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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Only Game in Town (1970) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Only Game in Town (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 Only Game in Town (1970).
About the movie:
Fran walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe, the piano player. Joe plans on winning $5,000 and leave Las Vegas. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Only Game in Town (1970)?
a.
The original version was 42 reels, and ran for 9 hours at 20 fps. Von Stroheim then shortened it to 24 reels (just over 5 hours - the "Directors Version"). It was then cut again, not once, but twice. The first time by
Rex Ingram
, who cut the film down to 18 reels, and forbade Stroheim to let anyone cut it again. The final cut was performed by MGM editing departments Joseph Farnham acting on orders from
Irving Thalberg
, who without having read the book ("McTeague") or the script, cut the film down to 10 reels. This final version was released with a runtime of 2-1/4 hours. No copies of the earlier versions were made, and the entirety of the 32 reels that did not make the final release version were destroyed - along with all of the outtakes - so that the silver could be extracted from the film celluloid. It is in this way, that most of the movie was lost forever.
b.
Rehearsals for the barn-raising sequence took 3 weeks.
c.
According to When the Lion Roars,
Irving Thalberg
and his producers were previewing films one night and he asked to see this one. Told it was hopeless, he asked to put it on anyway. After watching it, he remarked that it wasnt bad; the main thing to do was change the last seven minutes. Re-takes were done and
Helen Hayes
went on to win the Oscar for the part.
d.
Richard Burton
was standing behind the camera while Beatty and Taylor filmed their bedroom love scene and made taunting remarks between takes. The actors wore towels under the blankets.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Only Game in Town (1970)?
a.
In addition to the 12-chapter serial, producer
Sol Lesser
edited the first four chapters into a 1933 feature film, with a trailer announcing future chapters at the theater weekly. However, some theaters did not show the trailer, causing confusion about the abrupt ending of the movie.
b.
Kris Kristofferson
was set to star, but dropped out and the role was recast with
William Devane
.
c.
The exterior of The Bootlegger bar was shot in Highlands, NJ,
Kevin Smith
s home town.
d.
Frank Sinatra
was originally cast as Joe Grady, but walked out after production had started. He was replaced by
Warren Beatty
. See also
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Only Game in Town (1970)?
a.
Behind the bill on the cover/poster, the posters for
Do the Right Thing
can be seen.
b.
Although it appears that the cast spend most of the time wandering up and down endless spaceship corridors, in reality there were only two built for the film.
c.
At the start of the movie, when JBs dad (played by
Meat Loaf
) is tearing down posters, he also tears down a figurine from the Bat Out Of Hell cover.
d.
Because
Elizabeth Taylor
wanted to be near husband
Richard Burton
, who was at the time filming
Staircase
in Europe, she demanded this film, with its Las Vegas setting, be filmed in Paris, France. The studio agreed, thereby increasing the budget considerably as detailed American streetscapes, casinos, apartments and supermarkets had to be recreated in Paris. In the end (after 86 days shooting in Paris) the company had to move to the real Las Vegas anyway for ten additional days of intensive shooting.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Only Game in Town (1970)?
a.
David Levy
, who executive produced
The Addams Family
, filed a lawsuit against Paramount after the film was released. He claimed that many Addams Family character "trademarks" used in the film, including Gomez fascination with blowing up model trains, the characters of Thing and Cousin Itt, Lurchs fondness for playing the harpsichord, and the passionate tangos danced by Morticia and Gomez, were original ideas created by him exclusively for the TV series and not part of the original
Charles Addams
cartoons, for which Paramount had purchased the movie rights. The lawsuit was later settled out of court.
b.
First film to feature an all-Native American cast.
c.
The last film of
George Stevens
.
d.
Tim Burton
has said the original poem was inspired after seeing Halloween merchandise display in a store being taken down and replaced by a Christmas display. The juxtaposition of ghouls and goblins with Santa and his reindeer sparked his imagination.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Only Game in Town (1970)?
a.
The "Calling Baranca" line in the movie later found its way into several Looney Toons (or Merry Melodies) cartoons.
b.
Warren Beatty
is purported to have sponsored its 1981 reissue by Paramount, while he was working there making
Reds
.
c.
Warren Beatty
hates casinos and gambling, he did the film mainly as a favor to his mentor, director
George Stevens
.
d.
The late Colleen Dewhurst who played Estelle Whittiers character was Campbell Scotts (Victor Geddes) mother (George C. Scott was Campbell Scotts father).
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