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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Noise (1944) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Noise (1944) 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 Noise (1944).
About the movie:
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Noise (1944)?
a.
When the trio (Harry, Ron and Hermione) are talking about Dumbledores age, Ron says "About 150, give or take a few years" and they start laughing as if it was a joke. In fact, Dumbledore is 115 years old at the time of his death.
b.
In the book "Green Berets" by
Robin Moore
, the main character is based on Maj. Larry Thorne (originally Lauri Törni, a Finnish soldier who moved to USA after WWII).
c.
Ray Harryhausen
s original design for the monster was a giant cyclops, similar to the one he later used in
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
. He discarded the idea after making a clay model of it, and eventually settled on the reptilian Ymir.
d.
Working title was "Good Neighbors."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Noise (1944)?
a.
Sandra Bullock
replaced
Lori Petty
after a few days filming.
b.
Unlike their earlier work for Hal Roach, and because of the war, the duo decided not to include "destructive" scenes - like pies in the face, smashing props, and so forth. Where it was necessary, they actually enforced a policy of "one take" to minimizes the destruction.
c.
The drawings of the characters during the end credits are the same drawings that appeared in in the book. This is a tribute to Pauline Baynes, the series illustrator, who passed away on August 2, 2008 at the age of 85.
d.
The Thief is one of the few films with synchronized sound to be made completely without spoken dialog.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Noise (1944)?
a.
According to Laurel and Hardy biographer Randy Skretvedt, the films finale, in which Laurel drops a bomb on a Japanese spy submarine, got cheers from wartime audiences.
b.
According to "Variety," the show-business trade paper, the movie made three times what it cost in the first week of being shown.
c.
Oliver Stone
showed this film in December of 1991 to all of Congress on Capitol Hill. It led to the 1992 Assassinations Disclosure Act
d.
Producer
David O. Selznick
was unsatisfied with the action scenes in the film, particularly the fencing, so he brought in directors
W.S. Van Dyke
and George Cukor to reshoot them after principal photography was finished.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Noise (1944)?
a.
The kanji characters that appear on the posters, often beneath the title, do not say "The Last Samurai." They say "bushido" ("the warrior Way," i.e., Japanese chivalry).
b.
When Nicole and Chase sit down at the drive in dinner a voice over the intercom says references the Beatles song Revolution 9 from the White Album saying, "Orders ready for Number 9. Number 9. Number 9..."
c.
Paul Michael Glaser
s character is called Kjeld Playwell - the word "Lego" is derived from the Danish "Leg" and "Godt" - which means play well.
d.
Billy Bletcher
as Father Neptune, and
Sarah Edwards
are in studio records/casting call lists for this movie, but they did not appear or were not identifiable.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Noise (1944)?
a.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
b.
The producers were not allowed to use pyrotechnics (as originally planned) in the junkyard for fear of a gas leak/explosion. So the shooting gun special effects were added in post-production.
c.
This film, like Capras
Dirigible
, is also loosely based on the crash of the airship Italia, flown by Umberto Nobile, around May 25, 1928 near the North Pole, and the international rescue effort that cost early polar explorer Roald Amundson his life. The pilot who rescued Nobile also crashed when returning to rescue more survivors and had to be rescued himself.
d.
The poster for the film within the film, "Coming Up Daisy", states it is based on a book by
Cormac McCarthy
(who really wrote the book "No Country For Old Men", which the Coens previous film was based on), and that it was directed by
Sam Raimi
(a friend and collaborator of the Coens).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Noise (1944)?
a.
Jacqueline Bisset
s character is shown working in an architectural studio with a model of a modernistic and angular fountain her character has designed. This is an actual model of a sculpture entitled "Quebec libre!" by the Canadian sculptor Armand Vaillancourt. The monumental fountain was being studied at the time the film was being made. The fountain was built and completed 3 years later in 1971, not in black as the model shows, but in natural gray concrete. It may be seen today at the Embarcadero Center in downtown San Francisco across the street from the Ferry Building.
b.
The train-berth scene is a reworking of Laurel & Hardys short subject
Berth Marks
. Laurel requested that the setting be changed to a turbulent plane, but producer Sol Wurtzel refused to accommodate him. At the end of the scene, you can hear the camera crew laughing in the background.
c.
Because the role of Norman Maine is that of a has-been actor, it was rejected by
Humphrey Bogart
,
Gary Cooper
,
Marlon Brando
,
Montgomery Clift
and
Cary Grant
(who at first accepted it) before being finally accepted by
James Mason
.
d.
The combination for the lock of the Evidence Room is 999, the same as the telephone number of the police (and other emergency services) in Britain.
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