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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Grissom Gang (1971) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Grissom Gang (1971) Quiz
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About the movie:
Set in the 1920s Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish and Slim proceeds to fall in love with her...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grissom Gang (1971)?
a.
Robert Aldrich
earned so much money off the back of his film
The Dirty Dozen
that he was able to buy his own film studio and make the kind of films he wanted to make. Unfortunately the first three that he made independently (
The Killing of Sister George
,
The Legend of Lylah Clare
and
Too Late the Hero
) were all box office flops. When this movie also crashed and burned at the box office in 1971, Aldrich was forced to sell his studio and go back to being a director for hire.
b.
The scream of the Ringwraiths is actually
Fran Walsh
, the co-writer and co-producer of the film.
c.
The "oscillation overthruster" device reappeared as a "spectral analyzer" in the
Star Trek: The Next Generation
episode "Pen Pals."
d.
During the opening credits, all of the deaths in the movie are foreshadowed. There is a hanging doll, a guillotine and a picture of a knife in someones chest.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grissom Gang (1971)?
a.
The college scenes were shot at both the University of Pennsylvania and the Princeton University. Neither school is named in the film, however, as both schools felt that the Judy Witwicky scenes were damaging to their image.
b.
Most of the commercials seen before and during the Love for Sale musical number were genuine TV ads of the day, including Victor Kiams famous Remington shaver ad with its slogan "I liked it so much, I bought the company!" According to Byrne, many of the characters in this film were inspired by actual supermarket tabloid stories.
c.
Carl Ballantine
s movie debut.
d.
The film was a particular dislike of UK BBFC censor
John Trevelyan
who extensively cut the 1971 cinema release for an X certificate (the BBFC website incorrectly lists it as passing without cuts). The 2001 Fremantle DVD release is 15-rated and fully uncut.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grissom Gang (1971)?
a.
Many of the autos used in the early scenes (the NY taxi, the Glen Cove police car and the county detectives car) are 1958 Ford sedans.
b.
One of the key props in the film is a diamond necklace. Because of
Robert Aldrich
s insistence on accuracy, this was a real diamond necklace, that came complete with a special female courier, disguised as a secretary, and with an escort of guards on the set. Special arrangements were made with the local bank and sheriffs department in the location of Placerville, California, while the necklace itself was transported by a motorcade of vehicles.
c.
This is the first Batman film to be shot in 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
d.
This film marked
Ingrid Bergman
s Hollywood comeback, after being effectively blacklisted in 1949 for having an affair with director
Roberto Rossellini
and having a child out of wedlock.
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