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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shadows (1959) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Shadows (1959) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959).
About the movie:
Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
When
Irving Berlin
won an Oscar for his song "White Christmas" from this movie, he became the first artist to present himself with an Academy Award.
b.
Film debut of
Tom Reese
(billed under his real name of Tom Allen).
c.
The 1961 Ferrari GT250 was a modified MG sports car. The producers received several angry letters from car enthusiasts who believed the car shown was a *real* Ferrari and that it was actually wrecked in the film.
d.
While the ending credits are filmed outside of the actual San Quentin prison, the gas chamber scene was filmed on a replica set constructed on a soundstage.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
Principal photography finished 12 days ahead of schedule and on budget.
b.
In 1974,
The Godfather
premiered on NBC over 2 nights - Saturday November 16th, and Monday November 18th, from 9-11pm. Both nights, at 11pm, New York Citys Municipal Water Authorities had some overflow problems from all the toilets flushing around the same time.
c.
Selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1993.
d.
Adapted from Lothar Schmidt (= Lothar Goldschmidt)s play in three acts "Nur ein Traum" which premiered in Munich in 1909.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
First appearance in a movie by an UGA (UGA III).
b.
The movie was shot in high definition video and transferred to film.
c.
Bill Murray
told Entertainment Weekly he was very disappointed with the way the film turned out. He commented "it was a whole lot of slime, and not much of us."
d.
John Cassavetes
screened the movie in 1957 and 1958, but because of poor response he went back and re-shot about half of the film in 1959. The first version of the film was believed to be lost for almost 50 years. In the mid-1980s Prof.
Ray Carney
began his search for the film after talking to Cassavetes about the first version. Carney searched almost everywhere but was led to dead ends for 20 years. Finally, in 2002, he was contacted by a woman who said her father, a junk dealer, had a cardboard box with a film called "Shadows". It turned out to be the first version and not the second one. The print was in pristine condition.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
According to Frankenheimer the dancers in the go-go club were local Kansas girls, not city girls, because they looked authentic.
b.
The movie was renamed "Best Shot" in Europe because most Europeans wouldnt know what a Hoosier was.
c.
Walkouts were quite high during the films initial run, as many audience members were unused to its improvisatory nature.
d.
Amy Irving
, who played Sue Snell, originally read for the part of Princess Leia, and
William Katt
, who played Tommy Ross, originally read for the part of Luke Skywalker in
Star Wars
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
John Cassavetes
was the guest on a Manhattan radio show, promoting
Johnny Staccato
. Somehow the conversation moved into making a feature film, and Cassavetes told listeners that if he were to make a feature film, they should donate a dollar or two by sending it to the station. A few days later, a surprised Cassavetes had received a couple of thousand dollars from listeners sending money to the station, which he put toward the making of this film.
b.
According to the LAPD computer system that the T-1000 accessed at the beginning of the film, John Connors date of birth was Feb. 28, 1985. His arrest record is file #J66455705, and includes allegations of trespass, shoplifting, disturbing the peace and vandalism.
c.
The first of three films starring both
Emily Watson
and
Philip Seymour Hoffman
. The others being
Red Dragon
and
Synecdoche, New York
.
d.
In an interview at Comic-Con,
Kelly LeBrock
said when she did the kissing scene with
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
he stuck his tongue down her throat. "When the director said Cut, I was like: If you ever do that again Im going to kick your ass! laughs That was naughty. He was 14 years old!"
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
On the Brides plane tickets you can see the name Beatrix Kiddo which is never actually said in the film.
b.
The film is loosely based upon
F. Scott Fitzgerald
s short story "Babylon Revisited".
c.
John Cassavetes
directorial debut
d.
Keith Cooke broke his hand shortly before filming commenced and required surgery on it, thus necessitating his character being one-handed.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
The bathroom mop scene between Joker and Cowboy took 62 takes to complete. However, Cowboys death scene took only 5 takes.
b.
John Cassavetes
estate, which is managed by his widow
Gena Rowlands
, has categorically denied that the alternate version discovered by Professor Carney is real, despite Carney posting several clips on his website.
c.
Arne Glimcher
took on the directing duties as a favor to
Sean Connery
, who is a close friend and insisted that he would direct the film.
d.
Christopher Isherwood and Henry Channon are considered by many Maugham biographers to be the inspiration for the characters of Larry Darrell and Elliott Templeton.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
Shot with a 16mm handheld camera on the streets of New York. Most of the dialog was improvised, while all the crew were fellow class members of
John Cassavetes
or volunteers.
b.
The original screenplay draft had a very different take on the Gabriel Shear character. He was first written as a mercenary whose plan for the stolen DEA funds had him joining forces with military and intelligence figures and planning to destroy corrupt politicians, and had several lengthy monologues in which U.S. agents listened to him and then joined his crusade on the spot. While the funding/covert war angle was maintained, Skip Woods later remade Gabriel Shear into a patriotic agent who seeks to destroy world terrorists, and who kills the Senator and his aide for trying to kill him and stop his plans.
c.
Winner of "Best Picture" at ShockerFest 2006.
d.
Marc Price
s movie debut.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
This was the last film printed in the US in the Technicolor "imbibition" printing process. The lab was held open for about three weeks for the film to be ready to print, and then it was disassembled and sent to Peking, China. The imbibition process was a three-strip dye transfer process that photochemical processes have yet to equal in richness and longevity of color rendition.
b.
Legendary odds-maker Jimmy the Greek had a cameo in this movie where he did a scene with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Jimmy the Greek and Dean Martin both grew up in Steubenville, Ohio and were friends since childhood.
c.
Film critic
Leonard Maltin
describes this film as being "a watershed in the birth of American independent cinema".
d.
Film debut of
Liane Curtis
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Shadows (1959)?
a.
Iconoclastic radio personality
Jean Shepherd
helped
John Cassavetes
raise money to make the movie by having Cassavetes on his show as one of his rare guests in February 1957. Shepherd loaned Cassavetes his assistant
Ellen Paulos
to help with the film. The thankful Cassavetes expressed his thanks in the opening credits of the movie. A title reads: "Presented by Jean Shepherds Night People." (The Night People were members of what the New York Times in the late 1950s called the "cult" of Shepherd listeners.) Shepherd also appears in a crowd sequence in the film, smoking a cigarette. Paulos also appears in the film.
b.
Johnny Cash
and
June Carter Cash
s actual home, in Hendersonville TN, appears in the movie. It burned to the ground on April 10, 2007 while under renovation by its new owner,
Barry Gibb
, of the Bee Gees.
c.
The official movie poster (minus lettering) can be seen in the title characters apartment in
Dumb & Dumber
.
d.
An Incomplete Print (missing reels 5 and 6) of the Dutch version of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
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