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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950).
About the movie:
A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
Debut of
Jack Warden
.
b.
Much of
Karel Roden
s dialogue is dubbed by an uncredited English actor since audiences found his Czech accent too thick.
c.
Director
Martin Scorsese
named this his favorite horror film.
d.
Two
Paul McCartney
instrumentals are used in the movie, "Momma Miss America" (during the airport montage) and "Singalong Junk" (during Jerry and Dorothys first kissing scene on the porch), both from the 1970 album "McCartney".
Cameron Crowe
received McCartneys permission without ever having met him, instead sending a tape of the film to the latters office. The two would actually meet for the first time five years later in L.A., and the result of that meeting was McCartney composing the title song to Crowes movie
Vanilla Sky
, which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
Star
Kathy Shower
was also the executive producer, but she quit the picture soon after filming began. Another (uncredited) actress was hired to impersonate her.
b.
The answer to Julians math riddle, with the average month having 30 days, is $10,737,418.23.
c.
Georgia Holt, mother of
Cher
tested for the role of Angela Phinlay
d.
Many Disney animators refused to work on this movie because they feared that computers would put them out of business. In fact, 22 years later Disney closed its hand-drawn animation studio in favor of CGI animation. Hand-drawn animation was ultimately resumed at Disney at the behest of new creative director
John Lasseter
, also head of Pixar- ironically a computer animation company.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
Tom Irish
plays the same character, Ben Banks, in both the 1950 and the 1991 versions of "Father of the Bride".
b.
The musical scoring (by
Miklós Rózsa
) is extremely scant, occurring only for the main titles, continuing through the opening sequence up to the point where Handley enters the café, and then returns some 107 minutes later when Handley and Doll return to his boyhood farm. Total scoring just under 6 minutes.
c.
Director
Richard Brooks
did not want
Shirley Jones
for the role of Lulu Bains, but
Burt Lancaster
insisted. As a result, Brooks gave Jones no direction in the filming of a very difficult scene. Brooks eventually admitted to her that he couldnt see anyone else in the role.
d.
Daniel Farrands
stated in an interview that
Joe Chappelle
used little to no ideas from his script. He had completely re-written the entire third act which included a completely (albeit confusing) different ending. Daniels original script dealt more with the cult and rune of Thorn.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
The first of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies starring
Warner Oland
.
b.
Both Director
John Huston
and ex-communist star
Sterling Hayden
were members of the Committee for the First Amendment, which stood against the blacklisting of alleged communists working in the film industry during the Red Scare.
c.
To help her with her Minneapolis accent,
Marisa Tomei
asked that her driver be a native of the city. The first driver was sacked when she found out that he was from New Jersey, as was the second one when it transpired that he was originally from Texas.
d.
Grant Williams
film debut.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
Actor
Miko Hughes
spent time with many autistic children at a special school. He also worked with a Chicago child psychologist to understand how to portray an autistic child.
b.
Brannom (
Brad Dexter
) is the first character to die in the film. Dexter later appeared as Harry Luck in
The Magnificent Seven
. He was the first of the Seven to be killed.
c.
When Robert Picardo was in full makeup and costume as Wak, his mouth was the only part of him not completely covered (though his mouth was made up to blend in with Waks face).
d.
During a flashback Frank Castle has about his family, his daughters are both wearing Spider-Man pajamas. Director
Mark Goldblatt
did this to pay homage to Spider-Man. The Punisher first appeared Amazing Spider-Man #129, which was dated February 1974.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
Diane Baker
has said that for the scene where she eavesdrops on Mark and Marnie talking outside of the house,
Alfred Hitchcock
came up to her, put his hands on her face, and physically manipulated it into having the expression he wanted for the scene.
b.
The 1966 US TV premiere of this film, telecast by ABC-TV, was hosted by yet another legendary Dane,
Victor Borge
. This was done because the film runs a full two hours and ABC did not wish to cut it to make room for commercials, so they stretched out the broadcast with hosting sequences. The telecast was sponsored by Eastern Air Lines, who offered, as a promotional tie-in, an album of Anderson stories, as told by Borge, on American Decca records, and sold through the mails. Coincidentally, the best-selling studio cast album of the songs from theDanny Kaye film, which featured Kaye along with
Jane Wyman
in a rare singing appearance, was also an American Decca release.
c.
Debut of
Strother Martin
.
d.
The theatrical trailer for the film uses the soundtrack from
Rookie of the Year
, which was directed by
Daniel Stern
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
The love scene was entirely lit by kerosene lamps. By the end of each take, the small room was filled with smoke that it was hard to see.
b.
Body Count= Four (Emmerich, Brannom, Ciavelli, Dix)
c.
When James and Helen first meet on the tube, James talks about
The Beatles
. A little later in the film, as Helen and Anna get into the taxi they instruct the driver to take them to 9 Menlove Ave. Menlove Ave (251) was the childhood home of
The Beatles
s
John Lennon
in Liverpool. Lennon also felt a great affinity with the number "9".
d.
As usually,
Elvis Presley
gave no interviews about this film and wasnt in the films premiere.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)?
a.
This film was completed shot in the city of Paris, capital of France. Apparently, there were 180 filming locations used within the Paris city and its environs for the shooting of this film.
b.
John Huston
originally intended the role of Angela Phinlay for
Lola Albright
.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
himself referred to the film as "just another manhunt wrapped up in pseudo-psychoanalysis".
d.
Jimmy Conlin
(Ernest) and
Dick Paxton
(Messenger Boy) are in studio records/casting call lists for their roles, but they are not seen in this movie. Most of the men and women at the railroad station listed in the cast are shown in longshot and are not recognizable, but are assumed to be there.
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