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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Magnificent Seven (1960) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Magnificent Seven (1960) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960).
About the movie:
An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
In the original version, David Janssens character is killed just as he comes back into the stadium. In the later version, he leaves the stadium just before the sniper starts shooting.
b.
Aaron Sorkin
, the writer, makes a cameo appearance as Aide in bar.
c.
To produce the desired drugged-out effect for his role as the drug addict in the police station,
Charlie Sheen
stayed awake for more than 48 hours before the scene was shot.
d.
James Coburn
(Britt) and
Robert Vaughn
(Lee) have only 11 and 16 lines in the entire film respectively. Although they were close friends for almost 50 years, this is their only film together.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
Elmer Bernstein
, whose score for this movie is one of the best-known ever composed, also wrote the score for the parody of this film,
¡Three Amigos!
.
b.
The twelfth of fourteen films pairing
William Powell
and
Myrna Loy
.
c.
The scene where the girls are having breakfast is a virtual recreation of the breakfast scene from
Reservoir Dogs
.
d.
The last film directed by
George Roy Hill
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
Robert Vaughn
played the role of Lee in the film. He later came back to star in the TV series
The Magnificent Seven
playing Judge Oren Travis.
b.
Originally titled "Reaper", this project was going to star
Michael Keaton
.
c.
Ranked #5 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Western" in June 2008.
d.
As of 2010, it has not been commercially released in Israel for "lack of interest".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
Yul Brynner
was married on the set; the celebration used many of the same props as the fiesta scene.
b.
The fight scene in the prison cafeteria between
John Lithgow
and
Jesse Ventura
recreates the final duel from
Russell Mulcahy
s earlier film
Highlander
. There are multiple visual references, including the use of swords, the foley effects, the back-lit windows, and the camera angles, including the famous tracking shot of the camera rolling along the floor.
c.
Several actors are listed in casting records with their character names but did not appear in the movie. These were
Luis Alberni
(Jacques),
Mitchell Lewis
(Sponsor) and
Ivan Miller
(Clerk).
d.
Magician Kazah (
Paul Henreid
) briefly transforms Ben Ali (Hans Conreid) into a Beautiful Harem Girl (
Vivian Mason
), whose voice is dubbed by Conreid to comical effect.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
As Carl Spackler is working on his plastic explosive animals, bags of Milorganite are seen stacked behind him. Milorganite is an actual fertilizer produced by the Milwaukee (WI) Sewerage Commission and consists of the dried microbes left after human waste and other sewage is processed. Contrary to popular belief, it does not contain any actual fecal matter. It is extremely popular among lawn-care professionals (such as golf course greenskeepers) and is produced and sold to this day.
b.
The end-credit montage traces artwork from the past, in historical order, starting with cave paintings, then progressing through Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Renaissance, then mimicking certain Impressionists (such as
Vincent van Gogh
,
Georges Seurat
, and
Auguste Renoir
). It finishes with depictions of the main robots in the style of early computer games.
c.
When the original version of the finished film was submitted to MGM executives, they didnt like it. The film went through heavy editing, and a producer had the idea of tying together the surviving pieces by adding voice-over narration from Mitchells grown up son, as if he is telling his fathers life story.
Howard Keel
, who had just finished making
Show Boat
, was brought in for this purpose. The changes led to director
William A. Wellman
effectively disowning the film. When asked about it in an interview, he said "Ive not seen it, and I never will."
d.
The film was cast quickly to beat an actors strike.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
Billy Bob Thornton
learned to play the violin for some scenes that required it.
b.
Composer
John Williams
was a member of the orchestra that recorded
Elmer Bernstein
s score; he played the piano.
c.
Jimmy Dean, the singer, was suggested by
Peter Bogdanovich
for the role of Abilene, but the studio turned him down.
d.
It was suggested to give the entire cast special wigs of different colors, to keep the essence of the "Dragon Ball" anime;, but
James Wong
vetoed this idea to make the film more realistic. However,
Emmy Rossum
had a blue streak dyed in her hair and
Justin Chatwin
had his hair touched to make it spiky so that their respective characters possessed a classic yet distinctive look.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
This movie features a number of cameo appearances by Finnish actors due to the fact that it was partially shot in Finland.
b.
Based on the story featured in the Discovery Channel documentary "A Haunting in Connecticut".
c.
James Coburn
s friend
Robert Vaughn
recommended him to director
John Sturges
for the last remaining lead, the role of Britt. Sturges said he needed a
Gary Cooper
type of actor, and Vaughn said Coburn was the actor he needed.
d.
The film was banned in Kansas upon its original release on the grounds that it exhibited "cruelty and tended to debase morals".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
The name Jody Sawyer is a reference to
42nd Street
s, Peggy Sawyer.
b.
Ian J. Keeney
performed every crew position on The Secret, bringing the movie in on a budget of only $1,000. There were times on set where he would hold both the camera and the boom microphone at the same time, working camera and sound after setting up all the lighting for the scene. He did have volunteers help him on set doing miscellaneous tasks such as blacking out windows in the house to make day look like night, but most technical positions all the way through editing were done by him.
c.
Walter Bernstein
did the original adaptation of
Akira Kurosawa
s film (
Shichinin no samurai
) but it wasnt used.
Walter Newman
wrote the screenplay that is substantially what you see on screen.
d.
Most special effects shots involved up to seven different plates. In most cases one plate consisted of an empty shot of the scene background where the movements of an invisible
Kevin Bacon
were later matched.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
Some historians claim Pontius Pilate was born in Scotland, where his father was posted as a Roman Centurion guard. On knowing this, Scottish comedian
Billy Connolly
tried to convince
David Bowie
to play Pontius Pilate "as a Scotsman." (Bowie did not.)
b.
The state that Jefferson Smith (
James Stewart
) and Sen. Joseph Harrison Paine (
Claude Rains
) come from is never mentioned.
c.
Director
Brian Yuzna
on the DVD commentary regrets not coming up with a more proper name for the film as "Return of the Living Dead III" is too long. He suggests the title "Kurt and Julie" and admits that the title "Mortal Zombie" (which it was called in some places in Europe) is a nice name.
d.
Steve McQueen
wanted to act in this film but couldnt at first because the schedule of his TV series,
Wanted: Dead or Alive
, wouldnt allow it. He crashed a car and while he was "out sick", he shot this film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Magnificent Seven (1960)?
a.
Warren Beatty
was very interested in playing Joe Buck but
John Schlesinger
thought he was too famous to be believable as a naive street hustler.
b.
This film was produced by
Mel Brooks
s production company. The main character was based on him, and he had some input into the script.
c.
Mexican censors required the peasants to always be wearing clean clothes.
d.
Both director
Thomas Vinterberg
and screenwriter
Lars von Trier
state that there is no hidden meaning or message against weapons in the film, and that the story is not meant as a political allegory against guns or America.
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