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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).
About the movie:
A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, Dr. Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
Screened at the 2006 Black Independent Film Festival in Atlanta, GA (March 2006).
b.
The ending for the film was rewritten by
Robert Fuest
and a writer on
The Avengers
. Neither received credit for it.
c.
In 1986, Azarias jacket was found in an area filled with dingo lairs. The case was reopened, and in 1988 the Criminal Appeals Court overturned all convictions against the parents. Two years later, the parents received compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
d.
A Jewel Production. Universal, not owning its own theater network devised a 3-tiered brand system that it utilized through 1929 to denote its product: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced to command higher roadshow ticket prices).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
Peter Cushing
was originally cast as Vesalius, but he declined because his wife was in poor health at the time.
b.
Exterior scenes of Wayne Manor were filmed at the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture on Long Island, NY. The production team had to change the schools "W" on the entrance gate because it had an anchor behind it.
c.
When Erica finds the Lt. Col., she tries to ascertain his nationality by asking him to identify the capital of Texas. When he says Austin, Erica incorrectly says Houston. The incorrect answer is an in-joke;
Powers Boothe
is a Texas native, and
Patrick Swayze
was from Houston.
d.
Daniel Craig
s first day of shooting was the scene where Bond storms the African embassy.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
James Cagney
s character is introduced while the soundtrack is playing the song "Im Forever Blowing Bubbles" - the same song that is playing at the end of his star-making film,
The Public Enemy
(made eight years earlier and also set in the 1920s), when his corpse is delivered to his familys home.
b.
Vincent Price
often cracked up during filming, wrecking his makeup.
c.
Director
Simon West
opted not to show the crime scene Detective Hines has to see at the beginning of the movie to secure a PG-13 rating.
d.
After this film was released,
Shirley Temple
s fan mail reached five hundred letters a day.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
When Ben is copying the encryption on the back of the declaration, the two numbers that he is actually shown writing are 7-4 and 7-2. July 2, 1776 is the date that the continental congress agreed upon independence from Britain and July 4 is the date that
Thomas Jefferson
s resolution was accepted and signed.
b.
At one point, Phibes quotes "The Good Morrow" by
John Donne
.
c.
While he continued to appear in television productions, this was
Danny Kaye
s last motion picture film role.
d.
This movie had the same make-up artist as
Dracula
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
The play opened in London, England on 3 March 1921. It opened on Broadway in New York City on 12 September 1921 and closed in February 1922 after 175 performances. The opening night cast included
John Halliday
as Ted,
Estelle Winwood
as Elizabeth and
Walter Soderling
as the Butler. There were 2 revivals of the play: in 1938 with
Tallulah Bankhead
and
John Emery
, and in 1989, with
Stewart Granger
,
Rex Harrison
and
Glynis Johns
.
b.
Peter Sellers
third wife,
Lynne Frederick
, won a $1.475 million lawsuit against the makers of this film. She said the film insulted the memory of her late husband.
c.
Robert Fuest
rewrote most of the original screenplay. Trout consulting the rabbi was one of the few sequences left from the original script.
d.
Paul Bartel
s last role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
George Arliss
asked Warner Bros. to buy the play on which this film was based while he was under contract there in 1931. Warners bought the play but did not make the film. When Arliss left Warners, he convinced
Darryl F. Zanuck
to purchase the play from Warners for 20th Century Pictures, where it was eventually made.
b.
Set in 1925; the Phibes tombstones say 1921, and the characters say Anton and Victoria died 4 years earlier.
c.
Bill Murray
: Can be seen in the final gallery scene as a customer.
d.
The body upstairs in the house was made by director
George A. Romero
, who used ping-pong balls for the eyes.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
"The World Is Waiting to Waltz Again" by Warren and Dubin, was recorded by
John Payne
, but not used in the film, as was another number, "Im Lena, the Ballerina" recorded and filmed by
Joan Davis
.
b.
The original ending had Eric fatally shooting Jim the morning after Bobbys death. Also in the original ending, Bobbys autopsy revealed that he died of a rare heart condition. This is referenced in a deleted scene (see Alternate Versions).
c.
Russian "Yaks" were portrayed by Lockheed T-33As. Dark paint on the lower fuselage obscured the jet intakes, and the tip of the vertical stabilizer was painted light gray to change its outline.
d.
In order to gain more publicity this film was advertised as
Vincent Price
s 100th feature film.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
All the footage of nuclear tests at the start of the film is American, not French. Most of the detonations shown are at Bikini and Eniwetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Pacific.
b.
The license plate on the camping couples truck reads "A113" This refers to a classroom at CalArts.
c.
Although most of the art direction and costume designing credit went to
Cecil Beaton
, art director
Gene Allen
would later go on record to say that Beaton only designed the womens clothes and had no part in the actual designs of the sets, though he insisted on taking the credit for them. In fact, Beaton had it written into his contract that he receive sole credit for production designer.
d.
The rat curse was originally intended to take place on a boat.
Robert Fuest
changed it to inside a plane, as he felt the boat could have been escaped from.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
In the script Phibes was abusive to Vulnavia, eventually stabbing her to death, and then escape his house (which was to catch fire) in a hot air balloon with Victorias body. It was decided to make Phibes a more sympathetic character, so these sequences were removed.
b.
Director
Norman Jewison
was fined by the actors union for not allowing his actors to go to lunch until they perfected the moods of their characters for the climax scene in the kitchen.
c.
Anjelica Huston
and
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
were each offered the role of Lynn, but both of them turned it down.
d.
The diploma hanging in Dr. James Farmers study is an authentic copy provided to the art department by Boston University archivist Kara Jackman.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)?
a.
John Wayne
and
Andy Devine
were swimmers in the temple collapse sequence, but they are not recognizable among the hundreds of other swimmers.
b.
Vulnavia was originally meant to be another clockwork device, who simply looked more human.
c.
Helen Mirren
and
Sigourney Weaver
were both considered at one point to play Lilith Beresford before
Lena Olin
was cast.
d.
For the scene in which the Kid is taken from the Tramp and nearly carted away to a workhouse,
Charles Chaplin
stated in his autobiography that the young
Jackie Coogan
was made to cry by his father, who told him that if he would not cry in the scene, he would be sent to an actual workhouse.
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