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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sometimes a Great Notion (1970) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sometimes a Great Notion (1970) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sometimes a Great Notion (1970).
About the movie:
A family of fiercely-independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)?
a.
Film was reportedly shot in three days.
b.
Paul Newman
broke his ankle rehearsing the "grab-ass motorcycle race" sequence and filming had to be postponed for a few weeks.
c.
The word "fuck" is used 296 times, for an average of 2.04 fucks per minute. About half of them are said by
Joe Pesci
.
d.
All three helicopters (2 black, one white) are Eurocopter (nee Aerospatiale) AS-350 Ecureuils (Squirrels). The N-numbers were all sequential as well - N350SC, N351SC, and N352SC.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)?
a.
Just before its release, there was a love scene between Michael Sarrazin and Lee Remick that was cut. This scene supposedly included nudity. In the final cut, their affair is only insinuated.
b.
The Mirror Queen using the blood of young girls to restore her youth is based on the legend surrounding Countess Elizabeth Bathory, one of the first serial killers, from the turn of the 17th century.
c.
When Woody Allen edited his films, he would play old music records in the cutting room to help him establish the rhythm of a scene being edited. This was the first movie in which Allen used the old music on his movies soundtrack.
d.
Writer Sean McPharlin plays an orderly.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)?
a.
Paul Newman
replaced
Richard A. Colla
as director.
b.
The play was first performed as a Copyright Performance on 17 April 1897 in London, with Shaw reading the part of Rev. Anderson. He was unhappy with the play and wouldnt permit a public performance at that time. It was first shown in the United States on Broadways Fifth Avenue Theater in New York City on 4 October 1897, and in London the following year. There were 4 Broadway revivals in the United States, the last in 1988.
c.
Veteran movie critic for The Washingtonian Pat Dowell had her 34 word capsule review for the January issue rejected by editor John Limpert, a known opponent to the film. Limpert didnt want a positive review for a film that he regarded as treacherous. Dowell resigned in protest.
d.
Has the singular distinction of being the only theatrical film produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the entire calendar year of 1970, this due to financial reversals incurred by the studio when several of its recent films failed at the box office.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)?
a.
ABCs
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
rebuilt Sgt. Jason Thomass (played by
William Mapother
) house in 2007.
b.
Blake Edwards
was the original writer and director on the project. He stepped aside as director after creative differences with star
Clint Eastwood
. The earlier
Burt Reynolds
movie
Rough Cut
was also originally intended to be directed by Edwards who left that project too. Edwards and Reynolds did in fact work together on
The Man Who Loved Women
, made and released about a year before this movie.
c.
Among the buildings shown in the opening sequence (where voice-over narration describes the "terraforming" process) are the Emirates Towers, key features of the skyline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. A skyscraper in the foreground of the same shot is based on designs by Sir Norman Foster (Lord Foster), including the Commerzbank headquarters in Frankfurt and the HSBC building in Hong Kong.
d.
The title comes from lines in the folk song "Goodnight, Irene": "Sometimes I take a great notion / To jump in the river and drown."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)?
a.
This film was the first movie ever shown on HBO when the service premiered in 1972.
b.
The P-40s destroyed on the ground are full-scale mock-ups, some remote-controlled to taxi.
c.
Liam Neeson
was considered for, and very much wanted, the role of Van Helsing, but after
Anthony Hopkins
, still riding the success of
The Silence of the Lambs
, showed interest in the role, Neeson was ultimately turned down.
d.
Last movie appearance for both
Jane Bryan
and
Mayo Methot
.
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