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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Part (6) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941).
About the movie:
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
Director
Shawn Levy
told a National Public Radio interviewer that once the Smithsonian Institution agreed to lend their name to the film, their curators were very helpful and willing to share information about the real-life characters represented in the movie, but Levy had more trouble with the intellectual property-holders for the fictional characters represented. For instance, for a scene in which Darth Vader interacts with the pharaoh played by
Hank Azaria
, there was a person on the set who came from LucasFilm and whose job it was to observe all scenes filmed that involved Darth Vader and to tell the filmmakers what Vader would or wouldnt do.
b.
It took a full week to film the opening dream sequence. Director
John Frankenheimer
rushed a rough edit of the sequence to
Frank Sinatra
, then decided to keep the cut in the final movie unchanged.
c.
Over 200 different guns were used in the film, some of which were created specially.
d.
The opening scroll about the history of the Maltese Falcon is entirely made up.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
Dean Cain
at one point was attached to star in the film.
b.
Humphrey Bogart
has absolutely no resemblance to the character of Sam Spade as described in the book. There, he is over 6 feet tall, has a hooked nose and blond hair.
c.
John Waters
had an interview with him published before this film was made in which the headline referred to him as "Cecil B. Demented". Waters thought the title was too good to pass up.
d.
Production was held up for several hours on this film due to the birth of
Johnny Mack Brown
s youngest daughter Sally. When he returned from the hospital, the cameras rolled again. It was the first time in his then 20-year career that Brown had ever been the cause of a delay on a picture.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
Production was temporarily shut down to allow the Paramount top brass the chance to get to grips with the films spiraling budget. Originally estimated at $55 million, it was soon in excess of $70 million. Of that budget, $15 million was Eddie Murphys paycheck.
b.
No permits were obtained in the filming of the movie.
c.
Vincent Price
often cracked up during filming, wrecking his makeup.
d.
Mary Astor
was having an affair with
John Huston
during the making of the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
Simon Pegg
could only spend up to seven minutes a day in his trailer.
b.
From the start,
Peter Lorre
was always
John Huston
s first choice to play Joel Cairo.
c.
The sailing ship seen at the beginning of the film was named Lady Jane.
d.
Linzi Hateley
was considered for the title role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
Shot entirely on location, over the course of five days in July 2009.
b.
Three of the statuettes still exist and are conservatively valued at over $1 million each. This makes them some of the most valuable film props ever made; indeed they are now worth more than the film cost to make.
c.
This movies working title was Hostages.
d.
Warner Bros. tried to re-release the movie in 1936, but the Production Code office refused to award an approval certificate.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
For decades, this film could not be legally shown on US TV because of its underlying sexual suggestion.
b.
The back cover of the DVD release features a screen capture from the James Bond movie
Licence to Kill
, featuring a semi performing a wheelie through the burning remains of a second semi. Obviously this scene is not in the movie, and it is made even more odd by the fact that this movie is a 20th Century Fox release while Licence to Kill is an MGM release.
c.
The feature version,running approximately 81 minutes, was edited from Chapters #1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
d.
For this film, producer Sy Weintraub replaced Gordon Scott with Jock Mahoney. Weintraub wanted a leaner, less muscular, Tarzan. Gordon Scott was able to cash in on incredible physique by becoming one of the most popular stars in the Italian made sword and sandal/mythological muscle-man movies that had become box office hits in that period.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
The Latin phrase Cole speaks in the church when he first meets Malcolm: "De profundis clamo ad te domine" translates to "Out of the depths, I cry to you, Oh Lord." These are the first few words of Psalm 130 in the Book of Psalms.
b.
Peter Bogdanovich
didnt like the title of the novel "Addie Pray", but wasnt sure whether "Paper Moon" was good enough; so he asked his mentor
Orson Welles
what he thought about it. Welles replied, "That title is so good, you shouldnt even make the picture, just release the title!"
c.
Cinematographer
Brayton Austin
is a past winner of the Prestigious CLIO award.
d.
Frustrated at seeing his script for
Juarez
rewritten by
Paul Muni
, the films star,
John Huston
vowed that from then on he would direct his own screenplays and therefore not have to see them get meddled with. He was fortunate in that he had a staunch ally in the form of producer
Henry Blanke
who was happy to fulfill Hustons wish.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
This picture was
Charles Bronson
s sixty-seventh movie.
b.
Elisha Cook Jr was the longest surviving member of the cast, dying at the age of 90 in 1991.
c.
Writer, Director Melvin James had a window of only fourteen days to shoot this film. With four leading characters and over 50 supporting and extra characters. The script was written in thirty days as the project came up one day when Melvin and Cris Cartier (the producer) were sitting around in Tick Tock Diner in Manhattan trying to figure out what their next move was going to be when their other film project "Caramel" got stalled. They realized that it could be several months before anything could happen with "Caramel" so rather than sit and wait to see what developed, they decided to jump into another film. Melvin made a joke about a funny scene he would like to see in a teen comedy and thats where the idea for Still A Teen Movie started.
d.
The novel "Exodus" is briefly but clearly visible on the paperback rack in the pharmacy scene.
Paul Newman
had starred in the film of the novel (
Exodus
) three years earlier.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
Menahem Golan refused to sell the famous "contract napkin" for US$10,000 when asked by the New York MoMA.
b.
When Spade visits the murder scene of his partner, in the background can be seen a poster for a film called
Swing Your Lady
, an in-joke directed at
Humphrey Bogart
who was one of the stars of this B-movie. Bogart referred to it as "the worst picture I ever made".
c.
The picture on the scroll that the cardinal consults in the beginning (the picture of the moon with the white blurred line above it) is titled "Finis Dierum", which is Latin for "End of Days".
d.
The Comstock Lode was a major discovery of silver and gold ore, on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, in the Virginia Range. The location is now located under Virginia City, Nevada. The discovery was made public in 1859.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Maltese Falcon (1941)?
a.
Ray Stricklyn
noted in his autobiography "Angels & Demons" that co-star
Norma Eberhardt
had one blue eye and one brown eye. If you look carefully at a few of her closeups, even in this black and white film, you can notice the difference.
b.
Most of the demon POVs that glide across the ground were shot by mounting the camera to a 2X4 while
Sam Raimi
and
Bruce Campbell
ran along holding either side
c.
Humphrey Bogart
had to supply his own wardrobe. This was common practice at Warner Brothers as a way for the studio to save some money.
d.
The phone number on the wood delivery trucks (800)-GO-4-WOOD obviously refers to God telling Noah to make the ark of gopher wood.
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