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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Innocents (1961) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Innocents (1961) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961).
About the movie:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
The Antonov An-12 airplane number 9Q-CIH filmed in the movie was owned by a Russian citizen Evgeny Zakharov. On January 8, 2005, the plane crashed at Bukalaza, Uganda; all six crew members were killed. The plane departed Entebbe airport with destination Kinshasa. It was reportedly carrying humanitarian relief items.
b.
Average Shot Length = ~9.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~8.6 seconds.
c.
The painting of Count Dracula which Jonathan Harker mentions after his arrival at the castle, is in fact a self portrait of
Albrecht Dürer
(a German painter, 1471-1528), but with
Gary Oldman
s face (the face of the young Count).
d.
Margo Channings famous cocktail dress was an
Edith Head
creation. To Heads horror, just as they were about to go film the cocktail party, she found that the dress didnt quite fit
Bette Davis
in the shoulders. There was no time to fix the dress but fortunately Davis hit on the bright idea of simply slipping the dress off her shoulders.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
Richard Donner
asked
Jet Li
to slow down during action sequences because he was moving faster then the camera shutter speed, and it wasnt registering on film.
b.
20th Century Fox executives were highly nervous about the admittedly unsettling scene where the governess kisses the boy Miles directly on his lips.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 4, 1946 with
Catherine McLeod
reprising her film role.
d.
When Leigh Anne finds Collins, S.J., and Michael in the bookstore, Collins shows her the book Where the Wild Things Are.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
Jack Clayton
was dismayed to learn that 20th Century Fox insisted on making the film in CinemaScope. His cinematographer
Freddie Francis
set about making that less of a problem by framing the wide horizontal frame with lots of vertical lines to break it up. Conversely, he also used the wide space to emphasize shadowy spaces and using the emptiness towards an unsettling effect. To that end, he would often place characters at opposite ends of the frame.
b.
Apparently,
Erwin Rommel
s widow,
Lucie Marie Rommel
acted as a technical consultant and adviser to this movie. She was played by
Jessica Tandy
in the film itself. Mrs. Rommel lent the production some of her husbands personal artifacts and liaised with
Nunnally Johnson
, the films producer and screenwriter. As Frau Lucie Maria Rommel, Mrs Rommel later also acted as a military consultant to the film
The Longest Day
made by 20th Century-Fox, the same studio that produced this movie.
c.
Many professional skaters have cameos in this movie, including
Ryan Sheckler
,
Bam Margera
,
Bucky Lasek
,
Bob Burnquist
,
Mike Vallely
,
Willy Santos
,
Kareem Campbell
,
Tony Hawk
,
Brian Sumner
and
Matt Ball
, along with
Jason Wee Man Acuña
(aka "Wee Man"),
Preston Lacy
and
Ehren McGhehey
of
Jackass
and Playboy Playmates
Summer Altice
,
Dalene Kurtis
and
Karen McDougal
.
d.
Brother and sister John and Joan Cusack co-star in Sixteen Candles. John is Bryce, one of Anthony Michael Halls geeky friends. Joan is the geeky girl seen on the bus, and having trouble sipping water from a drinking fountain.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
Dedicated to the memory of
Glenn McQueen
(1960-2002), a Pixar animator.
b.
Director
Jack Clayton
turned down the offer of
Cary Grant
to play the uncle.
c.
The crew on this movie nicknamed its star
Tippi Hedren
as the
Pearl White
of the 1980s. White was the star of the silent adventure movie
The Perils of Pauline
, a movie that Hedren alluded to whilst publicizing this picture: "Making
Roar
was just like
The Perils of Pauline
, a cliff-hanger every day. Now the cliff-hangers are not the physical kind, but the demanding problems of promotion, distribution and marketing associated with getting a major motion picture into the theaters and into public consciousness."
d.
Ben Foster
really did acquire some piercings for the part.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
The character of Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell was based loosely on legendary record producer
Phil Spector
. While neither
Russ Meyer
nor
Roger Ebert
had ever met Spector, they were told by acquaintances of his that theyd caught his essence very well.
b.
To create such sharp visuals, director of photography
Freddie Francis
used lots of huge bright lamps.
Deborah Kerr
sometimes had to resort to wearing sunglasses between takes.
c.
Edward Kelley is also the name of a 16th-century English alchemist and magician (1555-1597/8).
d.
Steven Spielberg
is on record as saying that even if the film had received an NC-17 rating, he would have released it uncut anyway.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
Red Skelton
,
James Cagney
and Edward Albert (I) were possibles for key roles.
b.
There is reference to a "Reverend Fennell".
Albert Fennell
was the films executive producer.
c.
All of
Bill Murray
s lines were improvised.
d.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
The primary steam locomotives in the film are Class 230Bs, #739 (leads the military train Paris to Vaires), 517 (art train until Rive-Reine crash), 855 (rear engine in Rive-Reine crash), and 711 (art train post-crash). These engines were built from 1901 to 1912, and were nearing the end of their long service life in 1964.
b.
On Artie Langes stand-up comedy DVD,
Its the Whiskey Talkin: Artie Lange
an audience member asks him to sign his DVD copy of the film. He does so and then gives the fan ten dollars, saying "you dont see
Ben Affleck
doing that for
Gigli
!" Lange then mentions that the review in his home town paper, The Star Ledger, said that he "had all the charm of a date rapist," to which MacDonald replied (in a sincere attempt to cheer him up) "thats a lot better than saying you look like a regular rapist!"
c.
During the cursed video in
The Ring
, about 25 seconds in, a young boys muffled singing can faintly be heard. This audio track is taken from The Innocents.
d.
This is editor
Stuart Baird
s third superhero film, having previously worked on
Superman
and
Superman II
(the Zorro films are debatable).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
Much of the screenplay is not actually derived from
Henry James
s novella "The Turn of the Screw" but from
William Archibald
s 1950 Broadway adaptation "The Innocents".
b.
Producer
Jesse L. Lasky
sought approval from the Catholic Church of
Frank Sinatra
before casting him as Father Paul. The church had no objections.
c.
Shipped to cinemas in Europe under the name "Gipsy Camp". It came in two packs, reel 1, 3, 4a, 6, 8 and the next day 2, 4b, 7 and 9
d.
In this film alone, Carol Annes name is spoken a total of 121 times.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
A modern source includes
Humphrey Bogart
,
Mary Astor
,
Sydney Greenstreet
,
Peter Lorre
,
Ward Bond
,
Barton MacLane
and
Elisha Cook Jr.
as patrons of the Southside Tavern, where director
John Huston
s famous actor/father
Walter Huston
was a bartender in a cameo role. There were only six other men at the bar, none of whom remotely looking like any of these actors. There were no women in the tavern except for
Bette Davis
. These actors were just not in the film.
b.
Kate Bush
was inspired by the film to pen the song "The Infant Kiss" which appears on her 1980 album "Never For Ever".
c.
Some of the music was provided by the group The Electric Flag.
d.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy became the most nominated film series in Academy Award history with 30 nominations, surpassing both the Godfather trilogy (28) and the Star Wars franchise (21).
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Innocents (1961)?
a.
This was the supporting feature to the original UK release of
The Love Bug
.
b.
"All paths of glory lead but to the grave" is from the ninth stanza of the
Thomas Gray
poem Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard.
c.
Matt Stone
and
Trey Parker
had to rewrite the script several times before they reached something that was doable with puppets. When questions to a possible sequel were raised, they said that there was no way they were ever going to work with puppets again.
d.
The film opens with a creepy song written by
Paul Dehn
and
Georges Auric
sung over a black screen for about 45 seconds before the 20th Century Fox logo appears. In some cinemas, the projectionists assumed this was a mistake on the print and edited the film so it began with the appearance of the Fox logo.
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