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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Molly Maguires (1970) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Molly Maguires (1970) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970).
About the movie:
Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
Though a main character and one of the first to be introduced, Jack Kehoe (played by
Sean Connery
) does not speak a line until the 40th minute of the film.
b.
Listed among the 100 Worst Movies Ever in John Wilsons "The Official Razzie Movie Guide."
c.
The first skater doing the McTwist in the pool is pro skater Tony Hawk.
d.
Josh Brolin
prepared for his role as
George W. Bush
by telephoning hotels and talking to the people simply to hear the accent. He also watched videos of Bush to try and get the style of his walk right.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
The Blue Danube Waltz was not the first piece of classical music intended for the space station sequence. Kubrick originally set the sequence to the Scherzo from Felix Mendelssohns "Midsummer Nights Dream." Friend of Kubricks introduced him to the Strauss waltzes during 2001s editing stage, and he re-edited the sequence to The Blue Danube for the final version of the film.
b.
Sammy Davis Jr.
managed to obtain a copy of the script and asked
John Wayne
if he could play the straight role of a Negro slave. Wayne considered him but eventually declined Davis offer. Davis recalled, "There were a lot of influential Texans investing in the film and they didnt like the idea that I was seeing his future wife
May Britt
at the time. They disapproved of a man of color going out with a girl who was white, though Duke Wayne was upfront with me about it and I respected him for it".
c.
Most of this film was shot in Eckley, Pennsylvania. Paramount Pictures saved the town from being destroyed--it was slated to be demolished for strip mining--but after the movie was filmed, the towns land was donated to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The town is now a museum. Several structures built for the movie still survive.
d.
Official Selection Garden State Film Festival 2010.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
Kevin Flood,
P.G. Stephens
and
Jack Cunningham
were considered for parts
b.
The film was originally being conceived as a "re-imagining" of the Curtis Harrington thriller, _How Awful About Allan (1970)_, starring Anthony Perkins but the producers opted to develop it into a stand-alone project.
c.
Sean Connery
did not mind taking second billing in the movie, pointing out to an interviewer, "For the amount of money theyre paying me for this, they can put a mule ahead of me." During filming he became a close friend of
Richard Harris
. Harris later agreed to play the cameo role of King Richard the Lionheart in
Robin and Marian
as a favor to Connery, and in the late 1980s there was talk of them making another film together.
d.
The word "fuck" is spoken about 117 times in the movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
Average Shot Length = 10 seconds
b.
French visa # 32045.
c.
Michael Kahn
has collaborated with
Steven Spielberg
as an editor for over 30 years. He has always cut his movies on a Moviola and KEM when working with Spielberg. This will be his first movie that he will cut digitally with Spielberg using Avid (though he has cut movies digitally before, such as Twister).
d.
In an early version of the script, an ongoing story line was Tom Hagen having an affair with Sonny Corleones widow. This was later discarded, but the line where Michael Corleone tells Hagen that he can take his "wife, children and mistress to Las Vegas" was kept.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
The dead pigeon used in the film was an actual, frozen dead pigeon supplied for the film.
b.
The newspaper that lands on Stuart bears the headline "Feathered Filcher Fleeces Fifth Avenue".
c.
In the scene where Clementine invites Joel to her apartment for a drink, one of the songs playing in the background on Clementines stereo is from the 1971 Hindi (Bollywood) movie "Gambler" and is sung by
Mohammad Rafi
. The song after that, which plays immediately after Clementine says "Im gonna marry you", is Wada Na Tod meaning "Dont break your promise" in Hindi from the 1987 movie "Dil Tujhko Diya", and is sung by
Lata Mangeshkar
.
d.
Director
Martin Ritt
blamed the films massive critical and commercial failure for permanently damaging his career.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
With a 16 million Euro budget this film was the most expensive Dutch production ever. Its theatrical run lasted for just a week.
b.
The Opera that Prof. Bhaer takes Jo to is "The Pearl Fishers" by
Georges Bizet
.
c.
Jack Kehoe was pardoned in 1979 by then-Gov. Milton Shapp.
d.
The three-inch bronze sculpture of
Spencer Tracy
featured in the film was created by
Katharine Hepburn
herself and was one of the items that were included in her estate auction in 2004. The bust was the most sought-after item and fetched the most money - it sold for $316,000, whereas pre-auction estimates were in the neighborhood of $3,000-$5,000.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
Darryl F. Zanuck
was the one who first suggested
Michael Rennie
for the part of Klaatu, having seen him perform on the London stage.
b.
Che: Part One
and this film were screened combined at the Cannes Film festival 2008 under the title "Che".
c.
According to the director, on the commentary track of the DVD, the film was shot in the Mens House of Detention, AKA "The Tombs". They were given an entire floor of their own to work in, but the prison was operational around them. They could hear men screaming, and see prisoners being taken away and brought back in chains. The director said he stayed there overnights and on weekends, locked in so no one could get at him.
d.
The real Jack Kehoe was not a miner, but the owner of a saloon, The Hibernia House. His descendants run it to this day.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
Film debut of
Art Lund
.
b.
The song "Hellfire" from this film, and "Worthless" from
The Brave Little Toaster
, are considered to be the darkest songs ever produced by Disney.
c.
The female voice heard on stage at the beginning of the film is that of
Frances McDormand
(
Joel Coen
s wife).
d.
One of the zombies seen in the film previously featured in a TV ad for the Mini as a zombie.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
Philip Kaufman
shares story credit with
George Lucas
because they originally dreamed up the film together in the 1970s. Reportedly, it was Kaufmans idea to pursue the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Originally, Kaufman was going to direct.
b.
A Feb. 11, 1958 Los Angeles Times ad shows that this film was widely distributed on a double bill at many drive-in theaters with Disneys
Old Yeller
.
c.
The film was a notorious flop when it was released in 1970, earning back a little over 10% of its $11-million budget, an enormous sum for the time (approximately $55.4 million in 2005 dollars). The films failure solidified
Sean Connery
s reputation for being box office poison outside of James Bond and torpedoed co-star
Richard Harris
chance at superstar status. Connerys career continued its non-Bond stall throughout the 1970s (with the notable exception of
John Huston
s
The Man Who Would Be King
), and Harris career as a leading man continued to decline until it went into eclipse in the middle of the same decade. While Connery would re-establish himself as a superstar in the 1980s, Harris never again was a front-rank star, though he wound up as a respectable and in-demand character actor later in his career.
d.
Second screen appearance from legendary singer/song writer
Josie Cotton
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Molly Maguires (1970)?
a.
According to cinematographer
James Wong Howe
, director
Martin Ritt
wanted to photograph this film in black and white, but was not allowed to do so by Paramount. By 1970, studios were concerned that B&W films would not make as much money when broadcast on television, possibly for fear that they would be considered "old" films.
b.
A promo was filmed for MTV that showed Dionne and Cher ordering food at a diner. Their waitress was their moonlighting lesbian P.E. teacher Miss Stoger (
Julie Brown
). In it they get freaked out by the idea of brine in their ceasar salad, and instead just order lemon wedges to suck on.
c.
The practice of trying members of the British gentry before their peers was put to a stop in 1946, six years after this movie was made.
d.
A song, "Orchard Moon" with music by Max Steiner (I) (qv) and lyrics by Albert Stillman (qv) was published in connection with the picture.
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