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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Story of G.I. Joe (1945) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Story of G.I. Joe (1945) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Story of G.I. Joe (1945).
About the movie:
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Story of G.I. Joe (1945)?
a.
The scary, ugly face seen on the movie posters for this film was originally part of the poster art for the US/British monster film,
It!
, starring
Roddy McDowall
.
b.
According to cryptozoologist
Loren Coleman
, some characters in the film are based to varying degrees on actual figures in the search for Sasquatch. "Jacques LaFleur" (
David Suchet
) is a nod to the late Canadian Rene Dahinden, and "Dr. Wallace Wrightwood" (
Don Ameche
) combines some qualities of
John Green
,
Peter Byrne
and the late Dr.
Grover Krantz
.
c.
William A. Wellman
, nicknamed "Wild Bill", was a fighter pilot in World War I and hated the infantry, and therefore had no interest in making a film about them. Producer
Lester Cowan
tried several times to convince Wellman to direct the film, including showing up uninvited at Christmas with gifts for Wellmans children. Wellman finally agreed to take the job only after meeting and spending several days with
Ernie Pyle
at Pyles home in New Mexico, where he saw how much former infantrymen revered him.
d.
The reason for Lou Christies Lightning Strikes playing during the offbeat party scene was it was a favorite song of writer
Bill Condon
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Story of G.I. Joe (1945)?
a.
War correspondent
Ernie Pyle
acted as advisor to the film. Pyle was killed not long after the film was completed.
b.
Dell Comics put out a 12 cent comic book version of Beach Blanket Bingo in conjunction with the movies release.
c.
Shot in 11 days.
d.
Tom Noonan
was originally cast as Douglas.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Story of G.I. Joe (1945)?
a.
The band that Jill watches on TV while she makes the sculpture is
Gwar
, though the music is Ministrys "Stigmata".
b.
Several of the humorous lines spoken by G.I.s in the film are taken, uncredited, from WWII cartoonist
Bill Mauldin
s "Willie and Joe" characters.
c.
Based on the movie, in the year 2035, a bottle of beer will cost you $23.25. This could be seen clearly when Del flashed his credit card and the text "Two Beers, $46.50" could be seen clearly on the screen.
d.
The spider that Chase stepped on is CG, as were all the spiders.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Story of G.I. Joe (1945)?
a.
The movie took one week to shoot (for principal photography) and almost two years to edit (due to it being completely improvised and having over 40 hours of footage to whittle down to a under 90 minute film).
b.
The play opened on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA on 5 November 1923 and had 257 performances.
c.
Shortly (August 2009) before its original release in October 2009, the movie was pushed back to February 2010. It did, however, have a special "secret" screening at Austins "Butt-Numbathon" film festival in December of 2009. Critics attended the screening but were asked not to release their reviews until the official release date.
d.
The extras in the film were real American GIs, in the process of being transferred from the war in Europe to the Pacific. Many of them were killed in the fighting on Okinawa - the same battle in which
Ernie Pyle
was killed by a Japanese machine gunner - never having seen the movie in which they appeared.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Story of G.I. Joe (1945)?
a.
A scene written for but cut from the film explained why Saavik stays on Vulcan: she is pregnant with Spocks child, stemming from an event in
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
. This was the characters final appearance in a Star Trek film.
b.
When Hal is talking to the press at the press junket his microphone shorts. As he says the line "...this is the most honest movie I have ever made" after the word "made" you hear a click and can see the flash in the microphone headpiece as it shorts.
c.
CASTLE THUNDER: First heard during a "film-within-a-film" for one second when Michaels kids are flipping through the TV channels and lightning appears on the screen. Its then briefly heard again for one second when the little aliens begin to transform.
d.
Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
called this the finest war film he had ever seen.
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