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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The King and I (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The King and I (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The King and I (1956)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956).

About the movie: Musical about a widow who accepts a job as a live-in governess of the King of Siam's children.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		One of the background voices in the "Small House of Uncle Thomas" sequence is that of a young Marilyn Horne.
b.		D.A.R.Y.L. stands for Data Analysing Robot Youth Lifeform, as shown on a screen in Dr Stewarts laboratory at 50:49, where the British spelling of the verb analyze is used.
c.		Shot in 55 days
d.		The director has said that his greatest regret about this film is that he never used any African-American baseball players. The use of African-American players might have compromised the historical accuracy of the film since no African-American players were known to have played Major League baseball until 1947 - the year Jackie Robinson broke in with the Brooklyn Dodgers. However, the point was to focus on the plight of African American ball-players in that similar era. As much as Shoeless Joe was banned from Baseball, many African American players never got a chance simply because of their ethnicity.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		Woody Allen had originally hoped to shoot much of the film in Brasilia, Brazils futuristic capital city complex designed by urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer. Budget limitations however restricted him to using locations within the continental USA.
b.		When Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) meets Mrs. French (Norma Varden) for the second time - in the movie theater - Vole tells Mrs. French that the movie is about Jesse James. Tyrone Power starred as the famous outlaw in Jesse James.
c.		Three members of the main cast (Marshall Efron, James Cranna, and Julie Payne) had small roles in another Lucasfilm production: THX 1138
d.		Deborah Kerrs gowns, designed by Irene Sharaff, each weighed between 30 and 40 pounds, due to all the pleats, hoops and petticoats.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		The films opening sequence, featuring Frank White emerging from prison, was shot partially at Sing Sing Prison, the first time the infamous prison had ever been used as a filming location.
b.		The version of the song Unchained Melody that was included on the original soundtrack is performed by Todd Duncan.
c.		The 1.4-mile, three-lane loop highway was built specifically for the chase scene on the decommissioned Alameda Point Navy Base. It was destroyed when filming was complete.
d.		In Thailand (previously called Siam) the royal family is held in very high esteem. This film is banned in Thailand due to its real historical inaccuracies and the perceived disrespect to the monarchy. The real Prince Chulalongkorn grew up to be an especially good King Chulalongkorn and led the way for modernization, improved relations with the West, and instituted many important cultural and social reforms in Thailand.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		Actors Jon Hamm to Josh Duhamel were both considered for the leading role in this movie.
b.		Director James Bryan edited down Joanies bloody death scene because he felt the scene got too disturbingly violent for the films tongue-in-cheek tone.
c.		Although this movie was filmed and promoted in the then-new 55 mm CinemaScope 55, it was actually shown in the standard 35 mm CinemaScope, with 4-channel stereo rather than the 6-channel stereo originally promised. CinemaScope 55 was discarded after being used on only two feature films (this and Carousel).
d.		Henry Daniell, who plays Professor Moriarty in the film, had an earlier villainous role as William Easter in Sherlock Holmes in Washington, and as an ally of Holmes, Anthony Lloyd, in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		A rarity; filmed in America by a completely Russian Production team.
b.		For the scene where Sherlock Jr., escaping some gangsters, leaps headfirst through the body of his assistant, Gillette (who is disguised as an old lady selling neckties), and disappears, Buster Keaton used an old magicians trick. Prior to the trick, Gillette is seen standing with his back against a wooden fence. A section of the fence was sawed out and placed on hinges, so that it opened up and back like a garage door. Ford West (the actor playing Gillette) was then strapped to the underside of the cutaway section, so that when it was opened, Wests body was hanging parallel to the ground, but his head and arms stuck out through the upper part of the opening in the fence. The dress and open suitcase were then hung from Wests shoulders, so that they hung down in front of the fence, concealing the opening. Both the dress and the suitcase had holes cut in them. With the cameras rolling, Keaton leaped headfirst straight through the hole in the suitcase, the hole in the dress, and the opening in the fence. (He later recalled that he "landed face-first in the dirt" on the other side.) The cutaway fence section was then swung down to close the opening, so that Wests body landed perfectly inside the dress. Attendants on the other side of the fence cut the straps holding Wests torso and feet to the cutaway section, and West stepped away from the fence as if nothing had happened. In the film, you can see West reach behind his back to close the opening in the dress as he steps from the fence. If you look closely, you can also see the outline of the cutaway section in the fence.
c.		Bernard Herrmann was hired to write an original background score and did compose several themes but due to various production delays as well as the fact that Herrmann was tiring of David O. Selznicks demands, he dropped out and was replaced by Dimitri Tiomkin who, at the insistence of Selznick, ended up using themes by Claude Debussy. At the time Tiomkin was condemned by his colleagues for his adaptations. All that remains of Herrmanns contribution is the haunting song sung by Jennie entitled "Where I Come From, Nobody Knows".
d.		At one point, Fox executives suggested that the story be changed so that the King would be gored by a white elephant, rather than become ill because of a personal humiliation. Understandably, this made Yul Brynner furious, and he insisted that the story stick to the stage version.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		Disneys ride The Haunted Mansion was a major inspiration to the film, including the design of the ghosts.
b.		The cost of the film was ten times more than that of the original lavish Broadway production.
c.		Three episodes of the TV series Laredo edited together and released as a feature.
d.		Based on the 1954 Indiana State champs, Milan Indians.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		Marlon Brando was briefly considered for the role of the King of Siam.
b.		Woody Allen had originally hoped to shoot much of the film in Brasilia, Brazils futuristic capital city complex designed by urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer. Budget limitations however restricted him to using locations within the continental USA.
c.		Jonas Almqvist gave Jonas Åkerlund permission to use Leather Nuns song "506" for free if he made a music video for him. As of 2010, Åkerlund has still not returned the favor.
d.		The animated version of Anakin Skywalker wears the same kind of neck and shoulder armor as Darth Vader.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		When Juan gets dropped off in the low rider, its actually director Patrick Sayre who is driving the vehicle.
b.		Meryl Streep decided not to re-read "Mrs. Dalloway" in preparation for the film, as she felt that her character Clarissa would have read it in college and not particularly have understood it then, much as Streep herself had done when she was at college.
c.		Deborah Kerrs uncredited voice double Marni Nixon said that she realized the keys of Annas songs were very low for her - "very contralto keys" - and that she was really too young (just 21) to be able to sound "adult" and "womanly". Hence, a modifier was placed in Nixons microphone, to make her voice sound deeper and more mature. "I have a very light, bright ring to my voice, and I tried to take that out" she said. "But they were able to use this modifier to emphasize the lower partials of my voice. I also remember having a terrible cold at the time, not being able to breathe in those recording sessions. But that probably helped in matching Deborahs voice, deepening it."
d.		Split is the first film to be shot three times using three different lead actors for the main character.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		The Alvis automobile George Reeves is shown washing in the film is an extremely rare model that was shipped to the location for use in the movie, as it is one of the few existing examples of the car Reeves actually owned.
b.		Producer/performer Anthony Begonia wore his high school band aloha shirt in the "We Love Dirt" crowd scenes.
c.		The film was first shown at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2008 and was two segments longer. One of the segments was black and white, directed by Scarlett Johansson (another directorial debut) and starred Kevin Bacon. The other was made by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev and featured Carla Gugino, Goran Visnjic and Nicholas Purcell. The film was re-edited later to cut the two segments.
d.		Baking under the hot lights on-set, Deborah Kerr lost over 12 pounds, and would often refer to herself as "The melting Miss Kerr".

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The King and I (1956)?
a.		The short scene in which Anna is taken through the streets of Bangkok to the Kings palace by the royal entourage required 25 sets on a three-acre area on the Fox backlot, not counting the stables for the elephants used in the sequence.
b.		After the Smiths discover each others identities, Jane speeds away in the car and John is running after her. He ends up tripping and crashing through a fence, and his gun goes off. The trip was a mistake, and Brad Pitts reaction, as well as his following ad-lib, "Oh dear God," are genuine.
c.		In Als office, there is an abstracted version of a shot from A Bugs Life. The shot was reputedly abstracted to prevent people from identifying the shot until they got the video version and looked hard at it.
d.		The setting of Needful Things is a fictional town called Castle Rock, Maine - as in Stephen Kings novel. The distribution company Castle Rock was named after it when it released Stand by Me. Castle Rock was also the setting for The Dead Zone, Cujo, and The Dark Half.

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