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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998).
About the movie:
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
While at Lucilles diner, Winston orders pancakes. In the original
Cabin Fever
, the little kid, Dennis, repeats "Pancakes!" over and over.
b.
The play was produced on Broadway in 1951 and was one of the two properties
Louis B. Mayer
took with him after being ousted from MGM. Advancing age and the fact that Mayer had been so removed from actual film production for 30+ years rendered him unable to get it underway as a film.
c.
One of the very last films to be released on Laserdisc in November 1999. Laserdiscs ceased being manufactured at the end of that year.
d.
The college the group takes a tour of in the beginning is the Collin County Community College in Plano.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
The six-story Spanish portico was built during filming of
The Longest Yard
. Its used prominently in the films climactic final scene.
b.
40 barrels of fake blood were utilized in the opening battle scene.
c.
Of the 3 PRC Vance features,this was the second to be released (June 14, 1947) but the last to be shot (December 17, 1946-early January 1947). This was also the very last Philo Vance feature film,aa total of 14 dating back to 1929.
d.
Was
Bette Davis
s least favorite film to do.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
Most, if not all, of the ticket scalping scenes were shot with a hidden camera to real people purchasing real tickets.
b.
Martin Campbell
: The director as one of the cyclists who get toppled over when James Bond and Xenia Onatopp race past them.
c.
Fernandel
was initially stunned at being offered such a tiny part.
Michael Todd
s prowess at persuasion soon won him over.
d.
Local reenactment groups such as the Second Battle Group were employed as extras to play German and American soldiers.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
The last scene shot for actor
Will Kemp
was actually his death scene. It was filmed in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California. In the scene he is to lay against a rock. What the crew did not know was that there were a lot of spiders in the area and when Kemps scene was finally completed, he went home with many spider bites on his back and arms.
b.
Uphams shoulder patch, a blue and grey "yin yang" symbol, identifies him as a member of the 29th US infantry division. It symbolizes the fact that the division was composed of units from Virginia and Maryland, who fought on both sides of the American Civil War.
c.
For the scene in which Malone is killed,
Sean Connery
did not expect the squibs to be as explosive as they were. After the first take, Connery was taken to the hospital with dust and fake blood in his eyes.
d.
David calls his son "Big Bill", a reference to the character Bill Denbrough from Stephen Kings It. Bill Denbroughs nickname was also "Big Bill"
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
The input of Industrial Light & Magic was significantly downplayed so as not to make the film appear to be a special effects movie. ILMs contribution, however, was subtle but highly necessary as most of the bullet hits in the Omaha Beach attack were digitally created.
b.
Theres a common misconception that the "too small Stonehenge" disaster is a parody of
Black Sabbath
s oversized Stonehenge sets from the Born Again tour. This is impossible, the Stonehenge Spinal Tap scene existed as early as 1982 when the film existed as a 20-minute short, and Black Sabbath didnt begin using their Stonehenge sets until 1983.
c.
Barton Fink was an avatar of the writer
Clifford Odets
.
d.
This was
Roger Corman
s first film shot in England.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
In the film, Frank and Jesses mother is killed by an explosion when the agents raided the James homestead. While the explosion did take place, their mother lived but had her arm blown off and a younger half-brother (omitted from the story) was killed.
b.
Two of the landing craft used in the Omaha Beach scenes were actually in use in World War II.
c.
When placing ads in "The New Zealand Herald" for extras, the first call was put out for people under five feet and over six feet four. Calls for extras were made in New Zealands main cities of Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch over a period of two weeks. Later calls were for moderately tall males and females.
d.
Due to a mishearing of the word "fuck" by the BBFC the 1995 video release was wrongly given a 12 certificate. This was corrected for the 2003 DVD and the rating changed to a U certificate.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
The actor who played the Governor of Georgia,
Wallace Wilkinson
(1927-2001), shared his name, but no relation, with a man who would be Governor of Kentucky three years after the films release, Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002), who served a single term as Kentuckys Governor from 1987 to 1991, and had no record as an actor.
b.
Ben Foster
, who plays the winged mutant Angel, is actually scared of heights.
c.
According to
Frank Capra
,
Claudette Colbert
was the sixth actress that was offered the lead role. Colbert reluctantly accepted the role turned down by the other five actresses when Capra agreed to double her salary and guarantee that Colbert only had to work for four weeks or less.
d.
The information on casualties didnt reach The War Department for quite a few weeks. Supposedly Ryans brothers casualty information arrived at D-Plus 3 . Most families were lucky to hear of wounded loved ones let alone KIA sixty days after it happened. This of course is a major device of the story but would never have happened so early in the invasion.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
This is one of few early World War II films to feature an American soldier who was an African-American.
b.
MGM secretly sent a second unit crew to Tecate, Mexico to avoid the American laws about ethical treatment of animals. Animals were shot fighting each other, and lions were reportedly starved to promote vicious attacks on hyenas, monkeys and deer.
c.
This film was the reason that director
Joseph Zito
was later selected to direct
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
.
d.
Robert Rodat
s script was bought by producer
Mark Gordon
who liked the story but only accepted the final screenplay after 11 drafts.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
None of the children on set had any idea how to play any of the street games their characters engage in - Lee had to personally instruct them.
b.
The Battle of Ramelle never took place in real life. The town and the battle were both fictional. A German counter-attack over the causeway at La Fiere by the 1057th Grenadier Regiment and light tanks of the 100th Panzer Replacement Battalion was the inspiration for the climactic battle in the film, which is set around a bridge over the Merderet River in the fictional town of Ramelle.
c.
Loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, "Beowulf", whose author is unknown.
d.
Features footage of a real USC-Stanford game filmed in 1928.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)?
a.
The Omaha Beach scene cost $11 million to shoot and involved up to 1000 extras, some of whom were members of the Irish Army Reserve. Of those extras, 20-30 of them were amputees issued with prosthetic limbs to simulate soldiers having their limbs blown off.
b.
The voice and music recording for "Journey Back to Oz" was actually done a decade earlier than the films release, in 1964. The producers had to wait several years while sufficient funding was obtained to produce the animated sequences.
c.
Bill Cosby
, who appears as himself, was the voice of Fat Albert as well as other characters, in the animated TV series
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
.
d.
Though the film takes place in Mexico during the summer, it was shot primarily in Australia during the winter. Heavy coats were provided for the actors in between takes, and water and olive oil had to be sprayed onto their bodies to simulate sweat.
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