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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Godfather: Part II (1974) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Godfather: Part II (1974) - 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 Godfather: Part II (1974).
About the movie:
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
This film was successfully reissued worldwide numerous times; some claim it was the first ever re-released film. In the 1938 reissue, several scenes of excessive violence and sex were cut to comply with the Production Code enforced in 1934. Though many of the censored scenes were restored by Janus Films in 1971 (including the censored sequence in which Kong peels off
Fay Wray
s clothes), one deleted scene has never been found, shown publicly only once during a preview screening in San Bernardino, California in January 1933. It was a graphic scene following Kong shaking four sailors off the log bridge, causing them to fall into a ravine where they were eaten alive by giant spiders. At the preview screening, audience members screamed and either left the theatre or talked about the grisly sequence throughout the subsequent scenes, disrupting the film. Said the films producer,
Merian C. Cooper
, "It stopped the picture cold, so the next day back at the studio, I took it out myself."
b.
Vitos birthday is December 7. Sonny curses at the "Japs" for dropping bombs in Hawaii on his fathers birthday.
c.
Alfred Hitchcock
bought the rights to the original novel anonymously to keep the price down, and got them for just $7,500.
d.
When the Giants hand is "watching" TV, the clip that was to be playing would have been the opening to
Disneyland
, but the filmmakers couldnt secure the rights, and substituted the Maypo commercial instead.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
Thats not
Steve McQueen
s real jacket in the movie.
b.
Original working title was "The Killer Angels." Test audiences thought the movie was about motocycle gangs and thus it was changed to its broader, current title.
c.
Was voted the 7th Greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly, thus being the most highly ranked sequel on their list and only 6 rankings behind its predecessor.
d.
The director and everyone in the crew were in high school when the film was made.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
In real life, Clyde Barrow was a highly dangerous marksman who had mastered most firearms including the Browning Automatic Rifle and the Thompson Sub Machine Gun. The lawmen chasing him were well aware of his ability with a gun which partly explains the ruthlessness behind the way he was gunned down.
b.
Joseph Fiennes
went on to play Romeo in an audio production of Romeo & Juliet.
c.
The baby montage was originally 10 different mini scenes with the Omegas and Kegston. Originally the scenes were filmed as "filler" in case there ever needed to be a cleaner transition. Brescia figured that at least one of the scenes would work well, but in post-production decided they worked best tied together.
d.
The movies line "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." was voted as the #58 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
Lloyd makes several references in the movie to "Bell Square" mall, short for Bellevue Square (located in Bellevue, Washington). When Lloyd is driving in the rain and sees the mall, he is actually driving by Westlake Center (located in downtown Seattle).
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
The majority of the principal photography took place in 2004.
d.
The flashback sequences with a young Vito were part of the original Godfather novel but not used for the first film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
This is the only real live action movie that
Burt Reynolds
and
Loni Anderson
made together though they both did do voice work for the animated pic
All Dogs Go to Heaven
. Reynolds and Anderson formed a relationship which lead to a five year marriage between 1988 and 1993, a marriage that began five years after this movie was made. Reportedly, their messy divorce drew much publicity from the media. The two first met on the set of
The Merv Griffin Show
in 1981 but did not start dating until 1982. This movie was made and released in 1983.
b.
The Decepticon Scalpel (described in the film as the Doctor) takes the alternate mode of a lensmeter, a device used by optometrists to check the various aspects of a prescription lens for eyeglasses (his toy gave him a different alternate mode: a microscope, in tribute to the
Transformers
Autobot Perceptor). His bug-like design and sadistic attitude were based on Tarantulas, the twisted Predacon scientist from
Beast Wars: Transformers
.
c.
This is the final film that composer
Jerry Goldsmith
would compose for Director and personal friend,
Franklin J. Schaffner
, who would direct one more film before his passing in 1989.
d.
Ranked #3 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Gangster" in June 2008.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
Andreass revolver that he points at Mallory from behind the newspaper is an Enfield No 2 Mk I* (identifiable as the "*" modification by the lack of the hammer spur). It fired the anemic .380/200 service round and is widely considered to be one of the worst service sidearms ever foisted on an unwilling army.
b.
Debra Winger
dropped out of playing the mother.
c.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #32 Greatest Movie of All Time.
d.
David Torrence
was at one time cast as the Prime Minister, but did not appear in the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
In October 2010, the real
Sean Parker
told Vanity Fair that he actually once met
Justin Timberlake
and that Timberlake wanted to get to know him better for his preparation for his role in this movie. Parker then replied getting to know the real Sean Parker wouldnt help Timberlake at all, because the Parker from
Aaron Sorkin
s script has little to do with the real person.
b.
In an early version of the script, an ongoing story line was Tom Hagen having an affair with Sonny Corleones widow. This was later discarded, but the line where Michael Corleone tells Hagen that he can take his "wife, children and mistress to Las Vegas" was kept.
c.
The film has more Oscar-winning actors in the cast (12) than any other movie in history:
Cher
,
James Coburn
,
Louise Fletcher
,
Whoopi Goldberg
,
Joel Grey
,
Anjelica Huston
,
Jack Lemmon
,
Marlee Matlin
,
Tim Robbins
,
Julia Roberts
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Rod Steiger
. 13 if you count Oscar-winning producer-director
Sydney Pollack
who also makes a cameo appearance.
d.
Lexie Bigham
died in a road accident shortly after completing this movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
June 2008 Ranked #4 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Animation".
b.
The ship shown transporting the young Vito Corleone to New York was the Moshulu. That ship is now a restaurant docked at Penns Landing in Philadelphia.
c.
The swimming hole is actually an abandoned 350 foot deep quarry. DiCillo told all who went in that it was only 25 feet deep max. An expert swimmer at a nearby quarry was bitten by a poisonous snake and drowned several days before filming began.
d.
The filmmakers were given permission to reproduce some of Andy Warhols paintings and silk screens for the set, but they had to destroy them after filming.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
Paramount spent an extra $5 million (one sixth of the films budget) to reshoot Captain James T. Kirks demise.
b.
Several cast and crew members attended UC Irvine.
c.
A then-unknown
Joe Pesci
was briefly considered for the role of Clemenza, which eventually went to
Bruno Kirby
.
d.
One of the writers,
Peter Viertel
, wrote a chapter in his book Dangerous Friends about how he and
John Huston
wrote the screenplay for We Were Strangers, including two weeks in Cuba with
Ernest Hemingway
. According to Viertel, Hemingway suggested ending the film as it occurred in reality: with the death of the revolutionaries. Instead, an alternative ending was supplied by
Ben Hecht
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Godfather: Part II (1974)?
a.
Thats a real scar on
Natalie Martinez
s face, the result of a childhood accident.
b.
The model of Shelob was based on a New Zealand tunnel web spider.
c.
Although it is never mentioned or indicated at any point in the film, the story is actually set 20 years in the future.
d.
Francis Ford Coppola
and
Mario Puzo
won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay even though half of the script was adapted and half was original. The story of Michael Corleone is original while the story of the young Vito Corleone came from the "Godfather" novel.
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