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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).
About the movie:
The life of Jesus Christ.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
All of the children who appeared in the toy store scene were allowed to take their favorite toy home as part of their salary. Even though it didnt work,
Macaulay Culkin
was allowed to keep the Talkboy.
b.
The ending of this film was photographed at the same location that director
Matthew Charles Hall
used for his vampire film
In the Land of Phantoms
.
c.
Over 280 miles of film were shot, more than any other Disney movie.
d.
While between his films
Lawrence of Arabia
and
Doctor Zhivago
,
David Lean
directed some interior scenes with
Claude Rains
and
José Ferrer
as a favor for
George Stevens
, who was bogged down with the production in Nevada.
Jean Negulesco
, meanwhile, directed the Nativity scene.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
In the scene where
Kirk Douglas
arrives at the Nautilus on a lifeboat that lies upside-down in the water, a diver under the boat holds it to keep it steady.
b.
Filming began using 3-strip Cinerama process. After three days of filming with the 3-strip camera, the production switched to 70mm Ultra Panavision 70.
c.
To add authenticity, MGM bought some genuine WWII-vintage radios from Samuel M. Hevener, a collector from Ohio.
d.
Legendary stuntman
Yakima Canutt
s final movie credit. Canutts first picture had been
The Girl Who Dared
, a massive fifty-five year plus half-century earlier.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
Steve Carell
s feature film debut.
b.
Vitaphone production reels #3021-3029
c.
During filming, the first snowstorm to strike Arizona in decades buried the whole Jerusalem set. Several hundred cast and crew members, including director
George Stevens
, went out with snow shovels, wheelbarrows, bulldozers, and butane flame throwers to clear the snow from the set. Just as they were done, it snowed again, even harder than before - forcing the production to close and move to Desilu Studios in Hollywood.
d.
The film has never had a theatrical release. Production began in 1930 under the title "Contraband", stopped when the producers ran out of money, then began again under the title "Contraband Cargo". Production soon stopped again and was not resumed until 1939, when new footage was shot and footage from
Hell Harbor
was edited in. The film was still deemed not suitable for theatrical distribution, and it wasnt until 1949 that it was finally released - to television.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
Also on the background wall of the theatre entrance, there is a poster of
Renny Harlin
s previous movie
Prison
.
b.
When Chalmers and Gordon get off the plane, they overhear Leroux giving a different name than he used on the plane. They refer to a scene that was obviously cut out of the finished print.
c.
The video game Ross Webster plays was created for the film. It originally looked so life-like that the creators were asked to make it look more computer-like.
d.
George Stevens
originally wanted
Richard Burton
to play Jesus.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux (the two brightest stars in the constellation Gemini) were the twin sons of Zeus by Leda. The brothers fought together in the Trojan War (which, of course, was fought in *Troy*). This is not their only connection to Troy, their mother Leda was also the mother of Helen of Troy. Of the Castor and Pollux of mythology, Pollux was immortal and Castor mortal. They were allowed to spend alternating days together between the underworld and Olympus because Zeus took pity on the pair and "gave" Castor half of Polluxs immortality because they could not take the separation of death.
b.
There are several different versions of the film since Al Pacino has continued to re-edit the film over the years.
c.
Though there were many reports of in-fighting among the cast and crew,
Valentina Ganibalova
insisted later that the cast got along very well and had a great time during the shoot.
d.
Director
George Stevens
originally hired 550 Navajos from a local reservation to be Roman legionnaires, but they couldnt stay on the set for very long and eventually went back home to participate in a tribal election. Stevens replaced them with ROTC cadets.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
The old man who wishes he had bet on the Cubbies is played by
Charles Fleischer
, who did Roger Rabbits voice. He also plays the younger version of his character, Terry the tow truck driver in 1955.
b.
Two posters in Drake Stones apartment are actually advertisements for the "Magic: the Gathering" card game - the games logo appears above paintings of Drake, as if it was the title of his magic act.
c.
This film was slightly over 30 days in production using the original 3-panel Cinerama process when orders were given to abandon the Cinerama camera in favor of Ultra-Panavision 70; thus ending forever the cumbersome 3-panel Cinerama process in Hollywood. Numerous scenes had to be re-shot in the new single-lens Ultra-Panavision 70 process.
d.
Because Empire Pictures wanted the film to be more like
Stuart Gordon
s previous film,
Re-Animator
, additional gore footage was shot for the death of Rosemary. One shot was filmed where one doll used a pitchfork to pull out some of her intestines. The footage was eventually scrapped when the filmmakers decided that the scene didnt really fit the tone of the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
During the battle of San Jacinto the Texans yelled, "Remember the Alamo." During the actual battle they also yelled, "Remember Goliad." The massacre at Goliad was left out of the movie. Goliad was where Colonel Fannin and his unarmed men were executed at the order of Santa Ana.
b.
Cinematographer
William C. Mellor
suffered a heart attack, collapsed and died on the set.
c.
The film was originally written with
Anthony Hopkins
in mind, for the role of
Ludwig van Beethoven
.
d.
M. Night Shyamalan
admitted that Agatha Christie was an influence on the film, especially Christies 1939 novel And Then There Were None. They both share the same plot of a group of people with guilty pasts trapped in an isolated location and die off one by one. The final plot twist is also the same. The villain is among them, thought to have been killed off earlier in the story.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
The word "fuck" is said a total of 139 times.
b.
Alec Guinness
was sought for a cameo.
c.
This film was made under the title "Cracked Eggs".
d.
Scored the biggest opening ever for an animated film, topping
Finding Nemo
s $70.2 million opening
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
In the scene where Victoria is removing the bullet from Franks arm, you can see a bottle of Sobieskis Vodka from Poland, which is promoted by
Bruce Willis
.
b.
This is a semi-autobiographical piece on writer/director James Westbys life.
c.
Director
Samuel Bayer
turned down the directing gig twice. He relented when
Michael Bay
personally wrote to him saying it would really open up his career opportunities.
d.
Joanna Dunham
, who played Mary Magdalene, became pregnant during filming. The director worked around this by shooting her from the chest up as much as possible, making her later scenes markedly unlike the earlier ones.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)?
a.
Several scenes reference original
Charles Addams
illustrations, most notably the introduction sequence where the Addams family pours a cauldron of oil on the Christmas carolers, the passenger on Gomezs toy train, the octopus painted on the footboard of Wednesdays bed, and Pugsley with the road sign.
b.
John Wayne
liked working with
Lauren Bacall
in their first film,
Blood Alley
so much that he hand-picked her as his leading lady for this film.
c.
Telly Savalas
shaved his head bald for his role as Pontius Pilate. He kept his head shaved for the rest of his life.
d.
The film opens with a 15-minute prologue before the opening credits.
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