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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Defiant Ones (1958) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Defiant Ones (1958) Quiz
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About the movie:
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
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.
b.
The young man with the transistor radio is played by Our Gang graduate
Carl Alfalfa Switzer
; this was Switzers final screen appearance before his untimely death in a shooting incident.
c.
The outdoor scenes of the railroad train from Lawrenceville are actually of the New York Central Harlem Division in Westchester County, New York which is now part of the Metro-North Railroad.
d.
John Logan
and playwrite
Paul Webb
contributed in the writer process in earlier scripts before
Tony Kushner
was hired.
Steven Spielberg
was reportedly impressed with his work on
Munich
to which lead to Kushners hiring.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
The lines for Niko were revised after Williams was casted due to his thick accent.
b.
According to
Quentin Tarantino
,
Renny Harlin
and
Tony Scott
were the first directors who showed interest in directing the film.
c.
The films co-writers,
Nedrick Young
and
Harold Jacob Smith
, were cast as the prison truck drivers, with the writing credits below their faces, because Young was blacklisted and writing under a pseudonym at the time and producer
Stanley Kramer
wanted to identify them truthfully.
d.
According to one of his biographies, one of the directors who was offered this project but turned it down was a young
George Lucas
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
Actress
Beverley Mahood
was considered for the role of Dazzler, a mutant with the ability to control any form of light. The role was later dropped when
Bryan Singer
left the production.
b.
Loosely based on
Dashiell Hammett
s 1929 novel "Red Harvest."
c.
A technical advisor on board during filming had to go uncredited, because he was a real-life chain gang escapee who was still a wanted man.
d.
Kathleen Quinlan
s film debut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
Paul Gonzales finished filming and editing while on food stamps and on government housing.
b.
Stanley Kramer
originally had
Sidney Poitier
and
Marlon Brando
in mind for the two protagonists. Both were interested but only Poitier was available. Brando was caught up in filming
Mutiny on the Bounty
, a film with a highly troubled and seemingly endless shoot. As the start date for
The Defiant Ones
loomed, Kramer had no option but to start looking at other actors.
c.
John Huston
once considered casting
Orson Welles
as Captain Ahab.
d.
The airplane Chris gets his jacket stuck in is a Cessna 340.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
This was the final feature film completed by
Christopher Reeve
before a horse riding accident on 27 May 1995 left him paralyzed.
b.
Other than
Sidney Poitier
s singing, all of the music in the film comes from radios.
c.
Ruth Roman
was required to film her scenes repeatedly in order to attain perfection, and the shoot stretched on until around 5 a.m. for several consecutive nights.
d.
The Devils Brigrade actually existed (although the unit was actually known as "The Black Devils"). During World War II, the brigade suffered casualty rates of 39%. Following the end of WWII, the brigade was disbanded. Veterans of the Devils Brigade have been meeting each year, since 1945, in Montana, at the former training facility depicted in the movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
One of the earliest 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 MCA ever since.
b.
Elvis Presley
wanted the role of Joker Jackson, hoping to co-star with
Sammy Davis Jr.
(who had been first choice for the role of Noah Cullen) but was persuaded by his manager not to do the film.
c.
Its been confirmed that the DVD will have two alternate deaths.
d.
The entrance to the OCP building in the movie is actually the front entrance of Dallas City Hall with extensive matte work (by
Rocco Gioffre
) above to make the building appear to be a giant skyscraper.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
Louise Fletcher
was in preparation to begin filming
Nashville
while
Lily Tomlin
was set to play Nurse Ratched. Ultimately the two actresses switched their roles in the two films.
b.
Tony Curtis
insisted that
Sidney Poitier
received top billing.
c.
This is the only film in the series that was filmed entirely in black and white.
d.
Bolts archenemy is named Dr. Calico. Appropriately, Calico is a type of cat.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
Whilst clambering over Jabba the Hutt, one of the high heels that
Carrie Fisher
was wearing accidentally punctured the latex casing and pierced
Mike Edmonds
who was operating the tail inside.
b.
Charlie Potatoes is an old slang term (more common in the USA than the UK) for someone who is on top of the world, usually in terms of money or popularity.
c.
The cities that the major action takes place in (Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City) are three of the nine capital cities the United States has had in its history.
d.
The film was re-released as "Tales of the Crypt II" in the Southern United States in early 1981.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
In the scene where Penny is seen carrying Rufus the cat off to supper, Penny grabs Rufus and uncomfortably carries him off in her arms, pushing him up with her knee as he begins to slip.
Ollie Johnston
, who animated this scene, explained that he did this in order to show the tender affection between Penny and Rufus, by having the cat be too fond of Penny to complain, since it would have been easier for Penny to walk away and have Rufus follow her.
b.
The final interrupting of the parade sequence was shot on the Universal back lot. This part of the lot had been used in several other films, but the section of road the parade ends up at is the same section that
Robert Zemeckis
used for the clock tower sequence in
Back to the Future
. Every angle of this street is used, but never once do you see the front of the clock tower set. The only time you do see the tower is from the back end.
c.
The "Mary Ann" sadly was lost in the Pacific when it returned to combat duty after the release of the movie.
d.
Tony Curtis
was very keen to make the film as he saw it as an opportunity to break out of the mindless, pretty boy roles he was usually assigned. Director
Stanley Kramer
initially had some misgivings but ultimately relented.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Defiant Ones (1958)?
a.
A good portion of Bonds plan to get close to Sanchez comes from the novel "Goldfinger", when Bond recounts to himself his exploits in breaking up a Central American drug ring.
b.
Robert Mitchum
turned down the
Tony Curtis
role. Mitchum, a real-life veteran of a Southern chain gang, said that he didnt believe the premise that a black and white man would be chained together, as such a thing would never happen in the very strictly segregated South. Over the years, this reason was corrupted to the point where many people now believe Mitchum turned down the role because he didnt want to be chained to a black man, an absolute falsehood. Curtis repeated the inaccurate story in his autobiography, but since has recanted after it was explained to him.
c.
In 1987,
Bruce Willis
was set to play
Bobby Darin
.
d.
Many actresses turned the role of Pamela Taylor the female lead including Kate Jackson.
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