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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sleeper (1973) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sleeper (1973) - 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: Sleeper (1973).
About the movie:
A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
Julia Roberts
passed on the lead role.
b.
Ganeshs chain mail shirt weighed over 35 pounds. Ray Eddy was still able to do all of his own stunts, kicks and sword fighting without having to remove the authentic shirt.
c.
The omnipresent picture of Our Leader is actually a photo of 1960s counter-culture guru Timothy Leary.
d.
"Man-Made Monster" launched Lon Chaney Jr.s career as a star in horror films and the films success directly led to his casting in the big budget role of his career, "The Wolfman."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
Woody Allen
: [writer] Luna is a poet.
b.
Martins invitation to his high school reunion, which is tucked into the mirror as he gets ready, requires attendees to Dress to Kill.
c.
The car that Eddie borrows for their trip is a 1965 Dodge Coronet.
d.
For this movie
Orson Welles
, along with cinematographer
Gregg Toland
, pioneered "deep focus", a technique that keeps every object in the foreground, center and background in simultaneous focus. This brought a sense of depth to the two-dimensional world of movies.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
For
Groucho Marx
s performance of the song Lydia, the Tattooed Lady, additional lyrics were written by lyricist
E.Y. Harburg
exclusively for screenings of the film for Allied servicemen in European war zones. The special lyrics included the line When she stands the world grows littler; When she sits, she sits on Hitler. The version of the song featuring the special lyrics was filmed, and included in prints of At the Circus distributed in Great Britain and France. The version of the song containing the special lyrics was greeted with marked enthusiasm during screenings in those countries.
b.
Jeff Daniels
was considered for the lead role but lost out to
Robin Williams
.
c.
The exteriors for the beige building in which
Woody Allen
s character lives (and where the nose is destroyed) were shot at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Foothils Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
d.
The part of Danny Witwer was originally American and with a father who died outside a church in Maryland, but
Steven Spielberg
didnt think
Colin Farrell
could fully shake his Irish accent, so the character was made Irish.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
The barker was played by
Paddy Stone
, the choreographer of the film.
b.
Writers
Roy Thomas
and
Gerry Conway
, who wrote the original story treatment for this movie, were deeply displeased by the final screenplay by
Stanley Mann
and the finished film, so they made their story into the graphic novel CONAN: THE HORN OF AZOTH, published in 1990, with art by Mike Docherty. The names of the characters were changed to untie the graphic novel from the movie: Dagoth became Azoth, Jehnna became Natari, Zula became Shumballa, Bombaata became Strabo, Toth-Amon became Rammon, and the characters of Queen Taramis and The Leader were combined into sorcerer Karanthes, father of Natari.
c.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
d.
Jan de Bont
worked as cinematographer on this film for one week - he shot the decapitation-scene.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
After the movie was released in French-speaking Canadian regions as "Woody and the Robots",
Woody Allen
inserted a clause in all of his subsequent contracts that his movies titles could not be changed by other parties.
b.
The song "Ol Man River", as performed by
Paul Robeson
in this film, was # 24 on the American Film Institutes list of the top 100 songs featured in films.
c.
The opening credits lists the most comprehensive cast - all 25 members; the end credits list only 11 of those members with character names. IMDb policy, therefore, requires the opening cast list to be used.
d.
David Steinberg
s last movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
This film permanently ended plans for two productions based on
H.G. Wells
"When the Sleeper Wakes", the 1899 novel on which this film is loosely based. One proposed production was by American International (long shelved due to the high proposed budget) and the other by producer
George Pal
.
b.
Originally, after Annie and Crash have their argument in Crashs apartment, there was a scene in which Annie and Crash go to a bar and have a heart-to-heart talk. In the talk, Crash asks Annie why she loves baseball so much. She explains that several years before, her estranged father passed away and that the funeral took place in Florida. She was so distraught after the funeral that she wandered off and ended up at the New York Yankees spring training facility where she met legendary Yankees catcher,
Thurman Munson
(thus explaining her shrine to Munson seen in the film). From then on, she developed a deep-rooted love of the game. According to
Ron Shelton
in the DVD commentary, he cut that scene out when it was received poorly during a test screening. After the scene was removed, a second test screening was done and the movie received a high score.
c.
For
Daniel Craig
s now iconic scene where he rises out of the sea in a pair of Speedos, many of the crew were out of camera range in boats fending off the paparazzi.
d.
Three serious actors who made their comedy debuts in this movie -
Peter Graves
,
Barbara Billingsley
and
Leslie Nielsen
- all died in 2010, the films 30th anniversary year.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
Susan Luckey
s first film project.
b.
George Clooney
s scenes were shot in one afternoon in his own living room, in a suit jacket, shirt, tie and pajama pants.
c.
Woody Allen
had originally hoped to shoot much of the film in Brasilia, Brazils futuristic capital city complex designed by urban planner Lucio Costa and architect
Oscar Niemeyer
. Budget limitations however restricted him to using locations within the continental USA.
d.
Johnny Depp
, who says that he likes "an obstacle" whilst filming, admitted that he found the process of filming on a green screen "exhausting", and that he felt "befuddled by the end of the day".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
The poem that Norman and his father recite is an excerpt from Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood by
William Wordsworth
.
b.
When casting
Jodie Foster
,
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
met her in Paris at the café which was used to shoot the scenes in
Le fabuleux destin dAmélie Poulain
which is near where he lives. Some tourists were at the café, knowing it was featured in the film, asked Jeunet and Foster to move out of the way (not recognizing them) so that they could take a photograph of the café.
c.
Woody Allen
originally intended the film to be three hours long, and in two parts. The first part would have him in the present day, coping with life, until his illness. And the second half, would be the futuristic part. But, United Artists rejected this concept.
d.
The whole wolves attacking the ship sequence took only 5 days to film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sleeper (1973)?
a.
The producers of the film were sued in 1948 by Parisian bank employee Henri Verdoux.
b.
The Playboy centerfold shown to Miles Monroe/
Woody Allen
is that of
Lina Sjöblom
, Miss November 1972.
c.
Although
Arthur Lubin
was a contract director at Universal, on a set weekly salary, this film was such a huge hit ($4 million gross on a $180,000 budget) that Universal gave him a $5,000 bonus.
d.
Body Count: 4.
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