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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966).
About the movie:
Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)?
a.
T.U.K. Shoes and Free Punx respectively sponsor the majority of the films wardrobe.
b.
The man shown bowling in the picture on The Dudes wall is President
Richard Nixon
. Nixon was an avid bowler; the picture in the movie is a well-publicized shot of Nixon in the bowling alley underneath the White House.
c.
A medicine vial is labeled "Boltons Pharmacy".
Michael S. Bolton
was the production designer.
d.
Unable to borrow a real submarine from the US Navy, and unable to bring a Soviet submarine to the United States, the art department built the Russian sub. It is powered by four motors underneath the hull, each driving a section of the "sub", and if you watch carefully, you can see it flexing where the four sections are joined.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)?
a.
Johnny Whitaker
(spelled Johnnie in the credits) so impressed
Brian Keith
that when TVs
Family Affair
began casting later that same year, Keith requested Whitaker test for the part of his nephew.
b.
The youngest person in the film was Andrew Koch (playing Young Matty) at age 7. The oldest was Capt Lou Albano, who was 72 when he shot his part as the "Scaredy Cat" host.
c.
Although top-billed,
Orson Welles
doesnt appear in the film until one hour and five minutes have passed.
d.
Pete Spooners suggested answer to the radio shows "tortoise and hare" qualifying question is "Middleground and Your Host". This is a reference to two famous racehorses of the day. Your Host was favored to win the 1950 Kentucky Derby but faded badly and lost to Middleground.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)?
a.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
The name of the fish that yells "Oh my gosh! Nemos swimming out to sea!" is Kathy.
c.
F. Denton Voyles is the FBI Director in most of
John Grisham
s books, when the FBI plays a part.
d.
Although the action in the film is supposed to take place on fictional "Gloucester Island" off the coast of New England, most of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Mendocino California. Mendocino in the 1960s was a somewhat remote artist colony on a rocky cape projecting into the Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles north of San Francisco. The harbor scenes were filmed in NOYO Harbor, just south of Fort Bragg, where Carines Fish Grotto and Cappys Bar still exist to this day. (2006)
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)?
a.
When the boys are discussing a possible name for their band, one suggestion put forward - "The Likely Lads" - was an in-joke nod to the films screenwriters
Dick Clement
and
Ian La Frenais
who had co-written the earlier British TV sitcom
The Likely Lads
.
b.
The name of the Russian submarine, converted letter by letter from Cyrillic, translates literally to SPRUT, which is pronounced "sproot." It means "octopus" in Russian.
c.
The list of famous suicides is taken name-for-name from a list in
Kenneth Anger
s "Hollywood Babylon II", including the notorious
Alan Ladd
reference.
d.
Ryan Harper Gray
met with numerous Iraq veterans and even spent time in a Portland homeless shelter in order to play the role of Jason, a young man shattered by his experiences in war.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)?
a.
All characters are based upon circles and rectangles, except for the villains who are triangles.
b.
The picture at Rachels parents house is a painting of Zelda as a child, before her spinal meningitis. Gage is later seen wearing a similar outfit (as well as having her red hair) to signify that Zelda has come back through him, which was Rachels deepest fear.
c.
According to a Los Angeles Times story, the fake submarine had been previously used in the 1965
Marlon Brando
movie
Morituri
.
d.
In the original script, the theme song was to be "Blue Moon".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)?
a.
The closing scene with Xander and Yelena sunbathing in Bora Bora was filmed at the Sofitel Motu Bora Bora, in their over water bungalow #115.
b.
A picture of comedian Johnny Biscuit, who appears in the film as the salesman who sells Jonathan the TV set, is shown on the wall of both Jonathans comedy club and his home.
c.
Director
Norman Jewison
s use of multiple images was inspired by the Expo 67 film
A Place to Stand
.
d.
The Air Force fighters sent to bomb the sub are McDonnell Douglas F-101B Voodoos from the 437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Oxnard AFB, California (now Camarillo Airport).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)?
a.
Sean Young
signed on after
Bridget Fonda
quit the production.
b.
Producer
Stephen Chow
is a big fan of Dragon Ball, and signed on to the film immediately. He was deeply interested in being the director, but decided to just serve as producer because he believes in directing only his own original stories.
c.
The Russians have problems pronouncing the islands name, Gloucester. However, the Cyrillic alphabet used on the Russian maps phonetically spells "GLOSTER".
d.
Despite all the shooting violence, only one character - the mall worker in the hallway - actually dies from being shot.
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