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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Deer Hunter (1978) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Deer Hunter (1978) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978).
About the movie:
An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
The garden scenes were originally a lot longer, featuring a hanged man zombie and a woman being eaten by her own dog (The dog was intended to be played by
Spaced
s Colin).
b.
Before this film, dancer
Cyd Charisse
had only been in films as a dance specialty or as a co-co star since 1944. Her torrid performance as the
Louise Brooks
-like vamp in the "Broadway Melody" fantasy number was so successful that it gave MGM the impetus to finally star her in pictures. Her next film was
The Band Wagon
, starring
Fred Astaire
.
c.
During the filming of the wedding sequence, director
Michael Cimino
encouraged the many extras to treat the festivities as a real wedding, so as to increase the authenticity of the scenes. Prior to filming the wedding reception, Cimino instructed the extras to take empty boxes from home and wrap them as if they were wrapping real wedding gifts and bring them to the set the next day. The fake gifts would then be used as props for the wedding reception. The extras did as they were told, however, when Cimino inspected the "props" he noticed that the "gifts" were a lot heavier than empty boxes otherwise would be. Cimino tore the wrapping paper off a few of the packages, only to find that the extras had in fact wrapped real gifts for the "wedding".
d.
Among the actresses who performed in reference footage for this film included
Spring Byington
and
Frances Bavier
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
Each of the six principal male characters in the movie carried a photo in their back pocket of them all together as children so as to enhance the sense of camaraderie amongst them. As well as this, director
Michael Cimino
had the props department fashion complete Pennsylvania IDs for each of them, complete with drivers licenses, medical cards and various other pieces of paraphernalia, so as to enhance each actors sense of their character.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
In a flashback Forrest has of Vietnam, the helicopter gunner/co-pilot resembles real-life U.S. Air Force General Robin Olds; down to the mustache.
d.
Thornhill appears on the left side of the screen for almost the entire movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
While filming the confrontation at Josephs house,
Alison Tafel
(Lisa) accidentally punched
David Hill
(Joseph) in the face. It also happened to be his 21st birthday. The punch can be seen in the bloopers of the DVD.
b.
Robert Shaw
originally wrote the source play as a novel.
Harold Pinter
encouraged him to adapt the novel as a play. Apparently, Shaw once said in an interview that Pinter virtually had done the adaption to a play himself.
c.
Very early on in the pre-production stage,
Judy Garland
,
June Allyson
, and
Ann Miller
were considered for the role of Kathy Selden, but all were considered "too old".
Jane Powell
and
Leslie Caron
were also briefly considered before
Debbie Reynolds
(then a newcomer) was cast.
d.
Michael Cimino
originally wanted
Brad Dourif
to play the role of Steven.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
Various critics objected to the Russian roulette sequences, suggesting that such activity never took place in the Vietnam War. Director
Michael Cimino
was planning on the scenes to cause controversy and simply stated that no one could be certain of the accuracy.
Robert De Niro
and Cimino reportedly argued as to the realism of the scenes.
b.
The portrait in Mr. Garrisons classroom is of U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
.
c.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
died early in production;
Otto Preminger
completed the film.
d.
Jeff Bridges
and
Nick Nolte
were both considered for the role of Jim Garrison. Bridges was turned down because he was not a major box-office draw, while Nolte was considered to be too old. He later worked with Stone in
U Turn
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
According to the films cinematographer -
Vilmos Zsigmond
- the scene where the deer is shot by Michael (DeNiro) was filmed by giving the trained deer a sedative; it took half an hour for the drug to take effect; they had fenced off an area limiting the deers range and two cameras were used.
b.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
c.
Was the only movie at the Oscars in 2008 to receive more than one acting nomination - it received three.
d.
When filming the scene(s) getting out of the car, Ann Henson had trouble because the car door was broken.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
The film couldnt be filmed in Herman, Minnesota, because there werent enough motel/hotel rooms in the vicinity for the cast and crew.
b.
John Wayne
s final public appearance was to present the Best Picture Oscar to
The Deer Hunter
at The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979) (TV). It was not a film Wayne was fond of, since it presented a very different view of the Vietnam War than his own movie,
The Green Berets
, had a decade earlier.
c.
Over 15 gallons of blood was used in the making of the film.
d.
Most of the character names are the names of cities in Minnesota. Writer
Pat Proft
is from Minnesota.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
This film had an exclusive trailer in the film
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
. It starts out with the beginning of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxys teaser trailer and then turned into Chicken Little.
b.
Composer Alan Silvestri was the original choice to write the films score and even met with the producers in Spring of 1986 about the job. Later in the summer, it was announced that John Barry had been hired to score the film.
c.
Katharine Hepburn
understudied the role of Linda Seton (played by
Hope Williams
) in the original Broadway play. She also performed a scene from Holiday for her first screen test, which led to her first film role.
d.
First feature film depicting the U.S. involvement in Vietnam to be filmed on location in Thailand.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Deer Hunter (1978)?
a.
In the original script, the roles of Mike and Nick were reversed in the last half of the film. Nick returns home to Linda, while Mike remains in Vietnam, sends money home to help Steven, and meets his tragic fate at the Russian roulette table.
b.
Though a noteworthy MGM adaptation of the acclaimed 1909 childhood tale by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
, this film, complete with three Technicolor sequences, failed to garner a contemporary New York Times review.
c.
Yaphet Kotto
was offered the role of Lando Calrissian, but turned it down because he believed he would be killed off and it would be difficult for him to find work after that.
d.
This was originally intended to be a vehicle to team
Jonathan Haze
(who also wrote the script) with
Dick Miller
.
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