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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sullivan's Travels (1941) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sullivan's Travels (1941) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941).
About the movie:
A director of escapist films goes on the road as a hobo to learn about Life...which gives him a rude awakening.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
Paul Jones
, the associate producer, appears as the portrait of "Dear Joseph", the dead husband, early in the film.
b.
The second of five Planet of the Apes movies starring
Charlton Heston
,
Maurice Evans
,
Kim Hunter
and
Linda Harrison
.
c.
The CGI for the Anaconda cost $100,000 a second.
d.
There was no script. The entire film was improvisation.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
Distributor TriStars first animated feature.
b.
John L. Sullivan plans to make a movie entitled "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" - a title borrowed by
Joel Coen
and
Ethan Coen
for their 2000 film.
c.
When Vinny and Sol are sitting outside Brick-Tops Bookies, about to give him the diamond, the man that approaches the car is not really Bullet-Tooth Tony, it was a look-alike.
Vinnie Jones
didnt show up for shooting that day because he was in jail for fighting the night before.
d.
Actor
Alan Adrian
s character name is censored out for the DVD release of Beyond the Blue. He plays the Governor of California but the audio track goes silent when the name is spoken. The character and the name are probably takeoffs on
Jerry Brown
who was governor during the incident being parodied in the film. Note
Rick Iverson
plays "Lt. Governor Mike Gutter", a parody of then California Lt. Governor
Mike Curb
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
The original end of this movie was exactly the same as the silent version (with Echo returning to the sideshow and allowing Rosie go back to Hector). This version was filmed, but it was later decided to re-shoot the end with the conclusion that it now has (with Echo boarding a train for prison).
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.
Much of the content in the second part ("Reality Television") is heavily influenced by writer/director
John August
s experience working on the failed television series
D.C.
.
d.
NAACP Secretary Walter White wrote a letter to
Preston Sturges
congratulating him for his "dignified and decent treatment of Negroes in this scene."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
Thandie Newton
s African first name means, interestingly enough, "beloved."
b.
The appearance of Superman in the silver suit right after crashing back to Smallville is a direct nod to the Kryptonian costumes of the 1978 Superman film which were made out of a screen material that, despite its glow, appeared dark gray when not properly lit.
c.
Writers
Eric Bress
and
J. Mackye Gruber
came to write this movie after Benderspink entertainment read "The Butterfly Effect". The writer agreed to do this if the studio would let them direct it.
d.
The movies poster was as #19 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
Liam Neeson
convinced
George Lucas
to keep a scene where Qui-Gon Jinn puts his hand on Shmi Skywalkers shoulder. Lucas felt this might be out of character for the monk-like Jedi, but Neeson thought there should be an emotional connection between the characters. In an interview with Premiere magazine, Neeson defended his action, saying, "It may be Star Wars, but weve got to have something in there for the adults."
b.
This movie in film history is considered to have beaten
The Dirty Dozen
in having the first film story about Second World War military prisoners recruited to go on an impossible suicide mission in exchange for pardons. This was the first World War II war movie to utilize such a story-line, pre-dating the enormously successful
The Dirty Dozen
by about three years.
c.
In a deleted scene, Jason Perry complained that the actress Twyla Killboy was really slapping him. John Boyd West handled it by instructing the actress to slap him harder.
d.
In the airplane scene, the author of the book "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is shown to be "Sinclair Beckstein", an amalgamation of the names of authors
Upton Sinclair
,
Sinclair Lewis
, and
John Steinbeck
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
As with
Elliott Gould
s character in
Capricorn One
,
Gene Hackman
s Robert Caulfield is named after
Peter Hyams
old boss from his days as working as a TV reporter.
b.
Banned in Italy until 1956.
c.
Preston Sturges
had originally intended to use a clip from a
Charles Chaplin
film for the church sequence, but Chaplin wouldnt give permission. In an earlier scene,
Joel McCrea
does parody the Little Tramp character. The cartoon eventually used was
Walt Disney
s
Playful Pluto
.
d.
After Milo gets seasick on the first ship, his line, "Carrots? Why are there always carrots? I didnt even eat carrots!" was ad-libbed by
Michael J. Fox
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
Juanita Moore
, Academy Award nominee from
Imitation of Life
, made a rare screen appearance in this movie as Celia,
Burt Reynolds
s house-keeper. Her last theatrical credit had been for
Joey
four years earlier.
b.
Veronica Lake
made this movie while pregnant.
c.
This isnt the first time all the characters died at the end. In the episode "Clum Babies" all but Wooldoor are shot and killed at the end of the episode
d.
Johnny Depp
was offered, and turned down, the role of Tristan Ludlow.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
The painting that the Joker spares during his vandalism spree is
Francis Bacon
s 1954 "Figure with Meat." The real painting is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
b.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #61 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list.
c.
The script went through 30+ drafts before the shooting started.
d.
John Cleese
shot his part in two weeks.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
The apartment location used was in Chinatown where an old Chinese lady had passed away just prior to the shooting of the movie.
b.
This was originally supposed to be a three episode OAV series, but due to a lack of time and money, only the middle segment was animated and given theatrical distribution.
c.
The films opening dedication, "To the memory of those who made us laugh: the motley mountebanks, the clowns, the buffoons, in all times and nations, whose efforts have lightened our burden a little, this picture is affectionately dedicated." with the added phrase "...in this cockeyed caravan..." was initially to be spoken by
Joel McCrea
in an epilogue as if it was to be the prologue for the comedy he intended to make. In the original script the prologue
Preston Sturges
initially wrote was, "This is the story of a man who wanted to wash an elephant. The elephant darn near ruined him."
d.
Wes Anderson
and the brothers Wilson made a 13 minute B/W short film called
Bottle Rocket
which was first shown at the USA Film Festival in Dallas. It met with a sufficiently enthusiastic response that they took it to Sundance where it came to the attention of screenwriter
L.M. Kit Carson
who directed it to towards
Polly Platt
and
James L. Brooks
. It was with their intervention that the team were able to get financial backing from Columbia to expand their short into a feature film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941)?
a.
When Brian and Max are playing basketball, Brians shirt has "FT. POLK, LA" written on it; Fort Polk, Louisiana is a U.S. Army base. (Recall that Brian was in the Army.)
b.
Reportedly,
Preston Sturges
got the idea for the movie from stories of
John Garfield
living the life of a hobo, riding freight trains and hitchhiking his way cross-country for a short period in the 1930s.
c.
Only one of three roles that actress
Meryl Streep
was turned down for.
d.
Short film version, SLICE was produced in Fox Searchlights new directors program, Fox Search lab.
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