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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The English Patient (1996) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The English Patient (1996) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996).
About the movie:
At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996)?
a.
Kathryn Stockett
s book on which this film is based was rejected 60 times before it was eventually published.
b.
When Kip (
Naveen Andrews
) is packing his things before he leaves he also packs up the belongings of Hardy (
Kevin Whately
). Among the belongings is a scarf for Sunderland AFC (a football club based in North East England). In real life the actor
Kevin Whately
is a committed, life-long supporter of Newcastle United Football Club who share a heated rivalry with Sunderland AFC.
c.
Travis Aaron Wade
was considered and read for the role of Troy.
d.
Christopher Walken
was originally cast and set to co-star as Chief Albert Grusinsky, but had to pull out due to scheduling difficulties.
Robert Duvall
was brought in at the last minute to play the role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996)?
a.
William S. Hart
was the guest of honor at the Hollywood premiere of this movie, since his movie
The Silent Man
figures promimently in the plot.
b.
Over 2 million feet of film were shot, equivalent to 370 hours of footage, 123 times more than the final cut.
c.
The motorcycle that Kip rides throughout the film, sometimes with Hana, is a Triumph 350cc 3HW. Triumph was the make of motorcycle actually specified in the original novel upon which the film is based.
d.
Burt Reynolds
suffered a serious accident and had his jaw broken when he was hit in the face with a metal chair while filming a fight scene on this movie. Reynolds was restricted to a liquid diet and lost over thirty pounds by the time the film wrapped. This accident had dire consequences for Reynolds next film project,
Stick
. In that film, Reynolds looks underweight, weak and thin and this condition was because of this accident. Apparently, this accident led to Reynolds becoming addicted to painkillers.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996)?
a.
In the final scene when Sarah is crying and hugging Johnny, we hear her stop crying for a few seconds to tell Johnny that she loves him, but since her mouth is obscured we dont actually see her say it. The original script did not have her saying this. Her voice was dubbed in later in order to have some closure for Johnny.
b.
Andrew Sarris
referred to this as "the most charming sexploitation film of the year," Village Voice, Jan. 16, 1969.
c.
Juliette Binoche
knew she wanted to be in the film the minute she read the scene when Kip shows Hana the fresco paintings on the walls of a church.
d.
The first animated film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996)?
a.
An original, unused theme song was written by novelist
Jacqueline Susann
and
Bob Gaudio
of
The Four Seasons
.
b.
A still photo taken during filming of the entire Sawyer family posing outside the house as a gag was found and stolen from the set by a visiting German reporter who took it back to West Germany with him, and the image of the family eventually became the advertising poster for the first release of the movie in West Germany.
c.
The meaning and relevance of this movies title
Bombers B-52
is that it is a rewording of the name for the B-52 Bomber aircraft. They actually have the technical name of being known as "Boeing B-52 Stratofortress" aircraft. These airplanes are American subsonic jet-powered strategic long-range bomber aircraft which were initiated by the USAF (United States Air Force) in 1955. This movie was released in 1957 soon after when these aircraft were very new to the world of aviation.
d.
Anthony Minghella
wrote 20 drafts of the screenplay.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996)?
a.
Only View Askew movie where Brian OHallorans character does not have the last name Hicks.
b.
The film was completed in 1988, but was not released in the U.S. until three years later.
c.
The cast members each play several different roles, appearing as new characters in each vignette.
d.
Kristin Scott Thomas
actively lobbied
Anthony Minghella
for the part of Katherine. Minghella was dubious at first, especially after their first meeting which Scott-Thomas labeled as "disastrous".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996)?
a.
Was the first digitally-edited film to win an Academy Award for Best Film Editing (
Walter Murch
). Murch began editing the film mechanically, but then switched to the Avid system after his son suffered a medical emergency so that he could work from his home while his son recovered. Murch writes about the experience in his book "In the Blink of an Eye (2nd Ed.)."
b.
Writers
Will Finn
and
John Sanford
originally pitched the film as an animated feature film based on the myth of the Pied Piper. Maggie the Cow was originally written as a deaf girl.
Michael Eisner
immediately hated the idea, because he thought no parent would take their children to see a movie where children are murdered. So Will and John wrote this movie, which contains elements from the Pied Piper myth.
c.
First movie to be released simultaneously on DVD, HDDVD and Blu-ray Disc.
d.
The elaborate model town was built while the director while taking a nap during the filming. The script called for a simple design built with pizza boxes. The actors (who built the model) filled it with tiny in-jokes, such as a noose hanging from a window in the first building, which was labeled "Pink Cat Productions" (the films production company) with a "condemned" sign pasted on it.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The English Patient (1996)?
a.
The character name, Kip, apparently was
Michael Ondaatje
s nickname at school. This was a reference to cooking oil stains on his exercise books which reminded the wags among his fellow pupils of kipper fish which were canned in such oil.
b.
Erich von Stroheim
: [ambulance] Mitzi is carried away in an ambulance after she is injured at the cathedral ceremony.
c.
The bad guy who Ivan Danko shoots on the steps in Moscow was played by one of Hungarys leading action-movie actors. In an interview, he said that until he met
Arnold Schwarzenegger
and the others in the film he thought of himself as a muscular and tough actor. He subsequently described himself as a "small potato".
d.
Reportedly, football player
David Beckham
was offered a supporting role in this movie but opted out due to his obligations to his club, Real Madrid.
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