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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great White Hope (1970) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great White Hope (1970) 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 White Hope (1970).
About the movie:
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great White Hope (1970)?
a.
The game Reds son is playing at the house is
Doom
.
b.
The original Broadway production of "The Great White Hope" by
Howard Sackler
opened at the Alvin Theater in New York on October 3, 1968, ran for 546 performances and won the 1969 Tony Award for the Best Play.
James Earl Jones
won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Actor in Play and recreated his stage role in the movie version.
Jane Alexander
won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and recreated her stage role in the movie version. The play author also wrote the screenplay for the movie version.
c.
This was the first appearance of the Dead End Kids who later evolved into the East Side Kids and later the Bowery Boys. Producer
Samuel Goldwyn
brought the boys - who had appeared in the original Broadway production of the play - to Hollywood to appear in the movie. He later regretted the decision, as the boys ran wild through the studio, destroying property and crashing a truck through the wall of a sound stage. Afterwards, Goldwyn decided not to use the boys again and sold their contract to Warner Brothers.
d.
The original choice to direct the film was
Vincente Minnelli
but when his salary demands were too high, the job went to
George Cukor
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great White Hope (1970)?
a.
The play "The Great White Hope" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1969.
b.
Originally this was meant to be a project for Chuck Norris during his time contracted to Cannon Films.
c.
James LeGros
,
Tom Guiry
, and
Geoff Dunsworth
, all achieved their 1970s-style long hair by using wigs.
d.
The character of Charlie Babbitt was originally written as a 56-year-old.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great White Hope (1970)?
a.
This movie represents an instance where a lead character has the same name as a well known celebrity.
Theresa Russell
plays a character called
Jennifer Hudson
(aka Jenny Hudson). This movie though was made long before
Jennifer Hudson
became famous.
b.
Inspired by the story of the black boxer
Jack Johnson
, who was heavyweight champion from 1908 to 1915.
c.
For the film, Javier gained over forty pounds - going from approximately 160 lbs to 208 lbs - and then undertook a fasting regimen where, for two months he ate not one bite of food and ran two miles a day with a plastic sweat suit on. This caused him to loose a pound a day - for 56 days - going from 208 to, at the films end, 146 lbs.
d.
The character of Ursula was based on
Divine
. Her personality and some of her actions were also largely inspired by a previous Disney villain, Madame Medusa from Disneys
The Rescuers
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great White Hope (1970)?
a.
Last screen appearance of
Chester Morris
.
b.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 12, 1951 with
Henry Fonda
reprising his film role.
c.
The genitals of the Newborn had to be digitally removed.
d.
Also present in the 2015 antique shop, front and center, is the video game Burgertime for NES. Burgertime which was an arcade game ported to several home video game platforms also including Mattel Intellivision and Atari 2600.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great White Hope (1970)?
a.
In addition to Jack Jefferson being based on Jack Johnson, several other characters are based on real life individuals. Frank Brady is a stand-in for Jim Jeffries, the former heavyweight champion who came out of retirement to try to end Johnsons title reign, Capn Dan is based on "Gentleman" Jim Corbett, the racist former champion refused to fight black men as champion, and the Kid is a stand-in for Jess Willard, the fighter who eventually beat Johnson for the title in Havana in 1915. Eleanor is a composite of two white women Johnson married, Etta Duryea (who, like Eleanor, committed suicide), and Lucille Cameron, who he fled the country with after being convicted.
b.
During the climactic chase through the streets of Paris, the Cathedral from _The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923/I)_ (q.v.) can be clearly seen.
c.
Robert Loggia
only appeared as Mr. Eddy because of his former desire to play Frank Booth in
Blue Velvet
. He showed up for an audition, unaware that
Dennis Hopper
had already been cast, and proceeded to wait for three hours, growing increasingly agitated. Upon seeing Lynch and learning of Hoppers casting, Loggia proceeded to give an extremely profane rant, which remained in Lynchs head for years as what would eventually become Mr. Eddys road rage scene. Loggia, years later, received a phone call from Lynch requesting his performance for this movie.
d.
Paul McCartney
impersonator Joey Curatolo provides the vocal for the fictional
Denny Laine
song Love Take Me Down to the Streets, which we hear during the closing credits.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great White Hope (1970)?
a.
The college Greg is accepted to is called Morehoward, a reference to two Black colleges called Morehouse and Howard.
b.
Jane Alexander
s first movie.
c.
Yegg is a US slang term, with three main meanings - safe-cracker, itinerant burglar, or thug. The last is the most likely meaning used in the context of this film.
d.
The word "fuck" is used 190 times.
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