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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Conversation (1974) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Conversation (1974) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974).
About the movie:
A paranoid and personally-secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
The MGM Studio offered to make this movie with novelist-writer
Steve Shagan
whilst he was still writing the novel of "The Formula". MGM had been influenced by the energy crisis media headlines of the time. The storyline of the novel and its filmed adaptation involves synthetic fuel.
b.
This film was the result of "Project Greenlight," the first-time-director competition launched by
Ben Affleck
,
Matt Damon
, and Miramax, and was the subject of the HBO documentary of the same name, which aired in Winter 2002. The documentary revealed many behind-the-scenes snafus, which led to the mid-production firing of co-producer Jeff Balis.
c.
According to
Fast Break
(who appeared in the Treacherous Three sequence), there was a classroom up-rocking battle scene that involved the New York City Breakers and the Rock Steady Crew, but it was cut. There was also more of the climatic battle between these two crews at the Roxy nightclub.
d.
Originally envisioned as a horror movie with
Marlon Brando
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
The thirty-first of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies.
b.
The motto on the double archway in the Seahaven town center is UNUS PRO OMNIBUS, OMNES PRO UNO: "One for all, all for one" in Latin, thus fitting the premise of the Truman Show. The motto is also the used in the
Alexandre Dumas père
s novel, The Three Musketeers.
c.
In the original script, Harry Caul was the owner of the building in which he lived. There was a deleted scene where he had a meeting with the other tenants. One of the people there was Mrs. Evangelista. Now, we only know of her character when Caul speaks to her on the phone after she leaves him a birthday present.
d.
The second movie
Jessica Simpson
and
Willie Nelson
have been in together.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
The stunt doubles of Lucas Lee are the actual stunt doubles for actor
Chris Evans
. Only a quarter of the doubles resemble Evans.
b.
Mickey Rourke
s voice characterization is an approximation of
Charles Bukowski
s own voice.
c.
Gene Hackman
learned to play the saxophone especially for the film.
d.
The original choice of actor to play the alien visitor was
Spencer Tracy
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
Composer
John Williams
was a member of the orchestra that recorded
Elmer Bernstein
s score; he played the piano.
b.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 16 seconds .
c.
Mrs. Ng
as "Chen Tsus Mother" is in studio records/casting call lists, but the character did not appear in the movie. Because of period and location makeup, some of the other actors are difficult to recognize.
d.
Francis Ford Coppola
s personal favorite of his movies.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
The film used students from Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, N.Y. as extras
b.
Francis Ford Coppola
cited his conversation with fellow director
Irvin Kershner
about surveillance as the basis and theme of the film.
c.
Shot in ten days.
d.
This is the sixth film that Director/Producer
Sam Borowski
and actor
Daniel Roebuck
have collaborated on.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
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.
b.
Only nine Todd AO cameras were in existence at the time of shooting, and all of them were employed in the making of this film.
c.
The Broadway production of "Frost/Nixon" by
Peter Morgan
opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in New York on April 22, 2007, ran for 137 performances and was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award for Best Play.
d.
Harry Caul tells Amy that he is 42. The birthday card with the bottle of wine says Happy 44th Birthday.
Gene Hackman
was 44 when the movie came out.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
The exteriors for the beige building in which
Woody Allen
s character lives (and where the nose is destroyed) were shot at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Foothils Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
b.
The balloon in the balloon sequence was shipped from Goodyear in Akron, Ohio. It was handled by Navy balloonist
Lieutennant J.J. Leonard
, and was equipped with an automatic camera to avoid the weight of a cameraman.
c.
The uniforms and equipment the U.S. paratroopers wear in the film are fairly realistic for the D-Day period, including the white "card suit" markings the 101st Airborne Division used on the sides of their helmets to identify sub-units in the Division. The paratroopers helmets in the film carry the heart suit of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment.
d.
As Harry refines and re-refines the recording, he interprets what he hears in different ways. In fact, the dialog was recorded multiple times with different readings to get this effect.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
Walter Catletts nightclub in the film, the "Cafe Kohinoor", evidently derives its name from the fabulous Kohinoor diamond which was in the news some decades ago. Writer Thackrey and director LaCava must have liked a name signifying ostentatious wealth and glamour.
b.
The opening scenes were filmed in Oxford, near the homes of book author
Lewis Carroll
and Alice Liddell (the inspiration for the Alice character). In fact, the actual Liddell garden was used.
c.
The woman who walks through the movie set shouting "Oscar!" is
Catherine Johnson
,
Chic Johnson
s wife.
d.
The meaning of Harrys last name, Caul, is a fetal membrane sometimes present at birth. This ties in strongly with both Harrys transparent rain jacket, which he wears for the majority of the film, and also the fact that Harry is occasionally viewed through a translucent sheet of plastic when threatened, such as by his rival during the party scene.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
The film was originally developed as a remake of
M
.
b.
There are 8 professional athletes in this film, representing 6 different sports.
c.
David Shire
s original music was composed prior to production and played for the actors prior to their scenes to get them into the proper moods.
d.
None of the characters have names. Except for Craig. But his identity is never revealed.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conversation (1974)?
a.
The part of Martin Stett, played by
Harrison Ford
, was originally intended by
Francis Ford Coppola
to be a minor cameo but Fords performance convinced Coppola to make the character an integral part of the movie.
b.
Bobby Vinton
played the middle brother, despite being four years older than
Patrick Wayne
.
c.
Differences in two weapons in the film include that the revolver in the board game is most commonly a pepperbox revolver (an early 1800s revolver with the six bullet chambers jutting out from the main gun parts). However, it is changed to a regular .38 caliber revolver to possibly keep up with the modern time period the film is set in. The lead pipe in the game was also bent at an angle, to emphasize the fact that it was (possibly) used in Mr. Boddys murder; the film shows it completely straight.
d.
Lionel Atwill
, who plays James Mortimer in the film, later played Professor Moriarty in
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
.
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