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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Fountainhead (1949) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Fountainhead (1949) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949).
About the movie:
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
Ranked No. 1 in Trains Magazines special issue, "The 100 Greatest Train Movies."
b.
The chariot race required 15,000 extras, on a set constructed on 18 acres of backlot at Cinecitta Studios outside Rome. Tour buses visited the set every hour. Eighteen chariots were built, with half being used for practice. The race took five weeks to film.
c.
Hoping this film would make her a star, Warner Bros cast a relative unknown, 22-year-old
Patricia Neal
, after considering and then rejecting
Bette Davis
,
Ida Lupino
and
Barbara Stanwyck
for the female lead.
d.
On
Miranda Otto
s first day of shooting,
Liv Tyler
was said to have welcomed her with enthusiastic open arms, saying, "Im so glad theres another woman in this film."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
In early drafts of the script, the character that became Christmas Jones was a Polynesian insurance investigator, Giulietta Da Vinci (Cigar Girl) was Sashenka Firo, and Dr. Molly Warmflash was Doctor Greatrex.
b.
Julia Roberts
was far from the first choice for the role of Vivian. It was offered previously to many successful A-list actresses including "brat pack" member
Molly Ringwald
(who starred in
The Breakfast Club
,
Sixteen Candles
and
Pretty in Pink
). Ringwald turned it down because she felt uncomfortable with the content in the script, and did not like the idea of playing a prostitute. She has since stated in several interviews that she regrets turning the role down.
c.
Robert Shaye
: the S&M bartender is played by the movies producer.
d.
Shot in early 1948 but not released until mid-1949.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
A version of the song "My Pretty Irish Girl" sung by
Sean Connery
and
Janet Munro
was released as a single about the same time as the debut of the movie in 1959. Ironically, Sean Connery said the singing was the one aspect of the role he wasnt too fond of.
b.
The films failure was largely attributed to
Gary Cooper
, who at 47 was much older than his twenty-something character and was considered by many critics to be unconvincing playing a man with high ideals.
c.
On Veidts desk a copy of Hollis Masons fictional biography Under the Hood can be seen. The book was quoted in the graphic novel and used to expose plot points that would have been otherwise left unexplored. The song "Ride of The Valkyries," played during Dr. Manhattans Vietnam battle, is referenced in Masons recount of a sad childhood memory.
d.
Helena Bonham Carter
underwent extensive vocal lessons and studied baking in preparation for her role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
Mark Sandrich
, who directed several of the
Fred Astaire
and
Ginger Rogers
films, was the original director, but he died suddenly of a heart attack. He was replaced by
Stuart Heisler
.
b.
According to the documentary
Bond on Location
, this film spent more time on location than any previous Bond movie whilst the production notes for this film state that it utilized more locations than any other Bond movie. It was filmed on three continents (Europe, North America, South America), in one studio (Pinewood), and across six different countries (Austria, Chile, Italy, Mexico, Panama and the UK). This feat is close to the record held by
Moonraker
which was was filmed on three continents, in four studios, and across seven countries.
c.
The original novel was a favorite among Americas armed forces, during World War II. The lengthy book helped pass the time when things were slow, and it provided inspiration to the troops, to survive the war and build their own dreams after they got home.
d.
Rumored to be a true story in the life of filmmaker Shane Stanley. However, his brief stint on the dark side happened 10 years before Gridiron Gang was produced as a feature film, not after as implied.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
Sylvester Stallone
trained for six months to get in shape for his role.
b.
Ayn Rand
was furious when she heard that Howard Roarks speech at the trial was being trimmed, chiefly because it was considered long, rambling and confusing, especially to
Gary Cooper
who didnt understand it. She got the studio to make sure that the speech was untouched and in its entirety in the finished product.
c.
At the beginning of the film Austin has 5 stages of defrosting. They are as follows. Stage 1: Laser Cutting. Stage 2: Warm Liquid Goo Phase. Stage 3: Re-animation. Stage 4: Cleansing. Stage 5: Evacuation.
d.
It became well known that
Stanley Kramer
was casting nearly every comedy performer he could think of. Some famous stars actually contacted Kramer to volunteer for the project, or to inquire as to why they had not been contacted.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
This film was a collaboration by four award-winning gay filmmakers based in Chicago.
b.
According to Barbara Brandens biography,
Ayn Rand
was furious when the courtroom speech was edited without her approval and refused to ever work with Warner Bros. in the future.
c.
Much of the makeup scene itself was unrehearsed.
Brian Fairbanks
took Matthew Naclerio aside to tell him to apply an absurd amount of lipstick and eyeliner to throw
Shannon Lower
off her game and keep the scene surprising.
d.
Billed stars
Kurt McKinney
and
Jean-Claude Van Damme
were martial artists before acting.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
Kevin Kline
met future wife
Phoebe Cates
when she auditioned for the part of Chloe, which eventually went to
Meg Tilly
.
b.
The bees that were used in the gum machine were actually wasps (at 01:11:12).
Paris Themmen
, a notorious troublemaker on the set, apparently let them out of their bell jar and was stung on the face.
c.
Kim Cattrall
says that she was allowed to choose the name of her character and decided on "Valeris," integrating "Eris," the name of the Greek goddess of strife and subtly hinting at her characters part in the grand scheme of the movie.
d.
It only took 59 days to shoot the movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
It took
Emilio Estevez
seven years to get the movie made. At one point, he had such a case of writers block that he only had 30 pages of the script and lied to people that he was working on it. His brother
Charlie Sheen
read the pages and convinced him to finish.
b.
Both horror author
Stephen King
and comic book writer
Frank Miller
were offered the job of writing and directing this movie.
c.
Roark (
Gary Cooper
)s courtroom speech was the longest in film history up until that time.
d.
This movies opening prologue states: "LIBYA - 1943. After almost three years of bitter desert warfare, Rommels brilliant use of his Panzer divisions has driven the British into a position of desperation. The fate of the Mediterranean hangs in the balance."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
Steve McQueen
was a car-racing fanatic and owned a Porsche 908. Driving this car during the 12 Hours of Sebrings 1970 edition with professional driver
Peter Revson
, he finished a close second behind
Mario Andretti
, who was determined "not to be beaten by a movie star". Andretti was driving a Ferrari 512. McQueen also wanted to be in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but was denied permission by the films producers. His Porsche eventually did participate, driven by
Herbert Linge
and Jonathan Williams, with three cameras to get "live" footage for the movie. Despite the spoiled aerodynamics and frequent stops to change film rolls, the car managed to finish ninth. According to a persistent rumor, McQueen may have driven it secretly after all.
b.
Ayn Rand
only agreed to make her book into a movie if the director promised that everything she wrote would make it into the final product.
c.
The green glow stick dropped down the shaft contains the fluorescent liquid used by the effects departments of all the Predator movies as the Predators blood. According to director
John McTiernan
, on
Predator
they stumbled on the effect after unconvincing attempts to make the blood look orange forced the crew to look for alternatives.
d.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Fountainhead (1949)?
a.
John Dierkes
, who plays The Tall Soldier, also narrates the trailer.
b.
Ayn Rand
wanted
Clifton Webb
to play the villain, but studio chiefs nixed the idea and
Robert Douglas
was cast instead.
c.
The song "The Childrens Marching Song", more commonly known as "This Old Man", was better-known in England than the U.S. at the time this film was made. When the film became a hit in America, so did the song, helped in no small measure by
Mitch Miller
s popular recording.
d.
Dudley Nichols
wrote the script in six days.
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