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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Santini (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Santini (1979) 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 Santini (1979).
About the movie:
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
According to author
Pat Conroy
, Lt. Col. Bull Meecham is based entirely on his own father, Donald Conroy, a Marine fighter pilot who referred to himself in the third person as "The Great Santini." Donald Conroy took the nickname from a magician hed seen as a child. Pat and Donald Conroy were on the set on the day that
Robert Duvall
and
Michael OKeefe
filmed the scene where Bull Meecham bullies and taunts Ben after losing to him in a basketball game. A woman on the set asked Donald Conroy if he and Pat had really played games like that. Donald Conroy replied, "Every day, madam. Every single day." However, the book and movie gave Donald Conroy an opportunity to mend fences with his children, especially Pat. After the novel was published, Donald Conroy would often accompany his son to book signings, and would sign his sons novels with the signature, "Donald Conroy - The Great Santini."
b.
This film marks the first time a Pixar produced film has a female protagonist.
c.
The bag placed over Jasons head in the Crystal Lake nightmare is a reference to the bag Jason wears in
Friday the 13th Part 2
before he started wearing his trademark hockey mask.
d.
Director Brian Kohne produced two "Barefoot Natives" albums with Willie K and Eric Gilliom.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
On the morning of the Academy Award nominations in 1981, when the movie got nods for actor and supporting actor, author
Pat Conroy
received a phone call from him father who told him "You and me got nominated for Academy Awards, your mother didnt get squat".
b.
Co-writer/Director
Jason Reitman
stated that if
George Clooney
had passed on the role of Ryan Bingham, he would have rewritten the part for
Steve Martin
. Reitman claimed that the movie would have become "much more like
Lost in Translation
was for
Bill Murray
."
c.
Kieran Culkin
was actually drinking white grape juice at the Hamptons party.
d.
News items and studio publicity reported that the opening title cards of the Erie Canal during different seasons was painted by noted artist Albert J. Kramer, and that the double wedding ceremony at the end was styled by art director
Addison Hehr
to resemble Grant Woods painting of "Farm House."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
The South Carolina house where much of the movie takes place is the same house in Beaufort used in
The Big Chill
. It is known as the "Edgar Fripp Home" as well as "Tidalholm."
b.
The fisherman with the hook (gaff) at the beginning of the movie is a reference to the killer in
I Know What You Did Last Summer
.
c.
When the character of Jack dives off the rock in the Forest, it is
Ridley Scott
s daughter Jordan who is playing Princess Lily, and a stuntman playing Jack. This was done to make the rock look larger than what it was, the added close-ups of Mia Sara were added in during editing.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
Richard Anderson
s film debut.
b.
German censorship visa # 21009 delivered on 4-11-1959.
c.
The movie was originally released directly to cable and airlines, under the title "The Ace". When the NY Times reviewed it very favorably, it was pulled from cable, and released to theaters under the title "The Great Santini".
d.
Chucks car was a Nash Healy.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
The four engine bomber flown by Gable and Tracy near the end of the film when they are flying with the simulated bomb load was a Model 299, which was bought by the Army Air Force and became the yb-17 while testing continued until it became operational as the b-17a.
b.
The character Joe Darrow was written with the intention of
Harrison Ford
taking the part. Ford turned down the role to take a year off from movies.
c.
Despite playing their mother,
Blythe Danner
is only 12 years older than
Michael OKeefe
and
Lisa Jane Persky
. Danner later appeared as Tom Wingos wife in
The Prince of Tides
, which was also based on a novel by
Pat Conroy
.
d.
The hotel scenes were filmed at the Comfort Inn in Lorton, Virginia. Several of the actors were given free rooms to stay in during filming; and filming was allowed free of charge in return for promotion of the hotel in the film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
In an earlier version of the script, the Millennium Falcon lands on not the Death Star but at a Cloud City that floats above the gaseous surface of the planet Alderaan. The rescue of Princess Leia and Obi-Wan Kenobis duel with Darth Vader take place at this base, not on the Death Star. A cut in the budget for the movie forced
George Lucas
to bring in the Death Star early, and in the finished film the scenes that would have take place in the Cloud City take place there, instead. The Cloud City, of course, was later used in
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
. Since Alderaan was destroyed in
Star Wars
, however, it obviously couldnt be the location of the Cloud City. So a new planet was created to house the Cloud City: Bespin.
b.
For the first time in the series, a CGI-added knife was used because
Wes Craven
wanted to avoid using prop knives that are rubber, cardboard and collapsible.
c.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
s movie debut.
d.
The cemetery where Bull Meecham is buried at the end of the film is Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, South Carolina. When Donald Conroy, the inspiration for Bull Meecham, died in 1998, he was also laid to rest in Beaufort National Cemetery. (His tombstone reads, "Donald Conroy - The Great Santini") A few months before his death, Donald Conroy visited the cemetery with his son, Pat, to check the burial plot he had purchased for himself. He told the cemetery officials, "This is the second time Ill be buried here."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
David Keith
s film debut.
b.
The book that Lisa is reading at the end is an actual book, "Beyond the High Himalayas" by Supreme Court Justice
William O. Douglas
.
c.
Episode titles: 1. The Whirlpool of Destiny 2. The Casket of Tainted Treasure 3. The Hidden Hand 4. From Sunshine to Shadow 5. The Trap 6. The Dragons Den 7. The Yellow Claw 8. A Clue from the Klondike 9. Cupids Puzzle 10. The Woman and the Game 11. A Shot in the Dark 12. Caught in the Web 13. The Struggle 14. The Escape 15. The Test of Death 16. The Crafty Hand 17. The Missing Finger 18. The Great Secret
d.
Although the film takes place in New York, at least two sequences were filmed in Los Angeles: the scene where
Roy Scheider
meets
Laurence Olivier
was filmed in front of the red steps statue in downtown Los Angeles in the Arco Plaza; and the library scene where
Dustin Hoffman
meets
Marthe Keller
was filmed at the Doheny Library on the University of Southern California campus. Coincidentally, Hoffman filmed scenes on the same campus ten years earlier in the landmark
The Graduate
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Santini (1979)?
a.
The character of "Coach Spinks" is based on Jerry Swing, who coached
Pat Conroy
in high school.
b.
When
Billy Bob Thornton
was set to direct, he wanted
Laura Dern
to play Wavey.
c.
Four copies of
Pablo Picasso
s 1942 painting "Woman with an Artichoke" were made for a scene that was never shot. Three were given to crew members: director
Richard Donner
, production designer
J. Michael Riva
and original cinematographer
Conrad L. Hall
.
Mel Gibson
somehow got the fourth.
d.
The movie was initially pitched as "Romeo and Juliet for vampires and werewolves".
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