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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shining (1980) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Shining (1980) - Part (6) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980).
About the movie:
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
A song sung by the enchanted objects entitled "Human Again" was cut before production started. The song was later added to the Disney on Ice and theatrical productions and was recorded and animated for the 2001 Imax re-release. It was also added to the special edition released in October 8th 2002, making the movie a bit longer.
b.
Before
Carol Lynley
landed title role,
Dorothy Provine
and
Diane McBain
were mentioned as possible leads.
c.
The scene of Hallorann approaching the hotel in the snow-cat was shot in real snow approaching the real Timberline hotel in Oregon.
d.
Director
Frank Capra
tested the film in different areas of the US with four different endings to determine which one to keep. In one, John Willoughby commits suicide. In another, Ann Mitchell persuades him not to leap from City Hall. Inspired by a letter signed "John Doe," Capra filmed a fifth and final ending in which Mitchell talks some sense into Willoughby and then faints into his arms.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
The initial cut of the movie was about six hours long.
b.
It took 4-5 hours to apply the prosthetic make-up to
Temuera Morrison
to make him resemble Abin Sur.
c.
One of the writers,
Peter Viertel
, wrote a chapter in his book Dangerous Friends about how he and
John Huston
wrote the screenplay for We Were Strangers, including two weeks in Cuba with
Ernest Hemingway
. According to Viertel, Hemingway suggested ending the film as it occurred in reality: with the death of the revolutionaries. Instead, an alternative ending was supplied by
Ben Hecht
.
d.
For the scenes when we can hear Jack typing but we cannot see what he is typing, Kubrick recorded the sound of a typist actually typing the words "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". Some people argue that each key on a typewriter sounds slightly different, and Kubrick wanted to ensure authenticity, so he insisted that the actual words be typed.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
The telephone and fax numbers on the labwork are the actual numbers for Med-Health Services in Monroeville, PA, a real medical lab facility.
b.
Josh Hartnett
was considered for the role of Lestat.
c.
To achieve the smoothness of the opening shots, cameraman
Greg MacGillivray
secured a wide angle Arriflex camera to the front of a helicopter, then balanced the blades to remove any vibrations. Even the shot where the camera comes down behind the car, passes it out, and goes over the edge is done via the helicopter.
d.
Ernest Lehman
, who had previously written
North by Northwest
for
Alfred Hitchcock
, originally rejected this films source novel as a potential project for him as a producer and/or director.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
The shot of the tennis ball rolling into Dannys toys took 50 takes to get right.
b.
The name of the talent agent played by
Allen Garfield
is Vinnie Vidivici. This is a wink to the Latin of Caesars famed message to the Roman Senate after his defeat of Pharnaces, "Veni Vidi Vici", which translates as "I came, I saw, I conquered."
c.
Originally meant to be a Monogram-Lone Star western, this picture was instead released by Republic after that companys temporary (as it turned out) takeover of Monogram in 1935.
d.
Douglas Trumbull
says that he learned how to be a director while working on this film, as he had no training or experience in the job.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
The maze was constructed on an airfield near Elstree studios, by weaving branches to chicken wire mounted on empty plywood boxes. The maze was shot using an extremely long lens (a 9.8mm, which gives a horizontal viewing angle of 90 degrees) which was kept dead level at all times, to make the hedges seem much bigger and more imposing than they were in reality.
b.
Linda Darnell
showed interest in the lead role, but
Darryl F. Zanuck
noticed that her character resembled her character in
Forever Amber
too much. Fearing comparison, he rejected her for the lead.
c.
This film is considered by many scholars to be the first environmentalist film.
d.
This film is loosely based on author
Nick Hornby
s autobiographical account of his fanatical obsession with soccer (football in UK) while growing up.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
Claudia was the first character created, and the other characters were branched off from her.
b.
The first week of photography was the scene where the Terminator crashes the truck on the T-X at the exterior of the vet clinic. The last day of photography was the scene where the T-X appeared from the time portal.
c.
Not only did actor
Tuesday Knight
co-star in the film, she performed the theme song.
d.
According to Variety magazine, the film took almost 200 days to shoot. However, according to assistant editor
Gordon Stainforth
, it took much more, nearly a year. The film was originally supposed to take 17 weeks, but it ultimately took 51. Because the film ran so long,
Warren Beatty
s
Reds
and
Steven Spielberg
s
Raiders of the Lost Ark
were both delayed as they were both waiting to shoot in Elstree Studios.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
The idea for
Danny Lloyd
to move his finger when he was talking as Tony was his own; he did it spontaneously during his very first audition.
b.
Molly Ringwald
was offered the role of Watts but refused it, ending her successful relationship with
John Hughes
.
c.
The all-female rock band in the movie, Diaper Rash, was played by the band Vixen, who had a hit in the 80s "The Edge of a Broken Heart".
d.
Ralph Brown (Aaron) and Charles Dance (Clemens) were reunited in the 2007 movie "The Contractor", starring Wesley Snipes.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
In the commentary for the Special Edition DVD release (as of 2005, only available in the UK, region 2 encoded), director
Michael Cimino
reveals that Nick is the father of Angelas baby. This was a highly debated issue by fans of the film that was - until now - a mystery.
b.
The scene towards the end of the film, where Wendy is running up the stairway carrying a knife, was shot 35 times; the equivalent of running up the Empire State Building.
c.
According to "Efilmcritic", director
Burt Reynolds
was subject to severe interference from Universal Pictures and the film did not turn out the way he had envisioned it.
d.
Gary Cooper
and
Grace Kelly
had an affair that lasted for the duration of filming.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
Upon its original release, Kansas banned the film from being shown in the state, explaining that cross-dressing was "too disturbing for Kansans".
b.
When Steadicam inventor/operator
Garrett Brown
was hired to work on the picture, he was assured that there was no way the shoot would run over six months, as he had to be back in the US in six months time to shoot
Rocky II
. Six months into the shoot, less than half the film had been shot, and for several months, Brown worked one week in London on "The Shining," one week in Philadelphia on "Rocky," commuting by Concorde every Sunday.
c.
The studio wanted the final cut to be 2 hours 20 minutes. They had to settle for
Kevin Costner
s cut of 3 hours.
d.
Dopey initially was to be a talking dwarf, but was made mute when a suitable voice was not found.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Shining (1980)?
a.
In the capacity of producer and director,
Robert Wise
won two statuettes but was unavailable to claim them due to his location shoot in Hong Kong on
The Sand Pebbles
.
b.
Pre-production work on this film included over 1,200 storyboard sketches.
c.
The only shot in the film not achieved in-camera was the slow zoom in on the model of the maze, with the tiny figures of Danny and Wendy walking around at the center. To achieve this shot, a model of the maze was shot from six feet above. Then the small central section of the maze was built to scale next to an apartment complex. Actors
Shelley Duvall
and
Danny Lloyd
then walked about in the central section whilst the camera crew filmed it from the roof of the apartment building. The two shots were then simply composited together.
d.
"Over You" is sung by the actors in the film, but the soundtrack version is sung by
Lane Brody
(of "Yellow Rose of Texas" fame). This song was nominated for an Oscar, and the Lane Brody version was nominated for an Academy of Country Music award.
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