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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Saint (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Saint (1997)

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About the movie: Simon Templar has no real family, no real home and Simon Templar isn't even his real name. Yet Simon Templar ...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		Feature film movie debut for actor William Smithers portraying Lieutenant Harold Harry Woodruff. Smithers prior to this role had only worked in television.
b.		Marilyn Burns costume was so drenched in fake blood that it was virtually solid by the last days shoot.
c.		The poetry written by Simon Templars long-haired artist character, Thomas Moore, was actually written by Val Kilmer himself.
d.		William Fay: co-executive producer can briefly be seen on the TV in the Oval Office as a SETI employee during the "Operation Welcome Wagon" scene.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		The house the Beth character lives in is the actual house where the events in Orlando happened.
b.		The books being burned at the end of the movie are surplus copies of Knife of Dreams, the eleventh novel in Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series. The series logo and gate-fold map are clearly visible in one shot.
c.		The saint pin that Elisabeth Shues character gives to Val Kilmers character is a recreation of the original TV series logo.
d.		The interior of the farmhouse was fitted with removable walls and also doubled as the hospital. During shooting, vandals destroyed the sets. Fortunately, all the major shooting was completed and only a few pick up shots were needed.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		In the original version of the film, Dr. Russell collapses while giving a lecture and dies in The Saints arms. The Saint sees Tretiak, Jr. stabbing her in the leg with the tip of his cane. Thus the final half-hour has him set to destroy the villains plans and avenge her death. With Dr. Botvins help, he switches the formulas around and humiliates Tretiak during his show trial of the Russian president. The Saint battles Dr. Russells killer on a stairwell as Russian tanks pound outside, exposing and setting fire to the vast stockpile of heating oil in the basement. With the stairwell disintegrating around them, the fight spills out on to the chandelier, suspended above the blazing oil. The Saint teases Treatiak, Jr. with the disc containing the formula for cold fusion. As he reaches out for it, The Saint cuts the rope and Tretiak, Jr. plummets to a fiery death. Returning to Dr. Russells home, the Saint finds a letter from her, a tear fills his eye and he vows from now on to use his skills only for good. Test audiences didnt like the way Dr. Russell died three-quarters of the way into the film. Footage from the original ending features prominently in the films primary trailer. Director Phillip Noyce hopes one day to be able to restore the original version for a Directors Cut DVD.
b.		Stage actor Stephen Armourae appears as a French Lord alongside Mark Strong, with a beard and mustache. He later also appears clean-shaved as a Baron in the Magna Carta scene.
c.		The first Disney film to be released as a part of the Fotomat deal Disney started in 1979 to license films to video. This hit rental stores in March 1980.
d.		The orgy scene was filmed in Barcelona, in the Poble Espanol, and took over a week to complete. According to the official website, there were a total of 750 extras in the scene, with 40 makeup artists and 35 wardrobe assistants constantly on hand at any given time.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		Mel Gibson and Ralph Fiennes were both considered for the role of Simon Templar.
b.		Gordon Parks: as a landlord when Shaft is looking for Ben Buford.
c.		To further cut costs, Edward Burns found free locations to shoot in, partly in thanks to family and friends.
d.		Carrie Fisher, Judd Apatow, and Adam Sandler worked uncredited on the script.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		Shirley MacLaine does not speak until 29 minutes into the film.
b.		Original director Richard Donner left the production due to a clash with the producers, the Salkinds, over the material.
c.		Final film of Broderick Crawford, in a career spanning 45 years.
d.		When Simon Templar is disguised as a long-haired artist, his accent is a passable imitation South African, specifically Capetonian. He refers to his "home in Africa" and uses the vernacular Afrikaans pronunciation of Jesus ("Yissus!") as an expletive. It is interesting to note that in the short story "The Man Who Was Clever", someone does describe the Saint as South African; however, since the Saint has resorted to deception in the past to achieve his goals, the reliability of this information remains questionable.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		The press junket for the film was held in London instead of Los Angeles because Reese Witherspoon, who was five months pregnant at the time, was shooting Vanity Fair there. MGM flew two-thirds of the junketeers to the city where they stayed at the Grosvenor House, a luxurious prewar hotel.
b.		The phone which Arthur uses in the first part of the film is a Nokia 7610.
c.		David Carradine and Barbara Hershey were a couple at the time of filming, and claimed that their sex scene was not faked.
d.		The name of the production buyer, John Lanzer, appears as the author of the book, "The Knights of Templar - Their Crowning Crusade", which Simon is reading in secret at the beginning of the movie during class at the orphanage.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		The voice of the radio announcer at the end of the film is Roger Moore, who played the Saint on British television in the 1960s before going on to greater fame as James Bond in the 1970s.
b.		Paramount executive Peter Bart bought the film rights to Mario Puzos "The Godfather" before it was even finished. It was still only a 20-page outline.
c.		The movie was shipped to theaters in the USA under the name "Tiny Dancer". For added security, the eighth reel was shipped separately from the rest of the print.
d.		The directors originally wanted to film inside Kings College Library as per the book but the college did not want to close off a section of the library.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		In an instance of serendipity, the shot of Max crawling through a ventilation duct in the school (39:39-39:50) was the last shot of Alex D. Linz filmed, while the shot of him coming out of the duct (39:51-40:06) was one of the first shots of him filmed.
b.		At the end when Simon Templar is driving and listening to the radio news announcer state that $3 billion was donated to the American Red Cross and other charities, the reflection of sunlight in the windshield creates a halo around Simons head.
c.		Alberta Gary, Joan Leslie, Juanita Stark and Vera Lewis are in studio records/casting call lists for this movie, but they did not appear or were not identifiable.
d.		The armor for the film was built by English armorer Terry English, and painted using Humbrol paints.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		The Royal independent movie theater in Toronto, Canada, which closed in 2006, had owned one of the few copies of the movie in its original 3D format. They used to screen the film once every Halloween.
b.		First big-screen Saint film since the 1950s. Plans for a Saint film date back to the 1980s, when Pierce Brosnan was reported to be a leading contender for the Templar role in a Saint movie that was to be produced by Roger Moore. This project never materialized.
c.		At the end of the film, images of the actors costumed as their characters are replaced by photographs of the real people the actors portrayed. Many of these photos were taken by Daniel Nicoletta, who is the photographer played by Lucas Grabeel in the movie.
d.		The scene in which Rat and Mr. Fox fight to the death originally included Rat making reference to his wristwatch, stating, "Ive still got the watch . . . She never asked for it back," referring to Mrs. Fox. The dialogue was inspired by an actual onstage aside from Keith Richards to Eric Clapton at a rehearsal of a concert staged by Sheryl Crow, which was witnessed by Wes Anderson. However, the scene was ultimately changed for the final film.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Saint (1997)?
a.		Some of the campers seen getting off the busses at the beginning of the film are relatives of the cast and crew.
b.		While filming in Oxford, England, the producers had the Bodleian Library (the main library of The University of Oxford) closed to the public for several days. This caused much complaint in the University, as a large proportion of the students were studying for exams.
c.		Although there are nine of them, the Skeksis were originally based on the seven deadly sins.
d.		Jerrys cab is numbered 1S48. The bus that Jerry hooks up to the fruit cart is 1648. This is a tribute to stuntman Harry Wowchuk who worked on this movie and who was born on October 16, 1948 and who has worked with Richard Donner and Joel Silver on three movies.

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