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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Green Berets (1968) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Green Berets (1968) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968).
About the movie:
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
Kirk Douglas
wrote that
John Wayne
wanted him for the role of Commander (later Captain) Eddington. Douglas was surprised as they did not know each other and did not socialize, and their political opinions were very different. Nonetheless, the collaboration was a success and the two later co-starred in
The War Wagon
and Wayne had a cameo in Douglas ode to Israel,
Cast a Giant Shadow
.
b.
Christopher George
s final film.
c.
Duncan and Diana drive a 46 Buick. The Crimson Ghost drives a 35 Packard.
d.
David Janssen
was working on this film when the final episode of his series
The Fugitive
aired.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
George Takei
missed working on the "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode of the original
Star Trek
series to work on this movie.
b.
Doug Walker, also known as the internet comedian The Nostalgia Critic, listed this movie in his online list "Dougs Top 10 Movies He Hates But Everyone Else Loves." He also planned to due a Nostalgia Critic hate review of Matilda, but the idea was canceled to angry feedback from fans.
c.
Official Selection: Mockfest Film Festival (2009). WINNER: Best Feature Film.
d.
To create the language of the mutants sound-man
Loren L. Ryder
recorded a mixture of animal sounds and foreign languages, then played them backwards at alternating speeds. The effect: the sound induced nausea and caused the audiences to vomit in the theaters.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
When Sam leaves his apartment and Henry is waiting outside, as they walk downstairs the room they stop in front of to talk is number "21". At the end of the movie when the camera is panning up away from the scene of the accident, the number on top of the ambulance is "2121". They also live on the 21st floor; you can see the sign when Sam and Lyla discuss trust after he confronted her about not taking her medicine. This is in reference to Henrys 21st birthday, the recurring theme in the movie.
b.
The look of the Trade Federation Battle Droids is partly inspired by African tribal sculpture. The appearance of the Naboo Star Fighters is loosely based upon a hairpin.
c.
No one expected that shooting a scene with ducks swimming in a pond would be difficult. However, when the ducks were placed onto the pond they sank! Apparently it was the wrong time of year and the ducks had lost their water-repellent feathers and couldnt swim.
d.
Late in the movie
John Wayne
can be seen to wrap his rappelling rope through a carabineer the wrong way. Called a "fatal hookup" in the Army, this would result in an immediate fall once weight was applied.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
Blacklisted writer/director
Abraham Polonsky
wrote the original screenplay for the film. When
Irwin Winkler
decided to rewrite the script by changing De Niros character from a Communist to a more generic Liberal, Polonsky had his name removed from the films credits. "I wanted it to be about Communists because thats the way it really happened. ... They didnt need another story about a man who was falsely accused," he said in an interview in the New York Times.
b.
In 1967
John Wayne
wrote to Democratic President
Lyndon Johnson
requesting military assistance for his pro-war film about Vietnam.
Jack Valenti
told the President, "Waynes politics are wrong, but if he makes this film he will be helping us." Wayne got enough firepower to make
The Green Berets
, which became one of the most controversial movies of all time.
c.
When the BBFC notified Cannon that at least 20 minutes, and possibly 25, would have to be trimmed, Cannon aborted its plans for a planned U.K. release in 1986.
d.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
The script took four months to write, and two years to edit.
b.
The director-screenwriters modeled Fernandas wardrobe after Tatiana von Furstenbergs sense of style, right down to having actor Tricia Mara wear Ms. von Furstenbergs own shoes during filming. In fact, there were several days on set where the two were dressed almost identically, including once when both were in yellow dresses, bright thick tights, and the same exact tan heeled boots.
c.
Scenes were filmed with
Vera Miles
as
John Wayne
s wife but they were cut before release by the studio. Wayne made up for this by casting Miles in his next film
Hellfighters
.
d.
Woody Harrelsons first major starring role.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
Some of the "Vietnamese village" sets were so realistic they were left intact, and were later used by the Army for training troops destined for Vietnam.
b.
Nancy Allen
was the last person to audition for the film.
c.
Raymond Massey
had previously played abolitionist John Brown in
Santa Fe Trail
.
d.
Billy Crawford
was called for an audition when a casting staff saw the cover of his album "Ride" where he was portrayed in demonic fashion, wearing a hood with eyes resembling the demon.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
Theatrical trailer features different/additional footage: the wide shots on Rura Penthe show Kirk, McCoy and Martia escaping during daylight while in the film they escape during dusk or dawn, the arrival of the president of the Federation and Azetbur on Camp Kitomer, and when Martia (disguised as Kirk) is shot, you see a close-up of her, not the wide shot that was used in the film.
b.
Producer
David Kirschner
lost a story and screenplay credit in WGA arbitration.
c.
In the book "Green Berets" by
Robin Moore
, the main character is based on Maj. Larry Thorne (originally Lauri Törni, a Finnish soldier who moved to USA after WWII).
d.
This film was originally intended as a pilot for a Shadow TV series. However, it was turned into a movie instead
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
The colonel who ran the jump school (and who was seen shooting trap with
John Wayne
) was the real jump school commandant and a legendary commander of U.S. paratroopers.
b.
Gabriel Thomson
was considered for the role of Harry.
c.
Every single Goth who appears in the film has blond hair; not a single Roman has blond hair.
Julie Taymor
did this to emphasis the racial division inherent in the story.
d.
To warn people he was filming,
Robert Rodriguez
would place a sign at the end of the street he was shooting on. He wrote it in English so no one would understand what it meant.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
Much of the film was shot in 1967 at Ft. Benning, Georgia, hence the large pine forests in the background rather than tropical jungle trees.
b.
The incident with the plutonium hemispheres is based on two real life accidents that killed physicists Harry K. Daghlian and Louis Slotin in September 1945 and May 1946 respectively. Slotin had participated in the team that assembled the Trinity device.
c.
Ed Wynn
s character, Uncle Albert, was originally written as having a Viennese accent. Wynn, however, didnt attempt the accent - or even an English accent, for that matter. He was just himself, ad-libbing many of the lines he says while laughing on the ceiling in the "I Love to Laugh" scene.
d.
The original Broadway production of "Noises Off" by
Michael Frayn
opened on December 11, 1983 at the Brooks Atkinson Theater running for 553 performances with a cast that included
Victor Garber
and
Dorothy Loudon
and received a nomination for the 1984 Tony Award for Best Play.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Green Berets (1968)?
a.
According to the
George Lucas
interview from the Special Effects documentary included on the DVD, the concept for the giant, flesh-eating ants was lifted directly from an abandoned script for
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
.
b.
Many of the sets were a combination of physical set pieces and green screens with the backgrounds to be digitally added later. This technique was used for scenes that the crew was unable to film at either due to the volume of tourists, or because the Church denied them permission.
c.
WILHELM SCREAM: As enemy soldiers are thrown into the air by an exploding grenade.
d.
In an ironic reversal,
Adrian Lyne
turned down directorial duties on
The Bonfire of the Vanities
so he could direct Jacobs Ladder. His first choice for the role of Jacob Singer was
Tom Hanks
, but Hanks turned down the film so he could make
The Bonfire of the Vanities
.
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