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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Superman (1978) - Part (13) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Superman (1978) - Part (13) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978).
About the movie:
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978)?
a.
Larry Hagman
: The Major, when Lex Luthor steals the nuclear rocket.
b.
When Jennifer and Mark find information about Gunter Steinberg on Harvards website, his birth date reads April 15, 1951. Its also director/writer
Dick Maas
s birth date.
c.
Peter Weller
refused to reprise his role as RoboCop due to scheduling conflict with
Naked Lunch
.
d.
Reportedly, producer
Bo Derek
allegedly fired or sent home fifteen of the twenty-three crew from the Sri Lankan shoot of this picture. The number of sackings on this movie apparently became notorious in Hollywood.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978)?
a.
Dr. Ernest Delbanco is loosely based on the well-known German Dermatologist of the 1930s, Dr. Ernst Delbanco, who pioneered treatments of venereal disease.
b.
Connie Swails house was later used as Susan Mayers house in the TV series
Desperate Housewives
.
c.
In addition to playing Clark Kent and Superman,
Christopher Reeve
also supplied the voice of the Metropolis air traffic controller. He is heard on the radio just before the helicopter crash, and during the Air Force One scene.
d.
The castle (King Johns castle, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland) where a lot of the scenes were shot, was also used to film scenes for
The Big Red One
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978)?
a.
Director
Nathan Juran
insisted on being billed as "Nathan Hertz" (Hertz was Jurans middle name), apparently because he was embarrassed by this films low budget and poor quality.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: Heard when Detective Harry falls to his death at the Metropolis Subway.
c.
Although the dark photography of
Gordon Willis
was eventually copied by many other films, when the developed film came back from the lab, Paramount executives thought the look was a mistake. They ordered a different look but Willis and director
Francis Ford Coppola
refused.
d.
The original project was intended to be the fifth film in the "Broadway Melody" series, and was to star
Gene Kelly
,
Eleanor Powell
, and
Lena Horne
. Studio chief
Louis B. Mayer
decided instead to turn it into a vehicle to make a star out of his then mistress
Ginny Simms
. Horne was then placed into this film in a supporting role and her "Brazilian Boogie" and "Somebody Loves Me" numbers (originally filmed for Broadway Melody of 1943) was inserted into this one. Her other number filmed for Broadway Melody, "Honeysuckle Rose", was placed into
Thousands Cheer
along with two other numbers meant for the abandoned film: Eleanor Powells "Boogie Woogie" tap dance and Gene Kelly with the Flying Corbinos.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978)?
a.
The film of the black-and-white sequence that opens the movie is shown in reverse. The sequence was filmed starting with a close-up of the Daily Planet panel followed by a zoom-out. Then the childs hand turns each page left-to-right, then closes the cover. (As the child turns each page and then closes the cover, notice that the corners fold in the opposite direction of how they should fold.)
b.
In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
c.
The elaborate park shootout sequence was dropped from the final cut of the feature for running time reasons.
d.
There is some stained glass in the film which features the likeness of MTV characters, Beavis and Butt-Head.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978)?
a.
It has been alleged that
Trevor Howard
did not want to act in the film largely because of his loathing of
Marlon Brando
. He only accepted the role only when he learned he would be acting with
Harry Andrews
, his friend of many years
b.
The uncredited voice of the "terrifying man" tearing up Hollys apartment is actually
George Peppard
. Years later, in 1983, as Hannibal Smith of TVs "The A-Team", Peppards character regularly disguised his voice - a talent he used to deceive the shows villains. Rather than dubbing his voice for those sequences, Peppard did the various voices himself.
c.
Quentin Breese
(aka "Baby"), the boxing double for the film, was a professional boxer and ranked as one of the first ten light weights in the world, losing only 15 of 100 fights in his career.
d.
American International Pictures released this film on a double feature with
Voodoo Woman
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978)?
a.
Michael Caine
was cast in this film as Sidney Bruhl having previously appeared in the successful related mystery-thriller genre piece,
Sleuth
for which he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award Oscar. Caine also appeared in its remake
Sleuth
playing instead the role played by
Laurence Olivier
in the original.
b.
Walt Disney
originally wanted to re-release the film each year with new music segments, but this proved over-ambitious. Among the pieces that were at least storyboarded for insertion were
Jean Sibelius
s "Swan of Tuonela,"
Richard Wagner
s "Ride of the Valkyries,"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
s "Flight of the Bumblebee," and
Carl Maria von Weber
s "Invitation to the Waltz" (a new concept that would have starred Peter Pegasus from the "Pastoral" segment). Some of these ideas, however, were incorporated into
Fantasia/2000
.
c.
Kirk Alyn
: Lois Lanes father. Alyn played Superman in
Superman
.
d.
The hall Det. Matthews walks down to pick up his son at the police office was actually a dressing room for the crew.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Superman (1978)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 20, 1942 with
Fredric March
and
Martha Scott
reprising their film roles.
b.
Noel Neill
: Lois Lanes mother. Neill played Lois Lane in
Superman
and
Superman
.
c.
Even though Betty was the elder of the Haynes sisters,
Rosemary Clooney
was actually seven years younger than
Vera-Ellen
in real life.
d.
Last film score by
Bronislau Kaper
. Most of his music was rejected and replaced by stock cues.
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