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

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

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Cowboys (1972)

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About the movie: When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		In order to make the fight between the rat and the Tramp more exciting Wolfgang Reitherman animated from the point of view of the loser and then attempted to avoid that particular outcome.
b.		Mark Rydell originally sought George C. Scott for the role of Wil Andersen because he despised John Waynes views on the Vietnam War and other aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Ironically, some critics in 1972 believed that the way in which Waynes character drafts the children out of school was a pro-war allegory for Vietnam.
c.		The play, written by John Colton and Clemence Randolph, opened on Broadway in New York City, New York on 7 November 1922 and had 256 performance with Jeanne Eagels as Sadie. There were 2 New York revivals, the last in 1935 with Tallulah Bankhead as Sadie.
d.		Shanes fancy gun twirling in the climactic showdown was actually performed by Rodd Redwing. Earlier, when Shane demonstrates his prowess for Joey, and it is clearly Alan Ladd himself on camera, the actor had been given a different, easier-to-use revolver for the scene.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		This was writer/ director Alexander "Sandy" Johnstons final project.
b.		Since this serial was about boxing, the chapters were referred to as "rounds".
c.		Despite their political and social opinion differences, John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne shared a love of poetry. They sometimes quoted their favorite verses between takes of the film.
d.		Elia Kazans last film

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		Tennessee Williams wrote the role of Big Daddy with Burl Ives in mind. Prior to the original stage production, Ives was known primarily as a folk singer, and many within the theatre community question Williams decision. Ives won rave reviews in the role on both stage and screen, and went on to a long and prestigious acting career.
b.		The poem read in the school, starting Hail to thee blithe spirit/ Bird thou never wert/ ..., is To A Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley
c.		Brother and sister Garry Marshall and Penny Marshall play husband and wife. Hes the one dressed as Satan.
d.		The mark left on the mailbox to signal Brill is exactly how ex-CIA official and traitor Aldrich Ames signaled the Soviets when he made a drop.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		This movies opening prologue is represented by segments of a speech by President John F. Kennedy.
b.		When the gang is riding the baggage cart around the airport, the sign on the wall says "Lombino Realtors", confirming what Grimm and Rotzinger have been saying about Lombino owning a lot of places in the city.
c.		Debra Wingers return to acting after a six year absence.
d.		When John Wayne informed Bruce Dern that Derns character would shoot Waynes, he told Dern that audiences would hate him for it. Dern responded by saying, "Yeah, but theyll sure love me in Berkeley."

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		The first scene which writer Nicholas Kazan came up with for the film was the scene where Azazel first passes from person to person (the (the scene which culminates with the possession of Charles Olom (Robert Joy). Kazan was thinking about how evil can be passed on from one person to another, that it is contagious; if one person is nasty to another person, the second person will be nasty to a third person, the third to a fourth and so on. In thinking about this, he hit on the notion of what that may be like literalized, and he came up with the scene. The rest of the move sprang from that scene.
b.		Shortly after the films release, Bruce Dern received death threats for his character killing John Wayne by shooting him in the back.
c.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 25, 1954 with Arlene Dahl reprising her film role.
d.		According to Roger Corman, the film was budgeted at approximately $700,000.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		Although Elia Kazan directed "Cat" on Broadway, he was not involved in the film, despite having two cinematic successes with Tennessee Williams work A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll. Kazan had had trouble with Williams, demanding that he rewrite the third act of the play to bring Big Daddy back on stage. He also was tired of having critics call him a "co-author" of Williams work, which he knew he was not. He would eventually direct one more Williams play on Broadway, Sweet Bird of Youth, but that film also would be directed by Richard Brooks.
b.		Jayne Mansfields 23-month-old son, Miklos, makes a cameo at the beginning of the film as the little boy who throws food across the table.
c.		Roscoe Lee Browne was urged by his friends not to work with the right-wing John Wayne. He ignored them and the two actors refrained from discussing politics during filming.
d.		In the Latin American dubbed version, Agent 86 is voiced by Mexican actor Jorge Arvizu a.k.a. "El Tata", who also played the voice of the original Maxwell Smart in the 1965 Get Smart TV series. Following his style, the dubbed version includes many local puns and colloquialism.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		The studio originally wanted to shoot the entire film in Salamanca, Spain, but the local government refused to close the Plaza Mayor for nearly 3 months. Production was moved to Cuernavaca and Puebla, Mexico. Only the scenes filmed from the air were shot in Spain.
b.		The last Coen film Barry Sonnenfeld did the cinematography for. It was his favorite one because it was such an easy shoot.
c.		The film debut of Robert Carradine.
d.		The Havana hotel that Michael stays in is the Capri. The location was the El Embajador Hotel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		James Taylor wrote a song intended for use in the movie called "Song For You Far Away". The song was ultimately not used in the movie. However, it was eventually recorded in 1985 for release on his Thats Why Im Here album.
b.		Film debut of Olivia de Havilland, although it was released after her next two films, Alibi Ike and The Irish in Us.
c.		This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
d.		John Wayne actually pleaded with the director Mark Rydell to allow him to play Wil Anderson.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Cowboys (1972)?
a.		According to Martin Scorsese on the DVD, when first screening some test 8mm footage of Robert De Niro sparring in a ring, he felt that something was off about the image. Michael Powell, who at that time had become something of a mentor and good friend to Scorsese, suggested that it was the color of the gloves that was throwing them off. Realizing this was true, Scorsese then decided the movie had to be filmed in black and white.
b.		Richard Farnsworth plays a member of Asa Wattss gang, one of the first roles in which his face is actually seen on screen. Farnsworth had been a stuntman and extra since the 1930s.
c.		The opening credits list the novels author as "Mrs. Percy B. Shelley" rather than "Mary Shelley" as she is now credited.
d.		The film debut of actor Ian McCulloch.

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