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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Candidate (1972) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Candidate (1972) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Candidate (1972)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972).

About the movie: Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		The budget was too low to rent the bowling alley during peak daytime hours, so the cast and crew had to wait till the bowling alley closed at 9pm, then shot all night till 9am.
b.		The producers son played the part of the infant baby.
c.		Second of eight films in which Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride portrayed Ma and Pa Kettle.
d.		Shot in 41 days.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		Robert Redford originated the project and personally hired Michael Ritchie to direct it as he had worked as a technical adviser on various political campaigns.
b.		The shop name "Harridges" is an amalgamation of "Harrods" and "Claridges"
c.		Caroline Munro was originally going to wear a skimpy leather bikini outfit throughout the entire movie, but American studio executives insisted that writer/director Luigi Cozzi have Munro wear less provocative clothing in the second half because they thought the film would have problems being broadcast on network television.
d.		Urban legend has it that this film drastically increased Marine enlistment.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		Paul Tibbets biography indicates that Paul and Lucy Tibbets divorced in 1955, 3 years after the movie was released.
b.		Director Ralph Bakshi had originally planned to use music by Led Zeppelin in the film, but was unable to get the rights. Led Zeppelin were known as being fans of the books, with several of their songs - "Misty Mountain Hop," "Over The Hills And Far Away," "The Battle Of Evermore," "Ramble On" - referencing imagery and characters from Tolkiens books.
c.		According to Don Mancini on the commentary for the first film on DVD, the reason the rest of the "Childs Play" films are released by Universal instead of MGM/UA, (despite the first film being very successful)was that United Artists was bought out by a company that wanted to abstain to a "Family Friendly" slate of films. So the property was sold gladly to Universal.
d.		"The Candidate" was one of a handful of 1972 Warner Bros. releases to feature a rare, short-lived version of the WB shield logo, with a solid blue background and "A Warner Communications Company" tagline (WCI had just become Warners parent company, but the familiar 70s era "abstract W" logo had not yet been designed). "Deliverance" was the only other high-profile WB movie to use this logo.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		Photographer Stanley Tretick, best known for his iconic photos of John F. Kennedy with his children in the Oval Office, appears in the chaotic scenes as McKay reaches his victory, as part of the throng crushing around him. Tretick shot promotional stills for this and other Robert Redford films.
b.		To put out the fire in Docs residence, "extinguisher globes" are used. In reality, such globes were marketed in the nineteenth century. They were made of glass and filled with water or some other fire suppressant. Though they had a long shelf life and are now collectibles, they were only minimally effective against fires.
c.		Jake Gyllenhaal was originally cast but after the movie was postponed, Gyllenhaal dropped out. Emile Hirsch, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pine, Chris Evans, and Andrew Garfield have all been considered for the lead role.
d.		Three different Black Labs played the part of Walter.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		The Candidate was released a month prior to the 1972 California Presidential primary. Promotional sheets were put up in southern California resembling political posters. They had simply a photo of Robert Redford, with the slogan, "McKay: The Better Way!" - "McKay" got write-in votes in the June election.
b.		Author Toni Morrison based part of her story on a true case. Margaret Garner was a slave who lived on a farm called Maplewood in Boone County, Kentucky. Her owner was Archibald K. Gaines, who was most likely her half-brother, and the father of two of Margarets children. In January, 1856, Margaret, her husband Robert Garner, and their four children escaped across the frozen Ohio River to the home of Margarets uncle, Joe Kite, just outside Cincinnati. When slave catchers caught up with them, Margaret Garner attempted to kill her four children rather than have them returned to slavery. She succeeded in killing her two-year-old daughter with a butcher knife before she was subdued. It took four weeks to bring the case to trial in Cincinnati, because the prosecution argued that Margaret should be tried under federal Fugitive Slave Laws, while the defense argued that Margaret should be tried for murder under state murder laws. (The defense hoped to obtain a pardon from the Ohio governor if Margaret was convicted.) By the time the judge ruled in favor of the federal Fugitive Slave Laws, Margarets owner had taken her back across the river to Kentucky. To keep her out of the hands of Ohio abolitionists, Gaines sent Margaret to New Orleans, and then to a Mississippi plantation, where she died of typhoid fever in 1858.
c.		Liza Minnelli sings in this movie. The one song she sings, at the Aquarium Club speakeasy, is called "Get While the Gettins Good". This song was written by Cabaret composers John Kander and Fred Ebb who also composed this pictures "Lucky Lady" theme.
d.		The scene where the Terminator breaks into a station wagon was the very last scene shot and it was added a few weeks before the films release due to insufficient funds. The scene was completed in 2 hours and filmed with just both James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger minus the crew (Cameron self-funded the scene). However, it was shot without a police permit. Fearing of possible police arrest, another set of Arnolds clothes was placed behind the wagon trunk and Cameron told him to change the moment the scene was deemed finished.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		Scriptwriter Jeremy Larner used to write political speeches for 1968 Presidential candidate, Eugene McCarthy.
b.		During the production, the films star Lance Henriksen presented Director Nicholas Gyeney with the portrait James Cameron had painted of him as The Terminator before casting Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role.
c.		A UK cinema release was rejected outright by the BBFC twice in January 1968. It has not been resubmitted since.
d.		Irene Dunnes film debut.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		According to Shirley MacLaine in her autobiography "My Lucky Stars," the idea for this film was hatched when Bob Fosse was hospitalized for a heart attack. MacLaine claims she was the one who gave Fosse the idea to do "a musical about his death" though she said Fosse seemed to not remember this later. Fosse did, however, offer her the role of Audrey Paris, she wrote.
b.		A prop campaign button from this film is on display at the Smithsonians Museum of American History in Washington. It is on display with several authentic campaign buttons.
c.		Ben Burtt created the sound of Darth Vaders breathing by placing a small microphone in the second stage (mouthpiece) of a scuba regulator, and then recording the sound made by his breathing through the regulator.
d.		According to director Kevin Lima, "thousands" of references are made to past and future works of Disney in Enchanted, which serve as both a parody of and a "giant love letter to Disney classics". As Lima worked with Bill Kelly, the writer, to inject Disney references to the plot, it became "an obsession"; he derived the name of every character as well as anything that needed a name from past Disney films to bring in more Disney references.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		When guests are being announced at the political party in the beginning of the movie, the name "Lord Windemere" is called. "Lady Windermeres Fan" is the title of another popular Oscar Wilde play dealing with sullied reputations.
b.		Michael Keaton was offered the role of Seth Brundle, but he declined.
c.		Robert Towne did an uncredited polish on Jeremy Larners script.
d.		Shots cut in the R-rated version, according to director James Wan and screen-writer/actor Leigh Whannell, included ones of Amanda sifting through the intestines, the fat guy struggle through the barb wire just to shorten the scene, and some forensic ones. The color was made more even and the sound was altered because the MPAA had problems with the tone of the original cut shown in Sundance.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Candidate (1972)?
a.		Ludwig van Beethovens Ode to Joy is the music theme of the terrorists. This was the idea of director John McTiernan. Hans Gruber, the terrorist leader, even hums it at one point in the movie (while he is on the elevator with Mr. Takagi). Music composer Michael Kamen at first thought it was a "sacrilege" to use Beethoven in an action movie, telling McTiernan: "I will make mincemeat out of Wagner or Strauss for you, but why Beethoven?" McTiernan replied that Ode to Joy had been the theme of the ultra-violence in Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange. Kamen, a Kubrick fan, then agreed.
b.		Kenneth Branagh apparently banned the term "Monster" from the set. He insisted that everyone refer to DeNiros character the way he was identified in the credits, as "The Sharp-Featured Man".
c.		At the time, Renny Harlin was dating Geena Davis, who was known for light comedies. He convinced Mario Kassar to cast Davis as the lead, sure it would turn her into an action-adventure star.
d.		Groucho Marx has an uncredited walk-on cameo in what would be his last screen appearance.

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