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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Enemy Below (1957) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Enemy Below (1957)

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About the movie: During World War II, an American destroyer meets a German U-Boat. Both captains are good ones, and the engagement lasts for a considerable time.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		Peter Jackson is arachnophobic and based the Shelob design on the types of spiders he feared the most.
b.		Throughout the film, Mrs. Munson says that she donates monthly to Bob Jones University, citing it as a "good Bible college". Bob Jones University banned black students until the 1970s, and did not allow interracial dating until 2000.
c.		Due to safety concerns most of the artillery pieces on the set fired only one quarter rounds, which is why so few of the guns in the movie ever recoil upon firing.
d.		The American ship used in this movie was a Destroyer Escort by the name USS Whitehurst (DE 634). My father was in the Navy at that time, and he helped paint over the 634 so the new number could be added. FYI, the USS Whitehurst was sunk as a target for a new torpedo on 28 April 1971.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		Finnish censorship visa #017416.
b.		The destroyer escort USS Haynes in this movie was played by the real USS Whitehurst (DE-634). The cast spent about a month filming on board this vessel. Many of the crew of the USS Whitehurst appeared in this movie. 20th Century-Fox production notes for this movie from the AMPAS Library declare that the USS Whitehurst was a battle-hardened veteran from the Second World War which had during World War II been stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
c.		In her autobiography, Bossypants, Tina Fey says that she named the character Damian after "TV Guide" writer Damian Holbrook, who has been her friend since they met as teens in a summer theater workshop in their Pennsylvania hometown.
d.		Star Linda Blair says that the script kept getting re-written and that the film ended up not resembling the script she had originally signed up for.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		Many Hollywood personalities, US Congressmen, and political commentators appear in this film as themselves.
b.		Samuel Goldwyn acquired the rights to Sidney Kingsleys play for $165,000 - an exorbitant amount of money at the time. The play had been a huge success on Broadway (which is why it commanded such a big fee) and Goldwyn purchased it with the intention of filming it largely uncut, knowing that he would have many run-ins with the Hays Office over the content.
c.		When Commodus goes with Lucius to meet Maximus at the Colosseum, he tells Maximus that Lucius insists Maximus is Hector reborn. Then Commodus asks Lucius, "Or was it Hercules?" The real emperor Commodus believed he was Hercules reborn.
d.		The tune sung by the U-Boat crew on the ocean floor between depth charge attacks is from an 18th century march called "Der Dessauer Marsch". As a more popular song, its also known by the first line of lyrics: "So leben wir" (translation: "Thats how we live").

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		Emma Thompson was writing the script, as early as March 2007.
b.		The original director dropped dead on the first day of filming, and his son took over.
c.		To add further confusion to the ships identity, although called the Haynes in the movie, the ships hull number is shown as DE-181, which was the USS Straub, a Cannon class destroyer escort.
d.		The film was written and shot under the title From a Whisper to a Scream, but it was changed to The Offspring for the American release. However, when it was released on DVD it was released under its original title.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		The original title of the movie was going to be "Jellybean," which is the nickname of the character Ant and was also the name of the skating rink in Southwest Atlanta back in the 1980s.
b.		The television episode Balance of Terror was based almost entirely on this film whilst another TV episode Killers of the Deep was also based on this movie. The latter also used footage from this movie and also starred one of this movies main cast, David Hedison.
c.		The Landmasters "guidance system" consists of an ordinary Texas Instruments desk calculator.
d.		Reed Fish has a cameo role in the film. He appears as John Penner, who shakes hands with Reed Fish.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		After working with John Douglas for some time Scott Glenn thanked him and said how fascinating it was to have been allowed into his world. Douglas laughed at this comment and told Glenn that if he really wanted to get into his world, he should listen to an audio tape of serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris torturing, raping and murdering two teenage girls. Glenn listened to less than one minute of the tape, and has since said that he feels he lost a sense of innocence in doing so and that he has never been able to forget what he heard.
b.		Sybil Jason stated in her autobiography that director Michael Curtiz filmed some scenes at a real Hollywood orphanage, and (in the interest of realism) cast real orphans as extras. Among them, Jason remembered, was a young Marilyn Monroe, long before her first "recognized" role. This has not yet been confirmed by film historians and Monroe biographers.
c.		Average Shot Length = ~8.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.3 seconds.
d.		Vincent Schiavelli played the subway ghost in the scenes with Patrick Swayzes character. Both men subsequently died of cancer at the age of 57.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		The input of Industrial Light & Magic was significantly downplayed so as not to make the film appear to be a special effects movie. ILMs contribution, however, was subtle but highly necessary as most of the bullet hits in the Omaha Beach attack were digitally created.
b.		Two endings were shot: In one, both commanders die; in the other, a third vessel rescues them. The final ending was determined by preview results. The USS Haynes was portrayed by the USS Whitehurst, captained by Walter R. Smith, who received a "technical advisor" credit and can be seen portraying the ships chief engineer. Eva Novak can be seen in a photo as the wife of Von Stolberg.
c.		Tim Burton hired Danny Elfman to compose the music score. Initially, Jon Peters was skeptical of hiring Elfman, but was later convinced when he heard the opening number.
d.		The "big brass ring" of the title is a reference to the high brass rings found in old fashioned gyms and swimming pools, which one was supposed to jump up to and grab. As such it is a metaphor for that which is difficult to attain or at least hard to keep hold of.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		The couple behind this film had no prior writing or directing experience.
b.		In real life, the destroyer USS Borie (DD-215) rammed U-boat U-405 and was sunk. The Borie was severely damaged, could not be salvaged and sank the next day.
c.		Although a Paramount film, Warner Bros. acquired the rights for the 1941 and 1948 remakes, so it is in the Turner library with a running time of 69 minutes. However, some cutting of the original must have taken place, because both Clara Blandick (who is credited on-screen) and Sam Hardy do not appear in their print.
d.		Finnish censorship visa # 100851 delivered on 12-8-1998.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		The first film of Shannon Bolin.
b.		Originally, the lead role was to be played by Ed Harris. It was then rewritten for Robert De Niro and, finally, Bruce Willis.
c.		A Bollywood film with the title Mann starring Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala was inspired by this movie.
d.		The U-Boat seen in this movie is far roomier and spacious, clean and tidy than the real German U-boats of World War II (which were more realistically depicted in the later movie, Das Boot). During the Second World War, these u-boats did not have passageways and private rooms and were dirty and cramped.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Enemy Below (1957)?
a.		The production temporarily re-opened the retired Tiger Stadium known as Navin Field for approximately one week. The stadium originally opened in 1912 and closed 87 years later when the Detroit Tigers departed for their new facility. The stadium was then demolished after the production completed filming.
b.		Previous to her role as Miss Adelaide in theater and this film, Vivian Blaine had the leading role of showgirl "Doll Face" Carroll, in the film Doll Face.
c.		When David Fincher asked Sigourney Weaver how she felt about going bald for the role, she jokingly replied "Its fine with me only as long as I get more money!"
d.		The slogan in the U-boat (Führer befiehl wir folgen) translates as "Fuehrer lead, we follow you."