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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Spinout (1966) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Spinout (1966) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Spinout (1966).
About the movie:
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spinout (1966)?
a.
Una Merkel
s final movie.
b.
George Offerman, Jr. replaced Junior Durkin in this film after Durkin was killed in a car wreck. Jackie Coogans father was also killed in the wreck.
c.
United Artists agreed to make the film despite having recently settled a lawsuit brought on by producers
Paddy Chayefsky
and
Howard Gottfried
that challenged the companys right to lease their previous film,
The Hospital
, to U.S. television network ABC in a package with less successful film. Later, UA backed out, fearing the subject matter was too controversial. Once MGM agreed to make the movie, UA suddenly did a reversal, choosing to co-produce the film with the competing studio that, six years later, would buy UA outright following the debacle of
Heavens Gate
, a financial and public relations nightmare that prompted UAs parent company, Transamerica, to bail out of the film business.
d.
Right after Terry gets hit by a bus, everyone is sprayed in blood. When Alex turns, there is a 7 on his cheek, in blood, in reference to the seven people who got off of Flight 180.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spinout (1966)?
a.
In December 1957, Director
Howard W. Koch
ordered a trainer to deliver "one mean bull" to the set. A huge Brahma bull was delivered which promptly broke through a chain link fence and pushed in the side of Kochs brand new convertible which was parked nearby.
b.
President
Lyndon B. Johnson
visited on the set to meet Elvis Presley.
c.
Martin Scorsese
: The director appears a further two times in addition to his credited appearance as Jimmy Shorts: first, he is visible in a "portrait" with
Harvey Keitel
(for one frame) in the opening home movies/main title sequence. Second, his voice appears as narration: "Father Im not worthy of your flesh."
d.
Groucho Marx
has an uncredited walk-on cameo in what would be his last screen appearance.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spinout (1966)?
a.
Screenwriter
Mary C. McCall Jr.
said of this film, "From the outset this was as happy a spell of work as occurs but rarely in a screenwriters life. Director
Joseph Kane
is an admirer of
Luke Short
s work. I loved the novel. In transferring the story to the visual medium we didnt have any problems."
b.
Shelley Fabares
and
Carl Betz
played daughter and father also in "The Donna Reed Show".
c.
The psychic shop used in the last segment, "The Psychic", was Executive Producer Harley Kaplans house. The rooms were transformed into Madam Badeaus living and working environment. Many of the set pieces were actual furniture owned by Mr. Kaplan.
d.
James Cameron
wanted an unknown actor to play Sully, because it would give the character a "real" quality. The guy you want to have a beer with, who ultimately becomes the leader that transforms a whole world.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Spinout (1966)?
a.
Its commonly believed that Delia is the only character who dies that same way in the movie as in the novel. If you listen closely while the bishop is being killed, when the scene cuts to the surveillance van, you can hear V saying "now open your mouth and stick out your tongue." In the novel, the bishop died after eating a poisoned communion wafer.
b.
The film makes reference to many characters in history such as
Fidel Castro
,
Benito Mussolini
,
Augusto Pinochet
, Francois Duvalier, Rudolph Hess, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and
Lyndon B. Johnson
.
c.
The soundtrack for this film includes several songs performed by
Paul Whiteman
, including Somebody Loves Me, Say it with Music and Stumbling. In reality, Whiteman would go on to marry
Margaret Livingston
, who is portrayed in this film by
Claudia Harrison
.
d.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
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