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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Black Cauldron (1985) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Black Cauldron (1985) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985).

About the movie: A young boy and a bunch of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		Ralph Fiennes was the voice of Jesus in The Miracle Maker, an animated TV movie. Therefore, this film has three Christ actors.
b.		The film was shot on weekends over a period of seven and a half months.
c.		The play, "Spring Fever," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 3 August 1925 and closed in September 1925 after 56 performances. The opening night cast included James Rennie in the lead.
d.		Had to be edited twice to avoid being released with a PG-13 or R rating.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		The management team at Disney changed during Cauldrons production. New studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg made several cuts in the film before its release to prevent it getting an R or PG-13 rating.
b.		When Crown sees Catherine off after they meet at the museum (when he donates the painting) he gives the limo two taps on the hood to signal the driver. This was Pierce Brosnans trademark send-off to Fred (Blake Clark), the driver, in his breakthrough role, Remington Steele.
c.		Mike Myers has revealed in interviews that the Austin Powers character was created based on a couple of instances involving his family. His father loved watching British comedies with actors like Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, so Myers always wanted to play an English character in a comedy. He also said that one night after coming home from hockey practice, he started flirting with his wife in an English accent. His wife laughed and told him to write the routine down, so he could do it again. Writing the routine down led to this script.
d.		Quentin Tarantino: [cereal] Quentin Tarantino features old boxes of cereal in his movies, in the final scene there is an old box of Lucky Charms on the table in the hotel room.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		Lauren Bacall is once said to have done a "double-take" in regards to Robert Sacchis physical resemblance to Humphrey Bogart.
b.		Hayley Mills was originally considered for the role of Eilonwy.
c.		When the Colossus commanded missile re-targeting procedure is shown in a segment where the conspirators are watching for the success their sabotaged warhead arming module replacement, the new target coordinate provided by Colossus (Lon 99 deg 6 min 45 sec, Lat 19 deg 26 min 5 sec) is that of Mexico City, Mexico.
d.		While shooting a fight scene, Michael Biehn stepped on and broke one of Adrian Pauls toes.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		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.
b.		The preview audience reaction was so positive that the film was released without any alterations to the plot.
c.		The first Disney animated feature to use computer technology.
d.		The film was rejected for a UK certificate 4 times by the BBFC (in 1967, 1971, 1980 and 1988) as it was considered an advertisement for the use of LSD. The film was shown uncut on the FilmFour satellite channel in 2002 and finally given a fully uncut UK DVD certificate in January 2004, almost 37 years after its first BBFC submission.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		Herbert Marshall portrayed author W. Somerset Maugham in the 1946 film _The Razors Edge (1946)_.
b.		Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
c.		The musical play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 4 April 1940 and closed on 15 June 1940 after 84 performances. The opening night cast included June Allyson, Lee Dixon (as Mike OBrien), Vera-Ellen, Leif Erickson, Jack Haley (also in the film) and Shirley Ross.
d.		Suspended from video release for years due to its dark content.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		The play "The Front Page" opened at the Times Square Theater on August 14, 1929, and ran for 276 performances.
b.		This movie was produced right after production of the original The Flintstones series ended, and was intended as a swan song for the characters.
c.		Tim Burton, who worked as a conceptual artist on this film, wanted to incorporate minions of the Horned King that were akin to the "facehuggers" from the Alien movie series. Some samples of his work can be seen on Disneys 2000 DVD of this title.
d.		Took the record for highest one-day opening on a Wednesday from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		The part of Father Van Horne was offered to Trevor Howard.
b.		This was the first feature film for which Walt Disney was able to use television for cross-promotion. Disneys very first television program, One Hour in Wonderland, which was broadcast on Christmas evening of 1950, was devoted to the production of this film. Naturally, the entire program, including the clips from the movie, were in black and white.
c.		During filming the dressing room for Kane Hodder was a quarter of a mile down a dirt road. One night filming ended at at 2 a.m. and he was still in the Jason costume, and he decided to walk through the woods on a path to his dressing room. As he was walking someone approached him and asked if he was with the movie. He didnt reply, because he thought it was a pretty stupid question to ask, as he was standing there in full Jason costume. The man asked again, Kane took a little lunge for the guy and grunted. The guy took off, tripping and running. The next day director John Carl Buechler told Kane that the local sheriff was supposed to stop by, but he never showed.
d.		Another technological breakthrough in this movie was the development of the APT (Animation Photo Transfer) process. The first major change in the Studios method of transferring the artists drawings to a cel since Xerox copying replaced hand-inking over 20 years earlier, the APT greatly improved the quality of the animators art. Dave Spencer was awarded an Oscar for his development of the APT process.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		A building in the town of Contention reads "Bessers Parlor." The executive producer is Stuart M. Besser.
b.		The movie is based upon the first two books in Lloyd Alexanders Prydain Chronicles ("The Book of Three" and "The Black Cauldron"). The Chronicles, in turn, are loosely based on the mythology of ancient Wales, a collection of tales known as the Mabinogion.
c.		Producer Richard Carter originally asked Jack Lemmon to play Kotch in this movie. Lemmon instead wanted to direct this movie and let Walter Matthau play Kotch.
d.		The part of the Cable Guy was originally written for Chris Farley, but scheduling conflicts forced him to decline the role.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		When Casanova is running away from the Inquisition in the opening scene he jumps through a window and into the University of Venice. The University of Venice never existed and the building he jumps into is in fact the "Teatro Olimpico", one of the first Renaissance theaters 140 kilometers away from Venice.
b.		Stephen Boyd wore dark contact lenses for this film.
c.		In the scene of Lilys birthday party, the band that is playing as Hannahs backup band is the real life band Days Difference. However, only three of the band members are in it: Jeremy (keys) and Jonathan Smith (drums) and Micah Ricks (bass). Micahs brother, Jeremiah, was sporting facial hair at the time of filming and Disney did not like that but he was on set with the rest of his band.
d.		When the Horned King activates the power of the Black Cauldron the sound of a space shuttle launch was used.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Black Cauldron (1985)?
a.		Various members of Disneys "Nine Old Men" took stabs at making this film during the 70s, as well as Don Bluth.
b.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 28, 1954 with Virginia Mayo reprising her film role.
c.		Colin Farrell was originally cast as Robbie Clark. He dropped out of the film to admit himself into rehab for a dependency on back pain medication. Heath Ledger replaced him. Farrell would later take over for Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus after Ledgers death.
d.		At the Academy Awards, two celebrities that show up together are Weird Al Yankovic and Vanna White. Yankovic wrote a song entitled "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White" which appears on his Even Worse album.

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