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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Separate Tables (1958) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Separate Tables (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: 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.
Delbert Mann was surprised that years later "Separate Tables" was chosen for a retrospective on British films. According to Mann the film was shot entirely on Stage 5 at Goldwyn Studios.
b.
Wolfgang Petersen
dropped the various Greek Gods from the storyline (Zeus, etc) claiming them to be silly and unnecessary to the plot.
c.
Producer
Irving Allen
was the original director, but after only three days of shooting,
Charles Laughton
threatened to quit if
Burgess Meredith
did not take over. Laughton directed the scenes in which Meredith appeared.
d.
The real-life Papillon,
Henri Charrière
, was 25 when he was sent to Devils Island.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.
Florence Rice
was in a cast list in a 1936 Hollywood Reporter article, but she was not seen in the film.
b.
Katie Couric
: cop who says, "Times Up," when Frau Farbissina is visiting Dr. Evil.
c.
The Mansion used as the Xavier school, is the same one Billy and his family lived in in
Billy Madison
d.
With less than 16 minutes of screen time David Nivens performance in this movie is the shortest ever to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.
Laurence Fishburne
turned down the role of Ike Turner five times. When he learned that
Angela Bassett
had won the role of Tina Turner, he changed his mind.
b.
When she was interviewed by the "London News Chronicle" about her Oscar win, Wendy Hiller said she thought the Academy was crazy for giving it to her. "All you could see of me in the picture was the back of my head. Unless they give some award for acting with ones back to the camera, I dont see how I could have won. They cut my two best scenes and gave one to Rita Hayworth." She went on, "Never mind the honor, though Im sure its very nice of them. I hope this award means cash - hard cash. I want lots of lovely offers to go filming in Hollywood, preferably in the winter so I can avoid all the horrid cold over here."
c.
The film was originally set to shoot in spring of 2008, but was delayed due to
Heath Ledger
s death. The producers and director delayed the film out of respect for
Michelle Williams
, Ledgers ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter Matilda, rather than going ahead and shooting the film with another actress in Michelles role.
d.
Actor
Kevin Glashan
, who plays Clarence, is British, so his accent had to be disguised in order to play an American character.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.
Terence Rattigan
s play was generally performed as two one-act plays separated by an intermission, with the same actor playing the Major and John, and the same actress portraying Ann and Sybil.
b.
This movie spoils the ending of
The Sixth Sense
c.
One of a select group of films to secure just one Oscar nomination, albeit in the Best Picture category. The other members in this club are
Grand Hotel
and
One Foot in Heaven
.
d.
A special-effects sequence that took place at the beginning of the film was cut shortly before the movie hit the theaters. In this sequence, the carnival materializes from the smoke of the train - the smoke from the engine "becomes ropes and canvas tents. Tree limbs grow together to form a ferris wheel and a spider web mutates into a wheel of fortune." This sequence was the first time that computer animation was used to animate organic material, and it was combined with traditional animation. The scene was deemed not convincing enough and was cut from the film at the very last minute (according to an issue of "Twilight Zone Magazine" that was released the same month as the film, the scene was going to be in the final print).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Separate Tables (1958)?
a.
Director
Delbert Mann
was so upset over producer/star
Burt Lancaster
s re-cutting of the picture that he severed his relationship with the company. According to Mann, it was done because Lancasters character is the last of the four major protagonists to be introduced.
b.
As part of the promotion for the movie at the Comicon in San Diego, promoters threw a huge "Welcome" party open to the public, with barbecue, beer, skateboarding demos, and a wall where people could write "subjects" theyd like to study.
Justin Long
and other cast members mixed in with the crowd, to the point that you couldnt pick them out.
c.
Indys line to Marion when they are on the ship - "Its not the years, honey, its the mileage" - was ad-libbed by
Harrison Ford
.
d.
A number of sources credit
Christopher Lee
and
Geoffrey Bayldon
as being in this project but Lee denies working on the film and Bayldon is nowhere to be seen in the final print.
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