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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Fighting Seabees (1944) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Fighting Seabees (1944) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Fighting Seabees (1944)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944).

About the movie: Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		The words to the fun song, the "Song of the Seabees" (Music by Peter de Rose and Lyrics by Sam Lewis) heard in the movie go like this: "Were the Seabees of the Navy - We can build and we can fight - Well pave the way to victory - And guard it day and night - And we promise that we remember - The Seventh of December ..... "Were the Seabees of the Navy - Bees of the Seven Seas" ..... "The Navy wanted men - Thats where we came in - Mister Brown and Mister Jones - The Owens, the Cohens and Flynn - The Navy wanted more - Of Uncle Sammys kin - So we all joined up - And brother were in to win!"
b.		According to Robert Rodriguez on the DVD commentary, Walton Goggins had been cast in the role of Stans, but Rodriguez felt the character was written far too much like the character Hudson in Aliens. So Rodriguez had the part re-written and asked director Nimród Antal to re-cast the role. But Antal insisted that Goggins could still do the role and scheduled a meeting between Goggins, Rodriguez and himself. Within a very short period of time, Rodriguez was convinced that Walton was still right for the part.
c.		Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Jimmy Conlin (Little Man), Andrew Tombes (Mr. Woods), Gordon De Main & Eddie Kane & Al Herman & Lew Harvey (Wise Money Men), Don Brodie (Sharp Money Man), Forbes Murray & James Carlisle & Bert Moorhouse & Sam Harris (Horse Owners) and Norman Mayes (Bellhop).
d.		The writer Jonathan Hensleigh did a uncredited re-write on the script.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		The first line of the Ian Fleming James Bond short-story "Quantum of Solace" read: "Ive always thought that if I ever married I would marry an air hostess" whilst the last lines read: "He reflected on the conference he would be having in the morning with the Coastguards and the FBI in Miami. The prospect, which had previously interested, even excited him, was now edged with boredom and futility."
b.		In 1949, Republic Pictures reissued this film on a double bill with Flying Tigers which also starred John Wayne.
c.		Cuba Gooding Jr.s character is based on a real-life referee.
d.		Clooney worked on the film while simultaneously starring in ER. He worked on the film four days a week and on the series the other three days.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		The filming turned into a symphony of cast injuries. Stan Laurel fell off a platform and tore ligaments in his right leg. Henry Brandon was injured in a bar fight at the Brass Rail. Assistant director Gordon Douglas slid 15 feet from the top of the Old Womans Shoe and tore ligaments in his left leg. Kewpie Morgans part as Old King Cole called for him to laugh continuously - after two days, he ruptured muscles in his stomach. Oliver Hardy entered St. Vincents Hospital to have his tonsils removed the day after filming wrapped, and Hal Roach developed appendicitis.
b.		Republic, being as "thrifty" as they were, used a large number of stock shots from Flying Tigers for the scenes involving "enemy" aircraft.
c.		The Chicken Ranch house went on to be the Firefly residence in House of 1000 Corpses.
d.		Like Max Fischer, Owen Wilson was expelled from his prep school in the tenth grade.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		Joe Brooks film debut.
b.		The singer whom Robert Ford confronts in the bar towards the end of film is Nick Cave, a composer for the film.
c.		The only Rocky movie where the famous red, white, and blue boxing trunks arent being worn, even though the trunks are briefly shown through the use of archive footage.
d.		The hall Det. Matthews walks down to pick up his son at the police office was actually a dressing room for the crew.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		The Paramount Pictures studio loaned actress Susan Hayward to the Republic Pictures studio to appear as Constance Chesley in this movie.
b.		Sean Penn was arrested and spent close to a month in jail after hitting an extra on the set of this film who was taking snapshots of Penn without his permission.
c.		When Mike Nelson uses the manipulator arms to free the Hubble, not only does the panel say Manos (see above), but when he clicks the button we hear a subtle reworking of Torgos theme. Torgo was the central character of Manos, The Hands Of Fate and Mike Nelson would often make cameos spoofing Torgo throughout the shows existence prior to his taking over from Joel Hodgson (the shows creator and star for 4 and a half seasons).
d.		When Wheezy Joe shoots himself, the glass behind him has a hole in the shape of a heart where the bullet went through.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		In the film, Bruce asks Lucius Fox for a new Batman suit with a head piece that is easier to look around in. This is a comical reference to older Batman films in which the actors playing Batman wore a suit that had a solid head piece covering the head, neck and shoulders. This made it impossible for the actors to turn their heads and instead had to turn their entire torso to look at their targets. Bruce comments to Lucius, "It makes backing out of the driveway easier."
b.		Stephenie Meyer had her own personal cast before all the roles were officially casted. They including Emily Browning as Bella Swan, Henry Cavill as Edward Cullen, Charlie Hunnam as Carlisle Cullen, Mary-Louise Parker as Esme Cullen, Rachael Leigh Cook as Alice Cullen, Trent Ford as Jasper Hale, Tom Welling as Emmett Cullen and Olivia Wilde as Rosalie Hale.
c.		Falcon Lair Estate served as the setting for much of the film. This historic site once was home to Rudolph Valentino, Doris Duke, Gloria Swanson.
d.		The production of this movie received extensive cooperation from the United States Navy.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		Synecdoche is pronounced: si-nek-duh-kee (with a stress on "nek").
b.		The films dedication states: "Proudly and gratefully we dedicate this picture to the Civil Engineer Corps and the Construction Battalions - the Seabees of the United States Navy who have fired the imagination of the world with their colorful exploits throughout the Seven Seas."
c.		This movie like its source Mickey Spillane novel ends with a dead female corpse on the floor.
d.		Film debut of Keenan Wynn.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		MSNBC host Keith Olbermann refers to FOX News host Glenn Beck as "Lonesome Rhodes" Beck after Andy Griffiths character in this movie.
b.		One of the rare times we see John Wayne dancing. He performs the "Jitterbug" with a blonde girl in the night club scene.
c.		Dustin Hoffman was Warner Brothers first consideration for "The Penguin" in Batman Returns.
d.		Thelma Ritters final film; her screen debut, Miracle on 34th Street, was also directed by George Seaton, making Ritter one of a handful of actors to be directed by the same person in both their first and last films.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		The motto of the real Construction Battalion Seabees is: "We build, we fight". This is encapsulated in the line of dialogue said by Lieutenant Commander Robert Yarrow (Dennis OKeefe) at films end when he says: "We build for the fighters, we fight for what we build".
b.		To prepare to play the Four Bs, a close group of marines, River Phoenix (Birdlace), Richard Panebianco (Berzin), Mitchell Whitfield (Benjamin), and Anthony Clark (Oakie) were sent for a week of simulated boot camp, run by retired U.S. Marine Corps Captain Dale Dye.
c.		In 1998, voted #1 film of all time by the American Film Institute.
d.		When Oskar Schindler berates Itzhak Stern for sending too many force-labor camp workers to his factory, Stern (Ben Kingsley) reminds him about Amon Goeth shooting 25 men from Bejskis camp. The Bejski that Stern refers to is none other than Moshe Bejski - who eventually became Schindlers document forger and later the Israeli Supreme Court Judge from 1979 to 1991. He is mentioned in the book. In the list, he is #531 on the mens list and occupation was a draftsman.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fighting Seabees (1944)?
a.		Producers agreed with Native American leaders not to acknowledge credit to them until the final film met with their approval.
b.		Edward Burns was considered for the part of Cyclops. D.B. Sweeney auditioned for the role (he has a cameo in the film as a police officer). Thomas Jane turned down the role (Jane went on to play The Punisher alongside Rebecca Romijn). Eric Mabius and Vince Vaughn were interested in the role. James Caviezel was cast as Cyclops, but he had to drop out due to schedule conflicts with Frequency and was finally replaced with James Marsden.
c.		Roy Barcroft, a Republic stalwart, appears in this film as one of the Seabees. No effort was made to give him a "character" name, they simply referred to him using his real name, "Barcroft".
d.		Henry Jones senior was, according to backstory material written but not presented in the film, born in the 1860s, and was a Scottish university professor before emigrating to Utah, where Indy was born. He was roughly 75 years old in 1938. Sean Connery was only 58 at the time of filming (and only 12 years older than Harrison Ford), hence the beard and general "old man" attire his character wears. Indy impersonating a Scottish lord at Castle Brunwald was a nod to this unspoken backstory.

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