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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Escape (1963) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Escape (1963) - 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 Escape (1963).
About the movie:
Allied POWs plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
In January 1945,
Agnes de Mille
, who choreographed the 1943 Broadway musical, originally was announced to choreograph the
Mary Pickford
planned screen version.
b.
Steve McQueen
held up production because he demanded that the script be rewritten to give his character more to do.
c.
Once the filmmakers bought the rights to the
Louis Begley
novel, they kept the title and the main character but changed just about everything else. In the book, the main character lived in the Hamptons and his daughter was about to marry a lawyer.
d.
Two scripts were written for consideration. One by
Rich Wilkes
involves pirates in Southeast Asia and the other, by
Simon Kinberg
, involves a plot set in Washington D.C. The
Simon Kinberg
script was selected. Open casting calls in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area were made on 19 August 2004 and 26 August 2004. Shooting will start on 14 September 2004 and go through 1 October 2004.
Rob Cohen
had earlier suggested that that both scripts may be made, with the one not used for XXX2 becoming XXX3.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
Ashley Judd
was also considered for the part of Maggie.
b.
MGM acquired over 40 scripts for the film.
c.
The little white car that Dick and Maggie drive to the beatnik club is called a VELAM Isetta. They were made between 1955 and 1958. VELAM (Vehicule Leger a Moteur light vehicle with motor) was a French company. The French nicknamed the car the "yoghurt pot" because of its looks. It was also known as the "bubblecar", "rolling egg", "little egg" and even "trouser fly" since you could get into the car from the front.
d.
Steve McQueen
accepted the role of Hilts on the condition that he got to show off his motorcycle skills.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
Wally Floody
, the real-life "Tunnel King" (he was transferred to another camp just before the escape), served as a consultant to the filmmakers, almost full-time, for more than a year.
b.
Ross Bagdasarian
: uncredited soldier singing at the Christmas Party.
c.
This production of "Fanny" began as a hit Broadway musical in 1954, with the libretto co-authored by
Joshua Logan
, who also directed the show, which starred
Ezio Pinza
, in his last stage role before his death, as Cesar,
Walter Slezak
as Panisse, and
Florence Henderson
as Fanny. When the musical was filmed, Logan stayed on as director, and the film was faithful to the show, except for the fact that Logan dropped all of the songs and simply used them as background scoring.
d.
This was the first film to be given the newly instituted NC-17 rating in the US for its graphic violence before it was re-cut to its final theatrical length.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
Oscar-winning actor
George Kennedy
made his (unbilled) screen debut playing one of the soldiers who announces "I am Spartacus!" towards the end of the film.
b.
The real-life escape preparations involved 600 men working for well over a year. The escape did have the desired effect of diverting German resources, including a doubling of the number of guards after the Gestapo took over the camp from the Luftwaffe.
c.
This is one of few American or occidental war or World War II films where the focus, subject or main characters were the enemy (i.e. in this case German and not American nor their Allies).
d.
Originally, Kay was to truly have a miscarriage. It was
Talia Shire
s idea that she would have an abortion instead, as the ultimate way to hurt Michael. To thank her for this idea,
Francis Ford Coppola
wrote in the scene in which she tearfully asks Michael to forgive Fredo.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
The fourteenth of sixteen movies for the suave detective nicknamed "The Falcon" starring
John Calvert
.
b.
At Connies wedding, Sonny is seen in close quarters with Lucy Mancini (
Jeannie Linero
) Connies maid of honour at the event (wearing a pink dress). According to the novel, Sonny takes Lucy as his mistress (she is "that young girl" Don Corleone mentions to Sonny; she is also seen before Sonny visits Connie). The novel and film trilogy differ on her fate, though: in the novel she eventually moves on, settling down with a Las Vegas doctor; she is briefly seen in
The Godfather: Part III
, with her son Vincent playing a major role.
c.
The third of nine classic RKO movies featuring Simon Templar, The Saint starring
George Sanders
.
d.
Steve McQueen
also personally attempted the jump across the border fence, but crashed. The jump was successfully performed by
Bud Ekins
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
The original Broadway production of "Broadway Jones" by
George M. Cohan
opened at the George M. Cohan Theater on Septemeber 23, 1912, ran for 176 performances and starred George M. Cohan.
b.
No studio was interested in backing the film. The film was then shot independently and once it was completed, Universal stepped in to distribute it. Part of the reason Universal released it was because one of the executives of the studio used to hitchhike to Hollywood to watch
Ray Charles
concerts.
c.
The dragged-out production cost
Martin Landau
a part in
Federico Fellini
s
8½
.
d.
In the scene following Hilts theft of a German motorcycle, he rolls into a nearby town, and stopped by a police officer. He tells Hilts something in German, to which Hilts kicks him away and rides off. The officer asked Hilts for identification papers Hilts doesnt have.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
The nationality of a few of the prisoners in the story was changed, emphasizing American, and de-emphasizing Commonwealth and other Allied.
b.
This is the only Halloween film to show the morning after the 31st, every other movie ends on Halloween night.
c.
References to Patsy Clines friendship with
Loretta Lynn
was left out of the script as producers felt their relationship was already covered in
Coal Miners Daughter
.
d.
Mickey Rourke
s voice characterization is an approximation of
Charles Bukowski
s own voice.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
The gold medallion
Steve McQueen
wears throughout the film was a present from his wife.
b.
The black statuette from "The Maltese Falcon" was used by the Warner prop department to dress the set.
c.
Unbeknownst to
Joe Dante
and
Michael Finnell
,
Steven Spielberg
was a big fan of
The Howling
. After he came across
Chris Columbus
writing sample, he fell in love with it and bought it. Then he decided that Dante was the guy to make it into a movie, took the project to Warner Bros. and also produced it with his own company, Amblin Entertainment.
d.
At one point in the movie, we see Taranskys daughter Lainey tapping away on her laptop. We see the screen for a split second; she is reading about the legend of Pygmalion, a Greek king who created a beautiful statue of a woman whom he named Galatea. He fell so in love with the statue he had sculpted that he asked the gods to make Galatea real. This they did.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
Lauren Heather McMahon
s role as Taru was originally a lot bigger. But McMahon was in a car accident and the character was replaced by others in the script. Her scene in the film is also the only one solely directed by
Richard W. Haines
.
b.
The musical version of the movie entitled "The Goodbye Girl" opened at the Marquis Theater on March 4, 1993, ran for 188 performances, was nominated for the 1993 Tony Award for the Best Musical and starred
Bernadette Peters
and
Martin Short
. Both actors received Tony Award nominations for their performances.
c.
Though seemingly hauled away for allowing the escape to take place, the Commandant was actually arrested for being involved in a brisk black-market operation, a fact unearthed during the Gestapo investigation of the escape.
d.
Despite the movies title, Sweet Home Alabama, the house Melanie pretends is her home is really at Berry College in Mt. Berry, Georgia. This house, called Oak Hill, is a Georgia historic landmark and was the original home of the college founder, Martha Berry. The downtown scenes were filmed in Crawfordville (pop 572), seat of Taliaferro County (pronounced "Tolliver"), the least populated county in Georgia.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Escape (1963)?
a.
The house set is the same used for
Bewitched
.
b.
The real-life escape was on the night of 24 March 1944, and the ground was snow-covered. The German town near the prison camp, called Neustadt in the film, was really Sagan (now Zagan, Poland).
Steve McQueen
was born on March 24th.
c.
While waiting between takes the lighting team would set up several 5k lights to allow the rest of the crew to warm up, before they had to go back to work in the sub 50F weather.
d.
The only known surviving print of the film was found by
Elle Schneider
during production of the
Tom Graeff
documentary The Boy from Out of This World (2009).
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