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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

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About the movie: Meek and mild mannered bookkeeper Henry Limpet has few passions in life. It's mid-1941 and he would love to join the Navy but has been rated 4F...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		Based on "Boutonniere," Coley Sohns award winning short film which premiered at Sundance in 2009.
b.		The film is sometimes called "An RKO Radioactive Picture." It was filmed near a nuclear test site, and the set was contaminated by nuclear fallout. Photographs exist of John Wayne holding a Geiger counter. After location shooting, contaminated soil was transported back to Hollywood in order to match interior shooting done there. Over the next 20 years, many actors and crew members developed cancer. People Magazine researched the cast and crews health for an article. By the time it was published, in November 1980, 91 of the 220 cast and crew members had developed cancer. Forty-six had died, including John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz (who shot himself soon after learning he had terminal cancer), Agnes Moorehead, John Hoyt and director Dick Powell. The count did not include several hundred local Native Americans who played extras, or relatives of the cast and crew who visited the set, including John Waynes son Michael Wayne. The article quoted the reaction of a scientist from the Pentagons Defense Nuclear Agency to the news, "Please, God, dont let us have killed John Wayne". As of June 2011, the People article is available in their archive online.
c.		The premiere was shown in a huge underwater theater at Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida.
d.		Unhappy with Edward Anhalts adaptation of his play to the screen, playwright Robert Shaw had his name removed from the credits.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		The footage of the hunting dogs is lifted directly from The Most Dangerous Game.
b.		WILHELM SCREAM: The man who is using the flamethrower when he gets knocked off the top of the truck by the infected ravens.
c.		Although events in the film occur in November, filming actually began in the late spring. This is evidenced by an abundance of greenery in the exterior shots.
d.		Although Bill Tytla was credited as the supervising animation director, a combination of health issues and disagreements with producer John C. Rose led to Robert McKimson taking over most of the animation directing duties early in production.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		Most of this film was shot in 1974.
b.		The character of Irolas was originally written to be Beregond, a character who appears in the book. Irolas does not appear in the book, but he is identified as being Beregonds brother (spelled Iorlas in the book - the name "Iorlas" means "Old Leaf", whereas "Irolas" has no meaning in Sindarin Elvish).
c.		The ship launch shown at the start of the movie is stock footage of the SS Fred Morris going down the slipway on 2 November 1940 (in New Jesey, not Brooklyn); the ship was later acquired by the US Navy to become USS Otus and received one battle star for service in World War II.
d.		This movie was released the same year as the similarly themed movie Foxes. Kristy McNichol auditioned for the role of Annie in Foxes. The part went to Cherie Currie.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		Sean Astin reckons that there were 50 separate days of the 15 month shoot were the Hobbits had their prosthetic feet applied and they were never seen on camera.
b.		At the beginning of the movie, the elder gentleman dancing with princess Ann says to her, in Italian: "I want absolutely to die on the ship!"
c.		In one scene, Faizon Loves character comments on Vince Vaughns character getting all "21 Jump Street". Vaughn was in an episode of 21 Jump Street.
d.		Henry Limpet, after falling into the ocean and become a fish, done 37 thrums or shout of noise, as in fear or shock, that lead to Nazis hitting themselves. There were 37 thrums, total. 10 to 15 thrums were heard twice or three times, but there were 37 thrums, done in the movie. And 2 more thrums were added in the movies closing credits, totaling 39 thrums.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		The person Smokey Roberds knocks out as he escapes from robbing the Malibu apartment at the beginning of the movie is director Ferde Grofé Jr.s nephew.
b.		While driving in the car, someone mentions Pam Grier. She would later star in Quentin Tarantinos third film, Jackie Brown.
c.		When inside "Zine-O-Phobia", visible is "Pussey" a comic by Daniel Clowes, who wrote the graphic novel "Ghost World" and co-wrote the screenplay. There is also visible "Eightball" and "David Boring", also by Daniel Clowes. The unicorn painting shown in Enids summer art class was also done by Daniel Clowes.
d.		The ship launch shown at the start of the movie is stock footage of the SS Fred Morris going down the slipway, on Saturday, November 2nd, 1940 (in New Jersey, not Brooklyn, New York); the ship was later acquired by the US Navy to become USS Otus and received one battle star for service in World War II.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		Elizabeth MacRae who provided the voice for Ladyfish portrayed Gomer Pyles girlfriend on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. which starred Jim Nabors who started out on The Andy Griffith Show as did Don Knotts who voiced, the United States Navys top secret talking fish, "The Incredible Mr. Limpet".
b.		The blackjack cheat who gets away with the "warning" and is credited as Winner in the closing titles is played by Associate Producer and First Assistant Director Joseph Reidy.
c.		At least three names from this film have been used in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In addition to starring a vampire character named Angel, the series also had an episode (2.12 "Bad Eggs") that featured two vampire cowboys named Lyle and Tector Gorch. Also, Luke Perrys characters last name in the movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Pike.
d.		MGMs then president Nicholas Schenck was actively opposed to the film as he felt the storyline was subversive.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		Larry Keatings final film.
b.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 5, 1950 with Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter reprising their film roles.
c.		Estelle Parsons film debut.
d.		The dandruff that Allison shakes onto her penciled drawing for snow was achieved by sprinkling Parmesan cheese.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		David Strathairn, a non-smoker, smoked pipe tobacco in his prop cigarettes to portray Edward R. Murrow.
b.		"The Young Lions" novel that this film is based on was based on author Irwin Shaws experiences in Europe during the Second World War. During World War II, Shaw was a warrant officer in the United States Army.
c.		Prior to the films release, Warner Bros. distributed a promotional short subject to theaters documenting a press junket to Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida where reporters watched a preview of the movie erroneously hailed as "the worlds first underwater movie premiere." (The audience sat in a submerged auditorium and watched movie through a glass wall as it was projected on an underwater lagoon screen.) Actually, the same sort of stunt had been staged at least once before, when reporters donned swimming suits and oxygen tanks to view the 1955 Jane Russell movie Underwater! (produced by Howard Hughes) in another Florida lagoon.
d.		Jodie Foster originally planned to direct the film herself but turned it over to Michael Apted instead.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		Robert De Niros directorial debut.
b.		Sony animators studied human skin and coloration in developing the textual quality of Smurf skin, so the Smurfs would not seem "alien" in a live-action setting.
c.		The United States Destroyer used in the film was the USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) which was commissioned on Thursday, November 23rd, 1944. It served in World War II and the Korean War before being decommissioned in 1971. It was sunk as a target in 1979.
d.		Often used by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show when Ronald Reagan was president partly because the former president was directed by Frederick De Cordova who was also the director of The Tonight Show.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)?
a.		This was the final animated film work released by Warner Brothers before the animation studio was shut down. Warners would continue to release theatrical shorts produced by Depatie-Freleng Enterprises until 1969.
b.		For her dual role as twins in this film, Sean Young became the first actress to be awarded two RAZZIES (as both Worst Actress and Worst Supporting Actress) in a single year.
c.		Marjorie Graham, a former roommate of Elizabeth Short (see above), was originally a character in the screenplay. She was written into one scene, occurring right after the Sherryl Saddons scene, in which she insinuates that Elizabeth Short and Lorna Mertz were consorting with a lesbian. This scene was written out, and Sherryl performs this function in the final film.
d.		The original casting choices for Alex and Clear were Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.

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