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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Little Mermaid (1989) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Little Mermaid (1989) - 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 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.
This was the first Disney film to receive an Academy Award since
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
, though other films had been nominated.
b.
Filmed in Genuine Field-Sequential 3D: The movie was shot in 35mm using Chris Condon Stereovision lenses. These lenses utilize a 3-D filming technique called "over and under." During filming, a normal 35mm film frame is exposed by two lenses (one for each eye view) instead of one. The top half of the film frame is exposed by one lens and the bottom half of the frame by the other lens. Hence, the name "over and under."
c.
In Berlin, after researching Pam Landys hotel, Bourne drives past a demonstration against globalization by activist organization attac. The posters on the wall behind the man with the flag on the sidewalk read "Die Welt ist keine Ware", which means "The world is not for sale".
d.
The first feature film in color, shot in Denmark (Island of Bornholm as well as various locations in Copenhagen).
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
Brian Cox
was cast on the strength of his performance in
Manhunter
.
b.
In the opening post-invasion scenes, shot in black and white and matted, a column is briefly shown of A27M Cromwell tanks, one the more effective British armoured vehicles of the Second World War. Elements of the Cromwells design were incorporated within the later A34 Comet, arguably the best British tank of the Second World War. A Bridge Too Far may have been both the cinematic debut and sole appearance of the A27M in a major post-1945 war film production.
c.
In the scenes where Will Graham is interviewing Lecktor in his cell, the director
Michael Mann
took care to set up the shots so that the position of the bars of the cell do not move when the point of view switches between Graham and Lecktor.
d.
When Scuttle is providing "vocal romantic stimulation" to Eric and Ariel while they are rowing in the lagoon, he is squawking
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
s "Romeo and Juliet".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
When first submitted in 1969 UK censor
John Trevelyan
refused to grant a certificate unless the seduction scene was toned down and urged all 600 local authorities to boycott the film. 12 councils, including the GLC, overrode him and showed the film with their own X certificate. After heated discussions with the distributor the kissing scene was slightly reduced and Trevelyan eventually passed the movie. All video/DVD versions of the film are the original uncut one.
b.
Three decades after the movies release, its motif inspired the creation of an "international Laurel and Hardy appreciation society," named after the movie and created by
Stan Laurel
and his biographer John McCabe.
c.
The train locker is a tribute to the gangster mystery
Once Upon a Time in America
, where a main character (Agent K, Noodles) returns after a span of time and tries to solve a long-ago mystery; notably, the train locker contains a vital clue to solving the mystery.
d.
Ariel was quite deliberately made a redhead in order to distinguish her from
Daryl Hannah
s character in
Splash
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
The California State Censor Board insisted on having two signed affidavits from Columbia that the model doubling for
Jane Wyatt
in her nude bathing scene had her breasts covered. The affidavits were duly supplied though the model in question apparently was indeed bare-breasted, though as the scene is in long shot its virtually impossible to tell.
b.
Drew Barrymore
was the only member of the cast to be dubbed for her singing.
Olivia Hayman
provided her voice.
c.
Originally, Sebastian was to have an English accent. It was lyricist/producer
Howard Ashman
who suggested he be Jamaican. This opened the door to calypso style numbers like "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award.
d.
The project took 17 years to be realized during which time six A-List writers and 20 producers were involved at one point or another.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
Ben Nunziata plays the medical examiner and Jasmyn plays the other massage parlor girl. They both appear in the original film but are only credited in the later version.
b.
After previewing Warner Bros. upcoming releases of the Public Enemy and Little Caeser, MGM production chief
Irving Thalberg
commissioned writer
Francis Marion
to come up with MGMs first real "talking" gangster picture.
c.
To promote the movie,
Tommy Tiny Lister
was brought in to the WWF as Zeus. Saying he was angry about losing in the movie and saying he could beat Hogan in real life. The problem was he was not a real wrestler. He wrestled only three matches, a tag match with
Randy Savage
vs.
Hulk Hogan
& Brutus Beefcake at Summerslam, an eight-man tag where he was eliminated by DQ. Finally since Vince knew the movie was a bust and wouldnt sell on PPV by it self he sold the PPV the match/the movie which included a steel cage match between Hogan & Beefcake vs. Savage & Zeus. Rumors say had No Holds Barred been a success, the main event for
WrestleMania VI
would have been Hulk Hogan vs. Zeus.
d.
The last Disney film using the xerography process, invented by
Ub Iwerks
, which had been used since
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
Was the last movie to be pressed in the laserdisc format in the United States.
c.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard a few times during the storm that wrecks Erics ship in the beginning. Its also briefly heard for a second during the middle of the second storm when Ursula becomes gigantic and powerful, and is the last Disney movie to use the sound.
d.
When Chucky decides to kill Chief Kincaid, he first picks up a ball-peen hammer, only to put it down when Tiffany remarks, "Predictable." In the original
Childs Play
, Chucky kills his first victim by hitting her in the head with a ball-peen hammer and sending her flying out a window.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
James Cagney
, eager to break out of gangster roles, lobbied hard for the part of
Knute Rockne
. But Cagney had signed a petition in support of the anti-Catholic Republican government in the Spanish Civil War. Notre Dame University had control over all aspects of the filming and would not okay Cagney for the role.
b.
The actors had three weeks to rehearse.
c.
The name of the human woman that Ursula transforms herself into is Vanessa.
d.
In the original draft of the script, Royaltons name was Remmington.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
Chateau Puivert (the Ninth Gate) is called The Devils Tower. It was used by the Cathars to defend themselves during the Albigensian crusades in the 13th century. The Cathars were gnostic Christians but Pope Innocent III considered them to be devil worshippers.
b.
Jodi Benson (I) sang Part of Your World in the dark to get that under the sea feeling.
c.
Several golf-related organizations, including GOLF DIGEST, have pledged their support to this film.
d.
Feature film debut of
Bernie Casey
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
Filmed entirely on location in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Format Super 16. No studio shots or stock footage used. All locations are real. Temperatures during shooting ranged from 85 to 105 degrees with relative humidity hovering at 88%.
b.
Comic book artist
Jim Steranko
served as "project conceptualist" for the film.
c.
Last cinema film of
Jack May
.
d.
There are several shots of Ariel, forlornly sitting on a rock, in a pose reminiscent of the "Little Mermaid" statue that sits in Copenhagen harbor.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Little Mermaid (1989)?
a.
Songwriting team
Alan Menken
and
Howard Ashman
were brought to the attention of Disney Animation Chair
Jeffrey Katzenberg
by longtime colleague (and future Dreamworks co-founder)
David Geffen
, who was producing the teams off-Broadway musical "Little Shop of Horrors".
b.
Sonny Perdue
: The East Carolina head coach is played by Georgia governor Sonny Perdue.
c.
Sets were built only as high as the tops of the actors heads and computer graphics filled in the rest. But
Liam Neeson
was so tall that he cost the set crew an extra $150,000 in construction.
d.
The film was originally produced and scheduled for release by Twentieth Century-Fox; it was prominently featured in their 1977 exhibitors guide. However, the studio brass were greatly disturbed by the violence in the finished film, and the decision was made to sell it off to American International Pictures.
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