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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Guns of Navarone (1961) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961).
About the movie:
A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
The original Scooby-Doo episode dealing with the pterodactyl ghost featured a villain and motive that were quite different. The pterodactyl/hang glider costume was used to smuggle pirated music, with the small-town mayor behind the whole scheme.
b.
Ross Bagdasarian
named the Chipmunks after executives at Liberty Records, who released Sevilles and the Chipmunks original albums. Alvin was named for company president Alvin Bennett, Simon for company vice-president/record producer Si Waronker, and Theodore for recording engineer Ted Keep.
c.
There had been some concern that the cast would not get along, particularly since
Anthony Quinn
had a reputation for being difficult to work with. However, in the event things went smoothly, although according to Quinn
Stanley Baker
did not get along with the others. Some of the cast believed that Baker felt he should have been playing Mallory.
d.
When Elizabeth Wurtzel is writing the piece on Bruce Springsteen, a pack of Morleys, the fictional cigarette brand from the
The X Files
can be seen on her desk.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
During production a 1:15 sized Delorean was used for several blue screen shots at a distance. In 2008, models of the Delorean in this size were released to the public. New features included several sound bites from the the films.
b.
Because the stars were all too old for their characters, the movie was nicknamed "Elderly Gang Goes Off to War" by the British press.
c.
Deanna Durbin
s vocal coach was
Andrés de Segurola
, a former Metropolitan Opera bass who had sung with
Enrico Caruso
.
d.
The license plate 2GAT123 also appears in
Beverly Hills Cop II
,
Go
,
Pay It Forward
,
Traffic
,
Crazy/Beautiful
,
Mulholland Dr.
,
S.W.A.T.
and
Two and a Half Men
. It is the California standard fictional license plate, analogous to a "555" telephone number.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
This film was shot in fifteen days.
b.
F9F Panther jets from US Navy squadron VF-192 were also used to film
Men of the Fighting Lady
. After the filming of these two movies, the squadron name was changed from "Golden Dragons" to "World Famous Golden Dragons".
c.
Director
J. Lee Thompson
s first American feature was also his opportunity of working with some of the biggest Hollywood stars.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
was a big admirer of
Salvador Dalí
s work and realized that no one understood dream imagery better.
David O. Selznick
was opposed to using Dalí from an expense point of view, until he realized the marketing mileage that could be gained from such a hiring.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 11, 1951 with
Farley Granger
reprising his film role.
b.
This film sat on the shelf for a while with cast and crew wondering if/when it would ever be released. Finally, a theatrical release was agreed upon. However a day before
Michelle Pfeiffer
(who had already given a number of magazine interviews promoting the film) was to board a plane to begin publicity duties, it was announced that the film would only play in limited markets before going straight to DVD.
c.
There is no Navarone in real life.
d.
The exteriors in the scene where the adult Noodles visits the mausoleum containing the bodies of his three friends was filmed at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. The mausoleum was actually that of John "Bet a Million" Gates, a founder of Texaco and the man credited with popularizing barbed wire.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
The plot device of Lord Gilbert having murdered a priest is added to the film. In the play, Becket comes into conflict with the King for different, and more historically accurate reasons.
b.
J. Lee Thompson
s handling of intimate drama on
Tiger Bay
and of large scale action setpieces on
North West Frontier
landed him the director gig.
c.
The knife that Frank takes from the man attempting to break into Joans apartment is a Benchmade model 42 balisong. Frank also uses a Strider JW model and an Emerson Karambit.
d.
According to the New York Times review of the film on 25 October 1940, it opened at the Radio City Music Hall the night before, more than one month after the national opening on 20 September 1940. No reason was given for the apparent delay. Their credited cast list also is identical to the one in the AFI Catalog, including the character name of "Burt Cobble" for
Dana Andrews
. However, Varietys cast list has Andrews name correctly as "Hod Johnson," so there is still a mystery concerning which are the original credits.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
Mr. Snoops is a caricature of film historian
John Culhane
, who made regular visits to the Disney studio during production and was nicknamed "Mr. Snoops" by the animators.
b.
With a budget of $6 million, at the time, this was one of the most expensive films ever made.
c.
Most of the costumes were manufactured in Romania.
d.
Tôhô continued its practice of casting actors from the original Godzilla series into roles in films for this latest series. For this film, they brought back
Akira Takarada
,
Kenji Sahara
, and
Kumi Mizuno
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
Official Selection Of The San Francisco Black Film Festival (2006)
b.
Perhaps the most iconic scene from this movie is the "Pancakes" scene, where Dennis jumps around performing karate moves while screaming "PANCAKES!", for no reason. If you look closely (you probably need to pause the movie) during the later scene where Paul sees the giant rabbit in the hospital, you can see that the rabbit is offering Dennis some pancakes.
c.
While Tulsa (
Elvis Presley
) is singing "Doin the Best I Can", one soldier puts a coin in the jukebox and choose from the list "Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley".
d.
The screenplay differs drastically from
Alistair MacLean
s book in terms of characters, including the identity of the traitor and the two women who dont even appear in the novel.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
Rick Nelson and Warhol protégé Jackie Curtis considered for role ultimately played by Perry King.
b.
The majority of the film was shot in Kensington Market on the west side of Torontos downtown. The filming location for the donut shot where Eddie (Mickey Rourkes character) was killed and the location used as Billys (Kelly Harms character) apartment are both on Kensington Avenue directly across the street from each other. Other locations used are College Street and Union Station (the locker scene).
c.
The name "
Richard Carlson
" - another leading sci-fi actor of the 1950s - appears at the bottom of the glass door to
Hugh Marlowe
s office.
d.
For the scene where the commandos scale the near-vertical cliff, the rockface was a painted backdrop laid out on the ground, so the actors were actually climbing over the studio floor and then the image was tilted in camera.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
The Red Skull (
Hugo Weaving
) searches for a powerful artifact, the Cosmic Cube. In
Transformers
, Weaving voiced the villain Megatron, who also searched for a similar cosmic cube-shaped relic (the AllSpark).
b.
Chaney reportedly asked director Pollexfen not to make any dialogue changes or additions after the lunch break, when he usually drank heavily.
c.
Gregory Peck
declined to attempt an English accent in order to play Captain Mallory.
d.
The only music is in the first and last two minutes of the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Guns of Navarone (1961)?
a.
David Niven
initially felt that he was badly miscast in the offbeat role of a corporal, but later said he considered it to be one of his best performances despite being too old for the part.
b.
Joe Maross
final film.
c.
As a teenager,
Mel Gibson
was actually once called almost by an older boy, which was a deep insult to him. This inspired the line in the movie in which Jaguar Paw is called almost by one of the headhunters.
d.
Jon Heder
broke his ankle while training to ice-skate.
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