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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).
About the movie:
Harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
In the dubbed German version of the film,
Frank Sinatra
s characters name was changed to Frankie Ocean, probably in order to hook more viewers, who knew Sinatra only as a singer.
b.
Shelley Winters
donated the best supporting actress Academy Award she won for the role of Mrs. Van Daan to the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam.
c.
In The Mardi Gras Club scenes, there are a few familiar faces amongst the extras. As Serafina storms by the men on bar stools,
Tennessee Williams
himself can be seen sitting at the bar in a striped shirt. The man beside him is producer
Hal B. Wallis
. The shorter man in the white shirt standing directly behind Estelle Hohengarten (actress
Virginia Grey
) helping to restrain her is Frank Merlo - Williams long-time companion and lover.
d.
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.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
Amicus cast Staurt Whitman in the lead but AIP refused to finance the film if Whitman starred. so he was fired.
b.
The U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft that appeared in the film were: Ten Boeing B-17C/D Flying Fortresses from Hendrick Field, Sebring, Florida. North American AT-6 Texans (as Japanese fighters) and Bell P-39 Airacobras, Curtiss P-40Cs and Republic P-43A Lancers from Drew Field. Six Martin B-26C Marauders from McDill Field, Tampa, Florida, as the Japanese bombers.
c.
Shelley Winters
had to gain 25 pounds for the role of Mrs. Van Daan. She then had to lose 15 of it as the movie progressed.
d.
The film was shelved for six months because the daughter of Fox exec
Spyros Skouras
leaped to her death on the very day the film was previewed. By the time of its eventual release, some Spyros-mandated compromises were made to the films storyline.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
Before the accident, Johnny instructs his class to read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
Christopher Walken
would later go on to appear in
Tim Burton
s
Sleepy Hollow
.
b.
Audrey Hepburn
was first offered the role of Anne Frank. She refused it for three reasons. Firstly, she had decided to accept the role in
Green Mansions
. Secondly, she had lived in occupied Holland during the war and had seen the Nazis carry out street executions and watched as they herded Jews onto boxcars to carry them to concentration camps. She knew that making the film would bring back memories that were far too painful for her. However, thirdly, she was thirty and felt that she was too old to play a teenage character convincingly on screen.
c.
As part of the films promotional campaign, sidewalk artist Julian Beever was commissioned to create a sidewalk advertisement for the film. Beever used props and models to give the ad a three-dimensional look, and said it was one of his most difficult accomplishments. This ad can still be seen in New York City.
d.
Is on AFIs "Lost Films" list.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
Harold Ramis
considered
Chevy Chase
,
Steve Martin
and
John Travolta
for the role of Phil Connors, but he considered them as "far too nice" compared to
Bill Murray
.
b.
Prior to filming the Hanukkah scene,
Shelley Winters
gave
Millie Perkins
a glass of Scotch to calm her nerves. The scene had to be reshot because Millie was drunk.
c.
Several of the actors in the film have appeared in movie adaptations of Marvel comics.
Ellen Page
played Kitty Pryde in
X-Men: The Last Stand
,
J.K. Simmons
played J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man trilogy, and
Jennifer Garner
played Elektra in
Daredevil
and
Elektra
.
Michael Cera
played Scott Pilgrim in
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
.
d.
Keiko, the killer whale used in the film, died on Friday 12 December 2003 after the sudden onset of pneumonia in the Taknes fjord in Norway. The whale was 27 years old.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
Spanish-language version of
Pardon Us
.
b.
Although it received much critical praise on its release,
The Diary of Anne Frank
was not a financial success. 20th Century Fox subsequently asked
George Stevens
to trim it by about 20 minutes.
c.
The two cops are named Officers Voorhies and Kreuger as a nod to slasher-film characters Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger.
d.
Although
Philip K. Dick
saw only the opening 20 minutes of footage prior to his death on March 2, 1982, he was extremely impressed, and has been quoted by
Paul Sammon
as saying, "It was my own interior world. They caught it perfectly." However neither
Ridley Scott
nor screenwriter
David Webb Peoples
actually read Dicks novel.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
LOGO GIMMICK: The Universal Studios logo, the planet Earth, was given a close-up, and as it got closer, the continents began to fade away until there was nothing left... but water.
b.
The set for Silverado was built for this movie and has since been used in such movies as
Young Guns
,
Wyatt Earp
,
Last Man Standing
,
Lonesome Dove
,
All the Pretty Horses
and
Wild Wild West
. In Wild Wild West "Kasdan Ironworks" can be seen on the side of one of the buildings as a reference to
Lawrence Kasdan
.
c.
George Stevens
chose to film in black and white as he believed it would heighten the drama. He also deliberately shot some scenes in near darkness, forcing the viewer to really concentrate on the details.
d.
Title was originally "Money Never Sleeps". When
Oliver Stone
signed on to direct, he added "Wall Street 2" to the title. Later the numeral was dropped, since Stone wanted the film to be seen as both a sequel and a stand alone story.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
The film was released in Italy under the title "Sexy Jeans" and featured some pornographic material inserted into the film.
b.
All annex scenes were shot on the largest sound stage at 20th Century Fox in Hollywood. The real annex would have been too small to accommodate a film crew.
c.
Linda Hunt
s film debut.
d.
Veteran police officer and actor
Brian Danker
, seen in this movie in his first speaking role in the homicide scene, actually served in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971 in the same unit as
Dan White
- the 173rd Airborne.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
Eddie Bunker was hired as an on-set adviser for Jeff Bridges.
b.
The music during the airplane scene is from a Ganesh alarm clock. The words are a prayer/song to the Hindu God.
c.
George Stevens
had trouble getting suitable emotion from the actors when the American plane passes by. So a record player was hidden in the soundstage and set to play "The Star Spangled Banner" to evoke an emotional reaction from the American actors.
d.
The film was shot in a very guerilla style, with no location permits. Throughout the entire production, the police only showed up once. The officer did not ask for any kind of permit and after being told that the crew had permission to shoot, left the set.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
Academy Award nominated composer
James Newton Howard
co-produced the songs "Anesthesia" and "Nights Are Forever" and was also the synthesizer programmer on this film.
b.
20th Century Fox insisted the film be shot in Cinemascope, a decision that
George Stevens
was not happy with.
c.
In 1993, the movie was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
d.
The original play based on the novel by
Edith Wharton
and written by
Margaret Ayer Barnes
opened in New York on 27 November 1928.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)?
a.
Warner Richmond
was thrown from his horse shortly after shooting began and fractured his skull, which is why hes seen for a very short time in the beginning of the film and then not seen at all for the rest of it.
b.
Sylvester Stallone
began working on the
Rocky III
script immediately after completing Rocky II, with the intention of the series being a trilogy. Originally, he had no plans to make a fourth film.
c.
In total,
George Stevens
spent four years working on the film.
d.
At one point, Eddie Jessup mentions the work of "Tart, Ornstein and Deikman." This is a reference to Charles Tart, Robert Ornstein and Arthur Deikman, all of whom wrote books about altered states of consciousness, and all of whom have been involved in modern esoteric spiritual movements, such as the Gurdjieff Work.
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