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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Steel Magnolias (1989) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Steel Magnolias (1989) - 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: Steel Magnolias (1989).
About the movie:
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
One of the children at the playground during the song "Confidence" is
Corbin Bernsen
.
b.
There was some initial resistance to casting
Sally Field
as MLynn, because the producers thought no one would believe her as the mother of a 22-year-old until she pointed out that, in real life, she had a 22-year-old son.
c.
All the main characters (and Jamie) have MySpace pages. The producers made these pages to advertise on MySpace. All the characters last logged into them on January 18, 2008. (1-18-08), the release date of the film.
d.
As well as executive producing the movie and playing Hellion, Michael Feitchner is also one of the fighters in the melee after the two police officers are killed in the back alleyway. He is wearing a stocking cap pulled down far over his forehead to conceal his identity.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
According to the documentary
Going Hollywood: The War Years
, two months after Italy surrendered in World War II, this movie was released with an Italian as a principal character - and a good guy. This was
J. Carrol Naish
playing Giuseppe.
b.
The U.S. distributors considered changing the title to "Snatched" or "Snatchd".
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
and screenwriter
Jay Presson Allen
were allowed to see scenes from
Dr. No
when considering
Sean Connery
for the role of Mark. They liked his charismatic performance so much that they decided to offer him the role even though the obviously Scottish actor did not really fit with their conception of Mark as an "American aristocrat."
d.
The title has been said to suggest that the main characters are delicate as magnolias but tough as steel, but this is not explained in the movie. The only references to the two words are Ouisers near accusation of Drum of stealing Magnolias from her tree, and then a later comment by MLynn that men are supposed to be made out of steel.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
When
Bette Davis
saw the off-Broadway play, she thought it would be a great film for her, envisioning herself as Ouiser,
Katharine Hepburn
as Clairee, and
Elizabeth Taylor
as Truvy. However, when she contacted the rights holders for the movie adaptation, she found out that they intended to cast much younger actresses.
b.
This film is one of the late-1940s "tolerance" cycle movies according to a Hal Erickson review in the All Movie Guide.
c.
According to Time Magazine (March 2, 2007), a computer generated tear was added to Jennifer Connellys face in the scene were she is conversing on a cell phone with Leonardo Dicaprios character, at the end of the movie.
d.
It is widely believed that Billy the Kids real name was William H. Bonney. However, the film is correct in listing that as only one of his aliases, and giving his real name as Henry McCarty.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
Nicole Kidman
is one of two Best Actress winners to portray a right handed character although the actress is naturally left handed. Two years earlier,
Julia Roberts
won her Oscar for playing right-handed Erin Brockovich in
Erin Brockovich
(Roberts is also left handed).
b.
After completing this, her final film, the 62-year old
Merle Oberon
married her co-star,
Robert Wolders
, some 20 years younger than she.
c.
Viggo Mortensen
s feature film debut. He was offered the part in the film on the same day that he was offered to play a role in "Henry V" in Shakespeare in the Park in New York.
d.
Herbert Ross wanted an authentic feel to the hospital scenes, so he hired the doctors and nurses who tended to the writers sister (on whom the movie and play are based) during her last days in hospital to play themselves during Julia Roberts scenes on life support.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
Mario Puzo
s scripts proved to be too epic and too expensive so the team of
David Newman
and
Robert Benton
was brought in to hone them down. Benton was committed to directing
The Late Show
so
Leslie Newman
- Davids wife - came on board, mainly to write Lois Lanes dialog. Their rewrite was more campy than Puzos and even included a cameo appearance by Kojak, the popular TV detective.
b.
Melville Crump was originally to be played by
Ernie Kovacs
, but he died in a one-car accident before principal shooting. In real life he was married to
Edie Adams
, who played Monica Crump.
c.
Between the six female principals are twelve Academy Award nominations and five wins. Only
Daryl Hannah
and
Dolly Parton
have not won, although Parton was nominated for Best Song from "Nine to Five" and "Transamerica."
d.
A Nitrate Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
Opened on Broadway on Monday, April 4th, 2005 at the Lyceum Theater and ran for 136 performances.
b.
At Connies wedding, Sonny is seen in close quarters with Lucy Mancini (
Jeannie Linero
) Connies maid of honour at the event (wearing a pink dress). According to the novel, Sonny takes Lucy as his mistress (she is "that young girl" Don Corleone mentions to Sonny; she is also seen before Sonny visits Connie). The novel and film trilogy differ on her fate, though: in the novel she eventually moves on, settling down with a Las Vegas doctor; she is briefly seen in
The Godfather: Part III
, with her son Vincent playing a major role.
c.
The scene where Alex dreams of raining steaks is actually a spoof on the infamous dream scene in
American Beauty
. The music you hear is the original soundtrack composed by
Thomas Newman
.
d.
Yaphet Kotto
was offered the role of Lando Calrissian, but turned it down because he believed he would be killed off and it would be difficult for him to find work after that.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
The final VHS version of Never So Deep is missing the
Tigr
/
Ingrid Pierce
/
Lysa Thatcher
scene plus all footage of
Carol Doda
.
b.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
c.
Ouiser mentions that she and her friends used to dress up like nuns and go barhopping when they were young.
Shirley MacLaine
played a woman who dressed up as a whiskey-drinking nun in
Two Mules for Sister Sara
.
d.
The shipwreck sequence was the last scene to be added before the films release. Since it is too expensive to build one ship from scratch only to destroy it,
Ridley Scott
the opted to use a combination of outtakes of the siege of Jerusalem, shots of Balian with his attire digitally altered, a CG model of a ship, and finally archive footage of a heavy sea storm and outtakes from his own earlier film
White Squall
. The creation of this non-existent scene is explained in detail on the 4-Disc Directors Cut DVD.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
Robert Harling
, the man who wrote the play Steel Magnolias in honor of his sister, plays the pastor who performs Shelbys wedding and then again her funeral.
b.
The many sunken ships in the harbor were actually seaworthy vessels that were rented or bought and then sunk.
c.
This film marked the retirement of Barry from composing scores and songs for the series.
Michael Kamen
took over composing duties on the film as
John Barry
was undergoing throat surgery at the time. Creative differences with the band
A-Ha
on the
The Living Daylights
allegedly also contributed.
d.
The character of Lou Friedlander was inspired by writer Jimmy Breslin.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
Also going on at the time of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition were the Third Summer Olympic Games. They were the first Olympic Games to be held in the United States. Originally awarded to Chicago, President Theodore Roosevelt had the Games switched to St. Louis so that they would run at the same time as the Worlds Fair. This turned out to be a huge mistake. The Games merely became a side attraction to the fairs other events and turned out to be a first class disaster. They took nearly six months to complete and were very poorly run. Many competitors went to their graves without knowing that they had competed in the Olympics. As a result of these Games, the Olympic movement almost came to an end.
b.
Off-screen narrator Jeff Chandler introduces "new Universal-International personalities" Patricia Hardy, Harvey Lembeck, Joyce Holden, Leonard Freeman (as Glen Roberts), Don Gordon and Jaclynne Greene at the end of the film.
c.
Dolly Parton
and
Daryl Hannah
studied hair stylists so their scenes where they are doing hair would be real and authentic.
d.
The title, "Abby Singer," refers to a famous Hollywood production term named after a 1950s and 1960s assistant director, who would announce "this is the next-to-the-last shot for the day." The final shot of the day is traditionally referred to as "the martini."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Steel Magnolias (1989)?
a.
The wardrobe of Graveyard Gus (Bill Moseley) is an homage to Crazy Ralph in
Friday the 13th
and
Friday the 13th Part 2
.
b.
The nightclub patron who mistakes
George Jessel
for
Milton Berle
is Hortense Petra, wife of producer Sam Katzman, who appears in similar bits in many of his films.
c.
Writer
Robert Harling
has said that the film follows the last three years of his sisters life.
d.
The title card for the film is an homage to
Roger Corman
.
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