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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Longest Day (1962) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Longest Day (1962) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962).
About the movie:
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
Due to the massive cost overruns on the film
Cleopatra
(which was filming contemporaneously),
Darryl F. Zanuck
had to agree to a fixed filming budget. After he had spent the budgeted amount he started using his own money to pay for the production.
b.
The core-plot of the movie came from
George Lucas
first draft of
Star Wars
, which he wrote in 1975.
c.
The writers
Alvin Sargent
&
Scott Rosenberg
contribute to the last uncredited re-write on the shooting script.
d.
Cals original vehicle in the movie was supposed to have been a Chevy Blazer, but after blowing the engine on the way to the set due to lack of oil in the engine, the directors improvised and persuaded a crewmember to let them use his 1981 Chevy Caprice station wagon. They ended up having to replace the transmission after killing it in the chase scenes.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
Steve Whitmire
: Hippie giving Bunsen and Beaker a ride.
b.
Almost all shots in which you see the taxi or other cars in the street, or car stunts performed in the streets, were really filmed in Los Angeles, not New York.
c.
Guinn Big Boy Williams
is in studio records/casting call lists as a cast member, but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie.
d.
Darryl F. Zanuck
was quoted in an interview as saying that he didnt think much of actors forming their own production companies, citing
The Alamo
, produced by
John Wayne
, as a failure of such ventures. Wayne found out about this interview before being approached by Zanuck, and refused to appear in the film unless he was paid $250,000 for his role (when the other famous actors were being paid $25,000). Wayne got his requested salary.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
Originally a made-for-TV movie (it would have been the very first), but because of the intensity of the violence, it was released theatrically instead.
b.
The film was green lit by Revolution Studios before the script was written.
c.
Former U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
was considered for the role of himself in the film, and he indicated his willingness. However, it was decided that makeup artists couldnt make him appear young enough to play his WWII self.
d.
At one time
Jim Carrey
was slated to star as the lead and even contributed jokes to the screenplay, such as the main character being named Focker.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
When cost overruns on
Cleopatra
threatened to force 20th Century Fox to shut down production of this film,
Darryl F. Zanuck
flew to New York to save his project. After an impassioned speech to Foxs board, Zanuck regained control of the company he founded, ultimately finishing this picture and getting the production of
Cleopatra
under control.
b.
Carlos Gallardo
: Campa is played by the lead actor of
El mariachi
.
c.
The UltraSave All-Night Drug Store scenes were filmed at a then empty Pasadena supermarket which was re-stocked with merchandise for this picture.
d.
Even though the date on this film is 1999 part of it was filmed in the early 1980s. The scenes with "The Worlds Biggest Office Chair" were filmed at that time.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
Sean Connery
, who made his debut as James Bond also in 1962, acted in the movie along with
Gert Fröbe
and
Curd Jürgens
- two future Bond villains.
b.
At 41,
James Stewart
was 25 years older than
Debra Paget
, who was barely 16 at the time of filming.
c.
Tom Hanks
was originally offered the role of Ray Kinsella but turned it down.
d.
Timothy Olyphant
read for the role of Tony Stark.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
As a 22-year-old private,
Joseph Lowe
landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day with the Second Ranger Battalion and scaled the cliffs at Point-Du-Hoc. He scaled those hundred-foot cliffs all over again, for the cameras, some 17 years later.
b.
Over half of the films budget went to paying the actors salaries.
c.
The "4-5-94" written on Lolas right jean leg is a reference to the date of Nirvana singer
Kurt Cobain
s suicide.
d.
The role of Vanessa was originally written for Vanessa Lengies, who eventually turned it down to film "My Suicide"; the part still bares her name.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
Henry Grace
was not an actor when being cast as
Dwight D. Eisenhower
, but his remarkable resemblance to Eisenhower got him the role.
b.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
was offered a part before production, but turned it down because he said he was too busy with other projects.
c.
Shot in three weeks.
d.
According to
Cameron Crowe
s commentary, there are 4 different interpretations of the ending. #1 is that tech support is telling the truth, that 150 years have passed since David Aames killed himself, and that everything after his passing out on the sidewalk was a dream. #2 is the entire movie was a dream, as evidenced by the sticker on Davids car that reads 2/30/01. #3 is the idea that the movie takes place with Davids Coma. #4 is Cameron Crowes own idea, that it is the novel that Brian was working on.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
Richard Todd
(playing Major John Howard, Officer Commanding D Company of The 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Air Landing Brigade, 6th Airborne Division) was himself in Normandy on D-Day, and participated as Capt. Todd of the 7th Parachute Battalion, 5th Parachute Brigade, British 6th Airborne Division. His battalion actually went into action as reinforcements, via a parachute jump (after the gliders had landed and completed the initial coup de main assault). Capt. Richard Sweeney Todd was moved from the plane he was originally scheduled to jump from, to another. The original plane was shot down, killing everyone on board.
b.
In the early scene in which Ed Wood and his friends look at the review of his play (this is the scene in which he enthusiastically says, "Look, hes got some nice things to say here. The soldiers costumes are very realistic. Thats positive!"), they are looking at a newspaper review in the "Los Angeles Register," at a column entitled "The Theatrical Life by Victor Crowley." The opening paragraphs read: "World War II, a time for brave men with guts, forms the backdrop for The Casual Company, which opened last night in Hollywood. Let me tell you this is definitely a play about guts. It certainly took guts to stage this disappointment. Penned by one Edward D. Wood, Jr., who also has the guts to take credit for directing this foxhole piece, The Casual Company takes place on a barn stage with only rudimentary lighting. ..." Wood really did produce this play, which was based on some of his experiences in the Marines, and which really was a flop.
c.
Robert Hogan
s movie debut.
d.
The producers were set on casting
Bill Murray
as
Larry Flynt
but according to
Milos Forman
, Murray never returned his phone calls.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
Red Buttons
was cast in the film after he ran into
Darryl F. Zanuck
in a Paris cafe.
b.
The Legion of Decency did not like the movie because of what it considered the films "pro-Communist" leanings. Instead of condemning the picture, though, it used a "separate classification" for it. That had previously been used on
Blockade
(a Spanish Civil War film that the League also thought was anti-Catholic and pro-Communist) and
Martin Luther
(because the film portrayed the life of the man who split Christianity, and also because the League thought it was full of inaccurate presentations of Church teachings).
c.
The fictional bank Churchill Schwartz is based on both Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan/Chase.In real life, J. P. Morgan/Chase originally purchased Bear Stearns for two dollars per share on the direction of Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, only to be later changed to ten dollars per share.
Frank Langella
s character Louis Zabel was told he would initially receive the same amount for his company during the scene of New York Federal Reserve meeting. Also, Louis Zabel accuses Bretton James, of exacting revenge for refusing to bail out James Churchill Schwartz during the market crash of 2000. This is loosely based off Bear Stearns decision not to assist Goldman Sachs and other investment banks to do the same for infamous hedge fund Long Term Capital Management following the Russian bond default in 1998.
d.
The role of Peter Venkman was originally written for
John Belushi
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Longest Day (1962)?
a.
The x-ray "bone-breaking" sequences in the film are similar to a famous scene in Sonny Chibas The Street FighterGekitotsu! Satsujin ken (1974). However, the ones in Romeo Must Die are far more advanced, presumably through the use of CGI.
b.
According to fellow veterans major Werner Pluskat was not at his command bunker in Omaha Beach when the first wave of the invasion forces landed, instead he was in a bordello in Caen.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 28, 1946 with
Judy Garland
reprising her film role.
d.
During the films German release, the Nazis (not yet in power) interrupted screenings by shouting martial slogans and releasing rats into the theaters.
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