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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Godfather (1972) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Godfather (1972) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972).
About the movie:
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
Francis Ford Coppola
turned in an initial directors cut running 126 minutes. Paramount production chief
Robert Evans
rejected this version and demanded a longer cut with more scenes about the family. The final release version was nearly 50 minutes longer than Coppolas initial cut.
b.
The last name of Jennas doctor, Pomatter, is the combination of three of
Adrienne Shelly
s favorite Yankees players.
c.
The airplane used to fly to Shangri-La, based on the Bristol Beaufighter widely used by Britain and Australia in World War II, might reasonably be expected to be available in China. Built as a two-seat fighter-bomber, it was never converted into a passenger-carrying aircraft, but such a conversion might have been theoretically possible.
d.
All the killers phone calls were really done by
Roger Jackson
on set with a cell phone. At one point, the crew were contacted by the police demanding to know who they were because they thought there was a real killer making the phone calls.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
During the Battle of Mission City, when Sam accidentally drops the All Spark, an Xbox 360 being carried by a bystander converts into a Transformer. During its transformation the sounds used when an Xbox 360 boots up (and also heard in Xbox 360 commercials) can be heard.
b.
When Michael and Kay are having dinner together, the song on the radio is
Irving Berlin
s "All of My Life".
c.
Randy "The Ram" Robinson shares characteristics of the two biggest wrestling icons of the 1980s:
Hulk Hogan
and Randy Macho Man Savage. The look of The Ram, with the long blonde hair and tremendous physique as well as the steroid use, is obviously Hoganesque, while the "Ram Jam" (a flying double forearm smash off the top rope) is inspired by Savages "Flying Elbow" even down to the pose before executing it. The Rams feud with "The Ayatollah" also mimics the feud that Hogan had with
Khosrow Vaziri
(aka "The Iron Sheik") that made him a venerable superstar and the face of 1980s and early 1990s wrestling.
d.
The filmmakers got footage of
King Victor Emmanuel III
and
Benito Mussolini
reviewing troops. This was not newsreel footage, and both knew they were being filmed for this movie, which was being shot in and around Rome. The king even visited the films set later on and met star
Barbara La Marr
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
This film was edited on an Apple Macintosh Computer with "Final Cut Pro" and "Cinema Tools" software.
b.
According to
Francis Ford Coppola
, the term "Don Corleone" is actually incorrect Italian parlance. In Italian, addressing someone as "Don" would be like addressing them as "Uncle" in English, so the correct parlance would be "Don Michael" or "Don Vito". Coppola says that
Mario Puzo
, who couldnt speak Italian, simply made up the idea of using "Don" with a persons last name, and it has now become a pop culture staple.
c.
The film initially was green-lit with a budget of US$69 million from the studio.
d.
The first Disney/Pixar film to receive PG rating.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
The characters of "Spike Guy" and "Knife Guy" were added to the movie and inserted into the climax after test audiences found the heroes fighting only Loveless beauties to be very odd.
b.
A fire on the set in Nova Scotia, Canada, caused one million dollars damage.
c.
George Lucas
used photos from real crime scenes in the Mattress Sequence. One of the most prominent photos shows two cops kneeling beside what looks like a man sleeping on the ground with his head propped up against a fence. That man is "The Enforcer"
Frank Nitti
,
Al Capone
s right-hand man who had, in fact, committed suicide with a gunshot to the head.
d.
Gena Rowlands
, Washington-Lee High Class of 1947, plays mother of
Sandra Bullock
, Washington-Lee High Class of 1982.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
In the ending credits, Freddy Krueger is credited as himself, even though
Robert Englund
reprises the role.
b.
The production was a non-union shoot and used a mixture of professional and local amateur actors and crew. Most of the crew credited in the movie were local Havasu people.
c.
Frankie Avalon
and
Vic Damone
, both established and experienced singers, auditioned for the role of Johnny Fontane.
Francis Ford Coppola
was most impressed with Damone and gave the role to him, but
Al Martino
was cast by the producers, and used his organized crime connections to ensure he kept the part. Ironically, Fontane sings "I Have But One Heart," which was Damones first hit song.
d.
The license plate Number from the Police Hummer is 8675309.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
The heat ray was burning welding wire with a blowtorch forcing the sparks off of it.
b.
The house on the hill that David/Greg takes Betty during their date is the same house, which featured in
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
c.
Made for only £5 million.
d.
Francis Ford Coppola
was hired by
Robert Evans
to direct the movie after
Peter Bogdanovich
, among others, turned it down.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
Kirsten Dunst
revealed on the
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
that the real person that David Marks is based on visited the set of the film being made and watched from a distance.
b.
During the scene where Barry is at the supermarket looking for the cheapest Healthy Choice food item, he is being followed by an out-of-focus character in a red outfit. Its
Emily Watson
s character, before theyve been introduced.
c.
Tom Cruise
and
Sky Dumont
, who plays Sandor Szavost both have something in common besides this movie. Sky Dumont played the character Claus Von Stauffenberg in
War and Remembrance
, in the Project Valkyrie Chapter, and Cruise played the same character in Valkyrie (2008), directed by
Bryan Singer
.
d.
At the meeting in the restaurant, Sollozzo speaks to Michael in Sicilian so rapid subtitles could not be used. He begins with: "I am sorry. What happened to your father was business. I have much respect for your father. But your father, his thinking is old-fashioned. You must understand why I had to do that. Now lets work through where we go from here." When Michael returns from the bathroom, he continues in Sicilian with: "Everything all right? I respect myself, understand, and cannot allow another man to hold me back. What happened was unavoidable. I had the unspoken support of the other Family dons. If your father were in better health, without his eldest son running things, no disrespect intended, we wouldnt have this nonsense. We will stop fighting until your father is well and can resume bargaining. No vengeance will be taken. We will have peace. But your Family should interfere no longer."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
The "McDowells" restaurant was actually a Wendys on Queens Blvd. that was scheduled to be closed for a complete renovation. Although the production had approval from McDonalds corporate headquarters, they apparently didnt pass the word down to their local outlets. On the day the "McDowells" sign was erected, the manager of the McDonalds 1/2 mile further up the road arrived with his lawyer and proceeded to take photographs while telling the set dressing crew they were going to be sued for everything they were worth.
b.
At one point, relations were so strained between director
Francis Ford Coppola
and producer
Robert Evans
that Coppola had Evans banned from the set.
c.
The character Moe Greene was modeled after Jewish mobster
Bugsy Siegel
.
d.
Justin Kadys father and brother can both be seen as Detectives in the opening briefing room scene.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
Scott Bairstow
, who plays Miles, did the film for free; he wanted to be in the film that much.
b.
In 1994, screenwriter
Andrew Kevin Walker
wrote a draft of the script: the X-Men (Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Gray, Beast, Iceman, Angel and new member Wolverine) must stop the Brotherhood of Mutants (Magneto, Sabretooth, Toad and new member the Blob) from conquering New York City, while at the same time are set upon by a triplet of Sentinels, robots created by anti-mutant government officials Peter Henry Gyrich and Boliver Trask. The script focused on the rivalry between Cyclops and Wolverine, and had Magneto the cause of the Chernobyl disaster; also included was the X-Copter and the Danger Room. The script was never used, but dialogue/plot elements were used in the films official novel adaptation.
c.
The actor playing Luca Brasi,
Lenny Montana
, was so nervous about working with
Marlon Brando
that, in the first take of their scene together, he flubbed some lines.
Francis Ford Coppola
liked the genuine nervousness and used it in the final cut. The scenes of Brasi practicing his speech were added later.
d.
Ironically the Beverly Hills high school used in the film was the actual high school that star
Billy Warlock
graduated from just a few years before.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather (1972)?
a.
Final Film of
Michael Ward
.
b.
A young
Sylvester Stallone
auditioned for the role of Paulie Gatto and Carlo Rizzi, but didnt get the role. Stallone instead decided to try writing and did the screenplay for the modestly successful
The Lords of Flatbush
. He would later get his break in
Rocky
, coincidentally alongside
Talia Shire
(Connie Corleone).
c.
The house that Mr. Keller lives in also served as Hill House, in the original version of
Shirley Jackson
s
The Haunting
.
d.
In the films unreleased first cut, the final battle between Luc and Andrew didnt include the scene in the barn, featured the death of Lucs mother, and concluded with the near-murder of Luc by Dr. Gregor, followed by the revelation that he eventually died because of his injuries.
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