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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Boys from Brazil (1978) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Boys from Brazil (1978) Quiz
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About the movie:
A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boys from Brazil (1978)?
a.
Gregory Peck
and
The Big Country
co-star
Charlton Heston
both played the infamous Nazi war criminal Dr.
Josef Mengele
: Peck in
The Boys from Brazil
, Heston in
My Father, Rua Alguem 5555
.
b.
Ingrid Bergman
also played the part of Joan of Arc on stage in 1946 (in Maxwell Andersons Joan of Lorraine) and in the film,
Giovanna dArco al rogo
.
c.
This movie was retitled The Return of Maxwell Smart for television to soothe offended censors.
d.
Queen Eleanor was in actuality perhaps the wealthiest and most powerful woman in Europe, and hardly the figure portrayed in the play. Although here she remarks that she will complain to her uncle the emperor, she was not related to Frederick Barbarossa. Complaining to Frederick would have been awkward for a devout Catholic anyway, as he had himself been excommunicated in 1160 and was in a power struggle with the pope, establishing several rival antipopes before reconciling with Rome in 1177. Eleanor also says she will protest to her father, but her father died when Eleanor was 15, long before she met Henry.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boys from Brazil (1978)?
a.
This Italian-language drama was shot in northern New Jersey with members of a Sicilian-American theater company. It was made for the large Italian-speaking population of the northeastern US.
b.
Bruno Ganz
- who played Dr. Bruckner - actually played
Adolf Hitler
himself several years later in
Der Untergang
.
c.
The film contains 272 uses of the word "fuck".
d.
According to her biographer
Donald Bogle
,
Dorothy Dandridge
tested for the lead role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boys from Brazil (1978)?
a.
The text of the time capsule plaque reads, "We, the 3rd grade class of William Dawes Elementary School, in the year of 1959 A.D., hereby commit our visions of the future as a token of hope and friendship toward our successors, the class of 2009 A.D."
b.
Before
Jeanne Crain
replaced her,
Gene Tierney
was set to star.
c.
The character Ezra Liebermann was called Yakov Liebermann in the original book.
d.
Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later with SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boys from Brazil (1978)?
a.
For most of the film, Walter Baylor wears only one brown bag over his head, however in the Medieval science class, you see four different bags hanging on the wall.
b.
The film was re-released to theaters before being released to television.
Groucho Marx
attended the premiere.
c.
When this movie was being made, the real
Josef Mengele
was still alive in São Paulo, Brazil. He died in 1979, shortly after the movies release.
d.
Quentin Tarantino
: [victims viewpoint] Tarantinos trademark shot of actors from a trunk or engine compartment is replaced by shots from the viewpoint of post swastika-scarred victims.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boys from Brazil (1978)?
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 Warg attack against the Rohirrim was originally supposed to be set at night, and at Edoras. After working on the Edoras set during the day,
Peter Jackson
decided that it was too windy and too cold to bring cast and crew back for a night scene, so the scene was re-written to happen during daylight.
c.
Laurence Olivier
patterned his performance on Nazi hunter
Simon Wiesenthal
.
d.
The part of Charles Castle was originally written for
John Garfield
. He was supposed to play the part in the film version but died in 1952 of a premature heart attack.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boys from Brazil (1978)?
a.
The directors originally wanted to get the ELO song "Xanadu" (from the movie_ Xanadu (1980)_) to play under the end credits, but they couldnt find out who owned the rights. Miranda Cosgroves "Raining Sunshine" was used instead.
b.
Gregory Peck
felt that his portrayal of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele was the only completely unsympathetic role he ever performed.
c.
This serial was originally intended to be titled "The Indian Ranger".
d.
The Babylonian orgy sequence alone cost $200,000 when it was shot. Thats nearly twice the overall budget of
The Birth of a Nation
, another
D.W. Griffith
film and, at the time, the record holder for most expensive picture ever made.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Boys from Brazil (1978)?
a.
A jet engine from a Boeing 707 was used to generate wind in some scenes.
b.
Sean Penn
was cast but dropped out and was replaced by
Christoph Waltz
.
c.
Jeremy Black
receives an "introducing" credit.
d.
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.
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