing afterword states: "Our appreciation to the Department of Defense, the United States Navy, and the officers and men of submarine Flotilla 1 for the cooperation extended" .
b.
Ray Harryhausen
s original design for the monster was a giant cyclops, similar to the one he later used in
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
. He discarded the idea after making a clay model of it, and eventually settled on the reptilian Ymir.
c.
Marine Jahan
was
Jennifer Beals
body double for the dancing scenes. Jahan was kept hidden from the press because the filmmakers did not want to ruin the illusion. Alexs leap through the air in the audition scene was done by gymnast
Sharon Shapiro
and the break-dancing was done by
Crazy Legs
. Jahan appeared in the music video for "Maniac".
d.
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
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
The films German title is Sex oder stirb! meaning Sex or Die! The bizarre title for the Mexico release was Corre... no grites which translates to Run...Dont Scream.
b.
Brian Peck is the only person to have a role in the first 3 movies in the Return of the Living Dead franchise. Playing the role of Scuz in the first, many of the closeup zombies in the second (Pussface, Thriller, Jaw, Eye-Pop, Zombie on Car Roof) and finally Ballistics Technician in the third.
c.
Underwater shots were filmed with miniatures at the large inland Salton Sea in Southern California.
d.
When the film was in being planned by Paramount, executives thought that Kevin Spacey (I) was too old to portray
Bobby Darin
, who died at 37, and wanted
Leonardo DiCaprio
instead.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Run Silent Run Deep (1958)?
a.
J.D. Salinger
so despised this adaptation of his short story "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut" that he never again allowed any of his work to be adapted to film.
b.
Interior scenes were filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio with more than $500,000 worth of real submarine equipment on loan from the Navy. The Los Angeles Times reported in September 1957 that this amount worth of equipment and instruments had been dispatched by the US Navy Department for the interior sets of this movies submarine. As such, these sets were authentic with no dummy, fake or mock-up sub sets.
c.
The front window of the video store features a poster for director
Terry Gilliam
s previous film
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
. A poster for
Brazil
(also directed by Gilliam) appears on the wall in the first video store scene. Almost all of the posters and video tape boxes in the video store are from RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, the video arm of TriStar Pictures, which released the film.
d.
Bing Crosby
s cameo marked his final acting appearance in a film (his remaining appearances would be in documentaries).
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