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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Swiss Family Robinson (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Swiss Family Robinson (1960) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960).
About the movie:
A Swiss settler family is shipwrecked on a desert island.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960)?
a.
Damnation Alley was 20th Century-Foxs big-budget science fiction project in 1976 while
Star Wars
was a little-publicized modest film in production for the studio at the same time.
b.
The Disney Studios bought up the rights to the 1940 version produced and distributed by RKO, then
Walt Disney
confiscated all known prints of RKO Radio Pictures version so there wouldnt be comparisons to the Disney remake.
c.
The red slurpee Saul spills over the windshield of the cop car was darkened in the trailer after it was discovered that audiences were mistaking it for blood.
d.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1991.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960)?
a.
This is one of two movies to be released in 2009 to have been based on a short film released in 2005. The other film was
Shane Acker
s
9
. Both films were adapted for a full-length feature film by their original directors.
b.
As revealed by director
Ken Annakin
on the DVD commentary, the trapped zebra was subjected to electric shock treatment to make it move about, a practice that is now illegal in Hollywood movies.
c.
In 2007, Dr. Eric Bui, a psychiatrist in Toulouse, France, co-wrote a study that diagnosed Anakin Skywalker as having borderline personality disorder. When the authors reported their findings at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association they stated that Skywalker fit the diagnosis criteria: difficulty controlling anger, stress-related breaks with reality, impulsivity, obsession with abandonment and a "pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of ideation and devaluation".
d.
The White House wanted the film made and was very cooperative with the production. Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger
arranged for the production designer to have access to President
John F. Kennedy
s office and other rooms so they could be duplicated exactly at the studio.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960)?
a.
Among the Robinsons pets are: Duke and Turk the dogs, Rocky the elephant, Lightning the donkey, Clementine the ostrich, and Duchess the Zebra.
b.
The movie made a 1408% profit for New Line Studios on their initial outlay.
c.
No special effects were used to make the Chevy Malibu glow while parked at the repossession lot. Instead, the car was completely coated with 3M reflective paint, at an approximate price of $600 per bucket.
d.
In the script, Richie (
Adrien Brody
) was the lead character while Vinny was a secondary character. But Spike Lee enjoyed
John Leguizamo
s improvising so much that he ended up giving him more screen time. The scene where Vinny pours coffee on Gloria was one of many improvisations by Leguizamo.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960)?
a.
The name Heather is said 90 times throughout the film.
b.
Filmed in Nuremberg itself.
c.
At the box office, the film took roughly $40,000,000 (around $367,000,000 in todays money), making it one of the most successful family films ever made.
d.
Reel 1 of this 5 Reel film survives in the Library of Congress.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960)?
a.
Many of the animal scenes would not be allowed in a film today, due to laws governing the use of animals in movies.
b.
No reviews for the picture have been found and no exact release date has been determined.
c.
The advertising posters for the film had to be recalled on orders from the MPAA because the two severed fingers forming the "II" in the posters did not meet guidelines for film advertising. The new poster makes it more obscure. Also, posters had listed the film as being rated R when at the time the film still hadnt gone before the MPAA for a rating.
d.
Oscars license place reads "SCRAM."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960)?
a.
Disney has officially announced that a remake is in development with Mandeville Films co-producing the movie. It is scheduled to be released in 2012.
b.
Alfred Drake
s last film.
c.
Linda Blair
received her Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination before it was widely known that previous Supporting Actress winner
Mercedes McCambridge
had actually provided the voice of the demon. By Academy rules once Blair was given the nomination it could not be withdrawn, but the controversy about Blair being given credit for another actress work ruined her chances of winning the award.
d.
Cole Porter
s genial, "unsophisticated" cowboy song, "Dont Fence Me In," via the Decca recording by
Bing Crosby
(who did not appear in the picture) and
The Andrews Sisters
, reigned as the number-one "Billboard" single for eight weeks, between December 23, 1944 and February 10, 1945.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Swiss Family Robinson (1960)?
a.
Shot in 11 days.
b.
Duke, one of the Robinsons guardian Great Danes, stars in a later Disney film, as Brutus, the Ugly Dachshund.
c.
Brenna Sakas has a real life connection to her character as "Tiff" the pageant girl. She is a Miss Arizona 2006, and a top 15 finalist in the Miss USA pageant 2006.
d.
Production designer
Dale Hennesy
died in the middle of production and
Gene Callahan
was asked to finish out the film. Callahan accepted but refused to have his name listed in the credits, giving the credit to the late Dale Hennesy.
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