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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Steel Helmet (1951) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Steel Helmet (1951) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951).
About the movie:
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951)?
a.
When Doctor Octopus carries his tentacles, it is props. When the tentacles carry the Doctor, it is computer-generated imagery; to accomplish this effect, a 20-foot high rig held
Alfred Molina
to glide him through his surroundings; with the CGI tentacles scanned from the real ones and added later. However, it was always preferred to use Edge FXs puppets since it saved money, and each scene was always filmed using them first to see if CGI was truly necessary.
b.
Robin Williams
was originally offered the role of the Psammead.
c.
The budget was so low on this picture that the Chinese "tank" that attacks the patrol is actually made of plywood.
d.
With a budget of about $1.5 million, the film took $5 million in the domestic market.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951)?
a.
The ultra light aircraft used in the movie was a Quicksilver MX.
b.
Jim Carrey
declined the role of Dr. Evil in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
so he could be committed to this film.
c.
One scene in the picture shows an American officer killing an unarmed prisoner, and another has a Japanese-American soldier talking about how his parents were separated and sent to different "relocation" camps during World War II because they were Japanese. These two incidents, coming at the height of the McCarthy-led "Red hysteria" that was sweeping the country at the time, led to calls for writer/director
Samuel Fuller
to be arrested for treason and for writing anti-American/pro-Communist "propaganda" for giving "the Reds" ammunition to attack the US, and he later learned that he was in fact investigated by the FBI because of that film.
d.
The first film to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951)?
a.
The IMAX cameras used in filming proved to be problematic for the crew. Dialog that was recorded on film is very noisy so it had to be replaced during post-production. An IMAX camera is very heavy and it cannot be used hand held. Instead, special mounts had to be created to support the weight. Finally, they had to get the shots right as it takes 5 days to process the negative instead of the conventional negative.
b.
Directors trademark (
Samuel Fuller
): Lemchek: A recurring character name in Fullers films.
c.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
d.
A Spanish-US co-production (copyright 1980), and the only film to feature both Peter Cushing and Paul Naschy, the latter only in for a cameo appearance.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951)?
a.
There were eighteen shooting days, four pick up days and one insert day to shoot this feature film.
b.
Darth Maul has a total of ten horns on his head.
c.
Gore Vidal
, who wrote the original play, was upset with the choice of
Jerry Lewis
as the lead in the movie version. On Broadway, Vidals play ran for 388 performances between Feb 7, 1957 and Jan 11, 1958, and won
Cyril Ritchard
, originator of the Kreton character, a 1957 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in Play. But Jerry Lewis was a star, twelve times named to the Top Ten list of Box Office Stars, six times with partner Dean Martin (with whom he was the top star of 1952), and six times solo (ranking as high as #3 in 1958). He got the part.
d.
Although it looks like there are quite a bit more, there were actually only 25 extras in this picture, playing both American and North Korean soldiers, and all of them were students from UCLA (the battle scenes were shot in Griffith Park).
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951)?
a.
In an early scene, Cpl Thompson identifies himself as a WWII veteran of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. That unit is the same one in which director
Samuel Fuller
served.
b.
Martin Balsam
s last film.
c.
George Lucas
asked
Lawrence Kasdan
to write the script (and possibly for
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
and
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as well), but he turned it down because he thought with
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
and
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
, Lucass relationship to the movies had taken one step back and that he alone should take responsibility and make exactly the movie he wanted to make.
d.
When Johnny Cage defeats Scorpion, he throws at his corpse an autographed photo of himself. In the Mortal Kombat games, this is Cages "Friendship" finishing move.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951)?
a.
Paramount originally assigned
George Raft
to play Trigger, but he refused the part. Raft said playing such a revolting character would ruin his reputation and finish his career. The very public dispute nearly did end his contract, but Paramount relented and gave the part to
Jack La Rue
.
b.
The original VHS (and laserdisc) release of this movie (and
The Karate Kid, Part III
) was in letterbox, causing complaints to video stores prompting them to call RCA/Columbia to find out if there was a problem in the printing. To make matters worse, it was not letterboxed in the films original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, but rather letterboxed AND panned-and-scanned into a 1.66:1 frame. So viewers who liked full frame movies had to put up with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, and those who want films in their OAR had to deal with a picture that was cropped on the sides and panned-and-scanned in some shots. Neither type of viewer was satisfied with the original home video release. The DVD release in 1999 was the first time that the film was presented in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio on home video.
c.
The scene where the old man yells at all the boys was completely improvised.
d.
The budget was reported to be only $100,000.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Steel Helmet (1951)?
a.
The play consisted of 3 parts, each shown on a different evening. It opened in London on 9 January 1936; the Broadway openings for each part took place on 24 November 1936, 27 November 1936 and 30 November 1936 and starred
Noel Coward
and
Gertrude Lawrence
, running for a total of 118 performances for all three shows. There were 2 Broadway revivals.
b.
The film begins without opening credits. The title of the film is stated only in the closing.
c.
Filmed in 10 days only six months into the war, "The Steel Helmet" became the first Korean War movie.
d.
Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names):
Jack Mower
(Clerk),
Bruce Mitchell
(Detective) and
Hal Craig
(Detective).
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