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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Caine Mutiny (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Caine Mutiny (1954) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954).
About the movie:
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
Stanley Kramer
gave
Fred MacMurray
a prominent role in this movie during a difficult period in the actors life - his wife had just died - and work was a needed distraction for him.
b.
The scene in the theatrical trailer involving the Warlock as the satanic messiah was cut after negative reactions from test screenings. The channelers death was originally much more violent. The scene involved a topless Mary Woronov being frozen after the devils eyeballs emerged from her breasts. The Warlock then stomps her to pieces to free them. After the wrap up, the scene was redone as what remains in the film.
c.
Originally, real life boxer
Kenny Norton
was offered the role of Apollo Creed, but because he was 230 pounds, it was felt he would dwarf Stallone too much, and a smaller man was sought.
d.
The scene in which
Buster Keaton
puts his inebriated bride to bed was later performed on stage by Keaton and his third wife
Eleanor Keaton
. It is also re-enacted in
The Buster Keaton Story
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
One of the films producers,
Bruce Elgin
, appears as an extra in the "petting zoo" scene.
b.
Richard Widmark
was chosen for the lead role, but producer
Stanley Kramer
wanted
Humphrey Bogart
.
c.
At one moment in the film Lee says, "I dont speak French". In actuality
Jackie Chan
speaks fluent French.
d.
This movie is the only ever theatrical feature film directed by
Steve Gordon
. This movies sequel
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
is dedicated to the memory of Gordon who died in late 1982 which was only about eighteen months after this picture had debuted.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
This is the first American film to show an actor on the toilet -
Martin Balsam
, playing opposite
Anthony Perkins
. Ten years earlier, the first American film to show a toilet was
Psycho
... starring
Martin Balsam
and
Anthony Perkins
.
b.
When this movie opened at San Franciscos legendary Castro Theater during its restored re-release in October of 1997 (only a few months after the death of star
James Stewart
), it did more business there than any other theater in the US that weekend.
c.
According to
Kevin Smith
, his first choice for the role of Bethany was
Gillian Anderson
.
d.
Columbia Pictures was determined to hire
Humphrey Bogart
for the top role of Capt. Queeg, and Bogart was enthusiastic about playing it, but the Columbia brass did not want to pay him his top salary. Bogart was rather miffed at this, complaining to wife
Lauren Bacall
, "This never happens to
Gary Cooper
, or
Cary Grant
or
Clark Gable
, but always to me." Bogart correctly figured that
Harry Cohn
and company knew that Bogart wanted to play the part so fervently that he would agree to take less money rather than surrender the part to someone else.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
This was reportedly Universals biggest box office disaster of the era. It cost $2,000,000 in 1936 when the typical Universal production cost about $100,000.
b.
"Scream 3" never had a public test screening. The cast and crew only had their first chance to see the finished product at the premiere because of fears of spoilers being put out on the Internet.
c.
Film debut of
John Cullum
.
d.
An October 1952 New York Times item revealed that there were two scripts prepared for
Stanley Kramer
, one that included "Willie" and "Mays" romance and another, shorter version that only included action on the Caine and the court-martial.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
Rex Harrison
s first American movie
b.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
noted in his autobiography that Wouks initial contribution to the script was "a disaster" and that
Stanley Roberts
then took over the rewrite; Wouk is only credited on screen as the author of the novel on which the film is based. Dmytryk also stated that he was unaware of studio head
Harry Cohn
s strict insistence that Columbia films run no longer than 2 hours and indicated that Roberts quit over the stipulated cuts required to bring the screenplay down to fit the time requirement. The final screenplay was trimmed by nearly fifty pages by writer
Michael Blankfort
, who is credited on screen with "additional dialog."
c.
One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were
Big
,
18 Again!
,
Vice Versa
and
Dream a Little Dream
.
d.
Lois Duncan
has stated openly that she hates the movie, because the filmmakers turned her book into a slasher film. She especially detested it in the wake of her 18-year-old daughters murder in 1989.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
When
Humphrey Bogart
broke bread into small pieces to symbolize the deteriorating state of Queegs mental condition, a military advisor on the set told him that no naval officer would eat bread that way.
b.
In 1998, the American Film Institute selected this as the 12th greatest film of the 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time.
c.
Jason in this film is dressed to look exactly the same as the hooded, burlap sack killer from
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
.
d.
Sylvester Stallone
nixed the idea of using a professional player as a double for the game sequences, because of that he separated his shoulder and broke a finger.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
In 2009, the Cleveland Indians played a game against the Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field where Shin-Soo Choo hit a ball into center field which hit a seagull. This was similar to a scene in Major League II where Pedro Cerrano hit a Pigeon in center field. However, Choo did not reprise Cerranos performance of running from first base to center field to save the bird.
b.
Doc Brown refers to "jigawatts" of electricity. This is the now-obscure but once-standard pronunciation of the word "gigawatt", one billion watts. Nowadays it is usually pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gander" and "gold".
c.
Humphrey Bogart
s tour-de-force performance in the climactic courtroom scene was so powerful that it completely captivated the onlooking film technicians and crewmen. After the scenes completion, the company gave Bogart a round of thunderous applause.
d.
The physical character of the Beast is supposedly made up of the head structure and horns of a buffalo, the arms and body of a bear, the eyebrows of a gorilla, the jaws, teeth, and mane of a lion, the tusks of a wild boar and the legs and tail of a wolf. He also bears resemblance to mythical monsters like the Minotaur or a werewolf. In the original versions, he was described more like a cross between a lion and a mythical animal. He also has blue eyes, the one physical feature that does not change whether he is a beast or a human.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
Actress
May Wynn
(real name: Donna Lee Hickey) adopted the name of her character in this movie, May Wynn, as her stage name, and made eight more films under that name. In the novel, May Wynn is itself a stage name.
b.
Throughout his career
Burt Reynolds
has made a number of movies that examine movie-making and this film is one of them. The pictures include
Fade-In
(location filming & westerns);
Silent Movie
and
Nickelodeon
(silent films);
Best Friends
(scriptwriting & Hollywood);
Hooper
(stuntwork and Hollywood);
The Player
(Hollywood);
Boogie Nights
(adult films);
The Last Producer
(producers and Hollywood);
The Hollywood Sign
and
A Bunch of Amateurs
(actors and Hollywood).
c.
In an interview with Famke Jannsen at Cannes 2011, she stated that she took her role as the head witch because she had to pay off her mortgage.
d.
Last live action cinema film of
Suzanne Pleshette
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
The opening scene, in which Clopin sings "The Bells of Notre Dame," was originally all spoken dialogue. After two revisions, it was decided that it was too dry and boring, and so was turned into a musical number.
b.
The screenplay was written in less than a month.
c.
To capture the excitement of the typhoon scene, the filmmakers originally intended to steer the ship (a replica of the USS Caine) into an actual gale for the bad-weather footage. It was eventually decided that the typhoon would be artificially created in a studio by special effects technician
Lawrence W. Butler
.
d.
John Huston
initially wanted to cast
Richard Burton
as the British consul. Huston and Burton had had a great success with a previous movie about an alcoholic set in Mexico,
The Night of the Iguana
. Much to his regret, Burton had to decline the offer, as he was appearing in a touring production of
Noel Coward
s "Private Lives" with
Elizabeth Taylor
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Caine Mutiny (1954)?
a.
Producer
Stanley Kramer
and director
Edward Dmytryk
cast
Lee Marvin
as one of the USS Caines supporting sailors, not only for his knowledge of ships at sea but for his acting talent. Throughout the production, Marvin served as an unofficial technical advisor to the filmmakers. Sometimes a shot would be set up, only to be criticized by Marvin as being inauthentic.
b.
This was RKO Radios first release.
c.
The climactic tongue scene took 2 days to film.
d.
When Jennifer Lopezs character (Grace McKenna) flashes back at the end of the film we see lots of photographs of her as a child. These photographs are actually photos from Jennifer Lopezs private collections of herself as a child.
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