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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
About the movie:
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
Jerry Goldsmith
was attached to score the film before he died.
b.
The photo of seven-year-old Ali with her mother is actually a photo of a much younger
Christina Aguilera
with her real-life mother, Shelly Kearns.
c.
Shot in six days.
d.
Director
Norman Jewison
originally wanted to cast
Eva Marie Saint
in the film, but the studio rejected the idea on the basis of Saint being too old (at 44) to play the female lead. They ultimately decided to cast the younger and more popular
Faye Dunaway
instead.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
The Martian machines are always seen marching from screen right to screen left with the exception of the sequence that contains the montage of the international efforts against the Martians.
b.
Sean Connery
had been the original choice for the title role but declined, a decision he later regretted.
c.
A Bluebird Production. Lacking its own theater chain, Universal devised a 3-tiered branding system in marketing its product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low-budget releases), Bluebird (mainstream features) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced in the hopes of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices). This system ended in late 1929.
d.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
: Can be seen for a short moment during the scene in the beginning of the movie in a bar.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
Of all of the films that
Steve McQueen
made in his career, this is reported to have been his favorite.
b.
Filmed in only 46 days.
c.
The "pale ale" Stifler drinks is actually beer with egg whites in it.
d.
The Arthur films are considered a modern reworking of the
P.G. Wodehouse
s Jeeves and Wooster tales, Arthur is the equivalent of Bertie Wooster and his servant Hobson the equivalent of Jeeves.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
The films producers were unhappy with the original score, so they hired
Craig Safan
at the last minute to compose a new score for the movie. He was given only one week to get it done.
b.
This film contains the first realistic shots of a spacecraft reentry. For long shots, visual effects supervisor
Gary Gutierrez
used a small model of the Mercury capsule. This was coated with flammable material, ignited, and slid about 100 feet down a wire toward the camera, which was protected with a sheet of Lexan.
c.
The reason the cannibals hands shake is because they suffer from Kuru disease. a form of Kreutzfeld Jakob Disease caused by eating human flesh. This is known to cause the limbs to shake, which is why people check Elis hands throughout the movie.
d.
The Academy Award-winning song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from this movie is sung by actor
Noel Harrison
, son of
Rex Harrison
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
Ron Howard
s first film shot in "scope" (2.35:1).
b.
Patricia Cornwell wrote a novel with the same title. She successfully lobbied for a disclaimer in films trailer and advertisements, saying the film had no connection to her novel.
c.
Legendary documentary filmmaker
Frederick Wiseman
reportedly wrote one version, or contributed to screenplay of this film, without any on-screen credit.
d.
Actor Charles Haid was originally cast as Connie Kalitta and filmed for several days before being fired for being difficult. He was replaced by Beau Bridges.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
The climatic train crash at the end of the film was shot in an airplane hanger.
b.
Wes Bentley
was the first actor to read for the part of Ricky, and was asked to do the scene where he describes his reaction to the plastic bag; the casting director felt that although she had read that scene numerous times, his reading was the first time she felt she understood the meaning of it.
c.
The scene that shows a woman (presumably Viola) nearly drowning in a shipwreck is a direct homage to one of the opening scenes of "Twelfth Night" (recently produced as
Twelfth Night
), in which the character of Viola nearly drowns. However, considerable artistic license has been taken in this scene, as the play (a) does not open on a deserted beach (but in Orsinos court), and (b) not everyone drowns in the shipwreck (scene 2 has Viola discussing the near-drowning with the ships captain, with other sailors present).
d.
The one-minute kissing sequence between the two leads took eight hours to film over a number of days.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
The Duke of Gloucester is generally portrayed sympathetically although Hollywood historically has depicted him as an arch-villain under his later title, Richard III.
b.
A clip from the film appears in
Sunset Blvd.
, where Norma Desmond (played by
Gloria Swanson
), a silent movie star who is planning a comeback, watches one of her former films.
Erich von Stroheim
plays Max Von Mayerling, Desmonds butler, who serves as projectionist for the film clip. It is later revealed that Max was the silent movie director who discovered Norma Desmond. Director
Billy Wilder
recalled that it was von Stroheims idea to use the clip from _Queen Kelly_ (1932) in
Sunset Blvd.
, as a way of "art imitating life."
c.
The sailplane (N9860E) that
Steve McQueen
flies early in the movie is a Schweizer SGS 1-23H-15. It is still in use in New York.
d.
The original Broadway stage play and source for the screen play was "Angel Street" by
Patrick Hamilton
which opened at the John Golden Theater on December 5, 1941 and ran for 1295 performances. The original stage cast included
Leo G. Carroll
,
Vincent Price
, and
Judith Evelyn
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
Dayna Cussler
was cast for the role of "Kitty Mannock," but her scenes were cut before release.
b.
The cast hated the uniforms, which required assistance in order to be removed. In fact, one of the casts conditions for returning in a sequel was to have new uniforms.
c.
Producer
Don Hartman
attempted to rent the Hope Diamond for
Ginger Rogers
to wear but was unsuccessful.
d.
Director
Norman Jewison
s use of multiple images was inspired by the Expo 67 film
A Place to Stand
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
During the fight scene in which Tiffany Shepis kicks her opponent in the face, she misgauged her kick and punctured the actors lip with the stiletto heel of her boot. She later blamed the stunt coordinator, whod rehearsed the scene while Shepis was bare-footed.
b.
One of the original titles for this movie was "Purpose of Memory".
c.
Real logs were tested for the crash sequence, but they "didnt bounce enough", so in the film the logs are CGI.
d.
The bank robbery was filmed with hidden cameras that only the crew, guards, and tellers knew about.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)?
a.
Sony Pictures green-lighted this sequel just three days after
The Grudge
was released.
b.
After watching a five hour rough cut of the film, composer
Michel Legrand
took a six week vacation during which he wrote 90 minutes of music. The film was then reedited to the music, instead of the other way around. If this experiment had failed, Legrand would have written a second score in the traditional way free of charge.
c.
Completed in 1948, but not released until 1950.
d.
Some of the lost footage includes a great deal more of the Bosch-influenced Hell sequences and of the orgiastic video log that was found in the Event Horizon. This was shot by both director
Paul W.S. Anderson
and
Vadim Jean
, mainly on weekends.
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