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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Odd Couple (1968) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Odd Couple (1968) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Odd Couple (1968)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968).

About the movie: Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		Billy Wilder was going to direct and write the screenplay at one point.
b.		Stephen King was present on location for most of the shooting of the film. The area it was shot in was only 20 minutes from Kings home in Bangor, Maine.
c.		In a title tussle, Sony originally wanted to use the plays more recognizable moniker for U.S. audiences, but wound up going with George Clooneys choice, "The Ides of March". "Farragut North" debuted off-Broadway in 2008.
d.		The Agnes Newton Keith memoir Three Came Home of which this film is based entered best-seller book status in 1947 when it was first published. This movie was made and released about three years afterwards.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		The Devil appears in the movie as Harry O. Tophet. "Tophet" means "hell" in Hebrew.
b.		Vince Vaughns father plays the lucky gambler at the $100-minimum blackjack table.
c.		Terry Gilliam and Barry Sonnenfeld turned down the chance to direct the film.
d.		Despite the fact that a number of key scenes involve poker games, and the fact that the five male lead characters are all poker buddies, Felix is never seen actually playing poker.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		Neil Simon based the character of Felix on his older brother, Danny Simon.
b.		Winona Ryder who plays the former leading ballerina, only went to one ballet lesson as a kid. She never returned as she thought her teacher was really mean.
c.		Shot in three months on a budget of only $250.
d.		Roger Lodge scratched Jim Wynorskis car on the first day of shooting the movie.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		Although the movies theme song, "Eternally (Terrys Theme)," was written by Chaplin with words by Geoffrey Parsons, only the music was used in the film.
b.		The baseball sequence was filmed at Shea Stadium before a regularly scheduled contest between the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates on June 27, 1967. Originally, Roberto Clemente was supposed to hit into the triple play. However, the fleet-footed Pirate kept beating the throw to first base. After several takes, Clemente slowed so much he appeared to be walking. Bill Mazeroski, a more lead-footed athlete, was offered the part instead.
c.		Dennis Hopper and Joe Pesci were considered for the role of Jake Berman.
d.		The makers were highly reluctant to allow John Barry to see the film, in case he decided to quit the project.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		During one scene, a sports radio program playing in the background reports an item about a baseball trade involving a player named Hank Moonjean. Hank Moonjean was actually the assistant director on this film.
b.		Director Wes Cravens first non-horror/thriller film.
c.		Over half of the film was destroyed by lab error, re-shot, and then destroyed by lab error again. This almost ended the production. Finally, however, the scenes were re-shot one more time, processed by a different lab, and the film was completed.
d.		Originally the studio wanted to cast a complete unknown in the role of Freddy but Jackie Earle Haley was quickly courted to take the role following his highly praised and Oscar-nominated turn in Little Children, in which he ironically also played a child molester.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		Although the chorus consists of British performers, they are all lip-synching to the American singers from the original Broadway production.
b.		Alleged working titles included "Cold Fusion", "Black Sun" and "Beyond the Ice". The ice theme forms a major part of this movies marketing yet no such icy wording formed the movies eventual title. A number of James Bond stories however do evoke snow, cold or ice. These include the 1984 James Bond comic "Polestar" and the John Gardner James Bond novels "Icebreaker" (1983) and "Cold" (1996) whilst episodes of James Bond Jr. are called Avalanche Run and The Thing in the Ice.
c.		The two great friends, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, are paired in a movie for the second of ten times.
d.		Neal Kings mothers house is said to be nine miles due south of Durant, which would put it in Achille, Oklahoma.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		Charlize Theron dropped out from J. Edgar to do this movie.
b.		Walter Matthau, who played Oscar in both the original Broadway play and the movie, asked the plays author, Neil Simon, if he could play Felix instead. This was because Matthau thought Oscars personality was too similar to his own and the role would be too easy; whereas playing the persnickety Felix would be a real acting challenge. Simon replied, "Walter, go and be an actor in somebody elses play. Please be Oscar in mine." Matthau finally agreed to it.
c.		Robbie Coltrane had to turn down a part in The West Wing to reprise his role as Hagrid.
d.		According to Mel Brooks, this is one of the most expensive movies he has ever made: $25 million, with Dracula: Dead and Loving It a close second at $22 million. By contrast, The Producers cost less than $1 million to produce.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		Filming began July 29 1940, the final feature in Boris Karloffs 6-picture contract with Monogram, returning only once, in 1958 for "Frankenstein-1970."
b.		The story was conceived by Robert Rodriguezs then seven-year-old son Racer Rodriguez, who receives an on-screen "Story By" credit. Max is named after Racers middle name.
c.		The names of the English sisters, Cecily and Gwendolyn, are taken from Oscar Wildes play "The Importance of Being Earnest".
d.		All shots of C-3PO had the entire green screen set reflecting in his shiny gold armor, so digital effects artists in post-production had to digitally repaint C-3POs armor frame by frame to remove any traces of the set.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		The on-screen performance of "Say It with a Kiss" (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer), featuring Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong (trumpet only) and Dick Powell, was cut from this film. The melody is played in the background. Victor Records issued a solo version by Miss Sullivan. In addition, notable recordings were made by Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra for Brunswick, and by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (vocal by Helen Forrest) for Bluebird.
b.		Jack Ryan mentions that he wrote a book about Adm. William F. Halsey. This is appropriate, as Ryan is also a professor of military history at the U.S. Naval Academy, as shown in Patriot Games.
c.		The original Broadway production of "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon opened at the Plymouth Theater on March 10, 1965, ran for 966 performances and was nominated for the 1965 Tony Award as Best Play. Walter Matthau won the 1965 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor.
d.		Narration recorded by Kevin Kline was a last-minute addition that was heavily protested by Macaulay Culkins father, Kit Culkin, who vowed that his son would do no publicity for the movie until the narration was dropped. Reluctantly, producer Arnon Milchan dropped the narration to appease the Culkins. Kit Culkin then returned with a list of other demands which so incensed Milchan that he reinstated Klines narration, losing the use of the Culkins publicity.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Odd Couple (1968)?
a.		The train-berth scene is a reworking of Laurel & Hardys short subject Berth Marks. Laurel requested that the setting be changed to a turbulent plane, but producer Sol Wurtzel refused to accommodate him. At the end of the scene, you can hear the camera crew laughing in the background.
b.		The ship at the end of the movie is called "Die Vergeltung", which is German for "the retaliation".
c.		According to the DVD commentary, the real name of the sphinx cat used for the 1990s "Mr. Bigglesworth" was Ted Nude-gent (a reference to rock guitarist Ted Nugent).
d.		The play starred Walter Matthau as Oscar, and Art Carney as Felix. When they were making it into a movie, they felt Carney didnt have enough box office punch, so they cast Jack Lemmon instead.

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