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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Dictator (1940) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Dictator (1940) - Part (2) 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 Dictator (1940).
About the movie:
In Chaplin's satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double... a poor Jewish barber... who one day is mistaken for Hynkel.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
This was
Kevin Costner
s first major motion picture.
b.
Charles Chaplin
named
Paulette Goddard
s character after his mother, Hannah.
c.
Director
Joe Alves
was suggested to helm the film by veteran editor
Verna Fields
, who won an Oscar for editing the first film.
d.
The identity of the killer can be seen in a news clipping in the opening montage.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
When characters are tempted by Satan, it is their corresponding actors voice beckoning them to join him.
b.
The plot device by which the aliens were defeated is lifted from the original storyline of
H.G. Wells
s novel War Of The Worlds. In WOTW they were beaten by bacteria and viruses; in this film they were beaten because of a computer virus.
c.
The Big Bertha artillery piece mentioned in the beginning of the film was not actually used to shell Paris, as stated in the film. In fact, the Big Bertha was simply a heavy artillery piece used by the Germans in the beginning of the war to smash Belgian forts during the invasion of Belgium. The large howitzer used to shell Paris by the Germans during WWI was simply called "The Paris Gun".
d.
The "Back to the Future" series (including
Back to the Future
,
Back to the Future Part II
, and
Back to the Future Part III
) ranked at #9 on IGNs Top 25 Movie Franchises of All Time (2006).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
All the scenes involving corrupt cop Ferris Britton (
Johnny Knoxville
) were cut from the final movie because test screenings audiences didnt like the character.
b.
Charles Chaplin
said wearing Hynkels costume made him feel more aggressive, and those close to him remember him being more difficult to work with on days he was shooting as Hynkel.
c.
The man who buys three of Flys puppies is head animal trainer
Karl Lewis Miller
.
d.
The film was shot during the hours between 1 and 5 AM.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
On the region-1 DVD commentary of the film,
Jeff Lieberman
says that the old farmhouse used for Mr. Beardsleys home during the shoot is known as one of the most infamous haunted houses in Georgia.
b.
The seal of one of the film unions is a vulture holding a twisted strip of film in its talons.
c.
Shot for 539 days.
d.
While this movie was shown in theaters, several times, in different cities, there were shootings between gangs that came across in the same theater.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
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.
b.
In 1963, Black civil rights organization the NAACP accused Hollywood studios of racial discrimination. Using The Longest Day as an example, it said that there were some 1,700 black soldiers who took part in the actual landings, but this movie featured not a single black actor.
c.
William Bendix
actually hit a ball over the right field fence, (he was the first actor to do so).
d.
Color behind-the-scenes footage exists, including the only footage of an aborted ending in which soldiers break into a folk dance.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
One of Brian Fantanas colognes is called Lime Prop.
b.
Film debut of
Anderson Lawler
.
c.
According to his biographer David Robinson,
Charles Chaplin
despised script girls and refused to abide by their guidance, resulting in continuity lapses in this movie.
d.
Holds record of Longest Time to Reach #1 as of 2009. The movie was released on 15 July 1988 in the U.S., and reached #1 on 16 September 1988.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
Tai Lungs Chinese name, as shown in the end credits, means "Big/Great Dragon" ("Da-long" in Pinyin transliteration). Tai Lung is a snow leopard, which is why he is white, with a long bushy tail, and has rosette markings.
b.
Springfield Nebraskas Platteview High School Forensics class got to meet the main stars and the crew while being extras in the movie. They learned about the behind the scenes stuff as well as being in the movie itself. Ms. Anderson took these kids to the shoot: David Harshbarger, Matt Lott, Emily Christine, Daniel Balkovic, Amber Frieze, Autumn Spurck, Joe Daly, Cody Mahoney, and Mike Foresmen.
c.
One of the earliest film roles for
Elizabeth Hurley
.
d.
In Spain, the film was banned until dictator
Francisco Franco
died, in 1975.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
This is the first
Charles Chaplin
film since
Behind the Screen
in which Chaplin plays a character who is actually identified by name. His famous Tramp character was rarely given a name, though he was often referred to as Charlie. The tramp-like barber in this film remains unnamed, but the Dictator is clearly referred to by name.
b.
The song that Navin and Marie sing as they walk along the beach, "Tonight You Belong To Me", was a hit in the 50s for sister duet Patience and Prudence.
c.
This film is banned in Nepal for suggesting that Buddha was born in India. Buddha was actually born in Lumbini, which is in Nepal.
d.
An alternate version, directed by
William Dieterle
, was made in German at the same time. Dieterle would later direct the 1944 Technicolor remake for MGM, in English.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
Jackie Sandler
(Jennifer) does not do her own singing in this movie.
b.
Charles Chaplin
accepted an invitation to perform the movies climactic speech on national radio.
c.
The focus of the novel dealt with homophobia, but the subject was changed to anti-Semitism for the film.
d.
While the record album of the "Tristan and Isolde" music is never shown close enough to the camera for the movie audience to see it, it either is, or has been created to resemble, a typical 78-RPM album set of the 1940s of an RCA Victor recording featuring
Arturo Toscanini
conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The cover art greatly resembles that of a 78-RPM album pressing featuring Toscanini conducting that orchestra. Toscanini was considered the greatest conductor of that era.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Dictator (1940)?
a.
Annette Bening
was originally going to play Tara but had to drop out because she was pregnant.
b.
In the novel, Ben interrupted the wedding before Elaine said I do. However,
Mike Nichols
decided to have Ben arrive after Elaine had gotten married.
c.
The scene where
Charles Chaplin
dances with a globe had its origins in a 1928 home movie in which Chaplin also toyed with a globe in similar fashion.
d.
Mayor Ebert and his assistant Gene are spoofs of film critics
Roger Ebert
and his late partner
Gene Siskel
. This is in response to the duo giving negative reviews to Emmerich and Devlins earlier films
Stargate
and
Independence Day
. When mayor Ebert is introduced he holds up two thumbs, the mark given by Siskel and Ebert to movies they like the most. Mayor Eberts campaign slogan is "Thumbs Up For New York!". And when Gene disapproves of Mayor Eberts latest platform (of exploiting the Godzilla disaster for his own benefit) he gives him a thumbs down. When the actual Siskel and Ebert reviewed the film on their show, it received two thumbs down and Gene Siskel commented on being spoofed in the film; he said it was "petty" and asked the filmmakers "if youre going to go through the trouble of putting us in a monster movie, why dont you at least take advantage of having the monster either eat or squash us".
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