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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Naked Jungle (1954) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Naked Jungle (1954) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Naked Jungle (1954).
About the movie:
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Naked Jungle (1954)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 7, 1954 with
Charlton Heston
reprising his film role.
b.
One of several titles in the Sherlock Holmes series whose original copyrights were apparently not renewed and have thereby fallen into public domain; as a result, seriously inferior copies are presently being offered by a number of VHS and DVD dealers who do not have access to original studio masters.
c.
Kristen Stewart
s stunt double,
Katie Powers
, also plays a waitress at the diner.
d.
Steven Spielberg
s resolve to make the film became complete when studio executives asked him why he didnt simply make a donation of some sort rather than wasting everyones time and money on a depressing film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Naked Jungle (1954)?
a.
There are numerous references to
William Shakespeare
: the gravedigger scene is from Hamlet, Telemacher quotes Shakespeare twice, and the storyline contains elements from A Midsummer Nights Dream (with the two confused couples exchanging lovers) and The Tempest (with a magic storm stranding the lovers, the gods (in the form of stone lions) blessing the couple, and a character named Ariel).
b.
While preparing to shoot the sequence where Leiningen pours oil on himself to repel the ants,
Charlton Heston
was told that oil would ruin his wardrobe so syrup would be used instead. Heston spent a miserable day on location as the "oil" attracted every insect for miles.
c.
Filmed entirely at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, a privately owned golf paradise frequented by the rich and famous, located just north of Bandon, OR.
d.
Director
Chris Fisher
wanted to convey a sense of Los Angeles being a dry, desolate place where people arent supposed to live, which was a challenge since shooting took place during early 2005, one of the rainiest seasons in Los Angeles history.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Naked Jungle (1954)?
a.
Both Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall were 16 years old upon release of Sixteen Candles.
b.
Charlton Heston
improvised during the argument scene between
Eleanor Parker
and himself. It was not scripted that he splash perfume all over her. This move intensified the action and a surprised Parker was able to react accordingly.
c.
At the time
Woody Allen
s friend
Dick Cavett
was hosting a series of Time-Life historical specials for HBO in which a process was used to insert Cavett into archival footage. The process so intrigued Allen it became the impetus for making this film.
d.
Many critics felt that
Humphrey Bogart
was miscast in the film, and that
William Holden
should have played Linus with a younger actor as David.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Naked Jungle (1954)?
a.
In reference to the
Cole Porter
song "Night and Day" sung by
Fred Astaire
in
The Gay Divorcee
, Porter ended "The Wedding Cake Walk" with the phrase "night and day." He asked permission from RKO to quote the line.
b.
William Conrad
, who plays the commissioner in this movie, played the lead role of Leiningen in the 1948 radio play, "Leiningen vs. the Ants", the original story upon which this movie was based.
c.
The scene in the graveyard features headstones that bear the names of various crewmembers.
d.
The movies plot is an amalgam three operas/operettas. A young writer with Bohemian friends, falling in love with a terminally ill girl, is from
La bohème
based on
Henri Murger
s novel "La Vie de la Boheme". A courtesan learning that love can also be true and idealistic, comes from
La traviata
based on
Alexandre Dumas fils
novel
Camille
, which also involves terminal illness. Finally, the plot line of the writer who travels to the "under-world" of the Moulin Rouge to find his love and tries to take her back to the "upper-world" comes from "Orpheus in the Underworld" based on Greek mythology--a movement from this operas overture becomes the "pitch" song for Spectacular Spectacular.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Naked Jungle (1954)?
a.
Richard Attenborough
was cast at short notice after the first choice pulled out.
b.
The source is credited to a play onscreen, but it is actually a remake of the French film "Une vie perdue (1933)", written by the same author. Perhaps "screen play" was meant, since "screenplay" in the 30s was two separate words.
c.
Stock footage of this movie was used in
Trumbos World
, in which MacGyver and a plantation owner fight an army of ants.
d.
The film was cut, scored and in previews only a month after filming had wrapped.
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