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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Train (1964) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Train (1964) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964).
About the movie:
In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
Burt Lancaster
was forced by United Artists to make four films for $150,000 a picture in the 1960s:
The Young Savages
,
Birdman of Alcatraz
,
The Train
and
The Hallelujah Trail
rather than his normal fee of $750,000, because of cost overruns at his production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, for which he was personally responsible.
b.
The scene where Betty Spaghetti learns her husband died took three days to film.
c.
Filmmakers rubbed
Jeff Daniels
face with raw hot dogs in order to get the pups to lick him on cue.
d.
The cast and crew achieved a personal best by shooting 16 scenes in one night, but the camera failed and all 16 scenes had to be re-shot.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
The sequence in which
Burt Lancaster
evades an air attack on his locomotive by driving at full speed into a tunnel was based on an attack on the Great Western Railway during the war. A passenger train was pursued by a German fighter along the main line into Wales. Reaching speeds estimated at 90 mph (well above the wartime restrictions in place) the train successfully escaped into the tunnel under the River Severn in Gloucestershire and stopped beneath the river until the engineer judged that the danger had passed. The train was struck several times during the chase but there were no serious injuries.
b.
Many of the artworks featured in this film are Mortensens own.
c.
Shot in four weeks.
d.
Lead actor
Chris Evans
came to director
Paul McGuigan
s attention through his performance in
Danny Boyle
s
Sunshine
, another science-fiction film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
Ryan Gosling
prepared for his role by living in Charleston, South Carolina before filming began. For two months, he rowed the Ashley River in the morning and built furniture during the day.
b.
Military sets for the movie were nearly destroyed by a hurricane during filming. Instead of breaking them down and starting over, the partially-destroyed sets were used to create new scenes in the movie (including the scene in "Redux" where the playmates are stranded at the deserted military base).
c.
Burt Lancaster
only speaks once throughout the last 33 minutes of the film.
d.
Tom Sizemore only inked his deal to appear in the film the night before shooting began.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
The film was originally released on March 4, 1983 in only three movie theaters in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. This was due perhaps in part to poor test screenings - which had caused Universal executives to lose faith in the film - but also because Universal had released the far more expensive and anticipated
Scarface
the same year, and was spending most of its advertising budget to promote that film instead. Country music star
Willie Nelson
was nonetheless one of several country performers who were impressed by the authenticity of
Robert Duvall
s performance and offered to help promote it, however, studio executives told Duvall that they did not understand how someone like Nelson could help publicize it. Duvall later reflected that this was indicative of the studios lack of understanding about both the genre and the film.
b.
Burt Lancaster
performs all of his own stunts in this movie.
Albert Rémy
also gets into the act by performing the stunt of uncoupling the engine from the art train on a real moving train.
c.
Dennis Franz
based his portrayal of Rubin the Director on
Brian De Palma
.
d.
Julian Street
s short story, "Mr. Bisbees Princess," won the 1925 OHenry prize for comedy.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
The complete names of the characters in motel are: Edward Ed Dakota Samuel Rhodes Paris Nevada George York Alice York Timmy York Larry Washington Caroline Suzanne Virginia "Ginny" Isiana Lou Isiana Robert Maine
b.
To prepare for the role she was cast,
Jodie Foster
attended meetings of rape support groups and read stories of rape experiences.
c.
Burt Lancaster
took a day off during shooting to play golf when the shooting was about half completed. On the links he stepped in a hole and re-aggravated an old knee injury. In order to compensate for the injury,
John Frankenheimer
had Lancasters character shot in the leg, thus enabling him to limp through the rest of the shooting.
d.
A poster of "Pieces" (
Mil gritos tiene la noche
) is visible on the Porno Movie Managers office wall when hes talking with Carol over the phone.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
Rob Lowe
s film debut.
b.
The primary steam locomotives in the film are Class 230Bs, #739 (leads the military train Paris to Vaires), 517 (art train until Rive-Reine crash), 855 (rear engine in Rive-Reine crash), and 711 (art train post-crash). These engines were built from 1901 to 1912, and were nearing the end of their long service life in 1964.
c.
Kevin Costner
is 6"1, six inches shorter than the real
Jim Garrison
.
d.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 1, 1946 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
On the "Columbia" logo screen before the feature, the standard logo appears normal for a moment, then the hair grows and the Columbia statuette turns to Kayako as the word "Columbia" changes to "Grudge 2". The screen flashes for a moment as this happens.
b.
Neals house was also a set built from scratch, consisting of seven rooms and taking five months to complete. It ended up costing $100,000, which angered Paramount executives and caused turmoil on the set.
c.
In the final confrontation between
Burt Lancaster
s Labiche character and the Nazi colonel played by
Paul Scofield
, the shooting conditions were so cold that Scofield reportedly had to talk while inhaling so clouds of warm breath wouldnt appear on film. His voice was looped in later.
d.
The play - and indeed the film - are riddled with factual inaccuracies as
Jean Anouilh
did practically no research once he learned the gist of the real story.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
Originally rated R by the MPAA, but changed to PG-13 after a topless scene was cut.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: as one of the German soldiers falls out the back of the truck Indiana Jones is driving.
c.
Last film of
Anthony Sagar
.
d.
Ranked No. 1 in Trains Magazines special issue, "The 100 Greatest Train Movies."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
This was
Buster Keaton
s first feature film.
b.
The argument between Roland and Lucifer at the end of the film where Roland speaks English and Lucifer speaks French was completely improvised despite the fact that the actor playing Roland cant speak a word of French. However, when the dialog is translated the conversation flows quite naturally.
c.
Dean Semler
first had an inkling about how important his Oscar win was to his native Australia when he was on a night flight to Sydney and the stewardess asked him if he had it with him and if he would mind showing it to the passengers.
d.
According to the book the Variety Movie Guide, this movie was "Made in French and English in France, it was entirely lensed in real exteriors with unlimited access to old French rolling stock of the last war."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Train (1964)?
a.
Juliette Lewis and
Claire Danes
auditioned for the role of Andy.
b.
This is the second time that a film featuring
Philip Baker Hall
has animals falling from the sky. The first film was
Magnolia
.
c.
The budget doubled under
John Frankenheimer
, due to an emphasis on action and the filming of train wrecks, eventually reaching $6.7 million. United Artists felt compelled to step in and assert its completion rights, demanding that principal photography be finished in seven weeks.
d.
Shown annually every Christmas season on Chicago television station WGN, until it was replaced there in the 1990s by the 1951
Alastair Sim
version.
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