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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Summertime (1955) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Summertime (1955) Quiz
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About the movie:
A lonely American woman unexpectedly finds romance in Venice, Italy.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summertime (1955)?
a.
Lucas Till
dyed his hair so he could play Jay Graves in the movie.
b.
The orcas seen in the stock footage used from Marine World were named Yaka (female) and Nepo (male). They were both captured in 1969. Nepo died in 1980, and Yaka died in 1997.
c.
Katharine Hepburn
s apartment is actually an amalgam of three different locations. The door through which she enters the apartment belongs to the Trattoria Sempione, a restaurant that still exists today. Her bedroom belongs to an apartment two miles away in the suburb of Dursoduro, and the terrace was a purpose-built set in Compo San Vio.
d.
The character of Waylon Forge does not appear in the novel. He was created for the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summertime (1955)?
a.
The character of Paul Vitti was loosely inspired by real life mobster
John Gotti
.
b.
In the scene where the Angels are dancing in the club you can see
Carmit Bachar
from
The Pussycat Dolls
as a background dancer.
c.
According to the Daisy Air Rifle manufacturers on the Special Edition DVD documentary on the history of the Red Ryder BB Gun, the gun did exist except for one error in the story: The gun did not have a compass and sundial as mentioned in the movie. According to the historians, writer Jean Shepard confused the Red Ryder gun with another rifle that did have those features. But because the story and screen play were scripted to have the compass and sundial, guns had to be specially made for the movie.
d.
The number of tourists traveling to Venice doubled after the films release.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summertime (1955)?
a.
(26 March 2000)
Angelina Jolie
s attendance at the Academy Awards was not her first. At just 10-years-old, she sat beside dad
Jon Voight
when he was up for the Best Actor Oscar for
Runaway Train
. (Voight lost to
William Hurt
for
Kiss of the Spider Woman
) (24 March 1986).
b.
In the scenes involving the black 4 door Cadillac sedan, the director uses both a 1955 and a 1956 Cadillac. The cars exteriors are identical except for the rear exhaust fender flare on the 56. The rear fender on the 55 is flat.
c.
Leonardo DiCaprio
and
Benicio Del Toro
were originally considered for the lead roles.
d.
Director
David Lean
said filming on location in Italy was expensive because he had to pay local merchants whose customers were scared off by the camera equipment and crew.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summertime (1955)?
a.
In the comics, Hector Hammond acquires his telepathic powers when he is exposed to a radioactive rock from Abin Surs spacecraft, used as a motor for the ship. In the movie, Hammond gets his powers when he is infected by Parallax during Abin Surs autopsy.
b.
This was
Joan Crawford
s last appearance in an American film. After this, Crawford made only two more films, both of which were filmed entirely in the UK.
c.
"Summertime" was an adaptation of the Broadway play "The Time of the Cuckoo" by
Arthur Laurents
. The stage production starred
Shirley Booth
and opened on Oct. 15, 1952 at the Empire Theatre in New York and ran for 263 performances.
d.
The films soundtrack became an unlikely blockbuster, even surpassing the success of the film. By early 2001, it had sold five million copies, spawned a documentary film, three follow-up albums ("O Sister" and "O Sister 2"), two concert tours, and won Country Music Awards for Album of the Year and Single of the Year (for "Man of Constant Sorrow"). It also won five Grammys, including Album of the Year, and hit #1 on the Billboard album charts the week of March 15, 2002, 63 weeks after its release and over a year after the release of the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summertime (1955)?
a.
Diane Keaton
was considered for the role of the first lady.
b.
The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 15 February 1933 and ran for 322 performances. The opening cast included
Lloyd Nolan
as Biff,
Francesca Bruning
as Amy,
Rankin Mansfield
as Hugo, Mary Holsman as Virginia and
Percy Helton
as Snappy.
c.
The story was also later adapted as a Broadway musical called "Do I Hear A Waltz" by Arthur Laurents with songs by Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim. The show opened at the 46th Street Theatre on March 18th, 1965 and ran for 220 performances. Laurents later revised the script and a new production was staged in 2000 at the Pasadena Playhouse in New Jersey. Recordings of both productions are available for purchase on specialist websites.
d.
This is the second Star Trek film that
David Warner
has appeared in. He also played St. John Talbot in
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summertime (1955)?
a.
Director
Davis Guggenheim
s parents,
Marion Guggenheim
and director
Charles Guggenheim
, were cast as Derricks parents but their scene was cut. The brunette that Derrick gets together with at the party had her voice dubbed by the Davis wife,
Elisabeth Shue
, because the original actresss voice was not deemed sexy enough.
b.
"No Strings" (the first film) was released with a limited stock. It is at this time sold out and out of print. No Strings 2 stands on its own with an original story and new characters. The film makes no mention of the first film however there are a few quick scenes from it.
c.
When
Katharine Hepburn
filmed the scene where she falls into the canal, one of her eyes became infected. That infection stayed with her the rest of her life.
d.
Costume Designer
Eiko Ishioka
was from Japan, and because the costumes had a Kabuki theater-like appearance,
Gary Oldman
s wig maker and hair designer
Stuart Artingstall
studied traditional Kabuki and Geisha hair styles and incorporated them into her unique and elaborate designs. Each wig was "built" and took many hours of painstaking work to thread each hair in a base individually, as is done in traditional opera companies.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Summertime (1955)?
a.
R.G. Armstrong
filmed his scenes in one day.
b.
While Skeeter is going through the driving range one of the golf balls that go by has the Happy Madison Productions logo on it.
c.
The name "Lloyd Richards" appears on the marquee of Marias first film. "Lloyd Richards" is the name of Margo Channings playwright friend in
All About Eve
, also by written and directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
.
d.
Reportedly
David Lean
s personal favorite of his own films.
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