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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Music Man (1962) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Music Man (1962) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962).
About the movie:
A con man comes to a Midwestern town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
Blue Oyster Cult band members Eric Bloom and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser are seen standing outside of a store trying to sell bootleg t-shirts for $5 after the movies final credits.
b.
During production
Greta Garbo
s friend and mentor,
Mauritz Stiller
, died in Sweden. Devastated by his death, Garbo traveled to Sweden incognito to mourn his death. Her secretive travel plans were quickly foiled when she was recognized on the voyage.
c.
The original Broadway production of "The Music Man" opened at the Majestic Theater on December 19, 1957, ran for 1375 performances and won the 1958 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Robert Preston
,
Pert Kelton
and
The Buffalo Bills
reprise their roles in the movie. Robert Preston won the 1958 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
d.
The Los Angeles premiere was held at the legendary Carthay Circle Theatre, where the landscaping was specially decorated for the event.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
Shirley Jones
learned she was pregnant with her son Patrick once the filming of had begun. She met with director
Morton DaCosta
over lunch to inform him of the situation. Her concern was that she would begin "showing" during its filming. He assured her that they could work through it with costumes and also by filming her from the waist up, if necessary. He did have one request, that she tell no one about it.
Robert Preston
did figure it out before filming had concluded, when Shirleys character, Marion, and his character, Professor Hill, kissed for the first time in the romantic footbridge scene. He leaned in for the kiss and jumped back, asking her, "What was that?" to which she replied, "That is Patrick Cassidy! Say, Hello! " Years later, her son Patrick had the opportunity to meet Preston. He walked up and introduced himself saying, "Hello. Im
Patrick Cassidy
." Preston replied, "Yes, I know. Weve already met."
b.
The opening dream sequence was shot in eighteen hours.
c.
The living room in which
Wayne Newton
and Ellen have dinner is Waynes actual living room from his home in Las Vegas. His home was also on MTVs
Cribs
, where that same room is featured.
d.
Locations were filmed in London but the interiors were filmed in Los Angeles.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
The songs "76 Trombones" and "Goodnight My Someone" are the same tune arranged in different time signatures.
b.
Selected as the opening film at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
c.
The films distributors Bryantson Pictures were allegedly discovered to have Mafia connections.
d.
During the casting process, the film makers went to different New England private schools, mostly in Massachusetts, looking for a student to play Max Fisher.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
The first theatrical release from Full Moon Pictures.
b.
Robert Altman hated the script so much, he tossed it out and actors were coached on lines as they shot scenes.
c.
Directorial debut of
Edwin L. Marin
.
d.
River City was based on
Meredith Willson
s home town of Mason City, Iowa. The movie had its world premiere there.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
Even though
Robert Preston
had played the role of Harold Hill on Broadway,
Frank Sinatra
was Warner Bros personal choice to play the role in the movie. However,
Meredith Willson
told them, "No Robert Preston, no movie".
b.
Michael Gordon
: Man with locker key
c.
The first feature film with a computer-animated title character.
d.
The "illegal" dismount in the bank isnt really illegal. A cradle with 2 catchers from shoulder height does not require a separate head and shoulders spotter. Extended stunts (when the bases arms are extended up over their heads) require the extra spotter.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
The match that
Ewan McGregor
s character sees is a real football match between two teams from Uruguay, which took place in 2006. The teams are called "Nacional" (white blue and red shirt) and "Peñarol" (black and yellow shirt).
b.
Gregory Hines
was the first choice to play Reggie Hammond but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with
The Cotton Club
. In fact,
Eddie Murphy
later confessed that he was the "fourth or fifth" choice for the part. Other actors considered for the role included
Richard Pryor
, the late
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
and a young
Denzel Washington
.
c.
The first film to sell for over $1 million to TV.
d.
The distributor, Lot 47, appealed against the NC-17 rating at the same time as launching a publicity campaign about how arbitrary the rating system was. Both failed.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
Basil Rathbone
campaigned in vain for the part of Lord Henry and believed that his typecasting as Sherlock Holmes was the reason he failed to get it. MGMs loaning of Rathbone to Universal to play Holmes was very profitable for the studio, another reason for not casting him.
b.
In one episode of the TV series
Happy Days
, Marion Cunningham commented that the little boy in
The Music Man
looked "so much like Richie when he was little." The teenager Richie Cunningham on "Happy Days" and the young boy Winthrop Paroo in "The Music Man" were both played, of course, by
Ron Howard
.
c.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Juno and Mark are watching a horror movie.
d.
Michael Bay
compared Megatron to Colonel Kurtz in
Apocalypse Now
: "Hes hiding in the jungles of Africa, nursing his wounds and vainly hiding his pulverized visage while plotting - what else? - revenge!"
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
The large, beer-filled, boot-shaped glass termed "Das Boot" in the movie served as the grand finale of all of the drinking games. Actually "Das Boot" translates as "the boat" in English. "Der Stiefel" would be the correct German terminology for "the boot." Such "beer boots" are known as "Bierstiefel" in Germany. They are descended from the centuries old German soldiers tradition of accepting the challenge to drink beer out of anothers boot.
b.
Originally
Frank Capra
was going to make
Lost Horizon
after
Broadway Bill
but
Ronald Colman
couldnt get out of his other filming commitments. So Capra decided to make this film instead.
c.
The Buffalo Bills
were the 1950 International Champion Medalist Quartet of the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. They were
Al Shea
(lead),
Vern Reed
(tenor), Wayne {Scotty} Ward (baritone) and
Bill Spangenberg
(bass).
d.
In order to heighten the films reality, director
Jon Avnet
, actress
Ling Bai
, and co-producer
Martin Huberty
traveled to Beijing for a week of "guerilla" shooting (without the knowledge or permission of the Chinese government!) to capture the first-ever 35mm film of the city to appear in a Hollywood film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
Samuel Goldwyn
later claimed that this was his favorite production.
b.
When Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn (
Hermione Gingold
) is performing in the "spectacle" with her schoolchildren, she says "Now count to twenty in the Indian tongue..." and proceeds to count in nonsense words ("Een! Teen! Tether mether fip!..."). It seems her counting is some form of traditional British sheep-counting.
c.
Basil Rathbone
was forced, due to scheduling conflicts, to simultaneously work on
Rio
during the first week of production. Rathbones assignment on this film also effectively prevented him from being cast on the far more prestigious
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
at RKO.
d.
The infamous Players Ball scene was largely
Richard Pryor
s idea. Other parts of the story Pryor took directly from people who he knew living this lifestyle. These included putting a man in the trunk of a car with rats and forcing a drug pusher to stab himself at gun point.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Music Man (1962)?
a.
Film debut of
Marta Kristen
.
b.
Just prior to the "Lida Rose" number, Harold mentions a bassoon player named Madame Rini. Rini was the name of
Meredith Willson
s wife.
c.
In summer 2007, the Weinstein Company decided to reshoot scenes for the movie, about one and a half year after the original shooting wrapped. The Weinstein Company planned to do reshoots, because they wanted a comedy that appealed to the masses, and especially a younger audience.
Harvey Weinstein
felt that
Kyle Newman
s original movie version did not fulfill this. Therefore he ordered the reshoots.
d.
According to Variety magazine, the film took almost 200 days to shoot. However, according to assistant editor
Gordon Stainforth
, it took much more, nearly a year. The film was originally supposed to take 17 weeks, but it ultimately took 51. Because the film ran so long,
Warren Beatty
s
Reds
and
Steven Spielberg
s
Raiders of the Lost Ark
were both delayed as they were both waiting to shoot in Elstree Studios.
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