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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Summer of '42 (1971) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Summer of '42 (1971) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Summer of '42 (1971).
About the movie:
During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, a youth eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter finds himself developing a contradictorily innocent love for a young woman awaiting news on her soldier husband's fate in WWII.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summer of '42 (1971)?
a.
The telegram on Dorothys coffee table at the end of the movie lists her married name as Walker. It also gives her address as 210 North Corry Street in Bangor, Maine, and reveals that her husband was a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps and was killed in action over France.
b.
Average Shot Length = ~5.3 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.0 seconds.
c.
A young
Cybill Shepherd
was offered a role as one of the murder victims but turned it down. It would have been her feature debut.
d.
Elliot Dexters last movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summer of '42 (1971)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
Directing was such a new job to Stallone on this project that several times, cast and crew were in position, ready to do their jobs but they could not. They could not because Stallone would forget to yell, "Action."
c.
The last non-special-event movie to play Radio City Music Hall in NYC.
d.
Michel Legrands Theme from "Summer of 42" was released as a single in the spring of 1971 on a 78 rpm record, Warner Brothers 7486. The B-side was Summer Song, from the movie Picasso Summer.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summer of '42 (1971)?
a.
A minor earthquake occurred at the time when they were filming the scene where uncle Louis and aunt Bethany arrive at the Griswold house.
b.
Though unspoken in the film, the novel and script provide several characters names and/or full names: Hermie is
Herman Raucher
, Oscy is Oscar Seltzer, and Dorothys husband is named Pete.
c.
Jeremy Renner
was originally cast in the lead role but due to his busy schedule, he had to drop out and was replaced by
Sam Rockwell
.
d.
With this film,
Shane Black
became the first writer to sell a script for $1 million. According to Time Magazine, he was originally offered $2.25 million by Carolco Pictures, but decided to go with Warner Bros. for the lower bid of $1.75 million so that he could work with
Joel Silver
, who had also produced his script for
Lethal Weapon
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summer of '42 (1971)?
a.
Molly Ringwald
was offered the role of Watts but refused it, ending her successful relationship with
John Hughes
.
b.
During an interview on
The Mike Douglas Show
,
Herman Raucher
said that after the novel and movie were released, several women wrote letters to him claiming to be Dorothy. One of the letters was indeed from the real Dorothy, who wanted to know if she had psychologically damaged Raucher, and also informed him that had been happily remarried and was now a grandmother. It was the last time that Raucher, by that time married with children, heard from Dorothy.
c.
Film debut of
Ian Ziering
.
d.
Late in the film when they take the car to the wreckers, Mr Wolf playfully calls Vincent "Lash LaRue". Lash LaRue was an actor who frequently played cowboys in western movies in the 1940s and 50s. He was particularly skilled with a bull whip and would use it to subdue the villains.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summer of '42 (1971)?
a.
Kat Straford is excited she got into Sarah Lawrence College. In reality,
Larisa Oleynik
who played Bianca Stratford really went to Sarah Lawrence College.
b.
Though author
Herman Raucher
admits to moving the order of certain events around and interchanging some dialogue, the movie is (according to those involved) an accurate depiction of events in Rauchers life in the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island; he didnt even change anyones name. He began writing the screenplay as a tribute to his friend Oscy, whod been killed in the Korean War, but midway through writing it Raucher realized that he wanted to make it a story about Dorothy, who he had in fact neither seen nor heard from since their last night together as depicted in the movie. Raucher admits that in all the time he knew her, he never bothered to ask her what her last name was.
c.
The movie was inspired by the real-life stories of several Mexican immigrants living in California.
d.
Bob Mason, the director of cinematography and composer also makes an appearance as the executioner. Bob Mason is the songwriter of the project Putois and a band partner of Lisa Menzel for Quiet Pills.
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