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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939).
About the movie:
Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)?
a.
Mickey Rourke
initially turned down the role of Ed as he felt the script was weak and wanted to take part in
Guy Ritchie
s
Revolver
, which was shooting at the same time. However, he gave in when director
Tony Scott
re-wrote the part with Rourke specifically in mind.
b.
Editor
Jeff Betancourt
s directorial debut.
c.
Johnny Sheffield
claims that he was handpicked by
Johnny Weissmuller
after screening hundreds of applicants for the role of boy. Weissmuller is also the person who taught Sheffield to swim for the movie.
d.
In the boys restroom at the high school, there is graffiti on a stall that reads: LISA + JOYCE ARE SLUTS, an in-joke referring to star Joyce Hyser and director Lisa Gottlieb.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)?
a.
The headquarters of the ICS television network is actually the Filmland Corporate Center, which was the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at the time of the films making, 1987. A matte painting was used to represent the tower. Sony purchased MGMs old studio lot in 1992 and moved into the Filmand Building that same year. Ironically, they also purchased Tri-Star Pictures as well - the distributor of
The Running Man
in 1987. The building was renamed Sony Pictures Plaza.
b.
Throughout the movie, a mole on the face of Prince John (
Richard Lewis
) changes position: it starts on his left cheek, then over to his right cheek, then his chin, then his forehead. It then goes back to the original place. This lampoons the mole on
Alan Rickman
s face in
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
. Its also a nod to the famous "I-gors hump" gag from
Young Frankenstein
.
c.
In the original script Jane was to have died (
Maureen OSullivan
wanted out of the Tarzan series). Fan protest forced a last-minute rewrite in which Jane recovers from her near-fatal wound, admitting she had been wrong to disobey Tarzan.
d.
Tom Hanks
named his production company Play-Tone after the fictional record label in the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)?
a.
The scene with
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
was shot after principal photography had taken place. Her character, Ingrid Superstar, is based on a real girl.
b.
Tarzan had to "find" a son, because censors would not allow Jane to become pregnant because she and Tarzan were not legally married.
c.
Buster Reeves
: appears as the gunman who is shot out the window.
d.
After its limited release in October 1995,
Mira Sorvino
received her Academy Award nomination. When it was released nationally in January of 1996 the television ads for the film was re-edited to make it seem that Sorvinos character was on the telephone thanking the Academy for the nomination.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)?
a.
When Will is reading the screenplay for the movie to be based on his kid show host character, the authors name on the cover is
Monica Hampton
- one of the films producers.
b.
It is stated that "Boy" is the heir to the Greystoke title. In the original books, it was Tarzan himself who was the heir to the Greystoke title.
c.
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. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may not have ever been televised.
d.
Katharine Isabelle
was quite upset with director
Ronny Yu
when she learned that by accepting the role of Gibb, something Yu suggested, she was expected to do a nude shower scene. She refused to do so so
Tammy Morris
replaced her as a body double for the scene. There was great friction between Isabelle and Yu for the rest of the shoot because of this incident.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)?
a.
The entire film was desaturated by 61%.
b.
Tarzan and Boy are filmed playing underwater hide-and-seek in Silver Springs, Florida. Halfway through the shenanigans, a medium-sized alligator can be seen quickly swimming past Tarzan and son and disappearing in the background, without anyone appearing to notice it.
c.
Dalton is seen doing Tai chi at one point, although he uses western boxing and mixed martial arts in all the fight scenes.
d.
Filming in Czechoslovakia was interrupted by the Soviet invasion of August 1968. Cast and crew were taken to safety in a convoy of 28 taxis, except for
Robert Logan
, who stayed behind with film gear in order to capture the invasion on film and photo. The movie was completed in Italy and Austria.
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