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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Valley (2011) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Valley (2011)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Big Valley (2011).

About the movie: Heath, the illegitimate son of murdered millionaire rancher Tom Barkley, arrives in Stockton, California in 1876 to assert his claim on the Barkley family fortune...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Valley (2011)?
a.		Arthur and Linda move into an apartment at 140 W. 4th Street in Greenwich Village with a rent of $850/month after being initially cut off by his family.
b.		George C. Scott felt he hadnt really captured the full character of Patton. He would apologize to director Franklin J. Schaffner on the set for not fully realizing the complexity of the man.
c.		The films winning of the Best Cinematography Oscar has been attributed to the unique use of period color palette. The two and three-strip palette that is seen in the film was accomplished by the use of the LUT - 3D Look Up Table - graphics processor. It was designed by Josh Pines, R&D VP of Technicolor Digital Intermediates. The processor was slipped into the digital projector and thus allowed filtering and applying the two / three color look into the negative.
d.		Richard Dreyfuss had a guest-starring role on the original series, and Bruce Dern frequently played villains in the original series.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Valley (2011)?
a.		Lee Majors appeared in the original TV series as Heath Barkley.
b.		Although Whitaker had earlier directed an HBO drama called Strapped - for which he received Best New Director honors at the Toronto Film Festival - this film was his first job directing a full-length feature film.
c.		Walt Disney cast Julie Andrews for the lead after seeing her in "Camelot" on Broadway. When she mentioned she was pregnant, he offered to wait until she had her baby to start filming and offered her then-husband, Tony Walton, the job of designing costumes and some sets for the film. Disney also gave the couple a personally escorted tour of Disneyland and the studio to help them make up their minds.
d.		Unusually for the time, the special effects were produced in 70mm, then reduced to 35mm to match them up the action onscreen and then re-enlarged to 70mm. This made them less grainy than if theyd been shot in the more traditional 35mm.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Valley (2011)?
a.		In the original script and the shooting of some scenes, Colonel Kurtz was originally to be called Colonel "Leighley" (this can be seen in bonus materials of Apocalypse Now Redux DVD edition). In the movie when Harrison Ford says the line "pick up Colonel Kurtz path at Nu Mung Ba", you can see his mouth doesnt match the word "Kurtz" (indicating it was re-dubbed). (see the Alternate Versions)
b.		The film was an Official Selection for the London Sci-Fi Film Festival, 2-6 February 2005.
c.		Producer Kate Edelman Johnson is the daughter of one of the original TV shows creators, Louis F. Edelman.
d.		Mercedes Ruehl won the 1991 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Musical for "Lost in Yonkers" and recreated her role in the movie based on the play.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Valley (2011)?
a.		Vincent Sherman was all set to direct a version of the story during the WWII years until his script fell foul of the Breen office for being derogatory towards Mexicans.
b.		Lee Majors, who plays Tom Barkley, played Heath in the original TV series.
c.		This is Robert Zemeckiss only R rated movie to date (October 2007).
d.		Roger Corman cameos as the man waiting to use the phone box after Dee Wallace.