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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Lift (1950) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Lift (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 Big Lift (1950).
About the movie:
Experiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lift (1950)?
a.
Associated Press correspondent
Richard OMalley
and ABC News correspondent
Lyford Moore
play themselves in the film.
b.
The only time
David Niven
ever smoked cigarettes on screen.
c.
Dan Aykroyd took his daughter (Danielle) to see the film being made, and she was so fascinated by the conehead costumes she asked for one of her own. She was cast as Connie age 3 so she could get her own cone.
d.
The name Bourne came from Ansel Bourne, a preacher in Rhode Island, the first documented case of "dissociative fugue", a condition not unlike dissociative amnesia or dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder). One day in 1887 he forgot who he was, started a new life in Pennsylvania under the name Brown, and opened a convenience store. About three months later, he woke up and not only remembered his life as Bourne, but forgot all of his life as Brown... and needless to say was quite confused as to why he was in Pennsylvania.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lift (1950)?
a.
During the song "Learn to Do It," the list of family relatives states that there was an Uncle Vanya. Uncle Vanya is a real play by Russian playwright
Anton Chekhov
.
b.
Was shipped to some theaters under the name "The Winning Team".
c.
All the US officers appearing in the movie kept their actual rank except one,
John R. Mason
, who was "demoted" to the rank of sergeant for the story.
d.
Fred Kwan (
Tony Shalhoub
) is seen eating a snack of some sort in almost every scene he appears in.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lift (1950)?
a.
The film was made in occupied Germany. All scenes were photographed in the real locations associated with the story, including episodes in the American, French, British and Russian sectors of Berlin.
b.
Diana Rigg
was sent the script with a view to her playing Alice. She passed.
c.
Quints boat is named "Orca". In real life, the Orca whale (usually known as "killer whale") is a known enemy of the shark.
d.
To prepare for his role as Bucky,
Sebastian Stan
watched many World War II films/documentaries, and drew inspiration from
Band of Brothers
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lift (1950)?
a.
Poindexters glasses are so thick that
Timothy Busfield
couldnt see through them. In scenes where he moves, he is usually guided by a companion.
b.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 13, 1941 with
Fred MacMurray
and
Carole Lombard
reprising their film roles.
c.
The film was originally titled "America 20xx," but the filmmakers felt the film reflected the experience of twenty-somethings around the world, not just in the United States.
d.
With the exception of
Montgomery Clift
and
Paul Douglas
, all military personnel in the film were actual members of the US military on duty in Germany at the time.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lift (1950)?
a.
Babe Ruth
, lost his life, on Monday, August 16th, 1948, 3 weeks before the theatrical release date of Monday, September 6th, 1948 and 3 weeks after seeing the original premiere, on Monday, July 26th, 1948.
b.
During filming at a residence of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, rowdy residents disturbed filming by hanging USSR flags in the residence windows, reporting the shoot to the fire marshal, yelling distracting taunts at the actors, and even stealing
Kurt Russell
s chair.
c.
John Cleese
claims that this is
Charles Crichton
s movie. He merely took a co-director credit to reassure studio execs because they were not sure Crichton could direct comedy.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 18, 1951 with
Paul Douglas
reprising his film role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Lift (1950)?
a.
In the February 1988 issue of Film Comment, critic Stephen Harvey put this film on his Ten Best Films of 1987 list.
b.
One of the few Disney animated features to take place in the present day. Others include
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
,
The Rescuers
,
The Rescuers Down Under
,
Oliver & Company
and
Bolt
.
c.
During the filming, they would get waivers signed by those who were in a shot and they thought would be in the finished film and paid them $500. Some men appeared but were never paid and some who were paid had their appearances end up on the cutting room floor.
d.
In the bedroom scene between Andy Griffith and Liz Sheridan, because of satin sheets and a satin nightgown, Liz Sheridan almost slid right off the bed before the director caught her. Andy kept right on with the scene as if nothing had happened.
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