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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Debaters (2007) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Debaters (2007) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Great Debaters (2007).
About the movie:
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Debaters (2007)?
a.
This film was the first to be photographed in the MGM Camera 65 process; the second was
Ben-Hur
. Later, the process was renamed Ultra Panavision 70. It involved using a 65mm negative with the addition of lenses that applied a 1.25 X anamorphic squeeze. When projected, the aspect ratio would be 2.21:1 X 1.25 = 2.76:1. However, around 1957 theaters were still showing
Around the World in Eighty Days
, which forced MGM to release this film only on 35mm anamorphic prints, with an aspect ratio of 2.55:1. MGM used the older CinemaScope format because it allowed for the inclusion of four-track magnetic audio, in contrast to the mono-only audio offered by 2.35:1 optical soundtrack prints.
b.
In the hearing to determine if Senior Chief Brashear can remain a diver, his insignia is gold and Chief Sundays is red. Chief Sunday has had a record of bad conduct. Gold chevrons are used if an enlisted man has a good conduct record of at least 12 years.
c.
In the original version, as documented by Photoplay Magazine in September 1928,
Olga Baclanova
and
Howard Davies
are credited as the Countess and the Count, but in the final version, and as seen in the surviving print at the Library of Congress, these roles are played by
Gladys Brockwell
and
Nicholas Soussanin
.
d.
The diploma hanging in Dr. James Farmers study is an authentic copy provided to the art department by Boston University archivist Kara Jackman.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Debaters (2007)?
a.
On December 19, 2007,
Denzel Washington
announced a $1 million dollar donation to Wiley College so they could re-establish their debate team.
b.
After
Leonard Nimoy
allowed
Kirk R. Thatcher
to play the punk on the bus, Thatcher expressed displeasure at the music chosen for his boom box on the bus scene. He then asked to write and perform a song that he felt would be more representative of his character than the pre-selected music that was to appear. The result was the song "I Hate You".
c.
Frank Sinatra
was seriously considered for the role of Nicky Arnstein but
Barbra Streisand
vetoed this as she didnt like him.
d.
The Smiley fast food restaurant is actually a Carls Jr.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Debaters (2007)?
a.
This movie was the first since 1979 to be allowed to film on Harvards campus.
b.
In the opening, the stack of books (presumably Jamals) is comprised of the following titles: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne; After the Banquet, Yukio Mishima; The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima; The Temple of Dawn, Yukio Mishima; The Sailor Who Feel from Grace with the Sea, Yukio Mishima; The Viking Portable Chekhov; Philosophical Fragments, Soren Kierkegaard; The Sickness Unto Death, Soren Kierkegaard; Fear and Trembling, Soren Kierkegaard; Marquis de Sade: A Study, Simone de Beauvoir; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce; Something Great, Ken Kesey; Finnegans Wake, James Joyce; The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury; Fool for Love, Sam Shepard; Discourse on Method and the Meditations on First Philosophy, Rene Descartes.
c.
There is a poster for the band Bleeding Through in Kims dorm room
d.
The movies hoaxed interviews have angered the families of real missing persons in and around Nome, Alaska, for trivializing their loss. Melanie Edwards, Vice President of Kawerak Inc (an organization representing tribal peoples in Alaska) described the movie as "insensitive to family members of people who have gone missing in Nome over the years". Universal has refused to discuss the movie with that organization or with local journalists.
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