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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Court Jester (1955) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Court Jester (1955) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Court Jester (1955)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955).

About the movie: A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful king.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955)?
a.		Hans Zimmers first Hollywood score.
b.		The wallpaper in Constance Trenthams bedroom is hand-painted, imported from France. Even for this very small set, it would have cost the filmmakers $18,000; however, the manufacturer donated it to the production. Even so, the owners of the house demanded that the walls were re-papered to their liking (to match their bedding) after the production was over.
c.		Originally conceived as The Beatles vehicle by veteran Beatle director Richard Lester.
d.		In the famous "snapping" swordfight between Danny Kaye and Basil Rathbone, Kayes sword movements were too fast for Rathbone, who was 63 at the time. The films fight choreographer dressed up as Rathbones character and was filmed from behind for the fast sections. If you look, you can see that most of the fight consists of "Rathbone" from the back, then shots of the real Rathbone standing "en garde".

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955)?
a.		Joe Eszterhas script got changed during the shoot by the producers. Eszterhas also says that he hates the movie (particularly the films final line, "Get a life" - he claimed he would never write such a terrible ending again).
b.		Ashton Kutcher was originally cast as Noah but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
c.		During filming, Josh Brolin asked Robert Rodriguez for a video camera so he could shoot his audition tape for No Country for Old Men. He ended up having his audition shot with the million dollar digital camera they were using for the picture, directed by Quentin Tarantino, and with Marley Shelton reading the part of his wife in the scene. The tape was then scored and edited by Rodriguez before being sent to Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Their first response on viewing the tape was to ask who lit the set.
d.		The "Now I can shoot and toot" speech during "The Maladjusted Jester" was previously said by Danny Kaye in his first feature role in Up in Arms

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955)?
a.		During filming, actress Madeleine Potter noticed that one of her costumes had the name "Nastassja Kinski" sewn into it. As it turned out, the dress had originally been made to be used in the movie Tess.
b.		Unimpressed with him in tights, producers of the film made Danny Kaye wear leg falsies to improve the shape of his legs. This adds a touch of irony when Hubert Hawkins offers the princess all of him, including his legs and calves.
c.		The cliff side set was built onto the side of a parking building at Universal Studios, Hollywood, where this film was shot.
d.		Macaulay Culkin visited the real Michael Alig in prison to prepare for his role.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955)?
a.		Star George Arliss and Edward Arnold did not get along at all on this film, with Arnold charitably describing working with Arliss as "a trying experience".
b.		The song "Heaven" by Bryan Adams appeared on the soundtrack of this film before the release of his album "Reckless" a year later.
c.		Basil Rathbone was a world-class fencer and it was due to his efforts that the hilarious fencing scene was filmed without injury. He later admitted that several times he was almost skewered by Danny Kayes sword.
d.		Stacy Edwards (Christine) originally could not star because she was getting married at the time the movie was scheduled to start shooting. The producers pushed back the schedule to accommodate her.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955)?
a.		The opening sequence of the movie was inspired by a map in a popular first person shooter computer game.
b.		The film is dedicated to Cliff Wenger Jr..
c.		Some songs that were written but not heard in the film are "I Live To Love" (sung by Danny Kaye to Angela Lansbury when he swings into her bedroom) and an extended "Pass the Basket" number when Kaye appears before the King (just prior to the famous "Maladjusted Jester"). Both songs were, however, recorded and released on the films companion record.
d.		The original Hitchcock script for the film was written by James Bridie, and Ben Hecht contributed additional dialogue. But this script wasnt used, because the characters were changed, for example William Marsh became Andre Latour. This Hitchcock script is available at IUCAT Library.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955)?
a.		In Dr. Flammonds laboratory, the sound effects heard in the background are taken directly from The Man in the White Suit, which also featured Michael Gough.
b.		"Endtrack" by Massive Attack, the song that plays over the end credits, is actually an alternate remix of their song "Dissolved Girl".
c.		Danny Kayes daughter, Dena Kaye, said for the rest of his life, when people recognized Danny in a restaurant, they would walk up and spout the entire "brew that is true" speech.
d.		Trudi (Bronagh Gallagher) can be seen wearing a T-shirt of Irish rock band The Frames. She appeared in The Commitments with Glen Hansard, the lead singer of The Frames; they became friends, and she promised him she would wear a Frames T-shirt if she got a part in Pulp Fiction. Coincidentally, in 2008, John Travolta awarded the Oscar for Best Original Song to Hansard for the film Once.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Court Jester (1955)?
a.		It took writer/director Marc Clebanoff just 11 months from the time he wrote the film, to the time he premiered it in Los Angeles, California.
b.		Al Pacinos performance as Sonny Wortzik is ranked #4 on Premiere Magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
c.		"The American Legion Zouaves of Richard F. Smith Post No. 29, Jackson, Michigan" were a U.S. Civil War reenactment group. They performed the intricate high speed marching maneuvers during the knighting ceremony. The United States Army adopted the Model 1863 Zouave rifle, a percussion or "cap-and-ball" muzzle-loader, which was manufactured by Remington. Obviously the marching knights could not be armed with Civil War-era rifles in the movie. The original Zouave units were North African regiments of the French Army, beginning earlier in the 1800s and serving through both World Wars.
d.		Lowly PRC hadnt released a horror picture in nearly 17 months, having spent most of 1943 substantially expanding their once-laughable capabilities by purchasing the bankrupt Chadwick Studio (a poverty row operation that specialized in renting stages and production equipment to low-budget producers along Gower) for $305,000. While critics - what few that would review a PRC release - complained about the films lack of action, production values were noted to be somewhat higher than earlier releases.

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