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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Little Mermaid (1989) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Little Mermaid (1989) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989).
About the movie:
A mermaid princess makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human prince on land.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
Prior to making the film, director
Simon Hunter
wrote, directed and edited a seven-minute teaser film to create buzz and to show the desired mood to the producers and actors.
b.
Last film of
Walter Fitzgerald
.
c.
The black and white picture of the guy on death row in the cabin is the same one used in the original version of this movie (
Nattevagten
).
d.
This was the last Disney animated feature to use hand-painted cels and analog camera and film work. 1,000 different colors were used on 1,100 backgrounds. Over one million drawings were done in total.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
The cast was supposed to include both Brigid Polk and
Ondine
but according to
David Bourdon
, both failed to show up.
b.
Disney artists had considered an animated film of
Hans Christian Andersen
s "The Little Mermaid," part of the "Silly Symphonies" series, in the late 1930s, and illustrator
Kay Nielsen
prepared a number of striking story sketches in pastels and watercolors. The project was dropped in favor of Andersens
Ugly Duckling
. For this film, the artists received inspiration from the Nielsen story sketches that were brought out of the Archives for them to study, and they gave Kay Nielsen a "visual development" credit on the film.
c.
A line of dialogue was cut for time purposes which hinted that the story took place several years after 2022 which was also going to be the last year it ever snowed due to the global warming. This joke was meant to help explain why there was no snow present despite the fact that the first act of the film takes place during the winter.
d.
Guy Ritchie
s first film not to be rated R in the US.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
On the door to Dr. Moores office, just below his name, the name "Dr. Talalay" can be seen. This is a reference to
Rachel Talalay
, who had been involved with the series since the beginning in various capacities, most notably in directing
Freddys Dead: The Final Nightmare
.
b.
The first five minutes of the film were put in position based on the sound of Flock of Seagulls to tell the first act without words.
c.
The film was originally refused a UK cinema certificate in 1932, and released uncut and PG rated in 2010.
d.
The directors insisted that every one of the millions of bubbles should be hand-drawn, not Xeroxed. The sheer manpower for such an effort required Disney to farm out most of the bubble-drawing to Pacific Rim Productions, a China-based firm with production facilities in Beijing.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
The opening sequence of the film was shot at four separate locations, as one contiguous location could not be found. The cuts between shots were disguised by rapidly panning the camera around. Due to the pace of the scene, the sound men could not effectively record any of the actual sound on the set. All of the sound and dialogue in the sequence had to be overdubbed during post production.
b.
This was considered to be the first Disney animated feature using all digital processes but at the time CAPS wasnt ready. Disneys next animated feature
The Rescuers Down Under
was going to be the first 100% digitally processed film.
c.
This film used considerable stock footage from
Trader Horn
also directed by
W.S. Van Dyke
, resulting in some very obvious back-projection effects, particularly toward the beginning of the picture.
d.
In the scene where
Peter Sellers
arrives at MI5 headquarters to be kitted out by Q, all the soldiers seen are from the Intelligence Corps. The peaked caps have cypress green bands: the Intelligence Corps only began to wear berets of this color as its regimental headdress in 1977. The soldier who knocks himself out when saluting is wearing the Intelligence Corps cap badge.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
The third of seven Cheech and Chong movies starring the comedy duo
Cheech Marin
and
Tommy Chong
.
b.
Writer/Director Scott Kessler describes the score (by Chad Godwin) as "Another layer of the film entirely. The music punctuates the film and serves as a sort of soundscape that runs underneath the entire film."
c.
The wedding scene at the close of the film marked one of the first use of CAPS (Computer Animation Production System) in a Disney feature. CAPS is a digital ink-and-paint and animation production system that colors the animators drawings digitally, as opposed to the traditional animation method of tracing ink and paint onto cels. The rest of
The Little Mermaid
uses hand-painted cels. All subsequent Disney features have used CAPS instead of ink-and-paint. An earlier scene where Ariel runs down a set of stairs, also uses the CAPS system for its moving background.
d.
During the entire time Large Marge tells her story, she never blinks.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
When a sequel to the film was discussed after its release,
Abhishek Bachchan
was very strongly opposed to the idea. He believed that the film was fine standing on its own and should not be turned into a franchise. However, after reading the script, he admitted that he was sold.
b.
Another first for recent years: Live actors and actresses were filmed for reference material for the animators.
Sherri Stoner
acted out Ariels key scenes. Not all of Disneys animators approved the use of live-action reference;
Glen Keane
, the co-supervising animator of Ariel said in an interview with the Orange County Register that one artist quit the project rather than work with live-action reference.
c.
Fletcher is loosely based on
Todd Raviotta
s brother Ben.
d.
The films shock ending, where the body of Carl grabs Pam, was inspired by the similarly shocking conclusion of
Carrie
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
An attempt to use Disneys famed multi-plane camera for the first time in years for quality "depth" shots failed because the machine, always a monster to use because of its sheer size, was in dilapidated condition. The multi-plane shots were farmed out to another studio.
b.
The 1922 Broadway play upon which this was based, "Shore Leave", was later adapted as a musical play, "Hit the Deck" (1927), with music by
Vincent Youmans
. That was later produced as an early sound musical film,
Hit the Deck
. In 1936, it was again adapted as a movie musical with
Fred Astaire
and
Ginger Rogers
but with different music & lyrics, this time by
Irving Berlin
,
Follow the Fleet
. In 1955, yet another remake was made, this time returning to the original
Vincent Youmans
1927 Broadway musical score,
Hit the Deck
.
c.
Esther Williams
was pregnant during the filming of this movie.
d.
Bing Crosby
s last cinema movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
This film is considered by many as
Joan Crawford
s last important picture. After this film, Joan was typecast in some lesser horror pictures until her last picture in 1970 and her last TV appearance in 1972.
b.
Most dogs were trained for two to three months, while the main dogs training lasted nearly sixteen weeks.
c.
The student uprising in Beijing, China, threatened to delay production. Roughly one-third of the finished cel artwork used by the Chinese artists as underlays for drawing the bubbles were in a vault only a few blocks away from the demonstration at Tienanmin Square and the violence that followed.
d.
Walter Matthau
was only 50 at the time of filming. The actor playing his son (
Charles Aidman
) was 45.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
Guest star
Hal Holbrook
shot all of his scenes in one day. His footage was edited into the film to make it seem like he was interacting with the other cast members, though his footage was shot separately. With the exception of a nighttime crime scene, he never appears in the same frame shot with the other actors and actresses.
b.
The airport security attack dog is named "W".
c.
First
Woody Allen
film where two girls names appear in the title: Vicky and Cristina. Other Allen movies with girls names in the title include
Hannah and Her Sisters
;
Alice
;
Melinda and Melinda
;
Cassandras Dream
;
Whats Up, Tiger Lily?
and
Annie Hall
.
d.
Ariels liplines were created with hand-inking.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
This film was the most effects-animation heavy Disney animated feature since
Fantasia
. The two minute storm sequence alone took 10 special effects animators over a year to finish. Effects animation supervisor
Mark Dindal
estimated that over a million bubbles were drawn for this film, in addition to the use of other processes such as airbrushing, back lighting, superimposition, and some flat-shaded computer animation.
b.
During the non-union shoot in San Francisco, crew members struck and were joined by star Sarah Polley, who walked the picket line. Striking crew members report that they were quite touched by her action, which was more than a gesture, but rather a sincere belief in workers rights. On her part, Polley called her union, the Screen Actors Guild, to tell her of her action, and the union representative told her theyd back her if she crossed the picket line. SAG assumed that she was calling to ask whether she could defy the strike and cross the picket line! A shocked and dismayed Polley stayed out with the strikers, and the strike ended after three days when their grievances were met. Subsequently, Polley has stated that she has been told that she lost several job offers due to this incident as producers dont want a union militant despite the film industry being a craft industry dominated by the guild (union) system and she did what she felt was right.
c.
Actor
Ken Clark
, a close friend of writer
DeWitt Bodeen
, brought
Louis LAmour
s book to Bodeens attention. Bodeen, a friend of director
George Cukor
, told him about the book, which Cukor read and was enthusiastic about. Bodeen was to write the script with LAmour himself, but LAmour wanted more money than the studio was willing to pay and was not hired. The final screenplay is signed
Dudley Nichols
and
Walter Bernstein
. Cukor thanked Clark by casting him as a soldier warning the traveling company about the presence of Indians in the area.
d.
Ranked #1 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sports" in June 2008.
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