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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Spellbound (1945) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Spellbound (1945) - 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: Spellbound (1945).
About the movie:
A female psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
Writer
Ben Hecht
consulted many of the leading psychoanalysts of the day when he was penning the screenplay.
b.
Final film of
Percy Helton
.
c.
The director,
Spencer T. Folmar
wrote the screenplay and filmed the principal photography before his 20th birthday.
d.
Marlon Brando
became the first actor to be paid $1 million for a single film when he signed on to appear in the screen-adaptation of
Tennessee Williams
"Orpheus Descending". Nearing the end of her contract with MGM,
Elizabeth Taylor
had earlier signed a $1 million contract with 20th Century-Fox to appear in Cleopatra (1960), breaking that salary threshold in Hollywood.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
Emma Stones favorite film alongside Woody Allens Manhattan.
b.
For the films premiere screening, a "double system" was used - that is, the film, projected at a 2.55:1 ratio, was shown in a reduction print, but the 6-track stereo soundtrack, which would not have fit on a reduction print, was played on a separate magnetic strip of film.
c.
David O. Selznick
wanted Miklós Rózsa (I) to swell the orchestra from 14 violins to 28 as he had liked the effect that that had brought when
Franz Waxman
did it while scoring
Rebecca
.
d.
Producer
Art Linson
and
David Mamet
were having lunch when Linson informed Mamet that he could not get anything more than a no frills budget for the movie.
Val Kilmer
was literally at the next table. Linson knew Kilmer and asked him to come over, and they talked about the production. Kilmer was so impressed with the story and Mamets vision that he agreed to the role giving a significant discount to facilitate Franchise Pictures giving a green-light to the production.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
: about 40 minutes in, coming out of the elevator at the Empire Hotel carrying a violin case and smoking a cigarette.
b.
Woody Allen
recorded his part as "Z" in only five days.
c.
Roland Emmerich
estimated that at least 1000 digital artists worked on the film.
d.
A scene featuring
Chris Elliott
was cut from the film; in 2011 he recalled: "Id had a beard at the time, and I think they didnt think my mustache looked the proper period. So they had me shave my beard to a mustache. And, boy, did I look odd."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
himself referred to the film as "just another manhunt wrapped up in pseudo-psychoanalysis".
b.
Laurence Fishburne
and
Jean Reno
share the same birthday, July 30th.
c.
Footage from this film of a young
Michael Caine
was later used in the film
Austin Powers in Goldmember
.
d.
In one scene Joan Manion (played by Joan Leslie) is asked by Fred Atwell - a.k.a. Fred Burton (played by Fred Astaire) if her boss, Mr. Harriman (played by Robert Benchley), has ever proposed marriage to her: She replies that he has attempted to numerous times, but keeps getting side-tracked by discussions of such things as the "sex life of polyps". It turns out that in 1928 in one of Robert Benchleys earliest films he played a "Doctor Benchley" in the film "The Sex Life of Polyps" where he lectures Womens Clubs on this interesting creature that can change its sex.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
The final shooting script of the film comes in at 202 pages, which would equal a running time of 3 hours 22 minutes. Whether this amount of footage accounted for the rough assembly cut of the film isnt known.
b.
After Michael is nearly hit by Kat he refers to her as "the shrew" a reference back to The Taming of the Shrew.
c.
The dream sequence was produced by "Poverty Row" studio Monogram Studios. Its initial efforts kept getting rejected by
David O. Selznick
until he hired leading production designer
William Cameron Menzies
to oversee the production.
Alfred Hitchcock
himself was barely involved.
d.
When Hossein Hashimi is assassinated, an actor who strongly resembles former CIA director
George Tenet
is milling around in the background of the CIA operations room.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
Stan Winston
claimed
Artificial Intelligence: AI
was the most ambitious film he worked on in his lifetime.
b.
After
Alfred Hitchcock
had suggested "Hidden Impulse" as a title, studio secretary Ruth Rickman came up with the title "Spellbound", which tested well in a pre-release survey.
c.
The title role was originally intended for
Aaliyah
.
d.
Orson Welles
played the part of Dr. Corey in "Donovans Brain" on the only two-part broadcast ever produced on radios "Suspense", 18 May and 25 May 1944.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
was a big admirer of
Salvador Dalí
s work and realized that no one understood dream imagery better.
David O. Selznick
was opposed to using Dalí from an expense point of view, until he realized the marketing mileage that could be gained from such a hiring.
b.
Considered a lost film, except for some of the soundtrack discs plus 40 seconds of modern-ballet footage reused in the 1932 comedy "The Tenderfoot."
c.
When the thuggish Studio Executive refuses to continue financing Denhams film, he says, "Its not the principle of the thing; its the money!" This is a saying attributed to legendary showbiz mom Rose Hovick, mother of
Gypsy Rose Lee
and
June Havoc
(who is given a Thank You in the credits).
d.
Stanley Kubrick
asked
Pink Floyd
if he could use their "Atom Heart Mother Suite" in the soundtrack. However, because Kubrick wanted unlimited license to determine what portions or edits of the song he used, the band turned him down. When Alex is in the record store, we can see the soundtrack of Kubricks own movie
2001: A Space Odyssey
on a lower shelf with "Atom Heart Mother" above it (look for the cow in the field). Other records visible in the shop are
Tim Buckley
s "Lorca" (1970), on the Island shelf when Alex enters the shop. "Atom Heart Mother" is visible on this shelf as well as behind the counter. Also on this shelf is Rare Bird "As Your Mind Flies By". Two records to the left of the "2001" in front of the counter is
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
s "Deja Vu" (1970). To the right of "2001" is "The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death" by
John Fahey
. Between
The Beatles
"Magical Mystery Tour" and "Atom Heart Mother" on the wall behind the counter is
Neil Young
s "After The Goldrush" (1970). The first Chicago album "The Chicago Transit Authority" (1969) can also be seen. The blonde girl with the lollipop can be seen looking at a
Mungo Jerry
album, "In The Summertime" (1970).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
The song that Black Clouds father and the girl are singing with the Karaoke machine is Tim McGraws "I Like it, I Love it".
b.
The concept was first hatched by
Jan Pinkava
in 2001 and he had mapped out the original design, sets, characters and core story. However, Pixar management were not convinced that the main story was delivering the goods so Pinkava was replaced by
Brad Bird
in 2005.
c.
James Flavin
is in studio records/casting call lists for this movie, but he did not appear or was not identifiable.
d.
The first "Peanuts" production without a musical score by
Vince Guaraldi
, who composed for all previous specials and the first and previous movie,
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
. This was deliberate, as it was an experiment by
Charles M. Schulz
, who specifically wanted a more commercial, Disney-like feel for this film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
Joaquin Phoenix
made a wooden walking stick for
Bryce Dallas Howard
during the 19th-century preparation the actors participated in before the film. He engraved the name of her character, Ivy, on the walking stick.
b.
Miklós Rózsa (I)s score in this film inspired the career of film composer
Jerry Goldsmith
.
c.
Michelle Pfeiffer
, one of the films producers, traveled the talk show circuit in order to promote the film; a publicity standard she had avoided since the early 80s.
d.
Bruce Willis
, who appears as himself in the film, was originally signed to play Danny Ocean in
Oceans Eleven
, but pulled out due to scheduling conflicts.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spellbound (1945)?
a.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
Stuart Baird
did uncredited re-editing work on this film and
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
for Paramount in order to get the job of directing
Star Trek: Nemesis
.
c.
Miklós Rózsa (I) hated working with
David O. Selznick
.
d.
The scene of Mikes demise was difficult to film. When seen far away while in the TV, it was accomplished through blue screen. While seen in the TV from close up,
Paris Themmen
(Mike) was standing on a platform on a huge television set. The shot where Mrs. Teavee picks him up was a doll, and the single shot where we see a closeup of Mike dangling from his moms fingers (at 01:30:08) was accomplished by having Paris dangle from a Styrofoam thumb and forefinger covered with fabric.
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