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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Clock (1948) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Clock (1948) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948).
About the movie:
A career oriented magazine editor finds himself on the run when he discovers his boss is framing him for murder.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948)?
a.
The bank being robbed by the Wilson Heights Gang in the middle of the film, is the same bank that was used for the big action sequence in
Spider-Man 2
where Spidey fought Doc Ock.
b.
A fin is $5 in American slang.
c.
This film opened on the same day that the famous musical "Show Boat", written by
Jerome Kern
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
, and which has a lengthy sequence set in Chicago, first opened on Broadway.
d.
Whenever the cast broke for a meal,
Spike Lee
would tell them not to throw away the aluminum soda cans because would turn them in for recycling money.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948)?
a.
At 357 pounds, 60-year-old British newcomer
Sydney Greenstreet
was so large that the studio had to specially manufacture his entire wardrobe for the role of Kasper Gutman.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 22, 1948 with
Ray Milland
and
Maureen OSullivan
reprising their film roles.
c.
Originally planned for a October 2010 release date, but after writing delays the scheduled release date is April 15th, 2011.
d.
Queen Alexandra
s favorite film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948)?
a.
Until the release of
Home Alone
, this was the highest-grossing comedy of all time.
b.
The San Diablo aerial view is actually an aerial view of Santiago de Chile.
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.
d.
Tim Kelly
and
Jonathan Zungre
were attracted to the script due to their personal love of comic books. Between scenes at the comic store, Tim would educate the cast and crew on various comic superheroes.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948)?
a.
Flashback sequences where shot on 16mm film instead of in HD.
b.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 8, 1949 with
Ray Milland
and
Maureen OSullivan
reprising their film roles.
c.
Mark Fickert
was cast as Man in Bed and was filmed in a short, comic love scene. However, because the actress with him ? was unwilling to show her breasts, the scene was edited from the final version.
d.
Listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in "The Official Razzie® Movie Guide".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948)?
a.
"Shes My Baby" is the English version of "Cosi Celeste"
b.
It took six months for the VFX pioneers to develop the method to simulate the final sequence, in which T-Xs liquid exterior is magnetized to the point of peeling off, revealing her alloy endoskeleton.
c.
The role of Caparzo was written just for
Vin Diesel
after director
Steven Spielberg
saw Diesels independent film
Strays
, which was also his directorial, writing, producing and lead acting debut.
d.
In the German version, the immortal line "Heres lookin at you, kid", became, "Ich seh Dir in die Augen, Kleines" which translates as "I look in your eyes, honey".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948)?
a.
Originally, the peddler who introduces the movie would be revealed to be the Genie at the end - hence the fact that
Robin Williams
voiced him, too. Notice the similarities in the design of the two, especially the eyebrows, the beard and the four-fingered hands. (All the other human characters have five fingers.)
b.
Co-stars
Elsa Lanchester
and
Charles Laughton
were married, as were star
Maureen OSullivan
and director
John Farrow
.
c.
Tom Noonan
(Dollarhyde) spent many hours in make-up so that artists could paint fake tattoos on his back and torso modeled after William Blakes "Great Red Dragon" paintings. Though Noonan appeared with the tattoos in publicity photographs (available in a Special Edition DVD), director
Michael Mann
concluded that the tattoos were too "over the top," and discarded the idea.
d.
WILHELM SCREAM: A human soldier screams during the war near the end of the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Clock (1948)?
a.
When producer
Richard Maibaum
first came on the set, director
John Farrow
who liked to intimidate people who worked with him, kept him at a distance by using a walking stick. Maibaum turned around, went to the props department and returned with a baseball bat. As if a spell were broken, the situation immediately improved and Maibaum and Farrow would go on to have an excellent working relationship.
b.
Co-writer Michael Cantu asked to write the first draft of the screenplay, which was radically different than the character arc discussed in story meetings with Burger, Ayala, and Mark Cantu.
c.
The opening scene between McClane and Lucy was filmed on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The building that serves as Lucys dormitory is actually Doheny Library.
d.
Chocolate syrup was used as blood in scenes shot in black and white.
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