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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Separate Tables (1958) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Separate Tables (1958) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Separate Tables (1958)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958).

About the movie: The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		The Australian video-cassette release has a tagline for this movie which states: "The Americans were over-paid, over-sexed and over here!" This expression was actually used by Allied citizens in both Britain and Australia as a response to the American military influx to their countries. The American GIs in the UK had a come-back line which was, "under-paid, under-sexed and under Eisenhower". British comic Tommy Trinder apparently first popularized the saying with his version stating, "overpaid, overfed, oversexed and over here". Six years after this film was made, the Australian movie Rebel would examine similar themes to this film, the expression "over-paid, over-sexed and over here" also being associated with Rebel.
b.		Eugene (Shea Whigham) isnt smoking pot throughout the film, hes actually smoking tobacco cigarettes. Actor Whigham noticed director Goran Dukic smoked loose tobacco and rolled his own cigarettes and carried it in a plastic bag, and said thats what he wanted Eugene to smoke.
c.		The original Broadway production of "Separate Tables" by Terence Rattigan opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on October 25, 1956, ran for 332 performances and was nominated for the 1957 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. May Hallatt recreated her stage role in the movie version.
d.		The idea to set the story in Californias Silicon Valley was a concept conceived by producer and co-writer Michael G. Wilson. In the first draft, Zorin wanted to destroy Silicon Valley by changing the course of the Halley Comet, but it was later decided that this plot was not believable.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		Filmed in sequence.
b.		Jerry Marshall, whilst wearing tennis shoes, was bitten on the foot by a lion during production filming of this picture.
c.		Director Delbert Mann specifically shot May Hallatts pool split in a long take with a moving camera - he wanted to show that a stand-in was not doing her trick shot for her. Unfortunately, the picture was taken from him, and re-edited with the middle of the shot removed, destroying that effect.
d.		Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and director Martin Scorsese both share the same birthday (November 17th).

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		The Majors musical theme is a variation on the Scottish song "Wha Wadna Fecht For Charlie?"
b.		In the scene where Aragorn has washed up on the shore of the river that he fell in when the Warg dragged him off the cliff and Arwen comes to him in a dream to revive him, the dialogue was originally in English. But Liv Tyler was entranced by the Elvish language, and since both characters and actors knew how to speak it, she talked Peter Jackson into letting them translate the script for that scene. Everyone agreed that it turned out much better her way than the way it had been originally planned.
c.		The Bloodpack character Verlaine was originally scripted to be the twin sister of Racquel, the vampire in Blade that was played by Traci Lords.
d.		First film in the franchise since the original Saw not to be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		The brief clip of Clara yanking the emergency chord aboard the train car is used on a regular routine on the tram cars for the Universal Back-lot Tour as part of safety regulations.
b.		At the time Rita Hayworth was married to the co-producer of the film, James Hill.
c.		All crater scenes were shot at Mt St Helens.
d.		Director John G. Blystone and star Warner Oland died the same day: 6 August 1938.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		Both Cathleen Nesbitt and Gladys Cooper, who are in this film, played the mother of Prof. Henry Higgins, as played by Rex Harrison, Ms. Nesbitt on Broadway (twice - 25 years apart) and Ms. Cooper in the film version of My Fair Lady.
b.		This films stills photographer Greg Gorman once told Roald Rynning what it was like to work with Barbra Streisand: "Before photographing Barbra the first time, I was a little nervous. Id heard she was demanding. I was hired only to take stills from All Night Long, but I asked to do a special shoot with her. I remember her office called me, asking what other big female stars I had shot. I had to answer I had done none. Nevertheless, one day on the set, Barbra came over. I hear you want to take some pictures of me, she said. What did you have in mind? What colors do you want to use? I answered her straight back. Asked her what colors she liked and the interrogation was over. From then on she was terrific. For a photographer its easy to work with her. She knows her face very well, the angles, the lot. She loves to see my Polaroids and analyze the results. I think a great deal of her success has come from asking questions and being a terrific observer."
c.		Vehicles featured included several Kenworth W900B tanker trucks; a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow and Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II; a Lincoln Continental Mark VII LSC, James Bonds hire car in Key West; Sanchez silver metallic Maserati Biturbo; a 4-seat high-wing single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk airplane, a Cessna 185 seaplane and a 2-seat tricycle Cessna 150 airplane; a Piper PA-18-150 "Super Cub" crop-duster float-plane and Piper J-3 "Cub" airplane; Aerospatiale 350B A-star and US Coast Guard Aerospatiale HH-65A Dauphin helicopters; a Harbour Pilots boat; a black and yellow two-seater Shark Hunter submersible (mini wet submarine) as seen before in The Spy Who Loved Me; a Wavekrest remote-control Sentinel underwater exploratory submersible; Sharkeys fishing boat Pa Ja Ma; a Cigarette 1 Cafe Racer; the WaveKrest marine research vessel; and an electric golf-car at the Olimpatec Meditation Institute.
d.		Although not listed in the official Writers Guild of America information, Bo Goldman received an on-screen-credit for having co-written the script.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		James Franco was not Danny Boyles first choice to play Ralston - Cillian Murphy was.
b.		Whilst developing the screenplay with Barbara Turner, producer-star Neve Campbell kept referring to it as "Altmanesque". She didnt for a minute think that Robert Altman would be interested, especially as he was just coming off the back of the successful Gosford Park. She was very surprised then to learn that Altman was a personal friend of Turners for many years.
c.		When Connery is speaking to the man delivering his shopping, Connery replies, "Of course you are." This same remark is also said by Connery in The Rock, Diamonds Are Forever, Rising Sun and also by Clancy Brown in the film Highlander which also stars Sean Connery.
d.		The title song (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Harold Adamson), written for the film, became a best-selling single by Vic Damone on Columbia Records. According to author Tony Thomas in his 1975 book, "Harry Warren and the Hollywood Musical," composer David Raksin preferred using just his own melodies in his Oscar-nominated score.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		The man that is eaten by the T-Rex next to the video store (in San Diego) is David Koepp, one of the writers of the film. He is credited as "Unlucky Bastard".
b.		Robert Mitchum revealed in an interview that when Howard Hawks asked him to be in the film, Mitchum asked what was the story of the film. Hawks reportedly replied that the story didnt matter because the film had some "great characters".
c.		Body Count: 3.
d.		The musical theme of the terrace sequence and a few other pieces were re-written by David Raksin on the request of the producers following a bad preview.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		The role played by Rita Hayworth was originally assigned to Vivien Leigh but she dropped out of the project when her then husband Laurence Olivier decided not to direct the film.
b.		Pat Hingles last feature film role.
c.		Gilda Radner, Susan Sarandon, Glenn Close, Rhea Perlman, Sigourney Weaver, Cybill Shepherd, Jane Seymour, Anjelica Huston, Lori Loughlin, Kim Basinger, Jodie Foster, Melanie Griffith, Christie Brinkley, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ally Sheedy, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Kay Lenz, Liza Minnelli, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Miranda Richardson, Rosanna Arquette, Meg Ryan, Heather Locklear, Jennifer Grey, Madonna, Amy Irving, Teri Garr, Margot Kidder and Tatum ONeal were all considered for the role of Sarah Connor before it was offered to Debra Winger. However, Winger declined before filming began.
d.		The credits for the "What Do Kids Know?" game show give the web address www.wdkk.com which led directly to the movies official website. The web address "www.seduceanddestroy.com" led to the films official site, too. Both these links are now dead.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		This was considered quite daring in its day with its frank discussions of sexual topics generally considered taboo.
b.		Boris is in his cottage writing poetry. He reads, "I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas," and promptly balls up the writing and throws it into the fire. The line is from T.S. Eliots "The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock".
c.		Famous for his genre-spoofs which he wrote and directed, writer-director Mel Brooks is neither credited as a writer nor director of this movie. He is however, its movie star anchor and producer.
d.		The Roman forum built at Cinecitta was three times the size of the real thing.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.		Finnish censorship visa # 050392.
b.		This is the first Final Destination not to feature the cast on the DVD cover.
c.		Livestock was shot in 16 days.
d.		Charles Boyer plays this role in which he commits suicide. In real life he did the same by taking barbiturates 2 days after his beloved wife, the actress Pat Paterson, died of cancer. Boyer died in Arizona on Aug. 26, 1978; she died Aug 24th of the same year.

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