Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) Quiz

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About the movie: The film tells a story which takes place in an oriental city from the tales of thousand and one night...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		As originally conceived in the 1960s, the film began as an adaptation of the stories of Mullah Nasrudin, a wise fool from Middle Eastern folklore. Richard Williams had illustrated a collection of the Nasrudin tales by Idries Shah and decided to adapt them to the screen. Work stopped in 1972 when the Shah family threatened to sue Williams for copyright infringement. So all references to Nasruddin were scrapped and production resumed on what was now titled "The Thief and the Cobbler." Nasrudin does make a cameo on the final film, however. Hes in the crowd, sitting backwards on a donkey, as Zigzag enters the city.
b.		The role of Laura Brown was originally intended for Emily Watson.
c.		Stars Alan Tudyk and Peter Dinklage were the only American actors in the film.
d.		The code-name of the real life Second World War mission that the American soldiers were training, preparing and waiting for in this movie was Operation Overlord, the Allied military campaign that was to result in the D-day landing.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		A real New Orleans funeral home that has been converted into a "party space" was the inspiration for the film.
b.		The original script included a scene in which Zigzag conjures a giant dragon to destroy the city. Tack defeats it by throwing one of his tacks at it, causing it to deflate and emit noxious gasses. The scene was never animated, as it would have been too elaborate to animate and the production was difficult enough as it was.
c.		Marlon Brandos Oscar for Best Actor was either lost or stolen. The award did show up later when Brando was contacted by a London auction house, intending to sell the item.
d.		Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		Richard Williams convinced a bunch of Irish voice actors to record for the Brigands sequence after making sure they had plenty to drink and had them read the script. He kept the tape rolling as they got more and more drunk. Eventually they started fighting, he got it all on tape and used it in the film (which remains even in the edited cuts).
b.		William Richert who plays Bob Pigeon was not the original choice for the role. He was recommended by River Phoenix to Gus Van Sant as he had directed Phoenix in a previous film A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon (1988).
c.		Debut of Warren Oates.
d.		When Wayne is revealed to be the town Sheriff in the hospital emergency room, it was J.T. Walshs idea that he reveal himself by slowly raising his head up with the brim of his cowboy hat and looking directly into the camera.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		Jolsons song "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" is no longer in existing prints. The number was cut after its composer, Billy Merson, sued Warner Bros., charging that Jolsons version impinged on his own (Mersons) livelihood, as he was still performing it in the U.K. Only the Vitaphone disc of the song is known to survive.
b.		The confrontation between Saruman and Gandalf from the second book was filmed but was not included in the final cut for reasons of length and pacing. The scene is included on the DVD.
c.		Paul Matthews, the original voice of Mighty One-Eye, was a delivery person that Richard Williams overheard in an elevator on the way to a rehearsal space. He hired him for his deep, dark voice despite no prior acting experience.
d.		The line Al Pacino uses: "Who? Who? What are you, a fuckin owl?" is the same line the murderer says to Pacino when holding a gun to his head at the climax Sea of Love.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		In the Dortmunder novels by Donald Westlake, Kelp always steals cars owned by medical doctors. In the movie, the license plates of the stolen cars have the letters "MD" as part of the plate number. (Kelps reason is that doctors get to use "no parking" zones when they might be making emergency visits.)
b.		Holds the record for the longest production schedule of a completed feature movie - 28 years.
c.		This is the first film in which Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell sang in both their careers.
d.		The famously stone-faced Buster Keaton was originally set to play "Smiler Grogan." When the part was re-assigned to Jimmy Durante, Keaton was given another role as "Jimmy", a former smuggler who Captain Culpepper forces to help him in his plan to run away with the money.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 12, 1945 with Gail Patrick reprising her film role.
b.		Over 1000 on-screen deaths occur in the uncut 90 min. version, not counting animals. The 80 min. version version released as The Princess and the Cobbler has only 98. Arabian Knight, the 72 min. Miramax Films version, shows 54.
c.		During filming, Josh Brolin asked Robert Rodriguez for a video camera so he could shoot his audition tape for No Country for Old Men. He ended up having his audition shot with the million dollar digital camera they were using for the picture, directed by Quentin Tarantino, and with Marley Shelton reading the part of his wife in the scene. The tape was then scored and edited by Rodriguez before being sent to Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Their first response on viewing the tape was to ask who lit the set.
d.		William Daniels, who plays John Adams, also played John Quincy Adams (John & Abigail Adams son) in the mini series The Adams Chronicles, Samuel Adams (John Adams cousin) in the TV movie The Bastard and John Adams again in the TV movie The Rebels,

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		Many characters are believed to be modeled after animators and other people. According to director Richard Williams, the Thief was a caricature of Ken Harris (who animated much of his scenes). Zig-Zag is believed to be modeled after Omar Ali-Shah, who left the production in 1972 (as well as his voice actor Vincent Price). The Witch was modeled after Grim Natwick (who also animated much of her). The original design for Phido was on Peter Lorres appearance. Tack was modeled after silent comedians Harry Langdon and Larry Semon. The Brigands design was largely based on the style of political cartoonist Ronald Searle.
b.		Both of the New York Times crossword puzzles that Miles solves in the movie are actual published puzzles. The constructors byline on the second puzzle Miles solves is visible; the puzzle was constructed by Alan Arbesfeld, and was published in the Times on 9 October 2003. The constructors byline on the first puzzle (the one Miles solves while driving) is not visible; this puzzle was constructed by Craig Kasper and was published in the Times on 27 September 2003.
c.		Dan Duryea (father) and Peter Duryea (son) appeared in two western films together: Taggart and The Bounty Killer.
d.		Tyler Hoechlin auditioned for the part of Max.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		The pair of jeans are Levis.
b.		MGM initially intended Singin in the Rain to be a remake of this film.
c.		A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
d.		The American video version reinstates the original title of "The Thief and the Cobbler" but is in all other respects the edit released by Miramax under the title "Arabian Knight". This edit strips the original soundtrack, adds three song sequences, removes many scenes (including an expanding view of One-Eyes palace, the king in torment, and the clever Thief using Yum-Yums stolen hand-shaped back-scratchers to survive a hand-chopping sentence) and adds lengthy narration by Matthew Broderick and Jonathan Winters (the title characters were originally almost silent). It also replaces the original Witch with a large Eye, thanks to new dialog by Jennifer Beals and Clive Revill. None of this was in the 1968 voice recording session, starring Vincent Price (Sean Connery also sat in on the session, but his part is lost). The version released in Australia was titled "The Princess and the Cobbler" and was much closer to Williams original cut, albeit still with the songs. In this version, as in the original, Phido and the Thief never speak, and the Thief survives a hand-chopping sentence. Williams legendary near-finished wide-screen "workprint" of the film survives on bootleg video, although many scenes are still in pencil-test form.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		The Kelvins captain, Richard Robau (Faran Tahir), is named after Roberto Orcis Cuban uncle. According to Orci, Robau was born in Cuba and grew up in the Middle East.
b.		In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
c.		When Steve Rogers is admitted to a hospital after taking two bullets (shortly after his transformation in 1943), Col. Lewis is seen speaking with a doctor about Rogers condition. The actor playing the doctor is none other than Scott Paulin, the man who portrays the Red Skull later in the film.
d.		Vincent Prices final released acting role. Although the film was released in 1995, he recorded his part in 1968.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Princess and the Cobbler (1993)?
a.		Based on a real incident in 1927. A Russian filmmaker covertly shot footage of the vacationing Mary Pickford, and fashioned an entire film around the footage, creating the illusion that Pickford was actually starring in this Russian film.
b.		Originally conceived by Richard Williams as an attempt to make the greatest animated film of all time, it later became his own "reason for living." After failing to secure funds from private investors or a studio to make the film, Williams decided to finance the film on his own, taking small jobs on television commercials or Saturday morning cartoons and using the proceeds to hire his own group of animators. The production moved in fits and starts until the success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit allowed Williams to make a deal with Warner Bros. to finance and distribute the film. As the production continued, however, it became obvious that Williams would not meet the 1991 release date originally set by the studio due to numerous delays, not the least of which were the directors insistence on absolute perfection and hesitation in using storyboards - two circumstances which often resulted in whole sequences being scrapped and re-shot. With Warner Bros. nervous over the release of Disneys Aladdin, which resembled The Princess and the Cobbler in story, tone and style (many of the animators on the Disney feature had also worked for Richard Williams), the studio turned over completion of the film to the Completion Bond Company, which promptly fired Richard Williams and brought on animator Fred Calvert to finish the film as cheaply and quickly as possible. Calvert heavily re-edited the film and altered the story, bringing in Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals and Jonathan Winters to re-dub the lead characters. Eventually distributed by Miramax, the film was cut even further before debuting in theaters (See the Alternate Versions page for more details). Though bootleg copies of Richard Williams original work-print continue to circulate and several restoration attempts have been proposed, an official "Directors Cut" has yet to be released.
c.		Andrzej Bartkowiaks first film as a cinematographer since Thirteen Days. Before shooting that film, he directed his first film, Romeo Must Die, and subsequently decided to become a director full-time, directing four more films. He was convinced to return to cinematography by director Joel Schumacher, with whom hed worked on Falling Down.
d.		The shot of the Prowler placing a rose on Sherrys head while Pam is changing in the next room was originally shot as part of Sherrys brutal murder scene. It was edited into the film later on to create more tension for the scene in which Pam returns to the girls room to change.

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