Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).

About the movie: A family vacationing in Morocco accidentally stumble on to an assassination plot and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		The management team at Disney changed during Cauldrons production. New studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg made several cuts in the film before its release to prevent it getting an R or PG-13 rating.
b.		Nathan Jones took a fall badly during filming and almost lost several teeth. He refused medical attention and kept filming.
c.		The entire film was shot in five days.
d.		The movie was originally to be produced by Paramount Pictures and Patron, a company to be jointly owned by James Stewart, Doris Day and Alfred Hitchcock. When the film finally went before the cameras, the production company was Filwite Productions, Inc., co-owned by Hitchcock and Stewart. The reason Day was not included in the final production deal has not been publicly disclosed. However, it may have had something to do with Days husband and manager at the time, Martin Melcher, a man absolutely despised and considered shady by many in Hollywood.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		The film made its World Premiere at the SXSW film festival and made its LA premiere at the Hollywood Film Festival. It also was the Opening Nite Film of the 2008 Visionfest Film Festival at Tribeca Cinemas in NYC.
b.		One of director Sydney Pollacks original intentions was to have Mitch McDeere have an affair with Avery Tolar. The character was to be changed into a woman and to be played by Meryl Streep.
c.		The meaning and relevance of this movies Gung Ho title is that the literary origins of the phrase "Gung Ho" are that it is Chinese expression which is defined in the film as meaning "To Work in Harmony", "Gung" translating as "to work" and "Ho" translating as "harmony".
d.		The Albert Hall sequence lasts 12 minutes without a single word of dialogue and consists of 124 shots.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		The character of Clara Clayton is in reference to Clara Clemens, Mark Twains daughter. Clara Clemens went on a sleigh ride with her future husband, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the horse took fright from a wind-swept newspaper and bolted while the Gabrilowitsch lost control. At the top of a hill, next to a 50 foot drop, the sleigh overturned, throwing Clemens out. Gabrilowitsch leaped to the ground and caught the horse by the head, stopping it as it was about to plunge over the bank, dragging Clemens with her dress caught in a runner.
b.		The "National Express" office building was located at East 7th and Anderson Streets in Los Angeles.
c.		Ginger Rogers wrote in her 1991 autobiography that she told her agent Leland Hayward to aggressively go after this film for her, and that money was no object. She wrote that she would have worked for one dollar, to make it legal. Hayward spoke with Louis B. Mayer, who said: "Tell Ginger to stay in her high-heel shoes and her silk stockings, she could never be as rambunctious as Annie Oakley has to be".
d.		Bernard Herrmann (the composer of the score) can be seen conducting the orchestra during the Albert Hall sequence.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		Harrison Ford thought that "Frantic" was a misleading title for the film as the script didnt have a frantic pace. He suggested that "Moderately Disturbed" would be a more appropriate title. Roman Polanski wasnt amused.
b.		The film was unavailable for decades because its rights (together with four other pictures of the same period) were bought back by Alfred Hitchcock and left as part of his legacy to his daughter. Theyve been known for long as the infamous "Five lost Hitchcocks" amongst film buffs, and were re-released in theatres around 1984 after a 30-year absence. The others are Rear Window, Rope, The Trouble with Harry, and Vertigo.
c.		The musical instrument known as the "duduk", the use of which has become a tradition in Hollywood movies and television (Gladiator, Hercules, Ronin, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as well as Sayat Nova and Parajanov: The Last Spring) is played in this movie by the virtuoso Jivan Gasparyan.
d.		At one point, Dennis Quaid makes a reference to promoting "Capn Crunch" to Admiral. Quaid played a Coast Guard Admiral in the remake of Yours, Mine and Ours.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		When this project was in early development it was mentioned at The 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008 when host (Jon Stewart) introduced Kidman by saying that according to IMDb the next presenters the star of the "Untitled Nicole Kidman Project".
b.		The "ball" scenes were simple special effects. The sphere was being guided around a corner by a fishing line. The sphere was thrown from behind the camera by a baseball pitcher and then the shot was printed in reverse. The ball attaching itself to the mans head was filmed by sticking it on his head, then pulling it off, and printing the shot in reverse.
c.		At first, Doris Day refused to record "Que Sera, Sera" as a popular song release, dismissing it as "a forgettable childrens song." It not only went on to win an Academy Award, but also became the biggest hit of her recording career and her signature song.
d.		The storm drain car chase scene was shot in a large air duct tunnel below the four main bores of the Fort McHenry Road Tunnel in Baltimore, MD. Fort McHenry permits Interstate 95 to pass under Baltimores harbor. The air duct is only accessible from the Tunnels Admin Building by stairs and a small elevator, so the cars in the scene were chopped into several sections, taken three levels below, reassembled and painted. Once filming was complete they were disassembled once again and removed from the duct. The water was hosed in from a nearby sprinkler main.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		The M-56 smart guns and the sentry guns built for the movie were designed around German MG 42 machine guns (most recognizable on the smart guns where the MG 42s characteristic recoil booster muzzle is clearly visible). The gun is mounted on a heavily modified steadicam harness - the MG 42 alone (without the additional cosmetic dressing and ammunition) weighs in at about 25 pounds.
b.		In Russian Federation the movie is being shown translated by Dmitri Goblin Puchkov, a famous independent translator. All obscenities are translated to Russian obscenities, which is very unusual for movie translations in Russia. The movie has Russian rating "Not for people less than 18 ages old".
c.		The plot calls for a man (Daniel Gélin in the role of Louis Bernard) to be discovered as "not Moroccan" because he was wearing black makeup. The makeup artists couldnt find a black substance that would come off easily, and so they painted the fingers of the other man (James Stewart) white, so that he would leave pale streaks on the other mans skin (according to Patricia Hitchcock, this idea was suggested by Daniel Gélin).
d.		Ed Harriss apartment was supposed to be a drafty New York loftspace. In reality, the studio set in England was stiflingly hot and both Meryl Streep and Harris regularly had to have the sweat mopped off them.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		Conductor Bernard Herrmann plays himself on-screen. Hes listed as such in the beginning credits, and his name can be seen on the poster play bill when Doris Day exits the taxi at Albert Hall. All the names on the poster play bill are those of the performers of the "Cantata Storm Clouds" : the London Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Howitt (mezzo-soprano) and the Covent Garden Opera Chorus.
b.		The film made $21,722,000 with a budget of $1,000,000.
c.		This film was made and released before Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor were married. In the oversized, 22-page press book that the studio had prepared for the exhibitors, there were constant references to and blurb lines describing Stanwyck and Taylor as "real-life sweethearts" or "real-life heart interests", etc., stills captions particularly, typical 1930s selling points to be used in the advertising. However, somewhere between the planning and the execution, something went amiss, and the pressbook had an 8x10 snipe pasted on page three with specific instructions: Dated May 26, 1937, and addressed to Exhibitors as IMPORTANT NOTICE. It read: "Delete the phrase "real-life sweethearts" and any similar phase, or any stunts or copy along the same line from all advertising or publicity on THIS IS MY AFFAIR. In utilizing any of the press book materials you will please correct the copy, eliminating the words "real-life sweethearts." Please note that this applies to everything in the press book, publicity copy, ads, exploitation, stunts, etc. Your cooperation will be appreciated." (signed) Charles E. McCarthy-Advertising Manager
d.		Sir Leigh Teabings plane is a Hawker 700.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		In 1965, Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart filed a $4,000,000 lawsuit against Paramount Pictures, arguing that their eight-year agreement with the studio had ended and that Paramount had breached their copyright by televising the film. The director and actor also requested that Paramount return the films original negative to them. The final disposition of this suit has not been made public, but the film remained unavailable for commercial exhibition for many years.
b.		In a preview of the bonus feature menus for the "Alien Legacy" box set posted to USENET, the bio for Dallas had him as being born female and Lambert as being born male, suggesting gender reassignment before the events in the film. Fan reaction prompted this to be changed before production of the DVDs.
c.		Average Shot Length = ~9.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~9.4 seconds.
d.		The poem that Miss Katherine reads to the young Linda and Sam finished is "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		Of the 3 PRC Vance features,this was the second to be released (June 14, 1947) but the last to be shot (December 17, 1946-early January 1947). This was also the very last Philo Vance feature film,aa total of 14 dating back to 1929.
b.		Alfred Hitchcock previously filmed this story as The Man Who Knew Too Much.
c.		William Powell has framed 8x10 photos of RKO actresses Irene Dunne and Ann Harding prominently displayed in his bedroom suite.
d.		Hardy Krügers character, Gen. Ludwig, is a composite of German division commanders Gen. Harmel and Lt. Col. Harzer.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)?
a.		To accommodate his promotional duties for the film Frozen, Adam Green needed to split the shooting schedule into two parts.
b.		With 2 weeks to go before filming, the actors were still complaining of problems with the script. William Nicholson was brought to Shepperton Studios to make Maximus a more sensitive character, reworking his friendship with Juba and developing the afterlife thread. Nicholson went back to David Franzonis original script and reinstated a lot of the scenes that John Logan had taken out.
c.		Written, produced, directed, edited and costarring Dave OShea, a fourteen+ year veteran in the blue-collar world in which the story revolves. The combination of no financing, no professional help, no compromising and no fear created this uniquely disturbing piece of quirky-horror/suspense magic.
d.		Throughout the filming, Doris Day became increasingly concerned that Alfred Hitchcock paid more attention to camera setups, lighting and technical matters than he did to her performance. Convinced that he was displeased with her work, she finally confronted him. His reply was, "My dear Miss Day, if you werent giving me what I wanted, then I would have to direct you!"

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