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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) Quiz
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About the movie:
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)?
a.
Originally,
Nicolas Cage
turned down the role of Castor Troy, citing a lack of interest in playing a villain. However, once he was told that he would actually be playing the hero for a majority of the film, he quickly signed on.
b.
Charles Durning
was going to act in this film but dropped out.
c.
Although the F-8 aircraft used in the movie are real aircraft once used by the Philippine Air Force, they were, in fact, nonfunctional at that time. During the filming of the movie, the planes were actually being towed.
d.
DeForest Kelley
s first line in this film ends with, "This mans dead, captain."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)?
a.
Jennifer Grey
had her nose surgically altered after the film wrapped. When several shots needed to be re-taken, you can see an obvious change in her appearance.
b.
The basis of the film was a script by Romeros friend and co-worker
Paul McCollough
entitled The Mad People. McCollough gave the script to Romero with his blessing to re-write it and Romero turned out a revised version of it that was made into The Crazies.
c.
A second unit cameraman who wore strange black glasses with tiny perforated holes showed up to film the great freighter sequence. It was not until some months later during editing that it was discovered the cameraman was in fact blind. Upon confrontation he admitted it and apologized. It was an editing nightmare to overcome his many out of focus shots.
d.
Author Sloan Wilsons personal choice to play Tom Rath in the film version of his best-selling novel was
Montgomery Clift
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)?
a.
Co-stars
J.T. Walsh
and
John Ritter
both died of a heart attack at the age of 54.
b.
Fredric March
s character Ralph Hopkins is introduced with the exact same visual and plot premise as his character Jordan Lyman would be eight years later in
Seven Days in May
: pulling down his sleeve after his doctor takes his blood pressure and advises him to take things easy for a while for the sake of his health.
c.
When Dean sees the article in the paper indicating that hes being investigated by the FBI, he says "They have NO Sullivan protection for this." Hes referring to the Supreme Court case New York Times v. Sullivan, which set the standard for defamation cases brought against media companies.
d.
Roger Moore
parodied his James Bond persona in the first
The Cannonball Run
movie, driving an Aston Martin and frequently, when on camera, a scene was introduced with James Bondesque music. Though Moore does not return in this sequel (see above trivia item), there are a number of new James Bond connections in this follow-up. This movie features
Richard Kiel
who had played Jaws in
The Spy Who Loved Me
and
Moonraker
and
Telly Savalas
who had played Ernst Stavro Blofeld in
On Her Majestys Secret Service
. This movie features a car that can turn itself into a submersible vehicle a la the underwater car from
The Spy Who Loved Me
whilst Kiel is often seen brandishing his teeth (real, not metal) in a number of shots.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 16 seconds
b.
Frank Capra
had been loaned to MGM to work on a film called "Soviet," in exchange for $50,000 and
Robert Montgomery
s participation in this picture; Capra also hoped to get
Marie Dressler
s services from MGM. After "Soviet" was cancelled as a project, Columbia was unable to get either
James Cagney
from Warner Bros. or
William Powell
from MGM for the role of Dave the Dude; they also tried to get
W.C. Fields
from Paramount to play Judge Blake, but again could not make a deal.
c.
Robert Hall
wrote the script when he was 25 and made the movie when he was 29.
d.
Dawn French
, who plays the Fat Lady in this film (but not in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
) is the wife of
Lenny Henry
, who voiced the shrunken head on the Knight Bus.
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