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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lost Weekend (1945) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lost Weekend (1945) Quiz
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About the movie:
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four day drinking bout.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
George Lucas
made a similar deal as he did in the original
Star Wars
. Both Lucas and Fox Studios agreed that he would forego his salary as a director provided he owns the entire negative of the final cut of the film as well as ancillary rights of all toys and commercial tie-ins.
b.
Debut of
Lee Marvin
.
c.
There is a legend that
Elvis Presley
(who died in 1977) makes a cameo in this movie. Many of those who believe that Elvis is still alive maintain that, the heavily bearded man standing in the background of the scene where Mrs. MacCallister is shouting at the desk clerk (just before she meets
John Candy
) is Elvis.
d.
This was the first time that any film crews had been given permission to film in Bellevue Hospital.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
Some of the electric gizmos created by
Ken Strickfaden
had been used at Universal for
Frankenstein
and
Bride of Frankenstein
.
b.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title "Apple Bottom".
c.
Henry Jones
first movie.
d.
Cary Grant
and
José Ferrer
were candidates for the lead role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
Bob (Alan Alda)s guest for the dinner party, Arnold, is played by David Ogden Stiers, Aldas co-star and room-mate on M*A*S*H for 6 years.
b.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
c.
Paramount were very nervous about releasing a film with such an adult theme and very nearly buried it when it didnt do too well with preview audiences. Ultimately, of course, it went on to become a major hit and Academy Award winner.
d.
Filmed in 1945, but not released until 1947.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
Joel Schumacher
had several meetings with Warner Bros. to get them to reconsider letting him do another Batman movie. Schumacher wanted to take the film back to its darker roots and make a "Batman: Year One" movie. Schumacher wanted to cast
Kurt Russell
as a young Commissioner Gordon and would have had Selina Kyle as a young, beautiful African-American woman living in the ghetto. However, Warner Bros. decided not to rehire Schumacher and the Batman film franchise remained in development limbo for years until
Batman Begins
.
b.
In the scene when the police storm into the Griswolds house, the song "Here Comes Santa Claus" sung by
Gene Autry
is used for the background music.
Randy Quaid
(cousin Eddie) is the third cousin of Gene Autry.
c.
Paramount paid $50,000 for the rights to
Charles R. Jackson
s novel.
d.
Though the Trade Agent (the elderly man in the Trade Station who unlocks the safe) is played by
Weston Nathanson
, his voice was dubbed by
Joss Whedon
. According to Whedon, several of the stand-in voices from the early post-production stage remain in the final film, among them this and
Morena Baccarin
s voice as the computer at the beginning of the film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
Keira Knightley
flew in from the set of
King Arthur
to audition for her part.
b.
The final film appearance of
Buddy Ebsen
.
c.
The outdoor filming was done in New York City and the interiors were done in Hollywood. The latter included an exact duplicate of a Third Avenue bar, P.J. Clarkes, on Stage 5 at Paramount Pictures, complete down to the dusty stuffed cat on the top of the payphone.
Ray Milland
, who starred in the film, tells that for one week every afternoon at five oclock the door of the set would open, a man would walk up to the bar (whether filming was going on or not), order a straight bourbon, chat about the weather, plunk down fifty cents, and stroll out. It was the writer
Robert Benchley
, who was homesick for New York.
d.
Diane Keaton
was originally cast as Sylvie but left due to creative differences.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
The names of the Dominatrixs man servants are Hans and Gruber a reference to
Die Hard
villain Hans Gruber.
b.
Studio advisers warned
Ray Milland
that this would be the death of his career. Milland himself was initially reluctant to take the part, as it had been turned down by many other leading actors of the day. However, Paramount was convinced that the only way they could sell such a film was with a matinée idol in the lead.
Billy Wilder
acquiesced to this only when it became clear that his first choice,
José Ferrer
, would not land the part.
c.
The character of Joe Gillis was very much in tune with
William Holden
s standing at the time. When he appeared in the 1939 film
Golden Boy
, he was hailed as exactly that, but had seen his stock fall, largely through his problems with alcohol and a string of unmemorable films in the 1940s. On the basis of this film and largely out of his continuing association with director
Billy Wilder
, Holden would reach the zenith of his career from 1950-57.
d.
Columbia Pictures wanted to promote
Rosalind Russell
for an Academy Award nomination, but the actress refused to be placed in the best supporting category. Many felt she would have won had she only cooperated.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
According to
John Harkness
s book "The 1999 Academy Awards Handbook",
Maurice Jarre
, in his speech accepting the 1984 Best Original Score Oscar for
A Passage to India
, expressed his gratitude that
Amadeus
had not been Oscar-nominated for Best Original Score. An obvious joke, since none of Amadeus score was original.
b.
Two actresses who have played love interests of
Hayden Christensen
(who also appears in this film) are in this film:
Natalie Portman
and
Rachel Bilson
.
c.
The first film featuring a "theremin" on the soundtrack - a musical instrument which produces a strange "wailing" sound that later became familiar to 1950s science-fiction film audiences.
Miklós Rózsa
used it in composing the score for the nightmare sequences.
d.
Nick Nolte
lobbied hard for the part of Ned Braden, but there was no time for him to learn how to skate.
Don Most
, who portrayed Ralph Malph on
Happy Days
also auditioned.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
Billy Wilder
claimed the liquor industry offered Paramount $5 million to not release the film; he also suggested that he would have accepted, had they offered it to him.
b.
Walt Disney
refused to allow
Alfred Hitchcock
to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because Hitchcock had made "that disgusting movie, Psycho."
c.
A theatrical play version of "Guess Whos Coming to Dinner" is being developed, directed by
Kenny Leon
and adapted for the stage by
Todd Kreidler
. The producers anticipate the Broadway production will open in the fall of 2008.
d.
Paul Ehlers
s son
Jonathan Ehlers
was born during the shooting of the movie. Paul received the news that his wife was in labor while filming a scene in full Madman Marz make-up. Paul went immediately to the hospital and held his newborn son for the first time while still wearing some of his Marz make-up and overalls covered with fake blood.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
The patches on the right arm of the Knights uniforms are special patches commemorating the centennial of baseball, which was celebrated in 1939. This confirms the Knights season to be the 1939 season.
b.
In Andys room is a street sign with "W. Cutting Blvd" on it. Thats the street where the original Pixar studios in Richmond, CA was located.
c.
For the French language dub version,
John Stockwell
s voice was dubbed by
Lambert Wilson
.
d.
In 1944
Billy Wilder
was traveling from New York to Hollywood by train and stopped off at the Chicago train station to buy some reading matter for the journey. One of these books was "The Lost Weekend". By the time hed reached Hollywood, Wilder knew this would make the ideal basis for his next film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)?
a.
Upon completion,
Billy Wilder
confidently predicted that
Ray Milland
would win an Oscar for his performance. He was right.
b.
Alison Lohman
plays a 16 year old, however, in reality, she was 26 at the time.
c.
The animators secretly modeled elements of the Sorcerer in "The Sorcerers Apprentice" on their boss,
Walt Disney
. The raised eyebrow was regarded as a dead giveaway. They call the character Yen Sid, which is "Disney" spelled backwards.
d.
Double-billed with
Law of the Lawless
.
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